00:13:40 Sam - UK - Why there is slavery in the Bible and why it’s misunderstood 00:22:30 Minh - CA - When you deconvert, what do you replace it with? 00:35:04 Christopher - TN - Is there a way to have a regular relationship with a religious family? 00:48:32 James - Canada - Is having debates with a friend who is questioning their faith 01:03:40 David - NJ - Would like to apply the rules of logic to presuppositions 01:13:25 Jeremy - LA - Pascal's Wager
Why is the principle of owning a person as property "immoral" as an absolute? What if the alternative was that the person was saved from starvation in Africa -- i.e., improved their well-being? What if the person actually wanted that alternative to a short life of painful suffering? Dillahunty, as a devotee of Sam Harris, should love that scenario, instead of doing his usual bellowing bullying of anyone who dares to disagree with him.
@@David_Span are you genuinely asking what is wrong/immoral about owning another human being as property? honestly? if someone can have their situation improved by being a slave, that is STILL IMMORAL EXPLOITATION by the slave owner. the work they are doing can still be completed without ownership being required. 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
@@goalski134 Well, you begin bordering on an ad hominem attack on my genuineness; you continue with a BARE ASSERTION of IMMORAL EXPLOITATION (which at best could be seen as a strawman, as in my scenario the person AGREES to it); and you end with a false dilemma fallacy -- so you would let people die because of some arrogant perfectionist ideal? Sorry, the world isn’t perfect. The goal is WELL-BEING, as Dillahunty sprouts ad nauseum, obeying the decree of Our Lord Sam. My scenario achieves it IN SPADES. What gives you (or Dillahunty) the right to arrogantly dictate how someone should view their own well-being?
1:24:43 - Jeremy: "I don't feel like we have logical evidence that there's a such thing as planets." Now, remember, Jeremy's vote counts the same as yours or mine.
@1 Corinthians 13:12 KJV I thought cancer was an example of how God doesn't exist. No benevolent God would refuse to give the instructions on how to treat all diseases. Nor would he refuse to give instructions that actually unite his creation instead of dividing them and spreading hate.
@1 Corinthians 13:12 KJV a Bible thumper who thinks he knows scripture better than the atheists who research it? That's a first! Check out rabbi tovia singer and see if you can refute his arguments against your ungodly religion before you take on atheists.
Thank you for the segment at 11:35 on healthcare! We need to be hearing this over and over, especially in these next few months. Thank you guys INFINITELY for all that you do and I’m looking forward to sitting in on a show soon.
TALES FROM THE CALL SCREEN DESK (my favorite conversation this week): Caller: I have a syllogism to prove the existence of God. Screener: Okay cool, so what is it? Caller: Its a three step argument that proves God. Screener: Ummmm, yeah I get that, but what is the argument? I need to make sure you actually have something. Caller: Fuck you! Screener: Ummmm, that’s not a three step argument. That’s not even three syllables. “click”
@@miboogaroo The guy was able complete a sentence without using some whacked out euphemism for God so it couldn't be Massey, and he had the guts to call in so it couldn't be TruthMatters :-) Folks just ask me what calls DON'T make it on to the air, that was an example
Very likely, but at the same time, idiots like that often too gullible, if their lack of critical thinking is anything to go by. It has become increasingly frustrating how the internet can also become a tool of misinformation, since our species has somewhat demonstrated a continue failing of re-evaluating information, like nothing has changed the way humans think.
It's generally that they watched a video and accept it completely _without_ any research into whether it's a load of nonsense. They _only_ require evidence for things which are founded in evidence, but don't look for any, or even avoid or ignore it.
Don't get me wrong. I agree completely. But who doesn't immediately identify the author of the subtitle "Religion Poisons Everything"? The Hitch would not be pleased....
That first caller is the reason why atheism is so important. That person believes that a parent has the right to do anything to a child solely because they created the child, is voting and influencing a society I live in. That caller was terrifying.
Every year a brand new crop of young minds reach the age when they start to ask important questions. With every passing year the good teachers become more and more efficient and effective at communicating the answers. And so it is with Matt.
At 22:00, my fellow Vietnamese American. Most of Vietnamese in America are poisoned Catholic. I'm a former Catholic myself. Three members of my family are Catholic priest my adopted Americans parents are devoted Christian,my brothers,my nephew are doing missionary works. Once I decided to come out as an atheist my life change and it getting better by the day. I'm so happy to live for myself instead of living in lies for others. Peace my friend
Wow. Referencing "Cosmos", "Connections", and "The Day the Universe Changed" Some quality material right there! I wish so many more people watched those types of shows.
Don't know if it's general intelligence, effective education, a natural ability to comprehend overlapping concepts, or some other category of Cognitive Ability.. But I do know, sad though it is, some just people don't have it. ... Jermey doesn't have it.
@@reasonablespeculation3893 The brain produces the mind, there's an overlapping concept. The thing is, each of you God deniers asks me to prove how one can have a thought without a brain presupposing the two are the same, and that's after I give you the skeptical replications of psychic science. What the "God of the Gaps" teaches us about science. It's when God is invoked to fill in the gaps of scientific knowledge, but God haters, or "atheists" if you prefer, claim "I don't know is a perfectly acceptable answer" violating their own most precious law. I don't make hypothetico-deductive arguments to persuade my mentally challenged opponents, i make deductive ones. So, the "God of the Gaps" never applies to me or the scientists who did the psychic experiments and your scientists who got the exact same hit rate as in the overall databases.
@@danielcox8819 Your assertion, is the first time I've heard the concept that the brain is a thought . My position; a brain is no more thought or thinking, then a locomotive is movement or motion. Disbelief - first lets agree on a meaning. I use the word to mean; an inability to accept a proposition as true, after all evidence is reviewed. This Mental State is spontaneous, and a natural outcome of the evaluation of all information input. If we can agree on terms, and avoid equivocation. I'm willing to tackle one issue at a time.
Minh - once de-converted, you replace religion with reality. Replace faith with evidence. Replace indoctrination with education. Replace being controlled with thinking for yourself.
Jeremy's call was like watching someone slowly ascending their way up the peak of knowledge and understanding, then suddenly and shockingly veer off the cliff into an abscess of ignorance. Too bad.
He, like so many frustrating pricks who call, isn't actually equipped to have philosophical discussions of this kind, he just thinks he is. And when Matt questions & responds in ways Jeremy doesn't understand, he doesn't say "I didn't understand that" and ask questions until he does understand it, he just nods and says "uh-huh" and then continues on his BS. It's infuriating. These little shits don't discuss and address questions in the format that is presented to them, which is superior to their kindergarten reasoning. They impotently or stubbornly stick to their format of discussion and reasoning, which to be frank, IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. You will not get to proper logical conclusions for the kinds of subjects discussed on this show, with the reasoning capabilities from average education. If the most of Jeremy's serious education is a high school diploma from an average school in the US, then he's not going to have the first clue how to properly approach these subjects. That sounds pretentious & condescending, but when we agree by majority in our society that general education is lacking and needs to be better, there is no way average jerkoff Jeremy has a necessary understanding of philosophy and logic, to have a philosophical and logical discussion. How do we know this? Because philosophy and logic aren't compulsory in average education!!!! They're specialized and most people don't get instructed education on this until they get post-secondary education. Unless Jeremy studied these subjects on his own (I'll bet every cent I have that he hasn't) then he doesn't know them. There are hallmarks that would indicate that a person is learned in these subjects and Jeremy, and all callers like him, do not exhibit those hallmarks. If you don't have even a cursory understanding of these ideas, then you shouldn't even open your useless mouth to an empty room, let alone other people. Jeremy hasn't put in nearly enough work to have earned a justified opportunity to talk to other human beings about philosophy and logic, and realizing this and being ashamed of that is all he deserves until he puts in the work.
I'm a business owner. I pay taxes. I get tax write-offs. Churches are businesses. They DON'T pay taxes. Their entire congregation CAN get tax write-offs for tithes. This is the most disgusting hypocrisy of Religion in the U.S.. Religion allows humans to lie about serving God, while serving Money. You can't tell who is honest.
Im a Filipino Atheist, count me in for the International Atheist Day! Great work guys! I am hoping you guys can reach out to us here in the Philippines!
David Valerio lol 😂 you’ve never been to any planet nor seen one with your own eyes but you believe in it because Your teachers in those who are supposedly educated told you that they are real but you call me menial? Lol okay 👌
@@Nothing-cu7bw you've never seen a planet? Try opening your eyes. You can see 5 without even needing a telescope. You can also buy your own telescope. (Ask to use a friends telescope first. They're expensive, & difficult to use until you get the hang of it) But yes, you can absolutely see planets with your own eyes. You can even see the moon in incredible detail, using a telescope (The moon you can see in detail with even a pretty weak telescope)
David Valerio so you’ve seen Plants or did you see lights in the sky that someone called a planet ... cause I’ve seen that with my telescope as well ... lol that I owned ... you do understand that the whole concept of planets was created by a man that lived during the 1400s write his name was Galileo .... So it’s hard for me to believe someone in the 1400 with their limit to technology could Come up with the notion that the earth was at the center of the universe and could even go as far as to say that the earth was the third planet in the solar system... you sound ridiculous and heavily indoctrinated to me.
And what is the reason for people to keep bringing up Christianity when I kept saying that I am not religious... I agree with a very minute amount information that Christianity support.. lol I’ve done research also .... and science It’s based off around Siri switch theories by default or beliefs “educated beliefs” NASA Has been count in multiple lies in which NASA themselves have issued out apologies for what So why would me being a logical thinking person would believe anybody that has told me multiple lies ? What do you have to say to that Mr. David?
connectiontotheworld What proof do you have that planets exist other than the fact that educated people have told you you don’t have any first-hand observance that any planet exist so why do you believe in it??
This video reminded me of the time I told my sister that my beliefs had changed. I told her that I didn’t believe in God. Then she said, You have to believe in God. He’s the only hope that we have. Then I told her, No. He’s not my Hope. It’s a Trip how locked into religion she is. We haven’t spoken since.
Cindy’s Journey . That is sad, but I admire you for handling that. I assume you’re in the states, I am an Australian and watching these videos and reading the comments I am blown away by how many brainwashed religious people are in the US. Religious belief is nowhere near as rampant over here.
@Truth Matters and what evidence do you have for your silent invisible friend that you've been indoctrinated since, I suppose, childhood to believe in?
Truth Matters . Yet here you are being brainwashed by religious propaganda and indoctrination into a marginal religious belief position that defies all evidence and reason. Cop that Chris.
Neil of Longbeck . Call him Chris Massey, or Judah Maccabe. He hates it when someone recognises one of his very many false names. He is a troll who needles people just to get a reaction out of them.
I was six years old when I looked through my uncle’s telescope and saw the craters of the moon. It amazed me. And it never seises to amaze me that people believe as Jeremy did.
I’m not questioning that the moon doesn’t exist and that you can’t use a telescope to get a closer look at the moon or use a telescope to get a closer look at the stars what I’m saying is you cannot use a telescope to look at the surface of Mars you do not own a telescope that is capable of that only the government does because only the government has the currency in order to afford a telescope that can look at the surface of Mars is Mars exist.... Which puts me In a vulnerable position to Basically have faith that this entity who has the currency or the access to a telescope that they say can view the surface of Mars ... basically what I’m saying is because you were not in NASA or because you are not in the government you are in the position of believing what someone else tells you which these two entities have been on record in proving to be liars in multiple situations so what logical thinking person would believe anything that these two entities will say...
beast shawnee these MFs That can literally be a picture of anywhere on earth with red dirt lol 😂 I can take a picture of my backyard and say that I’m in Montana that doesn’t mean that I’m in fucking Montana lol 😂
Ryan LaCour price to me that NASA is lying. They launched the mars rover which landed on the surface of Mars in the early 1980’s. Carl Sagan talks about the Mars rover in his book Cosmos. He was also one of the scientists who worked on the rover before they launched it.
@@Nothing-cu7bw so you made your own God and somehow disproven all those other religious Gods. Please inform me how you know that the Greek God Cronos did not create the Universe. Or the Universe flowered out of the bellybutton of Brahma. If you are so stuck on that there has to be a starter for the universe... like a god... where did the God came from?
I wish I could hang out with you guys on International Atheist Day. Too bad I'm still stuck in a Middle Eastern country on the other side of the world right now. Hopefully, in the future!
@Dirk Knight Now think about that Smart people either know or they don't Well.. Which is it. Most of the smart people I know Know. On the other hand It takes one (an idiot,, you) To know one.
I dream of my grandma who passed away quite often. She was the safe adult in my life who didn’t abuse me or put me in the position to be abused. I miss her so much. Last week after dreaming her I woke up sad and wishing that I believed I’d see her again in some afterlife. I’m comforted by knowing that when I’m a grandma, I’ll take her lead and be the best grandma ever. In that way she will live on.
I dreamed about my mother many times after she died of cancer. I have many memories of her randomly throughout the day every day. There is so much unknown. Most things are unknown.
Sparkling Bella Well actually it’s schools that brainwash people into believing in something that they will never witnessed for themselves ain’t that the same thing that religion is doing? Me or you will never visit Mars Venus or mercury and we will never see a telescope that will allow us to view Mars Venus and Mercury everything that you know about planning someone told you yet you say I’m stupid for questioning the existence of them? Lol 😂
@@Nothing-cu7bw You should ask your school money back. You, having the feeling you were taught things not verifiable, shows volumes of you not fully understanding the things you were taught..
@David Valerio It is feasible to construct cloud cities in the atmosphere of Venus. The temperature and pressure up there is about the same as the surface of Earth, so all one would need is a breathing apparatus. It's also possible to terraform the planet. Also, Mercury can be visited on the dark side where it's actually cold.
Love it when someone who called a month ago wants to just jump back into the argument they were having with Matt... and you can tell they've been replaying the argument in their head since the last time they called. WTG, David!
Sam from the UK has been on before and presented just as poor arguments. Today, he said he had no reasons to justify believing in God. Matt hung up. Fine. If you don't have reasons to justify, then we don't need reasons to disbelieve. Click.
I think in Jeremy's case it's "I don't understand astronomy, therefore no-one can understand astronomy." It's like saying I don't understand how rain comes from clouds, therefore it doesn't . It's a lack of acceptance that there are people out there who know more than they do.
The show should have a "Pascal's Wager" bell. When any caller even implies Pascal's Wager, Matt (or someone else) should ring the bell. Alternately, there should be a "Pascal's Wager" whisky on the table with shot glasses. Make your own rules here...
To ask "Who created physics?" necessarily makes makes 2 major assumptions: 1. Physics was created. 2. Physics was created by a being. Before you ask that, you'd better demonstrate an instance at which physics did not exist and produce at least a silhouette of a being creating it. Otherwise, that question is DOA and deserves no answer.
@Truth Matters Why don't you publish your findings in a peer reviewed journal? In my 8 years of college education I have never heard anyone proving the universe was finite or that non-contingency has ever been demonstrated as a property of any being. The argument by contingency is pure speculation, nothing more.
So if I purchase a telescope I’ll be able to view mercury on Mars Venus?? You know when I was 12 years old my mom bought me a $400 telescope and I went to school and asked my teacher where and how I could view the planets and I even brought my telescope to school and I went home that night and looked at the stars and all I saw was a bigger picture of a star I did not at all see a planet I just seen a bigger image of a light in the sky that’s what I noticed and that’s what I observed
Actually if planets change their location in earth is the planet deserves change its location? And if so how can I prove that wood I have to apply for NASA to prove that because that’s the only way that I could see myself receiving those answers any other way I would have to rely on asking someone who studies planet switch they could be lying or could be telling the truth at any moment in time which means it would require a level of faith of me believing that they’re qualified to tell me about something that I don’t know.. Which by default would be putting my understanding in the hands of them
@@inertiaforce7846 they banned it maybe bcz they don't wanna make people demotivated to go there irl and attend debate but we foreigners are getting problem
The recommendation to watch James Burke's "Connections" and "The Day the Universe Changed" TV series is pure gold. There are a large number of TV series, books, and other formats that have attempted to explain the complexity of how are knowledge has advanced but Burke's are in the "must watch" column.
@Truth Matters normal, non psychopaths have a thing called empathy. I get that you are unable to understand this and the only way for you to not act on your horrible desires is to believe in a god, so please continue to so no one has to bear the torture that is your true self.
@Truth Matters You're the only one claiming a God is needed for morals. Answer this for me. Does moral goodness come from god, or is god simply morally good?
Izzmonster Exactly! Truth Matters comes off as a closeted serial killer and the only thing preventing him from giving in to his homicidal desires is belief that a god will punish him.
It's such a shame that there are people growing up so anti-establishment and anti-government that the school system is there to brainwash them .really fucks up your education :(
Can literally visit cape Canaveral and watch satellites being put into orbit: *does not believe*. Has read ancient mythology about magical anthropomorphic Immortal: *DOES BELIEVE*. How does this happen??
@@Nothing-cu7bw ignore these insulters. The fact that you're not a flat earther means there is more hope for you. Our education system definitely sucks. And the internet gives you access to things that are misinformation labeled as science. You need to check peer reviewed articles. I recommend Aron Ra's vids because he's an actual archaeologist with the degree as proof.
@@MidlifeCrisis82 ill check it and see what he has to say thanks for the respect and acknowledgement. and im not fazed at all lol its just a discussion to me.
I hear people call in and think, they haven't done any research on the topic they've introduced and/or they think they didn't need to. If i'm about to enter into a discussion, a quiz, homework, work, videogame, woodworking etc. In all of those instances I would have prepared in one way or another. Specifically in a discussion or debate setting in which I could learn something about the other people i'll be speaking to, you best believe I wouldn't be caught calling into a show without doing that; absolutely that would be doing my due diligence in preparing for such. I would feel so embarrassed not knowing what questions matt would ask and not having prepared at all like some of these people - in any setting, let alone a call in show that's been on air for literally ever, lol.
I mean, it is pretty awful. But it's not like this hasn't been incentivized between the catholic church hiding criminals and by the lack of legal repercussions for decades.
I am working the Daytona Beach Bike Week. And a patron brought my Pub a sign that said, free Lyme disease with every Coronavirus. LOL. I love your show. Matt you are amazing and as are the rest of you
Here in my area of North Devon I can count the number of them on 1 hand, There are a couple new age woo woo hippy types but thats mostly ghosts, ufo's and crop circle's. We have a 13th century church in my town with 3000 ish residents, I have coffee with the vicar for a chat/friendly argument every now and then and he tells me they struggle to get 20 people in the door every Sunday so hopefully the churches will all be musiems, visitor centre's or curiosities soon :-)
So judging by his accent, Sam is an Indian (as in east Indian, from India) living in the UK. If so, I hope the irony of him defending slavery is not lost on him.
"If i have kids do you think i have the right to do whatever i want with them?" Sam: "yes" perfect example of someone who probably shouldn't have kids lol
Matheus Macedo I have kids And I had every right to do anything I wanted to them They were my kids They lived in my house, under my roof, yes, I had every right to do whatever I wanted.
@@sherribhl5626 Im sure some parents who think the same way have done horrendous things to their own children because they viewed their childrens lives as their property and i think the police would probably disagree with that logic depending on what it is that some people decide to do with their kids due to their kids having different views from them. Also im sure a lot of people think the same way(why i said probably shouldn't, i know a lot of people still will) but fail to realize that their children will have a mind of their own and the right to make their own decisions and inevitably will, regardless of if its what anyone else including their parents want them to. A parents job is to try and guide their children in the right direction of what they think is correct, but the point of me saying this is anyone who is afraid of the possibility that another human being might not see life the same way or agree with the same things and is willing to inflict harm on another person over that whether its their children or not and whether its physical or mental harm inflicted due to that way of thinking, should not be having kids.
@@matheusmacedo9751 I hesitatingly agree to some if your comment. You left out an issue, Abortion If abortion isn't abuse, negligence, mistreatment of a human life I think I will go out every weekend and start having affairs with married men. And not care about who it's gonna hurt or affect.
@@sherribhl5626 well thats a whole other topic and something i dont really want to dive deep into due to it not really having anything to do with my comment to begin with but id say the big difference here is causing harm to anyone including children is illegal pretty much everywhere whereas abortion is not, and to be honest with you, married men who are willing to do that are probably going to do that anyway whether its with you or not, so if thats something you want to do then go for it, knock yourself out, it really doesn't affect my life in any way shape or form and neither does a female choosing to take an action with her own body that i have no right to tell how or what to do with their body because im not the one carrying the baby for 9 months in my stomach and im not the one who has to wear a diaper for months after due to explosive blood coming out of my genitals at any moment, im not the one who has to be able to pay 200k every 5 years to support the kid and im also not the one who would be responsible for anyone elses child for the next 18 years of their lives so if anyone doesn't believe that they are ready for that financially, physically, or emotionally who am i to tell them they are wrong? Not to mention every other month we have to worry about a new possible war, or some new disease thats in danger of destroying the human race, if someone doesnt see the world and their own lifes current status as in a place where they are ready to bring a child into this world who is anyone else to tell them they are wrong? Personally i would applaud someone for having the brains to piece that all together and decide that it is best they did not have the child as opposed to someone else who doesnt take any of that into account and says well im going to do it anyway because a book says its wrong, but those people are totally free to make that choice for themselves too, bottom line is it isnt up to me or anyone else to decide for them and i dont think it applies the same as saying something along the lines of okay you decided to have a child with all of those things in mind, go ahead and kill them if they dont agree with your beliefs, i think thats jumping to a very different irrational extreme.
Dude... Matt is a warrior philosopher of fucking epic proportions. I really miss listening to him cut through bad logic. I have been missing because of my thesis. What makes him so epic, is that he holds onto his arguments so well, that no one can compete. I think I'm pretty good at peacefully making a case against most of these arguments, but if these arguments get heated, my thoughts get intertwined and I may get lost. Matt is like the Achilles of rational thinking. Even under the highest levels of stress, he can continue swinging his sword and spear taking down all the false thought processes like Trojans with their pants down.
Sunday School Dropout . Well either God created it, but for the godies, it will be that arsehole of a devil. (You may be pleased to know you are the 1st to hear one of my new words. “Godies”) I have invented this one in place of the word christians, which I hate the sound of, especially because I have to fight with my keypad not to give it a capital letter. It doesn’t deserve one. Cheers.
Sunday School Dropout . You’re more than welcome mate. I’m in Australian and my parents never even mentioned religion because they couldn’t give a stuff about the subject so luckily for me I never went to Sunday school to be able to drop out of it. I cannot believe how rampant religion is in the states. It’s crazy. I shall avail you of something else you may not be aware of which is a very useful argument to use against our godies. When they asked me how I can have any morals without God, I tell them about the research, which says the secular countries of the world at the lowest crime rates, and in the US, The highest crime rates are attributed to the heaviest religious states. Maybe you can use that one too. Oh and also the divorce rate is higher among the religious. Enjoy your day. Cheers
I had one greek friend post about their church tradition of everyone in congregation taking sip from a spoon saying its their belief that its the blood of christ and for any greek to believe its a threat(coronavirus) shouldnt be having holy communion to begin with...its all about faith. . Absolutely flabbergasted .... Darwinism at it's finest...
I am a Christian there is a God!! There is a video on TH-cam call Atheist college professor die and see hell and demons it change his life. One more video call Bill Wiese 23 min in hell.
@@markburch6253 I promise I know God cause he have walk this Earth long long years ago!!! Jesus said who ever believe in him will never perish but have every lasting life with him in heaven. Jesus died for our sin on the cross. After he died he come back to his 12 disciples and told them to preach the gospel every where and make disciples every where, And they seen Jesus went up into the cloud enter the kingdom of heaven. And he said who don't believe in him will go to hell ,that his punishment to them. God is real that for sure, heaven and hell all them is real. Jesus preach more on hell then anything.
The American GPS constellation is not comprised of geostationary satellites. The Chinese GPS constellation is. The American GPS constellation is comprised of satellites orbiting at 20,000 km in altitude and a (nearly) 12-hour orbit period.
It may seem nitpicky but that is the sort of thing those people latch onto to avoid reality at any cost, they'd simply say: "See he got that wrong, it's all wrong". Thanks for not allowing that stupidity.
@@mugogrog Well, I'm not expecting Matt to be an absolute genius in all things scientific. I did indeed point out the flaw for those who do not know about where the satellites are and not to belittle Matt. Besides, he was part right anyway. I think that in many things, Matt would correct me and I would not mind that. BTW, in my nightmares, I dream about calling the AxP when Matt is hosting. My ultimate nightmare is calling AxP when Matt and Jeff Dee are both taking calls. LOL! You make a great point about the trolls coming in and saying, "Well, if they're not certain, then we don't have to believe it."
James in Canada, whose Catholic friend might think he'd do terrible things if he lost his faith -- look at James! He doesn't have your faith and he DOESN'T do terrible things. If your friend thinks he would anyway, then point out that the vast majority of people on Earth don't, including those with OTHER religions, so it's not just your Catholic faith that is stopping them. Get him to call the show.
Hey Jeremy - I personally saw Apollo XVII take off. Explain to me why the government would build that gigantic rocket for the 7th time if we never went to the moon. Reflectors are laser reflectors. Anyone can bounce a laser off them - and many have.
Scott Davidson You say you personally saw a rocket ship takeoff but did you personally see that rocket ship land?? And then you say reflectors are laser reflectors anyone can bounce a laser off them and many have ( I ask have you ?)
@@Nothing-cu7bw I personally have seen both a space shuttle launch and landing. Your turn! Have you personally been up to the firmament? Maybe you got close on your visit to the Antarctic ice wall? I like this style of argument! 😈 Why are you washing your hands?? Have you actually even seen a so-called coronavirus? You think airplanes actually move through the air? It's a government projection on the sky. That stuff you see through the window in an airplane is just a projection the "airlines" show on the windows to give you the illusion of flight while the planes travel underground. 😋
21:30 I may be wrong but I think the caller meant something like "is it okay for J. K Rowling to torture Harry Potter" I think the argument fails anyway because then God wouldn't need to exist in our reality anyway.
I sometimes play video games while watching non-visual things like podcasts, documentaries and debates. No joke: Today I was playing Ultima: Ruins of Virtue on a Gameboy emulator while watching AXP. Denis -- you're in it!! Do you still keep in touch with the old Origin crew (other than Jeff Dee I suppose)?
People I need help. I can't find the Terrapin trees channel here on TH-cam. I have no idea if I am spelling it wrong, if I remember the name wrong altogether or what. It's very good atheist channel focused on psychology and narcissistic behavior. Please if you can point me there, I would be grateful
Did you mean TheraminTrees? I tried searching and that's what I found. Seems at a glance to cover the kind of content you were referring to. Hope I got the right one.
It always amazes me when Matt dispels someone's premise so thoroughly and clearly (David of NJ) and then that person _continues_ to defend their position as though Matt didn't say anything at all. Some theists are so wedded to their beliefs that their brains are case-hardened against even the simplest logic. Just 'wow.'
I received a survey of the AE on my phone, and the survey asked the question: "is this video (AE) Atheist Experience good for you With it there were blank stars to rate them. I gave the AE all stars. And I'm not an atheist.
1:22 I have to disagree there at that point. Why is it insufficient to admit, that I just dont know and I am opened to be proven either way? I dont know, if something so ridiculous as Bigfoot exists, does not mean, it cannot exist. It may be unlikely and I for sure dont wanna wrap my life around religion based off of it, but "I dont know" is a valid answer to yes or no question. There should be no shame in admiting, that you just dont fucking know something. If someone asks me, if I believe, that god of any kind exists, why is it wrong to say, that I am unconvinced and therefore to live my life as if there is none, but I am still opened to the idea? AKA I dont know.
If you don't know something, epistemologically speaking, then you can't say you believe it. And if you can't say you believe it, then you by definition must not believe it. It doesn't mean you believe there can't be whatever it is that you don't know, it just means you don't believe there is.
Sam: "I don't need evidence for god." I literally LMAO. Doesn't get that his claim of god doesn't make this okay. This guy is a verbal copy and paste of slavery apologetics. Minh: replace religion with unbiased critical thinking. And prayer with meditation. Christopher: When talking to religious family members, it's easier to do so one-on-one. I'm really curious as to how that is going to go... James: Nobody has the right to tell someone they're immoral "because". Empathy and compassion is a human trait not some mystical thing given to you by a god. I wish you luck with that arsehole, James. I wouldn't be able to keep my cool with him. David: Ugh. Another "I was an atheist but have no idea what logic even means". *Liar, liar, pants on fire.* Jeremy: "I'm just here to not argue and confirm we don't know anything." Waste of fucking time.
Paused at 1:07:32 so in response to what the caller said just prior to this timestamp, which was something to the effect of cells & chemicals don't have thoughts but we do. To which I respond: wood & flames don't have ashes but fire pits do. Correct cell type plus correct chemical produces thought. Just as wood plus flame produces ash. EDIT: Ha! Funny that Matt & I immediately thought of fire in our examples.
I could've listened to him smack the presup around for half the show. I'd love to hear this dope work out how a frozen over lake is both a solid and a liquid at the SAME TIME! derp.
David Tyrrell hey David, we are Canadian and my Mom was a Tyrrell and her Uncle was Joseph Burr Tyrrell whose name is on a really great Dinosaur Museum in Drumheller Alta!!!!
I had a similar conversation yesterday. I was trying to explain the difference between belief and lack of belief. Their argument was that the lack of belief is a belief in itself. I reached my personal limit of understanding and would love some clarification on this.
If you have a lack of belief in my pet dinosaur i claim i have, that is not a belief you have. Why are theists so dumb when it comes to that. Their lack of belief in islam isnt a belief either!
See Gritti You can also see it like the ”God” concept is an item that is inserted to a childs brain. If you take that item out and not replacing it with anything, there is no belief left. To make it to a belief you have to replace it with a ”no God” concept item.
00:13:40 Sam - UK - Why there is slavery in the Bible and why it’s misunderstood
00:22:30 Minh - CA - When you deconvert, what do you replace it with?
00:35:04 Christopher - TN - Is there a way to have a regular relationship with a religious family?
00:48:32 James - Canada - Is having debates with a friend who is questioning their faith
01:03:40 David - NJ - Would like to apply the rules of logic to presuppositions
01:13:25 Jeremy - LA - Pascal's Wager
Thanks! These are definitely not a wasted effort, extremely helpful.
Short show.
Funny how there was a Jeremy on Athiest Experience that also had trouble with Pascals Wager.
Thanks so much for the timestamps
Maybe a video series on how to effectively research.
i must admit, when i see a slavery apologist and matt in the same episode, my eyes light up like a kid at christmas.
You made me smile. Thank you.
@@ookeekthelibrarian 🤣
Why is the principle of owning a person as property "immoral" as an absolute? What if the alternative was that the person was saved from starvation in Africa -- i.e., improved their well-being? What if the person actually wanted that alternative to a short life of painful suffering? Dillahunty, as a devotee of Sam Harris, should love that scenario, instead of doing his usual bellowing bullying of anyone who dares to disagree with him.
@@David_Span are you genuinely asking what is wrong/immoral about owning another human being as property? honestly? if someone can have their situation improved by being a slave, that is STILL IMMORAL EXPLOITATION by the slave owner. the work they are doing can still be completed without ownership being required. 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
@@goalski134 Well, you begin bordering on an ad hominem attack on my genuineness; you continue with a BARE ASSERTION of IMMORAL EXPLOITATION (which at best could be seen as a strawman, as in my scenario the person AGREES to it); and you end with a false dilemma fallacy -- so you would let people die because of some arrogant perfectionist ideal? Sorry, the world isn’t perfect. The goal is WELL-BEING, as Dillahunty sprouts ad nauseum, obeying the decree of Our Lord Sam. My scenario achieves it IN SPADES. What gives you (or Dillahunty) the right to arrogantly dictate how someone should view their own well-being?
1:24:43 - Jeremy: "I don't feel like we have logical evidence that there's a such thing as planets." Now, remember, Jeremy's vote counts the same as yours or mine.
That’s borderline psychotic! He’s decided that the world around doesn’t really exist and to rely on his ignorance, born of laziness and apathy.
Denis Loubet’s “When you get rid of cancer what do you replace it with?” is such a good analogy comparison to religion.
1 Corinthians 13:12 KJV yep sure is.
@1 Corinthians 13:12 KJV I thought cancer was an example of how God doesn't exist. No benevolent God would refuse to give the instructions on how to treat all diseases. Nor would he refuse to give instructions that actually unite his creation instead of dividing them and spreading hate.
@1 Corinthians 13:12 KJV a Bible thumper who thinks he knows scripture better than the atheists who research it? That's a first! Check out rabbi tovia singer and see if you can refute his arguments against your ungodly religion before you take on atheists.
They would losing something for which there's no good evidence. Though to be fair, divorce is a common outcome.
@1 Corinthians 13:12 KJV already gave you a reference and your dodging it. You're definitely Christian.
Thank you for the segment at 11:35 on healthcare! We need to be hearing this over and over, especially in these next few months.
Thank you guys INFINITELY for all that you do and I’m looking forward to sitting in on a show soon.
TALES FROM THE CALL SCREEN DESK (my favorite conversation this week):
Caller: I have a syllogism to prove the existence of God.
Screener: Okay cool, so what is it?
Caller: Its a three step argument that proves God.
Screener: Ummmm, yeah I get that, but what is the argument? I need to make sure you actually have something.
Caller: Fuck you!
Screener: Ummmm, that’s not a three step argument. That’s not even three syllables.
“click”
truth matters? massey?..... lol
@@miboogaroo The guy was able complete a sentence without using some whacked out euphemism for God so it couldn't be Massey, and he had the guts to call in so it couldn't be TruthMatters :-) Folks just ask me what calls DON'T make it on to the air, that was an example
@@callscreenerpaul6636 hahahahahhahahaah. Oh thanks for the giggle...
@@callscreenerpaul6636 maybe tonya...lol
Good work presenting the Caller List, it's invaluable.
Yes it's easier to get a fix of faith and warm fuzziness without watching the whole boring TV show.
@Dabi Flame_Quirk I mean it's easy for you to get your daily fix of religious programming from the TV magician.
@ you love it here, that why you stay!
When I hear callers saying "In my research..." all I hear is confirmation biased information from some random web page.
How DARE you call Answers in Genesis "some random webpage". /s
@@TrettinR 😁
Very likely, but at the same time, idiots like that often too gullible, if their lack of critical thinking is anything to go by.
It has become increasingly frustrating how the internet can also become a tool of misinformation, since our species has somewhat demonstrated a continue failing of re-evaluating information, like nothing has changed the way humans think.
It's generally that they watched a video and accept it completely _without_ any research into whether it's a load of nonsense. They _only_ require evidence for things which are founded in evidence, but don't look for any, or even avoid or ignore it.
Hey I go on the watchtower society website and there’s a plethora of information about God😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
First time hearing from Denis, big fan. He's great at analyzing the premises of arguments, and rebutting them directly and seemingly subconsciously.
Don't get me wrong. I agree completely. But who doesn't immediately identify the author of the subtitle "Religion Poisons Everything"?
The Hitch would not be pleased....
@Truth Matters lol, you really love it here!
@Truth Matters you're hateful attack just made baby jesus cry.
That first caller is the reason why atheism is so important. That person believes that a parent has the right to do anything to a child solely because they created the child, is voting and influencing a society I live in. That caller was terrifying.
1:10:00 Carbon is carbon, but depending on how you arrange them, there is a HUGE difference between graphite and diamond.
The most fertile of all elements.
Explaining Pascal's Wager over and over sounds like Hell on Earth.
Refuting Pascal's wager over and over is the real hell
you make baby jeesus cry
@Brother Sanguinary nutjob alert
@@markburch6253 did you look in the mirror lol
Every year a brand new crop of young minds reach the age when they start to ask important questions. With every passing year the good teachers become more and more efficient and effective at communicating the answers. And so it is with Matt.
What a way to start the show, LOL! Both Matt and Denis took apart that first argument in the first five minutes. Awesome tag team.
"Truthseeker", doesn't believe there are planets. LOL
Denis gave the perfect response.
Maybe he was Pluto fanboy
Yes what (non) planet is he on 😂
At 22:00, my fellow Vietnamese American. Most of Vietnamese in America are poisoned Catholic. I'm a former Catholic myself. Three members of my family are Catholic priest my adopted Americans parents are devoted Christian,my brothers,my nephew are doing missionary works. Once I decided to come out as an atheist my life change and it getting better by the day. I'm so happy to live for myself instead of living in lies for others. Peace my friend
God, I love hearing Denis' voice! It throws me back to podcast episodes and the different versions of the outro!
Wow. Referencing "Cosmos", "Connections", and "The Day the Universe Changed" Some quality material right there! I wish so many more people watched those types of shows.
Jeremy: "I don't think..." He could've stopped there.
Why stop ? It just kept getting better and better. Doesn't believe in planets ? WOW ! Entertainment at it's finest. L O L
He redeemed himself saying he was just a "truth seeker". And then..."planets" haha
Don't know if it's general intelligence, effective education, a natural ability to comprehend overlapping concepts,
or some other category of Cognitive Ability..
But I do know, sad though it is, some just people don't have it. ... Jermey doesn't have it.
@@reasonablespeculation3893 The brain produces the mind, there's an overlapping concept. The thing is, each of you God deniers asks me to prove how one can have a thought without a brain presupposing the two are the same, and that's after I give you the skeptical replications of psychic science. What the "God of the Gaps" teaches us about science. It's when God is invoked to fill in the gaps of scientific knowledge, but God haters, or "atheists" if you prefer, claim "I don't know is a perfectly acceptable answer" violating their own most precious law. I don't make hypothetico-deductive arguments to persuade my mentally challenged opponents, i make deductive ones. So, the "God of the Gaps" never applies to me or the scientists who did the psychic experiments and your scientists who got the exact same hit rate as in the overall databases.
@@danielcox8819 Your assertion, is the first time I've heard the concept that the brain is a thought . My position; a brain is no more thought or thinking, then a locomotive is movement or motion.
Disbelief - first lets agree on a meaning.
I use the word to mean; an inability to accept a proposition as true, after all evidence is reviewed. This Mental State is spontaneous, and a natural outcome of the evaluation of all information input.
If we can agree on terms, and avoid equivocation. I'm willing to tackle one issue at a time.
Minh - once de-converted, you replace religion with reality. Replace faith with evidence. Replace indoctrination with education. Replace being controlled with thinking for yourself.
Jeremy's call was like watching someone slowly ascending their way up the peak of knowledge and understanding, then suddenly and shockingly veer off the cliff into an abscess of ignorance. Too bad.
He, like so many frustrating pricks who call, isn't actually equipped to have philosophical discussions of this kind, he just thinks he is. And when Matt questions & responds in ways Jeremy doesn't understand, he doesn't say "I didn't understand that" and ask questions until he does understand it, he just nods and says "uh-huh" and then continues on his BS. It's infuriating. These little shits don't discuss and address questions in the format that is presented to them, which is superior to their kindergarten reasoning. They impotently or stubbornly stick to their format of discussion and reasoning, which to be frank, IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. You will not get to proper logical conclusions for the kinds of subjects discussed on this show, with the reasoning capabilities from average education. If the most of Jeremy's serious education is a high school diploma from an average school in the US, then he's not going to have the first clue how to properly approach these subjects. That sounds pretentious & condescending, but when we agree by majority in our society that general education is lacking and needs to be better, there is no way average jerkoff Jeremy has a necessary understanding of philosophy and logic, to have a philosophical and logical discussion. How do we know this? Because philosophy and logic aren't compulsory in average education!!!! They're specialized and most people don't get instructed education on this until they get post-secondary education.
Unless Jeremy studied these subjects on his own (I'll bet every cent I have that he hasn't) then he doesn't know them. There are hallmarks that would indicate that a person is learned in these subjects and Jeremy, and all callers like him, do not exhibit those hallmarks. If you don't have even a cursory understanding of these ideas, then you shouldn't even open your useless mouth to an empty room, let alone other people. Jeremy hasn't put in nearly enough work to have earned a justified opportunity to talk to other human beings about philosophy and logic, and realizing this and being ashamed of that is all he deserves until he puts in the work.
Religion only looks like they are doing good so they can get a large donation.
Jesus is coming tomorrow,
So send in all your money today.
I’ll give him my money when I see him.
I'm a business owner. I pay taxes. I get tax write-offs. Churches are businesses. They DON'T pay taxes. Their entire congregation CAN get tax write-offs for tithes.
This is the most disgusting hypocrisy of Religion in the U.S.. Religion allows humans to lie about serving God, while serving Money. You can't tell who is honest.
Im a Filipino Atheist, count me in for the International Atheist Day! Great work guys! I am hoping you guys can reach out to us here in the Philippines!
Jeremy: "Planets don't exist".
Matt: *Tries to use reason and logic to convince Jeremy that planets exist
Denis: "WELL SCREW YOU"
oh my
That would have saved everybody a lot of time tbh
David Valerio lol 😂 you’ve never been to any planet nor seen one with your own eyes but you believe in it because Your teachers in those who are supposedly educated told you that they are real but you call me menial? Lol okay 👌
@@Nothing-cu7bw you've never seen a planet?
Try opening your eyes.
You can see 5 without even needing a telescope.
You can also buy your own telescope.
(Ask to use a friends telescope first. They're expensive,
& difficult to use until you get the hang of it)
But yes, you can absolutely see planets with your own eyes.
You can even see the moon in incredible detail, using a telescope
(The moon you can see in detail with even a pretty weak telescope)
David Valerio so you’ve seen Plants or did you see lights in the sky that someone called a planet ... cause I’ve seen that with my telescope as well ... lol that I owned ... you do understand that the whole concept of planets was created by a man that lived during the 1400s write his name was Galileo .... So it’s hard for me to believe someone in the 1400 with their limit to technology could Come up with the notion that the earth was at the center of the universe and could even go as far as to say that the earth was the third planet in the solar system... you sound ridiculous and heavily indoctrinated to me.
And what is the reason for people to keep bringing up Christianity when I kept saying that I am not religious... I agree with a very minute amount information that Christianity support.. lol I’ve done research also .... and science It’s based off around Siri switch theories by default or beliefs “educated beliefs” NASA Has been count in multiple lies in which NASA themselves have issued out apologies for what So why would me being a logical thinking person would believe anybody that has told me multiple lies ? What do you have to say to that Mr. David?
Hahaha. Jeremy tried to argue based on science and physics, and them claimed the moon and planets don't exist. Wow!!
connectiontotheworld What proof do you have that planets exist other than the fact that educated people have told you you don’t have any first-hand observance that any planet exist so why do you believe in it??
@@Nothing-cu7bw I have seen the god damn planet through a telescope.
@@Nothing-cu7bw Have you looked up at the sky? What do you call that big circular thing that's often observed at night? I call it the moon.
This video reminded me of the time I told my sister that my beliefs had changed. I told her that I didn’t believe in God. Then she said, You have to believe in God. He’s the only hope that we have. Then I told her, No. He’s not my Hope. It’s a Trip how locked into religion she is. We haven’t spoken since.
Cindy is Luke S your New Hope?
Cindy’s Journey . That is sad, but I admire you for handling that. I assume you’re in the states, I am an Australian and watching these videos and reading the comments I am blown away by how many brainwashed religious people are in the US. Religious belief is nowhere near as rampant over here.
@Truth Matters and what evidence do you have for your silent invisible friend that you've been indoctrinated since, I suppose, childhood to believe in?
Truth Matters . Yet here you are being brainwashed by religious propaganda and indoctrination into a marginal religious belief position that defies all evidence and reason. Cop that Chris.
Neil of Longbeck . Call him Chris Massey, or Judah Maccabe. He hates it when someone recognises one of his very many false names. He is a troll who needles people just to get a reaction out of them.
Thank you Matt for your service we appreciate you
A person named Jeremy did not call the show because I wasn't there. I shall ignore the audio evidence because... ignorance.
I was six years old when I looked through my uncle’s telescope and saw the craters of the moon. It amazed me. And it never seises to amaze me that people believe as Jeremy did.
I’m not questioning that the moon doesn’t exist and that you can’t use a telescope to get a closer look at the moon or use a telescope to get a closer look at the stars what I’m saying is you cannot use a telescope to look at the surface of Mars you do not own a telescope that is capable of that only the government does because only the government has the currency in order to afford a telescope that can look at the surface of Mars is Mars exist.... Which puts me In a vulnerable position to Basically have faith that this entity who has the currency or the access to a telescope that they say can view the surface of Mars ... basically what I’m saying is because you were not in NASA or because you are not in the government you are in the position of believing what someone else tells you which these two entities have been on record in proving to be liars in multiple situations so what logical thinking person would believe anything that these two entities will say...
Ryan LaCour the last photo I saw of mars had a blue sky...LOL! so fake! They assume people don’t know the difference.
beast shawnee exactas!!! I’m not scared of these MF lol 😂
beast shawnee these MFs That can literally be a picture of anywhere on earth with red dirt lol 😂 I can take a picture of my backyard and say that I’m in Montana that doesn’t mean that I’m in fucking Montana lol 😂
Ryan LaCour price to me that NASA is lying. They launched the mars rover which landed on the surface of Mars in the early 1980’s. Carl Sagan talks about the Mars rover in his book Cosmos. He was also one of the scientists who worked on the rover before they launched it.
Jeremy is the greatest example of what Matt calls "Bat shit crazy Christianity"
ftjax I don’t believe in Christianity nor do I subscribe to any religion so by default I cannot be “bat shit crazy Christianity”
@@Nothing-cu7bw so you made your own God and somehow disproven all those other religious Gods. Please inform me how you know that the Greek God Cronos did not create the Universe. Or the Universe flowered out of the bellybutton of Brahma.
If you are so stuck on that there has to be a starter for the universe... like a god... where did the God came from?
All theists are bat shit crazy by default.
Why? They believe a magical world exists but have no evidence
Ryan LaCour
Oh, you’re Jeremy.
You should be embarrassed.
He doesnt even believe in christianity...he's lost!! He doesnt know what he believes 🤦🏾♂️
Great show. Congratulations!
I was beaten with a belt 2 or 3 times a week by a believer that read SPARE THE ROD SPOIL THE CHILD. I still have nightmares at 60 years old.
I wish I could hang out with you guys on International Atheist Day. Too bad I'm still stuck in a Middle Eastern country on the other side of the world right now. Hopefully, in the future!
It’s 2020 and there are people out there who don’t believe in planets or _space itself..._ 🤦♂️
Its really not hard to believe the impossible.....
People make things harder to believe because they don't want to believe.
@Dirk Knight
Now think about that
Smart people either know or they don't
Well..
Which is it.
Most of the smart people I know
Know.
On the other hand
It takes one (an idiot,, you)
To know one.
And now think that all these people can vote...
Anyone who asks why democracy doesn't work really don't need to look hard
@@UKMonkey
Why doesn't democracy work. ??
@@sherribhl5626 if you really need to ask, then you make my point perfectly.
I dream of my grandma who passed away quite often. She was the safe adult in my life who didn’t abuse me or put me in the position to be abused. I miss her so much. Last week after dreaming her I woke up sad and wishing that I believed I’d see her again in some afterlife. I’m comforted by knowing that when I’m a grandma, I’ll take her lead and be the best grandma ever. In that way she will live on.
I dreamed about my mother many times after she died of cancer. I have many memories of her randomly throughout the day every day. There is so much unknown. Most things are unknown.
@David Valerio I'm glad you pointed that out David I didn't even notice that in his statement. That's funny.
Jeremy was doing so well right up until the planets...
He is so stupid and brainwashed basically he has no knowledge of anything wow the school systems in USA really sucks , to many religion they teach
Sparkling Bella Well actually it’s schools that brainwash people into believing in something that they will never witnessed for themselves ain’t that the same thing that religion is doing? Me or you will never visit Mars Venus or mercury and we will never see a telescope that will allow us to view Mars Venus and Mercury everything that you know about planning someone told you yet you say I’m stupid for questioning the existence of them? Lol 😂
@@Nothing-cu7bw you can literally see venus WITHOUT a telescope. Holy shit. Please don't ever reproduce.
@@Nothing-cu7bw You should ask your school money back. You, having the feeling you were taught things not verifiable, shows volumes of you not fully understanding the things you were taught..
@David Valerio
It is feasible to construct cloud cities in the atmosphere of Venus. The temperature and pressure up there is about the same as the surface of Earth, so all one would need is a breathing apparatus. It's also possible to terraform the planet. Also, Mercury can be visited on the dark side where it's actually cold.
Love it when someone who called a month ago wants to just jump back into the argument they were having with Matt... and you can tell they've been replaying the argument in their head since the last time they called. WTG, David!
I have a feeling that his first call did not just end "due to time constraints!" 😂
"Why is you cursing? I'm being professional."
😅😅😅
Brah, You're just having a chat with Matt, you're not at a job interview. Feel free to swear away.
Funny
A Professional Idiot, you know, a P.I. :o)
Yeah, fuck censorship!
New Rule for AxP: Any caller who uses the word "exactly" gets hung up on immediately.
Exactly.
Sam from the UK has been on before and presented just as poor arguments. Today, he said he had no reasons to justify believing in God. Matt hung up. Fine. If you don't have reasons to justify, then we don't need reasons to disbelieve. Click.
I think in Jeremy's case it's "I don't understand astronomy, therefore no-one can understand astronomy." It's like saying I don't understand how rain comes from clouds, therefore it doesn't . It's a lack of acceptance that there are people out there who know more than they do.
There just can’t be people who are that smart because I’m not that smart. Sheesh.
@@howdoyouknow1218 My mother is like that :-( *sigh*
The show should have a "Pascal's Wager" bell. When any caller even implies Pascal's Wager, Matt (or someone else) should ring the bell.
Alternately, there should be a "Pascal's Wager" whisky on the table with shot glasses. Make your own rules here...
Denise Loubet's laugh is contagious, please have him on the show often.
Jeremy seemed pleasant enough and then.....🦇🦇💩💩
To be fair, he was the first caller to actually ask why Matt used swears and at the same time to not get butthurt about it XD
Please bring back Jeff Dee!
To ask "Who created physics?" necessarily makes makes 2 major assumptions:
1. Physics was created.
2. Physics was created by a being.
Before you ask that, you'd better demonstrate an instance at which physics did not exist and produce at least a silhouette of a being creating it. Otherwise, that question is DOA and deserves no answer.
Just like every other prepositionalist argument.
Thanks David, that was funny!
@Truth Matters
Hahaha thanks, that's funny!
@Truth Matters Why don't you publish your findings in a peer reviewed journal? In my 8 years of college education I have never heard anyone proving the universe was finite or that non-contingency has ever been demonstrated as a property of any being. The argument by contingency is pure speculation, nothing more.
@Truth Matters Do you reject Professor Vilenkin's naturalistic model of the Universe's origins?
Wow good job with that theatrical audio there Eric.
Hey Jeremy: Get a telescope, dude! You'll be convinced of planets after that.
The mentally ill cannot be convinced through logic and evidence
So if I purchase a telescope I’ll be able to view mercury on Mars Venus?? You know when I was 12 years old my mom bought me a $400 telescope and I went to school and asked my teacher where and how I could view the planets and I even brought my telescope to school and I went home that night and looked at the stars and all I saw was a bigger picture of a star I did not at all see a planet I just seen a bigger image of a light in the sky that’s what I noticed and that’s what I observed
David Valerio and you gain that understanding to that information from where?
Who told you that planets changed the location?
Actually if planets change their location in earth is the planet deserves change its location? And if so how can I prove that wood I have to apply for NASA to prove that because that’s the only way that I could see myself receiving those answers any other way I would have to rely on asking someone who studies planet switch they could be lying or could be telling the truth at any moment in time which means it would require a level of faith of me believing that they’re qualified to tell me about something that I don’t know.. Which by default would be putting my understanding in the hands of them
I'll always associate this episode with pandemic anxiety. Love Denis btw wish he'd do more shows!
Matt i want to see you verses disauza guy video 🥺🥺🥺🥺 where can i see this
Same here I've been looking for the god damn video and can't find it.
@@inertiaforce7846 they banned it maybe bcz they don't wanna make people demotivated to go there irl and attend debate but we foreigners are getting problem
@@inertiaforce7846 its nowhere in TH-cam it was live and i hope someone recorded it and uploaded on some platform but i couldn't find it at all
The recommendation to watch James Burke's "Connections" and "The Day the Universe Changed" TV series is pure gold. There are a large number of TV series, books, and other formats that have attempted to explain the complexity of how are knowledge has advanced but Burke's are in the "must watch" column.
The story about that priest getting a light sentence after wanting to rape and torture a child is disgusting and makes me feel sick
The world in general makes me feel like that😋 injustice is more obvious in 3rd world countries..
@Truth Matters normal, non psychopaths have a thing called empathy. I get that you are unable to understand this and the only way for you to not act on your horrible desires is to believe in a god, so please continue to so no one has to bear the torture that is your true self.
@Truth Matters Human beings should know better. No god needed. We can see how fucking twisted you are.
@Truth Matters You're the only one claiming a God is needed for morals. Answer this for me. Does moral goodness come from god, or is god simply morally good?
Izzmonster Exactly! Truth Matters comes off as a closeted serial killer and the only thing preventing him from giving in to his homicidal desires is belief that a god will punish him.
Bet you a million bucks Jeremy is a flat earther. The whole conspiracy mindset coupled with a serious lack of knowlege is a dead giveaway.
It's such a shame that there are people growing up so anti-establishment and anti-government that the school system is there to brainwash them .really fucks up your education :(
Can literally visit cape Canaveral and watch satellites being put into orbit: *does not believe*. Has read ancient mythology about magical anthropomorphic Immortal: *DOES BELIEVE*. How does this happen??
LOL. Evidence for moon landings failed though. Ended up with a logical fallacy.
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Jeremy is a flat-earther. Call me crazy.
jumping jehosaphat I’m not a flat earther 😉
Ryan LaCour So just a regular dumbass conspiracy theorist then?
Yeah he geta his physics class from kyrie irving hahahahaha
@@Nothing-cu7bw ignore these insulters. The fact that you're not a flat earther means there is more hope for you. Our education system definitely sucks. And the internet gives you access to things that are misinformation labeled as science. You need to check peer reviewed articles. I recommend Aron Ra's vids because he's an actual archaeologist with the degree as proof.
@@MidlifeCrisis82 ill check it and see what he has to say thanks for the respect and acknowledgement. and im not fazed at all lol its just a discussion to me.
I hear people call in and think, they haven't done any research on the topic they've introduced and/or they think they didn't need to. If i'm about to enter into a discussion, a quiz, homework, work, videogame, woodworking etc. In all of those instances I would have prepared in one way or another. Specifically in a discussion or debate setting in which I could learn something about the other people i'll be speaking to, you best believe I wouldn't be caught calling into a show without doing that; absolutely that would be doing my due diligence in preparing for such. I would feel so embarrassed not knowing what questions matt would ask and not having prepared at all like some of these people - in any setting, let alone a call in show that's been on air for literally ever, lol.
If Tinkerbell didn’t fart out our sun, then which fairy did?
1:00:00
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!?
All that does is encourage child predators to become ordained to mitigate their sentence when they get caught!
I mean, it is pretty awful. But it's not like this hasn't been incentivized between the catholic church hiding criminals and by the lack of legal repercussions for decades.
Sam. Honey. You had a multitude of topics to choose from to make an argument for.
Why take the one that's indefensible?
Sam is an idiot. That's why
@@upsbear The rest of the UK apologizes. So sorry this one must have escaped from somewhere.
And I don't mean that the UK is stupidland. My highest regards to the Brits. I'm referring to his head space as "stupidland"
And nice to hear from someone from UK. I visited London in 2009 and enjoyed my stay very much. (I'm in Canada)
I am working the Daytona Beach Bike Week. And a patron brought my Pub a sign that said, free Lyme disease with every Coronavirus. LOL. I love your show. Matt you are amazing and as are the rest of you
Damn! I thought America had the monopoly on Christian crazies and now I find that there is at least one living here in the UK. Sad day.
@@DaduaMaiga I don't know whether to be encouraged by that or not
Here in my area of North Devon I can count the number of them on 1 hand, There are a couple new age woo woo hippy types but thats mostly ghosts, ufo's and crop circle's. We have a 13th century church in my town with 3000 ish residents, I have coffee with the vicar for a chat/friendly argument every now and then and he tells me they struggle to get 20 people in the door every Sunday so hopefully the churches will all be musiems, visitor centre's or curiosities soon :-)
Lunacy knows no boarders.
I'm sure the vast majority of people who comment on how irrelevant religion is in the UK are white.
Their all over the place man, I'm in Ireland and there's a few here too, i wish they'd all move to the moon and get off TH-cam!.
So judging by his accent, Sam is an Indian (as in east Indian, from India) living in the UK. If so, I hope the irony of him defending slavery is not lost on him.
"Normally I don't do a lot with my schedule" - Matt
less then one second later tells you his WHOLE schedule. LOL.
Took me a while to figure out Denis's shirt. Looks like a tombstone with angel wings on it, with the expression "Forgot the 10 foot pole".
"If i have kids do you think i have the right to do whatever i want with them?" Sam: "yes" perfect example of someone who probably shouldn't have kids lol
Or pets! :o)
Matheus Macedo
I have kids
And I had every right to do anything I wanted to them
They were my kids
They lived in my house, under my roof, yes, I had every right to do whatever I wanted.
@@sherribhl5626 Im sure some parents who think the same way have done horrendous things to their own children because they viewed their childrens lives as their property and i think the police would probably disagree with that logic depending on what it is that some people decide to do with their kids due to their kids having different views from them. Also im sure a lot of people think the same way(why i said probably shouldn't, i know a lot of people still will) but fail to realize that their children will have a mind of their own and the right to make their own decisions and inevitably will, regardless of if its what anyone else including their parents want them to. A parents job is to try and guide their children in the right direction of what they think is correct, but the point of me saying this is anyone who is afraid of the possibility that another human being might not see life the same way or agree with the same things and is willing to inflict harm on another person over that whether its their children or not and whether its physical or mental harm inflicted due to that way of thinking, should not be having kids.
@@matheusmacedo9751
I hesitatingly agree to some if your comment.
You left out an issue,
Abortion
If abortion isn't abuse, negligence, mistreatment of a human life
I think I will go out every weekend and start having affairs with married men.
And not care about who it's gonna hurt or affect.
@@sherribhl5626 well thats a whole other topic and something i dont really want to dive deep into due to it not really having anything to do with my comment to begin with but id say the big difference here is causing harm to anyone including children is illegal pretty much everywhere whereas abortion is not, and to be honest with you, married men who are willing to do that are probably going to do that anyway whether its with you or not, so if thats something you want to do then go for it, knock yourself out, it really doesn't affect my life in any way shape or form and neither does a female choosing to take an action with her own body that i have no right to tell how or what to do with their body because im not the one carrying the baby for 9 months in my stomach and im not the one who has to wear a diaper for months after due to explosive blood coming out of my genitals at any moment, im not the one who has to be able to pay 200k every 5 years to support the kid and im also not the one who would be responsible for anyone elses child for the next 18 years of their lives so if anyone doesn't believe that they are ready for that financially, physically, or emotionally who am i to tell them they are wrong? Not to mention every other month we have to worry about a new possible war, or some new disease thats in danger of destroying the human race, if someone doesnt see the world and their own lifes current status as in a place where they are ready to bring a child into this world who is anyone else to tell them they are wrong? Personally i would applaud someone for having the brains to piece that all together and decide that it is best they did not have the child as opposed to someone else who doesnt take any of that into account and says well im going to do it anyway because a book says its wrong, but those people are totally free to make that choice for themselves too, bottom line is it isnt up to me or anyone else to decide for them and i dont think it applies the same as saying something along the lines of okay you decided to have a child with all of those things in mind, go ahead and kill them if they dont agree with your beliefs, i think thats jumping to a very different irrational extreme.
What are you talking about what middle? The middle of nowhere? Made me LOL
Flat Earth people can't even predict how long a flight would take from LA to Sydney.
I know exactly what your referring to, ha ha, nice one.
Dude... Matt is a warrior philosopher of fucking epic proportions.
I really miss listening to him cut through bad logic. I have been missing because of my thesis.
What makes him so epic, is that he holds onto his arguments so well, that no one can compete. I think I'm pretty good at peacefully making a case against most of these arguments, but if these arguments get heated, my thoughts get intertwined and I may get lost.
Matt is like the Achilles of rational thinking. Even under the highest levels of stress, he can continue swinging his sword and spear taking down all the false thought processes like Trojans with their pants down.
Why are the FAITHFULS worried about some silly virus 🦠 ? let’s all hold hands and pray about it 🙏 (Enter sarcasm)
Sunday School Dropout . Well either God created it, but for the godies, it will be that arsehole of a devil. (You may be pleased to know you are the 1st to hear one of my new words. “Godies”) I have invented this one in place of the word christians, which I hate the sound of, especially because I have to fight with my keypad not to give it a capital letter. It doesn’t deserve one. Cheers.
Ricky Darcilover Godies? I like it! Will use that too if you don’t mind?
Sunday School Dropout . You’re more than welcome mate. I’m in Australian and my parents never even mentioned religion because they couldn’t give a stuff about the subject so luckily for me I never went to Sunday school to be able to drop out of it. I cannot believe how rampant religion is in the states. It’s crazy.
I shall avail you of something else you may not be aware of which is a very useful argument to use against our godies. When they asked me how I can have any morals without God, I tell them about the research, which says the secular countries of the world at the lowest crime rates, and in the US, The highest crime rates are attributed to the heaviest religious states. Maybe you can use that one too. Oh and also the divorce rate is higher among the religious. Enjoy your day. Cheers
I had one greek friend post about their church tradition of everyone in congregation taking sip from a spoon saying its their belief that its the blood of christ and for any greek to believe its a threat(coronavirus) shouldnt be having holy communion to begin with...its all about faith. .
Absolutely flabbergasted .... Darwinism at it's finest...
@@rickydarcilover5581 gday mate
Good to see Denis again. Hope he gets to be a regular cohost.
The real question is, "If a Christian found out that there is no god, would they acknowledge it"?
I am a Christian there is a God!! There is a video on TH-cam call Atheist college professor die and see hell and demons it change his life. One more video call Bill Wiese 23 min in hell.
What if you die and find out there is a God and end up in hell burning 🔥 forever ??
@@queenisrael8158 what if god isn't the bible God and you suffer eternal torture for worshipping the wrong God?
@@markburch6253 I promise I know God cause he have walk this Earth long long years ago!!! Jesus said who ever believe in him will never perish but have every lasting life with him in heaven. Jesus died for our sin on the cross. After he died he come back to his 12 disciples and told them to preach the gospel every where and make disciples every where, And they seen Jesus went up into the cloud enter the kingdom of heaven. And he said who don't believe in him will go to hell ,that his punishment to them. God is real that for sure, heaven and hell all them is real. Jesus preach more on hell then anything.
@@queenisrael8158
No.
David, your process was wrong and I cannot believe Jeremy has a licence to drive.
The American GPS constellation is not comprised of geostationary satellites. The Chinese GPS constellation is.
The American GPS constellation is comprised of satellites orbiting at 20,000 km in altitude and a (nearly) 12-hour orbit period.
It may seem nitpicky but that is the sort of thing those people latch onto to avoid reality at any cost, they'd simply say: "See he got that wrong, it's all wrong". Thanks for not allowing that stupidity.
@@mugogrog Well, I'm not expecting Matt to be an absolute genius in all things scientific. I did indeed point out the flaw for those who do not know about where the satellites are and not to belittle Matt. Besides, he was part right anyway.
I think that in many things, Matt would correct me and I would not mind that.
BTW, in my nightmares, I dream about calling the AxP when Matt is hosting. My ultimate nightmare is calling AxP when Matt and Jeff Dee are both taking calls. LOL!
You make a great point about the trolls coming in and saying, "Well, if they're not certain, then we don't have to believe it."
@BrackynMor I have done this with high altitude satellites before. It does work, for sure.
That was a good episode
James in Canada, whose Catholic friend might think he'd do terrible things if he lost his faith -- look at James! He doesn't have your faith and he DOESN'T do terrible things. If your friend thinks he would anyway, then point out that the vast majority of people on Earth don't, including those with OTHER religions, so it's not just your Catholic faith that is stopping them. Get him to call the show.
I really have enjoyed the "prayer request" segments. :-)
Hey Jeremy - I personally saw Apollo XVII take off. Explain to me why the government would build that gigantic rocket for the 7th time if we never went to the moon.
Reflectors are laser reflectors. Anyone can bounce a laser off them - and many have.
Scott Davidson
You say you personally saw a rocket ship takeoff but did you personally see that rocket ship land?? And then you say reflectors are laser reflectors anyone can bounce a laser off them and many have ( I ask have you ?)
Ryan LaCour Do you think earth is flat?
Ryan LaCour Thousands of sailors did see it “land.”
@@Nothing-cu7bw I personally have seen both a space shuttle launch and landing.
Your turn! Have you personally been up to the firmament? Maybe you got close on your visit to the Antarctic ice wall?
I like this style of argument! 😈 Why are you washing your hands?? Have you actually even seen a so-called coronavirus?
You think airplanes actually move through the air? It's a government projection on the sky. That stuff you see through the window in an airplane is just a projection the "airlines" show on the windows to give you the illusion of flight while the planes travel underground. 😋
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts
21:30 I may be wrong but I think the caller meant something like "is it okay for J. K Rowling to torture Harry Potter"
I think the argument fails anyway because then God wouldn't need to exist in our reality anyway.
What a Treasure Denis is!
Next week I'm calling in with proof of bigfoot.
Looking forward to it...
Freeze Frame on 1:09:38 - this sums up David's call really well!!!!
They have Jeremy tripped up so badly he just starts using big words that really have nothing to do with the conversation!
I sometimes play video games while watching non-visual things like podcasts, documentaries and debates.
No joke: Today I was playing Ultima: Ruins of Virtue on a Gameboy emulator while watching AXP.
Denis -- you're in it!! Do you still keep in touch with the old Origin crew (other than Jeff Dee I suppose)?
You can't view the tracks on the moon from a telescope on earth.
You wanna borrow my stepladder, shorty?
And I'll show you some real "tracks" on my moon! :o)
So?
That is true but there is reflectors which we can use laser to measure distance between earth and moon.
@@anitareasontobelieve7375 so when Matt said go get a telescope he was wrong.
Hello - I live in Ottawa, and I would like to reach out to James and tell him about our Atheist hang out group and if he is familiar with CFI?
God is love. I mean evil, God is evil.
@James Erickson
Do you think that the Bible is an authentic book on God?
@Truth Matters prove yr sky daddy!
People I need help. I can't find the Terrapin trees channel here on TH-cam. I have no idea if I am spelling it wrong, if I remember the name wrong altogether or what. It's very good atheist channel focused on psychology and narcissistic behavior. Please if you can point me there, I would be grateful
Did you mean TheraminTrees? I tried searching and that's what I found. Seems at a glance to cover the kind of content you were referring to. Hope I got the right one.
@@jaidev777 theramin!!!! yes thanks a bunch, i was trying to search for all the keywords I could connect to it, but failed.
W0Ndr3y - No problem, and thanks to you I found an incredibly useful and informative channel, and subscribed to it myself!
ive seen the moon and other stars and other planets through a telescope Jeremy, what ay gonna tell me I didn't?
I've seen Jupiter through a telescope and I've seen the craters of the moon through a telescope.
@@inertiaforce7846 you haven't seen the creators of the moon through a telescope, don't be silly now
@@lincthomas7178 LOL. God damn voice to text. Craters*. Thank you for pointing out the error I'm going to correct it.
@@inertiaforce7846 why r u using that for?
I've seen Uranus. *budum tssss*
I'll show myself out...
It always amazes me when Matt dispels someone's premise so thoroughly and clearly (David of NJ) and then that person _continues_ to defend their position as though Matt didn't say anything at all. Some theists are so wedded to their beliefs that their brains are case-hardened against even the simplest logic. Just 'wow.'
Omg, that priest should've gotten twice the sentence, and the judge should get kicked from his position..! If it's true..
The Bigfoot show! Perfectly put!
I received a survey of the AE on my phone, and the survey asked the question: "is this video (AE)
Atheist Experience good for you
With it there were blank stars to rate them.
I gave the AE all stars.
And I'm not an atheist.
Are you christian, muslim, Seek, Buddhism? Or all 4 ...lol
@@toughtony5539
Why does it matter what label you put on me.
Those you mentioned are labels.
Religion is not relationship.
@@sherribhl5626 So what do you believe?
@@toughtony5539
It doesn't matter.
@@sherribhl5626 I guess you're a deist not a theist? A slightly more logical view point in my opinion
Hey, D&D references in the opening! Do you guys play? 😍
Where do people like Jeremy come from? Were they created?
@Sunnypsyop he's strolling thru the comment section under Ryan Lacour. I think he's seriously that idiotic
@Sunnypsyop I don't think that we can afford to take any chances with these people, poe or not.
In a lab.
@@mischarowe We are truly the new God! LOL!
1:22 I have to disagree there at that point. Why is it insufficient to admit, that I just dont know and I am opened to be proven either way? I dont know, if something so ridiculous as Bigfoot exists, does not mean, it cannot exist. It may be unlikely and I for sure dont wanna wrap my life around religion based off of it, but "I dont know" is a valid answer to yes or no question. There should be no shame in admiting, that you just dont fucking know something. If someone asks me, if I believe, that god of any kind exists, why is it wrong to say, that I am unconvinced and therefore to live my life as if there is none, but I am still opened to the idea? AKA I dont know.
If you don't know something, epistemologically speaking, then you can't say you believe it. And if you can't say you believe it, then you by definition must not believe it. It doesn't mean you believe there can't be whatever it is that you don't know, it just means you don't believe there is.
Sam: "I don't need evidence for god." I literally LMAO. Doesn't get that his claim of god doesn't make this okay. This guy is a verbal copy and paste of slavery apologetics.
Minh: replace religion with unbiased critical thinking. And prayer with meditation.
Christopher: When talking to religious family members, it's easier to do so one-on-one. I'm really curious as to how that is going to go...
James: Nobody has the right to tell someone they're immoral "because". Empathy and compassion is a human trait not some mystical thing given to you by a god. I wish you luck with that arsehole, James. I wouldn't be able to keep my cool with him.
David: Ugh. Another "I was an atheist but have no idea what logic even means". *Liar, liar, pants on fire.*
Jeremy: "I'm just here to not argue and confirm we don't know anything." Waste of fucking time.
Paused at 1:07:32 so in response to what the caller said just prior to this timestamp, which was something to the effect of cells & chemicals don't have thoughts but we do. To which I respond: wood & flames don't have ashes but fire pits do. Correct cell type plus correct chemical produces thought. Just as wood plus flame produces ash.
EDIT: Ha! Funny that Matt & I immediately thought of fire in our examples.
The person who named our species "Homo sapiens" obviously never met David from NJ.
I could've listened to him smack the presup around for half the show. I'd love to hear this dope work out how a frozen over lake is both a solid and a liquid at the SAME TIME! derp.
Howdy folks! 🤠
What's up, buddy? What or who are you doing in this neighborhood?
Care to share? :o)
David Tyrrell hey David, we are Canadian and my Mom was a Tyrrell and her Uncle was Joseph Burr Tyrrell whose name is on a really great Dinosaur Museum in Drumheller Alta!!!!
I had a similar conversation yesterday. I was trying to explain the difference between belief and lack of belief. Their argument was that the lack of belief is a belief in itself. I reached my personal limit of understanding and would love some clarification on this.
If you have a lack of belief in my pet dinosaur i claim i have, that is not a belief you have.
Why are theists so dumb when it comes to that. Their lack of belief in islam isnt a belief either!
See Gritti Is not owning a car a way of owning a car?
Lennart Hedlund I like that! Right on
See Gritti You can also see it like the ”God” concept is an item that is inserted to a childs brain. If you take that item out and not replacing it with anything, there is no belief left. To make it to a belief you have to replace it with a ”no God” concept item.
Lennart Hedlund absolutely