The thing about words are they mean something different to everyone. I told my husband that even though I am an atheist, if someone I loved was on their deathbed or really struggling and they asked me to pray with them, I would. Not because I think there is a God who is listening, but because I believe it would be mentally beneficial to someone I love. It is not my job to try to change their mind. It is my job to be there for them, love them, listen to them and help when I can.
Your post is more about empathy than it is vocabulary. Words shouldn't have "different meanings for everyone" or they lose their purpose. I'll give you an example. Lately, it's not that uncommon for me to hear people refer to a criminal as "a gentleman". What's the difference between a gentleman and a man. Apparently nothing! You're an atheist I'm an agnostic. That means you don't believe in God, and I want proof before I do! If words lose their meaning, we're lost!
@@smalls9852 I get your point but I’d like to ask you. Do you believe that there is no purpose to your life? That yourself and waste share the same significance…
we live in a world of lies....just be mindfull that our time on earth is very short and eternity goes on forever which you will be part of whether you want to be or not. If you want to prove to yourself there is a God then just look at the simple facts. Life on earth according to the non believer , claim that after the big bang happened chemicals got splashed around and mixed together and somehow life was generated and we evolved from this chemical action. They have to claim chemicals due to the fact the big bang gave off so much energy that all traces of life would have been destroyed. Good luck with that theory of mixing chemicals to make people. God bless and guide us all.
@@mehmetsimsek4794Science is a tool to understanding our surounding. You can use it to invent useful stuff like the phone you are using right now OR you could use it to invent nuclear weapons to use in war. Religion however is a doctrine. It gives instructions to it's followers what to do. And the more popular religions do instruct stuff like killing non-believers or force your belief onto other whatever way you can. Science and religion are very different in every possible way.
My favorite point of Professor Tyson in this video is that he said he wants to be buried, not cremated. I do not even wish to be buried even in a formal grave. I figure that, when I feel my death is at hand -say, cancer -I will wander out into the desert or mountains nearby and intentionally swallow water into my lungs so as to drown, so to speak. I want to be food for the coyotes and crows and such creatures so that both my matter and energy will be recycled back into nature. I am a big fan of Professor Tyson.
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Maybe I'll see you out there - I've long held that same intention, and I live on the desert. I just have to hope the choice isn't out of my hands at that time.
I'm interested in the chemical decomposition process that has been developed. They put your body in a vat and dissolve it with chemicals, like acid or something, Then they neutralize those chemicals and the resulting goo can be used as fertilizer. It's not legal in most states including my own.
@@raulhernannavarro1903 Your free mind is limited just like how the "frog in the well" perceives reality. Everything will change for the frog If it only could jump out of the well.
The college I attended to receive two bachelor degrees stressed the need to question the current beliefs. When I entered college, I was what I referred to as a blood and guts Christian, essentially an evangelical. During the process of my education, I was taught to question what I had taken as fact and to view things in the light of evidence. What I am saying is if people are coming out of college and have only been taught out of textbooks those are really bad colleges. To me, the entire purpose of the college education is to teach the student how to question and how to research and how to evaluate the validity of any thought.
Not ONLY that, but it is presumed that if you aren't that religion, you're somehow "UnAmerican." Even worse... their practice OF that religion would make Jesus furious.
My undergraduate degree is in Anthropology/Archaeology. The core of that discipline questions EVERYTHING that man is or has done and should be a model for other disciplines. The World would be a lot better off if more people were Anthropology majors.
I have my own argument: If there is a God and God created a world wherein life destroys life in order to survive, and if this is the work of a loving God, I can't image what a hateful god might dream up.
Add in the Easter bunny, the tooth fairy, guardian angels, all instilled into children by adults as “innocent” well meaning lies until the children sus out the truth and everyone moves on with no damage done except for quite a few upset and disappointed children. As you say though, God (and Jesus) get by somehow with the adults maintaining the fallacy and never challenging or reasoning about the truth. Then the children become adults and have their own children and so the cycle continues unbroken. Only those with the ability or desire to seek the truth and challenge the whole concept of a Deity in the sky who created everything in the universe but focussed its attention on one tiny planet orbiting a small star out of 300 billion in one galaxy out of 300 billion galaxies in the observable universe.
But we can. I did. Funnily enough my 1st questioning about what I was taught was when I was 7. About the same time I realised the truth about Santa and fairies etc.
I did as well. I'm of the opinion that it has to do with when you are taught about religion. Usually that is during your formative years, and its harder to go against what you learn during that time as its more deeply imprinted on your psyche.
Because people want to believe that they are special. That their lives have meaning and that they are here for a reason. They are afraid of dying and are comforted in the thought that they will continue to exist in an afterlife with the being that created them.
The only college I’ve ever been to is Community college but I don’t believe there is any being listening to pray. I was raised in Catholic school but there came a time when I was a young adult that I started to question everything. I think absent of college in my life I’ve always been a critical thinker and have an enormous curiosity about almost everything.
As an atheist, if I was about to be executed. Probably by some religious nut who has an issue with me not believing their nonsense. First I'd think about whether life has been good to me, considering my current situation - being executed and all - I'd be glad life isn't going to be bothering me much longer.
I believe religion can inspire mankind to seek scientific answers to questions. It's akin to seeking the face of God. For some, it means more to discover information that has a spiritual significance.
@@BretMyers-fd5kt I'm sure all that "seeking the face of god" stuff sounds profound to you, and if that works for you fine. But to the rest of us it's a whole lot of bollocks.
A lot of people have a bit of a insecurity in their mind and so they get comfort from having a "" father figure"" in their life. Religion gives comfort and guidance to many, just don't let it totally dominate your life.
In the USA, 90% of the scientists were made religious before they became scientists, what would the number be if the scientists had not been made religious before they became scientists?
My parents never spoke about religion and I'm an atheïst. My wife was raised christian. Not long ago we watched " Forbidden Marriages" . I told her that 50 years ago in the Netherlands, a Catholic person could not marry a Evangelical person. One of them had to be converted. She agreed but said ' it has changed, now it is OK. I asked " who decided? Who was OK? Who changed it? Silence.
@@hermandegroot1946 Did her silence make her think? It's like when the Catholic church said 'Purgatory' did not exist anymore. Religions make people talk nonsense. Who said? Religion made me talk like an idiot.
I've never been religious, but, when I was a mature student (2009-13) graduating with a 2:1 in Computer Security & Forensics, we had a module on critical thinking - that put the final nail in the coffin of religious belief for me. I do still go to church, due to an article in New Scientist in the UK which reported on a study that found people who go to church (whether or not they believe) are happier and live longer than those who don't.
Personally I am a scientific pantheist. Meaning that I see the universe as its own entity and alive. Everything that happens within said universe is a product of evolution and the scientific method. My interpretation is a tiny bit of spirituality sprinkled in with a whole lot of science along with a sense of wonder and awe.
@quakers200 yes. With a bit of Einsteins philosophy mixed in. The cool thing about pantheism is that it's open to interpretation. It's kind of like the Baskin-Robbins of religion and philosophy. But that I mean it's like you can choose your own flavor. And it lends itself to mix and match with other belief systems.
@@BooboosANDBloodshed_95 That sounds ridiculous. If one can choose their own interpretation and mix and match their beliefs with other belief systems, how do you know what the truth is? How can eleven different interpretations all be true?
The guy who says he want to return his body to the soil, of the Planet is clearly showing humility and respect toward the web of life...I dont care wich God he does or doesnt pray !!!
I don’t believe in God myself, but have no problem with others believing if it improves their life or health. I only dislike religion that encourages prejudice against others, for example, almost all religions are prejudiced against women. There is a difference between choosing to believe in God as an answer to unanswerable questions and a religion that tells you what and how to believe, and usually condemning others who believe different rules of worship.
I would say that most - if not all of them - were brought up with religion. Fear - which is what religion thrives on - is the strongest force we feel. I do not know any scientist who is "born again".
I think it was Joseph Campbell who opined that there is no purpose to life. It's the individual who brings purpose to his/her life. Or not, I would add.
There are three aspects to religion: the Church as an institution, the Church as an exercise in psychology, the Church as an exercise in spirituality. I know I am dealing with this latter point when I say, " I don't know" .
I was raised as a Christian, but as i got older, i started questioning it all. My ex girlfriend is a devout Christian and we had some serious conversations about God. Now I'm dating a devout Catholic woman with her beliefs, which are a little different. I am having a hard time in believing what i have not seen any evidence of, other than life itself. I want proof and not what people are telling me or what a book is telling me.
And that right there cuts to the heart of Christianity. Faith is defined as believing that which has no proof. The logic behind this is: It takes no faith to believe what you can see.
I love man made pictures and stories of an invisible and unknowable god. The cognitive dissonance in the creators and followers is fascinating to watch.
Why are there people so eager to bash religion? Does it give them fame and fortune? Does it make them feel better about themselves? Is it there goal to undermine the faith of others? What is it?
God is nature and energy,, yes I believe in God. I still go by the song in the 60’s I don’t believe in heaven and I pray there ain’t to hell! But there will be one child born to carry on. Carry on!
Nice answer but i am guessing burial without a casket that sort of makes your body available to decay is illegal. Burial at sea? Notsure how that works. Cremation for me. No casket, digging a pit rtc. Yes little energy my body has will go up literally in smoke. I like the idea of a body dumped in a special woods where the blow flies and beetles quickly take care of things but that is unlikely.
Agreed! Although we were derived from material created within stars, stars could effortlessly consume us back again if we got too close to them, or them to us.
Prayer has the power to accomplish a sense of well-being in the participant. Particularly the submission of responsibility to a perceived higher power causes the release of multiple feel-good chemicals. Prayer is something, but it's not what religious people think it is.
I would not place Engineers as equivalent to the scientific community. Many are not knowledgeable about the scientific method. They may have read about it or have been taught about it, but they haven't actually practiced it. Their appreciation of the accumulated scientific knowledge based on the scientific method is not part of their understanding.
BUT ! you are looking at god as religious tyrants shove up your ass ---- some where in time before all this there was nothing ---- that nothing was replaced by empty space and then space was replaced by a universe and by cosmological mitosis we end up on a rock trillions of times smaller then that universe ------- now what appears to be a legitmant miracle has been labeled as god -- the physical transformation is god -------------- now people like Peter who had Jesus murdered in order to create a staged process following his death as the religion of all religions and the evil of religion from the Iron Age til now to control the masses for self enrichment and the oppression and suppression of humanity ------ religion is the evil and if you enter in and adhere to the tenets you will find goodness ---------- the alternative is to follow the WORDS OF JESUS - NO TO CHURCHES as god is the church so enter in ---- in other words internalize the miracle and go forth with the goodness you will obtain from the process of the creation labeled as god----yet religion stole from humanity that miracle and reframed it as god sitting in a cosmological Lazy Boy managing the process ---------------- god is a name of a miracle given by humans and that is it -- religion assigned human traits to a process of physical creation and made god in their image to enrich themselves while using evil to control the masses -------------- god is a label of a process to where we are not a human man of magic selling bottles of liquid religion ! god and religion are two distinct divergent concepts one a miracle the other a falsity served up by greedy humans to further the control of empires and emperors !
Music is often touching upon religious themes. The bible stories are widely read and compelling tales. So people have familiar ties to the songs and music. Angels and the Devil are easily recognized figures. Classical music was often commissioned by the church, who control massive wealth in those days, so the artists were bound to write music for the church, because they liked to eat and be comfortable.
I’m not religious but I believe in God through my life’s observations. I am aware of God, but most people who follow and trust religious leaders are not closer to God than me.
Reason 1 million: Exodus 22:3 states "“Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution, but if they have nothing, they must be sold to pay for their theft." This was used many many times in the past to justify selling people into slavery. No, not make them work for someone, into actual _slavery_ .
In a college philosophy course (at my engineering school), there was one argument for believing in God. Ourr professor made a 2x2 diagram with one side as believe/don't believe and the other as God exists/doesn't exist. So, if you don't believe and there's no God, you're good. Believe and God doesn't exist, you break even as maybe you spend time in church but no end benefit. Now you believe and God does exist you're all set. The bad one is you don't believe and God does exist, you're screwed.
I still don’t understand why ppl think science and god are at odds when they are different fields, I still really enjoy vids like this tho it helps reinforce my faith, bless yall fr 🙏🤞❤️❤️
Being an atheist allows me to offer respect belief in any and all religions. People who ascribe to a specific religion can only be upset by people worshiping a different God or alternate dogma. Also, atheism affords the perspective that modern religions are a set of dogma create by males who are almost always zealots and fanatics. For example, where in the bible does is say that the Catholic power players, like Cardinals and the Pope, should wear ridiculous looking hats ?
Thank you, Neil de Grasse Tyson I too have chosen to be buried in the ground in a woven basket, I found a place nearby and I’m currently making arrangements for the future. You must be sure that they don’t embalm you either .
He regularly paints Atheists as something the majority of them are not. When he said he is “agnostic” this is by far how the majority of atheists see themselves and act/interact with theists. He is imposing a view and actions of a handful of people he’s probably seen on TH-cam as if they were an entire community. I would encourage him to not paint with such broad brushes
There have been more than 18,000 gods worshipped over the course of mankind. Some like RA were worshiped for thousands of years. History proves that religions surrenly believed in will pass away as well, likely to be replaced by new gods and religions.
Love tidy Tyson. But don't know why he refers to himself as athiest. That's the other side of the same coin os god beliviers. Both claim to know. KNOW. How is either possible? Agnostic seems, to me, the most honest view. 🤠
God and the earth's religions are not the same thing. One would think Tyson is smart enough to figure that out. The Bible says, God "does not live in temples made with hands." This sets God above all the major religions on earth; including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and the rest.
Until Paramahansa Yogananda brought the greatest science known to man KRIYA YOGA, that brings proof of God's Reality through direct personal experience that works like mathematics. And by the way the time was not right to release this KEY that more than anything else, makes Atheism OBSOLETE. And SO the Obsolescence of Atheism began in 1920. In Your unfortunate misfortune that you didn't bother to keep a close eye on the opposition's progress, you have been flying the banner of an Obsolete opinion longer than your Ego is willing to accept.
@@billyryland Oh. My bad. May I please see your Nobel prize for proving the existence of a deity? After all this is settled fact based on your assertion that seems grounded in “personal experience” correct? And you couldn’t possibly be wrong with your interpretation of the cause of your experience correct? Also if it can be mathematically proven may I have the variable for “god” and how you determined it?
@@billyryland So a god living in your head? Awesome. I'm looking foward to the publication and peer reviews and would like to know if his evidence is correct. The fact that you say it is based on personal experience, aka unverifiable data, I'm not gonna hold my breath.
Prayer happens when people have peers they admire. Shame on those who hold their lives and accomplishments as a standard for those who can’t reach such heights and hierarchy.
If we as scientists die and find our there is a God, well which of the 18,000 Gods that have been worshiped by humans might it be?? And we would say COOL! THERES A GOD!@
Who cares what this person's opinion is? People need to spend time in their own personal space finding out what the facts are, rather than being misled by mini stars like Mr. Tyson. I'm sure he's a nice guy, but obviously impressed with his own opinion rather than studying, not just reading for an hour, but truly studying the Truth. Show boating mini stars like this person only misleads people.
I would have assumed that the lack of supporting evidence for the supernatural claims would have been sufficient reason for most people to give up religion. Nobody can threaten me with hell, because I have found no reason to blindly accept afterlife claims. The person you are dies, when your brain dies.
If one could prove that our world is full of spirits and meaningful coincidences are caused by these entities would Neil degrasse Tyson believe in God, or at least agree God and the Universe are one and the same?
(^^;))) Consciousness is the particle and wave double slit experiment. The cones and rods of your eyes preserve the particle and wave duality so your vision don't look like a flat screen television. It's supposed to be a violation of physics but it is the only exception in the whole universe.
Can we not live freely w/out believing in anything, since, our existence here are not our fault, otherwise it would be better that all these things would have not been started or created, putting all d blame in us, not d one who really conceived all this mystery!
(^-^; This is an artistic proof of a created universe. When you paint a shadow it's the opposite color of the object that made the shadow. Nobody knew what the opposite color of white was so the artists avoided painting white on white. The opposite color of white is baby blue and baby pink. The first artist to figure it out was Norman Rockwell. I was the second artist to figure it out. I saw it in the corner of a white room. The lighting was perfect to see it. Pigments have different rules than light. It took them thousands of years to get all the pigments they have now.
I agree that God probably isn't real; how ever I was hit in an auto accident- my car was on the freeway and I was hit from behind by a Sentra doing about 90. My car hit the center divider, bounced to the curb and rolled 3 x. I was knocked out, but had only a concussion, and a scratch on my right wrist. May be no God, but I had some kind of help...
Please watch and share with others my five brief videos in which I present examples of scientific facts contained in the Bible, facts that the writers thousands of years ago could not have been aware of without divine knowledge given to them by Jesus Christ / The God of the Bible. And today's scientists agree with those facts!
any God that hides from his own people and expects a select group of his own creations to speak on his behalf must have been very imaginative. but very misinformed!
Christianity is not a Religion, it is a way of life. If you accept Jesus Christ as your savior, there is a change in your life. You choose to do things to help others in the understanding of who God is.
Sadly at seven and a half minutes he strawmans atheists. We are not like that. Sure some are. But most of us, who use the term of atheist to describe part of what we are, just don't believe in any dieies or want to support anything that supports that belief. Not that we say their cannot be a god. We just find no evidence whatsoever anywhere that proves one exists and especially as any definition people can come up with. It was sad to hear him so wrong about this.
@@Chris-hx3om- It’s an expression meaning the _idea_ of a god (which is all it ever was) is dead. Of course, it’s not dead, and will not be as long as it’s politically useful.
I love you my brother, but you're hubris has damned your ability to discern the truth. You are the quintessential personification of how a person can be so brilliant, yet naïve at the same time. You believe because you codify the visible reality, that there is nothing beyond that which is readily discernible. I would never suggest I know what that is, because I don't. What I do know is that something profoundly mysterious has happened, of which we are apart. That much I do know. Use that magnificent brain of yours.
Arguments for religion Martin Luther King, Mahamta Gandhi, John Woolman, The Civil Rights Movement, The anti Slavery Movement. William James. Logic (Watch indicates watch maker).
This man is an entertaining chap but he can never compare with the charming educated thinker Carl Sagan who could really think and convey his ideas without offending anyone and we could not help being taking with him. What a terrible loss.
I'm here for this😅. Time to end this nonsense of mythology. If you're gonna ignore Greek mythology then so should the rest of religions. The only way that the story of Noah's Ark would have been possible was during the Pangaea period🤨. Smell ya later there I fixed it to you😂.
I am an athiest or agnostic fepending on how others consider what that means. For me i have had no compelling evidence tor God or any logical reason to believe that there is a God but i cant rule out the possibility just as in a strange way i cant rule out evil demons tricking me about my life experiences or a brain in a vat controledby superior being feeding me impulses that create my reality. In other words some immaterial force exists that is capable of doing things in the material world without being detected , as in miracles. As far as religion goes that makes me an athiest. I find none that are in the slightest plausable, and have stopped looking long ago.
( ´Д｀) Natural selection is the character flaw in evil that is integrity is more important than life otherwise evolution is tragic circumstances with nothing intelligent happening. Almost everyone survive until they reproduce. Nothing is getting selected except for the character flaw in evil. I found a replacement for the character flaw in evil that I liked but God makes me forget things that will cause me trouble.
f(^_^) The universe was created in 1976. It is too hot to make a universe at the time of the big bang. It can be created at anytime. God is slow and easy. A human can do a lot with their lifespan. I got the hunk. God got the chunk. Everyone else can have the rest. That is song spirit of ''76 by The Alarm.
"Jesus" was supposedly on this Earth for 33 years with a mission to save mankind from God knows what. We know nothing of his activities from the time he was 12 until the time he was 30. He had 18 years to write a manual for living in his own hand and signature. What do we have from him? Not one single word IN HIS OWN HAND. No wonder the mission failed.
The thing about words are they mean something different to everyone. I told my husband that even though I am an atheist, if someone I loved was on their deathbed or really struggling and they asked me to pray with them, I would. Not because I think there is a God who is listening, but because I believe it would be mentally beneficial to someone I love. It is not my job to try to change their mind. It is my job to be there for them, love them, listen to them and help when I can.
This is the most beautiful and sensitive comment I have read on this subject. Thank you
Your post is more about empathy than it is vocabulary.
Words shouldn't have "different meanings for everyone" or they lose their purpose.
I'll give you an example. Lately, it's not that uncommon for me to hear people refer to a criminal as "a gentleman". What's the difference between a gentleman and a man. Apparently nothing!
You're an atheist I'm an agnostic. That means you don't believe in God, and I want proof before I do! If words lose their meaning, we're lost!
Bless you ❤ *1 Corinthians 13:1-13* ❤️
@@smalls9852 I get your point but I’d like to ask you. Do you believe that there is no purpose to your life? That yourself and waste share the same significance…
Early humans somehow realized that we did not create nature and it eventually led to the belief that there was/is something greater than oneself.
Science will fly you to the moon; religion will fly you into a building
Actually religion can't do that either. Because you need science to fly the plane too.
we live in a world of lies....just be mindfull that our time on earth is very short and eternity goes on forever which you will be part of whether you want to be or not. If you want to prove to yourself there is a God then just look at the simple facts. Life on earth according to the non believer , claim that after the big bang happened chemicals got splashed around and mixed together and somehow life was generated and we evolved from this chemical action. They have to claim chemicals due to the fact the big bang gave off so much energy that all traces of life would have been destroyed. Good luck with that theory of mixing chemicals to make people. God bless and guide us all.
@@mehmetsimsek4794Science is a tool to understanding our surounding. You can use it to invent useful stuff like the phone you are using right now OR you could use it to invent nuclear weapons to use in war.
Religion however is a doctrine. It gives instructions to it's followers what to do. And the more popular religions do instruct stuff like killing non-believers or force your belief onto other whatever way you can.
Science and religion are very different in every possible way.
Well said!!💯
Scientists invent fire, then get burnt as heretics..
My favorite point of Professor Tyson in this video is that he said he wants to be buried, not cremated. I do not even wish to be buried even in a formal grave. I figure that, when I feel my death is at hand -say, cancer -I will wander out into the desert or mountains nearby and intentionally swallow water into my lungs so as to drown, so to speak. I want to be food for the coyotes and crows and such creatures so that both my matter and energy will be recycled back into nature. I am a big fan of Professor Tyson.
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I am 76, and will be composted after I die. My body will feed new plants, trees, and worms.
I am grateful for a method of disposing of my body as opposed to embalming and burial in the traditional sense...and my composting will not foul the air from cremation.
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@@gastropod557 Also 76, and I'm going to look into this - thanks! I won't be able to do it, though, if it costs money. ANY money.
Maybe I'll see you out there - I've long held that same intention, and I live on the desert. I just have to hope the choice isn't out of my hands at that time.
I've lived my hobbies as a scuba diver and fisherman. In death I wish to return to the sea, so I might provide for it, as it has provided for me.
I'm interested in the chemical decomposition process that has been developed. They put your body in a vat and dissolve it with chemicals, like acid or something, Then they neutralize those chemicals and the resulting goo can be used as fertilizer. It's not legal in most states including my own.
Without religion, society flourishes.
Why?
@@alexanderwolf1151A free mind is more productive, a more productive society is better for everyone.
Religion only lead to fascism.
@@alexanderwolf1151 Science has questions without answers. Religion only has answers that cannot be questioned.
@@raulhernannavarro1903 Your free mind is limited just like how the "frog in the well" perceives reality. Everything will change for the frog If it only could jump out of the well.
The college I attended to receive two bachelor degrees stressed the need to question the current beliefs. When I entered college, I was what I referred to as a blood and guts Christian, essentially an evangelical. During the process of my education, I was taught to question what I had taken as fact and to view things in the light of evidence. What I am saying is if people are coming out of college and have only been taught out of textbooks those are really bad colleges. To me, the entire purpose of the college education is to teach the student how to question and how to research and how to evaluate the validity of any thought.
The US may have freedom of religion but one group thinks it should be the only religion.
Isn’t that funny how that works?
Sad but true.
Freedom of religion cannot exist without freedom from religion.
Not ONLY that, but it is presumed that if you aren't that religion, you're somehow "UnAmerican."
Even worse... their practice OF that religion would make Jesus furious.
My undergraduate degree is in Anthropology/Archaeology. The core of that discipline questions EVERYTHING that man is or has done and should be a model for other disciplines. The World would be a lot better off if more people were Anthropology majors.
I took 3 months of anthropology/archeology as an elective during my chemistry major and I totally agree with you…….
To me, I'm fine with godspeed, because all it means to me is be safe!!
Exactly.
I have my own argument: If there is a God and God created a world wherein life destroys life in order to survive, and if this is the work of a loving God, I can't image what a hateful god might dream up.
I asked my parents when i was a kid "why are there no scientists or really smart people are in our church?
If we as children can grow out of believing in Santa Claus and having imaginary friends, how is it that we can't grow out of believing in God?
Add in the Easter bunny, the tooth fairy, guardian angels, all instilled into children by adults as “innocent” well meaning lies until the children sus out the truth and everyone moves on with no damage done except for quite a few upset and disappointed children. As you say though, God (and Jesus) get by somehow with the adults maintaining the fallacy and never challenging or reasoning about the truth. Then the children become adults and have their own children and so the cycle continues unbroken. Only those with the ability or desire to seek the truth and challenge the whole concept of a Deity in the sky who created everything in the universe but focussed its attention on one tiny planet orbiting a small star out of 300 billion in one galaxy out of 300 billion galaxies in the observable universe.
But we can. I did. Funnily enough my 1st questioning about what I was taught was when I was 7. About the same time I realised the truth about Santa and fairies etc.
I did as well. I'm of the opinion that it has to do with when you are taught about religion. Usually that is during your formative years, and its harder to go against what you learn during that time as its more deeply imprinted on your psyche.
@@jimbracknell5648I did. After my whole childhood in Catholic school and church.
Because people want to believe that they are special. That their lives have meaning and that they are here for a reason.
They are afraid of dying and are comforted in the thought that they will continue to exist in an afterlife with the being that created them.
When u get applause from the great Richard Dawkins, u know you're worth your weight in Gold.....BRAVO, Dr Tyson!! 🤩🤩
Preach Brother Tyson! Preach!
I am a biologist and atheist, and I own about 200 Christmas CDs, because I find the music very moving as human expression.
The only college I’ve ever been to is Community college but I don’t believe there is any being listening to pray. I was raised in Catholic school but there came a time when I was a young adult that I started to question everything. I think absent of college in my life I’ve always been a critical thinker and have an enormous curiosity about almost everything.
As an atheist, if I was about to be executed. Probably by some religious nut who has an issue with me not believing their nonsense.
First I'd think about whether life has been good to me, considering my current situation - being executed and all - I'd be glad life isn't going to be bothering me much longer.
Same
I believe religion can inspire mankind to seek scientific answers to questions. It's akin to seeking the face of God. For some, it means more to discover information that has a spiritual significance.
@@BretMyers-fd5kt I'm sure all that "seeking the face of god" stuff sounds profound to you, and if that works for you fine.
But to the rest of us it's a whole lot of bollocks.
*I was an Atheist since elementary school. Never bought into the myth.*
wonder who will give the best rebuttal to this argument. hope
A lot of people have a bit of a insecurity in their mind and so they get comfort from having a "" father figure"" in their life. Religion gives comfort and guidance to many, just don't let it totally dominate your life.
In the USA, 90% of the scientists were made religious before they became scientists, what would the number be if the scientists had not been made religious before they became scientists?
My parents never spoke about religion and I'm an atheïst.
My wife was raised christian. Not long ago we watched " Forbidden Marriages" . I told her that 50 years ago in the Netherlands, a Catholic person could not marry a Evangelical person. One of them had to be converted. She agreed but said ' it has changed, now it is OK. I asked " who decided? Who was OK? Who changed it? Silence.
@@hermandegroot1946 Did her silence make her think? It's like when the Catholic church said 'Purgatory' did not exist anymore. Religions make people talk nonsense. Who said? Religion made me talk like an idiot.
@@Shytot-1 Yes she still thinks :-) It's a better world without Religion .
@@hermandegroot1946 I'm pleased for you. I live in the UK, so religion is not such a big deal over here.
90% of Americans state that they are religious, and 54% read at the 6th grade level. There is a meaningful overlap.
Are you sure? You seem overly generous about reading comprehension.
@@jamesharmon4994 Well, give people the benefit of the doubt. I read some studies.
I've never been religious, but, when I was a mature student (2009-13) graduating with a 2:1 in Computer Security & Forensics, we had a module on critical thinking - that put the final nail in the coffin of religious belief for me. I do still go to church, due to an article in New Scientist in the UK which reported on a study that found people who go to church (whether or not they believe) are happier and live longer than those who don't.
Yea that's more to do with being social in groups than anything else. Community, very important.
You can do the same thing by joining a gym class
Personally I am a scientific pantheist. Meaning that I see the universe as its own entity and alive. Everything that happens within said universe is a product of evolution and the scientific method. My interpretation is a tiny bit of spirituality sprinkled in with a whole lot of science along with a sense of wonder and awe.
Spinoza's philosophy.
@quakers200 yes. With a bit of Einsteins philosophy mixed in. The cool thing about pantheism is that it's open to interpretation. It's kind of like the Baskin-Robbins of religion and philosophy. But that I mean it's like you can choose your own flavor. And it lends itself to mix and match with other belief systems.
@@BooboosANDBloodshed_95 That sounds ridiculous. If one can choose their own interpretation and mix and match their beliefs with other belief systems, how do you know what the truth is? How can eleven different interpretations all be true?
The guy who says he want to return his body to the soil, of the Planet is clearly showing humility and respect toward the web of life...I dont care wich God he does or doesnt pray !!!
Matter cannot be destroyed, just changes its nature. Cremation is returning what was to another product, body to earth versus ashes to dust.
I don’t believe in God myself, but have no problem with others believing if it improves their life or health. I only dislike religion that encourages prejudice against others, for example, almost all religions are prejudiced against women. There is a difference between choosing to believe in God as an answer to unanswerable questions and a religion that tells you what and how to believe, and usually condemning others who believe different rules of worship.
I just don't understand how a scientist can believe in god.
The same way everyone else does.
Childhood indoctrination.
They are brainwashed scientist
I would say that most - if not all of them - were brought up with religion. Fear - which is what religion thrives on - is the strongest force we feel. I do not know any scientist who is "born again".
Maybe they are just religious. It's not the same as having faith.
Well, mental child abuse may be.
I think it was Joseph Campbell who opined that there is no purpose to life. It's the individual who brings purpose to his/her life. Or not, I would add.
There are three aspects to religion: the Church as an institution,
the Church as an exercise in psychology,
the Church as an exercise in spirituality. I know I am dealing with this latter point when I say, " I don't know" .
Deep !
Well said Mr u got it and i also have come to the conclusion of what u are saying here thanks for sharing this video
Religion isn't God. religion is an interpretation of God.
In secular countries women and children are better places to live.
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I was raised as a Christian, but as i got older, i started questioning it all. My ex girlfriend is a devout Christian and we had some serious conversations about God. Now I'm dating a devout Catholic woman with her beliefs, which are a little different. I am having a hard time in believing what i have not seen any evidence of, other than life itself. I want proof and not what people are telling me or what a book is telling me.
And that right there cuts to the heart of Christianity. Faith is defined as believing that which has no proof. The logic behind this is: It takes no faith to believe what you can see.
I love man made pictures and stories of an invisible and unknowable god. The cognitive dissonance in the creators and followers is fascinating to watch.
Clash of the Titans! I'm a fan too!
Why are there people so eager to bash religion? Does it give them fame and fortune? Does it make them feel better about themselves? Is it there goal to undermine the faith of others? What is it?
God is nature and energy,, yes I believe in God. I still go by the song in the 60’s I don’t believe in heaven and I pray there ain’t to hell! But there will be one child born to carry on. Carry on!
Nice answer but i am guessing burial without a casket that sort of makes your body available to decay is illegal. Burial at sea? Notsure how that works. Cremation for me. No casket, digging a pit rtc. Yes little energy my body has will go up literally in smoke. I like the idea of a body dumped in a special woods where the blow flies and beetles quickly take care of things but that is unlikely.
The fact that people believe in god and there’s no proof of his existence and never has been is beyond comprehension
Praying accomplishes nothing. The universe does not care for your well being
Agreed! Although we were derived from material created within stars, stars could effortlessly consume us back again if we got too close to them, or them to us.
Prayer has the power to accomplish a sense of well-being in the participant. Particularly the submission of responsibility to a perceived higher power causes the release of multiple feel-good chemicals.
Prayer is something, but it's not what religious people think it is.
I would not place Engineers as equivalent to the scientific community. Many are not knowledgeable about the scientific method. They may have read about it or have been taught about it, but they haven't actually practiced it. Their appreciation of the accumulated scientific knowledge based on the scientific method is not part of their understanding.
So god speed to an astronaut is like break a leg to an actor.
Believing in a God is as primal as rubbing one out.
BUT ! you are looking at god as religious tyrants shove up your ass ---- some where in time before all this there was nothing ---- that nothing was replaced by empty space and then space was replaced by a universe and by cosmological mitosis we end up on a rock trillions of times smaller then that universe ------- now what appears to be a legitmant miracle has been labeled as god -- the physical transformation is god -------------- now people like Peter who had Jesus murdered in order to create a staged process following his death as the religion of all religions and the evil of religion from the Iron Age til now to control the masses for self enrichment and the oppression and suppression of humanity ------ religion is the evil and if you enter in and adhere to the tenets you will find goodness ---------- the alternative is to follow the WORDS OF JESUS - NO TO CHURCHES as god is the church so enter in ---- in other words internalize the miracle and go forth with the goodness you will obtain from the process of the creation labeled as god----yet religion stole from humanity that miracle and reframed it as god sitting in a cosmological Lazy Boy managing the process ---------------- god is a name of a miracle given by humans and that is it -- religion assigned human traits to a process of physical creation and made god in their image to enrich themselves while using evil to control the masses -------------- god is a label of a process to where we are not a human man of magic selling bottles of liquid religion ! god and religion are two distinct divergent concepts one a miracle the other a falsity served up by greedy humans to further the control of empires and emperors !
Proves that no matter how many ai sex robots or toys science and perverts come up with the natural order of things will always do it best
@KnowledgeSimmons certainly religious people are very perverted.
Ask the surviving victims of Catholic priest.
Can get a real GF huh 😂😅😂
Music is often touching upon religious themes. The bible stories are widely read and compelling tales. So people have familiar ties to the songs and music. Angels and the Devil are easily recognized figures. Classical music was often commissioned by the church, who control massive wealth in those days, so the artists were bound to write music for the church, because they liked to eat and be comfortable.
I'm more offended that you have an iPod and you are an elite scientist!
God's peed.
I’m not religious but I believe in God through my life’s observations. I am aware of God, but most people who follow and trust religious leaders are not closer to God than me.
Reason 1 million: Exodus 22:3 states "“Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution, but if they have nothing, they must be sold to pay for their theft." This was used many many times in the past to justify selling people into slavery. No, not make them work for someone, into actual _slavery_ .
I am an athiest in Alcoholics Anonymous.
In a college philosophy course (at my engineering school), there was one argument for believing in God. Ourr professor made a 2x2 diagram with one side as believe/don't believe and the other as God exists/doesn't exist. So, if you don't believe and there's no God, you're good. Believe and God doesn't exist, you break even as maybe you spend time in church but no end benefit. Now you believe and God does exist you're all set. The bad one is you don't believe and God does exist, you're screwed.
This is known as Pascal's wager.
I still don’t understand why ppl think science and god are at odds when they are different fields, I still really enjoy vids like this tho it helps reinforce my faith, bless yall fr 🙏🤞❤️❤️
Being an atheist allows me to offer respect belief in any and all religions. People who ascribe to a specific religion can only be upset by people worshiping a different God or alternate dogma. Also, atheism affords the perspective that modern religions are a set of dogma create by males who are almost always zealots and fanatics. For example, where in the bible does is say that the Catholic power players, like Cardinals and the Pope, should wear ridiculous looking hats ?
Thank you, Neil de Grasse Tyson I too have chosen to be buried in the ground in a woven basket, I found a place nearby and I’m currently making arrangements for the future.
You must be sure that they don’t embalm you either .
the subscript writer should recognize "buy" and "bye" have different meanings
There is something that keeps things together. Believe!
Studying nature is about as close as you can get to knowledge of God.
He regularly paints Atheists as something the majority of them are not. When he said he is “agnostic” this is by far how the majority of atheists see themselves and act/interact with theists. He is imposing a view and actions of a handful of people he’s probably seen on TH-cam as if they were an entire community. I would encourage him to not paint with such broad brushes
There have been more than 18,000 gods worshipped over the course of mankind. Some like RA were worshiped for thousands of years. History proves that religions surrenly believed in will pass away as well, likely to be replaced by new gods and religions.
It’s called wit
Love tidy Tyson. But don't know why he refers to himself as athiest. That's the other side of the same coin os god beliviers. Both claim to know. KNOW. How is either possible? Agnostic seems, to me, the most honest view. 🤠
Actually he said he was agnostic
@THHS205 missed that.
You're only upset about God on money if you fear that God exists and therefore fear the judgement.
God and the earth's religions are not the same thing. One would think Tyson is smart enough to figure that out. The Bible says, God "does not live in temples made with hands." This sets God above all the major religions on earth; including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and the rest.
The best argument is NO theist has been able to meet their burden of proof for the entirety of humanity.
Until Paramahansa Yogananda brought the greatest science known to man KRIYA YOGA, that brings proof of God's Reality through direct personal experience that works like mathematics.
And by the way the time was not right to release this KEY that more than anything else, makes Atheism OBSOLETE.
And SO the Obsolescence of Atheism began in 1920.
In Your unfortunate misfortune that you didn't bother to keep a close eye on the opposition's progress, you have been flying the banner of an Obsolete opinion longer than your Ego is willing to accept.
@@billyryland Oh. My bad. May I please see your Nobel prize for proving the existence of a deity? After all this is settled fact based on your assertion that seems grounded in “personal experience” correct? And you couldn’t possibly be wrong with your interpretation of the cause of your experience correct? Also if it can be mathematically proven may I have the variable for “god” and how you determined it?
@@billyryland So a god living in your head? Awesome. I'm looking foward to the publication and peer reviews and would like to know if his evidence is correct. The fact that you say it is based on personal experience, aka unverifiable data, I'm not gonna hold my breath.
Prayer happens when people have peers they admire.
Shame on those who hold their lives and accomplishments as a standard for those who can’t reach such heights and hierarchy.
" If your thinking is determined by your emotions, then you will not be able to judge anything, personally or impersonally. "
-Ayn Rand-
"A mystic is a man who surrendered his mind at the first encounter with the minds of others. "
-Ayn Rand-
If we as scientists die and find our there is a God, well which of the 18,000 Gods that have been worshiped by humans might it be?? And we would say COOL! THERES A GOD!@
You can believe in God (or a superior intelligence of the universe) without believing in a personal relationship with that entity.
Who cares what this person's opinion is? People need to spend time in their own personal space finding out what the facts are, rather than being misled by mini stars like Mr. Tyson. I'm sure he's a nice guy, but obviously impressed with his own opinion rather than studying, not just reading for an hour, but truly studying the Truth. Show boating mini stars like this person only misleads people.
When you pray you’re hoping for something to go your way. 400 years of degrading slavery says that’s not true. The word in this is degrading ♊️
I would have assumed that the lack of supporting evidence for the supernatural claims would have been sufficient reason for most people to give up religion. Nobody can threaten me with hell, because I have found no reason to blindly accept afterlife claims. The person you are dies, when your brain dies.
If one could prove that our world is full of spirits and meaningful coincidences are caused by these entities would Neil degrasse Tyson believe in God, or at least agree God and the Universe are one and the same?
Technically you can’t say 7% pray to a god, just that they believe one exists.
(^^;))) Consciousness is the particle and wave double slit experiment. The cones and rods of your eyes preserve the particle and wave duality so your vision don't look like a flat screen television. It's supposed to be a violation of physics but it is the only exception in the whole universe.
This gentleman has never witnesssed a miracle. Also Proverbs 3:5-6.
Can we not live freely w/out believing in anything, since, our existence here are not our fault, otherwise it would be better that all these things would have not been started or created, putting all d blame in us, not d one who really conceived all this mystery!
(^-^; This is an artistic proof of a created universe. When you paint a shadow it's the opposite color of the object that made the shadow. Nobody knew what the opposite color of white was so the artists avoided painting white on white. The opposite color of white is baby blue and baby pink. The first artist to figure it out was Norman Rockwell. I was the second artist to figure it out. I saw it in the corner of a white room. The lighting was perfect to see it. Pigments have different rules than light. It took them thousands of years to get all the pigments they have now.
I'm typically right there with Neil. I found his godspeed bit to be pretty weak.
So if you are no believe you can’t use the word god?
@@Gideonite How is that what you took from that? 🙄
IT IS EASIER FOR A CAMEL TO GO THROUGH THE EYE OF A NEEDLE THAN IT IS FOR A RICH MAN TO ENTER HEAVEN. Are you feeling the stop/hesitation?
The word rich is extraneous. It's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a man to enter an imaginary place.
They are afraid to commit to their knowledge
you don't need to argue with a 0% success rate😂😅
I agree that God probably isn't real; how ever I was hit in an auto accident- my car was on the freeway and I was hit from behind by a Sentra doing about 90. My car hit the center divider, bounced to the curb and rolled 3 x. I was knocked out, but had only a concussion, and a scratch on my right wrist. May be no God, but I had some kind of help...
NO GLASS BROKE ON MY CAR!
1:03 what was that wo about lol, everyone who gets buried gets returned to the earth
What he said was « not to be cremated but instead buried ». Because the ashes (after cremation) are not a food source for anything.
Please watch and share with others my five brief videos in which I present examples of scientific facts contained in the Bible, facts that the writers thousands of years ago could not have been aware of without divine knowledge given to them by Jesus Christ / The God of the Bible. And today's scientists agree with those facts!
any God that hides from his own people and expects a select group of his own creations to speak on his behalf must have been very imaginative. but very misinformed!
What if you’re wrong?
Christianity is not a Religion, it is a way of life. If you accept Jesus Christ as your savior, there is a change in your life. You choose to do things to help others in the understanding of who God is.
Sadly at seven and a half minutes he strawmans atheists. We are not like that. Sure some are. But most of us, who use the term of atheist to describe part of what we are, just don't believe in any dieies or want to support anything that supports that belief. Not that we say their cannot be a god. We just find no evidence whatsoever anywhere that proves one exists and especially as any definition people can come up with. It was sad to hear him so wrong about this.
His only trait: Arguing against truth. What a pity.
God is Dead
God is not dead, how can something that was made up die?
@@Chris-hx3om- It’s an expression meaning the _idea_ of a god (which is all it ever was) is dead.
Of course, it’s not dead, and will not be as long as it’s politically useful.
@@Chris-hx3om it ie. “God” undergoes a metaphysical death in the minds of people.
Too many words Mr. Tyson.
I love you my brother, but you're hubris has damned your ability to discern the truth. You are the quintessential personification of how a person can be so brilliant, yet naïve at the same time. You believe because you codify the visible reality, that there is nothing beyond that which is readily discernible. I would never suggest I know what that is, because I don't. What I do know is that something profoundly mysterious has happened, of which we are apart. That much I do know. Use that magnificent brain of yours.
Romans 14:11 ❤
What you mean to say is that this all loving thing apperently also said worship me or else?
@ ask Him what He means 🙏🏾❤️
@@iRenePeace83 So no anwser? Who would have thought...
Arguments for religion Martin Luther King, Mahamta Gandhi, John Woolman, The Civil Rights Movement, The anti Slavery Movement. William James. Logic (Watch indicates watch maker).
Are you mistaking religion for morality ?
@@chris.eskimo Good question I will think about it.
This man is an entertaining chap but he can never compare with the charming educated thinker Carl Sagan who could really think and convey his ideas without offending anyone and we could not help being taking with him. What a terrible loss.
I'm here for this😅. Time to end this nonsense of mythology. If you're gonna ignore Greek mythology then so should the rest of religions. The only way that the story of Noah's Ark would have been possible was during the Pangaea period🤨. Smell ya later there I fixed it to you😂.
Nonsense. Praying is not religious. Theists pray, plenty do and hate religion.
I am an athiest or agnostic fepending on how others consider what that means. For me i have had no compelling evidence tor God or any logical reason to believe that there is a God but i cant rule out the possibility just as in a strange way i cant rule out evil demons tricking me about my life experiences or a brain in a vat controledby superior being feeding me impulses that create my reality. In other words some immaterial force exists that is capable of doing things in the material world without being detected , as in miracles. As far as religion goes that makes me an athiest. I find none that are in the slightest plausable, and have stopped looking long ago.
Science is not yet able to prove that there is or is not a creator.
( ´Д｀) Natural selection is the character flaw in evil that is integrity is more important than life otherwise evolution is tragic circumstances with nothing intelligent happening. Almost everyone survive until they reproduce. Nothing is getting selected except for the character flaw in evil. I found a replacement for the character flaw in evil that I liked but God makes me forget things that will cause me trouble.
f(^_^) The universe was created in 1976. It is too hot to make a universe at the time of the big bang. It can be created at anytime. God is slow and easy. A human can do a lot with their lifespan. I got the hunk. God got the chunk. Everyone else can have the rest. That is song spirit of ''76 by The Alarm.
"Jesus" was supposedly on this Earth for 33 years with a mission to save mankind from God knows what. We know nothing of his activities from the time he was 12 until the time he was 30. He had 18 years to write a manual for living in his own hand and signature. What do we have from him? Not one single word IN HIS OWN HAND. No wonder the mission failed.