00:00:00 Matt - TX - Epic postcard reading 00:10:40 Matt parodies Eminem's "Stan" 00:16:55 Jonathan - KY - Is there a moral question about slavery? 00:27:07 Walter - MI - Proof of God because of a NDE 00:38:07 Jonathyn - AZ - Can believe in something and not know it/be aware of it. 00:50:58 Jonathan - AL - How to create a secular community when in a hostile area. 01:05:39 Kevin - TN - Agnostic theist, believes in emanation 01:15:45 Steve - Canada: What's the point of living if you're an atheist? 01:25:03 Keith - OK - People in prison are better off with religious belief. 01:27:20 John - TX - Evolution points to theism
I've never commented on AE videos until now. The Stan cover has me doubled over laughing at work. I wonder what my coworkers think but ultimately don't care. Epic.
One of THE BEST episodes you guys have had in a good while - Jim was FANTASTIC as a first time co-host, REALLY hope he's back very soon. Some of the best conversations and, most importantly, most rational we've seen in a while. Kudos for sure!!
@Never-ending party Wrong. The bible states clearly that we don't have free will. As far as standing in front of your wicked and incompetent god on judgement day, what will the billions and billions of chinese, indians, and natives say? The ones that you nor your god give 2 shits about? I'm sure you'll do what every other apologists tries to do: make a pathetic excuse for each and every wicked deed, poor decision, incompetence, contradiction, etc. But after a few dozen "context" excuses, you'll just have to admit that your god is incompetent and wicked. Proverbs 16:4 The LORD works out EVERYTHING to its proper end. [Not just some things..."EVERYTHING."] Proverbs 16:9 In their hearts humans plan their course, but THE LORD ESTABLISHES THEIR STEPS. [God even determines our very steps!] Proverbs 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap, but its EVERY DECISION IS FROM THE LORD. Proverbs 19:21 Many are the plans in a person's heart, but IT IS THE LORD's PURPOSE THAT PREVAILS. Proverbs 20:24 A person's steps are DIRECTED BY THE LORD. John 6:44 No one can come to me UNLESS the Father who sent me draws them. [That means only God decides who will be saved and who won't.] Acts 13:48 and ALL WHO WERE APPOINTED for eternal life believed. [Those who come to believe in God were appointed to do so.] Romans 8:7-8 Because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for IT IS NOT EVEN ABLE TO DO SO, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. Romans 8:20 For the creature WAS MADE subject to vanity, NOT WILLINGLY, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope. Romans 9:19-21 "You will say to me then, 'Why does He still find fault? For who resists His will?' On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, 'Why did you make me like this,' will it? Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, TO MAKE FROM THE SAME LUMP ONE VESSEL FOR HONORABLE USE AND ANOTHER FOR COMMON USE?" Ephesians 1:11 In him we were also chosen, having been PREDESTINED according to the plan of him who works out EVERYTHING in conformity with the purpose of his will. * Ephesians 1:4 God chose us in Christ to be holy and blameless in Gods presence before the creation of the world. 5 God destined us to be his adopted children through Jesus Christ because of his love. This was according to his goodwill and plan Jeremiah 10:23 LORD, I know that PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE NOT THEIR OWN; IT IS NOT FOR THEM TO DIRECT THEIR STEPS. Jeremiah 43:11 He will come and attack Egypt, bringing death to those DESTINED FOR DEATH, captivity to those DESTINED FOR CAPTIVITY, and the sword to those DESTINED FOR THE SWORD. Isaiah 14:27 For the LORD Almighty has PURPOSED, and who can thwart him? Isaiah 37:26 Have you not heard? LONG AGO I ORDAINED IT. In days of old I planned it; now I have brought it to pass. Amos 3:6 Does disaster come to a city, unless THE LORD HAS DONE IT? [People don't cause disaster unless God makes them do it.] Job 42:1-2 Then Job answered the LORD and said, "I know that You can do all things, And that NO PURPOSE OF YOURS CAN BE THWARTED." Psalm 37:23 A MAN'S STEPS ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE LORD, and the LORD delights in his way. [Only an evil God would delight in establishing a man's steps to take the wrong path.] Psalm 139:16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; ALL THE DAYS ORDAINED FOR ME WERE WRITTEN IN YOUR BOOK BEFORE ONE OF THEM CAME TO BE. Proverbs 22:6 "Teach a youth about the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. "
I totally agree. Jim made a great co-host. Keep it up guys. As a secular from Sweden I'm flabbergasted with the amount of thick-headed theists in the US and how they try to squeeze in their god into everything.
So I asked my pastor "so this is some slam dunk proof here of that invisible thing you're sellin, huh?" He said shore nuff. But I was skeptical. I wanted a second opinion. So I asked the deacon, too.
I was laughing because it was so funny and so real at the same time. I know I get worked up talking to pro-birthers like that and resort to ad hominem when they won't listen. I need to work on that.
It may be just me, but I see Jim as being the next great host of the show. He's really good and thinks on par with Matt as far as quickness of responses and asking good questions.
The caller that starts at 38 minute marks quotes Matt in an older video, and Matt says he would never say what the caller quoted. However, after finding the clip, the caller was exactly correct, Matt did indeed take issue with the fact that you could simultaneously believe something and not be aware of the fact that you believe it.
@@chrisducharme1729 I got that vibe afterwards too. I think casual Christians when they argue about their beliefs sound like trolls too in general. LMAO.
@Computer User The problem with faith is that all religions use it. If you had proof you would stand out from the crowd. Atheism would disappear, so would all other relgions and denominations.
@Computer User yes! we can see that believers base everything on faith,not science,coz when every religion book was invented,those ppl didnt have a clue about science and how the world works.the problem comes,when you believe earth is not flat,due to science facts,but believe in a god,due to your feelings.then it becomes a problem,coz you're cherry picking what you like,even if it contradicts itself. in addition,why believe anything on faith,just coz it makes you feel good,rather than believe anything only on proof,even if it doesnt make you feel good? you see? this is basically the diference between believers and atheists.believers are weak ppl,who fear death,oblivion,not having a greater purpose above wt they can make in their life,etc...so they wanna keep these ideea of a god,coz it gives them comfort,wile atheists,no longer fear those things and care more for wt is true and has evidence.
@Computer User ooo so you believe earth is flat too? ok i got it now,that you believe both to be true,not just one :). still,the problem is the same: why do you believe these stuff on mere faith,without having any proof,rather than believe only stuff that have proof to be true?
Steve, Detective: "At last, I found out who REALLY committed the murder." You must tell me! How did you find out??? Detective: "With evidence! *slams a small book on the desk* " What's this?? Detective: "Open it and read the first page." Okay... it says, the butler did it. Detective: " *smiles and nods* " .... But, how do we know it's true? Detective: "What do you mean?" The book, how do we know that what is written in it, must be the truth? Detective: "Because, it's in the book." I know it's in the book, but how do we know it's telling the truth? What if it's a lie, or a mistake? Detective: "We can tell... with faith!"
It's funny that weak/obscure evidence wouldn't work on a small case as a murder investigation, but in Real Life BS is totally acceptable for believing in the origin of the Universe. You'd think the more important the question is, the less likely it would be to accept BS as truth, but it's the opposite apparently lol. BS is fine for the most valuable of questions.
Skeptic: "How do you know what the book says is true"? Detective : "Because the author of the book cites eye-witness testimony" Skeptic : "But the author didn't actually witness it nor did the author actually talk to the witnesses" Detective : "But the author cites hundreds of witnesses" Skeptic : "But the author is only repeating what someone told him/her about the witnesses. The author never talked to the witnesses, only to people who claimed to have talked to the witnesses. We also have no idea who the author is." Detective : "Yes, but this other book corroborates the person who told the author about the witnesses" Skeptic : "But the second book was written years after the first book. The second author was clearly aware of the first book. All the supposed witnesses were dead by the time the second book was written as was the person who told the first author about the witnesses. The second author literally talked to nobody about the murder. He only consulted what he read from the first author" Detective : "Ok, then, prove the butler didn't do it. Who else could it be (in Matt D's voice)"
my reply to Steve: does your god have a divine plan? is it impossible to alter your god's plan? If you answered yes to both of those questions, how can there be any meaning in YOUR life? Everything that happens is part of god's plan and cannot be changed, and so they matter as much in the real world as the most badly written script for the worst television show ever. Everything, even whether or not I believe in your god, is already planned by that god and cannot be changed. Your belief is as meaningless as my lack of belief, it was all planned by god and can't be changed. You can preach to me all day, every day for the rest of both our lives, you can even convince me you are right and god exists, but if god has decided I will not be saved, then I will not be saved. If your god has this divine plan, the nothing means anything, EVER. And he doesn't have a divine plan, or if his plan can change, then he's not much of a god. i
@@joesmoke9624 and as I said, if he's just god without a divine plan, then he's a pretty piss poor "god". What point would there be to worship or obey him?
yep the same problem with all knowing.... if this spase ghost exists and knows every single thing u will ever do.... to him people r literally like characters in a book or a video game he created and nothing more..... if u have "purpose from above" u don't have any purpose at all u r just a puppet playing out some script
Steve: I don’t think life matters but I give even less of a shit what anyone else thinks the purpose of my life is, especially if that person is a non-evident being whose alleged representatives say is a god.
Like Jim said, i determine my own purpose...to experience it. Joy, laughter, pleasure, challenge -- a good meal, the squeal of a tickled child, sex, a looooooong bike ride are just some of the things that make the experience worthwhile. Sure, if you're dead, you feel no pain; you don't feel ANYTHING. If you think oblivion beats life, go kiss a train. But if you can recall pleasant times, a talk about nothing much with a loved one, your first blow job, even, or that tasty dinner you just unbuttoned your jeans for...you have experienced something worthwhile. To experience the worthwhile, which expands your life, matters.
"That's the great thing about Catholicism - it's so vague, and nobody really knows what it's all about." "Tentacles of Doom" | Father Ted | Series 2 Episode 3 | Dead Parrot
"Tentacles of Doom" Father Ted ... 6:39 Father Dougal's pajama shirt: "It's a Priest Thing. You Wouldn't Understand." 7:45, 8:16 Father Ted: *_"That would be an Ecumenical matter."_*_ "Yes! I can't think of any religious question that can't be answered by that. That's what I always say when people ask me questions."_ 17:38 Bishop _"Heavenly Father, hear our prayer. We pray that this rock be upgraded to a class 2 relic. And by the grace of God bring healing to all who pass within a radius of 2 and a half to 3 feet of it. 18:15 Bishop: _"Positive attitude Father! So many people are sinning ... You can hardly open a newspaper these days without reading some trendy anti-clerical article written by some bearded lefty! ..."_ Father Jack: _"YES! ... That would be an Ecumenical matter."_ 20:16 Father Dougal: _"So if God has existed forever, ya know, what did he do in his spare time, like before he made the earth and everything? Ya know?"_ Bishop: _"Well we all have doubts."_ Father Dougal: _"And what about when you weren't allowed to eat meat on Fridays. How come that's alright now but it wasn't back then. I mean, the people who ate meat on Fridays back then, do they all go to hell? Or what? I mean it's mad!"_
Jim just made my brain start zooming with ideas. The burden of disproof. Anyone can prove that Santa exists. We can prove nearly anything we desire. Confirmation bias often prevents intellectual honesty. If you haven’t attempted to sincerely disprove a claim or belief, then you do not care about what is true.
@@mykhailohohol8708 I put God and Abrahamic Theism against Logic and Reasoning. Theism, broke, BADLY. I disproved it's claims through many tests. Historical records, none written or noted at the time. Evidence in modern settings? Fallacious all around. There is the "Argument from Faith" fallacy for a reason, after all.
@@hegyak Do you understand what sort of evidence is required in order to prove that god exists? Not a lesser proof is still required if you are to disprove the claim. The whole point of faith is that their claim is undeniable and not provable unless it's true. Those things you mentioned aren't proof, you are just thinking about stuff. Like, what evidence in modern settings?
@@mykhailohohol8708 If you have evidence, then can you provide it? Because everytime I hear an Abrahamic Theist try and prove that their God exists, they fail. I haven't seen ANY good or valid evidence so far. And even less good arguments from Abrahamic Theists.
With the 2nd caller: *wanting something to be true, doesn’t make it real* . When I was about 18 years old I worked at a stationary shop where I heard of rumours that the shop might be haunted because certain lights kept switching on and off without anyone being there. I was standing at one point reading a magazine when I felt a patting on the top of my back. I looked around and nobody was there. Straight away I leaped into the conclusion that it was the ghost of the shop. I was so excited. I had actual contact with a ghost! Many years later I felt the same effect in my home. And I felt it again! I realised that all it was, was my muscles involuntarily bunching up, running over my body, and it felt exactly the same way like a person (or a ghost) was touching me. I then realised I believed in a silly self-induced tale. I was so silly to jump into a paranormal conclusion without actually thinking about all the possibilities that the body and mind can do to create these silly conclusions. There’s no such thing as ghosts. It’s all good. No bogie mobsters under any bed at all.
I got a great term for those possibilities from Matt (23.01 or .04?). *Candidate explanations.* When I heard that term (handle on thought clusters), it was an experience similar to when you discovered the muscle contraction explanation.
I have had a NDE and did experience strange auditory hallicinations and it felt like I became the eye of a storm, were everything morphed around me in abstract flowing forms and colors. Its was quite a trip. I never saw this as something paranormal, it was very clear to me it was my brain shutting down and my body failing to breath, I felt it happening. I think with these kind of experiences, people need to give it meaning and then the brain does an amazing thing: it connects this experience to little snippets of knowledge/memories hidden in your mind, e.g. ideas about afterlife, stories about other peoples experiences, movies, books, religion... like a collective cultural memory: its just pattern recognition by a brain in distress.
Jeff Boldgloom he seems like kind of an asshole. He’s also built quite the defence mechanism. He provides a statement to support his beliefs without providing evidence, then refuses to listen to the response because there’s “no evidence”, then refuses to go look it up.
Walter: Maybe it was an EMT that told him it's not your time to go, cause he/she was saving him, and the light was simply the EMT shining a light in your eyes to see if you were responsive.
I agree - the episode was otherwise nearly flawless but that makes the ending too frantic. I feel like there's a potential for "speed round" questions that the screeners could take down, let the caller go, and have the hosts address them in the last few minutes if there's time.
Back in the '90s, Alan Colmes hosted a radio show. Each episode ended with a segment called the lightning round, in which callers were only allowed a single sentence each. All these years later, the only caller I remember was the one who dropped this little bomb: "AIDS . . . Anally Injected Death Syndrome."
Scientists aren't real but they went to the same Universities to get their degrees as Historians, Economists, Architects, Engineers, and many more. Walter are these other professionals real?
I use to be an atheist. Then I got a feeling, I saw a light, something went bump, the trees! Therefore my God. Do you even know what an atheist is!!!!!!
@@anonymousjohnson976 Oh yeah there's some real doozy church signs. They try to be funny and usually sexual. Its all about emotions. 'Feel Jesus come inside you tonight. Church service at midnight'.
00:00:00 Matt - TX - Epic postcard reading
00:10:40 Matt parodies Eminem's "Stan"
00:16:55 Jonathan - KY - Is there a moral question about slavery?
00:27:07 Walter - MI - Proof of God because of a NDE
00:38:07 Jonathyn - AZ - Can believe in something and not know it/be aware of it.
00:50:58 Jonathan - AL - How to create a secular community when in a hostile area.
01:05:39 Kevin - TN - Agnostic theist, believes in emanation
01:15:45 Steve - Canada: What's the point of living if you're an atheist?
01:25:03 Keith - OK - People in prison are better off with religious belief.
01:27:20 John - TX - Evolution points to theism
I appreciate the time stamps, I don't have an attention surplus
Excellent episode! Thanks everyone.
Coincidentally, Eminem was performing on the Academy Awards tonight, or is it? 👀🤔
Jonathon from Alabama was a POE. He admits it in the comments. His name is Sean Baker.
@@N8BALLSACK basically someone that is pretending....not genuine.
Comes from Poe's law.
That stan cover at the beginning is f*ing beautiful- i almost cried.
For sure! Didn't seem like the studio audience understood the joke.
Wonder who wrote it.... actually was well-thought out. Really entertaining!
loved that,especially coz i like eminem,but it was genius thought out :))))))))
I literally kept singing the Dido chorus while Matt was reading the postcards lol
I've never commented on AE videos until now. The Stan cover has me doubled over laughing at work. I wonder what my coworkers think but ultimately don't care. Epic.
Jim did a really good job. I hope you have him on more often.
Agreed. One of the best guests so far.
I was thinking the same. He was so on point.
I concur
Wow... Thank you! The plan is to be in regular rotation.
@@JimBarrows You would be the best addition so far Jim. Level headed/logical and finally someone on par with Matt. 👍
That "postcard reading" was sooo epic! Thank you "Dan" and Matt. One of the coolest things I've seen on the AXP. 😁
One of THE BEST episodes you guys have had in a good while - Jim was FANTASTIC as a first time co-host, REALLY hope he's back very soon. Some of the best conversations and, most importantly, most rational we've seen in a while. Kudos for sure!!
Absolutely, would love to see him on more often. I like co-hosts that get involved.
If life has no meaning, why would eternal life have any meaning?
David Valerio
Analingus.
The meaning of life is to experience. If life was eternal that would not change.
@Never-ending party ...plus the sh*tty bible makes it abundantly clear, *we do not have free will*
@Never-ending party Wrong. The bible states clearly that we don't have free will.
As far as standing in front of your wicked and incompetent god on judgement day, what will the billions and billions of chinese, indians, and natives say? The ones that you nor your god give 2 shits about?
I'm sure you'll do what every other apologists tries to do: make a pathetic excuse for each and every wicked deed, poor decision, incompetence, contradiction, etc. But after a few dozen "context" excuses, you'll just have to admit that your god is incompetent and wicked.
Proverbs 16:4 The LORD works out EVERYTHING to its proper end. [Not just some things..."EVERYTHING."]
Proverbs 16:9 In their hearts humans plan their course, but THE LORD ESTABLISHES THEIR STEPS. [God even determines our very steps!]
Proverbs 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap, but its EVERY DECISION IS FROM THE LORD.
Proverbs 19:21 Many are the plans in a person's heart, but IT IS THE LORD's PURPOSE THAT PREVAILS.
Proverbs 20:24 A person's steps are DIRECTED BY THE LORD.
John 6:44 No one can come to me UNLESS the Father who sent me draws them. [That means only God decides who will be saved and who won't.]
Acts 13:48 and ALL WHO WERE APPOINTED for eternal life believed. [Those who come to believe in God were appointed to do so.]
Romans 8:7-8 Because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for IT IS NOT EVEN ABLE TO DO SO, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
Romans 8:20 For the creature WAS MADE subject to vanity, NOT WILLINGLY, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope.
Romans 9:19-21 "You will say to me then, 'Why does He still find fault? For who resists His will?' On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, 'Why did you make me like this,' will it? Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, TO MAKE FROM THE SAME LUMP ONE VESSEL FOR HONORABLE USE AND ANOTHER FOR COMMON USE?"
Ephesians 1:11 In him we were also chosen, having been PREDESTINED according to the plan of him who works out EVERYTHING in conformity with the purpose of his will.
* Ephesians 1:4 God chose us in Christ to be holy and blameless in Gods presence before the creation of the world. 5 God destined us to be his adopted children through Jesus Christ because of his love. This was according to his goodwill and plan
Jeremiah 10:23 LORD, I know that PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE NOT THEIR OWN; IT IS NOT FOR THEM TO DIRECT THEIR STEPS.
Jeremiah 43:11 He will come and attack Egypt, bringing death to those DESTINED FOR DEATH, captivity to those DESTINED FOR CAPTIVITY, and the sword to those DESTINED FOR THE SWORD.
Isaiah 14:27 For the LORD Almighty has PURPOSED, and who can thwart him?
Isaiah 37:26 Have you not heard? LONG AGO I ORDAINED IT. In days of old I planned it; now I have brought it to pass.
Amos 3:6 Does disaster come to a city, unless THE LORD HAS DONE IT? [People don't cause disaster unless God makes them do it.]
Job 42:1-2 Then Job answered the LORD and said, "I know that You can do all things, And that NO PURPOSE OF YOURS CAN BE THWARTED."
Psalm 37:23 A MAN'S STEPS ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE LORD, and the LORD delights in his way. [Only an evil God would delight in establishing a man's steps to take the wrong path.]
Psalm 139:16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; ALL THE DAYS ORDAINED FOR ME WERE WRITTEN IN YOUR BOOK BEFORE ONE OF THEM CAME TO BE.
Proverbs 22:6 "Teach a youth about the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. "
@Never-ending party religious cult of atheism? That's funny coming from the biggest cult follower (religion) known to man.
Please have Jim Barrows as a guest host often.
Thank you!
I totally agree. Jim made a great co-host. Keep it up guys. As a secular from Sweden I'm flabbergasted with the amount of thick-headed theists in the US and how they try to squeeze in their god into everything.
@Truth Matters Are you here just to irritate people?
@@lennarthedlund9783 That's all he does. Comes and flips over the game board and claims he's won the game.
Truth Matters
You should call in and school them.
Show them Allah is our master.
Please have This Guest again!! Love him!
Thank you Dan who's not Dan, thanks Matt for that delivery and thanks to the team for making that happen. That was brilliant. 👏
"I checked with pastors about my near-death experience and they relied on confirmation bias to assure me of what I saw." -- Walter.
Summed up perfectly.
So I asked my pastor "so this is some slam dunk proof here of that invisible thing you're sellin, huh?"
He said shore nuff. But I was skeptical. I wanted a second opinion.
So I asked the deacon, too.
"Scientists are just, like, not even real." Love these callers.
I know, there are so many contenders for the Ray Comfort award just in the last few episodes! very entertaining
Lol the world is like flat man
@@xRipJaex Lol don't troll.
Lmfao at the rapping Stan part!
just got there, i loved it
Brilliant lol.
THE STAN PARODY MADE MY DAY WOW
Mine too
I was laughing because it was so funny and so real at the same time. I know I get worked up talking to pro-birthers like that and resort to ad hominem when they won't listen. I need to work on that.
I had no idea it was M&M . I don't listen. to rap.
Dude, that shit was fucking hilarious!!!
It may be just me, but I see Jim as being the next great host of the show. He's really good and thinks on par with Matt as far as quickness of responses and asking good questions.
Thank you!
It just you.
No really... Only kidding. Jim's extraordinary 😜
Steve Yuhas absolutely!
Not just you. I think Jim nailed it.
I agree. There's only one Matt Dillahunty but Jim was very good
Jim did great. I want to hear lots more from him. -from a nearly recovered Catholic
Thank you. Recovery is a long process :) *LOL*
Try to get Jim Barrows on here more often! I like him.
Steve: I think that knowing that this life is all we have makes it more precious.
Exactly.
Really enjoyed Jim being on the show, a gentle guy, great company. Hope he is on the show more in the future!
The caller that starts at 38 minute marks quotes Matt in an older video, and Matt says he would never say what the caller quoted. However, after finding the clip, the caller was exactly correct, Matt did indeed take issue with the fact that you could simultaneously believe something and not be aware of the fact that you believe it.
Love Mr Barrows contribution to the show. Please if possible have him on more. Absolutely brilliant :)
Excellent show today. I really enjoyed Jim Barrows being on.
Wow! Clapping my hands off during Matt's reading of mail!!! Awesome!!!!! I want MORE of that!!!
The Stan/Dan part was so good!!!
Need a clip of Dan/Stan so we can share it! That was classic!!
Jim, great job co-hosting! Hope to see you back in the chair again
Jim was excellent! Thanks guys!
Omg 10:50 is the start of my absolute favorite ... goda love dan !!
Jim has done a great job balancing Matt with his philosophical angle. I hope he comes on again. And again. You two make a great team.
This is literally my favorite Livestream out of all of them. I love it🙈😂💜
Why? The Stan cover?
@@Gonzo4Ever YESSSS, and plus the calls
@@nraexox2599 The Stan cover was epic. I think the callers was boring this time, but that is just my opinion
@@Gonzo4Ever I respect ❤️
Great co-host. Hope to see him from now on as a regular co-host.
00:27:00 Let's rename 'near-death experience' to 'barely-alive experience'. That describes the situation much better.
Near death also = Still Alive!
TheMurderSessions But useually not in a very optimal condition. To say the least.
@@BvG-ck2ry agreed, but still ALIVE, and therefore doesnt constitute anything to be considered proof of god, or an afterlife, for sure
TheMurderSessions 😄👍🏼
Jim was fantastic. Should be a regular on this show. Best co-host they've had recently by far.
Holy bollocks Dan that was awesome.
Really enjoyed Jim being on the show today ..hope he's on a lot more.
Jim was great! Please have him more often
BEST. EPISODE. EVER.
"Science isn't real."
Best joke of the day.
France Quijano I kind of got a troll vibe from him. Thoughts?
@@chrisducharme1729 I got that vibe afterwards too. I think casual Christians when they argue about their beliefs sound like trolls too in general. LMAO.
Hey Jim! I think you are an awesome co-host!
I hope you keep doing it!
"The church says the earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence even in a shadow than in the church."
@SS 1964..in the Quran there is a virgin birth..but Jesus was a prophet not a saviour..n there are verses of heaven n hell too in the Quran.
@Computer User The problem with faith is that all religions use it. If you had proof you would stand out from the crowd. Atheism would disappear, so would all other relgions and denominations.
@Computer User Yahweh even told people to stop worshipping his wife Ashrah.
@Computer User yes! we can see that believers base everything on faith,not science,coz when every religion book was invented,those ppl didnt have a clue about science and how the world works.the problem comes,when you believe earth is not flat,due to science facts,but believe in a god,due to your feelings.then it becomes a problem,coz you're cherry picking what you like,even if it contradicts itself. in addition,why believe anything on faith,just coz it makes you feel good,rather than believe anything only on proof,even if it doesnt make you feel good? you see? this is basically the diference between believers and atheists.believers are weak ppl,who fear death,oblivion,not having a greater purpose above wt they can make in their life,etc...so they wanna keep these ideea of a god,coz it gives them comfort,wile atheists,no longer fear those things and care more for wt is true and has evidence.
@Computer User ooo so you believe earth is flat too? ok i got it now,that you believe both to be true,not just one :). still,the problem is the same: why do you believe these stuff on mere faith,without having any proof,rather than believe only stuff that have proof to be true?
The Stan cover was freaking hilarious and awesome! Thank you Dan 😁😂🤣🤣😀
Please have Jim Barrows back on the show!!
Good show, gotta appreciate how calm Matt and Jim stayed even with Steve on giggle mode. On aside: despair induced giggling, I think.
10:40 For the tragic story of Dan.
This was actually an entertaining show! MD was in a better mood. Keep it up!
Matt was great! Please have Jim on again and again!
Enjoyed Jim Barrows on this episode. I hope to see him co-hosting again in the future!
Steve,
Detective: "At last, I found out who REALLY committed the murder."
You must tell me! How did you find out???
Detective: "With evidence! *slams a small book on the desk* "
What's this??
Detective: "Open it and read the first page."
Okay... it says, the butler did it.
Detective: " *smiles and nods* "
.... But, how do we know it's true?
Detective: "What do you mean?"
The book, how do we know that what is written in it, must be the truth?
Detective: "Because, it's in the book."
I know it's in the book, but how do we know it's telling the truth? What if it's a lie, or a mistake?
Detective: "We can tell... with faith!"
Adrian..good example to use..
It's funny that weak/obscure evidence wouldn't work on a small case as a murder investigation, but in Real Life BS is totally acceptable for believing in the origin of the Universe.
You'd think the more important the question is, the less likely it would be to accept BS as truth, but it's the opposite apparently lol. BS is fine for the most valuable of questions.
That is the theist detective using the "god dun it" model of criminal investigation. 🤣🤣🤣
Skeptic: "How do you know what the book says is true"?
Detective : "Because the author of the book cites eye-witness testimony"
Skeptic : "But the author didn't actually witness it nor did the author actually talk to the witnesses"
Detective : "But the author cites hundreds of witnesses"
Skeptic : "But the author is only repeating what someone told him/her about the witnesses. The author never talked to the witnesses, only to people who claimed to have talked to the witnesses. We also have no idea who the author is."
Detective : "Yes, but this other book corroborates the person who told the author about the witnesses"
Skeptic : "But the second book was written years after the first book. The second author was clearly aware of the first book. All the supposed witnesses were dead by the time the second book was written as was the person who told the first author about the witnesses. The second author literally talked to nobody about the murder. He only consulted what he read from the first author"
Detective : "Ok, then, prove the butler didn't do it. Who else could it be (in Matt D's voice)"
@Never-ending party idiot
Those postcards were amazing!
"Scientists are like...not even real."
LMFAO
Amazing work dan that was the best start to the show ever!!!
Sorry about what you're going through. Jonathan :( good luck finding a community
Thanks, man.
@Sean Baker Absolutely. Let me know when. I stay pretty busy, but my schedule is pretty flexible on the weekends.
@Sean Baker let me DM you
if I can do that on Facebook?
In my opinion, Jim was by far the best of the new group of host/co-hosts. I hope that he's back again soon.
my reply to Steve:
does your god have a divine plan?
is it impossible to alter your god's plan?
If you answered yes to both of those questions, how can there be any meaning in YOUR life? Everything that happens is part of god's plan and cannot be changed, and so they matter as much in the real world as the most badly written script for the worst television show ever.
Everything, even whether or not I believe in your god, is already planned by that god and cannot be changed. Your belief is as meaningless as my lack of belief, it was all planned by god and can't be changed. You can preach to me all day, every day for the rest of both our lives, you can even convince me you are right and god exists, but if god has decided I will not be saved, then I will not be saved.
If your god has this divine plan, the nothing means anything, EVER.
And he doesn't have a divine plan, or if his plan can change, then he's not much of a god.
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frater chaos Perhaps there is only God
@@joesmoke9624 and as I said, if he's just god without a divine plan, then he's a pretty piss poor "god". What point would there be to worship or obey him?
frater chaos None, if you live in the mind of God. Enjoy the dream
yep the same problem with all knowing.... if this spase ghost exists and knows every single thing u will ever do.... to him people r literally like characters in a book or a video game he created and nothing more..... if u have "purpose from above" u don't have any purpose at all u r just a puppet playing out some script
@@joesmoke9624 do you actually have any relevant or intelligent comments to make, or are you just a sick little troll?
I really enjoyed Jim Barrows. Please have him on again.
Steve: I don’t think life matters but I give even less of a shit what anyone else thinks the purpose of my life is, especially if that person is a non-evident being whose alleged representatives say is a god.
Like Jim said, i determine my own purpose...to experience it. Joy, laughter, pleasure, challenge -- a good meal, the squeal of a tickled child, sex, a looooooong bike ride are just some of the things that make the experience worthwhile.
Sure, if you're dead, you feel no pain; you don't feel ANYTHING.
If you think oblivion beats life, go kiss a train. But if you can recall pleasant times, a talk about nothing much with a loved one, your first blow job, even, or that tasty dinner you just unbuttoned your jeans for...you have experienced something worthwhile.
To experience the worthwhile, which expands your life, matters.
@Never-ending party why is he to answer to this creator and what was he created for?
@Never-ending party in talking about what kenton created for?
Can't believe Walter went for the trees and the fish argument :):)
You should have Jim on more, he is by far the best guest you’ve had.
Bring Jim back! Thoughtful and insightful comments.
Anyone who listens to this show knew the four letter word Matt was thinking of
Lol true.
Cook? Muck? Book?
Jim was great! I hope to see him back again sometime soon :)
16:55 The mental gymnastics to say that slavery is okay are just astonishing.
Good job Jim ! I hope we can have you on mote often in the future 👏
"Formon" for Former Mormon. lol I love it.
jdmac44 As a former Catholic can I call myself an expap?
Great show, great guest. Thanks!
"That's the great thing about Catholicism - it's so vague, and nobody really knows what it's all about."
"Tentacles of Doom" | Father Ted | Series 2 Episode 3 | Dead Parrot
"Tentacles of Doom" Father Ted ...
6:39 Father Dougal's pajama shirt:
"It's a Priest Thing. You Wouldn't Understand."
7:45, 8:16 Father Ted: *_"That would be an Ecumenical matter."_*_ "Yes! I can't think of any religious question that can't be answered by that. That's what I always say when people ask me questions."_
17:38 Bishop _"Heavenly Father, hear our prayer. We pray that this rock be upgraded to a class 2 relic. And by the grace of God bring healing to all who pass within a radius of 2 and a half to 3 feet of it.
18:15 Bishop: _"Positive attitude Father! So many people are sinning ... You can hardly open a newspaper these days without reading some trendy anti-clerical article written by some bearded lefty! ..."_
Father Jack: _"YES! ... That would be an Ecumenical matter."_
20:16 Father Dougal: _"So if God has existed forever, ya know, what did he do in his spare time, like before he made the earth and everything? Ya know?"_
Bishop: _"Well we all have doubts."_
Father Dougal: _"And what about when you weren't allowed to eat meat on Fridays. How come that's alright now but it wasn't back then. I mean, the people who ate meat on Fridays back then, do they all go to hell? Or what? I mean it's mad!"_
@Brother Sanguinary That would be an Ecumenical matter. :)
Father Ted is amazing!
@@fifthape2119 I really appreciate you typing that out, thank you! i laughed lots :)
More Father Ted references are needed.
Omgggg!!!! The Eminem prayer was AMAZING!! Seriously made my entire day!!!!
Jim just made my brain start zooming with ideas. The burden of disproof. Anyone can prove that Santa exists. We can prove nearly anything we desire. Confirmation bias often prevents intellectual honesty. If you haven’t attempted to sincerely disprove a claim or belief, then you do not care about what is true.
Its an understated point of scientific tests.
Its a lovely one as well.
Idea appears ridiculous to me. How can you disprove that which you haven't proved to exist?
So how have you tried to disprove that god exists?
@@mykhailohohol8708 I put God and Abrahamic Theism against Logic and Reasoning. Theism, broke, BADLY. I disproved it's claims through many tests. Historical records, none written or noted at the time. Evidence in modern settings? Fallacious all around. There is the "Argument from Faith" fallacy for a reason, after all.
@@hegyak Do you understand what sort of evidence is required in order to prove that god exists? Not a lesser proof is still required if you are to disprove the claim.
The whole point of faith is that their claim is undeniable and not provable unless it's true.
Those things you mentioned aren't proof, you are just thinking about stuff.
Like, what evidence in modern settings?
@@mykhailohohol8708 If you have evidence, then can you provide it? Because everytime I hear an Abrahamic Theist try and prove that their God exists, they fail. I haven't seen ANY good or valid evidence so far. And even less good arguments from Abrahamic Theists.
Oh my Matt! When he read the LOST numbers during Pray Requests, I almost snorted my beer from laughing so hard. I’d love to see this live.
Oh mannnnnn the Stan parody is gold
This has to be one of my fav episodes
16:57 calls start
Doing gods wor... I mean good job
Naw dawg, don't skip 'Dan'!!
Can't skip Dan
AMAZIBALLZ!!! Thx, Dan & Matt
With the 2nd caller: *wanting something to be true, doesn’t make it real* .
When I was about 18 years old I worked at a stationary shop where I heard of rumours that the shop might be haunted because certain lights kept switching on and off without anyone being there.
I was standing at one point reading a magazine when I felt a patting on the top of my back. I looked around and nobody was there. Straight away I leaped into the conclusion that it was the ghost of the shop. I was so excited. I had actual contact with a ghost!
Many years later I felt the same effect in my home. And I felt it again! I realised that all it was, was my muscles involuntarily bunching up, running over my body, and it felt exactly the same way like a person (or a ghost) was touching me. I then realised I believed in a silly self-induced tale. I was so silly to jump into a paranormal conclusion without actually thinking about all the possibilities that the body and mind can do to create these silly conclusions.
There’s no such thing as ghosts. It’s all good. No bogie mobsters under any bed at all.
I got a great term for those possibilities from Matt (23.01 or .04?).
*Candidate explanations.* When I heard that term (handle on thought clusters), it was an experience similar to when you discovered the muscle contraction explanation.
I loved the “Stan” Parody lol good job 👏🏻
Matt's co host , Peter Griffin, did a fantastic job.
I have had a NDE and did experience strange auditory hallicinations and it felt like I became the eye of a storm, were everything morphed around me in abstract flowing forms and colors. Its was quite a trip. I never saw this as something paranormal, it was very clear to me it was my brain shutting down and my body failing to breath, I felt it happening. I think with these kind of experiences, people need to give it meaning and then the brain does an amazing thing: it connects this experience to little snippets of knowledge/memories hidden in your mind, e.g. ideas about afterlife, stories about other peoples experiences, movies, books, religion... like a collective cultural memory: its just pattern recognition by a brain in distress.
Lol, "you have to do something with them" is my favorite argument from all time now
Awesome Stan/Dan!!!! Loved it
Steve: *Says something stupid*
Steve: *Condescending laughter*
Jeff Boldgloom he seems like kind of an asshole. He’s also built quite the defence mechanism. He provides a statement to support his beliefs without providing evidence, then refuses to listen to the response because there’s “no evidence”, then refuses to go look it up.
Agreed, this Steve guys is damn annoying. The minute he said "we all come back", I hated him already.
I enjoyed Jim's input on the show I hope they have him back.
Did Matt just start watching Lost or did he seriously have those numbers memorized? I loved that show but never memorized them.
matt with the LOST reference saying those Powerball numbers lmfaoooo love him so much
Walter: Maybe it was an EMT that told him it's not your time to go, cause he/she was saving him, and the light was simply the EMT shining a light in your eyes to see if you were responsive.
Matt can actually flow on the track. Watched on repeat. Dope for sure
The rush in the end is really annoying; just don't take these calls..
I agree - the episode was otherwise nearly flawless but that makes the ending too frantic.
I feel like there's a potential for "speed round" questions that the screeners could take down, let the caller go, and have the hosts address them in the last few minutes if there's time.
Back in the '90s, Alan Colmes hosted a radio show. Each episode ended with a segment called the lightning round, in which callers were only allowed a single sentence each.
All these years later, the only caller I remember was the one who dropped this little bomb: "AIDS . . . Anally Injected Death Syndrome."
I love the way you teach people how to think rationally?
Well you try anyway? Love your show. Aloha from Hawaii!! ❤
~ The part starting at 10:40
Matt sounds just like Mitch Hedberg.
Nice Performance Matt!!!
Scientists aren't real but they went to the same Universities to get their degrees as Historians, Economists, Architects, Engineers, and many more. Walter are these other professionals real?
Not to mention the science that went into saving this guy's life.
Welcome Jim! Great job!
I'm concerned Chris Massey is having medical problems. God help me. 😐
genuinely laughed at the song. Great job :D
Recovering cathaholic.
Holy fucking shit! Reading that “Dan” post card and response, I laughed so hard I was actually crying! That just made my fucking day!
Amazing the excuses people make up, to justify the immorality of their imagined tribal gods!
Need religion to know God + The Christ.See our este
@@jessicalaw1817 more word salad
@@jessicalaw1817 lol oh you need to get help for the shit you're going through well i mean the mental problems you have.
@@markburch6253 same person
@@PaulBrown-uj5le same person
Right on Crew, you Folks are Great!!!!
I use to be an atheist. Then I got a feeling, I saw a light, something went bump, the trees! Therefore my God.
Do you even know what an atheist is!!!!!!
Kim: Church sign that reads: "Do You Know What Hell Is? Come hear our preacher."
@@anonymousjohnson976 Oh yeah there's some real doozy church signs.
They try to be funny and usually sexual. Its all about emotions.
'Feel Jesus come inside you tonight. Church service at midnight'.
Kim: Do you think they do this on purpose? I saw another church sign that said: "Don't let worries kill you, let the church help."
@@anonymousjohnson976 Lol that one wins. Let the church help :)
Saw a church sign years ago that said'Jesus Saves'.Underneath someone wrote 'and pele scores on the rebound'.
that "answer prayers"thing at the begining its soo funny. im glad they made it up :))))))))
I really liked Jim on this show. Hope you put him on more often.
Thanks guys for this entertained.....