Once, years ago, I criticized you for what I believed to be an error in your logic. I never expected you to respond, yet you did. You showed me how flawed my own viewpoint was. I can honestly say you're the reason I dropped my baseless beliefs and embraced logic. Thanks Aron, truly.
I think it involves statistics. What if someone considers the formation of the stars to the evolution of life "creation'"? It shows that the position you took isn't clear. You can't argue from it. You can't assume literal creationism for the whole of bible believers. That's only a tiny part of them. Same problem with the description of the earth being a circle that's placed in nothing. That's part of the view people had, not a geometric failure. There was no such thing as geometry. The horizon/skyline is a circle around you. The astronomical movement of the earth through space doesn't take away the solid ground you stand on, which only moves during earthquakes. What is now known as the gravitational field of the earth was seen as the establishment of the earth, likely on multiple pillars because everything falls down so that's required. Only birds can float. Most logical question today would be on what those pillars are standing, but nobody was there in the time, only a few philosophers.
@@EnthusiasticTent-xt8fhWell assuming your comment about all the imperfections of the universe being caused by sin reflects your beliefs then you evidently don’t understand any logic at all. (If you’re not a creationist nut then I apologize for that assumption lol.)
That's a terrible reason.🤯 Because now the next Bozo that comes along with an argument you like better might switch you back to being a theist. The only reason you should believe in Bigfoot is if someone shows you demonstrable evidence for Bigfoot. Not because someone talked you into believing in Bigfoot or talked you out of believing in Bigfoot. Tangible Evidence!
Can you think of one field of science that was not founded by Bible-believing Christians? I can only think of the discovery of DNA (discovered by two atheists). Other than that, what has your atheism, which you falsely label as ‘science,’ ever produced? In fact, even DNA was a continuation, not of Darwin (who has been scientifically wrong and useless), but of the Christian monk, Mendel. Even Darwin proved himself wrong, saying that, if his theory is correct, there should be innumerable transitional fossils. Yet, atheists cannot find one that is not without controversy - even among evolutionists! Can you name even one? Therefore, according to Darwin, his own theory is false. You cannot say that I did not warn you. God will judge every lie and every treason. If you want to live without morals, if you go into eternity without God, know that hell plays by its own rules. In fact, Jesus said that there will be torturers there. Hell is eternal and it lasts forever. Yet, Christ died on a Cross so that you can be made right with God. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Welcome to the dark side. Now, you don't need to believe in invisible people lie gods, angels, demons, smurfs. I recommend continued to read holy books, learning about cults, science (physics, chemistry, biology, archeology, etc). The more you know, the better the picture is.
That's incredible. You're very brave to be so open and honest. Has the impacted your personal life? Any fear of the punishment for apostasy by some crazy person?
If you're up for it. I'd certainly love to hear your story, how you escaped etc, whatever you want to share. So many are in your position but afraid, if more people made it public (safely, talk in the dark, voice disguiser). It certainly helped me! Thank you for your bravery.
@@wilsontexas I am not denying history and science though. Well, at least I think you talked about the china V, but maybe you meant something else, and if so, please tell.
The whole part about how the Bible could've saved millions during the Black Death is mistifying to me; What particular religion does Ray think medieval Europeans practiced?
@@paroxysm6437 Well, duh, _obviously_ he doesn't want to reveal too much. So he goes with the big hitters like appearing in toast. That's how you know he means business.
Well at that time in Europe they were mostly all Catholic, and according to Evangelists like Comfort, Catholics are super icky pagan Mary-worshippers, so his whole schtick is probably, blah blah the Catholic Church suppressed knowledge of hand washing or something something
I like the cozy coffe shop background. Feels like being back in college, studying at the coffee shop just outside the gates to campus and having Aron as a study-buddy. 😊
@AronRa What’ll be the next series on cladistics, after Homo sapiens, snakes, arachnids, and whales? 😊 Nautiloids and squids? 😃Or brewer’s yeast and Drosophila? ✌️
@@martinnyberg71 Since all groupings must be monophyletic in cladistics, the paraphyletic arrangement of ape families doesn’t work. Humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans are all included together in one monophyletic family - Hominidae.
About Ray: "He hath given himself to the Lord and the Lord hath provided." Translation "He found a grift that has made him very wealthy off the naive."
The longest wooden hull ship ever built was a six-masted schooner named "Wyoming" that launched in 1909. With a deck length of 350 ft, it was shorter than the 300 cubits of Noah's Ark. She was so long that the planks would twist and let water into the hold, so pumps had to run constantly in order to keep her afloat. Noah had no such pumps. In 1924 she floundered and sank with all hands aboard.
Well an ark isn't exactly a ship, it's a large barge. Different stresses, unpowered, unsteerable. Now I would like to see someone build the bible ark and actually launch and recover it.
@@SaanMigwell Technically I think box is a better description of what "ark" means than barge. Regardless, a wooden vessel of the length described would have absolutely taken on water. Interestingly, an apologist named Ken Hamm built a "replica" of Noah's Ark which is landlocked, and basically just an expensive museum of lies, and they made an insurance claim a few years back due to, of all things, water damage caused by rain. I'm not making that up.
@@SaanMigwell Wouldn't work either. Ship's hull is a purpose-built structure *made* to withstand the stresses sea put on it. Yet it still needs human operation in rough seas - which sometimes is still not enough and ships sink. Now put something like the Ark in the rough seas and... what do you think would happen to it?
The whole "Blood is the life of the flesh" one is so incredibly funny to me. How on earth could ancient people have figured such advanced scientific knowledge as "If something bleeds a lot it dies"?
This reminds me of another Jehovah Witness story when I attended their version of Sunday School at age 12 or so. One time they passed out these cards for us to carry in the case of an accident and we were rendered unconscious. It was card stating we refused any blood transfusions or organ donations even to save our lives because we were Witnesses. Not only did I REFUSE to sign mine, I tried to talk the other kids out of it too, stating it was child abuse. That was my last Bible study class I ever went to in my life.
and how is stuff alive that has NOT got the same blood? like e.g. insects? Same thing as "nostrils" as the Noah passenger list criterion... yeah, it's much more obvious with mammal noses, but pretty much everything alive past the very crudest multicellular families breathes, including fish. Doesn't this once more show the bible was not written for/through/by an all knowing "creator" but by superstitious and mostly ignorant people from long ago that had no idea how breathing works or thinking or blood circulation?
I can actually admire how well Ray Comfort plays the role of a sweet, innocent, naive and nerdy Christian, while knowingly and blatantly lying about what the Bible authors actually wrote. It is a testament to the lack of any real effort on Christians to read the Bible for themselves, relying instead, on the con men that profit on their apathy.
Christians are indoctrinated since childhood so it's a built-in audience already for conmen like Ray Comfort to exploit. However, he would be broke as $#!t trying pull that business in largely non-religious secular countries. Which probably it explains why he stopped selling secondhand cars in his home country of New Zealand and moved to the United States running a cash cow ministry. Good news is, Religion is dying in the United States, so the religious pool for these conmen to fish is shrinking.
Remember the saying "There's a sucker born every minute"? As AronRa said, it's been decades for him and others to prove Ray Comfort wrong. But that kid was not around long enough to have found any of these yet. He probably just was told 'watch this, it's great' and now was confidently going to take on someone with three times the life experience. It still takes time to get rid of these memes (ideas), as there are still people in bubbles that never heard a consenting view.
@@skarnak1 A simple search of "Ray comfort banana" is all you need to do to figure that one out. You could also look up "atheist nightmare" as that is what he called the banana, until he learned that it is the product of selective breeding at which point that skit became a pure comedy routine of his.
I’m from WV and currently work with a guy who is in his mid 50’s. He is convinced that T-Rex never existed. I gave up trying to reason with this guy. I used to think that if people were shown evidence that they would change their minds. Man, was I wrong…
People can’t choose what meets their standard of evidence, but they can choose their standard of evidence. That’s how they get themselves into crappy positions.
My aunt is 67 and a believer. She didn't know that we orbit the sun, and that the sun is the biggest thing in our solar system. I was shocked. She had retained a bible based world view, and was ignorant of science. I sorrow for those who read the book of lies, and don't learn actual facts.😮
If there were actual facts in the bible, Then christians would have predicted cosmology before galileo. Read the works of martin luther, And the charges against giordano bruno, And it's abundantly clear the bible without science leads you off the edge of a flat earth.
My wife thought that the Moon somehow gives out its own light, and her uncle was shocked to find out that our Sun is a star. They, and their extended family constantly fall for all kinds of scams and conspiracy theories, and still, that doesn't motivate them to learn science or be more sceptical.
I have an elderly freind that won't read anything but the King James bible. Not even a commentary, as the Spirit tells here everything she needs to know. She teaches a class of 60 women at her church. What a deal . . . Oye vey . . .🤐
Come on Aron, saying biblical healthcare is as bad as american healthcare is really unfair. To the bible. At least the writers of the bible didn't know any better.
@@theunholinesswithin70 The "left wing" voters are the ones who are keeping the party behind the KKK, behind the "institutional racism" in policing (uncle bad touch himself wrote the "Tough on Crime Bill" which is cited for said "instuttional racism" with Mr Stop-And-Frisk himself putting his name in on the Democrat side last election), who have kept blacks in poor crime riddled slums using their absolutely total and uncontested power over those districts to ensure they get to keep maximizing the exclusion to the 13th Amedment that permits slavery of prisoners (Like how kamala harris would keep black people well past the end of their prison terms to use them as slave labor for the state), and pushing for pro-crime edicts to destroy the working class and ensure everyone is a poor entirely dependent slave to the totalitarian government they endlessly give more and more power to. Instead of blaming the other peasants, blame the people who have bought and paid for both sides of the political lines and own the media that openly admits that their job is to control what you think (Legit, an MSNBC anchor literally said that). Instead of trying to make everything a tribalistic "Us vs Them" just like the old religions do with anyone that disagrees with them apply some actual skepticism to all forms of "power" be it religions, political, media, everything. I love how the "skeptics" stopped being skeptical, the people in the camp of "reason" have lost all reason, the "Free thinkers" are now mind-slaves to the billionaire media narrative, how those who once cared about scientific facts are now some of the most fervent science deniers. As a side note, the US Healthcare system is broken but also the world leader in care and breakthroughs as well as speed. The UK makes you wait weeks for emergency care, the Canadians are telling war veterans to kill themselves because of their PTSD, and the quality of care across the world is objectively worse in almost every other country. Yes the US Healthcare system is genuinely beyond cartoonishly evil and the insurance con makes it criminally expensive (The list price of my recently broken arm's repairs all together no doubt totals over $200,000, a simple 30-45 minute helicopter ride, which was required because the local ER was an absolute clown show, is $70,000), it is genuinely superior in most cases to the rest of the world in terms of quality and speed. There is a reason so many doctors from abroad come to the US, and money isn't the only one (Though certainly a factor).
This is why I’m a channel member. When Aron says he will do something, he does it. While I admired that kid’s bravery in the previous video to go live with you, I also started to feel bad for him with how badly he was owned throughout that entire video. I don’t think he realized how badly he was in over his head. Great work as always Aron, keep it up.
I'm catching up on channels I've been waiting on to upload new stuff. This way I have a few videos to binge in a row. I'm going to watch that debate next. My hope is that the kid walks away and starts to think about all this stuff more critically. He SEEMED amenable to that, not that he would dig in his heels and become even more entrenched in his flawed thinking. I have a feeling that kid thought, "the mantle of God is upon my shoulders and His wisdom shall not fail me!" Yeah, that always ends up not happening. Funny how that always happens...
I love his example that the Bible says to wash your hands... But Jesus came along and said there's no need to wash your hands.(after you use the bathroom) It's what comes out of your mouth that makes you sick. Not what goes in. That worked out wonderfully 🙄
He said that in regard of how the Pharisees were using this as a ceremony with the intent to show others how “religious” they were. Jesus was arguing against the religious hypocrisy of the people, not the act of washing hands.
To be fair, how else but by Godly intervention/design could a banana have been perfectly engineered into the perfect shape and size to fit into a man's anus??? Evolution? Pfah, humbug. Selective breeding? We'll just ignore that fact. Coincidence? Rubbish! Clearly there was a benevolent invisible magical creator skydaddy wanting us to know the joy of shoving fruits up our sphincters!
The biggest thing that bugs me about Ray is that he is far more focused on winning arguments than changing minds. So they show the shot of the atheist on the street who has been silenced by the fallacious argument, and they never looked remotely convinced. Instead, they just look sorta irked to realize they've been chatting with a douche. Meanwhile, more skilled people can use fallacious arguments and completely change people's minds, at least some of the time.
@@verdatum- according to what financial statements are available online, it is estimated that Living Waters Ministry, the company that Ray Comfort is CEO, has an annual income of about $2.2 million dollars, which is over $6000 per day. I'd say Banana Man is doing quite well financially.
@verdatum I'm convinced a big part of Comfort's motivation is a pathological fear of death, and the finality of it. So much of his schtick is trying to get people to go along with his prompts that they're terrible, and they'll die without getting into heaven. Like I don't think it seems to matter to him that they affirm his Biblical vote is correct, per se, but that they agree that they had better be good with his god when they die. No matter where in his lies about biology he starts at, he quickly shifts to this dying thing. And I'm not getting that he is trying to save souls from hell, his methods and BS word games don't mesh with that idea, to me. He just seems to _need_ people to affirm his notions about dying, like the more people he can have agree, the more likely it is that his fantastical wishful thinking about heaven will be true. That's what I get from Comfort anyway.
Well, that made my day... #4 (32:06) Ray: "Nothing has a half evolved eye, or ear, or leg, or brain." Aron: Laughs, "Wrong again. [...] There are many examples of animals still having intermediate forms of eyes..." Shows video of a nautilus. "...or leggs..." Shows video of a walking batfish. "...or brains!" Shows picture of Ray. "That are not as well developed as other associated animals."
I actually believe without alien intervention throughout history that, humanity would not exist in present day. Shout out to these aliens! The flip side? Two words: Mudfossil University! Giants (like Book of Giants) are laying dead along with massive dead dragon's laying all over this planet! Of course the Bible is real! Of course God ❤ Almighty is real! My message repeatedly is this. As a Beyond 🎯 Targeted Individual that is a '65 model, all factory equipment (a rarity) I say the 7 virtues are innate. Somehow these directions and virtues (such as Charity over greed and Temperance over Gluttony for example) are LOST in the transition. I have ample proof of these differences. Visitors👽👾👻👹 seem to take the 7 sins to extremes that have brought this world to its current state, whatever you would prefer to call this trainwreck of greed, lust and envy. There are a million actions I would never take for the sake of greed (money) or pride (inferior superiority). And it is not human nature to commit these atrocities. Meat suits lack integrity and karma has arrived in the form of clones silently replacing the unaware suits like a thief in the night.
Wrong it's Aron Ra, which by the way is a bullshit name. that is ignorant as fuck. but you can keep listening to him if you like being lied to. that's up to you but I'm glad I know better.
@@Tornadopelt I'm not accusing him of lying, he is lying. and I can prove it, however I'm not going waste my time trying to prove it to you. because it would take good deal of time. and you probably wouldn't be convinced anyway. because you would just side up with the liar anyway.
That isn't wrong. People should challenge science. I hope he does somehow disprove biology and geology, then we have learned more. Since some people can't scroll down past the 3rd comment before replying: This dude isn't even close to disproving biology or anything. He isn't even doing science. I was simply saying it would be awesome if a field of study was truly "destroyed" because that would probably mean we have obtained some truly incredible knowledge.
@@Gandhi_Physique yeah, challenging science on the basis of unfounded obviously erroneous assumptions and presuppositions, if you make a claim that multiple fields of science are wrong then you should at least provide some valid reasoning or perhaps even provide a hypothesis with better and or more explanatory power, but all ray comfort has got is “some book written by ignorant morons in the Middle Ages says a thing”
I think it is SO entertaining that Ray-ray-bananaman feels the need to go to islamic apologetics/excusegetes for ideas. The “science” in the koran, with blood-clot babies, sperm from the ribs, moons splitting, and all that, has been a trope now for quite a while.
This green screen background is hilarious to me. I’m just imagining Aron showing up at some random couple’s apartment and insisting on filming in their living room while they just go on about their business.
If Aron showed up at my house and insisted he film in it while I go about my day I would oblige. I mean, I don't KNOW know Aron, but I know him enough to trust he won't do anything untoward. If he was a total stranger that would be a different story.
A Mesopotamian clay tablet that dates back to 2200 BC describes three healing gestures”-washing the wounds using boiled water, making the plasters, and bandaging the wound. In ancient Egypt we we have even more advanced practices setting wounds draining and the natural antibiotic nature of honey. We lost a lot of knowledge in medieval times. The Ancients had so may medical techniques it would take too long to mention.
We also lost a lot because of the witch persecution the Catholic church did. Historically women were the ones who handled most healing and had a lot of knowledge about herbs and stuff passed down to them by the previous healers. The fact that healers of course got a lot of respect was something the woman hating church could not let be. Hence branding them as witches and painting them as evil. Fun fact: a decree to kill cats because they were "of the devil and witches familiars" probably made the black plague a lot worse since there weren't enough cats left to keep the vermin population under control.
it is wildly common i see people claim the quran or the bible is completely true and compatible with science. and it just baffles me. they either have no idea about science or they havent read their holy book. because there is no way someone can think like that while having any idea about science amd their holy book
@@kellydalstok8900 I think I am, as much as it's possible to tell the difference between fantasy and reality. I no longer believe in God or anything supernatural, at least.
Minor nitpick, Earth doesn't rotate at 1000mph because you don't rotate in mph. You rotate in rpm or rads/s or something similar. Consider that linear speed varies over the planet with the poles having 0mph and around 1042mph at the equator.
Exactly. Primitive humans did the best they could with the info they had, but we've advanced since then. Children give up their security blanket as they grow. It's time for people to give up the invisible ooga booga security blanket in the sky.
Here you go Baller. Enjoy the Cog Dis. Let’s do a simple thought experiment using simplified math and the supposed velocities of globe-thinking: The globe model's supposed avg orbital speed of earth around the sun: 67,000mph, & the globe model's supposed rotational speed of earth at the equator: ~1000mph To simplify the thought experiment, assume the rotational axis of the earth is perpendicular to the plane of it's rotation around the sun. Then at 12 noon, standing on the equator your total velocity including orbit speed + rotational speed would be 68,000mph in the direction of the orbit. Simply standing in that same place for 12 hours until midnight would have to then place you on the opposite side of the ball moving at only 66,000mph (orbital speed - rotational speed). That would mean a 2000mph deceleration/acceleration over 12 hours or 166mph change every hour. ...not to mention if you stayed in that same spot for another 6 months it would have to be dark at "noon" and mid-day bright at "midnight." Deceptively simple, but so obvious when you look.
@@BrentonWalkerSailing Am I the only one that finds this hard to follow, and not only makes no sense, but is seemingly random. Were we talking about orbits and relativity? Did I miss something? WTH is going on?
I don't know about anyone else, but the way Comfort describes Aristotle coming to the conclusion that the earth is a sphere, sounds way more inspiring to me than "this book told me about it". He really let's it shine through how much he doesn't care about the human mind and what it can accomplish.
People say “what’s the harm in letting people believe” but the problem is that most religions are full of really BAD things. If people believed that there was a nice god that might be a different story. But as it is, just letting people believe whatever without challenging it gives us stuff like Saudi Arabia or Evangelicals.
I think banana man will use the raccoons washing with running water as a proof they were created by god. Without adressing the question why all the other animals don't wash their hands with running water of course.
@EnthusiasticTent-xt8fh No. Watch his Noah's Ark video about how thousands of animals couldn't have gotten to iraq, swimming thousands of miles across oceans. There's 0 way those animals could have been redespersed, either. Penguins and polar bears can't live in Iraq. Thousands of animal remains that were supposedly on the ark have never been found either. No kangaroos or penguins or sloth remains have been found trying to get back to where they came from. Now do this times THOUSANDS of animals! It's a story, bro
I thought if I was to try and make a line graph about one 'unclean' person, everybody and everything they touched and so on. The number of birds slaughtered, the amount of laundry, and the amount of isolation could be mind boggling. Where does it stop? How is any of this possible? I think if someone tried to follow the rules about what to do if they were 'unclean' would go bonkers in a short time. What does the bible have for us? Mental instability.
Just one note on number 3: The original story, from western India, likely the Indus Valley, has the same characters, but is more realistic. The ark is circular, hence it cannot capsise. When they say pairs of animals referencing their "world," they mean it in the small sense, as in, "You are part of my world," i.e., "a part of what I know." That's why people used to say, "the *known* world," because they knew there was more yet to be known to themselves. So, somewhere in western India, a man had his sons help him make a huge circular raft, into/onto which he and they could load pairs of all the animals they found useful, should a flood come. A monsoon ensued, a flood came, they loaded up the farm and family, floated around, the rain subsided, the waters went down, and they found themselves on high ground, from whence they continued their lives, presumably using the boat materials to make their homes. Their descendants populated the local land. The End. And then the story went west, and into Gilgamesh, among others, and thence west again, into the Hebrew Bible. Good stories get shared and modified, as you know. Meanwhile, "A fart asked her sister, "Do you think I'm doing the right thing?" "Her sister replied, "Honey, he's been holding you back for far too long! You need to divorce that asshole!"" (Attributed to ChatGPT)
Hey AronRa, thank you for the humanist work you keep doing. I hoped i could suggest you make videos about the psychology of belief. Rationality, fallacies but looked at from a neuralogical, brain science perspectives perhaps with intellectual representatives of those fields to tell us and maybe show us research and studies showing why people do what they do on biological and chemical level. If people don't understand the rationale, perhaps the biology will be more convincing to those that appeal alot to authority. Hoping, not demanding. Shouts Out from Uganda. "The pratt list hits different when one is actually open to the thoughts.😂"
I think many get indocrinated/brainwashed as children. Such conditioning is extremely difficult to break. They're taught to believe from a very, very young age. And they're taught so much, and so strongly, that they just can't break out of it. Part of this teaching is psychological in how it's done, too.
@@skarnak1 The more the reason to understand these underlying processes that lead to this. What neural pathways light up, how do they light up, how environmental conditions affect which parts leading to so and so and so on. I mean an extra solidification in an understanding of things just makes it easier. This might be personal but i find it easy to comprehend things once i know how they operate.
Very brazen of Ray to read and show the part that describes Behemoth's tail as moving like a cedar, then say the tail must be large, because cedars are large. Reminds me of how serial killers sometimes leave clues, because they kinda want to get caught.
Has anyone seen that video called "satans guide to the bible"? Its an hour and a half long and animated kind of like south park. Really awesome stuff and was 10 years in the making.
Aron, I thank you for all that you do. Thank you for the time you take to study, write, and record to share your knowledge and debunk mythology. I have been an atheist since August, and I'm so ashamed to have once been a Christian. You've helped me to think more rationally, for which I thank you so much.
Welcome! Go easy on yourself; indoctrination and in-group thinking are very powerful. Religion is comforting and fulfills many of our basics needs while soothing our greatest fears. ❤
@@Johnmhatheist I was speaking to your shame. Personally, I don’t think a history of religiosity is anything to be ashamed of. While religion itself isn’t logical, it’s no surprise most living people have some sort of faith. It fulfills primitive needs, wants, and desires like social safety, explaining what can’t (currently) be known, and soothing existential dread. Some people seek truth and logic and are able to leave their faith. Others can’t. Good for you for being able to. And thank goodness for people like Aron who help!
@erinelizabethmsw5137 I truly apologize. When you mentioned how "comforting" religion is, I thought you were a theist trying to defend it. Please forgive me. Thank you very much for the kind words. I honestly also see the 16 years I spent as a Christian, I say 16 because I was baptized at the age of 10 and became an atheist at 26, as embrassing, but it's an advantage since I know the Bible so well. I even preached the gospel for a few years in hispanic churches of Christ all over the state of Texas and even various parts of Mexico. I use the Bible to show how mythological and stupid it is.
thank you for doing this. after seeing the young man mention this 10 scientific facts video, i went straight to it and watched the whole thing, and couldn’t believe how many people actually found the video to be good information that makes sense. the whole video was ridiculous
I honestly think that at least part of it is Ray's presentation, at least in his "studio" videos (as opposed to his far more blatantly dishonest "man in the street" videos). He's got a fairly calming tone, which undercuts how much disinformation he's actually laying out. He may have the most gentle gish gallop out there, and for people who are already primed to believe him, it doesn't take much to suck them in.
I really did enjoy the young man stepping up and debating Aaron. However, this was like watching your local boy scout troop taking on the Army 10th mountain division.
I get that, but it’s still refreshing when someone puts their money where their mouth is. That involves the inherent risk of looking like a fool or even - Roland forbid - learning something.
I really appreciate your deep dives into stuff like this. As a Formon (former mormon), the KJV is still rattling random verses around in my head. Thank you, sir! ❤ from the PNW :)
I remember when I was younger -- people would discourage me from reading the bible alone. They would always mention having the "proper translation/interpretation". Then I realized it's because they only wanted me to read certain books or just a few chapters of a book --- "Cherry pick" ... There are so many parts of the bible people won't go over in bible studies & such. (I understood why when I read through the entire bible -- I genuinely studied it & even considered going to trinity or moody to further my study) But if you question them -- that's a big no no or I don't know any better. #FOH Religion = Control/ rule over the mass of people. 💯
That is crazy. Reading by urself is THE best way to learn. I read the Bible at least 30 minutes a day. I still find new things every day. It is awesome!!!
@Jin - same here. I fully expected to go to seminary at Brigham Young University. But I made the mistake of reading the Bible myself, cover to cover, which gradually made me realize there are contradictions in the Bible, and contradictions with demonstrable reality and recorded history. Asking these questions got me answers like "you just need to have faith and God will reveal the truth", which of course he never did. I read the Bible cover to cover, twice as a believer, twice while in my crisis of faith, and twice since becoming an atheist.
@@Starhawke_Gaming So u find these contradictions and run away. Hmm. I can't lie. I saw contradictions too. It is hard not too. The Book is bigger than War and Peace and written by many authors over a span of thousands of years. Those contradictions made me dig deeper and investigate what was going on. I found that what I thought was a contradiction was not. Having said that, I do frequent channels like this partly because people raise some interesting questions about the Bible and faith. There is 1 that I am currently stuck on. But, I know the answer will come to me. It always has. But if it doesn’t...
True. Big part in losing my faith was that I read the Bible on my own. Without scholars preparing a soft landing from the harsh words. And without skipping a lot of the really horrible, ridiculous, alienating and self-contradicting passages.
@@jamesmiller7457 - perhaps you missed the part where I DID lament, research, dig deeper, and beg God for answers and my religious leaders for answers, for approximately 10 years, before finally figuring out that it is all just folklore and faerie tales written by men, and not the divinely inspired word of God. God didn't invent man, man invented god.
I love Aron's videos. He simplifies the scientific process for someone like myself who barely graduated High school. Plus Aron makes the banana man look like an a$$ is an extra bonus. Thanks Aron!
The book is definitely wrong as it never talks about the earth resting on the back of an endless succession of turtles. It is, of course, turtles all the way down. 🐢🌍🤣😂
Its comforting to know that if I ever get really broke, and I'm willing to throw out my integrity, I can become a YT apologist and lie through my teeth to make a living.
I called out Ray Comfort years ago. I was surprised when he responded, not denying the fact I’d called him a charlatan. The only truth he’s ever spoken😂
I always love the 'circle of the earth' thing. Somehow describing the earth as a shape that is I'm pretty sure by definition flat proves it's actually a globe. Makes a lot of sense.
I am reminded at times like this that the people who wrote this were nomads crossing deserts, where washing with water was a luxury. Truly they lived in primitive conditions. Ignorant, too.
In all these cleansing rituals involving a mans uncleen 'seed' the Bible never mentions gargling. Apparently god doesn't know my ex girlfriend very well.
The “hanging on nothing” is directly translated from the Hebrew as “absolutely nothing”. This is what always used to get to me back when I was an apologist. Gravity is FAR from an “absolutely nothing”.
Our sun’s elliptical trajectory speed of 489,000 mph around the astronomical gravitational Milky Way, that our earth is unavoidably bound to follow, is FAR from an “absolutely nothing”.
The milky way’s momentum of 1.3 million miles an hour, that our sun, and our planet, is unavoidably bound to follow, is FAR from an “absolutely nothing”. Quite the contrary.
The bible is not science, and christians that believe it is ought to look in the mirror and realize they are doing more to turn people away from the faith, than any athiest or even satanist could. It's always been the problem with christianity since the enlightenment. The Bible is about metaphysics, a bit of history, and a word of advice. I am orthodox and science just confirms my beliefs, but then again I actually read the bible, and I didn't need some theological expert to explain to me that it doesn't really mean x,y,z. Really genius, then why does it say exactly x,y, and z? Anyway it's refreshing to see someone who doesn't just simply mock theists. Here is a good one to ponder. "The universe came from nothing in a big bang, our lives ultimately started there from nothing, and when we die we go back to being nothing, or rather we join our creator."
The question is: Did the knowledge in the Bible come from God or from the other cultures that lived around the Jews? Expelling or isolating people with frightening diseases was probably very common amongst all peoples at that time.
I often aspire to reach the level of intellectual maturity, understanding, and class that you have Aaron. You’re a big idol for me. I often do not speak openly about my atheistic views in part because I could never get my message across like you do. Well done.
The quarantine story bothers me a bit: They quarantined people suffering from the plague in the 14th century. Initially for 30 days, but later for 40, giving rise to the term quarantine.
Love your intelligent takedown of various apologists! And your understanding & explanations of science, biology, chemistry, physics & other topics you discuss
@@sleepisthecousinofdeath7395 You certain about that? History, architectural surveys, existing ruins, archaeology, etc, etc continue to show that quite a few Christians have been surprisingly busy little burrowers under their own (and other) religious structures in the past. Such naughty little children! Digging like rabbits, trying to breed like rabbits... brains like rabbits?
Movies have kinda made people dumber in relation to death. They've caused people to think that being stabbed with a sword/ blade of any kind, leads to instant death (for the bad guy) and a slow-ish death (for one of the good guys). Regardless of affiliation, however, being stabbed leads to the same cause of death; loss of blood. In an age where the most popular form of killing would have been with a shiny bronze sword/ Khopesh, it wouldn't have taken a lot of 'smarts' to realise that it was the loss blood that caused a person to die. No Divine Wisdom needed at all, just one observant person with a knife (or anyone who had been on a battlefield).
I knew it. Damnit Fred, you're the reason I can't ride my pet parasaurolophus around looking all badass! Son of a bitch Fred, you should have built the God™ Boat not your stupid human boat! I'm about to go Veruca Salt over here..."But daddy, I want a dinosaur. GET ME A DINOSAUR NOW!!!"
Correction, Fred only had half od the dino's, on half an ark - hence it sinking. His ex had half of the other dino's and ark, the entire house, all of Fred's sheckels (even those that he made before he first met her), the kids, the pet dog, and nasty rugged sex with Fred's lawyer - hence him only having half of the dino's and half an ark... Fred got screwed harder than his lawyer screwed his ex.
If the Bible contained actual science, then the scientific age as we know it today would have begun over a thousand years earlier. The discoveries of ancient scientists (such as Archimedes) had nothing to do with the Bible. Nor did the Bible inspire ancient Arab or Chinese thinkers, who did a lot of pioneering work in what became science.
Great video. It's sad and mind-boggling to see that, in this 21st century, so many people are compelled to polish the turd that is the Bible. Keep up the good work, Aron. I was raised in a fundamentalist denomination and was an ordained Christian minister for decades. The apologists know they're being intellectually dishonest, as I did.
I found it amusing you used the word 'turd' as the original authors used this concept but 'hidden' in statements like 'l am the bread of life'= 'l am full of turds'. These Romans made bread mixed with their own turds and fed it back (the multitudes) to the starving Je ws. The word 'lump' = turd...so it's all through the NT! So what you said is quite appropriate.
It's not a turd, though. The Biblical writings are still profound only contempt for the ancients and drastic modern misunderstanding would have otherwise.
It's not a turd, though. The Biblical writings are still profound only contempt for the ancients and drastic modern misunderstanding would have otherwise.
@@ishmaelforester9825 what you are reading in the bible are ancient Sumerian and Egyptian mythology and philosophy... later it was Greek! The NT was a satire about a 'jesus' being a saviour when he was an enemy of the author. This author and the other family members had 💩 jokes about 'jesus' all through the NT.
@@ishmaelforester9825 Yes it's a turd. A genocidal narcissist God who condones and engages in barbarity. The "nice" passages don't compensate. Aesop's fables are more profound minus the garbage.
Then its crystal clear you haven't read it very much with any attempt to actually learn anything. It has many scientific facts that were ahead of its time.
@@brandonwellington3547name a few then and I don't mean something that if you interpret it a certain way then it kind of looks a bit like it might be profound. Actual plain language, completely unequivocal.
I just now stumbled onto this video from Aron. I like the vibe, especially the coffee shop background! You are a bit refreshing from Matt Dillahunty, who continually gets frustrated from theist callers and reduces himself to needlessly shouting expletives. Than you Aron!
It's important to remember that in the Hebrew Bible the word "earth" doesn't mean a planet. It doesn't mean a sphere that moves through space around a star. It means the environment known by those people, who lived in what is now roughly Israel and part of Egypt. Look at the first chapter of Genesis and try to picture it in three dimensions: 1. In making the Earth (which is a thing separate from the Heavens, which are neither the atmosphere nor what we see in the sky), we begin with a three-dimensional body of water, perhaps infinite, perhaps not infinite but of no _regular_ shape. (Genesis 1:2.) 2. Then light enters this body of water-not from a source, but just existing in the water. Part of the body of water contains the light, and the rest of the water is still dark; these are day and night. (Genesis 1:3-5.) 3. Then a somewhat horizontal division slices through the body of water, splitting it into two parts. The upper part, dome-shaped, is the sky: this is not the atmosphere _per se_ (i.e., not a body of gases in which we move), but the distant dome that the sky seems to us to be. The lower part of this now divided body of water is the sea. Between these two new bodies of water-the sea and the sky-there appears a gap, which we can call the atmosphere, the gaseous space in which we move-which Genesis gives no name, maybe because near us it seems invisible. (Genesis 1:6-8.) 4. Then the lower body of water, the sea, is pushed to one side and downward, so that beside it there rises up a thing called the land. If you stand on the shore (the juncture between this body of liquid and this body of solid), what you have to one side of you is land, and to the other side of you is the sea-and, as far as the ancient untraveled, uneducated Hebrew person can tell, each of these extends infinitely from that juncture (with the obvious exception that there may be some small bodies of land (islands) in the sea, and some small bodies of water (such as lakes) on the land). (Or you may think that, if you travel far enough across them, eventually you'll reach the point where they meet the bottom, the edge, of the dome that the sky seems to be. But, if you ever notice that, no matter how far you go, that circular line of intersection between the dome and the Earth continues to seem as far away as it always seemed, then you may indeed conclude that the sky is infinitely far away, and that the sea goes infinitely far in one direction and the land goes infinitely far in the opposite direction.) (Genesis 1:9-10.) 5. Then the sun, the moon, and the stars are set in the dome of the sky-between the atmosphere and the upper body of water (the source of rain). (Genesis 1:14-19.) In this arrangement, a line projecting upward from a spot on the land passes first through the atmosphere, then through the sky (which is a dome, where the sun and moon and stars are), to the upper body of water. I doubt that they would have said that the clouds were even higher than the sun, the moon, and the stars, because they had seen the clouds block their view of those lights; but putting the source of rain beyond the celestial lights is a fine thing to do if you haven't figure out that rain comes from the clouds. Genesis 1 also brings in night and day, and the difference between them, before the sun, the moon, and the stars are brought in: in Genesis, there is such a thing as day, lit by daylight, without the sun. What else is brought in before the sun? All the trees and other plants that could not exist without sunlight.
These people man...”The bible isn’t meant to be taken literally” (until it fits my argument). “It’s just an expression or exaggeration” (until I say it’s not)...Had a dude tell me something can’t come from nothing, therefore god. Asked who created god then, this man said “god did”. Asked how that was possible and this dude really said god lives outside space and time and is not bound by our laws. Still waiting for him to respond to me asking him who created that “outside space and time” place and again, god. These people have an excuse for everything lol.
I heard from Neil degrasse something great: “Religion was man’s first attempt at understanding the world.” That should sum it up, let’s move forward people!
Aaron, I really have no use for what you say in your videos except that it reminds me of what’s in the Bible. The I grew up an extremely religious family and I was in church five times a week for years, but something clicked in my head when I was nine years old. That was a while ago because men were busy going to the moon and I lived in Central Florida on the East coast, where somebody from every block worked at NASA, where they were sending people to the moon. When I was nine years old, suddenly, I realized I couldn’t fit all the science. I was learning with the myths that I had been taught by my family and at church and the Middle Eastern myth books. Course I lived in the deep south, so I could not say anything to anybody because people that don’t believe in the bogeyman are thought to be a bogeyman. So I’m almost 67 now and I haven’t studied the books in quite a long time.(however I did study Islam for 3 1/2 years recently). So thank you for reminding me of the silly and ridiculous preachment that is in this Middle Eastern religion. Still one of the most barbaric region on earth.
Now you belong to the Pagan sun worshipping religion known as Heliocentrism. Try and be a little more discerning in terms of what people, governments or their agencies are claiming. If a person make a positive claim, make sure they have the empirical evidence to substanciate it. Let’s do a simple thought experiment using simplified math and the supposed velocities of globe-thinking: The globe model's supposed avg orbital speed of earth around the sun: 67,000mph, & the globe model's supposed rotational speed of earth at the equator: ~1000mph To simplify the thought experiment, assume the rotational axis of the earth is perpendicular to the plane of it's rotation around the sun. Then at 12 noon, standing on the equator your total velocity including orbit speed + rotational speed would be 68,000mph in the direction of the orbit. Simply standing in that same place for 12 hours until midnight would have to then place you on the opposite side of the ball moving at only 66,000mph (orbital speed - rotational speed). That would mean a 2000mph deceleration/acceleration over 12 hours or 166mph change every hour. ...not to mention if you stayed in that same spot for another 6 months it would have to be dark at "noon" and mid-day bright at "midnight." Deceptively simple, but so obvious when you look.
Im surprised to hear you say that Sauropods were "pretty stupid" after having recently watched an interview with R.T.Bakker, who spoke of them being rather intelligent based on their familial habits derived from fossil footprints, egg clutches etc. I'd be interested to know your thoughts on this. Thanks for the videos, they've entertained me for many an hour 😄
Apparently "science" in Mr NightmareBanana's mind is just an assortment of isolated kindergarten-level-of-detail facts about the world, useful only as trivia. Any half-decent deity who actually existed would probably communicate much more detailed and useful knowledge accidentally just as a consequence of having a casual conversation with folks back then.
Once, years ago, I criticized you for what I believed to be an error in your logic. I never expected you to respond, yet you did. You showed me how flawed my own viewpoint was. I can honestly say you're the reason I dropped my baseless beliefs and embraced logic. Thanks Aron, truly.
Glad to see ya on the real side of reality, n not believing in an alternative reality. Welcome to the light my friend 💯🤘.
I think it involves statistics. What if someone considers the formation of the stars to the evolution of life "creation'"? It shows that the position you took isn't clear. You can't argue from it.
You can't assume literal creationism for the whole of bible believers. That's only a tiny part of them.
Same problem with the description of the earth being a circle that's placed in nothing. That's part of the view people had, not a geometric failure. There was no such thing as geometry. The horizon/skyline is a circle around you. The astronomical movement of the earth through space doesn't take away the solid ground you stand on, which only moves during earthquakes. What is now known as the gravitational field of the earth was seen as the establishment of the earth, likely on multiple pillars because everything falls down so that's required. Only birds can float. Most logical question today would be on what those pillars are standing, but nobody was there in the time, only a few philosophers.
@@EnthusiasticTent-xt8fhWell assuming your comment about all the imperfections of the universe being caused by sin reflects your beliefs then you evidently don’t understand any logic at all.
(If you’re not a creationist nut then I apologize for that assumption lol.)
I honestly can only say that AronRa helped *YOU TO GET OUT BY YOURSELF* so don't diminish your own thinking.
That's a terrible reason.🤯 Because now the next Bozo that comes along with an argument you like better might switch you back to being a theist. The only reason you should believe in Bigfoot is if someone shows you demonstrable evidence for Bigfoot. Not because someone talked you into believing in Bigfoot or talked you out of believing in Bigfoot. Tangible Evidence!
Arab ex-Muslim atheist here, and I must thank you for your hard work in exposing the Abrahamic religions and their fallacies, Aron.
Can you think of one field of science that was not founded by Bible-believing Christians? I can only think of the discovery of DNA (discovered by two atheists). Other than that, what has your atheism, which you falsely label as ‘science,’ ever produced?
In fact, even DNA was a continuation, not of Darwin (who has been scientifically wrong and useless), but of the Christian monk, Mendel. Even Darwin proved himself wrong, saying that, if his theory is correct, there should be innumerable transitional fossils. Yet, atheists cannot find one that is not without controversy - even among evolutionists! Can you name even one? Therefore, according to Darwin, his own theory is false.
You cannot say that I did not warn you. God will judge every lie and every treason. If you want to live without morals, if you go into eternity without God, know that hell plays by its own rules. In fact, Jesus said that there will be torturers there. Hell is eternal and it lasts forever. Yet, Christ died on a Cross so that you can be made right with God. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Welcome to the dark side.
Now, you don't need to believe in invisible people lie gods, angels, demons, smurfs.
I recommend continued to read holy books, learning about cults, science (physics, chemistry, biology, archeology, etc).
The more you know, the better the picture is.
That's incredible. You're very brave to be so open and honest. Has the impacted your personal life? Any fear of the punishment for apostasy by some crazy person?
If you're up for it. I'd certainly love to hear your story, how you escaped etc, whatever you want to share. So many are in your position but afraid, if more people made it public (safely, talk in the dark, voice disguiser). It certainly helped me! Thank you for your bravery.
You're a fool for listening to this Atheist asshole. and you're going burn in fire and brimstone in hell for all eternity. have fun asshole?
If the medical world were to use the Bible as a reference, our life expectancy would quickly drop back to about 30 years.
Did you get the untested shots?
@@wilsontexas there are no untested shots
@@Soapy-chan It's historical fact, history and science denier.
@@wilsontexas I am not denying history and science though.
Well, at least I think you talked about the china V, but maybe you meant something else, and if so, please tell.
@@Soapy-chan They skipped the normal vaccine approval process since it was fasttracked because of the "pandemic"
The whole part about how the Bible could've saved millions during the Black Death is mistifying to me; What particular religion does Ray think medieval Europeans practiced?
@@ConontheBinarian😂 ironic how the Christian god did not contribute one new scientific fact/invention
Insert something about how Catholicism is satanic and banned the Bible
@@paroxysm6437 Well, duh, _obviously_ he doesn't want to reveal too much. So he goes with the big hitters like appearing in toast. That's how you know he means business.
Well at that time in Europe they were mostly all Catholic, and according to Evangelists like Comfort, Catholics are super icky pagan Mary-worshippers, so his whole schtick is probably, blah blah the Catholic Church suppressed knowledge of hand washing or something something
@@plattbagarn😂😂😂
I like the cozy coffe shop background. Feels like being back in college, studying at the coffee shop just outside the gates to campus and having Aron as a study-buddy. 😊
That gate probably leads to the 6th circle of hell.
@AronRa What’ll be the next series on cladistics, after Homo sapiens, snakes, arachnids, and whales? 😊 Nautiloids and squids? 😃Or brewer’s yeast and Drosophila? ✌️
@@martinnyberg71 Since all groupings must be monophyletic in cladistics, the paraphyletic arrangement of ape families doesn’t work. Humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans are all included together in one monophyletic family - Hominidae.
Yeah took a while to notice it. 13:19 a tram is passing by outside. San Francisco vibes.
@@fortitudevalance8424 Yep, cable car. So not New Orleans. 😊
About Ray: "He hath given himself to the Lord and the Lord hath provided." Translation "He found a grift that has made him very wealthy off the naive."
The longest wooden hull ship ever built was a six-masted schooner named "Wyoming" that launched in 1909. With a deck length of 350 ft, it was shorter than the 300 cubits of Noah's Ark. She was so long that the planks would twist and let water into the hold, so pumps had to run constantly in order to keep her afloat. Noah had no such pumps. In 1924 she floundered and sank with all hands aboard.
Thats what happens when you don't praise the great wizard in the sky.
Also, it had to be braced with steel beams.
Well an ark isn't exactly a ship, it's a large barge. Different stresses, unpowered, unsteerable. Now I would like to see someone build the bible ark and actually launch and recover it.
@@SaanMigwell Technically I think box is a better description of what "ark" means than barge. Regardless, a wooden vessel of the length described would have absolutely taken on water.
Interestingly, an apologist named Ken Hamm built a "replica" of Noah's Ark which is landlocked, and basically just an expensive museum of lies, and they made an insurance claim a few years back due to, of all things, water damage caused by rain. I'm not making that up.
@@SaanMigwell Wouldn't work either. Ship's hull is a purpose-built structure *made* to withstand the stresses sea put on it. Yet it still needs human operation in rough seas - which sometimes is still not enough and ships sink. Now put something like the Ark in the rough seas and... what do you think would happen to it?
The whole "Blood is the life of the flesh" one is so incredibly funny to me.
How on earth could ancient people have figured such advanced scientific knowledge as "If something bleeds a lot it dies"?
This reminds me of another Jehovah Witness story when I attended their version of Sunday School at age 12 or so. One time they passed out these cards for us to carry in the case of an accident and we were rendered unconscious. It was card stating we refused any blood transfusions or organ donations even to save our lives because we were Witnesses. Not only did I REFUSE to sign mine, I tried to talk the other kids out of it too, stating it was child abuse.
That was my last Bible study class I ever went to in my life.
Experience and common sense!!!! Science itself is a product of philosophy. It's man first, then Science - not the other way round.
Almost as profound as "If someone looks gross, send them away."
and how is stuff alive that has NOT got the same blood? like e.g. insects?
Same thing as "nostrils" as the Noah passenger list criterion... yeah, it's much more obvious with mammal noses, but pretty much everything alive past the very crudest multicellular families breathes, including fish.
Doesn't this once more show the bible was not written for/through/by an all knowing "creator" but by superstitious and mostly ignorant people from long ago that had no idea how breathing works or thinking or blood circulation?
@@LadyDoomsinger alright, but one young boy did just that and was cursed to be a hideous beast for ten long years.
I can actually admire how well Ray Comfort plays the role of a sweet, innocent, naive and nerdy Christian, while knowingly and blatantly lying about what the Bible authors actually wrote. It is a testament to the lack of any real effort on Christians to read the Bible for themselves, relying instead, on the con men that profit on their apathy.
@rboland2173 🤔There would be so much more pizza!!!!😂🤣🤣🫠🫠🫠
Sorta like Diaper Don claiming to be a Bible reader. Why do I, as an athiest, feel like screaming, "God help us."
Christians are indoctrinated since childhood so it's a built-in audience already for conmen like Ray Comfort to exploit.
However, he would be broke as $#!t trying pull that business in largely non-religious secular countries.
Which probably it explains why he stopped selling secondhand cars in his home country of New Zealand and moved to the United States running a cash cow ministry.
Good news is, Religion is dying in the United States, so the religious pool for these conmen to fish is shrinking.
@rboland2173 Don't we already have "Pizza balls" or something like Pizza 'Hot pockets' already?
@rboland2173seriously deep dish.
Nearly spat out my dinner at the solar-powered germs bit 😂
The kid said he doesn't know why people laugh when he mentions Ray Comfort? He must not know why Ray is called the Banana Man?!
Remember the saying "There's a sucker born every minute"?
As AronRa said, it's been decades for him and others to prove Ray Comfort wrong. But that kid was not around long enough to have found any of these yet.
He probably just was told 'watch this, it's great' and now was confidently going to take on someone with three times the life experience.
It still takes time to get rid of these memes (ideas), as there are still people in bubbles that never heard a consenting view.
@@Cau_No "There's a sucker born again every minute."
why exactly IS he called 'the banana man?'
@@skarnak1Look at your hand! It is perfect holding a banana!
(okay, the other way around 🧐)
@@skarnak1 A simple search of "Ray comfort banana" is all you need to do to figure that one out. You could also look up "atheist nightmare" as that is what he called the banana, until he learned that it is the product of selective breeding at which point that skit became a pure comedy routine of his.
I’m from WV and currently work with a guy who is in his mid 50’s. He is convinced that T-Rex never existed. I gave up trying to reason with this guy. I used to think that if people were shown evidence that they would change their minds. Man, was I wrong…
People can’t choose what meets their standard of evidence, but they can choose their standard of evidence. That’s how they get themselves into crappy positions.
So just T-rex? So all the other tyrannosaurids are real to him?
@@filonin2 I think that’s because that’s the only dinosaur name he knows. He probably thinks they’re all fake. 🙄
@@filonin2 I need to ask him about Albertosaurus or Tarbosaurus. 😂
Don't feel bad. I know a guy who still thinks the Coronavirus did not come from a lab in Wuhan. Incredible.
My aunt is 67 and a believer. She didn't know that we orbit the sun, and that the sun is the biggest thing in our solar system. I was shocked. She had retained a bible based world view, and was ignorant of science. I sorrow for those who read the book of lies, and don't learn actual facts.😮
If there were actual facts in the bible, Then christians would have predicted cosmology before galileo. Read the works of martin luther, And the charges against giordano bruno, And it's abundantly clear the bible without science leads you off the edge of a flat earth.
My wife thought that the Moon somehow gives out its own light, and her uncle was shocked to find out that our Sun is a star.
They, and their extended family constantly fall for all kinds of scams and conspiracy theories, and still, that doesn't motivate them to learn science or be more sceptical.
that's scary that she knows so little about actual science at the age of 67. I mean, in this day and age?? What, was she home-schooled or something?
That's like the majority of people in 3rd world countries
I have an elderly freind that won't read anything but the King James bible. Not even a commentary, as the Spirit tells here everything she needs to know. She teaches a class of 60 women at her church. What a deal . . . Oye vey . . .🤐
Come on Aron, saying biblical healthcare is as bad as american healthcare is really unfair. To the bible. At least the writers of the bible didn't know any better.
Politicians and right wing voters know better?
@@theunholinesswithin70 ?
😂
@@theunholinesswithin70 The "left wing" voters are the ones who are keeping the party behind the KKK, behind the "institutional racism" in policing (uncle bad touch himself wrote the "Tough on Crime Bill" which is cited for said "instuttional racism" with Mr Stop-And-Frisk himself putting his name in on the Democrat side last election), who have kept blacks in poor crime riddled slums using their absolutely total and uncontested power over those districts to ensure they get to keep maximizing the exclusion to the 13th Amedment that permits slavery of prisoners (Like how kamala harris would keep black people well past the end of their prison terms to use them as slave labor for the state), and pushing for pro-crime edicts to destroy the working class and ensure everyone is a poor entirely dependent slave to the totalitarian government they endlessly give more and more power to.
Instead of blaming the other peasants, blame the people who have bought and paid for both sides of the political lines and own the media that openly admits that their job is to control what you think (Legit, an MSNBC anchor literally said that). Instead of trying to make everything a tribalistic "Us vs Them" just like the old religions do with anyone that disagrees with them apply some actual skepticism to all forms of "power" be it religions, political, media, everything.
I love how the "skeptics" stopped being skeptical, the people in the camp of "reason" have lost all reason, the "Free thinkers" are now mind-slaves to the billionaire media narrative, how those who once cared about scientific facts are now some of the most fervent science deniers.
As a side note, the US Healthcare system is broken but also the world leader in care and breakthroughs as well as speed. The UK makes you wait weeks for emergency care, the Canadians are telling war veterans to kill themselves because of their PTSD, and the quality of care across the world is objectively worse in almost every other country. Yes the US Healthcare system is genuinely beyond cartoonishly evil and the insurance con makes it criminally expensive (The list price of my recently broken arm's repairs all together no doubt totals over $200,000, a simple 30-45 minute helicopter ride, which was required because the local ER was an absolute clown show, is $70,000), it is genuinely superior in most cases to the rest of the world in terms of quality and speed. There is a reason so many doctors from abroad come to the US, and money isn't the only one (Though certainly a factor).
Who deals with healthcare today?@@bobair2
This is why I’m a channel member. When Aron says he will do something, he does it. While I admired that kid’s bravery in the previous video to go live with you, I also started to feel bad for him with how badly he was owned throughout that entire video. I don’t think he realized how badly he was in over his head. Great work as always Aron, keep it up.
I'm catching up on channels I've been waiting on to upload new stuff. This way I have a few videos to binge in a row. I'm going to watch that debate next. My hope is that the kid walks away and starts to think about all this stuff more critically. He SEEMED amenable to that, not that he would dig in his heels and become even more entrenched in his flawed thinking. I have a feeling that kid thought, "the mantle of God is upon my shoulders and His wisdom shall not fail me!" Yeah, that always ends up not happening. Funny how that always happens...
I love his example that the Bible says to wash your hands... But Jesus came along and said there's no need to wash your hands.(after you use the bathroom) It's what comes out of your mouth that makes you sick. Not what goes in. That worked out wonderfully 🙄
I forgot that verse! Yuck. You’d hope people would guess he was speaking metaphorically that time.
@@mintybadger6905Since he was being accused of a literal physical act, it seems unlikely.
No wonder antivaxx people have issues with washing their hands.. Damn You, Jesus!!
He said that in regard of how the Pharisees were using this as a ceremony with the intent to show others how “religious” they were. Jesus was arguing against the religious hypocrisy of the people, not the act of washing hands.
@juanranger4214 Thank you for bringing some sense to these keyboard ranger comments.
"I don't understand why people laugh at Ray Comfort." Two Words, Banana Man.
"Nana Ray, lyin' for God
dont call him that, he will go bananas
To be fair, how else but by Godly intervention/design could a banana have been perfectly engineered into the perfect shape and size to fit into a man's anus??? Evolution? Pfah, humbug. Selective breeding? We'll just ignore that fact. Coincidence? Rubbish! Clearly there was a benevolent invisible magical creator skydaddy wanting us to know the joy of shoving fruits up our sphincters!
Lol why's he referred to as the banana man?
@@Dylans503I'm sure a search engine will bring you all the information you need. It's based on a really stupid "fact" he said.
To be fair, raccoons are quite intelligent. Which puts them a few steps above Ray Comfort
Rocket is a genius compared to him.
The biggest thing that bugs me about Ray is that he is far more focused on winning arguments than changing minds. So they show the shot of the atheist on the street who has been silenced by the fallacious argument, and they never looked remotely convinced. Instead, they just look sorta irked to realize they've been chatting with a douche. Meanwhile, more skilled people can use fallacious arguments and completely change people's minds, at least some of the time.
Comfort appears to be focussed only on making money from his 'flock'. He seems to know how to fleece believers, certainly.
@@Jabbatic I guess I never realized he was doing all that well financially. If that's the case, then I'd say you are absolutely right.
@@verdatum- according to what financial statements are available online, it is estimated that Living Waters Ministry, the company that Ray Comfort is CEO, has an annual income of about $2.2 million dollars, which is over $6000 per day.
I'd say Banana Man is doing quite well financially.
@verdatum
I'm convinced a big part of Comfort's motivation is a pathological fear of death, and the finality of it.
So much of his schtick is trying to get people to go along with his prompts that they're terrible, and they'll die without getting into heaven.
Like I don't think it seems to matter to him that they affirm his Biblical vote is correct, per se, but that they agree that they had better be good with his god when they die. No matter where in his lies about biology he starts at, he quickly shifts to this dying thing.
And I'm not getting that he is trying to save souls from hell, his methods and BS word games don't mesh with that idea, to me. He just seems to _need_ people to affirm his notions about dying, like the more people he can have agree, the more likely it is that his fantastical wishful thinking about heaven will be true.
That's what I get from Comfort anyway.
Cumfart is filthy lying grifter and he knows it.
Leviticus talks about rinsing with water, but it never mentions soap.
Or that rinsing in alcohol is even better.
I don't think soap had been invented yet but they had the ingredients (goat fat and wood ash) so their sky daddy should have let them know.
@@filonin2 It appears that soap was known long before the Bible was written.
It never forbids it either.
soap would be "borith".
Well, that made my day...
#4 (32:06)
Ray: "Nothing has a half evolved eye, or ear, or leg, or brain."
Aron: Laughs, "Wrong again. [...] There are many examples of animals still having intermediate forms of eyes..."
Shows video of a nautilus.
"...or leggs..."
Shows video of a walking batfish.
"...or brains!"
Shows picture of Ray.
"That are not as well developed as other associated animals."
I actually believe without alien intervention throughout history that, humanity would not exist in present day. Shout out to these aliens! The flip side?
Two words: Mudfossil University! Giants (like Book of Giants) are laying dead along with massive dead dragon's laying all over this planet! Of course the Bible is real! Of course God ❤ Almighty is real!
My message repeatedly is this. As a Beyond 🎯 Targeted Individual that is a '65 model, all factory equipment (a rarity) I say the 7 virtues are innate. Somehow these directions and virtues (such as Charity over greed and Temperance over Gluttony for example) are LOST in the transition. I have ample proof of these differences. Visitors👽👾👻👹 seem to take the 7 sins to extremes that have brought this world to its current state, whatever you would prefer to call this trainwreck of greed, lust and envy. There are a million actions I would never take for the sake of greed (money) or pride (inferior superiority). And it is not human nature to commit these atrocities. Meat suits lack integrity and karma has arrived in the form of clones silently replacing the unaware suits like a thief in the night.
Loved the one with Ray, spot on
Wrong it's Aron Ra, which by the way is a bullshit name. that is ignorant as fuck. but you can keep listening to him if you like being lied to. that's up to you but I'm glad I know better.
@@user-dp8gb9zu8v Accusing someone of lying when you have no evidence to substantiate that accusation is an ad hominem.
@@Tornadopelt
I'm not accusing him of lying, he is lying. and I can prove it, however I'm not going waste my time trying to prove it to you. because it would take good deal of time. and you probably wouldn't be convinced anyway. because you would just side up with the liar anyway.
Oh, the irony of ray comfort making a video on scientific facts while simultaneously denying all of science, biology and geology 😂
It is a good thing he has learned how to circumnavigate the intellect.
@@n0etic_f0x yeah, he just takes on science when it suits him lol
That isn't wrong. People should challenge science. I hope he does somehow disprove biology and geology, then we have learned more.
Since some people can't scroll down past the 3rd comment before replying:
This dude isn't even close to disproving biology or anything. He isn't even doing science. I was simply saying it would be awesome if a field of study was truly "destroyed" because that would probably mean we have obtained some truly incredible knowledge.
@@Gandhi_Physique yeah, challenging science on the basis of unfounded obviously erroneous assumptions and presuppositions, if you make a claim that multiple fields of science are wrong then you should at least provide some valid reasoning or perhaps even provide a hypothesis with better and or more explanatory power, but all ray comfort has got is “some book written by ignorant morons in the Middle Ages says a thing”
@@RyanGhezawi Yeah, I didn't say he was remotely close to doing so lol
Trampled Ray Comfort like an Elephant Stampede at the end. 🤣
Much love my friend 🖖🤘❤️
Comfort is even more annoying than ken ham.
@@hifijohn
Kent Hovind is worse than them all!
Aron. If I ever am lucky enough to see you in public, you’re getting the biggest hug you’ll ever have received! You saved my life man!
Thank you for being one of the forward-thinkers and putting in the time to make our lives more educationally relevant.
I think it is SO entertaining that Ray-ray-bananaman feels the need to go to islamic apologetics/excusegetes for ideas. The “science” in the koran, with blood-clot babies, sperm from the ribs, moons splitting, and all that, has been a trope now for quite a while.
This green screen background is hilarious to me. I’m just imagining Aron showing up at some random couple’s apartment and insisting on filming in their living room while they just go on about their business.
If Aron showed up at my house and insisted he film in it while I go about my day I would oblige. I mean, I don't KNOW know Aron, but I know him enough to trust he won't do anything untoward. If he was a total stranger that would be a different story.
A Mesopotamian clay tablet that dates back to 2200 BC describes three healing gestures”-washing the wounds using boiled water, making the plasters, and bandaging the wound. In ancient Egypt we we have even more advanced practices setting wounds draining and the natural antibiotic nature of honey. We lost a lot of knowledge in medieval times. The Ancients had so may medical techniques it would take too long to mention.
I think you've just been watching Kevin Hicks' latest video!
Paleo folk knew about the antiseptic properties of honey. Egyptians also used wine, and it was incorporated into their mummification process.
@@RichWoods23 He's good, isn't he
@@kellywalker1664Thats right. How many times have we seen aboriginal Hunter-gatherers today use local herbs for infections.
We also lost a lot because of the witch persecution the Catholic church did.
Historically women were the ones who handled most healing and had a lot of knowledge about herbs and stuff passed down to them by the previous healers.
The fact that healers of course got a lot of respect was something the woman hating church could not let be.
Hence branding them as witches and painting them as evil.
Fun fact: a decree to kill cats because they were "of the devil and witches familiars" probably made the black plague a lot worse since there weren't enough cats left to keep the vermin population under control.
it is wildly common i see people claim the quran or the bible is completely true and compatible with science. and it just baffles me. they either have no idea about science or they havent read their holy book. because there is no way someone can think like that while having any idea about science amd their holy book
I believed that the Bible was a magical book with layers of hidden meaning and at least one of the layers must be right. I thought I was _special!_
@@zemorph42 But you’re living in reality now, aren’t you?
@@kellydalstok8900 I think I am, as much as it's possible to tell the difference between fantasy and reality. I no longer believe in God or anything supernatural, at least.
@@kellydalstok8900 and I gave up all my excuses for Bible mistakes and lies in around the beginning of this millennium.
That the Egyptians knew more than the Hebrews about Pi and Diabetes is a wee telling.
“Did you know that sauropods didn’t have navels because they hatched from eggs?” 😂 Best gotcha line in the video.
Comfort and Kirk Cameron talking about the banana as "proof" of design is both unintentionally hilarious and heartbreaking.
“We didn’t need god to tell us this, raccoons figured this out, and they don’t even have a god” 😂
Birds wash themselves in birdbaths and puddle and they don't know anything about scripture either ,lucky birds .
Minor nitpick, Earth doesn't rotate at 1000mph because you don't rotate in mph. You rotate in rpm or rads/s or something similar.
Consider that linear speed varies over the planet with the poles having 0mph and around 1042mph at the equator.
Ray Comfort looks like an extra in a early-90's buddy comedy about a hardware store
Im not faullen for that trap Tim! A comedy one like Home Improvement. lol
If we relied on magic holy books for our science, we'd all be sitting in caves waiting for lightning to make fire for us.
Exactly. Primitive humans did the best they could with the info they had, but we've advanced since then. Children give up their security blanket as they grow. It's time for people to give up the invisible ooga booga security blanket in the sky.
Here you go Baller. Enjoy the Cog Dis. Let’s do a simple thought experiment using simplified math and the supposed velocities of globe-thinking:
The globe model's supposed avg orbital speed of earth around the sun: 67,000mph, & the globe model's supposed rotational speed of earth at the equator: ~1000mph
To simplify the thought experiment, assume the rotational axis of the earth is perpendicular to the plane of it's rotation around the sun.
Then at 12 noon, standing on the equator your total velocity including orbit speed + rotational speed would be 68,000mph in the direction of the orbit. Simply standing in that same place for 12 hours until midnight would have to then place you on the opposite side of the ball moving at only 66,000mph (orbital speed - rotational speed). That would mean a 2000mph deceleration/acceleration over 12 hours or 166mph change every hour. ...not to mention if you stayed in that same spot for another 6 months it would have to be dark at "noon" and mid-day bright at "midnight." Deceptively simple, but so obvious when you look.
@@BrentonWalkerSailingassume. That's your word, not mine. Assume. Assume. Assume. Good job bro
@@BrentonWalkerSailing Am I the only one that finds this hard to follow, and not only makes no sense, but is seemingly random. Were we talking about orbits and relativity? Did I miss something? WTH is going on?
@@BrentonWalkerSailing"I don't even know who you are."
I don't know about anyone else, but the way Comfort describes Aristotle coming to the conclusion that the earth is a sphere, sounds way more inspiring to me than "this book told me about it".
He really let's it shine through how much he doesn't care about the human mind and what it can accomplish.
Exactly! Even if the Bible actually had scientific facts in it, they wouldn't matter much since we're not told how it came to the conclusions.
People say “what’s the harm in letting people believe” but the problem is that most religions are full of really BAD things. If people believed that there was a nice god that might be a different story. But as it is, just letting people believe whatever without challenging it gives us stuff like Saudi Arabia or Evangelicals.
Just over here trying to imagine what a raccoon’s god belief would consist of.
I think banana man will use the raccoons washing with running water as a proof they were created by god. Without adressing the question why all the other animals don't wash their hands with running water of course.
I really enjoyed your series about how the flood couldn’t have happened. It was a real eye opener for me! Thanks for keeping up the good fight.
@EnthusiasticTent-xt8fh No. Watch his Noah's Ark video about how thousands of animals couldn't have gotten to iraq, swimming thousands of miles across oceans. There's 0 way those animals could have been redespersed, either. Penguins and polar bears can't live in Iraq. Thousands of animal remains that were supposedly on the ark have never been found either. No kangaroos or penguins or sloth remains have been found trying to get back to where they came from. Now do this times THOUSANDS of animals! It's a story, bro
@@EnthusiasticTent-xt8fh Of course! "Magic" explains everything!
Because it explains nothing.
I like the background, though the rain sound makes me a bit sleepy. 😅 Always fun to see more dismantling of Ray's arguements.
The cat was cute.
I thought if I was to try and make a line graph about one 'unclean' person, everybody and everything they touched and so on. The number of birds slaughtered, the amount of laundry, and the amount of isolation could be mind boggling. Where does it stop? How is any of this possible? I think if someone tried to follow the rules about what to do if they were 'unclean' would go bonkers in a short time. What does the bible have for us? Mental instability.
It is unclean turtles all the way down.
I hope that Konner sees this and finally realizes how people like Ray Comfort have conned him all this time.
this is an excellent video format for you! Would love to see more like this. The intro debate leading to this video was the absolute cherry on top.
There's a reason why most flat-earthers are also Christian fundamentalists.
there is also a reason that if given fifteen seconds to rant, they'll take a pop at public schooling.
stupid is as stupid does.
Flat earth saying was started by atheists
Just one note on number 3: The original story, from western India, likely the Indus Valley, has the same characters, but is more realistic. The ark is circular, hence it cannot capsise. When they say pairs of animals referencing their "world," they mean it in the small sense, as in, "You are part of my world," i.e., "a part of what I know." That's why people used to say, "the *known* world," because they knew there was more yet to be known to themselves.
So, somewhere in western India, a man had his sons help him make a huge circular raft, into/onto which he and they could load pairs of all the animals they found useful, should a flood come. A monsoon ensued, a flood came, they loaded up the farm and family, floated around, the rain subsided, the waters went down, and they found themselves on high ground, from whence they continued their lives, presumably using the boat materials to make their homes. Their descendants populated the local land. The End.
And then the story went west, and into Gilgamesh, among others, and thence west again, into the Hebrew Bible. Good stories get shared and modified, as you know.
Meanwhile,
"A fart asked her sister, "Do you think I'm doing the right thing?"
"Her sister replied, "Honey, he's been holding you back for far too long! You need to divorce that asshole!""
(Attributed to ChatGPT)
What gives you the impression that circular boats can't capsize?
Hey AronRa, thank you for the humanist work you keep doing. I hoped i could suggest you make videos about the psychology of belief. Rationality, fallacies but looked at from a neuralogical, brain science perspectives perhaps with intellectual representatives of those fields to tell us and maybe show us research and studies showing why people do what they do on biological and chemical level. If people don't understand the rationale, perhaps the biology will be more convincing to those that appeal alot to authority. Hoping, not demanding. Shouts Out from Uganda. "The pratt list hits different when one is actually open to the thoughts.😂"
I second this. It's an area about which I'd love to learn more.
I think many get indocrinated/brainwashed as children. Such conditioning is extremely difficult to break. They're taught to believe from a very, very young age. And they're taught so much, and so strongly, that they just can't break out of it. Part of this teaching is psychological in how it's done, too.
@@skarnak1 The more the reason to understand these underlying processes that lead to this. What neural pathways light up, how do they light up, how environmental conditions affect which parts leading to so and so and so on. I mean an extra solidification in an understanding of things just makes it easier. This might be personal but i find it easy to comprehend things once i know how they operate.
Very brazen of Ray to read and show the part that describes Behemoth's tail as moving like a cedar, then say the tail must be large, because cedars are large.
Reminds me of how serial killers sometimes leave clues, because they kinda want to get caught.
Has anyone seen that video called "satans guide to the bible"? Its an hour and a half long and animated kind of like south park. Really awesome stuff and was 10 years in the making.
that old lady impression was gold
Aron, I thank you for all that you do. Thank you for the time you take to study, write, and record to share your knowledge and debunk mythology.
I have been an atheist since August, and I'm so ashamed to have once been a Christian.
You've helped me to think more rationally, for which I thank you so much.
Welcome! Go easy on yourself; indoctrination and in-group thinking are very powerful. Religion is comforting and fulfills many of our basics needs while soothing our greatest fears. ❤
@erinelizabethmsw5137 The comfort derived from faith does not substantiate the existence of the divine, rendering it irrational.
@@Johnmhatheist I was speaking to your shame. Personally, I don’t think a history of religiosity is anything to be ashamed of. While religion itself isn’t logical, it’s no surprise most living people have some sort of faith. It fulfills primitive needs, wants, and desires like social safety, explaining what can’t (currently) be known, and soothing existential dread. Some people seek truth and logic and are able to leave their faith. Others can’t. Good for you for being able to. And thank goodness for people like Aron who help!
@erinelizabethmsw5137 I truly apologize. When you mentioned how "comforting" religion is, I thought you were a theist trying to defend it. Please forgive me.
Thank you very much for the kind words. I honestly also see the 16 years I spent as a Christian, I say 16 because I was baptized at the age of 10 and became an atheist at 26, as embrassing, but it's an advantage since I know the Bible so well. I even preached the gospel for a few years in hispanic churches of Christ all over the state of Texas and even various parts of Mexico. I use the Bible to show how mythological and stupid it is.
@@Johnmhatheist No worries! I looked back at my original post and thought, yikes! Not clear enough! 🙈
thank you for doing this. after seeing the young man mention this 10 scientific facts video, i went straight to it and watched the whole thing, and couldn’t believe how many people actually found the video to be good information that makes sense. the whole video was ridiculous
I honestly think that at least part of it is Ray's presentation, at least in his "studio" videos (as opposed to his far more blatantly dishonest "man in the street" videos). He's got a fairly calming tone, which undercuts how much disinformation he's actually laying out. He may have the most gentle gish gallop out there, and for people who are already primed to believe him, it doesn't take much to suck them in.
I haven't heard Ray Comfort's voice in a long time, can't say I missed it.
When he said "it's by Ray Comfort" I laughed too XD
My actual freedom and fulfillment came when I dropped religion I am so grateful I didn’t waste my entire life on it
I can listen to this man talk all day long.
Never mind some periods can be abnormal and last more than a week, due to things like POCOS, fibroids, etc.
I really did enjoy the young man stepping up and debating Aaron. However, this was like watching your local boy scout troop taking on the Army 10th mountain division.
I get that, but it’s still refreshing when someone puts their money where their mouth is. That involves the inherent risk of looking like a fool or even - Roland forbid - learning something.
@leithcrowther6086 absolutely agree 👍
I really appreciate your deep dives into stuff like this. As a Formon (former mormon), the KJV is still rattling random verses around in my head. Thank you, sir! ❤ from the PNW :)
I remember when I was younger -- people would discourage me from reading the bible alone.
They would always mention having the "proper translation/interpretation".
Then I realized it's because they only wanted me to read certain books or just a few chapters of a book --- "Cherry pick" ...
There are so many parts of the bible people won't go over in bible studies & such.
(I understood why when I read through the entire bible -- I genuinely studied it & even considered going to trinity or moody to further my study)
But if you question them -- that's a big no no or I don't know any better. #FOH
Religion = Control/ rule over the mass of people. 💯
That is crazy. Reading by urself is THE best way to learn. I read the Bible at least 30 minutes a day. I still find new things every day. It is awesome!!!
@Jin - same here.
I fully expected to go to seminary at Brigham Young University.
But I made the mistake of reading the Bible myself, cover to cover, which gradually made me realize there are contradictions in the Bible, and contradictions with demonstrable reality and recorded history.
Asking these questions got me answers like "you just need to have faith and God will reveal the truth", which of course he never did.
I read the Bible cover to cover, twice as a believer, twice while in my crisis of faith, and twice since becoming an atheist.
@@Starhawke_Gaming So u find these contradictions and run away. Hmm. I can't lie. I saw contradictions too. It is hard not too. The Book is bigger than War and Peace and written by many authors over a span of thousands of years.
Those contradictions made me dig deeper and investigate what was going on. I found that what I thought was a contradiction was not.
Having said that, I do frequent channels like this partly because people raise some interesting questions about the Bible and faith. There is 1 that I am currently stuck on. But, I know the answer will come to me. It always has. But if it doesn’t...
True. Big part in losing my faith was that I read the Bible on my own. Without scholars preparing a soft landing from the harsh words. And without skipping a lot of the really horrible, ridiculous, alienating and self-contradicting passages.
@@jamesmiller7457 - perhaps you missed the part where I DID lament, research, dig deeper, and beg God for answers and my religious leaders for answers, for approximately 10 years, before finally figuring out that it is all just folklore and faerie tales written by men, and not the divinely inspired word of God.
God didn't invent man, man invented god.
I love Aron's videos. He simplifies the scientific process for someone like myself who barely graduated High school. Plus Aron makes the banana man look like an a$$ is an extra bonus. Thanks Aron!
The book is definitely wrong as it never talks about the earth resting on the back of an endless succession of turtles. It is, of course, turtles all the way down. 🐢🌍🤣😂
Its comforting to know that if I ever get really broke, and I'm willing to throw out my integrity, I can become a YT apologist and lie through my teeth to make a living.
I love how at the end, the kids says, oh. I know that was from a previous discussion, but nicely done.
I thought I was watching this video and then it disappeared, only to re-appear again before my eyes, LMAO! Hope it stays this time! 😊👍
I called out Ray Comfort years ago. I was surprised when he responded, not denying the fact I’d called him a charlatan. The only truth he’s ever spoken😂
I always love the 'circle of the earth' thing. Somehow describing the earth as a shape that is I'm pretty sure by definition flat proves it's actually a globe. Makes a lot of sense.
He must be thinking the ancient Hebrews didn't have a word for sphere. If they thought it was a sphere, they would have written "sphere".
@@JoeyGee1000 Even if they technically didnt have a word for sphere, they probably had a word for ball. Or rock.
Exactly! It's goddamn ridiculous. I'm surprised it took me so long to realize that Isa 40:22 advocates a flat Earth model.
You have such a succinct way of putting things. It is both simple and elegant, but still thorough in its execution. You really are brilliant.
I am reminded at times like this that the people who wrote this were nomads crossing deserts, where washing with water was a luxury. Truly they lived in primitive conditions. Ignorant, too.
In all these cleansing rituals involving a mans uncleen 'seed' the Bible never mentions gargling. Apparently god doesn't know my ex girlfriend very well.
lmao 🤣
What happened to original upload?
The “hanging on nothing” is directly translated from the Hebrew as “absolutely nothing”.
This is what always used to get to me back when I was an apologist. Gravity is FAR from an “absolutely nothing”.
The momentum of the elliptical trajectory speed of earth’s 67,000 mph due to being bound to our sun is FAR from an “absolutely nothing”.
Our sun’s elliptical trajectory speed of 489,000 mph around the astronomical gravitational Milky Way, that our earth is unavoidably bound to follow, is FAR from an “absolutely nothing”.
The milky way’s momentum of 1.3 million miles an hour, that our sun, and our planet, is unavoidably bound to follow, is FAR from an “absolutely nothing”.
Quite the contrary.
So, I’m guessing their “god” would rather lie than actually educate.
Thank god he doesn’t exist, but rather human’s desire for genuine knowledge , and its subsequent understandings does.
One of the absolute best on TH-cam or anywhere.
Fantastic information
The bible is not science, and christians that believe it is ought to look in the mirror and realize they are doing more to turn people away from the faith, than any athiest or even satanist could. It's always been the problem with christianity since the enlightenment. The Bible is about metaphysics, a bit of history, and a word of advice. I am orthodox and science just confirms my beliefs, but then again I actually read the bible, and I didn't need some theological expert to explain to me that it doesn't really mean x,y,z. Really genius, then why does it say exactly x,y, and z?
Anyway it's refreshing to see someone who doesn't just simply mock theists. Here is a good one to ponder. "The universe came from nothing in a big bang, our lives ultimately started there from nothing, and when we die we go back to being nothing, or rather we join our creator."
The question is: Did the knowledge in the Bible come from God or from the other cultures that lived around the Jews? Expelling or isolating people with frightening diseases was probably very common amongst all peoples at that time.
I often aspire to reach the level of intellectual maturity, understanding, and class that you have Aaron. You’re a big idol for me. I often do not speak openly about my atheistic views in part because I could never get my message across like you do. Well done.
The quarantine story bothers me a bit:
They quarantined people suffering from the plague in the 14th century. Initially for 30 days, but later for 40, giving rise to the term quarantine.
7:12 Did Ray call Ignaz Semmelweis “Agnus”?😂 Sheepish much?
Love your intelligent takedown of various apologists!
And your understanding & explanations of science, biology, chemistry, physics & other topics you discuss
They sure don't take it literally when they describe the earth as flat in multiple instances and being propped up on pillars.
The Wholly Fables aka the Bible. As a scientific book😂😂😂😂😂
At least Christian’s aren’t building secret tunnels under their churches
@@sleepisthecousinofdeath7395 You certain about that? History, architectural surveys, existing ruins, archaeology, etc, etc continue to show that quite a few Christians have been surprisingly busy little burrowers under their own (and other) religious structures in the past. Such naughty little children! Digging like rabbits, trying to breed like rabbits... brains like rabbits?
@@sleepisthecousinofdeath7395 How would you know? They are secret lol
Movies have kinda made people dumber in relation to death. They've caused people to think that being stabbed with a sword/ blade of any kind, leads to instant death (for the bad guy) and a slow-ish death (for one of the good guys). Regardless of affiliation, however, being stabbed leads to the same cause of death; loss of blood. In an age where the most popular form of killing would have been with a shiny bronze sword/ Khopesh, it wouldn't have taken a lot of 'smarts' to realise that it was the loss blood that caused a person to die. No Divine Wisdom needed at all, just one observant person with a knife (or anyone who had been on a battlefield).
There were two arc's, Noah's and Fred's. Fred's sank. Fred had all the dinosaurs. Too bad, isn't it!
And all the telephone sanitizers.
I knew it. Damnit Fred, you're the reason I can't ride my pet parasaurolophus around looking all badass! Son of a bitch Fred, you should have built the God™ Boat not your stupid human boat! I'm about to go Veruca Salt over here..."But daddy, I want a dinosaur. GET ME A DINOSAUR NOW!!!"
Correction, Fred only had half od the dino's, on half an ark - hence it sinking. His ex had half of the other dino's and ark, the entire house, all of Fred's sheckels (even those that he made before he first met her), the kids, the pet dog, and nasty rugged sex with Fred's lawyer - hence him only having half of the dino's and half an ark... Fred got screwed harder than his lawyer screwed his ex.
that "oh" when he realised that his entire reality was false and hed been lied to was priceless
you can literally hear him realise that the last attempt wasn't a gotcha. ooooof
If the Bible contained actual science, then the scientific age as we know it today would have begun over a thousand years earlier. The discoveries of ancient scientists (such as Archimedes) had nothing to do with the Bible. Nor did the Bible inspire ancient Arab or Chinese thinkers, who did a lot of pioneering work in what became science.
Great video.
It's sad and mind-boggling to see that, in this 21st century, so many people are compelled to polish the turd that is the Bible.
Keep up the good work, Aron. I was raised in a fundamentalist denomination and was an ordained Christian minister for decades. The apologists know they're being intellectually dishonest, as I did.
I found it amusing you used the word 'turd' as the original authors used this concept but 'hidden' in statements like 'l am the bread of life'= 'l am full of turds'. These Romans made bread mixed with their own turds and fed it back (the multitudes) to the starving Je ws. The word 'lump' = turd...so it's all through the NT! So what you said is quite appropriate.
It's not a turd, though. The Biblical writings are still profound only contempt for the ancients and drastic modern misunderstanding would have otherwise.
It's not a turd, though. The Biblical writings are still profound only contempt for the ancients and drastic modern misunderstanding would have otherwise.
@@ishmaelforester9825 what you are reading in the bible are ancient Sumerian and Egyptian mythology and philosophy... later it was Greek! The NT was a satire about a 'jesus' being a saviour when he was an enemy of the author. This author and the other family members had 💩 jokes about 'jesus' all through the NT.
@@ishmaelforester9825 Yes it's a turd.
A genocidal narcissist God who condones and engages in barbarity.
The "nice" passages don't compensate. Aesop's fables are more profound minus the garbage.
The only true scientific fact about the Bible is the writers knew nearly nothing about science.
Then its crystal clear you haven't read it very much with any attempt to actually learn anything. It has many scientific facts that were ahead of its time.
@@brandonwellington3547name a few then and I don't mean something that if you interpret it a certain way then it kind of looks a bit like it might be profound. Actual plain language, completely unequivocal.
@@Wheres_the_money_lebowski Job 40:15-24 : “Look now at the behemoth, which I made along with you; he eats grass like an ox.
@@brandonwellington3547 seriously? Is that all you've got? That's really weak, I knew you didn't have much but I didn't expect it to be that bad!
@@brandonwellington3547 Did you even bother watching the video?
I just now stumbled onto this video from Aron. I like the vibe, especially the coffee shop background! You are a bit refreshing from Matt Dillahunty, who continually gets frustrated from theist callers and reduces himself to needlessly shouting expletives. Than you Aron!
The moment he said "Ray Comfort" I knew we were in for some lulz.
Also, no matter how many times I hear it that intro music slaps.
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@AronRa Thank you for the work that you do.
It's important to remember that in the Hebrew Bible the word "earth" doesn't mean a planet. It doesn't mean a sphere that moves through space around a star. It means the environment known by those people, who lived in what is now roughly Israel and part of Egypt.
Look at the first chapter of Genesis and try to picture it in three dimensions:
1. In making the Earth (which is a thing separate from the Heavens, which are neither the atmosphere nor what we see in the sky), we begin with a three-dimensional body of water, perhaps infinite, perhaps not infinite but of no _regular_ shape. (Genesis 1:2.)
2. Then light enters this body of water-not from a source, but just existing in the water. Part of the body of water contains the light, and the rest of the water is still dark; these are day and night. (Genesis 1:3-5.)
3. Then a somewhat horizontal division slices through the body of water, splitting it into two parts. The upper part, dome-shaped, is the sky: this is not the atmosphere _per se_ (i.e., not a body of gases in which we move), but the distant dome that the sky seems to us to be. The lower part of this now divided body of water is the sea. Between these two new bodies of water-the sea and the sky-there appears a gap, which we can call the atmosphere, the gaseous space in which we move-which Genesis gives no name, maybe because near us it seems invisible. (Genesis 1:6-8.)
4. Then the lower body of water, the sea, is pushed to one side and downward, so that beside it there rises up a thing called the land. If you stand on the shore (the juncture between this body of liquid and this body of solid), what you have to one side of you is land, and to the other side of you is the sea-and, as far as the ancient untraveled, uneducated Hebrew person can tell, each of these extends infinitely from that juncture (with the obvious exception that there may be some small bodies of land (islands) in the sea, and some small bodies of water (such as lakes) on the land). (Or you may think that, if you travel far enough across them, eventually you'll reach the point where they meet the bottom, the edge, of the dome that the sky seems to be. But, if you ever notice that, no matter how far you go, that circular line of intersection between the dome and the Earth continues to seem as far away as it always seemed, then you may indeed conclude that the sky is infinitely far away, and that the sea goes infinitely far in one direction and the land goes infinitely far in the opposite direction.) (Genesis 1:9-10.)
5. Then the sun, the moon, and the stars are set in the dome of the sky-between the atmosphere and the upper body of water (the source of rain). (Genesis 1:14-19.)
In this arrangement, a line projecting upward from a spot on the land passes first through the atmosphere, then through the sky (which is a dome, where the sun and moon and stars are), to the upper body of water. I doubt that they would have said that the clouds were even higher than the sun, the moon, and the stars, because they had seen the clouds block their view of those lights; but putting the source of rain beyond the celestial lights is a fine thing to do if you haven't figure out that rain comes from the clouds. Genesis 1 also brings in night and day, and the difference between them, before the sun, the moon, and the stars are brought in: in Genesis, there is such a thing as day, lit by daylight, without the sun. What else is brought in before the sun? All the trees and other plants that could not exist without sunlight.
So, according to the Bible, both Heaven & Earth rest upon pillars - just like all the buildings in the Jetsons...
You are showing your age. As am I, I now realise.
@@kellydalstok8900 Yeah, I s'pose so. Though I only really know the Jetsons from reruns & the parody of them in Harvey Birdman...
Yup Bible predicted Jetsons... oh praise the all-mighty hippie Jesus!
Bruh ur just lying that verse is not to be taken litteraly its about that god sustains the earth..........but keep lying
@@samluciano2309If “god” sustains the earth, why all the infrastructure? Why would we need “laws of nature”?
These people man...”The bible isn’t meant to be taken literally” (until it fits my argument). “It’s just an expression or exaggeration” (until I say it’s not)...Had a dude tell me something can’t come from nothing, therefore god. Asked who created god then, this man said “god did”. Asked how that was possible and this dude really said god lives outside space and time and is not bound by our laws. Still waiting for him to respond to me asking him who created that “outside space and time” place and again, god. These people have an excuse for everything lol.
I heard from Neil degrasse something great:
“Religion was man’s first attempt at understanding the world.”
That should sum it up, let’s move forward people!
Shame the Bible didn’t contain a cure for cancer
Or, better still, god didn't foist it upon us in the first place! 👍🏻
@@pup1008 Maybe it’s required because of free will or some bs
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Maybe. Some sort of "punishment" like "weeds" apparently....🙄
And how can this be? For He is the Ancient Alien!
Aaron, I really have no use for what you say in your videos except that it reminds me of what’s in the Bible. The I grew up an extremely religious family and I was in church five times a week for years, but something clicked in my head when I was nine years old. That was a while ago because men were busy going to the moon and I lived in Central Florida on the East coast, where somebody from every block worked at NASA, where they were sending people to the moon. When I was nine years old, suddenly, I realized I couldn’t fit all the science. I was learning with the myths that I had been taught by my family and at church and the Middle Eastern myth books. Course I lived in the deep south, so I could not say anything to anybody because people that don’t believe in the bogeyman are thought to be a bogeyman. So I’m almost 67 now and I haven’t studied the books in quite a long time.(however I did study Islam for 3 1/2 years recently). So thank you for reminding me of the silly and ridiculous preachment that is in this Middle Eastern religion. Still one of the most barbaric region on earth.
Now you belong to the Pagan sun worshipping religion known as Heliocentrism. Try and be a little more discerning in terms of what people, governments or their agencies are claiming. If a person make a positive claim, make sure they have the empirical evidence to substanciate it. Let’s do a simple thought experiment using simplified math and the supposed velocities of globe-thinking:
The globe model's supposed avg orbital speed of earth around the sun: 67,000mph, & the globe model's supposed rotational speed of earth at the equator: ~1000mph
To simplify the thought experiment, assume the rotational axis of the earth is perpendicular to the plane of it's rotation around the sun.
Then at 12 noon, standing on the equator your total velocity including orbit speed + rotational speed would be 68,000mph in the direction of the orbit. Simply standing in that same place for 12 hours until midnight would have to then place you on the opposite side of the ball moving at only 66,000mph (orbital speed - rotational speed). That would mean a 2000mph deceleration/acceleration over 12 hours or 166mph change every hour. ...not to mention if you stayed in that same spot for another 6 months it would have to be dark at "noon" and mid-day bright at "midnight." Deceptively simple, but so obvious when you look.
I saw this video yesterday! Must have been a divinely inspired prophecy?
Im surprised to hear you say that Sauropods were "pretty stupid" after having recently watched an interview with R.T.Bakker, who spoke of them being rather intelligent based on their familial habits derived from fossil footprints, egg clutches etc. I'd be interested to know your thoughts on this.
Thanks for the videos, they've entertained me for many an hour 😄
Found you from the line. Love the energy you bring. You inspire me to be a better person. Thank you Aron!
Apparently "science" in Mr NightmareBanana's mind is just an assortment of isolated kindergarten-level-of-detail facts about the world, useful only as trivia. Any half-decent deity who actually existed would probably communicate much more detailed and useful knowledge accidentally just as a consequence of having a casual conversation with folks back then.