Power Corrupts (Part 1)
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No mind - no matter how powerful - could ever honestly claim to be free from deception, or unknown unknowns.
Episode 2 "Where No God Treads":
• Where No God Treads (P...
The problem with using the bible as "proof" of God’s existence and nature, is that even if all the events within its pages actually occurred, it could still not prove God for the simple reason this video points out: God might not be the God you think He is, or even the God He thinks He is. The most likely scenario, however, is that He is a construct of the people.
Man created God in his image.
Try to watch this video in HD if you can. It makes a huge difference.
Some critiques deserve answers. I'll do that at the bottom of this description.
This video is the pilot episode of “Power Corrupts”. Whether or not I make any more episodes, and eventually seasons, will largely be determined by you. I will consider this video’s view count, rating, and comments when making my decision to continue or not. Thanks for watching! Please share it with others if you enjoyed it.
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One interesting critique is that removing someone's memories will remove who they are, thereby making it pointless to test them. My response is that in our daily activities, we usually need not actually recall the memories that factored into those activities. You know the alphabet, for instance, but how well do you remember learning it, and need you recall those memories in order to read these words? This is why, in the cartoon, I leave the subconscious intact. Of course, this is entirely fictional, and as the professor said "all CURRENT memories" will be removed, so by "current" perhaps that could mean anything that would hinder the perception of godhood, like the knowledge that you're being tested.
Another interesting point is that power doesn't actually corrupt, it accentuates, makes you more of who you are. I don't really have a response to this other than "power corrupts" is a bit of a saying and in this case the semantics seem negligible, seeing as how the purpose of the test would remain intact. In either interpretation, they're trying to find out "who Yahweh really is".
#PowerCorrupts DarkMatter2525
i can honestly say that this is one of the best origin stories ever...
Amen
Agreed
This ain't got nothin on Call of Duty
Facts
7 years later and still true
This cartoon took me 20 days to create. I'm working on streamlining my workflow, so that I can more easily turn this into a regular series without such a long wait between episodes, if it does become a series. Should this storyline continue? If so, where do you think I'll take this plot? Where do you think it should go? I don't want to work in a vacuum here, and your input is extremely valuable to me. Thanks, everyone.
YES, please make this series.
This is amazing, the voice acting is superb.
Good work on vids please do another one
My vocabulary doesn't give me the words needed to compliment you in relation to how I feel after watching this video. Great job doesn't seem to suffice, because this videos POWER IS OVER 9000!
continue it, maybe tie all the god and jeffers episodes together and maybe work on later ones?
"Dad, I love you"
"Yep..."
He got Daddy Issues
+Sean Anthony Camas it's "his daddy has got issues"
X9DW fucking gay ass son
OOF
@@nihilisticpancakeface6553 i love this take
MAKE A LIVE-ACTION HOLLYWOOD MOVIE OUT OF THIS. PITCH IT TO A MOVIE STUDIO. THIS IS GENIUS.
in an ideal world, but I doubt hollywood would produce something that would make theists go nuts
Adil therefore it will get hate. And you know what hate does. Spreads which it's good
This reminded me of inception. It could be such an amazing movie.
perhaps if he would produce the live version himself through patreon like other youtubers have done?
beeto45 I'd pay for that
Dude, you better copy right this shit and make it into a movie or something. This is bloody brilliant.
Itachi Uchiha For real!
He's turning the entire series into a book. It should be out soon.
I know right!
@ yeah, that would be fun. God simulator simulator.
I would add a like to that comment but that damn number is too funny in this context XD
All I’ve learned from this entire series is that the true enemy of humanity is bad parenting. In a nutshell, societal and governmental culture and tradition are evil because it perpetuates the parenting strategies that created them.
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Chicken or egg problem. Because the government can influence that as well.
"the true enemy of humanity is bad parenting" ----
"Yo babe your folks are just dragging you down. You gotta be free girl"
(your daughter's pimp)
Well that’s a shame because I have the best parents in the world.
@@austinhernandez2716 almost always does then again when times are good idiots wont spend 5 minutes researching economics or social issue's before voting in stupid shit thus creating a cycle that fucks over anyone that doesn't believe in the new flavor of any ism so i guess both came first god i hate people so much
Best villain origin story!!!
IKR
Same !!
Facts
Ikr
I know I’m 3 years too late, but the writing in your videos is always so high quality.
Don't worry, I'm 3 years late, too :P
Feynstein 100 me to
I am also regretting.
Tell me about it
I’m 4 years late and totally agree. These are so fascinating
2:28 “They seem to think it’s a recipe for disaster to have an white bearded old man in the sky”
THAT JOKE THOUGH
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Man I'd love to take that test. No studying and you can litterally do anything you want
I've posed the question before: "If power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely, than who is more corrupt than God?"
Mind blown.
*DICK CHENEY*
Power does not corrupt. It is fools who in the position of power, corrupt power. So if there is a God, he won't be corrupt.
Neeraj Raj Bullshit. You give ANYONE absolute power and it will corrupt them. Because once there are no consequences to one's actions, everything seems okay to do. The concept of the judeo christian god is corrupt by its very nature. Who punishes someone infinitely for a finite crime? Just to state an example.
*****
Haha that made me laugh hard.
If DarkMatter252 is Jeffrey, and his thought process is the same as Jeffreys, he should be president.
Jeffrey is basically reason and logic.
I would go far beyond your statement...
As a hobby writer I would like you to always remember that an author/writer/video maker/philosopher who creates a character is always *at least* as smart/good/bad as the character he created. I think in his "unexpected god"- video explains very well that a creator has not to be superior to the creation (in this case Jeffery) but *at least as smart*... Maybe Jeffery/Darkmatter would be a good leader, maybe not... But I think he is exactly at the right place, helping other seekers like us to find what we're so desperately looking for... Maybe you will become president instead of him because of the wisdom he taught you... I hope you get my message, all the best to you :)
you are wright on that one but you may have forgoten that logic and reason are not the things tha people seek out,or desire
I'm sure a part of him is in every character
I'm opening up the Church of Jeffery!
owo
So, flying cars, virtual reality, Only virtual money but no Auto Pilot?
+Jack Archer So that's is what you got out of this video? Bet your fun at parties.
+V-Rex It is an incredibly unrealistic portrayal of the future if people are still driving their cars
+ZenCodeMonkey *you are
+Jack Archer It could be just a trend. Someone once said about autopilot, that there may not be much in the future, because ppl like to drive their cars.
No way man. An advancement in technology that when implemented will save tens if not hundreds of thousands of lives a year is not going to be a trend. One day I can absolutely see driving a car manually illegal on public streets.
I love all of the symbolism that obviously played a role in Yahweh's subconscious decisions in his universe. First of all his mom which is the only nice person to him I'm assuming where's that floating circle thing around her head which Yahweh then makes all of his angels wear. Next we have his father who views women as lesser than males, which is why women are considered property on the bible. He makes the weaker kid pay him for protection from him, this is very similar to how he protects people from the hell he created in exchange for blind worship. In the lecture room you can see the number "42" on a door, 42 is considered to he the meaning of the universe on the Internet. And finally Yahweh was student number 7, and we all know that within the christian faith 7 is considered the holiest number.
If I missed any symbols someone please let me know.
Wears* I can't edit on this app. Fml
Agreed. It was cleverly written. How about Yaweh's father waking him up with the famous line, "Let there be light," which he echoed once he became simu-God.
edpistemic yeah I caught that bit forgot to add it in the comment. Thanks though
His father replies with "Yup" when Yahweh says that he loves him, like his love for him is given for granted. Doesn't that ring any bells?
Moilektrek could you elaborate on what exactly that symbolizes?
Heard this has been in the works for 8 years and has been completed. Watching all from beginning to end for the first time.
Thoughts?
Here too
Same
Man, Jeffry looked FINE before he became an angle with a weed leaf!
He's not an angle...
DeadFire 708 Yes he is. He's acute angle.
Seamus Corey And before him & Yahweh became Parappa the Rapper looking characters.
@@sharrkan9177 they mean: “It is not ‘angle’ but ‘angel’”
@@kal.e.4556 You missed the joke. When Seamus responded "He's acute angle" she was making a pun. "Acute Angle" sounds and spells almost the same as "A Cute Angel"
Wow! What an interesting concept: entering a simulated universe with no memories and only your subconscious. And also, thousands of years in the simulation is only a few minutes in real life. I wonder if we will one day be able to make technology advanced enough to do that.
I once thought about that concept of going into a virtual reality with no memories, but I never thought about it like playing God. I actually thought about it like some sort of virtual prison, where you are in a world in which you have to survive forever.
@Avenging Demon im all in for extending our experience. I only have at best 100 years to live on earth, if i could find a way to make it feel like 100,000 years on earth, id gladly take VR over death.
@Avenging Demon since when did Virtual Reality have brainwashing? just because this video had memory wiping in its story doesnt mean VR does as well. Best one could do is give you a terrible nightmare. Heck the one above our comment talks about a virtual prison. If i was a prisoner and had to spend 1000 years in prison, i would rather do it in VR than spend those years rotting IRL. If you argue about an innocent person being thrown into a 1000 year VR prison and see that as monstrous, how is that any different if a corrupt military official throws you in jail for 100 years and die of old age? The technology can definitely be used the wrong way, but so do other everyday things in life honestly.
The Sims, Civilization, Sim city, Sim esrth, etc.
You just described life.
This has to be one of the most thought provoking and brilliant videos I have watched on TH-cam.
I find it funny. People claimed god was living in a kingdom in the sky, and not only have we been to the sky but we have gone beyond it and still people insist that heaven exists.
well who nows Heaven could he invisible lol.....thats SOUNDS DOPE xD
+Elfish Gaming Or heaven could be space !!!!! space is infinite and so is heaven
+Brady Livingstone ....oh yeah Maby it is but since we're still moral we cant really go ther without you know...dying
+Elfish Gaming you are absolutely right on that only death can give you the truth
+Werewolf-Pasta true, but i think that when we had explored they just said, oh not this heaven its some other planets heaven or something like that ^^ but yes, it's really sad and i feel bad for the people beleving in such things, it's truly horrible
So this video is like...a prologue to your entire channel
Kind of it's more of a prologue to the power corrupts series itself
What about the video "God's God"? I doubt that the simulation would do that. It would break the illusion of omnipotence.
EineKartoffel
It was probably a malfunction. Yahweh is stupid, so he wouldn't notice.
@@einekartoffel2490 Still more coherent than the bible.
I have to admit:
This was very, very impressive.
It really, really wasn't...
***** To each their own.
***** your subjective opinion says absolutelly nothing. Show evidence or be quiet.
YashumGod Pi if this holds true it should also apply for Tadashi Kitsune ;)
Merlin Brennt Good point. I'm just giving my opinion on the video.
Holy mother of God this could be better than the matrix! The starting story was AWESOME! You are AWESOME! Incredible!! My favorite video you've ever done.
You could throw Jesus in there somehow, that he is God but also different, explain that as a personal conflict of maybe him wanting to be a good person. Maybe you could have flash backs of him having experiences with his dad and mom more, Lucifer can be a girl that broke up with him, the angels can be his stuffed animals or GI joes or Pegasus people or whatever people play with in the future.
He could have an older brother that he hates, that's why he demands firstborns and attempts to kill them and does kill them and also views them as more important, because his dad did.
You could end the simulator at 0 AD and there could be a 2nd half of the test, where you run the simulation while conscious, YHWH could realize he is on the wrong track and that could be why Jesus who is also himself changes things, to try to be more loving, yet it is still him, and he could reason that's why he is not in the system, that its running on his phone or something, and its like a project that takes a few days or weeks or months, and he sort of ignores it.
Sounds like a great idea but let him decide where he takes it.
L. T C. Of course I will let him decide, he asked for people to give him suggestions for what to do next :)
Really good idea Nick Steele, but there's just one flaw..... YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH LIKES!!!!
Videogame Fan AWW FUCK ME!! Where is God when you need him1?!?! Ron Paul 2012!
Nick Steele XD I think that comment made me laugh too hard. I'm being attacked by the laughter police, HALP ME!!!
Some of your best work to date. My vote is that you keep going with it!
GrapplingIgnorance I agree with the sexy voiced man, we demand additional animations. Pretty please? =)
Nice voice work. I hope you don't treat you kids like that though (I'm joking I know you don't but still great voice work. You might have a future in voice acting.)
Man I can’t “believe” it’s been six years since u started this amazing series it’s really a testament
But if they remove your memories... they remove the most important part of you! Nobody acts they way they act based on their "original nature", I don't think that even exists, but on the sum of all your experiences. Yes, character plays a part in it, but only a part, kind of a general influence to the mixture, and it also evolves and it's affected by it. Your mistakes teach you lessons. If you take away the lessons, how can they not fall.
you may right, but that doesn't mean this series is not a good think experiment. If God is supposed to be eternal, he wouldn't have any previous memories either, so I guess it doesn't make sense either way.
RadioactiveSand memories isnt experience. Someone with amnesia will still be the same person, with the same personality
From what I can tell it looks like a sort of amnesia, they take away the memories but what they got from those experiences in those memories is still very much there. Kind of like the memories are locked away in their subconscious. They are there, they just can't fully access them.
If we ignore the supernatural, personality is actually dictated by your current, unique wiring, shaped over time by experiences and genetics.
RadioactiveSand i think its based on how you would act on a base level, as someone who knows what is going on could fake being good.
This is definitely my favourite work by DarkMatter. Simply a beautiful animation, I cannot stress how well put it is.
Definitely continue this, I'm already hooked.
Just a Sidenote, if this actually became a method of electing world leaders, is it really fair to test people in high school?
@V-Rex basically an infant devoid of memories?
Without memories, you are basically an infant. The only thing you retain is muscle memory but that is pointless when you can do anything anyway. No difference in doing the test when your 80 or 5
The idea of such a society being anywhere near functional is nonsensical. Removing one's memories makes one unaware of the test but it also removes most of their personality. The creator of this video incorrectly assumes that people are prone to "corruption" by nature. Also it's funny how this society is presented as near utopian when concepts such as currency are still a thing.
@@karlpoppins I haven't seen more than the first episode, but it looks to me like those are intentional elements of the story. This society is clearly problematic. Clearly Yahweh's problems come from his family and not from his innate personality.
@@incredulouschordate I don't buy the idea that this society is portrayed negatively by DarkMatter. That all being said, this is a good series, though some parts of it are really blatant exposition of ideas that don't advance the plot whatsoever.
DarkMatter these are so awesome i do not know why you have not pitched them to a cartoon network, i am sure they would love the God and Jeffrey series and the humor is similar to South Park which has a market.. I know the cartoon networks are interested in concepts like this. its especially impressive how you do most of this yourself... thanks for your videos!
Unfortunately cartoon network is shit these days. And yes, I'm very much aware I'm commenting 5 years later 😂
white bearded man in the sky.... hmm
XD
+99batran
Splinter from the tree...
He maked himself as someone he admired through fear.
+Argamis (SilverComet) Whoa, fancy seeing you here :)
Paused the video to look for this comment in particular. Lmao
THEY HAVE DOOR 42! THE ANSWER TO LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING
This is why ya don't abuse your kids, folks.
Yes exactly. They might be a God in a simulated universe so he might take his anger out on the AIs that live in the system
How's that abuse?
I had a surprisingly emotional reaction to this. Well done, sir. Thank you.
I think that this is a highly interesting and unique look on religion and these characters, and I do hope to see more of this series in the future.
It is interesting, but it isn't a new idea on religion.
Ohhhh, nice one. The class is held in room 42.
i got the joke also
also open the pod bay doors
I'm sold, I'd definitely like to see more. I'd especially like to see flashbacks of real life that show events in Yahweh's life that compelled him to become such a monster. The intro episode is excellent in that respect, and I'd definitely like to see it expanded upon. Perhaps his dad tried to get him to swim as a kid by throwing him into the pool and making him almost drown, and that's what inspired him to drown everyone else in Noah's Flood. Great work in any case.
I always found the Tree of Knowledge to be one of the strangest parts of the Bible. I never understood why God put the damn thing in the the Garden in the first place if he never intended for Adam and Eve to eat from it. It's like he set them up to fail.
I'd like this event explained in a similar way to your Flood idea, maybe with a flashback about Yahweh's father "dangling carrots" in front of him, as the expression goes. The father's impossibly high standard for his son would also seem to be a factor.
^ What he said.
the tree was to test their faith and obedience. it was to see if they truly loved him.
This is honestly one of the most clever and original concepts to a story I have ever seen. Good job dark matter, you've made us all proud.
8 years later, I return to re-enjoy the series all over
Again you surpass yourself. This is the best of your creations so far for me. I would like to see the series continue, exploring only those bible passages where YHWH actually interacts with his creation and how his creation tries to keep up with his impossible commands.
In the end he flunked! Scoring a negative 40%!He's now a greeter at Walmart! Part time!
If power corrupts, why would anyone in their sense will want power? OH!, yes, the commodities.
That was excellent
Please continue this.
Dude, that is exactly what he said.
howdareyou66 Maybe the worlds of some of the other test takers? Possibly we get to see God get his results?
Now that the series is completed, it's fun to come back here and re-watch the entire series.
Reminds me of Deus Ex. The perfect ruler would be without ambition. An AI plugged into the global communications hub. Information is power so what greater power is there to see and know everything? A true God from the machine or *Deus Ex* Machina.
And that conversation with Morpheus that JC has is definitely worth looking up or playing the game for.
Yahweh in this most vicious, tyrannical villain in all of fiction. Joffery Lannister is like Barney the Dinosaur compared to Yahweh.
+irllcd13 whoa, whoa, whoa, don't mention the purple menace! You know how they appear if they call their name too many times!
Yeah but it seems like they victimized "god".
+irllcd13 Jeffery is a peophile?
The Gun Chewing Man Sorry, wrong way around. You want me to limit my behaviour in a way that is consistent with your rules. Give me a reason to follow your rules instead of those I follow now that are rooted in reality.
In the video they tell about speaking to god in a cave, after that speaking to god on a mountain (greek gods), after that god in the sky and now we are with god outside of space and time. In time people have moved god farther and farther away to be able to make your argument: you can't disprove he isn't there.
If you make extraordinary claims you need evidence, otherwise you have no foundation for your believes. If you make claims without evidence you are crazy. If I tell you I believe in the flying spaghetti monster or in a pink unicorn that farts black holes you can't disprove that. If I don't have strong evidence for these claims people will call me crazy.
Watch all the video's of darkmatter, I hope you will discover that you believe in fiction and nothing more.
Brilliant. I am spreading this to my circles.
Joesoph is a prick. So is Yowee Jahova, and a bully. I never knew.
Power doesn't corrupt. Power reveals what the person was all along.
Yeah, I've always thought that myself.
Exactly, taking away any consequences of someone's actions allows them to become what they truly desire
I decide to watch this series finally and the first ad is the Christian global relief
WOW, Dark...first time I've seen this. It's freaking BRILLIANT!
I really like the series and hope it continues.
Very cool _what if_ questions and virtual scenarios - *"God might not be the God you think He is, or even the God He thinks He is"*
Awesome ideas.
dark matter transforms!
The 'omniscience' sentence at the very end of the video speaks volumes, it would be an epic t-shirt! Cheers brother, you make incredibly amazing content! The way you choose to say things is very compelling, i'm sure it's forcing many believers to think a little more about not being deceived.
It would be an extreme injustice if you did not continue this series. It's awesome man.
Sorry but it's not.
Dn Cz Why? Because it challenges your preconceived notions? Because it's made by an atheist? Do you actually have any proper criticisms of it at all or do you simply dislike it because you're of a different opinion regarding god's existence? I'm not trying to be rude here, I'm generally inquiring. Finally, if you don't like it go ahead and not like it. Do you feel better now that you for no apparent reason went out of your way to make it known you disagree with me? Does it bring you some sense of satisfaction by letting me know that you disagree with me? I couldn't care less if you do. It's cool, to each their own but I just don't understand why you decided to post a counter reply in which you say the opposite of what I said.
How could you not understand it? Anyway, I'm sorry I didn't mean to offend you.
Dn Cz You NEVER offended me. I simply found your reply to be an uneccessary knee jerk reaction. You DIDN'T need to tell me that you didn't find the animation to be satisfying. I'm simply pointing that out. I don't mind an intelligent discussion on the issue but I found your comment to be not a necessity.
Armageddon It would be better if you would explain your reasoning rather than just making a statement.
I've hear it said that it isn't power that corrupts, but rather that corruptible people are drawn to power.
***** Like how once you figure out how to play Minecraft with cheats, it's hard not to cheat in a few bonus items for yourself, even when you're supposed to be playing survival?
***** I agree. But I think power only corrupts the weak-minded (in other words the majority). Most people are products of their environment, rather than products of their own creation. Most are easily influenced by their surroundings. So when these people acquire power, and realize they can use it for personal gain, they will throw away whatever principles they once had, and serve their own selfish interests.
An interesting proposition Greg J.
However, this is an interchangeable idea to the original concept, you may as well be saying the same exact thing
Example: the stairs are inside the building : the building surrounds the flight of stairs
The road to hell is paved with good intentions so to speak no one starts off corrupt.
d flynn
I agree that this is often the case, but if you start off with a flawed or corrupt concept and are given power, your "good intentions" are lost from the beginning (e.g. "*I* know what is best, only *my* opinion(s) have merit").
I agree with you, this really is your best work from a technical standpoint. All your other videos are great, but this one's on an all new level.
If you make this a running series, even if it's just a monthly series, I'd watch it.
For the love of god PLEASE make it "just a monthly series." I'd gladly trade frequency for production value. This video was far and above the rest, and I'd like it to be a trend.
Of course he wouldn't. It's a figure of speech. You are right though, it was a poor choice of words.
Very Interesting, this carries a very Issac Asimov vibe to it! Or even to a certain degree or even Harlan Ellison. Very Interesting way to explain your universe!
This is perfection. Please continue making these.
YES!!! :') I get so happy every time I see a new upload from you in my sub box. Please start posting more frequently
This is better than most movies Hollywood produce! Cant wait for more episodes!
Yes, but honestly not such a difficult thing to accomplish! Hollywood's standards are pretty low!
"...a recipe for disaster to have a white-bearded old man in the sky."
-God's creator.
i'm LOVIN the music that plays during the lecture. i wish my lectures were that entertaining. hell, i wish my tests were that entertaining.
truly a great idea you have there, i cannot wait to see to what direction you will lead this with your spectacular talent.
Well, isn't it sort of a prequel. Everything we've seen before this video has happened after Jehovah's simulation started.
DarkMatter, you MUST keep this series going..! It was fantastic.! Some of your best work to date.!
6 years later and still one of the best on this platform
this was fantastic! im a fan of your series of god and jeffery, this was on an entirely different level and very well done! i noticed even the small things like the fact that everyone in the lecture was different. i really hope to see this become a series!
Funny you should say that. Actually many people are exact copies if you look carefully.
I saw only 2 guys that looked alike.
This was a very clever take on power and if omniscience is something possible at all. I'm glad I subscribed to you.
Blake Herschell Thanks! :D
Its actually is,if someday we could send people to a dream whille taking their memories for a short time then it could work,we will only need to make sure they won't be able to realize its not real and to make sure the simulated universe will seem logical(unlike a dream).
This was amazing. I think its movie or even book material.
***** But Jeffrey is Neo and Smith is god.
I arrive here 5 years later... What an amazing concept!!!!!! I love the set up!
This is epic. I'm already hooked. I need more, please.
This was the coolest thing ever.
Holy shit you should write a book.
I can’t believe I had never seen this clip. This is absolutely brilliant.
I can still rewatch any of your content. Always good. You are a scholar and a gentleman.
I been thinking about this...I know it's satirical but it would be pretty Orwellian and frankly assholish to base someone's future by their SUBCONSCIOUS behavior.
Clearly Yahvew is raised in a fucked up family with a fucked up dad who's a total douche and has self-esteem issues. Clearly THAT also accounts for his behavior as he externalizes his hatred of his dad on the kids he bullies.
Surely this is a major part of his experiment's flaw.
In fact throughoutt the series we are shown that his real life events make him do stupid things that he might not otherwise do. His environment is the problem.
And this "future world" is pretty distopian:
- people still use money and have to hold a JOB, so wretched capitalism still forces people to slave away for a living
- we get this orwellian "future predicter coupled with the soviet era style "job placement via tests, fuck your choice and wishes"
- people are still shallow assholes ( the girl in episode 3 )
Despite what the professor says, there is nothing good about this world. It is just the OLD world with new tech.
( Am i overanalyzing? :D )
***** Read Romans 3, you may not like it but everyone has an area of selfishness and assholery in their life even if it's just in the form of a condescending attitude. We are taught that we need a divine transformation in order to actually be fit for a utopian society.
Sure religion is also corrupt, in fact most of it is actually confusing junk.
The ultimate fate of those who reject this is not to suffer for eternity in a fire, but to be un-created, with the rest of this planet which has a date set for its demolition and is going to be restored to how it was at the beginning of the Bible. My question is "Are you on board or not?"
Note, money is just a tool. Currently it works agenst us. But if we could make it work for us, I don't see why a utopian society wouldn't have money. It's a perfect way to transform anything into another thing. Almost like alchemy.
And I don't see why a utopian society wouldn't still have assholes being assholes to eachother. Point being we don't put compleate assholes into power and society wouldn't have diarrhea running down hill onto everyone. It would only run down hill to their feet because they wouldn't be at the top of the power pyramid.
***** Agreed. The monster in our heads is not the person on the outside. How many of us do horrible things in our dreams? That's all this is; a dream. It would be much more sensible to rule out Yahweh as a potential leader for the bullying he does in real life. Well keep in mind this is the product of a kind of ret-con, and I'm guessing DM will address the civilization's problems in future episodes. It is Orwellian, reminiscent of the thought crime he's argued against in the past; I think that was the point.
Annie Trinity
I'm waiting for more videos in this series.
He opened up a treasure chest here.
Skinnymarks
Money is like a cursed item - everyone who gets their hands on it despite their initial goals will turn into douche101 overnight.
This is a FACT, proven by science.
A couple of things: 1. Please continue this series. 2. This really reminded me of Divergent 3. I think Democracy can be a great way to minimze corruption if just enough controls are in the System. The USA is still corrupt because there are only 2 parties who can make decisions, more need to be introduced. And also give power to those who don't want it
Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.
It is less about the number of parties as prevention of non-people (ie., corporate persons) from overwhelming the system and accomplishing regulatory capture.
in my opinion the best government is a hybrid of democracy and dictatorship
quickquack
There are 30 political parties in the US. You're just not looking hard enough. That's no one's fault but yours.
Diana Peña However, only two parties have most of the control of the national government. I wish the other third parties would gain more control, but that may not happen for a long time.
DUDEEEE YOU ARE AWESOME!!! THIS SHOULD BE MADE INTO A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THE CONCEPT OF EXTREMELY GOOD!!
It does sound like a viable system of governance since the final exam would weed out those most unsuited for power.
The only thing though that bugs me is his father. There's noway he passed that test.
He's a CEO. Most likely the test is how they determine government, and the private sector is just as prone to corruption
V-Rex episodes back he fired an about to retire employee rather than give her the benefits she deserved and then rehired her starting back at the beginning for her.
+Zachary Hawley It was in episode 3. I don't know his actual position, but the point is that he's clearly in the private sector, not any government position.
Noah Karpinski True but he's setting up his son for failure if the son ever wanted a government job.
+Zachary Hawley I got he impression that he wanted him to follow in his footsteps, and become a corporate scumbag
I'm a Biomedical Engineer and an Amateur Theoretical Quantum Physicist. I have my own beliefs about God. My point here is, in physics, there are a lot of things that could sound "supernatural" to average people, like the light's duality between waves and particles 'cause it kinda looks it behaves both ways, there's also time travel (theoretically possible), superposition principle (two particles/objects in different places at the same time), parallel universes, string theory, etc... I'm really open-minded, so the idea of an actual existing God does not sound "strange" to me. I see it from another perspective, I don't see the "human-made God" that most people see, I see him/her/it like our universe itself... it's hard to describe it in simple words. I really like your videos 'cause you criticize that "human-made God" I was talking about. I hate how people tell me that God is gonna punish us just 'cause we don't use to go to the church. I think that if God exists, he/she/it will not care about that, but being a good person to others, a good human being.
hmm Cuantum. Never heard of that...lol
MrBurntSausage English is not my first language... it's spanish, I'm from México, I made a mistake 'cause I'm more used to write "Física Cuántica" rather than "Quantum Physics". Everybody makes mistakes. Get over it douchebag.
Indeed, you should look at UCADIA they have some interesting things...
Cambiando de idioma, yo también creo algo similar a lo que tu hablas, un tipo allá arriba en otro comentario, decía en inglés, que Dios era como los padres de uno, que si los hijos son buenos pero no les presta atención ni nada, pues eso no le gusta, estaba tratando así, de justificar la adoración, pero los padres no quieren nuestra adoración, a nuestros padres los vemos a la cara hablamos con ellos en persona, les queremos, amamos y respetamos, pero lo hacemos porque los tenemos directamente en frente, nuestros 5 sentidos lo puntualizan, eso es tener una relación cercana, no la relación con un dragon invisible que tengo en la cochera de mi casa y que yo te aseguro que es real y que si no lo amamos nos mandará al infierno para siempre.
Los padres, su fin ulterior, así les odiemos y nos vallamos de casa, es que estemos bien, seamos gente hecha y derecha y seamos independientes y buenos, eso es todo, no se espera adoración, creo como tú, que Dios no es un ser benevolente y al mismo tiempo lo opuesto, iracundo. Esa es mas bien la descripción de un hombre que con un traguito de alcohol se vuelve dicharachero y super buena nota, pero con 10 tragos encima se vuelve un energumeno violento.
UCADIA explica que Dios es la suma de todas las conciencias de todos los seres vivos que pululan el universo (Unique Collective Awareness), ellos creen al igual que yo hago, que si el fin de Dios eramos nosotros con un espacio del tamaño de este sistema solar bastaba para todos sus fines, y este sistema solar es espantosamente gigantesco, apenas hemos llegado a la Luna y es mucho decir, apenas pusimos un robot con ruedas en Marte, pero el creó un universo aún mas grande? Como para que? Resulta que ni el planeta es el centro de este sistema solar, ni este sistema solar es el centro de la via lactea, nuestra galaxia, y que esta no es la unica galaxia que existe, sino que hay miles mas y quizas mas de las mas lejanas que se logran divisar, eso es demaciado gigantesco para nosotros, es como poder hablar con una hormiga y hablarle del monte Everest cuando para ella un puño nuestro de arena es demaciado, así que habiendo tanto espacio, tantos sistemas solares, tantas galaxias, tiene que existir vida extraterrestre a juro, es impensable que seamos los unicos. Y la conciencia de estos alienigenas también es parte de Dios.
La mente o conciencia colectiva e incluso el inconsciente colectivo de Jung, por ahí empiezan los tiros pero esta gente va mas lejos es realmente interesante, esta todo en inglés, tienen incluso un modelo cientifico para cada elemento desde su concepción atómica y como esto construye fractamente los macro modelos que terminan saliendose de nuestros niveles medibles, pero entonces se entiende como estan estructuradas las cosas. El creador de UCADIA insta a cientificos de cualquier rama a indagar en esos modelos y hacer pruebas para encontrar fallas o ampliarlos.
Yeah! Gracias Hombre. Yo pienso que Dios es el universo en si. Es la única manera en la que todo tiene sentido. Dios está en todos lados al mismo tiempo - El universo está en todos lados al mismo tiempo. Dios no tiene inicio ni fin, es eterno. El universo no tiene ni inicio ni fin, es "eterno", ya que según la teoría del big crunch, únicamente se está ciclando. Tengo muchas más definiciones filosóficas como esta, pero aún trabajo en ellas.
La forma religiosa de Dios, es el error del hombre de tratar de ver en un solo ente o ser, a todo lo grandioso, magnifico y poderoso que es el universo. Por esto ocurren tantas discrepancias, porque a Dios/Universo se le ve como hombre, y no como lo basto y capaz que puede ser.
Saludos!
sk8erboi66ericko Exacto, es como dice el concepto, el todo es la suma de las partes, la suma de todas las conciencias es su mente y su cuerpo es la suma de todas las cosas que existen (el universo mismo).
Excellent video. Probably one of the best animations ever.
My only critique is that I don't believe that power corrupts. I think power accentuates, it makes you more of who you are.
That's an interesting point. If true, however, the purpose behind the test would remain intact, and I think I would retain the "power corrupts" moniker, as it's a recognizable saying, and the semantics are negligible in this case.
That's an interesting point that could be explored in different episodes if this became a show. "power corrupts" has been established as a premise for this show, but it doesn't mean that the premise won't be unchallenged.
If anything, it'd be interesting to see, side by side, how different "gods" cares about their universes.
The test, as presented, would still work as intended, either way.
DarkMatter2525 I still think you did a good job of clarifying between people who seek power = greed whereas people who are given power = responsibility, and you should keep that theme throughout the series. Maybe add in more examples of responsible and good powerful people in future videos?
DarkMatter2525 Very true, I'm just over analyzing. I think this would be an interesting test. Seeing as if power truly corrupts everyone, then we would expect all the testers to exhibit various levels of totalitarian rule. Personally I think I would be bored if I had virtual omnipotence. I don't really know what my goals would be or what I should do. I mean, once you satisfy all of your wants and desires, then what else is there. That's why eternal life would be absolute torture after billions of years no matter how much of a paradise heaven is. Of course Star Trek: Voyager had the Q suicide episode that pretty much covered this.
I accidentally watched the final episode first. Then clicked on this because I was like ooh more power corrupts. Then I realized my mistake. However it was interesting because I got to see it come full circle in a different way.
Damn! That should be a movie, rly good as always plus more, huge fan from Brazil!!
Watching again from the beginning^^
I've watched this entire playlist like 5 times now. This is so good.
I would love to see this series continue. I'm amazed at your dedication to making me laugh at the BS. I like the power corrupts idea, not new, of course, but what power could be more corrupting? I read a story once about a guy who was fat and unpopular and dreamed the god that made him was a sub-god left in control of his universe whilst the real, just, god was away having lunch or something. You are on a good track with this one. Power corrupts is at the heart of all religion, the biggest scam in human history. That, and next in line, the idea it is somehow noble to die for your nation state.
Oh, and advise on where to take this one - the human love of cult of personality might be one thing to consider. You know, Kim Il Sung gives birth to Kim Jong Jesus or something. That is if you want to steer clear of the more fanatic religions. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink. If you know what I mean.
Keep up the good work. I appreciate your time and effort.
If I had to take the test:
1) I wouldn't create evil in the first place.
2) I would actually show my existence.
3) I would try to befriend my creation myself, not leave an old book full of (unbelievable) superstitious crap that everyone interprets differently and no one can agree to try to convince them I'm real.. They can choose to be my friend or not... If they don't want to be friends I'm
not going to get butthurt and punish them for eternity in an afterlife like someone *caugh caugh*
4) I'm going to give everyone magic powers, the ability to fly, and pet dragons.
5) No one ever has to die.
6) they dont need to worship me, they are my friends, not my minions.
Sounds like an RPG (GTA) game with all the cheats activated!
since i am a perv all i would do is create a garden with two naked beings in my image that does nothing fuck oeach other while i secretly watch :v
Aquib Immanuel Only two? I would go all Garden of Earthly Delights on my creations. Men, women, angels, mermaids, animals, all sensually pleasuring each other and tasting all pleasures of existence for all eternity! I will be the absolute Hedonistic God!
***** BOOORING!!! UNORIGINAL!!! Who wants to live in THAT world? 0/10 try again.
Why the fuck would you destroy evil? it is part of what nature is. why dont you let the people do whats necessary and only guide them?
This is REALLY fucking cool! I'm hooked!
5:00 ff - “What is the best way to distribute power? Who should have control? Throughout history we have struggled to answer these questions...”. No, not “throughout history” - just since the Greeks...
Maybe Lucy fur is actually a person on the inside like Jeffrey, who plays the role of the antagonist in order to assess the students response and ability to deal with evil and misconduct. You could even show Jeffrey and Lucy fur actually being in contact with eachother throughout the test, since they are both self aware. There could also be people monitoring not only responsibility with power, but the level of creativity and efficiency in designing their universe, as this could tie into the students ability to solve problems in real world government. Jesus could be a test of the students tendency for nepotism, would they give their family preferential treatment or give them the same opportunities as citizens? Just some random ideas hope something is useful.
This series looks awesome I hope you continue it!
Wow, that's such a good idea! Kudos to you, for thinking about that; hrigg12.
Hi Friends thanks! I was just jotting down random thoughts I had while watching the video.
xamarmm oh I totally agree with you that Yahweh is a thousand times more evil than Satan. I was thinking that they could have monitoring staff be amazed by how evil he was, that his assigned antagonist couldn't even keep up with him, and yet he still pervcieves himself as ultimate good. Or maybe they just think he's stupid for not trying to wipe her out of existence as most students have already done by now.
"The greatest untold story is the evolution of God." - G.I. Gurdjieff
Network TV should have a slot for your work in children's program schedules, with modified language of course!
That would be awesome
Once soccer moms see it DarkMatter can kiss his sweet ass goodbye.
This is one of the best miniseries I have ever seen on TH-cam and should be required viewing no matter what someone's religion is.
I want to see more of this!
Seconded.
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+1000
This is a work of genius!
Are you kidding? There’s no reason this series to not continue? Original concept and unique storyline (god actually being a troubled kid that hated his current situation and hopes to get away with it as much as possible)!
Plus! "God" finals was brilliant! If you ask me, I wish such a test exist? Mostly to show theists how they are just as horrible as their god when it comes to running things!
Very good. Should continue.
this is my favorite you tube channel ever you are amazing please keep up the good work please for the love of humans pleas never stop i just got my brother to start watching and he loves it i am going to share it with the world
Just need to say that your videos nail it every time. I truly hope you continue to produce these videos as it is vitally important we start to make aware the damage religion has on our society. How messed up your mind has to be and the mental back flips you have to do to make god fit in a loving nature. We need to bring this to intelligent conversation so the guy below can't get away with just saying its dumb. Religion is two steps back and no steps forward. Keep up the good work, I look forward to seeing more.
WTF RELIGION DOES DAMAGE SOCIETY!!! Well, they do some small good community things but damn kid...religion fucked everything up.
Mac Robinson ...Ever heard of ISIS?
+Mac Robinson The truth is always preferable to a lie, and religion advocates an unfalsifiable deity that is pretty much in control of our lives, saying that people would be better off believing in a lie is ridiculous. the fact that stuff like I mentioned before happened are example of how religion can, in fact, damage society.
The truth is still preferable to falsehoods, if that dad simple explained the situation the its more understandable than trying to cover it up. understanding the fundamental truths of reality helps us understand reality and how it works. when that father lied and said it ran away, for example, he is deluding the child when he should own up to the mistake he made. just cause it seems preferable doesn't mean its true.
@ 3:58 there is #42 Is that a reference to Hitchhikers Guide? the answer to the ultimate question?
DarkMatter2525 - This idea could shake Hollywood from the bottom up!
dude, u need to partnership with an anime studio. this was one of the best origin stories I've heard. I would love to see anime on this
1) This has HUGE potential - I'm bought!
2) The episode was completely bogus - you expect me to believe that a house would have an open porch so high that you can fall from so easily and there's a baby in the house? - I call BS :)
Oh come on! All babies of the future are fitted with emergency hover jets. This is common knowledge.
DarkMatter2525
I thought you'd say "automatic laser nets to catch people" or something... but I guess you know best.
DarkMatter2525 And there is a baby-catcher 3000 below it just in case.
"a recipe for disaster to have a white bearded old man in the sky" LOL! This is my second time watching this and I somehow missed that line before.
"And stored on the school's hard drives"
Wait... they use hard drives? Even now, hard drives are becoming obsolete. They should at least have some form of an SSD.
maybe its a developed form but the name stuck
also youre the “when your dad is coming back using math” guy!?
No ways it's dapz
DarkMatter is a Truly Gifted Communicator.
It's a High Honor, to have discovered this channel.
"they think it's a recipe for disaster to have a white-bearded old man in the sky" - fortunately I had already put my coffee cup down by that point.