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- The Atheist Experience episode 22.25 for June 24, 2018, with Matt Dillahunty and Seth Andrews.
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"Do you believe in Zues?"
"No!"
"Why?"
"I need to see evidence that he exists."
"Do you believe in god?"
"Yes?"
"Why?"
"My book says he's real."
Theists in a nutshell.
100%
But Ghawd is real I dont believe in zeus
being in a nutshell is a perfect place for theists
Currently putting this to a test. Try finding a thread started by @ralow702 . There's this guy @Umair Z .
He is a perfect example to what you wrote. My all powerful being is a Martian unicorn, female (obviously) who just happens to be wet and jelly-like slime. Yeah, I know. Perfect god, huh? :)
Seek the thread. ;)
not all of us 😉
Allah has 99 attributes and existing ain't one.
If this is a pun on the Jay Z song. Brilliant!
@@theScariest 😉
Good one need to make a shirt
@@cliffclairespicyreviews3502 wearing such a shirt is like wearing a shirt of FC Bayern Munich and sitting amongst 1.FCN hardcore fans...
ralow702 yeah some people claimed to have seen muhammed, in hell as well. why doesnt he believe that
When I listen to callers like this I come to the sad conclusion that we humans collectively will never be able to tackle and conquer the real problems that affect society.
And to think that there are billions like him!, there's little hope.
Indeed. These defective creatures hold the rest of us back.
Zeus isn't a god cause he has arms and legs. I love this show.
It's so fascinating. The morons on parade.
Only amputees can be gods.
God must have: arms, legs, two eyes, a nose, as we are apparently made in his image, so god is a man made creation, according to Nermin's reason for Zeus not being a god.
It’s almost as if they don’t listen to themselves speak.
I know right? A god can't have arms or legs but we're apparently "made in the image of god"
Zeus must’ve existed because there are pictures of him?
Well, he’s convinced me.
Too bad that Christian god had a prohibition about making images, otherwise he might exist, too.
I think Zeus is a final boss in 'God of War'.
Duane Locsin Therefore he must exist, am i right?
Fesga ? Not anymore, if you’ve seen the gameplay where Kratos lays the smackdown on Zeus.
Kratos is now looking to beat the crap out of Scandinavian gods in the latest ‘God of War’
Can’t wait for a game series where you get to drop kick Yahweh.
I believe in the tooth fairy.
How am I wrong in that belief?
I've survived the end of the world 37 times, so far.
Tom Smith
Ha😂😂😂
It's a miracle! lol
Gosh Tom you must be young, I have already survived 52 times. :-)
You must be Hardcore!
Are you a god?
Matt - How do you know he doesn't have arms or legs?
Nermin - You can't see him.
Matt - (Hilarious visual response)
The Simpson's have predicted more things than the bible or qur'an!!
And are a million times more entertaining...
It's time to worship homer
Homer also disproved God. Ned destroyed the evidence. Lol.
So has family guy
Zebediah Springfield is god
As Ricky Gervais says, "If there's a god, why did he make me an atheist?"
I don't know if he actually said that but its a very stupid question. All of the atheists through history have been examples to others. That's the point.
@@zapkvr He says it in a number of different video's on You-tube. He is a comedian, in case you didn''t get it. One of those funny, but true statement/concepts.
@@geezzerboy whats your point?
@@zapkvr To point out how idiotic religion has always been.
Grunthos The Flatulent
You’re a slow learner, aren’t you?
1:35 matt "what makes you think zeus existed" , caller " well theres pictures of him"
this person is an advertisers wet dream.
It appears that all religions dumbs down the believer.
Not "appears", it's fact, religions rely on people not seeking the truth and just believing what they're told to believe, the reason they have religious schools is to ensure a steady supply of ignorant, indoctrinated sheeple who have been programmed for life.
lack of critical thinking
Its really more like giving up your common sense
I honestly cant comprehend how theists percieve the same world that Im in. Its actually crazy. It doesnt make u dumber but it changes ur worldview and limits it so much.
"You can't see him."
John Cena is God, confirmed.
😂 I love how this joke won’t go away!
And the lord is here....
AND HIS NAME IS JOHN CENA!!!!!!!!!! 😂
It makes me happy to see people like Matt and Seth debunks the bullshit called "religion". It will make me feel hope for mankind.
"Zeus existed, but he was just some guy" is hands down the funniest view I have heard on this show.
Splitting the moon....flying horses/donkeys...etc. I wonder if the caller has ever even read the Quran?
It wasn't really a horse...it was a flying horse-like monster. ;-) Ex-Muslim here. Same thing I guess. Haha.
@@Yeiyn343
I understand what it's like believing in something so nonsensical... I was a fundamentalist Christian... congrats on coming to atheism sir! Or ma'am.
@@Yeiyn343 thanks, either one: equally unlikely. Good luck to you.
I think it was on an atheist forum where some crazy Muslim tried to argue that yes, the moon did actually split in half once. He had all sorts of crazy arguments to "prove" it.
@@dx1450 ...Yes. Arguments are words. We know the moon intimately well...there is no evidence whatsoever for a fracture to its crust in the manner described...and the evidence is clear that the moon is a result of accretion. There has been no interruption to its integrity. Such a thing would leave literally mountains of evidence.
The limited mental capacities of godbelievers always shocks me.
Andreas Plosky Well they only read one book, so not so surprising really.
I`m TRYING to NOT be shocked ......................
IF they are literate .....................@@lindabowman2139
What shocks me is that people with such contrary and irrational mental capacities can live so long without stepping off a curb and getting hit by oncoming traffic.
Your Loneliness thank you!!
Holy shit I love Seth's voice.
It is worth .75 Morgan Freemans.
Nosfrat Tirek i love listening to these talks and podcasts, but i also love looking at seth.
I totally agree!!!! It’s cool as f*%k!!!!
His TH-cam channel is TheThinkingAtheist :)
I sometimes go to sleep listening to his voice lol.
The way Matt's eyes lit up when he says "I think there's a problem with presuming that something you don't know much about is true", and Nermin replies - "more or less". lol walked into that one.
El Groto
Just proves the caller isn’t actually listening and just auto-responded, or he’s actually that slow...
matt really had to dumb it down :D
Scarlett Richardson
Yes he did and it's help in the long run...
I'm afraid he didn't dumb it down enough. But you are correct.
behind any other religion? are you being cientifical about that claim or do you just use faith in prejudices (such as racism) to say so?
Just Cuirous
@@martisole6249 Do you think islam is a race?
@Grim Reefer ahahaha they are stuck in the hebrew ways lmfao but refuse the god in the bible but believe in the universal things of the world lol, they are dumb as fuck
Matt should ve told him right away that whoever wrote that passage obviously didn’t know that earth went around the sun, saying “the sun will rise in the West” sun doesn’t rise, is just how we see
From self assured arrogance to pants pulled down and spanked in eight minutes thirty seconds !! Good going dude 👍
This caller really makes us Canadians look very, very stupid.
Jimmy? Canadian? Scott, you are a giant dick, stop hacking accounts.
I think only they pick the callers that makes them look good for TH-cam
No, you can watch the live show and see that all the callers are like this guy.
Don't feel too bad Jimmy, I'm an Aussie and we have to constantly live with the fact that it was our country which produced Ken Ham. Oh, the shame, the shame … sorry world.
@ Neale Baxter. Yes, l forgot that fact. A fact l'm sure Mr. Ham will argue against. You know, since he's arguing for god he might as well argue he ain't from Australia. Facts don't seem to matter to people of his ilk.
I mentioned in another video's comment section that two callers have referred to the Book of Revelations with an s at the end. Here Seth correctly refers to it as the Book of Revelation with no s at the end. Did you ever notice that it seems like Matt and Seth know The Bible better than some of the Christians that call in?
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Jerome Walker
I would suggest that Matt and Seth know the Bible better than EVERY christian that calls in. Because Matt and Seth have actually read all of the Bible which is something only a few rare Christians have done.
I know of priests and pastors who have spent 20+ years preaching that still have not read the Bible cover to cover.
Religion is at its core cherry picking verses that suite the religious elders.
You are correct but that's kind of nitpicky because the book does contain multiple revelations. :-) Realitstically it should be titled Bullshit Revelations Of a Guy Named John.
That is why Matt and Seth are Atheists. 😊
studies have been done and atheists consistently are shown to be more knowledgable about the bible than christians.
If you ever thought Christian fundies are devoid of logic, just try debating with a Muslim fundie. I actually had one tell me that the Koran is true because there's a passage in it that says something like "Allah gave man iron from heaven." When I pointed out that while yes, meteorites do contain iron, most iron comes out of the ground, he claimed that when Allah created Earth he put the iron in the earth's core which all came from the Heavens (aka space), so therefore the Koran is 100% true.
That is no more crazy than the "arguments" from many theists.
?
Its not evidence
I am in no way defending the Koran because I am an atheist but according to current earth formation theory the iron did come from "the heavens", space.
But that's not what the Koran said, I think the quote was something like "Allah sent down iron from Heaven" as in all iron fell from the sky. But yes, that's the same argument the Muslim apologist was making, ignoring the fact that neither the Koran nor the bible explains how the earth was formed by elements in space, as scientists have determined. It's yet another attempt to shoehorn science into religious texts.
I think the caller abruptly hung up after Matt's argument from incredulity response because he got to THINK for a change. The sudden sensation of that experience was very new to him, especially after a long time of being told what to believe. And it's helpful that he resides in a secular environment where his ability to think more will not be hindered.
I thought he said "All of them" when they asked him which gods he does believe in 😂😂
I'm calling my new band Pictures of Zeus
5:45 "do you believe the sun will eventually appear from the west"
Sure. All you have to do is be in a fast enough jet in the dark and fly west until the sun appears at the horizon & rises in front of you.
What the caller didn't understand is that scientists are talking about how the magnetic pole may change, or may be in the process of changing, as it has many times in the past. The sun will rise the same as always. But the sun will only appear from the west if we re-name the current south pole to now be the north pole, i.e., if we call the magnetic pole north (now the south pole) then the sun will rise from the west.
I have taken offing a commercial jet just after sunset. As we gained altitude, the sun appeared to rise in the west. It had set in Melbourne, but as we rose, we could see it again.
Awesome, but not a miracle.
Fresh water and salt water don't mix-The Quran. Not a very good start for a book that claims to be 100% true.
WRONG! I mixed a liter of salt water with a liter of fresh, and I only ended up with 2 liters of salt water. Not only do they not mix, the fresh water was so repelled by the salt water it evaporated and the salt water doubled in volume to push it out.
Maybe you should try some SCIENCE, Mr Cringe!
If the fresh water evaporated then why did the salt water double in volume ? There's nothing to push out, it's already gone.(Evaporated) When it doubled in volume what happened to its mass ? ;)
I can't tell if you missed my sarcasm or I missed yours. Curse the imprecise nature of text-based dialogue!
;) M8
If you mix fresh water and salt water it is no longer fresh water so its true. Unless you nean it stays separate like oil and water. That's a different statement
I find it very telling that nearly every religious caller claims to have evidence of their God.
Yet not one of them actually present evidence. So I think we can create a new definition.
Religious:
Adjective.
_Having no understanding of the concept of evidence._
The reason the caller asked the same exact question immediately after Matt explained that atheism isn't the belief that god doesn't exist, is because theists check-out and stop listening the second they don't hear you say "you're right, there's totally a god! I know this because the bible tells us!"
This is why so many theists claim that atheism is a religion.
That guy was sooooo ignorant!!! Wow they just keep coming.
You guys have infinitely more patience than I do dealing with these idiots.
If this guy sold the earplugs he’s wearing, crying babies on flights would never again be a problem
Matt I love your candor. Seth I love to listen to your podcasts and I enjoy the subject matter. Love the show. You guys rock!
5:53 "Do you ever believe the sun will ever appear in the west?"
This happens hours before night begins it's often called a sunset.
The hosts are brilliant. I like this episode. Sharing this
How do i know God isnt Real. Because im a sane and rational human being that has evolved past the Dark Ages.
@@DougWarner25 and you are happy?
@@DougWarner25 so you are calling yourself a piece of shit? So much for you calling him a sad individual.
Not everyone has come that far ......................
Gshock knick
It’s apparent you’re insecure about the validity of your beliefs, so you lash out at random people on TH-cam.
Why don't you believe in fairies ?
There is evidence for fairies.
The book, Cinderella.
Tinkerbell is a fairy.
Heck there is a whole genre of books about fairies called fairy tales
@@jewsco
And they can't all be wrong.
@@tedgrant2 exactly must be true because it’s in books right
I was going to say Ferngully, but that came out in 1992 and now I feel old.
What a waste of time,you should have to pass an IQ test before you ring in,but then,I suppose the number of callers would drop significantly...
Or all the callers would be atheists
it would be a very quiet, quick episode...lol
This show needs to have a requirement that callers have 50 or > IQ to call in in order for it to be mildly interesting.
It's scary frustrating how INTENSELY thoughtless and illogical people are.
Debate a Christian and you’ll get “it’s just what I believe”. Debate a Muslim and you’ll get “it’s just what we believe”. If only these people were smart enough to question that belief. You start doubting that belief for one second, u look for answers. Once you genuinely question yourself and what you believe boy does that belief change
Religious people are called a mark, by con men. The easiest sting is on religious people.
Reason; it's what they want to hear, rejecting everything that is true,
The average religious person who really believes, is under educated, or Religious EDUCATED, lower income.
Yup, it seems to me that more and more creationists are realizing that their main arguments like Pascals Wager, the "fine-tuned" universe etc are complete bs and that they can't just quote the bible as proof the bible all day so they resort to personal attacks. Cuz if they think the athiest is an immoral monster they think they won and that they don't need to attack their arguments.
Isn´t that why many of them flock to Jordan Peterson now? I mean, he does the exact thing you have described here. He makes a conclusion that atheists are murderers, and then works backwards from it. Every atheist he meets that is not a murderer, like Dillahunty and Harris, are somehow not real atheists.
Jirka Zalabak
That’s what disappointed me about Jordan. It’s like he’s an undercover zealot.
God must have: arms, legs, two eyes, a nose, as we are apparently made in his image, so god is a man made creation, according to Nermin's reason for Zeus not being a god.
Another total fool
I respect your opinion Mr. Dodd, but i would suggest that the atheist community be more respectful of the theists. Otherwise we would never be able to change minds. We get a bad rap for being obnoxious and antagonistic.
@@rasaecnai It's extremely difficult to respect an adult who admits to believing in fairy tales as proof of the nature of reality and also denies basic scientific principles. I would not respect someone who believes that invisible pink rabbits sit on their shoulder and tell them what to do or someone that believes santa claus is a real person, I have the exact same level of respect for someone who believes in a god or that religious text is truth about reality. These people need locked up for their own good and treated for their obvious mental illness and counselled for the brainwashed childhood they must have suffered.
Richard Clark your problem with God is emotional, not intellectual x
Richard Clark deny science? Like atheists with the laws of thermodynamics! X
@@wobblyeyez Funny I bet you do not know that it is based on closed system.What
One of my favorite self fulfilling prophecies comes from the Mormons. Joseph Smith prophesied that certain locations would become places of pilgrimage. Which of course generations of Mormons have actively worked to make true by going on pilgrimages to those locations.
Man, Seth Andrews is a really interesting guy.
Haha, so good. This guy is answering the questions like he is reading random responses from the mystery box.
I simply love the program. Education is key to disprove the insanity that is religion and educate and inform those that are misguided.
It tickles me to no end how outwardly smug he is, but how inwardly weak he truly is, as shown by his hanging up.
“How do you know Allah doesn’t have arms or legs?”
“Because you can’t see him.”
XD
In Quran god is like a human .
المائده 5 , 64
he has hands .
القلم 68 , 42
He has legs ( the day he shows his calf & ask people to worship him but they can't , ( means on judgment day) !
القمر 54 , 14
He has eyes
He sits down on his throne so he must have size & shape ! , And eight Angel 's Cary his throne on their shoulders , So he must have weight !
He talks , therefore he must have larynx , mouth & tong !
He also can hear , therefore he must have ears too .
( القیامه 22 ) ( 75 - 22 )
He has face
i was thinking the same thing ,was going to get my qurans out ,thankyou .you saved me the work
Believe it or not, Nermin has never lost an arguement. Just ask him.
This guy is a prime example of when a person who walks into a place of worship, they must leave their brains at the door. I can't even call him an idiot, he has just proves it himself.
Matt should have hung up the second this guy asked the same question twice. He contradicted himself about a dozen times during the call.
Dude just said "scientists said the sun will rise in the west." So we literally have non gods predicting the thing the dude only thinks god given prophecy can reveal. So we could literally have a naturalistic way of explaining how people could know about it.
I actually feel some kind of sadness for people like that. After the hosts pointed out reasonable arguments that made sense but in opposition to the faithful, the significant silence as the caller realised any answer they would give would look entirely irrational; and yet their indoctrination and probably fear do not allow them to accept that they are being irrational. They have too much riding on this... and “what if you’re wrong” fears.
Those awkward silences are hilarious. I really enjoy when Seth is on.
Ignorance is STRONG with this one! This makes me think of the old commercial where a man says, "A mind is a terrible thing to waste."
That's a Arthur Fletcher quote
Nermin needs to go back to elementary school and start over.......
I'm supposed to take this guys word on how the world works and why it does and how it was was created but he doesnt know what anthropomorphic means? Do these people wonder why we cant take them seriously?
You gotta love when the callers go silent. You just know they're holding that phone with the gears in their head turning a mile a minute, thinking, "FUCK! I have no answer to that.... Time to repeat myself!"
Nermin is a perfect example of how theists do not listen.
As a fellow Canadian. I apologize for this nimrod.
Sporky Stork Well other nationalities have these kinds of concepts too, don't need to apologize.
@samuel fox Why? I mean it's true that other nationalities have some dumb people too. What's the point of apologizing for these people?
I love when the camera went to Matt, then went back to both and Seth looked like he was posing.
If god's always been there and the world is only 6,000-yrs-old, what has he been fannying about at for the rest of eternity?
Science makes specific predictions every moment of every day and gets them right. Does that make scientists gods. The best part of scientific predictions is that they are completely unambiguous.
I knew it!, Nearly all the muslim callers I've seen just hang up, too cowardly to admit they've been defeated so they just run away.
Seth's voice is fucking magic. I could listen to it all day.
I'd like to see this show hosted perennially by these two. They compliment each other VERY well, each filling in the gaps the other misses.
I predict you will be older aftr 1 yr
I predict you will be older after one nanosecond.
Oh shit you're right! I was 17 last year and now I'm 18!
I was traveling at the speed of light so no - I'm the same age.
There is only a sunrise and sunset if you are on the Earth's surface.
The Sun is always shining. In reality, it's just one long _day._
Nermin thought he would be able to debate the hosts and realized he’s 100% unprepared.
Damn he's not even listening. He was asked one thing, responds to different thing.
The level of WTF in this conversation is astonishing
Remember when we were all doomed because of the Mayan calendar prediction about 2012 I think it was?
The love of god , is easily recognized as you read the bible .
He slowly killed every living thing with water , he proudly had armies commit genocide , he condoned slavery , he insisted on having his son gruesomely and brutally tortured and murdered , threatens us with eternal torment and the list goes on and on .
Can you feel the unconditional love just pouring out , it's undeniable isn't it ?
There's needs to be some kind of celebration siren when someone hangs up.
Kevin T. Unless that person has wised up a little bit, become more skeptical about their beliefs, etc. it’s not really a cause for celebration. People clinging to their own ignorance is a loss in my book
yeah just to make it more funny
I love this comedy channel. Theist humor is the best!
If Yahweh was real everyone would know it.
Instead we must create Yahweh and debate over his existence.
North South pole reversals happen frequently, (geologically speaking). Check out the spreading of the Mid Atlantic Ridge and it´s changes in magnetic orientation.
The nearest to a time-specific prophecy in the New Testament is Jesus saying that the second coming would happen whilst some of his audience were still alive; that didn't turn out too well, did it?
Yikes! As a former Muslim, I wonder if this is how I behaved with my logic when speaking to others about my former religious views? He's unable to maintain his arguments and isn't listening to what they're saying whenever he asks a question. He's repeatedly asks them to prove a negative, which isn't their onus to do so.
Perfect example these people don't think for themselves...'..it is written down in our beliefs...so I believe it' = blind belief
The perils of joining a cult but not reading the literature.
A good place to start with believers is to show them how magic is done then move on to disproving psychics .then flat earth thinking which has a connection with religion
Etc
It frustrates me to no end that people who don't know anything about a subject just assert things about it and when they're called out for asserting stupid things, they actually double down on it, trying to defend a position they didn't even know they had until they just blurted it out in a panic.
Hmm-- The proof of a miracle is that Jesus returns to earth in our lifetime
"9:27 But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God." Luke 9:27
That prophesy of Luke is not proof, it is a prophesy.
And it is not even very good prophesy because that should have happened already 2000 years ago.
The tragedy is that this guy probably has kids who hang on every word he says as the truth.
You know that in Panama, you can see the sun rise from the West coast before the East coast because of the way the land snakes around.
Him (probably) not understanding the difference between change of the magnetic field versus reverse rotation is indeed laughable.
This guy needs to read a friggin dictionary
I'm gay but I planned to name my baby "Matt is Awesome". I'm single. Do u think It'll happen lol
definitely have a blast
"He hung up."
FINISH HIM
FATALITY
12:33 "We always in the last days!" LOOOOL
You go to your doctor because you’re unwell, something isn’t right. Even the dog has become
especially needy these past few weeks. Your doctor examines you and quickly
identifies the source of your unwellness. He tells you that your illness is curable-that’s
a relief-and presents two simple treatment options. The first option derives
from a text written in Europe 1200 years ago, real scholarly work. Your doctor
so happens to have an interest in ancient medicine-just something to do in his
spare time besides playing golf and visiting vineyards. Oh, and he loves takin’
the Porsche for a spin with his buddies at the country club. There’s no
evidence that shows this treatment indeed works, but it’s what the author of the
text and many regarded as experts during that time believed would cure your
affliction. God knows why. Hell, the treatment was used for several hundred
years because no one had any brighter ideas. It took a real rebel to steer the
thinking in a different direction, one that probably saw him decapitated or
burned at the stake. I’d say the latter.
The second option is a drug that has been on the market for two years, specially developed for
treating your illness. That’s comforting. The drug isn’t the first of its kind
but the result of many years of trial and error. Again, real comforting. The
fact that it’s on the market and prescribed by physicians tells you that it’s
been rigorously tested. And so it should be: our standards have increased
substantially in the last 1200 years. Accordingly, your
doctor is confident the treatment will work and assures you there’s no need to
plan your funeral just yet. But go easy on the sugar and up the exercise to
three times a week.
Which treatment do you choose? A no-brainer, yeah?
When a person treats the Bible as a source of truth it strikes me as a severe case of ignorance, not
just the usual kind of ignorance, the kind we all have in one way or another. Only
a modicum of critical thinking reveals that our understanding of the world has
developed considerably over time-and thank Christ it has. That isn’t to say
that we have all the answers, that we’re right about everything, but we wouldn’t
be able to do the things we do today if we only accepted ancient teachings as a
source of fact and truth. Any writer will tell you the final draft is always
better than the first, that’s just the nature of things. Let me put it another
way: imagine you have five hundred years to learn how to play tennis and a body
that doesn’t age beyond twenty-three (that number sounded good, don’t ask me
why). See where I’m going?
Many Christians talk about context when interpreting the Bible, and it’s exactly that which such
people lack. Good old-fashioned context. Times have changed, my faithful
friends. More disturbing is the fact that the same people cherry-pick the parts
of the Bible they like and dismiss, “ignore”, the parts they don’t. I’m
talking about the bits that advocate slavery and polygamy, wholesome stuff
like that. I can only guess that this is because their modern understanding has
somehow revealed to them, only in part, that some things in the Bible don’t
make sense, or that some things contradict the real important stuff. If only
these people applied that kind of thinking to everything in that marvelous book
of theirs. And why stop there? Why not look at other religions? Why not examine
the merits of, say, Islam or Buddhism? Why should Christianity get all that
brain power? Are mum and dad Christian? Did someone at school put the fear of
the Christian god in you?
People are entitled to an opinion, which is the very reason I’m sharing this, but I cannot fathom
why some people are so hellbent on trying to convince others that their religious beliefs are correct.
Care to share any empirical evidence? I’m talking about the good stuff that the second treatment option
is based on, obtained through application of the scientific method. The Bible is only evidence of what people many hundreds of years ago thought and believed, but that doesn't mean it's true. Call it a history book,
if you will, but it‘s not a science book, it doesn’t reveal the secrets of the universe anymore than the Harry Potter books do. Harsh? Maybe. Wrong? Who can say?
brilliantly said
@@jessedaniels4494 Thanks :)
Billy & Jimmy drive through a gas station to fill up their truck. They notice a sign saying "Enter here for a chance at free sex!"
They wander inside and ask the attendant how to enter. The attendant says that they have to guess a number between one and ten.
Billy guesses five. The attendant says, "Sorry, but the number is eight."
Jimmy guesses seven and the attendant says, "Sorry, but the number was three."
As the two drive away, Jimmy turns to Billy and says, "You know, I think that competition was rigged."
Billy --the smarter of the two--replies, "Naw, it's on the up and up. My wife won twice last week."
And there you go, folks. Cherry picking in a nutshell
Cheers, jimmy. Clear and simple. Just the way apologist hate it, lol
Would the reversing of the magnetic poles make the sun rise in the west :O lol
He's assuming its like turning a compass upside down thus east would become west and vice versa. But he's too stupid to realize that the new west would just be the same direction as the old east.
Don't forget, Muhammad split the moon in half and then put it back together when no one on Earth was looking.
So...in the day time?
(Easier to work while it's light out anyway.)
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