1986 SPECIAL REPORT: "BLACK ATHEISM"

Atheism in the African diaspora is atheism as it is experienced by black people outside of Africa. In the United States, black people are less likely than any other ethnic groups to be religiously unaffiliated, let alone identifying as atheist.
The demographics are similar in the United Kingdom. Atheists are individuals who do not hold a belief in God or gods. Atheism is a disbelief in God or gods or a denial of God or gods, or it is simply a lack of belief in gods.
Some, but not all, atheists identify as secular humanists, who are individuals who believe that life has meaning and joy without the need for the supernatural or religion and that all individuals should live ethical lives which can provide for the greater good of humanity.
Black atheists and secular humanists exist today and in history, though many were not always vocal in their beliefs or lack of belief.
Issues that face black atheists include the fact that they are "racially different" from the larger and more visible atheist movement and "religiously different" from the black community.[9] Black atheists are often a minority group in their own countries and locations and then are an even smaller minority in the atheist group, which is itself often a minority.
Sometimes, atheism is seen as a whites-only club by black people and in the United States, African American history, slavery and the civil rights movement are all closely tied to Christianity.
Religion has very much become part of the tradition of black history and culture.
Even when there is a strong atheist or secular humanist movement in the African diaspora, it has been ignored. In surveys of history, black expressions of humanism and secularism have been ignored by historians.
During the Harlem Renaissance, several prominent black authors in America wrote or discussed their criticisms of the Christian church in various forms. Anthony Pinn called Christianity a tool for keeping the status quo and historically, for supporting slavery
Michael Lackey sees African American atheism as a way to celebrate a "revolutionary victory" over what he perceives as an oppressive and violent god-concept.
Many African American atheists see hope in a secular world view and find "religious culture a reason for melancholic mourning."
Similar views have been expressed by black atheists in the UK, some of which have roots in countries like Nigeria. These atheists are sorry to see religion having a deleterious effect on their homeland.
African-American communities tend to believe that the church is the center of morality and often turn to the church to solve various social problems that the government is not being perceived to solve or care about.
As writer Cord Jefferson put it, "For a long time, black houses of worship doubled as war rooms to plan protest actions and galvanize people made weary by centuries of racist violence and legislation."
Many black people have turned to religion to find the answers to their own suffering.
In addition to the historic component of church and black life, many social problems are solved by churches who run local food banks, provide day care or job training.
Many atheist African Americans see it as important to work with religious leaders and organizations to solve various social justice issues facing the community.
African-Americans who come out as atheist may face a "prohibitive" social cost. Journalist Jamila Bey wrote, "It's difficult - if not impossible - to divorce religion from black culture."
This social cost is not unique to blacks who leave Christianity, but also occurs among black Muslims who leave the religion.
Some atheists who have left Islam have been disowned by family or received death threats.
Black atheists in the United Kingdom face similar problems, where coming out as an atheist is associated with the fear of being "ostracised and demonised." For this reason London Black Atheists was formed in the United Kingdom by Clive Aruede and Lola Tinubu.
At an atheist conference which took place next to a Christian conference in 2015, one of the black atheist attendees found herself attacked and accused by a black Christian woman for having a "slave mentality" and being "demon possessed."
However, when individuals stereotype African Americans as "religious" it ignores the "diversity of thought that actually exists within the black community." In order to combat feelings of isolation, many black atheists turn to the internet or social media to become part of online atheist groups.
As atheist groups which welcome black individuals grow and are more prominent, their number are also growing, suggesting that there has been a "silent stratum of America's black population quietly doubting."

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  • @dangelo1369
    @dangelo13694 ай бұрын

    People always ask atheists “Why/ how did you become convinced to be an atheist ?” But no one asks theists how they were convinced that a god exists.

  • @yourenotspecial3735

    @yourenotspecial3735

    6 күн бұрын

    I’m sure it has nothing to do with their parents forcing their ways on their own offspring. Lol

  • @shalamigri
    @shalamigri6 ай бұрын

    14:56 And there ladies and gentlemen is the problem. She nailed one of the biggest problems faced by humans. People not having the courage to say they don't know something. She said the truth when she said, "I don't know." Nothing is wrong with not knowing. The problem is when we don't know something, but make something up to replace that lack of knowledge.

  • @trulyblessed5254

    @trulyblessed5254

    6 ай бұрын

    Its a choice for a person to not know anything but that doesn’t negate the real life experiences of people with testimony that God is real. There’s no such thing as the existence of life coming from nothing. Sure ppl defraud and look to victimize people all the time for their own personal gain and selfish pleasures but that depends on if they are allowed or permitted to. Also, ppl have the choice to further investigate and question if they suspect deception or if their quality of life is being threatened. That lady in the video issue is with man made systems that consist of morally corrupt ppl not God. Also, she seems very misguided because she doesn’t understand the value of the family unit that involve both the role of the male and female. We’re currently witnessing the moral decay of society that involve gender role reversal, divisions between ppl in general and man and woman. Ppl have become intolerant of each other, lovers of themselves and without compassion for their fellowman.

  • @shalamigri

    @shalamigri

    6 ай бұрын

    @trulyblessed5254 At the end of day and with all due respect, everything about the concept of God and religion is man made. These are concepts developed by man in an attempt to explain away the unknown. We're not the only generation to witnesses moral decay of society either. When you read the Bible, one can not deny that a lot of negative things that go on today also went on then. However, there are certain negative things that were more accepte then than now such as slavery and what we know today as pedophilia. I'm sure I could list other things too. Whatever the case, to say that morality within societies can decline is one thing, but to imply that religion and/or the concept of God and religion is the only way to sustain morality within a society is a VERY far reach. People all across the world are just as religious today as they were 1000s of years ago when men decided to crucify Jesus who is considered to be the most moral man of all time. Stuff really wasn't any better then than now.

  • @trulyblessed5254

    @trulyblessed5254

    6 ай бұрын

    @@shalamigri God gave man instructions not religion. I agree that religion isn’t necessary to be able to distinguish right from wrong or fact from fiction. But the lady in the video admitted that there was a separation of church and state. Now “church” to some is perceived as something literal where ppl need to seek something outside of themselves in order for them to believe or to feel a certain way and to others church is as an allegory that represents the spirit or character within a body of ppl in general. It’s the people that she chooses to depend on and that established system against the natural order of things that let her down not God. She can’t feel a sense frustration or hopelessness by something that she believes doesn’t exist. However, as an unbeliever, it’s her own personal choice in the way that she chooses to navigate the system but her beliefs doesn’t make her quality of life any better than that of an believer. Both the believer and unbeliever are still part of same unjust/biased system ruled and controlled by the same authority figures. Regardless, if a individual believes or not, it would be disingenuous to perceive a ppl that’s dealt a very bad a hand or victimized by systems as being weak. Not everybody that’s a believer is unhappy or discontent with their lot in life or consumed with fear or considered as weak. Believers already have insight about the final outcome of the system and they understand that the battle isn’t theirs to fight and that evil must run its course because the issue at hand is really an attack on the souls of all people and free Will.

  • @tealx8462

    @tealx8462

    6 ай бұрын

    @@trulyblessed5254 God also, murdered and raped!

  • @wcp4jc

    @wcp4jc

    6 ай бұрын

    @@shalamigri you need the Holy Ghost, read Acts chapter 2, the Holy Ghost is what moved me from not knowing to knowing.

  • @HRH-THO-II
    @HRH-THO-II6 ай бұрын

    I think the gentlelady is right. Anything that provokes one to think is never a bad. It's a catalyst for knowledge.

  • @PeaceIfYouCanFindIt
    @PeaceIfYouCanFindIt6 ай бұрын

    Children have been violated for centuries IN "the church" by individuals dressed as "the father" who needs that? Where is "God" as these children, their families and those who love them are destroyed? Where is "God" for these children?

  • @wcp4jc

    @wcp4jc

    6 ай бұрын

    girl molestation and rape happen inside the home more than anywhere, you gonna blame that on the church too?

  • @smirror6964

    @smirror6964

    6 ай бұрын

    Yes it is unjustly unfair really when innocent lives are costed every day. Our human capacity to love & care for each other perhaps matters most. The purpose we choose to create amid hardship can be as importan as any bestowed upon that hardship. A lot of those things are breaking families because their not really trusting in him.

  • @smirror6964

    @smirror6964

    5 ай бұрын

    @@PeaceIfYouCanFindIt Hello Sister, I follow the religion Islam. Born one. Before I thought respecting other religions meant I can defend them unless their following Him and not “Jesus” as the creator. I realized that was a sin in itself because I can’t defend any other religion if it’s not my own. I still stand on believing Him and it’s not “God” it’s Allah. So sorry for confusion. I don’t believe in Christianity and you shouldn’t too Alhamdulillah. My religion without the propaganda the media puts is a beautiful one. We cover ourself for protection, every ideal Muslim strives to get closer to Him(Allah Swt). Not trying to force you even if you feel like Islam isn’t the way but if you acc do the research you will be pleased🤲🏾.

  • @smirror6964

    @smirror6964

    5 ай бұрын

    @@PeaceIfYouCanFindIt A lot of Reverts who were atheists converted to our religion as well and realized they were lost. They are not the only lost souls. Just telling you that our religion is for everyone because our God Allah SWT accepts you no matter what race if you do as he pleases.

  • @TheArtofBeingJoslyn
    @TheArtofBeingJoslyn6 ай бұрын

    Love this channel !!!!! So informative no reality tv back then !!!!

  • @NW7386

    @NW7386

    6 ай бұрын

    That's fasho. Cops was the first reality TV show and it premiered in 1988.

  • @NW7386
    @NW73866 ай бұрын

    Host : How did you get here? Guest : "My parents got together one night... well it might have been the afternoon..." 😂😂😂

  • @shalamigri
    @shalamigri6 ай бұрын

    After the woman spoke for about 4 minutes explaining atheism, the pastor was brought out. That's a problem in itself when you think about it. In 1986, I honestly never heard anything about atheism. All I ever heard was God and religion. I'm not saying it was deliberate, but by bringing the pastor out, it drowned out the minority point of view in this situation.

  • @ddoubleu170

    @ddoubleu170

    6 ай бұрын

    🎯🎯🎯☝🏾

  • @Antonio-fj7xl

    @Antonio-fj7xl

    6 ай бұрын

    And yes I'm a black and Latino atheist and LGBT

  • @user-gi4ri1gs8q

    @user-gi4ri1gs8q

    5 ай бұрын

    The topic, was about atheism , not about , you , not about you being , LGBT, Latino, or black . . This is a pretty good , conversation, with , deborah Clark atheism .

  • @user-gi4ri1gs8q

    @user-gi4ri1gs8q

    5 ай бұрын

    Wow , the reporters , on this , show ask , some very very , good questions, meaning direct questions , and they keep it , very professional, they don't argue with there guests they listen , and the guest doesn't argue with them as well . Very informal .

  • @essenceoneessence

    @essenceoneessence

    5 ай бұрын

    It’s definitely deliberate! She’s very good at delivering her points and he’s using all of the typical disingenuous tactics to respond

  • @IllPropaganda
    @IllPropaganda6 ай бұрын

    Deborah Clark schoolin' heads! She is on point!

  • @NegroLeague587

    @NegroLeague587

    6 ай бұрын

    She bout as burnt out as that thing on her head!!!

  • @tealx8462

    @tealx8462

    6 ай бұрын

    Very, on point!!! This religion was for the Israelites! Not everyone else!!!!

  • @8221yeliwmarc

    @8221yeliwmarc

    6 ай бұрын

    @@tealx8462 knock it off, with this cult nonsense.

  • @thaimperial97

    @thaimperial97

    Ай бұрын

    @@8221yeliwmarc yes. Religion is cultic

  • @thomasprice4938
    @thomasprice49386 ай бұрын

    Keep diggin in the crates fam...good shit G

  • @ariesunicorn8225
    @ariesunicorn82256 ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing this gem. It’s so refreshing to hear intelligent conversations re atheism. People created the idea of god, and gave that illusion power. Black people in particular (especially in Africa) are stagnant because of their “faith” in these religions that glamorises poverty and suffering, but at the same time demands money for “tithes”.

  • @tealx8462

    @tealx8462

    6 ай бұрын

    Beautifully, said!!!

  • @Mushimushi25

    @Mushimushi25

    5 ай бұрын

    You sound like an unmarried modern woman. You think Athiesm is good? Look at every Athiest based country/society. Literally every single one of those societies is falling apart, including the USA.

  • @trulyblessed5254

    @trulyblessed5254

    5 ай бұрын

    The scriptures says in the book of Jeremiah that none of the nations religions worships the true living God. Furthermore, the ancient Egyptians perceived themselves as gods at the expense of others and the same spirit still lives on today within people and you see the remnants of ancient Egypt in every civilization. Ppl believed they were gods and they began to extract what they needed out of the people they made vulnerable of which make them really godless.

  • @tealx8462

    @tealx8462

    5 ай бұрын

    @@trulyblessed5254 And, whose fault is it??? Can’t worship what you don’t know!

  • @trulyblessed5254

    @trulyblessed5254

    5 ай бұрын

    @@tealx8462 Your reasoning for not knowing God doesn’t dictate what other people know. You act as if people can’t be deceived or if wicked people can’t intentionally suppressed others from the truth by their behaviors and attitudes when it comes to the sanctity of life itself. This is why people like myself offer wisdom to others but it’s unbelievers that try to argue the testimony of others that God is real. That to me is very suspect and weird!

  • @beoverwait
    @beoverwait6 ай бұрын

    Wow im amazed. All of her talking points are exactly whats being said today. I love her 😍.

  • @omegawicked1

    @omegawicked1

    6 ай бұрын

    u on the money. its 2024 n broads r saying this same garbage today. all the so called woke ppl, queer, and whores.

  • @marsallefrancisco4851

    @marsallefrancisco4851

    4 ай бұрын

    Facts!

  • @omegawicked1

    @omegawicked1

    4 ай бұрын

    Revelations 21: 6-8

  • @deondaniely973
    @deondaniely9735 ай бұрын

    I've always been an atheist. Even before I knew what it was. This woman is a hero, but trying to free black people is an impossible task.

  • @eb9450
    @eb94503 ай бұрын

    This man was posthumously listed as a child abuser (SA) in 2019. What ever happened to Deborah Clark btw?

  • @kellyvariste4831
    @kellyvariste48316 ай бұрын

    Oh this was good! We've definitely come a long way since then in regards to the topic of atheism and religion. As an atheist/agnostic myself I can definitely attest to people are more open today than they were 40-50 years ago, but as black people we still have a ways to go to bridge that gap between theist and atheist I still believe we can co-exist and still agree to disagree and respect one another.

  • @mariogilbert4260

    @mariogilbert4260

    6 ай бұрын

    You CAN'T be an agnostic AND a atheist @ the same time.... TWO DIFFERENT BELIEF WORLDVIEWS Either you question/doubt the existence of a GOD/GODS.... Or say there is NO GOD/GODS

  • @tw82rone5

    @tw82rone5

    6 ай бұрын

    There is a God & he is judging currently falling the F off America in particular

  • @dreadnaughttactical

    @dreadnaughttactical

    6 ай бұрын

    Hell is real.. and the fire and brimstone burns HOT.. real HOT.. and it burns for all ETERNITY.

  • @trulyblessed5254

    @trulyblessed5254

    6 ай бұрын

    Leave the so-called black people out of it and speak for yourself. Atheist made it clear that they are all about the ‘self’ and they create their own reality. This is about your journey and your own personal walk by yourself.

  • @tall_kazh10

    @tall_kazh10

    6 ай бұрын

    @@mariogilbert4260no brother he is bugged out just like his statement

  • @kbess999
    @kbess9996 ай бұрын

    A woman, before her time.

  • @thelw
    @thelw6 ай бұрын

    Can we all take a moment to appreciate this woman’s hair. So awesome!!!

  • @NW7386

    @NW7386

    6 ай бұрын

    She look like a darker complected emoji version of Christopher Walken

  • @omegawicked1

    @omegawicked1

    6 ай бұрын

    lol

  • @lovesphynx

    @lovesphynx

    6 ай бұрын

    no lol

  • @teekolinski491

    @teekolinski491

    6 ай бұрын

    80s rockstar hair.

  • @ddoubleu170

    @ddoubleu170

    6 ай бұрын

    @@NW7386 - Why? 😩😂

  • @nogooddeedgoesunpunishedng3814
    @nogooddeedgoesunpunishedng38146 ай бұрын

    This was a great video. As a Black woman atheist myself, I know that I am in the minority. I have a 1000 reasons why I am an atheist. Plus, I don't support any kind of organized religion. First, I reject the notion that there is a universal God for all; however, I do believe that there are numerous other individual gods, and that some people have a God watching over them and that some people don't have a God watching over them. The best part of the video was when she clarified that atheists also have a moral code and a sense of ethics. I have always known that I didn't need to read a manipulated book called the "Bible" or attend a fake Church 2 or 3 times a week, in order for me to live a just and moral life. I know so many people in the Black community and non-Black community claiming to be Christians, Muslims, etc., and they are nasty, evil, mean, greedy, selfish individuals who, in my opinion, only go to Church or their place of worship because it makes them look great in the community and to their families.

  • @lindseymadore4949

    @lindseymadore4949

    6 ай бұрын

    follow god❤

  • @smirror6964

    @smirror6964

    5 ай бұрын

    You must be going to the wrong ones then…😀

  • @nogooddeedgoesunpunishedng3814

    @nogooddeedgoesunpunishedng3814

    5 ай бұрын

    @@smirror6964 No such thing as the wrong ones; they are all the same (assuming you are talking about churches.) Just accept the fact that some of us just don't believe in a fake universal God and don't see the purpose of going to these so-called houses of worship only to be surrounded by fake, selfish, greedy, hypocritical individuals who use organized religion and the Church to portray themselves as high moral individuals existing in the community.

  • @nogooddeedgoesunpunishedng3814

    @nogooddeedgoesunpunishedng3814

    5 ай бұрын

    @@smirror6964 Let's get real! Look at all of the scandals that you have had in these various religious organizations in the last 100 years or so. The most well known one is the cover up of sexual abuse of boys and young men by Catholic Priests. Anytime you have any kind of organization, whether religious or not, there will be some kind of scandal involving corruption or some other kind of misdeed on the part of individuals within the organization. Even if everyone in the organization is not corrupt, that still does not mean that the overall organization, religious or not, is not corrupt. While I respect everyone's religious freedoms, I just don't support any kind of organized religion.

  • @vincentharris2259

    @vincentharris2259

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@lindseymadore4949It's Hard To Believe In God When Your Life Isn't Getting Better

  • @jonrendell
    @jonrendell6 ай бұрын

    You go gurl!!!!

  • @IllPropaganda
    @IllPropaganda6 ай бұрын

    Excellent find! Good stuff, homie!

  • @theshugashackpodcast2457
    @theshugashackpodcast24573 ай бұрын

    I was born and raised in NY. I was not raised religious and my family never attended Church. I never saw a Bible in the home but she did listen to Gospel music on Sundays. I went to church as a teenager with a friend occasionally I love music and Gospel is no different but I never felt a connection to God or religion. After my Husband and I had kids I did attempt to go to a few different churches. My husband also not raised religious didn’t care to attend. I would question things that didn’t make sense in Church and I was met with an attitude. They wanted someone who followed blindly and that’s not me. I’m 50 Now and am a Non believer amongst many Christians KZread opened my eyes to other non believers.

  • @Miriam-ui5pw

    @Miriam-ui5pw

    2 ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing. I'm always amazed (in a good way) when people say they grew up without religion. I never knew that atheism was an option until my late teens. I wish I'd grown up without religion, but living in the Bible belt and being black, it wouldn't be easy to live without religion. Now, as an atheist aged 41, I can see that.

  • @kofitheblaqcritic
    @kofitheblaqcritic6 ай бұрын

    We were a atheist before the white man met us. We had our own traditional African spirituality. No jesus no muhammad none of that bullshit

  • @Ms.Tee65

    @Ms.Tee65

    6 ай бұрын

    So true

  • @kidgrebo1

    @kidgrebo1

    6 ай бұрын

    What do you considered spirituality? I'm an atheist that doesn't believe in the supernatural.

  • @kofitheblaqcritic

    @kofitheblaqcritic

    6 ай бұрын

    @kidgrebo1 Believe in what your African ancestors taught. Nature, aka the creative forces.

  • @kidgrebo1

    @kidgrebo1

    6 ай бұрын

    @@kofitheblaqcritic Some tribes had supernatural beliefs and some tribes had none. I don't knock anyone's beliefs as long it's not pushed on me.

  • @dn30001

    @dn30001

    6 ай бұрын

    uhhhh...that doesn't define atheism. The OLDEST African spiritual systems always included some sort of theism....even if it was nature itself.

  • @user-gi4ri1gs8q
    @user-gi4ri1gs8q5 ай бұрын

    At , least, Deborah, Clark admitted to herself that she is a atheist. Meaning she didn't lie to herself.

  • @MeMyself984
    @MeMyself9845 ай бұрын

    I understand her. I remember being very young and never feeling a connection to Christianity. I was raised baptist and even got baptized when I was 20. I attended church, read the Bible, went to Bible study and everything. I really tried to get into it but it just never made any sense to me. So now I’m spiritual. My beliefs actually align more with Buddhism.

  • @HRH-THO-II
    @HRH-THO-II6 ай бұрын

    Yea man where do you find this stuff...this channel is like a wonderful sociological time capsule....do you have any of the Jimmy Baldwin interviews? Can't remember if I saw them here or not but talk about schooling heads...he's one of the most beautiful speakers of the English language I've ever heard.

  • @shade221
    @shade2216 ай бұрын

    father carl fisher has been posthumously accused of SA.

  • @aweofme

    @aweofme

    6 ай бұрын

    So true 😢sad

  • @missspencer7744

    @missspencer7744

    5 ай бұрын

    No way..that is terrible. He sexually assaulted people?

  • @markwoods4439

    @markwoods4439

    12 сағат бұрын

    Was that the same one in the audience?!

  • @jaiyabyrd4177
    @jaiyabyrd41776 ай бұрын

    Thank You for reminding us about Jeri Curls. God Bless You Hezekiah ‼️

  • @ljavery10
    @ljavery106 ай бұрын

    U on a roll 2nite aint chu👍🏾preciate the work folk..one of my fav channels frfr😊

  • @biggcwrldtv
    @biggcwrldtv6 ай бұрын

    The music took me back dude🍻👑

  • @quincymosby
    @quincymosbyАй бұрын

    Always trips me out how people can understand how santa claus is made up, but they dont get god is made up.

  • @Miriam-ui5pw
    @Miriam-ui5pw4 ай бұрын

    She makes me proud to be an Atheist. ⚛️ 😊

  • @tall_kazh10
    @tall_kazh106 ай бұрын

    You can take one look at this person and see that she has suffered intense abuse over the course of her life I believe she received that abuse from the same people who imposed religion on her

  • @tarahill308
    @tarahill3086 ай бұрын

    Wow another great video appreciated. Knowledge is key n you keep putting out videos to make people think without caring about likes🔥🔥🔥

  • @deondaniely973
    @deondaniely9735 ай бұрын

    The Bible is not a moral book

  • @Raqi_Noir
    @Raqi_Noir6 ай бұрын

    I wonder how did they all feel when it came out the Father Carl Fisher was a sexual predator

  • @thekaerichtexas

    @thekaerichtexas

    5 ай бұрын

    What????!!!!

  • @kell-yh4ec

    @kell-yh4ec

    3 ай бұрын

    He looks like one.

  • @markwoods4439

    @markwoods4439

    12 сағат бұрын

    The nerve of him, if this is true, to come there and talk about morality😡

  • @Raqi_Noir

    @Raqi_Noir

    9 сағат бұрын

    @@markwoods4439 it’s true google him

  • @thekaerichtexas
    @thekaerichtexas5 ай бұрын

    This lady is wound up tight!!! She made good points, but i wish that each would let the other finish w/o interrupting

  • @eb9450

    @eb9450

    3 ай бұрын

    You wish they would let each other speak but you exclusively mentioned her as being wound up tight

  • @misterkgb1
    @misterkgb12 ай бұрын

    Black Atheism for the win and she summed it perfectly with the statement we don't know. Science investigates and searches for the best and reasonable answer while religious people just accept things that are physically impossible(faith).

  • @papi_sativa
    @papi_sativa6 ай бұрын

    Bless this Queen's heart! I know that's difficult to do under pressure and with seemingly a lack of support! 💚💛❤️ I support you!

  • @markwoods4439
    @markwoods443911 күн бұрын

    I’m glad I’m a non apologetic atheist an think I should’ve become one earlier in life!!!

  • @Miriam-ui5pw

    @Miriam-ui5pw

    Күн бұрын

    If I didn't have outside pressure, I'd have become an Atheist much sooner.

  • @kooley2shae836
    @kooley2shae8366 ай бұрын

    SHORTY IN THE SUIT LOOK LIKE CHRISTOPHER WALKEN AND THE PASTOR LOOK LIKE BIRD FROM THE 5 HEARTBEATS MOVIE

  • @smirror6964

    @smirror6964

    6 ай бұрын

    Omg😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @MeMyself984

    @MeMyself984

    5 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂 Bird, and The Midnight Falcons!

  • @kooley2shae836

    @kooley2shae836

    5 ай бұрын

    @@MeMyself984 he was just a young boy still playin with his toys 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @MeMyself984

    @MeMyself984

    5 ай бұрын

    @@kooley2shae836 🤣

  • @kishdom282
    @kishdom2826 ай бұрын

    She's brilliant!

  • @Mrz-sb1hw
    @Mrz-sb1hw4 күн бұрын

    Virtually none of this exists in UK. Never in my life have l heard someone say they obey the ten commandments. Americans come up with all sorts of crazy ideas.

  • @maw0866
    @maw0866Ай бұрын

    She was wasting her time trying to educate them.

  • @yourenotspecial3735
    @yourenotspecial37356 күн бұрын

    God created humans out of love with the desire we will love the creator in return. That’s hubris personified. That’s a lonely god. An unloved god. A god that deserves no praise. If you make something you truly love, that should be the gift to you. Not what the gift can give back to you. God is a sad, lonely illusion, conjured by the guilty minds of men.

  • @user-gi4ri1gs8q
    @user-gi4ri1gs8q5 ай бұрын

    Wow this was , a very good , topic.

  • @xuniversalx635
    @xuniversalx6356 ай бұрын

    Glad i came across this and found out about Deborah Clark ✨️💎✨️

  • @DavidSheltonKCDJUnique
    @DavidSheltonKCDJUnique6 ай бұрын

    There are many religions in the world. Out of all these years the Devine being has not changed the world and I have not got saved.

  • @DR-wp6gy
    @DR-wp6gy6 ай бұрын

    The man in the collar is condescending and rude

  • @Raqi_Noir

    @Raqi_Noir

    6 ай бұрын

    And was a sexual predator

  • @SmokeDaddy00

    @SmokeDaddy00

    5 ай бұрын

    She's being condescending and rude

  • @anthonyantoine669
    @anthonyantoine66921 күн бұрын

    The pastor spoke one truth when he said the concept of religion is designed/constructed.

  • @deshaefromarounthawayricha7324
    @deshaefromarounthawayricha73246 ай бұрын

    Salaam my brotha ✊🏾

  • @tinathorn7649
    @tinathorn76492 ай бұрын

    I love the point she made about not being aware of self before birth. Fear of death but not life, people are for abortions yet your soul needs to believe for death

  • @phinesiajones3415
    @phinesiajones34156 ай бұрын

    She reminds me of the great actress, Alfre Woodard. 😊

  • @sofialovinglife597
    @sofialovinglife5975 ай бұрын

    What is her name ? I would like to know her beliefs today.

  • @tinathorn7649
    @tinathorn76492 ай бұрын

    we need to live life outside of abuse

  • @Makaveli06
    @Makaveli066 ай бұрын

    Before a Bible, we're building pyramids and praying to our ancestors who live amongst us no spook God in the sky

  • @wcp4jc

    @wcp4jc

    6 ай бұрын

    so you would rather pray to a bunch of dead people bones

  • @thinblacknoodles
    @thinblacknoodles6 ай бұрын

    ❤❤❤❤❤ city line wow

  • @marilynboyd6641
    @marilynboyd66415 ай бұрын

    The man in the collar is afraid of truth and brutish. Unwanted disrespect.

  • @marsallefrancisco4851
    @marsallefrancisco48514 ай бұрын

    Does anyone know where Deborah Clark is today?

  • @missalpha_essence3926
    @missalpha_essence39262 ай бұрын

    Dude at 15:27 is absolutely obnoxiously arrogant.

  • @tinathorn7649
    @tinathorn76492 ай бұрын

    confront fear of death pain

  • @ventromanable
    @ventromanable6 ай бұрын

    Brilliant Black Atheist 😊

  • @wcp4jc

    @wcp4jc

    6 ай бұрын

    yeah yall coming out now, a lot of yall still hiding, I wish all of yall would just come out so we can see who yall is

  • @ucbx
    @ucbx6 ай бұрын

    She had some good points initially but I think it was a mistake on her part to get combative and start talking over the pastor. If you really want people to hear a different view, you have to stay calm and explain it without getting overly emotional.

  • @ManDuderGuy

    @ManDuderGuy

    6 ай бұрын

    I can understand why atheists get upset when they've often spent their whole life suffocating in an oppressive religious society. But you're right, the best way by far is to stay calm and confident and express yourself and listen carefully to the other person. Matt Dillahunty has this problem, blowing his top too often.

  • @ucbx

    @ucbx

    6 ай бұрын

    @@ManDuderGuy Yes, I've noticed this a lot more lately with Matt and I can somewhat understand. For some reason, the Christians start talking over the Atheists and not letting the Atheist complete a sentence. I guess they think they can win if their opinion is the only one the audience can hear.

  • @ManDuderGuy

    @ManDuderGuy

    6 ай бұрын

    @@ucbx Maybe I'm wrong, maybe Matt can detect when he's talking to a belligerent bully who just want to blabber and claim victory.

  • @dimviesel
    @dimviesel6 ай бұрын

    God Is Real and Christ Will Return and Save The Israelites! Keep The Faith❣️ Lookin like a damned ThunderCat😆😏✊🏾 Gurl stop

  • @godflint

    @godflint

    6 ай бұрын

    No, you stop! Your god only exists within your imagination and your Saviour only exists in fictional story books. Either prove otherwise or stop disrespecting this BW just because she didn't drink the Kool-Aid like you did.

  • @smirror6964

    @smirror6964

    6 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @Antonio-fj7xl

    @Antonio-fj7xl

    6 ай бұрын

    There is no such thing as israelites

  • @oxfordblue9217
    @oxfordblue92176 ай бұрын

    What's the name of the woman being interviewed?

  • @phinesiajones3415

    @phinesiajones3415

    6 ай бұрын

    Deborah Clark

  • @tw82rone5
    @tw82rone56 ай бұрын

    Also note how there is actually a difference between God & manmade religion/religions they are not one in the same. Also note how Christmas is actually condemned within the Bible Jeremiah chapter 10. Since the Sister in the vid is right about manmade religions & non actually biblically supported holidays draining folks energy + resources.

  • @lovesphynx
    @lovesphynx6 ай бұрын

    I want that book "the x-rated bible"

  • @ndeamonk24
    @ndeamonk243 ай бұрын

    She's theatrical but accurate

  • @Miriam-ui5pw

    @Miriam-ui5pw

    3 ай бұрын

    She wouldn't have needed to pull theatrics if the Catholic priest wasn't called out. She makes me proud to be an Atheist.

  • @takyrica
    @takyrica6 ай бұрын

    This is a really interesting and insightful interview. This used to be me 😢 Her comment about us being born atheist really makes me think even though I’m a former agnostic. Being born in sin will do it. Im so thankful to have my eyes opened to the many lies and deceptions of this world. Thank you for saving my life, Lord. Edit: as I listen more I hear so much of my own beliefs before I got born again. I still have similar smoke with religion and the bondage it has kept black people in. The difference is that that doesn’t prove that God doesn’t exist. She’s wrong about evidence not existing to prove Jesus existed. There is and I get so excited that he found me. I hope He found her at some point!

  • @ariesunicorn8225

    @ariesunicorn8225

    6 ай бұрын

    I’m sad to hear you left logic and intelligence for belief in a sky god.

  • @tealx8462

    @tealx8462

    6 ай бұрын

    @@ariesunicorn8225😂😂

  • @kishdom282

    @kishdom282

    6 ай бұрын

    @@ariesunicorn8225 Imagine the critical thinking skills and logical reasonings it must have taken.🤦🏾‍♀️🤣

  • @tw82rone5

    @tw82rone5

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@ariesunicorn8225So you don't even realize that this Sky daddy is judging currently falling off America in particular? Just wait bc it's sadly only going to continue to go downhill for unrepentant America

  • @ariesunicorn8225

    @ariesunicorn8225

    6 ай бұрын

    @@tw82rone5 re-read your comment and make it make sense

  • @tinathorn7649
    @tinathorn76492 ай бұрын

    I didn't feel birth. it's scary. the end

  • @vashtikelly6837
    @vashtikelly68376 ай бұрын

    Dear God, 🙏 i praise You for Jesus..... Love 💕 Vashtye

  • @wcp4jc

    @wcp4jc

    6 ай бұрын

    Jesus is God in the flesh

  • @vashtikelly6837

    @vashtikelly6837

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@wcp4jcthat's why I praise God for Him 🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @wcp4jc

    @wcp4jc

    6 ай бұрын

    @@vashtikelly6837 sis ❤ read Acts chapter 2 if you haven't, read Acts 2:38, and if you haven't been baptized in the name of Jesus Christ then you should do it.

  • @vashtikelly6837

    @vashtikelly6837

    6 ай бұрын

    @@wcp4jc I KNOW WHO CHRIST IS!! I KNOW WHO CHRIST IS IN ME AND I KNOW WHO I AM IN HIM!! IF YOU LOVE HIM YOU GO WORSHIP HIM!!! WHILE I CONTINUE TO WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH 🙏🙏🙏

  • @leg414
    @leg4146 ай бұрын

    Things are still the same now....Love the woman speaker and hate the smugness of the "reverend" and the overly religious zealots. Let people believe and practice as they want. Religion like everything else in this society is used as a bludgeon against us and keeps us in perpetual weakness and impotence. Show proof and those that want to follow and believe can and those that do not.... Peace

  • @trulyblessed5254

    @trulyblessed5254

    6 ай бұрын

    The woman didn't disprove that God exist. She had the opportunity to back up her claim when questioned but her only answer was "I don't know." Religion isn't stopping anyone from believing or doing what they want to do.

  • @beoverwait

    @beoverwait

    6 ай бұрын

    And sometimes "I don't know" is the correct answer. It's definitely better than making up something to fill the void of NOT knowing ​@@trulyblessed5254

  • @smirror6964

    @smirror6964

    6 ай бұрын

    The Reverend couldn’t even speak and finish bc of her over emotional behavior and contradiction of religion. How is he all of a sudden the bad guy???😂😂😂 Lmaooo

  • @mr.albert2847

    @mr.albert2847

    6 ай бұрын

    She’s a witch.

  • @bwanahaguziki307
    @bwanahaguziki3075 ай бұрын

    If i had that hair style i wouldn't believe in God either

  • @user-gi4ri1gs8q
    @user-gi4ri1gs8q5 ай бұрын

    She's cute.

  • @SpiritOfTruth111
    @SpiritOfTruth1116 ай бұрын

    Can you imagine the GREAT FEAR that will come upon a human soul when they stand before they creator.. living they're whole life in unbelief of JESUS CHRIST.. just to find out they was deceived by the devil the whole time

  • @smirror6964

    @smirror6964

    6 ай бұрын

    Satan is real and he knew that God does in fact exist which is why he does his job well😅.

  • @SpiritOfTruth111

    @SpiritOfTruth111

    6 ай бұрын

    @@smirror6964 it's the devil job to make war with the saints .. Satan Knows he's DEFEATED To he only has a short time

  • @ManDuderGuy

    @ManDuderGuy

    6 ай бұрын

    Can you imagine that maybe that's all delusional, and you will have lived your life under this delusion? Just like every other manmade supernatural fantasy, the many gods and goddesses and make-believe religions all throughout history?

  • @971Cici

    @971Cici

    3 ай бұрын

    That's why most of you claim to be believers because of fear, you claim your religion and your god is about love but confronted to people that dont believe like you, the first thing you do is threatening people with hell fire. You're proving every atheist's point actually, religion of fear and condemnation not love.

  • @971Cici

    @971Cici

    3 ай бұрын

    You dont even know if you really love your imaginary friend , you're just scared of being tortured so you'd rather act like you have no braincells and believe, that's ridiculous

  • @warriordog4094
    @warriordog40946 ай бұрын

    LOL.....why does it have the title Black Atheism, couldn't just say people and Atheism ....

  • @dn30001

    @dn30001

    6 ай бұрын

    Shit ....you might as well ask why does telemundo and Univision exist

  • @trulyblessed5254

    @trulyblessed5254

    6 ай бұрын

    Because media propaganda has the world believing that all black people are religious and believe the same LOL.

  • @marc8h726

    @marc8h726

    6 ай бұрын

    I think it’s a contemporary discussion that should be talked about more. Bc most non-whites assume we all buy into religion ( mainly bs Christianity) and we don’t.

  • @warriordog4094

    @warriordog4094

    6 ай бұрын

    @@dn30001 ....Obviously you didn't get it....example, Doug Williams was the quarterback for the Washington Redskin a reporter asked him, how long have you been a Black Quarterback.....why didn't he just ask, how long have you been a Quarterback....why does the word Black has to go with everything black do....Telemundo and Univision exit because it's a Spanish language network....go back to Stupidville I heard the mayor is quitting, and now you can run for office.

  • @trulyblessed5254

    @trulyblessed5254

    6 ай бұрын

    @@marc8h726 A waste of time discussing ppl’s personal beliefs, it’s their behavior and attitude that matters most.

  • @ManDuderGuy
    @ManDuderGuy6 ай бұрын

    God how I miss the dignity and class of the past. People had the understanding that you need to try to dress well and not express yourself like a mush-mouth idiot if you want to be taken seriously as an adult. Read a book now and then maybe, have some self-respect.

  • @bobbylee_
    @bobbylee_6 ай бұрын

    The arrogance of the pastor/father was infuriating. There is a great scene in the movie Shaka Zulu where a European missionary who’s real mission was colonization w/the least resistance, tries to educate Shaka of the power and greatness of his Christian god. Powerful scene.

  • @kidgrebo1

    @kidgrebo1

    6 ай бұрын

    I looked up the pastor, and he had S abuse allegations. He died in 1993 so he wasn't investigated.

  • @MeMyself984

    @MeMyself984

    5 ай бұрын

    Yes that’s the missionary mission still. Look what happened a few years ago when the white missionaries went missing in Haiti. They didn’t want their asses over there and I don’t blame them.

  • @amunre12
    @amunre126 ай бұрын

    You can see her turmoil from the thumbnail alone

  • @criticalthinking6929

    @criticalthinking6929

    6 ай бұрын

    Chile you reaching 😂😂

  • @amunre12

    @amunre12

    6 ай бұрын

    @@criticalthinking6929 the hair and eyes says otherwise

  • @dedrabarnes3485

    @dedrabarnes3485

    6 ай бұрын

    @@amunre12Whew! I was just about to say that.. The eyes most definitely!

  • @smirror6964

    @smirror6964

    6 ай бұрын

    Right it’s the eyes and the god dang hair lol

  • @daveyram2967
    @daveyram29676 ай бұрын

    can you be atheist without being a "black" atheist?

  • @thekaerichtexas

    @thekaerichtexas

    5 ай бұрын

    Sure...but I think the point then and now is that it is so uncommon in the black community vs the white community.

  • @AnonymousC-lm6tc

    @AnonymousC-lm6tc

    5 ай бұрын

    This is untrue….the majority of white Americans are also Christians just like blacks. America is by and large still a Christian nation.

  • @G.G.276
    @G.G.2766 ай бұрын

    THE CHURCH IS A REPROACH! BUT GOD EXIST. ONCE THOSE CHURCHES ARE TOPPLED. YOU WILL SEE GOD’S POWER! Revelation 18:4

  • @mr.albert2847
    @mr.albert28476 ай бұрын

    Psalm 14; 1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.

  • @Saint.questions

    @Saint.questions

    5 ай бұрын

    💯💯💯💯💯💯

  • @971Cici

    @971Cici

    3 ай бұрын

    The irony

  • @whatwecalllife7034

    @whatwecalllife7034

    3 күн бұрын

    The fool that said in his heart, there is a god. See how easy that is?

  • @oxfordblue9217
    @oxfordblue92176 ай бұрын

    Atheism doesn't mean one don't believe in a God it means there is no God., so it's self defeating because to say there IS no God you have to have infinite knowledge. Ah hah!

  • @godflint

    @godflint

    6 ай бұрын

    And to say there is a god you have to have an infinite imagination. I suggest you google 'atheism' and get the true definition, because yours is wrong.

  • @beoverwait

    @beoverwait

    6 ай бұрын

    Very incorrect definition

  • @ManDuderGuy

    @ManDuderGuy

    6 ай бұрын

    Theists have some kind of god-belief, atheists do not have any kind of god-belief. There are many varieties of theists, and many varieties of atheists.

  • @DimitriMccullum-bg9nz
    @DimitriMccullum-bg9nz6 ай бұрын

    She doesn't speak for me lady region never stop anything she doesn't know what she talking about

  • @trulyblessed5254

    @trulyblessed5254

    6 ай бұрын

    Right!

  • @smirror6964

    @smirror6964

    6 ай бұрын

    👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @whatwecalllife7034

    @whatwecalllife7034

    3 күн бұрын

    Religion never stopped anything? It was Christians that originally opposed the use of lightning rods. It was Christians that supported slavery in the U.S. It was Christians that did the crusades. It was Christians that opposed stem cell research, which saves lives. It was Christians that opposed vaccines, even before SARS-CoV-2. It was Christians responsible for the Satanic Panic, which cost many teachers their livelihood, reputation, and money. It was Hindus that used a caste system, which is a system that prevents you from ascending past your assigned station/occupation. It was Muslims that prevented women from driving or doing anything without male supervision and keeping them oppressed. It was Christians and Muslims keeping women and LGBT people oppressed. All these religions have had abusers in positions of power and authority under the guise of "God". Religion has stopped cultural, civil, scientific, and moral progress in more cases than it should if it "never stopped anything". Respectfully, educate yourself.

  • @DimitriMccullum-bg9nz
    @DimitriMccullum-bg9nz6 ай бұрын

    God doesn't force u to serve him, so she misformed

  • @971Cici

    @971Cici

    3 ай бұрын

    He doesn't force you but if you dont ,you end up getting tortured forever in a lake of fire, what kind of blackmail is that?

  • @whatwecalllife7034

    @whatwecalllife7034

    3 күн бұрын

    Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un don't force you to worship them either but if you don't they will arrest you and torture you, or send you to a work camp.

  • @diligentsun1154
    @diligentsun11546 ай бұрын

    The lack of Decorum and the Strength to repel the who are offended by it, minimize her message, which is correct. 'The Law of Common Sense' and 'the Law of Lex Talionis' (Law of the Claw or Might make Right)should reveal this to her. To argue in public is not a female's ministry, for this reason.

  • @criticalthinking6929

    @criticalthinking6929

    6 ай бұрын

    When men emit their rage on public platforms or forums it’s more acceptable🙄🤦🏾‍♀️

  • @Saint.questions

    @Saint.questions

    5 ай бұрын

    It's not about her being a woman.. frankly atheism is just another form of human sin. She's arguing from a weak foundation.

  • @NegroLeague587
    @NegroLeague5876 ай бұрын

    Poor woman didn’t know what she was talking about; I hope she’s grown and found the Truth!!

  • @criticalthinking6929

    @criticalthinking6929

    6 ай бұрын

    I believe in a higher power but she definitely is making pure sense.

  • @kidgrebo1

    @kidgrebo1

    6 ай бұрын

    What's the truth?

  • @trulyblessed5254

    @trulyblessed5254

    6 ай бұрын

    @@kidgrebo1 The book of Jeremiah states that all nations counterfeited Christ in their own image and likeness and that none of their religions are pure and nor do their religion worship the true living God.

  • @andrwlw2778

    @andrwlw2778

    6 ай бұрын

    @@trulyblessed5254ypipo brainwashed you. Look at you 😂

  • @trulyblessed5254

    @trulyblessed5254

    6 ай бұрын

    @@andrwlw2778 Look at yourself🤣