Kudos to the caller for being more civilized and honest than the average caller into the show! 😎

@notme2day

2 жыл бұрын

It sounded like Christian was raised catholic but never really bought into it. Was just there because of school or family. Something happened in life recently that had him looking for answers and he turned to his faith and tried to make the answers fit the questions instead of the other way around. Hope he watches more videos like these to see the fallacy of religion.

"Sex is sacred!". Said the priest to the alter boy.

This is a very good video. Matt Dillahunty keeps his cool when people listen and are being honest. Viewers need to recognize that.

@dudesayingthings

2 жыл бұрын

So true. He gets a bad rap for being rude, but really, when the caller is honest, Matt is exemplarily patient.

@kamion53

2 жыл бұрын

poinr is however most callers don't listen and then it's quick mincemeat.

@paulsoderling6269

2 жыл бұрын

Isn't it a low bar to have, though? You might also say that Matt keeps his cool with people that completely agree with him...

@kamion53

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulsoderling6269 that implies Matt Powell listens to other sounds than that of his own voice. which is questionable.

@dudesayingthings

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulsoderling6269 not really. You can disagree with Matt but still be honest. Matt doesn't go off on irrationality so much as dishonesty.

Christian is one of my favorite callers ever..... he didn't lie ..... attempt to move the goal post..... Great exchange .... LOVED IT!

@annk.8750

2 жыл бұрын

True ...but I really had no idea that Catholicism was this crazy. I know none of my Catholic friends are this deep in the rabbit hole, but none of them are as young and naïve as RBI's one sounds. The caller would be better off escaping that cult, or at least that cult mentality.

@donaldgoodnight7853

2 жыл бұрын

🤣😂🤣😂contreceptives.? He took a moral' class. God makes it sacred. Another idiot picked apart. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

@MizterMissile

2 жыл бұрын

Saaaame! One of my favorite callers too, man!

@reymariee

2 жыл бұрын

its because he was new to catholicism and hadnt yet invested much time, or money into the faith. so he was still able to take in contrary information without it triggering cognative dissonance

@tjblues01

Жыл бұрын

@@reymariee Despite the fact that Catholicism has a lot of strange restrictions it is also one of the most honest Christian denomination. It doesn't take the Bible literarily. It leaves to the members of the Church if they want to believe that for. the Food was historical event or rather myth with some moral contexts. And it makes it harder to spot logical fallacies in their doctrine.

Wow, this call is what AXP is all about. Bravo Christian for being honest and open minded. Best call of 2022 so far imo.

How can it be possible that in the 21st century someone is seriously arguing that demon posession is real? It is no more, or no less credible than arguing that lightning is caused by Thor using his hammer. I am aghast at the failure of education to teach the fundamentals of logic and standards of evidence.

@arthurhunt642

2 жыл бұрын

You are incorrect. Lightning bugs on crack causes lightning..

@TheTruthKiwi

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, it is perplexing but indoctrination is a powerful thing. Where you taught the fundamentals of logic and standards of evidence at primary and high school? I know I wasn't 30+ years ago so it isn't something that they've just recently stopped teaching, from my experience anyway. We had math, science, english, geography, music, physical education, technical drawing, wood/metal work, history and business studies. I think it is generally assumed that the parents teach their children about logic and standards of evidence as school is more practicality based. It definitely would be great, don't get me wrong, if logic and standards of evidence was part of the curriculum. Theism and religiosity would probably die out even quicker than it already is.

@artistjoh

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheTruthKiwi Philosophy, and by extension, logic, was at one time a requirement for all first year university students but sadly with a greater emphasis on vocational training, more and more tertiary institutions are no longer considering this a fundamental component for an undergraduate degree. I was lucky. My degree is in design and my college required Philosophy as a core subject. Not only did I do Philosophy classes, I was able to do a course in the history of design philosophy. To me they were my favorite classes but it is amazing how many students were complaining because they could not see any value in discussing ideas, and critical thinking skills. The biggest complaints came from theists who seemed to regard it as an attack on their beliefs.

@jdsartre9520

2 жыл бұрын

"How can it be possible that in the 21st century someone is seriously arguing that demon posession is real? " And that wearing a cross will protect you from in? For about the same reason someone seriously argues that civilization-wiping out vir-us possession is real, and that wearing a mask will protect you from it.

@deliriousmysterium8137

2 жыл бұрын

@@jdsartre9520 to not pretend to care about things you have no reservations to take responsibility for is in best taste.

I think the real reason for no contraception is to make more Catholics and that equals more money given to the church.

"The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste ... Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim." - Gustav Le Bon, The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind, 1895

This was a wonderful exchange and kudos to Christian for being willing to think about the questions Matt and Jim asked and giving honest answers.

@dimadiall

2 жыл бұрын

Very uncommon indeed

@scruffylookingNerfherder5742

2 жыл бұрын

It was rather refreshing to hear a caller who would actually listen to and answer the questions being asked rather than duck and Dodge all the time.

@Dudecarmap

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! It's rare to have a theist seen to have an open mind and a willingness to listen and honestly reply. It is quite refreshing

As a catholic in my way out of the church, i can say that in my personal experience that i have encounter many priests who genuinely have tried to help me in different moments of my life.they have answer my questions honestly accordingly with their faith but also using personal experience. Not trying to be over dogmatic. But as time passed i realized that the sermons fell short of reality. And in many cases remain decades out date. Sometimes tradition is even stronger that church teaching. This young caller was very honest and he should explore and investigate everything. After all, if it is true , it should hold up scrutiny. If it doesnt, then keep looking for answers. Question everything without fear.

@TheTruthKiwi

2 жыл бұрын

Well said Kevin. Stay safe mate :)

@gazzas123

2 жыл бұрын

I left the Catholic Church when I was 18. All I saw was an empty ritual for any of the sacraments.

It's refreshing to hear an honest discussion with a caller. I hope that Christian reflects on the questions and calls back.

Exorcisms are very nonsensical to me, on a conceptual level. Like, why would a fallen angel who is older than the universe and has been in Yahweh's direct presence and *still* decided to deliberately disobey Him, be particularly bothered by some of God's groupies performing a spoken word cheerleading routine at them about how awesome Yahweh is?

@seanmooney4113

2 жыл бұрын

Nicely said! That's a perfect description of the fallacy of exorcism. Definitely going to use that in future chats with theists.

@brigittea5110

2 жыл бұрын

It is nonsensical and illogical ! An all powerfull god could just snap his fingers and make all demons disappear. A loving, all powerful father would not allow demons to harm or damage his beloved children. Those demons must be more powerful than god .

@TheTruthKiwi

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, there's no way to rationalise it man, mainly because it's just absurd.

@ciaran82359

2 жыл бұрын

I always wondered how a fallen angel could possess someone when the Bible itself says that these angels are in angel prison... ''And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling-these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.''.....Jude v6

@douglasdavis8395

2 жыл бұрын

The bed is on my foot!

Extremely honest and nice caller. We need more of these.

@Redpill-lv4it

2 жыл бұрын

I can finally get an erection now, that's because of everclear and kool aid.

This guy is honest, its the first time i have seen this in this show. Wow, so this is what it looks like to have a real difficult conversation with a theists that actually listens.

I don't understand how people think they're 'abandoning' their religion. Just drop it. Costs nothing.

@ajclements4627

2 жыл бұрын

I’m extremely lucky my family was the “we’ll go to church on holidays, for funerals and days of obligation” Catholic family, made it a heck of a lot easier to just drop religion entirely when I got older.

@svenred6eard757

2 жыл бұрын

Except it cost me my fiance. She said one day that if I don't believe in Jesus then we couldn't be together. So I left.

@robertallan6373

2 жыл бұрын

@@svenred6eard757 She never truly loved you.

@puckerings

2 жыл бұрын

It can literally cost them all of their friends and family in some cases. Don't be so glib.

@kevinnazario1015

2 жыл бұрын

Many times it can cost you your family and friends .

"every life is sacred" especially the alter boys to the priests

@thomaswigfield7623

2 жыл бұрын

“Every sperm is sacred” Monty Python.

@miconis123

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder how many of those alter boys end up being priests who then hold alter boys sacred

@BH-fi1sb

2 жыл бұрын

I'm stealing that 🤣

@morbidmanmusic

2 жыл бұрын

Low blow... so the priest kneels.

@denverarnold6210

2 жыл бұрын

@@miconis123 from what little I know about the psychology of abuse, far too many.... and no small chance for them to do it to others themselves. Such is the cycle of abuse.

I will do the same as Matt and praise this guy for not running away from these questions and answering and LISTENING.

This is the kind of conversation that made me such a fan of The Atheist Experience years ago. It’s so refreshing to hear honest debate.

I hope other theists watch this video before making calls in the future, so that they can learn how to have a conversation! This was such a nice caller.

"If you can't explain it, why are you explaining it?"

That is an honest dude ... I'm sure this kind of questioning will lead him to a better place ... because he is really messed up right now. i wish him well.

This was a great call, a big difference from the previos callers.

@TheTruthKiwi

2 жыл бұрын

Yup. Finally an actual honest and rational caller. Very well handled by Jim & Matt. Excellent call.

That's strange. I don't see any comments from the "Matt never lets the caller talk and never lets the co-host talk what's the point of even having a cost-host because he never lets them talk and why is Matt always so angry" crowd on this clip. It's almost like their generalizations of his behaviour are entirely unfair, and this call demonstrates how well things can go when the theist caller actually answers questions and engages with the hosts in an actual discussion.

Thank you Matt for acknowledging how honest this caller has been.

for me, Catholicism is the easiest call out with a single, simple question; "Are you ok with raping children?" If they answer "no" then I tell them that the church, the pope, the bishops and priests are ok with it and almost no one has ever gone to jail because of it. If they try to deflect or defend it, I know exactly what kind of person they are.

It's not selfish not to bring a child in the world if you aren't ready to be a parent. It's smart and kind.

@VoidDragon82

Жыл бұрын

I havd the same realisation when I was in my mid-teens. I knew I'd never be ready and never be a good parent, so I couldn't in all good faith (no religion connotation attached) bring a child into this world. And even at 40 years old, that choice has never nor will ever waiver.

Well done Christian, one of the most honest 'believers' I've ever heard on this site.

I lived with a man who went to seminary for years to become a priest. When it came time to actually become a priest he told his teachers he couldn't lie to his flock and so had to refuse. We were together for 9 years. Still friends, both atheists. 😉

@Redpill-lv4it

2 жыл бұрын

Did your friend ever do steroids?

@coletrickle1775

2 жыл бұрын

@@Redpill-lv4it You out of yours? Looking for roid handouts....

@facelessdrone

Жыл бұрын

@@Redpill-lv4it tf?

Catholic church ought to change their slogan from No child left behind to No childs behind left

@Cuban-Jo

2 жыл бұрын

No child left behind was never the slogan of the Catholic Church but I see what you were trying to do.

@holgerlubotzki3469

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cuban-Jo poetic license has been granted to Sirus.

@cyrusaalborg

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cuban-Jo Google :catholic church no child left behind

@burningmisery

2 жыл бұрын

@@cyrusaalborg 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤘🤘🤘🤘 You da man 👍

Huge shoutout to Dillahunty for recognising this kids sincerity and desire to pursue his viewpoints honestly. Matt could’ve torn shreds off the guy. His best skill with these debates seems to be accurately recognising when a caller just wants to go through the motions and proclaim their own correctness, and is thus deserving of the Dillahunty Derision, or if they’re calling from a place of honesty, and thus of the Dillahunty Discussion.

@facelessdrone

Жыл бұрын

Lol, dillahunty discussion, accurate.

Good for you, Christian...for calling in and listening and trying to think things through. Above all else that Matt and Jim said, I hope you come away from this call absorbing the most important message: Instead of blindly believing what people tell you...investigate, research and ask questions first.

This kid sounds like he's desperate for someone to prove his religion right so he has an excuse to stay in it, or to prove his religion wrong so he has an excuse to leave it.

@TheTruthKiwi

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he was definitely more on the side of "I'm right, you're wrong" initially but Jim and Matt gave him a lot to think about.

@douglasdavis8395

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheTruthKiwi - Christian is a future AXP guest next to Matt.

I wonder if the guy who put the caller up to calling into AXP had as civil, respectful, or informative a call when he called into a theist show. Anyone know if was put up on KZread?

@TheTruthKiwi

2 жыл бұрын

That would be very interesting.

@jonathanleslie9100

2 жыл бұрын

seconded

@HidingFromFate

2 жыл бұрын

He might have called the Catholic nationality syndicated radio show instead, not a channel on KZread. I'm drawing a blank on the name of it though. It's well known among Catholics, particularly conservative Catholics.

Every sperm is sacred. Every sperm is good. Every sperm is needed, in your neighborhood. This was a bit terrifying and depressing, but I am encouraged that this young man is watching a show like this and calling in. He seems like a wonderful young man, and I wish him all the best.

The caller sounded so defeated when Matt said Harry Potter is not real. I think he was still waiting for his letter from Hogwarts.

@dudesayingthings

2 жыл бұрын

The hurt is real, my friend. The hurt is real. 😅

@IanD-ut4dy

Жыл бұрын

Wait........WHAT?!?!?!

@irrelevant_noob

Жыл бұрын

Nah, i won't just accept Matt's unjustified positive-claim that HP is not real, he needs to prove it first! xD

Jim looking like a chill boat captain in this one lol

I love this discussion. Matt and Jim push on the caller who is having doubts and don’t let up to try and get him to think critically but it is not in a malicious way. At the end they explain their stories and how they had to have the same difficult realizations and you can hear the caller starting to become more aware of these flaws. Such a great service that Matt and Jim and all the other people involved in AE are doing. Please don’t ever stop.

So a woman who is past menopause is never allowed to have sex again? Any woman who has a hysterectomy or any man who undergoes orchiotomy must become celibate? If the purpose of sex is procreation and the bond between married people and those purposes must never be separated, that means someone who cannot have children must necessarily not have sex. Does that seem right? A woman who survives uterine cancer through a hysterectomy must resign herself to never having sex?

@tomgardner8825

2 жыл бұрын

not even the catholic church says that. just as you can pull out or follow menstral cycles. the church has evolved and recognizes sexuam needs in a marriage.

@dhwyll

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomgardner8825 But that's not what this guy says and we're dealing with him. That said, why the distinction between contraception methods that are crappy and contraception methods that are effective? If it's OK to have sex purely for the sake of sexual pleasure and intimacy with your partner, why the brou-ha-ha over making sure that those unwanted children aren't a possibility? It would seem that the Catholic Church kinda sorta does say that.

@themousethatroared3371

2 жыл бұрын

@@dhwyll I grew up catholic. When my mother, after having 6 kids and 2 miscarriages in 8 years time developed a severe prolapsed uterus. Another pregnancy could have killed her, she had to have a hysterectomy. I remember her being terrified that it was going against the church rules on contraception and actually sought a priest's permission before agreeing to the surgery! Thankfully, he said it wouldn't count against her in the eyes of the church. I shudder to think what would have happened had he said otherwise. My parents used the "rythm" method approved by the church, which is why she was pregnant for 8 solid years. Its barbaric IMO.

@jeffreylehman1159

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomgardner8825 The church approves of the rhythm method ( timing sex to non fertile portions of the cycle). Joke: What do people who use the rhythm method have Answer: Children

@sarahann530

Жыл бұрын

@@tomgardner8825 Why would the catholic church need to evolve ?

I like how Jim refused to tell Christian how or what to believe on Catholicism and that Jim corrected himself and apologized for being wrong in the first couple minutes. It's great how Christian was willing to ask questions and hear an different viewpoint. Talking WITH people and not talking AT people and being open to saying "I'm sorry ,I was wrong" helps people open the minds of both believers and nonbelievers and move the discussion forward.

I pray every day that as many people as possible get to see this program , ❤️👍

@irrelevant_noob

Жыл бұрын

r'Amen!

Good on you Christian for being so honest!!

@thomasdowling6594

Жыл бұрын

Well I wouldn't call it that...

Wouldn't God already know that the rosary praying was or wasn't going to be enough?

You are on the right path Christan....the question s of life only gets difficult...don't give up...keep on questioning life.

The caller seems like a very nice man but it's clear that he's trying to adapt his own moral convictions to the theology he knows he ought to believe in, rather than the other way around. A pity, because he sounds genuinely honest.

Kudos for an honest caller, but it's really sad that this young man had never even considered these very basic questions about his religious beliefs.

This is most honest caller that I ever watched in this show. Congrats

No contraception? Seriously? If one of the "purposes" of sex is bonding, an unintended pregnancy or a houseful of kids can really screw up that bonding experience. Adults are not "selfish" for enjoying sex, but the Catholic Church is certainly selfish to task its parishioners with the job of breeding lots of new members.

Christian sounds like an intelligent young man. I think he's going to successfully escape the chains of religion.

@hellohandsome9875

2 жыл бұрын

Let's hope so

I'm atheist but I wanted to say. I believe tortillas are sacred because they kept my people alive for thousands of years. Prevented starvation.

Beautifully wholesome, Christian is a wonderful human from my impression, and I hope he gets to the truth (or at least doesn't get bullied into remaining willfully indoctrinated & obedient). The honesty was astounding, & damn, how refreshing that was. We'd certainly have these conversations across these barriers more if both sides could reflect one another's honesty consistently.

This was a really great call! I hope Christian calls back! :-)

Great conversation and one of the very few times I’ve watched where the collar is really honest and listens

@doneestoner9945

2 жыл бұрын

collar ? Do you mean caller ?

@warrencolegrove1

2 жыл бұрын

@@doneestoner9945 yep my bad!

Honest caller! Simply amazing chat

I would have loved it you had gotten a link to the other person's conversation with a religious talk show. My guys is they both started with the same question, "should I stick with my beliefs or abandon them?" While your answer was "I can't tell you that but here are some things to think about." I'd be willing to bet the answer the other person got was, "yes you should join us."

There is a reason why in court hearsay isnt allowed as evidence

If Life starts at conception why aren't we 9 months old at birth?

@jdsartre9520

2 жыл бұрын

we actually are

@morbidmanmusic

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, that is stupid.

Poor kid, so mislead. I really feel sorry for this kid. But he was very polite and civilized about it.

Questions for Catholics' ; "Was Jesus married and did he have children?" " If Jesus wasn't married was it because he was gay?". " If he was married and didn't have children was it because he practiced contraception?

@brigittea5110

2 жыл бұрын

Good questions! Answer: Jesus was gay! After all, he had himself nailed by a bunch of guys.

@barriejonas338

2 жыл бұрын

@@brigittea5110 Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@brigittea5110

2 жыл бұрын

🤣😅😂

@TheTruthKiwi

2 жыл бұрын

@@brigittea5110 Thanks Brigitte, I just spat coffee onto my phone. Lucky it's waterproof :p

@martinvankerkhof9031

2 жыл бұрын

P

We have learned a lot about the brain, its chemistry and electricity, and the nervous system throughout the body, and we *know* we have a lot more yet to learn. We cannot honestly say we have, at this point in time, ever ruled out all possible physical/material causes. We don't know all possible causes. At this time.

I just hoped that this caller will keep watching The Atheist Experience..n do watch old episodes which are on KZread ..to understand more..

Jim said, "The most honest answer ..."I had an experience and I can't explain it..."

The actual question is “should a married couple be able to have sex because they enjoy it?”

@jdsartre9520

2 жыл бұрын

The answer is NO. Did you not watch Moral Orel?

Poor kid... From his reaction, I don't think he had had any experience with sex yet. He was way over his head, but good on him to try his best to answer the questions. It's really nice to see the really positive comments about this call. I think it's important to applaud the type of conversations that we appreciate. (Of course, the bat sh^^t crazy ones are pretty entertaining at times.)

Dear caller, good job. You were a rare example of a believer who is willing to think. As such you will continue to mature past believing stuff that makes no sense or have no stable foundation. Belief is convenient and easy. It allows a person to no longer wonder, aka no longer work. You've arrived at a conclusion, and that gives you comfort. "Knowing" over pondering. Intelligent people "know" very little, but they always try to. I realized at a young age that very few question are answered as much as they just lead to more questions. Most conclusions are tentative. Unintelligent people "know" everything, and will loudly tell you so. Belief is just a bandaid over fear, when a better method is to eliminate fear and accept that reality will not always be comfortable. At least reduce abject fear down to anxiety or discomfort. Fear is a sad thing to live with. It is like a disease of childhood. Snakes under the bed type fear. Not being afraid of reality will negate the need for convenient yet unfounded conclusions and therefore beliefs. It will allow you the freedom think. It is liberating.

@TheTruthKiwi

2 жыл бұрын

Well said Robert :)

Great mental arithmetic there Jim. Kudos to you. Not many would think up a decent question after that.

I'm curious as to why the Catholic god doesn't punish animals for having unprotected sex for the express purpose of pleasure. Furthermore, why don't any of the Abrahamic gods punish animals for engaging in homosexual acts?

Come on people in the comment section don't be so hard on the telephone caller Christian. He's young man. I was religious too when I was his age. It took me forty years to escape. Give the kid a chance.

Honest caller. Refreshing.

Well handled call Matt and Jim,caller seemed very honest,love to hear his friend on the phone with god guy,bet it wasn’t as productive,but could be wrong.

This was a great call!! Cudos to the caller for their intellectual honesty and maturity. Matt and Jim were really great too!! Hopefully, Christian got the information he needed. 👍🏽

More of this needs to happen, 2 young men taking on different perspectives together.

I’ve got the evidence you are looking for Mr. Dillahunty!!! I lost my left leg in a car accident 23 years ago and I just woke up from a nap and guess what? My leg has grown back. Suck it Matt, obviously god does exist and… oh wait, that’s my right leg. Hold on, nope left leg is still missing. Umm, well I still have my right leg, so… thank god for that I guess? Seriously though, I just found out about this show about a month ago and I’m hooked. Good work to all involved. I love it.

I love how in every single argument against contraception is that reproduction is fundamental to having sex and without that sex is worthless. Even casting aside homosexual relationships for the sake of argument, what about married couples suffering from infertility? Is their marriage any less valid because their sex cannot produce a child?

@cindys9491

Жыл бұрын

Right. Or couples after the age of reproduction.

What a refreshing exchange;

My faith seemed to have evaporated once I left it open for so long but I still crave a shot every once in a while when I'm stressed.

I shouted OH MY GOD when I had my first 3-way in the DR

Let me steelman Christians answer as to: why sex is considered sacred. The ideal answer is, because it produces life. It is the creative capacity of God, on a micro scale. Then you can begin to tackle things like.. It does not always produce life, rather it can be difficult or impossible for some ppl to do so. What about the various malfunctions which can go wrong with the creation of life? Etc.. Which eventually confronts the believer with a mind fork. Which is.. are the ppl whom cannot give birth/die during birthing, or the children whom suffer abnormalities somehow inherently disliked by God? Or does it point out a lack of evidence regarding a God's existence? God meany? Or not there? Good conversation overall guys 👍

Is this a Monty Python sketch ?

Matt does have a heart.

Why do exorcist pray in Latin? What proof is there that demons exist and they are fluent in Latin? LOL

@TheToscanaMan

2 жыл бұрын

The ones that possessed me were only fluent in pig-Latin. I finally had the three stooges do the exorcism.

@ericthemovieguy

2 жыл бұрын

Latin sounds scary

@ajclements4627

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheToscanaMan The power of Curly compelled you.

@amtlpaul

2 жыл бұрын

"Expellaramus" isn't actually Latin, I'm told

@burningmisery

2 жыл бұрын

@@ericthemovieguy Try ancient Greek, way scarier 🤣

That was a good call.

Wow Matt, you didn’t belittle the caller or lose your cool. The result was a productive conversation which likely caused the caller to at least _reexamine_ his reasons for believing. I wish that you would do more of this with callers, rather than just "blowing up" at them!

Most theists think people who claim Jedi as their religion are nuts, ironically! 😁

Notice the faithful always says....Uhmm

1 in a 100 callers is like this. They make the whole effort worth it. Also, Matt, I am OFFENDED at your ASSERTION that Harry Potter is not real. You just took the burden of proof. Prove HP is not real or apologize to the all-powerful Potter, Master of the Deathly Hallows.

@chuckybang

2 жыл бұрын

The author classified it as fiction. I think that's fairly strong proof.

@dudesayingthings

Жыл бұрын

@@chuckybang no it's not. She needs to tell people it's fiction so that voldemort doesn't capture and torture her. Silly nonbeliever.

This poor kid, whoever got hold of him and started filling his head really is messing him up. It is the out when they have no answers, "It's God".

@irrelevant_noob

Жыл бұрын

And "it's all part of the Plan" -- but we're too "fallen" to be able to comprehend it. Absolute dodge. 🤢🤮

After 3 weeks in a row house Philly 1st grade Parochial school in 1965, they kicked me out & told my poor Devout Catholic mother that I was possessed by demons, & they were going to refer us to an exorcist. This was after being kicked out of 2 previous parochial schools after only a few weeks. Figured out later in life I am high functioning autistic ("Asperger's Syndrome), so I demonstrated some oddball behavior as a 6 year old that would lead their Medieval mindset to "diagnose" demon possession, like spinning in circles, flapping my arms, talking in "tongues" (I had my own vocabulary for everyday objects & would blurt them out randomly), not being able to sit still for longer than a few min's, not being able to listen to basic orders, not responding to discipline, being disrespectful to authority despite punishment, etc, etc. So yeah, the Catholic Church was still believing in demon possession as recently as 57 years ago, at least in my experience. In all fairness, the public schools weren't much better (at least my mother didn't follow thru w/the exorcist referral lol), they labeled me an "Unrepentant Sociopath", destined for a life of crime in a biker gang, tried to put me in the short bus class, fed me ritalin w/o my parent's consent, yata yata.

Do those clouds behind Jim ever move?

God obviously is mysterious, Jim Jeffries convinced me.

Feelings + experiences + imagination = beliefs.

Demons exist , I saw the movie HELLBOY , I think that's enough evidence 🤣🤣🤣

Wow this was religion in a nutshell. The first part of this call was so open minded and real. It was every religious person finally thinking a different direction and for a split second realizing they are wrong followed by a lot of teachings and imprinting from crazy preacher men to reinforce the ideas and instill fear and doom into anyone thinking of leaving. The first 30 seconds I could feel the vulnerability but then it was a guarded fight. Hunkered down And blocking everything.

You should always investigate what you may believe from an objective perspective. Can you find real evidence outside of the bible (not from some Christian site) for the stories? Can any of it be proven?

@24:39 I love the Harry Potter analogy many apologists however are very offended when you make it ( as there are more then a few HP fans offended when you say Harry Potter isn't true😄)

@irrelevant_noob

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As they should be, you got any _proof_ that it's not true? :p

Great episode! Matt, I like the fuller beard.

Matt and Jim really have the 'patience of a saint' not to be screaming at such callers. I couldn't do it.

@TheTruthKiwi

2 жыл бұрын

With most callers I agree but this one actually listened and answered the questions so didn't deserve to be screamed at.

@VictorValiant24

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheTruthKiwi Agreed. This was quite refreshing in comparison to the multitude of disingenuous callers that frequently try to talk to Matt, Jim and the other AXP hosts.

This kid’s on his way out

Im a pro-life atheist But also pro-contraception since contraception prevents unwanted pregnancies, it means less abortions will take place I dont get why some pro-life individuals are also against contraception (I do get that its religious doctrine , but when it comes to achieving your goals, it is self defeating to oppose contraception)

@jeffreylehman1159

2 жыл бұрын

@mariolis1000 Also, most pro lifers are adamantly against welfare support for children, as well as contraception. It is really a morally corrupt position that is only concerned about fetal life, not for the woman bearing the fetus.

@mariolis

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffreylehman1159 Calling pro-life a morally corrupt position based on the other beliefs of the people who hold pro-life views is an ad hominem fallacy

@jeffreylehman1159

2 жыл бұрын

@@mariolis They only care about the life of a fetus, but care nothing about the quality of life, for the mother or the child after it is delivered, The belief is not internally consistent, and I think it is morally bankrupt. Ad hominem yhat

@jeffreylehman1159

2 жыл бұрын

@akplmn You will notice I said “most pro-lifers” . That there are (a few) exceptions doesn’t change that reality. I stand by what I said.

The demons of the gaps

It just struck me that Matt Dillahunty looks like Sean Connery!

@TheAnnietub

2 жыл бұрын

dead or alive ?