Trey is genuinely and intelligently struggling, as Matt understood. I don't think we should mock him as he tries to work out his dilemma. I get the feeling Matt recognised his younger self there.

@williamparrish2436

3 жыл бұрын

Much of the mockery comes from atheists who have never grown up with an enforced religious worldview. And frankly their atheism lacks rigor. It is a belief system, not a hard won understanding.

@royroy3

2 жыл бұрын

@@williamparrish2436 😂😂😂😂 Look I'm year late here but Wtf are you talking about? I grew up in church and witness some of the biggest hypocrites I ever seen. You don't own atheism. It's just a lack of belief in a god claim that theist make. That is it.

@MrPeterschmit

2 жыл бұрын

Perfectly said. At least you can have a conversation with people like trey. I know folks that get angry at the mere thought of the earth being older than 10,000 years old

@robwilkes3351

Жыл бұрын

Matt is great when the person he's talking to are honest and engage in genuine discourse. It's only when callers refuse to answer questions, interrupt him, and engage in fallacies without acknowledging then that he gets aggressive (not that those people don't deserve it).

So the god didn't stop him getting in an accident, it just stopped him feeling anxious about it. Riiiiiiight

@raymondstemmer2051

4 жыл бұрын

God loves to kill ! The devil stopped his accident !

@etymos6644

4 жыл бұрын

God works in assholey ways.

@MikeLawtonUK

3 жыл бұрын

....and thought he'd screw up the professional driving career of the truck driver because a college kid was anxious.

@TheTruthKiwi

3 жыл бұрын

@@MikeLawtonUK yup. The mental gymnastics theists use to rationalise their beliefs is mind boggling

A tornado was heading toward my home during a family gathering, so I got into the bath tub and prayed really hard to god. I flew through the air for what felt like an eternity, before hitting the ground. I lifted up the tub, looked around, and realized that I was still alive. Clearly, god had answered my prayers. Why he could not save my 17 family members, I will never know. Seriously, grown adults should know better.

@SamSam-xx6dv

5 жыл бұрын

Did you follow the yellow brick road?

@barriewilliams4526

5 жыл бұрын

Might have been a good idea for you to have prayed to god that the tornado missed your home altogether, idiot!

@barriewilliams4526

5 жыл бұрын

Might have been a good idea for you to have prayed to god that the tornado missed your home altogether, idiot!

@barriewilliams4526

5 жыл бұрын

Might have been a good idea for you to have prayed to god that the tornado missed your home altogether, idiot!

@willhaynes3505

4 жыл бұрын

I dare a tornado to come at me! It will get rebuked in the name of Jesus and will pass right on by me! I'd ask Jesus to let it take out my sinful neighbor. Try eating shrimp now, Jerry!

Yes, god is concerned with a college football game, but not with Yemen...

@cnault3244

5 жыл бұрын

"Yes, god is concerned with a college football game, but not with Yemen..." Well, what's the point spread on Yemen?

@Redbeardian

5 жыл бұрын

Not only that but god ignored the prayers of the opposing team and opposing players, likely a lot the whole season, because I'd wager Tebow didn't break all those records against a top performing team that season.

@maow9240

5 жыл бұрын

@Nicolas Broszky if hitler was raped, tortured , and murdered as a child would you still feel the same way?

@kentonbaird878

5 жыл бұрын

Well, of course. What would white-christian god care for non-white-American turkafricastan?

@ralfhaggstrom9862

5 жыл бұрын

Very logic ...............

Billions of actions and interactions take place each day. Millions of people have millions of thoughts each day. Sometimes there are coincidences. Theists, grow up.

@JJ-ju6ky

4 жыл бұрын

Well said!

The thing about people's personal experiences is that you can't combat it by giving them plausible explanations for the claimed phenomena. The real question is how they came to conclude that the cause was supernatural, and do they apply the same reasoning to events that don't confirm their belief.

The thing about coincidences is that we encounter thousands of situations but only notice ones that seem significant in terms of coincidence. Probability gives us coincidences.

“Fairy tales are true, not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beat.” -GK Chesterton

@ricardovonkrypton8908

5 жыл бұрын

What do Fairy tales teach us about fairies?

@tombie8763

4 жыл бұрын

That fairies exists?

@flamingsickle

4 жыл бұрын

Tombie That fairies can be beat. I think it’s generally by saying that you don’t believe in them, but I bet stepping on them is also pretty effective.

@brucebaker810

3 жыл бұрын

I thought the "but because" was going to be that they show us that men dream of (yearn for?) dragons.

So if a rapist coincidentally comes across a drunk female by herself, is God looking out for the rapist? Or is he punishing the female for being drunk? 🤔

@petyrkowalski9887

Жыл бұрын

We will never know since “god works in mysterious ways”.

I kinda like this caller, as he seems open to some critical thinking and isn't making assertions like most callers

Cute. God fixes a baseball game six ways to Sunday, ignores/ purposely conditions His realm to set up children leukemia, endless bloody wars slaughtering civilians, genocides, etc, etc, etc... What a GUY...er...God!

@kayem3824

4 жыл бұрын

The guy gets confused with all that stuff stacking up, give him a break. Then he has to count all the atoms everyday too.

I learned so much on this show. I'm going to start donating again

At first, I too was skeptical about the caller’s claims of prayer, and StRaNgE coincidences. So, I prayed for something, myself. Sure enough, I had an urge to open a Bible, and was “drawn” to a specific passage. Ezekiel 23: 20 And I only prayed for an extra 3 inches! THANKS, GOD!!! 🤘

The childish gullibility of theists is beyond belief. It makes me nauseous.

@barkYdarkATFB

5 жыл бұрын

I mostly pity them.

@alext7074

4 жыл бұрын

It's indoctrination. It's shaping a child's mind during the most crucial years of development. It is a very very hard thing to get over. Took me 32 years but it may take others a lifetime or they may not get over religion at all.

@Ploskkky

4 жыл бұрын

@Please Complete All Fields A correction then: "the normal, innately human, pattern-seeking behaviour and confirmation bias" of theists is beyond belief. It makes me nauseous. The vast majority of humanity may have bought into these totally and utterly ridiculous belief systems, but that realization only aggravates my nausea. When I observe what is going on with the religious in the US, but also in my own country, I can only feel despair, and I really do. It is such a minute part of humanity that is really responsible for our progression in the midst of rampant stone age superstitions of the worst kind, that it is almost a miracle.

@stephenkiernan8520

4 жыл бұрын

@Please Complete All Fields Most theists are 'SOOOO dumb.' What's the point in worrying about their precious feelings or delicately trying to inspire them think. If enough people ridicule their crap then they will crawl into a hole and stay there untill they die, not bothering anyone else.

@cirrusloft180

4 жыл бұрын

The childish irrationality of atheists is beyond belief. It makes my snot turn blue.

Urgh... he KNOWS they are coincidences, but pays them special attention cause they feel so special... how often did he open the bible and the first verse he read had NOTHING to do with the situation he was in and he had to keep flipping pages? How often did he drive in his car and what the radio played had NO connection with his life at that point? Even ifhe listened to a pastor sermonizing? This is pure confirmation bias clinging to a very small number of "astonishing" coincidences, but forgets that these are just the false positivies out of a zillion of cases NOT working out that way.

@lionheart7762

4 жыл бұрын

Ugly German Truths Counting the hits and ignoring the misses

I think it’s a lot more cringeworthy when people don’t admit they’re using fallacies or when they’re making excuses for what they believe. This guy is great for being honest.

I had a friend who was very keen on the 'I Ching'. As I am sure you know, when you follow the 'I Ching' you toss coins or some other method to create a hexagram of six binaries, the you look up the corresponding entry in the book. She would always be impressed by how relevant the entry in the book was to her life at that moment. Sometimes she would do the hexagram and then ask me to look it up and read it to her. I took to reading her any paragraph at random but she always said that it was great advice for her life at that moment.

@timothybrown5999

3 жыл бұрын

I love doing this to people who are obsessed with their astrological signs. When they ask me to read their horoscope I always read a completely different sign and when they point out how it’s totally them I let them know it was totally a different sign. They will always try to justify it, too. Like, “Well they are both water signs” or “Im Libra but I have Gemini rising”. Then I tell them I’m reading their real one and fake it again. It’s the same game every time lol

I believe in god, but I still watch these videos all the time because Matt is great. Very intelligent man.

@oxidize11

Жыл бұрын

Then you need to pay more attention. If you were, you wouldn't believe in god anymore.

I quite liked this caller. He doesn't object to sound rebuttals and acknowledges them. I think the comment section is a little too hard on callers who don't deserve it.

" Tim Tebow averaged 3.16 yards per carry". I have never seen statistics that brek yardage down to hundreds of a yard.

@cardboardbelt

4 жыл бұрын

and this claim is false. He averaged 5 yards a carry in that game. Also, the claim about the time per drive is wrong. If this guy fact-checked these claims he did a really poor job of it.

One time I stubbed my toe and I prayed to GOD that my toenail wouldn't turn black and fall off, it was sandals season. Well, it didn't turn black or fall off so GOD _MUST_ exist. 😜

@PRHILL9696

5 жыл бұрын

Its a miracle!

@ralfhaggstrom9862

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, I`m still alive, so god .................

@petyrkowalski9887

Жыл бұрын

Praise be to the god of toenails

I was just thinking, life is so much simpler without a god.

When I pray to God for world peace, nothing happens. What does this prove ?

@brucebaker810

3 жыл бұрын

You need a prayer buddy. It's TWO people, wishing together, that get whatever they ask for. Or maybe...this IS world peace. Compared to...

@tedgrant2

3 жыл бұрын

@@brucebaker810 So let's do it. Let you and I both pray for world peace tonight !

I've been thinking about coincidence a lot lately. I've noticed it with the music I listen to and how many songs seem like they are directly referencing specific current events. Only they aren't, most of the music I listen to is years or decades old. It's so easy to hear or read something and apply it to something else, because we interpit things the way we want.

A quickie. We all know of Orion don’t we. The stars and the nebula that make up the ‘shape’ that we call ’Orion’ are hundreds and hundreds of light years apart - they have Jack Schizer to do with each other but we pattern seeking humans put a label on their collective image. I got caught out like this with coincidence after coincidence. It led me in to the church, into preaching, teaching, jumping up and down and all the rest. But I see it now for what it was - simply me forging a link between occurrences and pinning that on an exterior entity. This was a very honest caller, and a very good response.

He possessed the ball for 31.6 seconds. what a load of bullshit

My my, it does seem most people just need a smile and sometimes a hug. We could cut the god part out and just give each other a hug every now and then

If a christian misses their flight and finds out later that the plane crashed and everyone died, that christian will go to their grave thinking god produced a miracle and saved their lives. Never once thinking why didn't god do the miracle for everyone on the plane?

People never remember all the times when nothing happened or things went the opposite of what they prayed and hoped to happen and got no help. It makes sense that people would discount the misses because they are just as common as the hits and even more so when you only count the really significant events.

I could tell you so many stories, I don’t know what is going on but there is much more going on than we can see.

@petyrkowalski9887

Жыл бұрын

All that tells me is “you dont know”…. That doesnt mean “therefore god”.

Nice tact and good feeling

This one time at band camp..... All their stories seem to go the same direction.

@Enjoymentboy

4 жыл бұрын

Let's just put it this way: if you want to see as many pregnant teenage girls in one place as you can go visit a catholic girls only high school. :)

There was a guy in ireland that used to go to all the televised GAA matches and stand behind the goals with a John 3.16 sign.

So John 3:16 .. I've laughed being a creature of patterns myself and seeing it parodied without knowing the verse. So.. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. So God loved the world? Except for when he caused a global flood killing everyone but a family of 8. Killing the first born child of every house hold whom didn't mark their doors in sacrificial blood. Viewing women as commodities, endorcing slavery.. That homosexuals should be stoned to death? Your book not mine. When I was a devout christian.. I was always under the impression that God was my father and I his child.. As many times it's referred to him or Jesus saying that I was. Turns out Jesus is his one and only son. Not only have i lost my faith but it turns out i was adopted. I can't even accept that the crucifixion was a sacrifice.. 3 days later and you're the right hand man of the person controlling the universe for eternity? I need to find a place better than KZread comments though. If anyone has any suggestions?

@cnault3244

5 жыл бұрын

". So God loved the world? Except for when he..." Well, obviously god is the ultimate wife-beater. god: "I love you! Why are you making me hurt you? This is YOUR fault". god is also the ultimate mob extortionist.... god: "nice soul ya got there... be a shame of sumthin' happened to it... here's what ya gotta do, then you will be rewarded after you die. trust me"

The Rev. Charles E. Booth, a celebrated Ohio pastor and civil rights activist who preached the power of prayer, died Saturday after a protracted battle with cancer. He was 72.

@richdandanell2911

5 жыл бұрын

I guess prayer can't beat cancer . Million can attest to that , if they weren't so gullible and unwilling to admit it .

I just tried to Google John 3:16, and the page wouldn't load. Looks like I won't be setting any records today. Gawd must truly work in mysterious ways.

People just don't like or trust coincidences. They have a tendency to look for meaning and patterns where they don't inherently exist.

@RFWalsh81

2 жыл бұрын

Detective buttfart says he don't believe in coincidences . The butler did it with a knife in the library! evidentiary coincidental clues verifies this proof of murder Detective buttfart concludes ....keep digging Watson!

Trey is hilarious

God is good my football Doritos mtn dew dinner is ready now we pray thank you John Madden

Tim Tebow has been writing that stupid 3:16 shit since college lmao.

What if coincedences is just how the universe works? Maybe we will find out the physics of why pattern recognition seems so profound.

@Belikel

5 жыл бұрын

Causalities, not coincidences.

@PelycheeaceRA

5 жыл бұрын

pattern recognition is how the human brain works. pattern recognition is learning.

@UngoogleableMan

5 жыл бұрын

It is and we have. Its a phenomenon known as pareidolia. It seems profound because thats how our brains evolved. If you were a caveman ancestor and your going through the woods and you see something that LOOKS like a lion, it is far better for ypur survival for your brain to tell you "thats a lion, run" and be wrong than for your brain to tell you "well we dont have enough evidence that its a lion. Let gather more data" because the people whos brains did not give them a false positive of the fight or flight response were more likely to get eaten by an actual lion. This shit is already well understood lol.

On top of the comment Matt made regarding the cryptic quality of this coincidence and supposed message from god, then other people who didn't have this experience are left with the dilemma of believing and being inspired by the story or being skeptical. Also I have an example of what I experienced as a seemingly impossible coincidence, but yet it did occur. There's no religious context or life changing results. Just a weird, kind of funny thing that demonstrates that on any day with all the billions of interactions taking place, somewhere things will converge randomly with strange results... I was on an important phone call in the house and my sons were wrestling and goofing off like kids do. The TV was on also. I was having trouble hearing, so I very emphatically mouthed the words to my kids " I'M ON THE PHONE" and at the exact moment whoever was talking on TV said the same thing and it matched perfectly with my mouth. My sons eyes got as big as saucers as they looked back and forth between each other, me and the TV and they started laughing even louder. :-) Can you even calculate the statistical probability of something like that? Again, this had no great affect on my life other than to remind me whenever I'm tempted to assign agency to some strange event that wild coincidences can and do occur every day.

Is it enough to say "I don't frigging know"?

Matt should've addressed this as a case of apophenia, which is the tendency to mistakenly perceive connections and meaning between unrelated things.

People just can’t understand that we humans are just really smart animals, and we’re all going to die. We as a species can’t seem to comprehend that reality.

another victim of religion

MATT YOU HAVE BEEN OWNED BY THIS CALLER! Tim Tebow did perform a miracle that Sunday against Pittsburgh cus he sucked!. Signed, still bitter & embarrassed Steeler Fan.

Coincidences happen all the time I turn on songs that remind me of what's going on that day or breakups or if I break up with a girl I end up turning on a movie where the main character or one of the supporting characters names is that of my ex-girlfriend. Does that mean cupid is real? I'm putting a link for people to check out. Bruce Bochy is a major league baseball manager and at the time of this coincidence, had been managing from 1995 to 2019. His record at the time of this article at the time of this coincidence, had been managing from 1995 to 2019. His record at the time of this article was 1995 wins and 2019 losses. That has nothing to do with God whatsoever. But statistics like that, happen sometimes. Especially in sports because you have to look at the same amount of people Who have played a sport over the years and the ridiculous amount of Statistics that you can pull up. Baseball statistics especially are crazy sometimes. But that has nothing to do with God. You can find coincidences like that in all walks of life for every religion, that's why people believe in their horoscopes so much. Because you can look and find things that match up. That's what our brain does. That's the reason we receive shapes in the clouds and constellations. Coincidence can be crazy But to think that you can use it as evidence for a God is really a stretch. Because for every God and every religion and every person who doesn't have religion, at some time they will also have crazy coincidences and it can't prove everything. Especially when it proves nothing. During the area 51 raid I was seeing the number 51 constantly. Independence day came on twice. Does that mean aliens are real? Just the other day I was typing a message to my friend and on the TV they said the word that I happened to be typing at that exact moment. It just happens. And it may be weird, but it can't be used as evidence FOR ANYTHING.

I get help directly; but where it comes from I can’t say.

Post Traumatic Calm Syndrome and a chain of coincidences leads them to believe that the thing behind the thing which they know nothing about has an atribute of care and it's the specific god from a specific version of a specific denomination of a specific religion. I'm still not convinced. The plural of anecdote is not evidence.

There are theists, there are athiests, there are diests, and there are Trey(Theist)

So someone lives for a few decades. Once or twice during those decades a really amazing coincidence happens. Given all the stuff that happens to a person over a few decades I would suspect some really amazing coincidences to be expected. But what about all the gazillions and gazillions of times when something amazing like this didn't happen. Do we count those in our data set or just ignore them because nothing special stands out?

Seems like a genuinely nice, honest, and reasonable guy. I'd be surprised if he doesn't wind up an atheist. The Tim Tebow reference is pretty weak. It was very typical for him to write a Bible verse on his eye black. Not to mention 3.16 yards per carry is nothing to brag about. Lol

The simulation makes the most sense.

If Trey thinks god is the thing behind the thing behind the thing then god must have been created by the thing behind the thing behind the thing behind the thing behind the thing ?

1:07 It's called a concept

Coincidences are one reason I have that confirms to me atheism is likely valid. Once I decided to start noticing coincidences, I am and was surprised by how many I saw. Some made no sense, but occasionally they seem like something is behind them, and I could see how somebody could believe a miracle that is merely a coincidence.

A hurricane just missed us and a Christian said God sparred us. What about all the places that didn't do well? Why would we be saved over the ones who got wiped out?

2 Peter 2, 17-18: A sign will be bestowed upon the masses, a handsome godly man, all darned in blue, will successfully hurl an object to the cheers of the many and to the glory of the true god. Glory be to Jehovah who assisted thy chosen clumsy tosser the omnipotent power to prevail, this one time, bringing such delight to the surrounding commons that peered upon it.

Funny that the caller failed to mention (probably doesn't know) that Tebow actually started with Philippians 4:13, written under his eyes. He did that for several games. Nothing weird happened. But, he changes it to John 3:16 and then God interceded? SMFH

The invisible man would rather Tim Tebow have a great game than stop children from starving to death for just one day.

Why would this god help him and not another person who was suffering and struggling?

I notice clocks when its 3:33 4:44 5:55 ! It's like every time i check the time it's 3 numbers all the same ! It's GOD almighty !

I am always so tempted to call into the show as a Muslim, name of Shithead ("it's pronounced Sha-theed!") 😂😂😂😂

I know I'm late to this party but perhaps those who come along after me will find this interesting. Trey is fascinated by coincidences but appears to not understand what they are. A coincidence is a concurrence of events without apparent causal connection. And until there is convincing evidence to prove up that 'causal connection' it remains merely a coincidence. As far as Tim Tebow's 3:16 game, Trey was about 50% correct in his assertions. Here is what he got right: (1) Tebow did set several records for a performance in a playoff game (2) He did pass for 316 yards (3) There were a couple of other connections to '3:16' [More on that later.] Here Is what he got wrong: (1) I could find no evidence that he wrote "3:16" on his eye black. Almost positive that would be a violation of NFL's uniform policy. He did write that during one/some college games. (2) He/Broncos did not average 31.6 seconds of possession time. There is nothing that corresponds to 31.6 seconds of time in any of the stats from that game. (3) He/Broncos did not average 3.16 yards per rush. Tebow was credited with 5 rushes for 50 yards (not bad!) The other COINCIDENTAL references to 3:16 are: (1) According to John Ourand of Sports Business Journal the 4th quarter television ratings were 31.6. (2) Tebow averaged 31.6 yards per completion (which is really impressive until you realize he only completed 10 out of 21 passes.) My favorite stat that some like to reference is the total possession time of 31:06. Two things, '31:06' and '3:16' are two completely different numbers so this is in no way a coincidence and it was the STEELERS who possessed the ball for 31 minutes 6 seconds. Talk about trying to see a pattern where none exists.

What if he wrote John 3:16 and believed it so much that he went out and tried 5x harder than he usually does.

Could you explain the book of "Job"?

@brucebaker810

3 жыл бұрын

Who you talking to? No one in ACA monitors the thousands of posts on their dozens of videos weekly. Matt may have addressed Job on his Atheist Debates channel.

@lobintool

3 жыл бұрын

@@brucebaker810 : What is "ACA"?

@brucebaker810

3 жыл бұрын

@@lobintool Atheist Community of Austin. The group that makes this show.

@lobintool

3 жыл бұрын

@@brucebaker810: ok, thanks.

Treytheist

@vsgamingandatheism5017

5 жыл бұрын

We are all treytheist lol

Its a huge fing con, they are told to pray & then look at the bible and anything they look at will feel like its an answer, if they are in that mindset

All powerful god sends a bible verse to help w anxiety? Why didn't god help before the guy locked himself in closet?? Right.

so emotion you feel gods real, so is emotion a reliable path to truth, is coincidance a path to truth,

This call is a classic example of how much bullshit an individual will believe in order to justify their delusion that “magical sky daddies” exist!

God is a small furry thing on the dashboard of my car...

The god of confirmation bias...

Sorry, all I got was pearl jam got anxious and did a 360 on the interstate.

If god was real and cared about you, it wouldn't be up to you to think of him in a moment of weakness, it's up to god, and if he were real, He'd at least send you a text!

What's with all the Christian advertisements on this Atheists channel?

@Ugly_German_Truths

5 жыл бұрын

The Channels can tag their uploads with keywords so the search algorhythm finds them easier. Christians pay a lot of money to advertise on any video tagged atheism and similar things to try and "save the lost souls"... or gain more paying sheep in their flocks. Depends on how cynical you already are :D

@daveyjones9930

5 жыл бұрын

Feno. Sounds reasonable. Christian money is as good as anyone's, I 'spose....for now, anyway! If no one has thanked them for their ads, I'll do so. THANK YOU for your support, guys/gals!! Your money is going for a good cause!

@Ugly_German_Truths

5 жыл бұрын

Oh I have already said in several posts tha tit is nice of "Prager U", Eric Hovind's little shop of horrors or AiG to sponsor so many atheist channels with their hard scammed cash ;-) Same for believers, YEC or FE always voting videos down... which for the channel doesn't make a difference as KZread only measures the "interaction" of a video not if it is popular or not! So downthumbing means the video gets pushed up in the algorhythms, gets paid more and will be easier to find with any search touching on its subjects. Those folks should also be thanked. especially the trolls with 100 sock accounts thumbing down a single video a LOT of times :D

@daveyjones9930

5 жыл бұрын

Feno. "Scammed cash"? LOL!! If all the scams were to stop immediately, the whole US economy would crash. The largest scams of all are the US Social Security, Income Tax and the Oil and Gas scams. Religions are scams, to be sure, but are miniscule compared to the dollar value scams of the Big Boys!

@johnlopperman2161

5 жыл бұрын

Davey Contrary to religions, you pay for what you get. Your "largest scams of all" are those supporting and serving you and the community/society you live in and rely on. A greater value will be dominance of renewable none-polluting, non-poisionous energy sources but we're not quite there yet.

I notice clocks when its 3:33 4:44 5:55 ! It's like every time i check the time it's 3 numbers all the same ! It's GOD almighty ! I don't check the time often and this happens when I haven't checked the time in hours ! What if I go to heaven and God says " I tried to get your attention " !

@brucebaker810

3 жыл бұрын

It might be an OGD thing.

Theists never seem to realize how ridiculously hard they have to look to find something, anything, to prove God existence. Are you serious? Tim Tebow put John 3:16 and God compelled him to have a good game? That Florida Gators team that Tim Tebow was on crushed almost everybody they played. They won the National Championship! So if he had a good game and didn't have something written on his eye black, what then? The caller is also implying that God wanted Tebows opponent to lose! Really?

Who knows all the answers...I don't!

What kind of god would be so cryptic? A non existent one.

The caller sounds a little like me in the couple of years before I became an atheist. I suspect he's reading/listening to Rob Bell (the "thing behind the thing behind the thing" is a total Rob Bellism) which is no bad thing in terms of the kind of Christian he'll be if he retains his faith. It's definitely at the liberal, loving and equality-affirming end of Christianity. Through Rob Bell is a proponent of the woo woo that I eventually came to regard as just as ridiculous as every other religious claim.

Every “personal experience” (anecdote) I have ever heard from theists amounts to confirmation bias. “I prayed for a sign… and guess what, a bird sang or a book fell open at a meaningful page, or a radio station played this thing….” ….bla bla bla….

If Tim had A lucky rabbits foot in his pocket he would need all his stats to equal a lucky rabbits foot.... what the fuck kind of question is that ?

Christians seriously, don´t you think if there would be a god and he would like to tell you something, that he would just do it? Not make you interpret strange ancient text.

It might not be God but it still happens.

God has strange pupils!

@brucebaker810

3 жыл бұрын

Well He's a strange teacher.

This guy at least seems open to other possibilities.

Essentially, life has no 'meaning' Now what?

@barkYdarkATFB

5 жыл бұрын

Get busy dying, or get busy living. Your call.

@barkYdarkATFB

4 жыл бұрын

@Anne Hatter while it is certainly beneficial that we care for each other, essentially it is not our “purpose”.

@barkYdarkATFB

4 жыл бұрын

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@ricardovonkrypton8908

4 жыл бұрын

The meaning in my life comes from my struggles and achievements, from the things I enjoy, and from my family and friends. No magic required.

High quality LSD ! ........................

So God knows google search or google search is god.

I like this show but I don’t have Matt’s patience to listen to stupidity.

This is what happens when you take Diazepam intravenous ....................

When I throw a die (singular of dice), I always like getting a six. Sometimes, indeed, I actually get a six. This can't be a coincidence ! Therefore God occasionally (about one in six), gives me what I want. Thank you God for the occasions when I get a six.

So, you want us to watch a video of your reaction to something you can't have a reaction to because your afraid of losing followers. Got it.

These stories make you happy? What about a girlfriend? Just don't try the stories on a girl, she'd think you are weak and boring. You'd be left girlfriendless like Jesus.

Tim Tebow was kicked out of the NFL he was SO bad! If god is on his side why is he not Tom Brady??

YES. that is the point, you read the Bible, and God will bring it to your mind. It's one of the ways he communicates with us. Why write a book for humanity... if you don't want to convey your thoughts and wishes through it? LOL the random verse he clicked SAID: " And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee." 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 ESV This literally JUST explained what i had just typed to you! That he communicates in our hearts! (im typing my response as i watch. pausing to address issues) "Hearts and Minds" synonomous phrase...

@ricardovonkrypton8908

5 жыл бұрын

I read the Bible, and found it to be a book of old stories about magic. It is bronze-age, middle-eastern mythology. Then people tell me they believe it's real and I have no idea why. I ask for evidence and they don't have any. I ask them to demonstrate their god and they can't. I don't accept the Bible for the same reasons I don't accept Greek or Norse mythology.

I feel god is real cause of feel good coincidences... but I’m not going to question gods existence when bad things happen.

Even if there is no cosmic consciousness behind them, that doesn't make the things in life less meaningful.