Does God Make Sense? | Episode 101 | Closer To Truth

How can you know whether God really exists, if you do not know what God really is? Diverse religions have diverse views and surprise is in store. Featuring interviews with Richard Swinburne, Alvin Plantinga, Daniel Dennett, Seyyed Nasr, Varadaraja Raman, Huston Smith, and Michael Shermer.
Season 1, Episode 1 - #CloserToTruth
Archive episode. First aired on Aug 29, 2008
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Closer To Truth host Robert Lawrence Kuhn takes viewers on an intriguing global journey into cutting-edge labs, magnificent libraries, hidden gardens, and revered sanctuaries in order to discover state-of-the-art ideas and make them real and relevant.
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Closer to Truth presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.

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  • @mrmainlobster
    @mrmainlobster2 жыл бұрын

    If I didn't have the auto read function I wouldn't have been able to follow as the music was too loud. This has never been a problem I've had with your other shows.

  • @barbossa70

    @barbossa70

    2 жыл бұрын

    wow real world problems..

  • @BuddyLee23

    @BuddyLee23

    2 жыл бұрын

    The overwhelming music is supposed to be a symbolic representation of God, and the juxtaposition between the music and his comparatively quiet voice is supposed to be a deep enigma for you to ponder on…

  • @patmat.

    @patmat.

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah same, I stopped watching halfway through

  • @Jemawin

    @Jemawin

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was bothered too.

  • @Mr.aAdDies

    @Mr.aAdDies

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's a problem with editing or a lack thereof

  • @MohdSyahmir
    @MohdSyahmir2 жыл бұрын

    Great episode. However, I really hope this episode will be re-uploaded with the audio issue solved.

  • @laszlobeke7908

    @laszlobeke7908

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that... thank you

  • @dennisrydgren

    @dennisrydgren

    2 жыл бұрын

    I love the audio issue. It captures religion quite well: mumbling accompanied by a sad piano tune.

  • @jasonmartin105

    @jasonmartin105

    Жыл бұрын

    Loved the episode, but please fix the sound

  • @phoneskill78

    @phoneskill78

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dennisrydgren 🤣🤣🤣

  • @SamoaVsEverybody814

    @SamoaVsEverybody814

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@dennisrydgrenHahaha I'm screaming😂😂😂

  • @CB-ug6xh
    @CB-ug6xh2 жыл бұрын

    I honestly thought there was nobody that had the same thoughts as me regarding these topics. Everyone seems to care less about these types of questions and looks at me strangely when I bring up the origin of life, philosophy, consciousness, and so on. I'm so glad I found this channel, I can't stop watching the videos. Thank You!

  • @NQuiz52

    @NQuiz52

    2 жыл бұрын

    I share your sentiment

  • @timm6175

    @timm6175

    Жыл бұрын

    Same. Clubhouse app is a great place to have these convos as well.

  • @gooddaysahead1

    @gooddaysahead1

    5 ай бұрын

    We are here and we feel the same way you do.

  • @ameralbadry6825
    @ameralbadry68259 ай бұрын

    Can’t sleep without watching an episode. The smartest scientist ever. Thanks Mr. Kuhn

  • @nicholasforbes1206

    @nicholasforbes1206

    5 ай бұрын

    I can't sleep after watching an episode

  • @jdnlaw1974
    @jdnlaw19742 жыл бұрын

    “Nobody has seen a thought, no body has seen a feeling…” Because like god, they’re all only in our minds.

  • @SupraBlack-dp4zz
    @SupraBlack-dp4zz2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome channel! Been a sub for about a year. I will say the sound levels are off on this though.

  • @kipponi

    @kipponi

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me too I like this channel idea.

  • @mygamecomputer1691

    @mygamecomputer1691

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks I was just about to add this, the voice volume was crazy low compared to the music

  • @MadderMel

    @MadderMel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes it was !

  • @CosmicHippopotamus
    @CosmicHippopotamus2 жыл бұрын

    Reupload this with the sound fixed, please.

  • @DrMustacho
    @DrMustacho2 жыл бұрын

    Might be sometgibg on my end but the music is significantly louder than the voice over

  • @stepheneurosailor1623

    @stepheneurosailor1623

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same here

  • @russellbelding3355
    @russellbelding33552 жыл бұрын

    The date of this episode is not Dec 30, 2021. It may have been republished on this date. Please CTT, at least publish the original date.

  • @hershchat
    @hershchat2 жыл бұрын

    Can you kindly make audio levels uniform? Can’t hear anything in the beginning, and then rush to turn the volume down. Then, when the interview starts, the volume drops a bit again.

  • @easton3149
    @easton3149 Жыл бұрын

    Why is the audio narrative so quiet compared to the rest of the program?

  • @scottymeffz5025
    @scottymeffz50252 жыл бұрын

    Make sense? Clearly not - at least none of the gods we have come up with so far.

  • @TheAlf411
    @TheAlf4112 жыл бұрын

    Bro if we define God as omni (aka infinite), then to understand God is to understand infinite. Since infinite is beyond knowledge and understanding, then you'll never understand God cuz you defined him in a way that is beyond understanding

  • @vakasm8227

    @vakasm8227

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thankyou my thoughts exactly, it seems when it comes to science he is happy to accept infinite as a definition for various aspects ie space etc but when it comes to God its not understandable or acceptable.

  • @ryanbates362

    @ryanbates362

    5 ай бұрын

    I suppose one could reply to that by asking, why would someone be happy to accept that there's a giant, invisible man in the sky who lives forever and created everything?

  • @antediluviancatharsis6796
    @antediluviancatharsis67962 жыл бұрын

    A fine refresh. The sound lives in this one.

  • @budro5780
    @budro57802 жыл бұрын

    I love your passionate uncertainty. I struggle mightily with people who have passionate certainty in a very limited, very definable, rule making god. I believe in a god of love who is surrounded by mystery. A god that can be experienced but only partially comprehended. Thank you for this show, I truly love it with a passion.

  • @thebxsavage
    @thebxsavage2 жыл бұрын

    Some audio issues in the first minute of the video, but still excellent content as always

  • @andrewmoonbeam321

    @andrewmoonbeam321

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's as God wanted.

  • @Kay-t-lynn
    @Kay-t-lynn2 жыл бұрын

    Just amazing, thank you very much for this content.

  • @bluelotus542
    @bluelotus5422 жыл бұрын

    As long as we are stuck in matter God remains a mental concoction.

  • @Tzimiskes3506

    @Tzimiskes3506

    2 жыл бұрын

    Now your making category errors...

  • @MrMattSax
    @MrMattSax12 күн бұрын

    Mixing engineer: “let’s make sure we bury the dialog under the music, since that’s clearly the most important aspect of this documentary”

  • @pdworld3421
    @pdworld34212 жыл бұрын

    One of the best arguments for God is that some people say we don't need him. This is just like it says in the bible.

  • @tenaciosloo
    @tenaciosloo2 жыл бұрын

    Love this channel, but your music is so loud sometimes you cannot hear you talking.

  • @gdavis9296
    @gdavis92962 жыл бұрын

    What music is used in this episode. That microtonal piano one was nice

  • @kylebush8666
    @kylebush8666 Жыл бұрын

    My guy just whispering through B roll is something else.

  • @28reinvent
    @28reinvent2 жыл бұрын

    The sound on this video needs to be adjusted. Music is too loud and no balance between background and foreground sounds.

  • @dt6653
    @dt66532 жыл бұрын

    This channel is food for my brain, but it is always hungry because there are no definitive answers, just educated guesses and speculations.

  • @28reinvent
    @28reinvent2 жыл бұрын

    This is such an important episode. The sound should be adjusted so that people can here what it says.

  • @CA-tb6uq
    @CA-tb6uq Жыл бұрын

    2 Timothy 3 : 7 Ever learning and never able to.come to a knowledge of the truth. The Bible is so real about the human condition.

  • @soubhikmukherjee6871
    @soubhikmukherjee68712 жыл бұрын

    Fix the audio Robert.

  • @natedaug1
    @natedaug12 жыл бұрын

    Why is the sound so messed up? :(

  • @ianquirke
    @ianquirke2 жыл бұрын

    No one else like you, thank you

  • @adrianeyre3630
    @adrianeyre36302 жыл бұрын

    Cmon I can’t even hear you and this is one of the most important videos you’ve ever done. I don’t want to here anything but your voice

  • @SophiliaLarkWoodbury
    @SophiliaLarkWoodbury2 жыл бұрын

    Damn, did anybody bother to check the audio-music synchronization before uploading? I couldn't watch past 1:31.

  • @somebody401
    @somebody4012 жыл бұрын

    The music was so loud sometimes that I couldn't understand.

  • @innocentheart1031
    @innocentheart10312 жыл бұрын

    I tried my best to squeeze my ears to distinguish the meaning of what you say because the music covers your voice. I really appreciat these informative clips and appreciat the efforts spent to produce them!

  • @Anna_Fortunka
    @Anna_Fortunka2 жыл бұрын

    as a doubtful Christian, I really enjoyed the Islamic and Hinduist takes on the nature of God

  • @dennisrydgren
    @dennisrydgren2 жыл бұрын

    God is whatever criteria and has whatever properties he needs not to be disproved. Got it.

  • @nfazal4065
    @nfazal40652 жыл бұрын

    Your persistent inquiry about god reminds me,poet of the sub-continent lndia lqbal: اسی کشمکش میں گزری میری زندگی کی راتیں کبھی سوز ساز رومی کبھی پیچ و تاب رازی۔ I spent all nights of my life in a tizzy Contemplating sometimes Rumi and sometimes grappling with Averros. Prof.Dr Nasir Fazal Cambridge USA 🇺🇸 ♥

  • @davidcasagrande267
    @davidcasagrande2672 жыл бұрын

    Thousands of years ago we had 20 gods. And now that we have science and universities we cut it down to only 1 god . Don't you see , 1 God is just as ridiculous as 20 gods . Would God put us in a place where everything has to eat each other to stay alive !!! I don't think so !!!!

  • @ramaraksha01

    @ramaraksha01

    2 жыл бұрын

    And this one God acts suspiciously like a King/Dictator - a Putin, a Saddam - believe in me, support me & I will reward you with Heaven or else brutalized in Hell! Morals, values who we are as people does not matter! Amazing isn't it? The very same highly educated people who call Putin evil and his supporters pure scum now become the same willing Scum themselves!

  • @0-by-1_Publishing_LLC

    @0-by-1_Publishing_LLC

    2 жыл бұрын

    *"Thousands of years ago we had 20 gods. And now that we have science and universities we cut it down to only 1 god . Don't you see , 1 God is just as ridiculous as 20 gods "* ... What happens when you apply your same thinking to Science's curious theories regarding the origin of the universe? Science once proposed that the Earth was the center of the universe, then it was the sun, then it was an infinite, always-existing universe (steady state), and now it's evolved into various multiverse, multidimensional strings, and simulation theories. ... Are 20 universes just as ridiculous as 1 universe?

  • @ramaraksha01

    @ramaraksha01

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@0-by-1_Publishing_LLC Yes that is how Science works - by searching for knowledge and replacing old ideas with the new People used to draw blood from sick people in the old days thinking that would make them better, we don't do that now Fairy tales on the other hand, will remain unchanged - Cinderella will still be losing her shoe in the year 3000

  • @0-by-1_Publishing_LLC

    @0-by-1_Publishing_LLC

    2 жыл бұрын

    ​@@ramaraksha01 *"Yes that is how Science works - by searching for knowledge and replacing old ideas with the new"* ... So, we are both in agreement that science comes up with just as many ridiculous concepts as religion. Progress has been made! *"Fairy tales on the other hand, will remain unchanged - Cinderella will still be losing her shoe in the year 3000."* ... Not a good analogy. Christianity represents an extremely wide-spread and controversial departure from the "original" Hebrew religion. Modern-day Jews will still be looking for their savior in the year 3000 whereas the Christians believe he has already arrived.

  • @ramaraksha01

    @ramaraksha01

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Dylan Martinelli These are Master/Slave religions - primitive people lived under Kings/Dictators and they envisioned a God who would be like them You can easily spot a King/Dictator - Heaven is God's KINGDOM, God sits on his throne in the Heavens, Jesus is his prince. They must get down on their knees, swear loyalty(belief) & obedience to the Master and only to this master, beg for mercy and hope for a reward(Heaven) And what will these people be doing in Heaven? Why, they will be farming, of course! These were not stupid people, that was the life they had and those were the Gods they came up with The amazing stupidity is today's believers - blindly following these primitive ideas of God! Fools groveling to long dead-kings, Dictators People living in free societies and their Gods are Putins, Saddams, Stalins! Just crazy & actually very frightening how easily even the best of minds can be brainwashed

  • @alanw505
    @alanw5052 жыл бұрын

    The concept of an all powerful creator Deity blaming its creations for things it knew would happen before it set everything into motion is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. But the clincher for why this concept is 100% B.S. gets revealed when we find out that all non believers are burnt alive for all eternity. I'm calling bullshit on this.

  • @jamesruscheinski8602
    @jamesruscheinski86022 жыл бұрын

    Audio not too good on this video as far as hearing the speaker

  • @michaelberry2034
    @michaelberry20342 жыл бұрын

    Sound needs fixed so one can follow the argument.

  • @danf7568
    @danf75682 жыл бұрын

    Reality has affected mystical beliefs as knowledge evolves in the dynamics of biology and other physical sciences.

  • @brouquier7172
    @brouquier71722 жыл бұрын

    The audio mix is way off! The 'background' music is actually in the foreground and the voices can hardly be heard. Please fix that and re-upload the video!

  • @bollywoodmovies3445
    @bollywoodmovies34452 жыл бұрын

    22:13 thought is the outcome of matter U can't see the thought but the thought is only there because of some sensory experience, hence u can see a thought too

  • @gerardrodriguez1297
    @gerardrodriguez12972 жыл бұрын

    Robert, at the end of this program you indicated that "for now," "passionate uncertainty is closer to truth." I'm glad you're willing to keep looking. I'm just surprised that something as "immaterial" as truth is sought amongst those who halo only the material. To begin to grasp something "immaterial" like truth, one must be willing to set aside the material and consider the supernatural, the spiritual - and some of these perspectives you sought out. I would continue in that direction. Here's a couple that have taken a similar scientific approach as the one your on; Dr. Stephen Meyer and Dr. John Lennox. I wish you success in your search. You're likely to be quite amazed at what you find.

  • @sandraseldon6734
    @sandraseldon67342 жыл бұрын

    The audio is ruined by the music which is too loud.

  • @Robinson8491
    @Robinson84912 жыл бұрын

    My current view/experience of the world on these matters is that of a materialist dualist, where the only room for God is left in the holy spirit, also known as the mind. So if God were to ever intervene somehow, it would be in a thought or in the mind. It's the last harbor for him left (as I can see)

  • @danhtran6401

    @danhtran6401

    2 жыл бұрын

    God spoke to many, Moses, Abraham, Noah, Jesus, and they all did great things. They all had evidence of God, otherwise, they couldn't have carried out their tasks. God appeared to Moses as a burning bush. I'm sure if you were to see a burning bush talking to you, you would understand what God is capable of.

  • @EB-qi3mx

    @EB-qi3mx

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@danhtran6401 - so it is written…by man. That doesn’t make any of it factual. Mose’s group took HOW LONG to get from Egypt to the promised land? Doubtful…

  • @danhtran6401

    @danhtran6401

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@EB-qi3mx science books are written by man too. The Muslims believe the Torah is God's divine words. God does wonders through his chosen prophets. Jesus couldn't have done what he did without God. God led the animals to Noah's ark. He doesn't control humans as He has given us free will, and those who chooses God will die knowing death will only free our souls. Our bodies are his Holy Temple, He exists in all of us if we are cleansed. He not only exists in our consciousness but will call upon us and provide us with ample evidence when he needs our expertise, our vision, and our strength.

  • @EB-qi3mx

    @EB-qi3mx

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@danhtran6401 - that makes no sense. Why would an omnipotent being need anything from us?

  • @danhtran6401

    @danhtran6401

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@EB-qi3mx He doesn't need anything from us. He gave us this universe freely. It's like your children telling you, why do our parents need us?... They don't, but they would like it if you had kissed them. Your kids may ask you for money to buy you a present and you will think that's a wonderful idea right?.... God is the same, He loves his children, and even though we can't give him anything, He gave us this whole universe to make something out of it and give it back.

  • @makhalid1999
    @makhalid19992 жыл бұрын

    The one that started it all

  • @yaboykris2118
    @yaboykris21182 жыл бұрын

    I believe that “god” is the nature of the universe. Quantum mechanics, physics, consciousness, the beginning of time….that is god to me. I’m not a religious person at all. But, the unexplainable is what god is to me. All religions worship the same “god” who is not a person, and does not care what happens, if “does not care” even means anything. Edit: But I respect what people believe. If you worship god/gods, whatever you believe In, that’s your thing. Not mine. And I will never try to convince you other wise. I respect that. Just voicing my opinion.

  • @jimliu2560

    @jimliu2560

    2 жыл бұрын

    If that is so, if god is nature/reality and Not a conscious, interfering entity,....what is the point of worshipping god? ....Isn’t that like worshipping the earth, Friday’s or the void of Space.

  • @ericjohnson6665

    @ericjohnson6665

    2 жыл бұрын

    Interesting approach. I agree that God is a lot more than a person. That the laws of science are also from God. You mention "consciousness" as being a part of your understanding of God. This implies that God is conscious, and that we in turn receive our consciousness from this same being as well. One would also suppose that a conscious being does care. Otherwise, what's the point of creating?

  • @jimliu2560

    @jimliu2560

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ericjohnson6665 It is possible to create...and Not care.

  • @kevconn441

    @kevconn441

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jimliu2560 No it's not. Humans do it all the time.

  • @jimliu2560

    @jimliu2560

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kevconn441 Care or not care.? I’m sure humans create and don’t care all the time.....Need I give examples? Also “Care” is Not a Yes/No state....it is a Gradient..... One can care a lot OR care so little that for all intents and purposes is zero.. Also, the amount of caring decreases with number ( exp. having one child vs 12 twins)....... ...God who creates infinity has zero caring ( for each of his creation)..... ....that is why God is hidden.... ....that is why No one can Reconcile: God; Human Rights; Climate Change; Suffering; and Scarcity...!!

  • @TheSergius80
    @TheSergius802 жыл бұрын

    You are the God, bringing material universe into existence by your awareness…

  • @roncaldwell699
    @roncaldwell6992 жыл бұрын

    The belief in God rests on the believer expecting something in return for his/her belief. This can take any number of directions, Heaven or Hell, Peace of Mind etc. Belief also has a component of Culture since it has been part of known human culture for several thousand years, so it has become in grained.

  • @foorwq7816
    @foorwq78162 жыл бұрын

    kindly make audio level corrections....

  • @treasurepoem
    @treasurepoem2 жыл бұрын

    I hope that you don't use any more louder than speech music in your future videos.

  • @jffryh
    @jffryh2 жыл бұрын

    i'm finding the audio to be sketchy in sections

  • @Skymt
    @Skymt2 жыл бұрын

    You guys really need to check the relative volume of your narrator and background!

  • @jerryfoust3860
    @jerryfoust3860 Жыл бұрын

    I suggest you consider the fiduciary program of knowing proposed by Michael Polanyi in his Personal Knowledge.

  • @dailyenzo2735
    @dailyenzo27352 жыл бұрын

    Music is too loud in some parts

  • @FAAMS1
    @FAAMS12 жыл бұрын

    I am perfectly fine with Spinoza's mindless God and "Ultimism" as "mind" is a phenomena not a Noumena... The problem is that most people don't like such an abstraction of God...one cannot like what one doesn't understand... One cannot fight people's dislikes with any kind of Rationality!

  • @clarkharney8805
    @clarkharney88052 жыл бұрын

    I love your question ; “how can I know God if I don’t understand God?” I’m a Christian and I still have hard doubts in my search for Veritas. Your channel has reminded me of my own pursuit of truth about consciousness , our planet, and our Cosmos. Thank you ! May the christ reward you abundantly with spiritual life.

  • @johnkepa2240

    @johnkepa2240

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm a born again Christian. However I left the man written Bible behind. And began my personal spiritual journey of the creator and haven't looked back the Bible consistently contradicts it self. If God wrote the Bible no mistakes would be made and all universal knowledge would be known. But the creator wants humans to use our brains. Science and religion can work in unison. The creators basic building blocks are Scientifically called particles once you understand this. It opens up a new universal knowledge of consciousness.

  • @scottymeffz5025

    @scottymeffz5025

    2 жыл бұрын

    Follow those doubts my friend, your brain knows better.

  • @clarkharney8805

    @clarkharney8805

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@scottymeffz5025 rightly said indeed. curiousness, speculation, and doubts are necessary in order to formulate questions in order to get one to think. I love to study the brain, I hope that we will eventually understand where consciousness is in the brain; possibly in the microtubules

  • @scottymeffz5025

    @scottymeffz5025

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@clarkharney8805 Yeah, there still seems to be a long way to go in fully understanding the brain as we only have low-resolution images of brain activity with our current scans. Also... there is no guarantee consciousness resides in the brain or that its location is discoverable in any real sense!

  • @clarkharney8805

    @clarkharney8805

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@scottymeffz5025 I’ve read a ton of Roger Penrose’s works, and although he’s a physicist and mathematician he has suggested that he thinks from his studies with consciousness that there needs to be a new physics in order to explain it !

  • @markoszouganelis5755
    @markoszouganelis57552 жыл бұрын

    💥God created the Universe and the Universe created God. 💫Based on Einstein's theory that Matter-Energy forms Space-Time and Space-Time forms Matter-Energy. 🧙‍♂️Human mind needs a beginning and an End, but Infinity is not comprehensible by our minds. (∞=∞) 🔸Only Imagination can do that. Thank you Robert Lawrence Kuhn, thank you!💚

  • @TasteMyStinkholeAndLikeIt
    @TasteMyStinkholeAndLikeIt2 жыл бұрын

    If god forbid evil, it would cut itself massively short of being all-knowing, as nothing can be known that is not experienced or experienceable

  • @followyourbliss973
    @followyourbliss97310 ай бұрын

    This reminds me of Woody Allen in 'Hannah and Her Sisters' looking for answers.

  • @DarthMaui
    @DarthMaui2 жыл бұрын

    EQ levels in this episode really need retooling. Too quiet in the monologue secitons. It's really bad.

  • @checkavilatility
    @checkavilatility2 жыл бұрын

    None has seen a quark either but I digress.

  • @scatterbrain9490
    @scatterbrain94902 жыл бұрын

    Hard to hear with background sounds

  • @zazugee
    @zazugee2 жыл бұрын

    interesting to see a muslim invited there also, the hindu prof, i remember talking online with an interesting hindu girl, she was into spiritual suffi songs, i was really amazed by how she view God it sometimes strike me that atheists are are rigid or intolerant as religious fundamentalists i think they are alike psychologically, just took different paths in life the argument about gog spherical ball is just the same as the spaghetti monster, nobody believe there is a spaghetti monster or a gog metal ball out there but most people on earth believe in a metaphysical existence outside our reality, because we experience it in dreams, visions, and thoughts

  • @signmeupruss
    @signmeupruss2 жыл бұрын

    This channel has more than 400 thousand subscribers, but the production team doesn't respect those subscribers enough to create a good sound quality?

  • @joegrant413
    @joegrant4135 ай бұрын

    DUDE! Love your content but please reissue this with the music turned down.

  • @raniisc14
    @raniisc142 жыл бұрын

    Worth 10 minutes of AXP!

  • @dotunbalogun7872
    @dotunbalogun78722 жыл бұрын

    When you do your monologues, it's so faint, I could hardly hear you.

  • @DesertTalk
    @DesertTalk2 жыл бұрын

    I can't hear the speaking over the background music.

  • @lasvegasotis6780
    @lasvegasotis67802 жыл бұрын

    Smart man w/ the green suit jacket

  • @nigh7swimming
    @nigh7swimming2 жыл бұрын

    The moment you say "God is this & that.." you're already lying. Humans have no way to experience transcendental reality, if such even exists. You don't know. So "I don't know what God could be" is the only true statement to make.

  • @SinceNulius
    @SinceNulius2 жыл бұрын

    Evil is a byproduct of free will. Evil exist because we have to have the ability to choose the directions we choose. Evil is from us. How small & immature of us to expect our father to come fix us. Why can’t we except our responsibility to each other.

  • @AussieSaintJohn
    @AussieSaintJohn2 жыл бұрын

    The sound track is terrible, needs to be taken down and re-worked...

  • @beaniegamer9163
    @beaniegamer91632 жыл бұрын

    God is within us... Ying and Yang is forever... for the time being. If the secret be known, then it's the end of game. Therefore...

  • @markfischer3626
    @markfischer36262 жыл бұрын

    I spoke with him about it. I said to him; see here god, nothing you do makes any sense. What the hell are you thinking? And you know what he said to me? SHUT UP OR I'LL THROW A LIGHTNING BOLT AT YOU AND I NEVER MISS BECAUSE I'M GOD. He speaks in a very loud voice and he isn't open to discussion or compromises. He commanfs, you obey... or else.

  • @willyh.r.1216
    @willyh.r.12162 жыл бұрын

    Anything we want to make sense can make sense: the power of human twisted mind. The mind has ability to manufacture rational, irrational and in-between thoughts. Thoughts aren't necessarily relevant, they can be noises. Still we can defend noises if we decide to. Yes, mind is insanly crazy organ.

  • @deadweaselsteve3262
    @deadweaselsteve32622 жыл бұрын

    I could sell Mr. Kuhn the Brooklyn Bridge twice on the same day.

  • @owencampbell4947
    @owencampbell49472 жыл бұрын

    It should make everyone suspicious to know, that million others have their own God, not my God. How can that be? Like tradition, mentality, ethnicity, nationalism, racism, I can imagine the strong influenced informations, are the cause, and emotional affection, to the psychological impact of belief system to the individual. It seems, there never was one God for all, but many ideas to belief systems for followers. The many benefits like celebrations, manifested the systems for good.

  • @michaeloswald1192
    @michaeloswald11922 жыл бұрын

    Sound issues.

  • @Dion_Mustard
    @Dion_Mustard2 жыл бұрын

    I would re-word that question and say "does consciousness make sense"...

  • @kevinparis5772
    @kevinparis57722 жыл бұрын

    I have esp and hear all ?

  • @uliwagner1927
    @uliwagner19272 жыл бұрын

    I am awed by and rejoice in the knowledge that all matter including consciousness arose from the (nearly) random chaos of the primordial quark soup to which I feel intimitaly connected. A little bit of Ayahuasca, but also a lot of reading, thinking and daily meditation help. It also helped me to be a good person - most of the time.

  • @signmeupruss
    @signmeupruss2 жыл бұрын

    To respond to Huston Smith, without gods causing so much pain, suffering and infighting, the world makes far more sense and the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle fit together even better. The idea of gods afford us no explanatory powers at all. The uselessness of what is says is perfectly highlighted when he says that he gives into his feelings and says to hell with scientists.

  • @jackrabbitism
    @jackrabbitism5 ай бұрын

    If there is no explanation for God then God has no explanation. If God has no explanation, God cannot explain its own self. If God cannot explain its own self, God cannot be omniscient. God has spent an eternity hanging round thinking “I know almost every single thing there is to know…apart from the explanation for my own existence. No wonder I’m a bit unhinged.”

  • @klauscampagnoli198
    @klauscampagnoli1982 жыл бұрын

    I am coming

  • @ryanbates362
    @ryanbates3625 ай бұрын

    The reason religion is so popular across the world, so widespread and universally accepted, is simply because it's easy. It's fast. It requires no effort to believe. You don't have to learn anything, you don't have to spend any time studying anything, or using logic, or intelligence, and unfortunately, most people are lazy, or they just have other things to occupy their time and don't necessarily WANT to spend the time to try and really understand our world. To put it simply, religion is blissful ignorance and I have yet to come across a theologian that shows me otherwise.

  • @helderalmeida3417
    @helderalmeida34172 жыл бұрын

    Does God make sense? It does but not the biblical or Koran. God is a force of love very compassion and forgiven.

  • @thomasridley8675
    @thomasridley86752 жыл бұрын

    His god can do everything. Except, too explain his own existence.

  • @0-by-1_Publishing_LLC

    @0-by-1_Publishing_LLC

    2 жыл бұрын

    *"His god can do everything. Except, too explain his own existence."* ... Can you explain your own existence and are you required to be able to do so? ... BTW: I am not a theist.

  • @thomasridley8675

    @thomasridley8675

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@0-by-1_Publishing_LLC We don't know why we are here. So, does that mean that their version of reality must be the answer ? Just because people believe they know the answers. Doesn't add any validity to their position.

  • @0-by-1_Publishing_LLC

    @0-by-1_Publishing_LLC

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@thomasridley8675 *'We don't know why we are here. So, does that mean that their version of reality must be the answer "* ... Your complaint was that God cannot explain his own existence. All I did was point out that none of us can explain our own existence. So, if we can't, then why should we expect God to do it? As far as believing goes, that's completely up to each individual. BTW: I am not a theist.

  • @thomasridley8675

    @thomasridley8675

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@0-by-1_Publishing_LLC Just because we can't explain our existence. Doesn't mean it was planned or even guided in any way. Over 100 billion humans and over 300,000 supernatural beliefs later, we are still no closer to an answer. Stuck in a galaxy and universe that isn't all that friendly to complex life.

  • @wayneasiam65
    @wayneasiam652 жыл бұрын

    The Pope himself keeps changing what God would think about either this or that. The Bible was parsed and voted on as to what went in it. Humans have had sentient thinking for a split cosmic instant, yet we try to convince others what is true and not true. Our very human Hubris is quite Humorous.

  • @Deductivenightmare

    @Deductivenightmare

    2 жыл бұрын

    Something leads me to believe that you believe in the existence of God because the Bible assumes God exists. This chain of reasoning is as flawed as the one you displayed in that comment.

  • @sharonlee7111
    @sharonlee71112 жыл бұрын

    Wow what are you doing with the music can't even hear your commentary over it.

  • @djacidkingcidguerreiro9780
    @djacidkingcidguerreiro978012 күн бұрын

    All gods, all religions, all "holy" texts are the creations of man.

  • @Mike-xf1vy
    @Mike-xf1vy2 жыл бұрын

    watch in suspense as my boom man follows 15 feet behind me

  • @glenemma1
    @glenemma12 жыл бұрын

    Closer to Truth will never be able to define God or define why there is no God. One can know God, feel God, be God, but never define God in words. It is beyond human definition ( in words).

  • @davidjayhalabecki438
    @davidjayhalabecki4382 жыл бұрын

    Common sense 'makes sense.' God can't make sense unless you strive to meet him half way. Intelligence 'makes sense.' God can't make Intelligence unless you have mind.. Mind 'makes sense.' If God is a person, Personality 'makes sense.' Take good care of your personal well being with lots of Love. Make sense?

  • @freddiejayawardena34
    @freddiejayawardena342 жыл бұрын

    Come to India to find out different views of God. The ultimate reality.

  • @CarlosElio82
    @CarlosElio822 жыл бұрын

    The background sound is disruptive.

  • @CosmoPhiloPharmaco
    @CosmoPhiloPharmaco2 жыл бұрын

    But surely you'll believe in God if you experience Him, right? For example, if I experience pain, I believe that I have pain.

  • @vaidas3340
    @vaidas33402 жыл бұрын

    Fix sound!