I don’t know if that fear of Hell ever completely leaves you. I understand it’s all baloney but when you’re taught something like that from birth, it’s hard to shake.

@paul-singhgurth1599

5 жыл бұрын

It takes time. I was terrorised by my grandmother that raised me with tales of hell and the end of the world. It took me a very long time, but I can honestly say I have no fear now. Napoleon, just take your bike off some sweet jumps and enjoy your tots!

@luclatinette

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah it took me nearly a decade, but I honestly don't really give it much of a consideration any more. It is a scary concept, and if it's hammered into your brain from birth, it's a pretty hard notion to shake. The more I just live my life, the less I think about these things, and the less of an effect they have on me

@thejago55

5 жыл бұрын

I still have dreams like two or three times a year about going to hell! I am a very convinced and firm atheist but I also was a christian pastor back in my twenties. So I guess it is pretty difficult to completely take that idea out of some subconscious level.

@sydneydinks

5 жыл бұрын

I've got rid of it, took 13 years but I got there. Re-reading the Bible after 13 years of thinking & investigating did it for me.

@Multi1628

5 жыл бұрын

Yep. it's called brainwashing and can indeed eventually be overcome.

Happiness is never again having to fear burning forever in Hell.

The fear of hell kinda made me an atheist, my friend and I go to the same church and are in the same computing class at school and we'd spend all the time discussing it, in the end we basically concluded that hell is just a fear tactic to keep people believing

@ds5934

5 жыл бұрын

i hope hell doesn't exist

@julka474

5 жыл бұрын

@jerry flounders Yeah, and the worst monsters are among us..

@lindabowman2139

4 жыл бұрын

And you came to the correct conclusion....well done

@hillarycolen1163

3 жыл бұрын

Good for you....since you are not afraid of Halloween witches,Hollywood monsters,the magician's 'slicing' the woman into two....why would you fear hell or look for heaven!

@FirstNameLastName-uc8sd

3 жыл бұрын

I understand! I started distancing myself when I started having nightmares about my family going to hell. My grades started dropping because I’d stay up all night afraid, absolutely ridiculous

This is one of the most useful things of this type that I have seen. When the caller talks about how fear of hell is interfering with his life, how true that is, it can destroy your life. I am confident that this caller will benefit from the experience of talking to you.

@CuongNguyen-le5ic

5 жыл бұрын

Just like 7 days people often use on comment sections that if they don't pass it the message, they will die. It is superstitious like that keep getting people all the time and here you have a concept of Hell which popular among great many people, some people think this is more "creditable"...

@pollypockets508

5 жыл бұрын

@@CuongNguyen-le5ic good analogy

@pollypockets508

5 жыл бұрын

Here's how I look at it. Anything that happens to me for eternity, I'll get used to. Plus, after a little time, we'll probably make friends with the demons and the devil.

@gloriafisher2136

5 жыл бұрын

And this is what Christianity does to someone....it is so sad to hear this....I'm glad I decided to leave christianity.

@taylortroutman9507

4 жыл бұрын

kerning

My heart goes out to that caller.

I 'lost' the fear of hell, when I realized that eternal punishment for finite 'crimes' makes absolutely NO SENSE.

"There was an apologetics group that came to my school." Isn't Florida great? Poor Teddy. Somebody let a guy come to his school and scare the crap out of some of the students by spewing lies about eternal damnation and torture. Way to go. There are things to be truly scared of, but this ancient book of horrific stories of slavery, murder and genocide is not one of them.

@lousiffer5289

5 жыл бұрын

As a resident of florida and my families only known atheist, it's tough to live and not hear about jesus down here. I'm 27 and couldn't claim I was an atheist for the last 3 years even though is was one just in case god was watching me. I also cried myself to sleep because my family heard and saw jesus and god and the holy ghost and I was going to hell because he never appeared to me.

@lousiffer5289

5 жыл бұрын

I think this book is something to fear for that reason. I was a prisoner of my mind and of my "impure thoughts" my whole life until I finally said fuck it and stopped caring.

@texasforever7887

5 жыл бұрын

ddude apologetics is defined as reasoned arguments or writings in justification of something, typically a theory or religious doctrine. However in my opinion theists arguments are rarely reasoned. Don't feel bad though, I am a native speaker and had to look it up myself years ago. It is not a commonly used word.

@MusicGunn

5 жыл бұрын

@@texasforever7887 In fact they have classes in fundamental churches that are called Apologetics. I would think they would tend to want to steer clear of that terminology, but there you have it.

@27273100

5 жыл бұрын

Sean Jones -- Yet, they call it "good" book or "good news". Talk about master irony.

poor dude has an anxiety disorder for sure :(

People are so afraid of dying, it prevents them from really living.

@petermirtitsch1235

3 жыл бұрын

I'm opting for a grisly, yet amusing end.

@rcchristian2

3 жыл бұрын

@@petermirtitsch1235 Okay okay I bite. What are you opting for? :)

@kelseykjarsgaard5774

3 жыл бұрын

That me now

@rcchristian2

3 жыл бұрын

@@kelseykjarsgaard5774 Why?

The fear of Hell is honestly just abuse. It's like having a volatile parent who constantly threatens to hit you but never actually does. It's an absolute mind fuck and a disgusting, manipulative concept to ever force on someone, let alone a child. I feel complete sympathy and pity for this caller.

@Cristina-zb2lf

Жыл бұрын

I have a fear of hell and it’s consuming my life because I also have ocd. It is abuse, especially for people with mental illness. I don’t think I will ever shake this fear and I will never live a fulfilling life because of it

Playing DOOM destroys any fear of hell

@freddan6fly

3 жыл бұрын

If I am not wrong the protagonist in Doom says "you are stuck here with me".

@TheWaynelds

3 жыл бұрын

Doom guy never defeats satan in any commercial or MegaWad release of Doom though. I don’t think the Icon of Sin qualifies as the devil.

@CLB_Carlos

3 жыл бұрын

Or Dante’s Inferno lmao

@jethroibarrola

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha

@ThePurbleKing

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheWaynelds In DOOM, what is essentially "satan" is something that appears/is mentioned in DOOM Eternal's first expansion. A creation of the game's depiction of God, meant to rule over the realm that eventually became known as Hell after its corruption. Go ahead and look it up on the wiki if you aren't able to play it yourself, the lore is interesting.

Teddy was not even raised in a religious family and look how he struggled. I am from the Philippines where everyone around me is drunk with the religious koolaid. I have a friend who was raised in a Pentecostal family...like hard-core founding members of the church. Imagine a world where everyone you knew growing up, the closest people knew, your parents, aunts and uncles, godfather godmother, grandparents, everyone you respect and believed in all tells you that you will go to hell if you dont believed. Dissent would be unthinkable because the consequence would be alienation. NOw that is a kind of real life hell i think...

@Jerard715

5 жыл бұрын

I'm from the Philippines too and im an atheist. The alienation makes me so fucking lonely.

@dancurtis8476

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jerard715 Sorry to hear that, bro.

@rasaecnai

3 жыл бұрын

@Scott Fantazia I think Dan was being sympathetic to the plight of fellow human being being ostracized for having a different view.

Go to the gym, volunteer, work part/full time, read some literature - keep yourself busy, make friends, you won't have time to dwell on religion.

@ralfhaggstrom9862

4 жыл бұрын

Shortly said, GET A LIFE ! ..................

@Cyan37

3 жыл бұрын

Who got time for a gym? I'd rather do push-ups at home than paying to achieve the same thing on some 20 different apparatuses.

@Jimmymatthewb

3 жыл бұрын

This is a little ignorant of you. You clearly were not raised by a religion that indoctrinates you from birth in thinking that every wrong move you make, can send you into torture for all of eternity. Indoctrination is one of those things that only sound arguments and alot of time can defeat; and even then, you take it with you in all that you do. This fear follows you everywhere you go, and in everything you do. One does not simply shake off indoctrination by saying "just keep busy". It's not like trying to shake a bad breakup. It's in every single fiber of your being.

@michellebrown4903

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jimmymatthewb there is no he'll Jimmy.

@michellebrown4903

3 жыл бұрын

Hell... hell ,l corrected that twice...

Yahweh, all powerful and takes 6 days. All loving and makes a hell. All perfect and needs to be worshiped. All knowing and does it anyway.

@ralfhaggstrom9862

5 жыл бұрын

And needs TON-LOADS of MONEY !. ........................

@j.a.lucky13

5 жыл бұрын

Jesus actually invented hell. There’s not mention of it until the gospels. Funny how people think Jesus is so great of a person.

@yahwehismyeverything1867

5 жыл бұрын

You clearly don't know what you speak of hell was not made for us but for the fallen angels and Lucifer. But men choose to Rebelle and not believe his only son Jesus Christ for the Forgiveness of sins that's why people go to hell

@yahwehismyeverything1867

5 жыл бұрын

@@j.a.lucky13 how was not meant for us but yet people reject him that's why they go to hell

@osubeaver9976

5 жыл бұрын

@@yahwehismyeverything1867 You write "You clearly don't know what you speak of..." while trying to clear up the finer points of an entirely fictional story... LOL!

Poor kid was never taught how to think critically. He has no idea what to believe or how to determine what he should believe, so he just believes the last thing he heard and goes around in circles. I'm sure that's absolutely terrifying. Hopefully, he learned something from the call.

@EastSide-qc5oy

Жыл бұрын

That is not actually fair. He may be able to think critically about some or even most things, but for whatever reason this particular fear is overwhelmingly powerful for him. This is not uncommon even with some people who indeed can think critically in general. Humans are complex. I don’t think it’s a fair assessment to assume he is just believing “the last thing he heard.”

Without fearmongering, christianity would just be a silly story, that died off centuries ago.

@rembrandt972ify

4 жыл бұрын

Even with fearmongering, Christianity is still just a silly story.

@kandidkamra5574

3 жыл бұрын

Christianity may have died off years ago and centuries ago, but people are killing the meaning of what Christianity means because of their different interpretations of what Christianity is. I for one find it interesting to listen to an athiest I work with explain her views of God and issues about that .

@rembrandt972ify

3 жыл бұрын

@@kandidkamra5574 I don't think Christianity has yet died off.

@kandidkamra5574

3 жыл бұрын

@@rembrandt972ify what's your belief about it.

@rembrandt972ify

3 жыл бұрын

@@kandidkamra5574 I have family members who are Christians.

I feel sorry for this guy. I couldn't imagine going through life that scared and unsure of himself unable to formulate his own personal opinions.

@julietrae8665

5 жыл бұрын

i feel the same

Teddy I don't know if you will read this or not or if you're still suffering with the fear of hell but I just want you to know that you are NOT alone. I honestly never comment on KZread but your words really resonated with me. The fear of hell is an exhausting and consuming fear to have. It's something that is a personal struggle for me for a long time. The wish for the fear to just go away so I can get on with my life, the uncertainty that keeps me stuck because I can't know for sure, the back and forth between thinking it might be true and then it's ridiculous to think it's true. Especially when you're surrounded by reminders of the fear. I hope you found peace now and I want you to know that you made me feel less alone in my fear and the exhaustion that comes from such a horrible fear.

@Cristina-zb2lf

2 жыл бұрын

I struggle with this too. How are you coping these days?

You really should give this guy credit for asking questions rather than blathering on endlessly about the bible or playing the god of the gaps, special pleading, and circular arguments game. He is LISTENING. Give him some credit. Good caller in my opinion.

At some point you have to let it go. I used to have the same fear of Hell. It was crippling and it took up just about every second of my life. It’s hard to shake, but you can slowly start to heal from it. I don’t know what’s coming after I die, but neither does the loud Baptist telling you you’re going to Hell.

@JohnMorris-ge6hq

4 жыл бұрын

I thought I was the only one until I checked out this show. Not a problem now but back in 1986 it was a problem. And that Jack Vanimp and is wife didn't help. Oh according to Jack, Jesus came back 20 years ago. Listening to this guy on the show takes me back to 1986.

@palestinianhummus9251

3 жыл бұрын

Well said.

The fear of hell bothered me into my 50s. It took a great effort to remove it.

@keyanna2633

4 жыл бұрын

May I ask how you removed your fear?

@johnrobert3366

2 жыл бұрын

Damn your nearly at deaths door imagine for a min your wrong enjoy that vacation 🙃

So I’m OCD and this guy definitely is too

@djamesfrancis

5 жыл бұрын

OCD rumination, me too. Frustrating as fuck

@michjagermeister6393

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing.!

That was an absolutely devastating call.

The fear of hell is a probably the primary thing holding many back. It was for me. It wasn't until I lost my belief in hell by moving to universalism that I was even able to consider the entire thing was BS. A key point for me was the realization that many early church fathers were universalist and did not believe in a hell, not only that but the jews never had a concept of a hell, nor was it actually ever mentioned in the old testament. Once I realized the old testament never mentioned hell, I realized there was no way god would leave that part out. The house of cards began crumbling soon after. On a side note, being born and raised fundamentalist baptist, and actually even preached on one occasion, when I first came across this channel, I despised Matt. But the constant logical arguments were very instrumental in my becoming an athiest. Thanks Matt.

@chadrasmussen1154

5 ай бұрын

I fear hell that's scary

teddy....teddy.......teddy.....TEDDY STOP 😅😅😅😅

@damienleigh9943

5 жыл бұрын

...I'm sorry. Poor Teddy.. hahahahaha i dunno why i found that so funny.

@Pandalka

4 жыл бұрын

stahp

@chadrasmussen6127

4 жыл бұрын

Lmfao

I actually feel sorry for this fella. Religion really is a poison.

I remember hearing the "empty tomb" theory when I was a kid. I thought then, "Gee, we're right because of the empty tomb." I really thought this. Now I look back and see that I was eight years old and easily convinced. I wouldn't have any excuse now if I were to still believe that.

My fear of Hell disappeared completely the day I finally realized that it was all bullshit. Magic isn't real.

Hell is not a place, it's a state of mind, that guy build his own hell.

@johnrobert3366

2 жыл бұрын

Prove it deny all those who speak of out of body experience eve think for a second athiests are delusional to believe something they don't even know what happened back then

@ummmno3871

2 жыл бұрын

Atheists don’t know what happened back then but you do? 😂 Take your meds, dumbass

Gotta hand it to Matt - even when he's being abrupt and blunt, he's still actually helping.😉❤️

THANK YOU. I used to be in the exact same sick position as the caller and the recovery process is slow. but the more i learn and recover from the damage or damnation of religious freaks and their religion, the angrier i'm growing at them for doing this to people, to the point where i'm estranged from my evangelical-ridden family and parents.

I still have dreams like two or three times a year about going to hell! I am a very convinced and firm atheist but I also was a christian pastor back in my twenties. So I guess it is pretty difficult to completely take that idea out of some subconscious level.

@josearias9825

4 жыл бұрын

Dam I feel you on that one

@airikkalerofficial

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for being honest. I have a similar story.

In this case "belief" is an aspect of an anxiety/OCD condition Teddy's developing. God is sometimes the symptom of a mental disorder. It's a disturbance, not a comfort.

When I was leaving islam, fear of hell was something really hard to overcome

@ethioagnogirl3768

2 жыл бұрын

Hey how are you doing now? I still have a residue of fear what did you do to overcome it ?

@Elias.M92

2 жыл бұрын

@@ethioagnogirl3768 hey Iam good! well first I jiust realised how unfair to put me in hell for just doing things that harm no one. Then even the fact of being here on earth to be tested while I didnt ask for anything. It just got me angry. And then with time you over come it the more you distance yourself from religion and realise mroe and more how bullshit it is. Like do you fear hell of other religions ? no. Cause we just don't beleive in it as such as they don't fear hell of our religion. All are just stories and had few purposes at the time.

@bitofwizdomb7266

Жыл бұрын

Did Mohammad really fly to heaven on a winged horse ?

You can go your whole life without really confronting issues like death and what may be on the other side. I don't think this is paranoia at all; it's pure anxiety. You can't say he's on the verge of a schizophrenic breakdown. Being in a similar place before myself I would actually argue that this man is in the depths of an anxiety disorder and should get some help because it's extremely difficult to drag yourself out of it. A person in such a position has to train themselves to change their relationship to their own thoughts and Matt was hitting on a very crucial point, and to expand on it: It's important to not just take the beliefs of others but also to identify your own thoughts as just thoughts and not your beliefs. This is not a normal sense of anxiety that is about things in life and things that could end it. It is a much further spanning anxiety that encompasses perceived experience after life. To feel this way is to fear infinitely; such a huge burden and it must be so hard to even entertain an idea such as hell being true while living with such an existential dread. This is why he was searching, he's looking for a reason not to feel the way he does. In the anxiety-ridden headspace, it's extremely hard not to entertain ideas and go their furthest corners even if you don't fully believe them. Fear, in essence, is a little irrational because it's there to protect us from what may or may not be in the moment. In the end and in my own experience dealing with similar places. The best thing is to think in a logical way, get help with the anxiety and deal with other stressors in your life because they can manifest in ways like this. It's also important to think and contemplate; Life, in essence, is change, change is the passage of time, experience is change. When you realize this then you can start to understand that ideas such as hell or heaven or even purgatory are in essence lifeless. Without the comfortable blanket of ascribing to a belief and cementing yourself to it like a life boat. One really has to contemplate and shed a lot of these barbaric ideas from ones mind. I wish this man all the best and assure him he is safe from eternal torment after death.

Ouiji boards and trash cans flying... I can't! 😂😂😂

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. It's time to start holding god to the same high standard he holds us to...

I am in Teddy’s position. I spend hours examining debates and the evidence and arguments always lean towards non-belief, the fear just doesn’t leave, at least not for long. The system Christians have constructed makes it so hard to forget 100% because you can be damned for the smallest thing and are constantly told that you’re being deceived or you’re a fool and that possibility is something I haven’t been able to shake.

This was soooo helpful. I hope Teddy continues to watch these videos. They will give him stability.

I feel sorry for the guy because he realises that his fears are irrational, but that doesn't make them less fearsome.

This was awesome, you firmly but gently moved him away from his paranoia, and you can hear his voice gradually lighten as reason blows away his fear.. nice work mate

At 10:43 Ron's smile because he knows Matt's about to tell a truth and make a valid point.

I love that the ads I get during the video are for BetterHelp. I love these discussions. And I feel better about being an Atheist.

Why do the Americans scare the crap out of little kids and give them such hangups for the rest of their lives?

@VoIPPortland

5 жыл бұрын

Parents want control of their kids so they partake of the same sun/son fairy tale to use it as a mechanism.

Teddy seemed like a really nice and sincere guys.

Don’t fear hell, fear life, life is hell

@Muckytuja

5 жыл бұрын

Amen, some day feels like it can not get worse than that. Even hell could be better.

What a great call. That poor kid its sad religion can do this to someone. It’s nice hearing a almost comforting call and response

I can sympathize with this guy. Im 100% convinced nowadays in my atheistic view. But because of certain character flaws that i have and the way my childhood went. Coupled with the fact that my brain doesn't have a good handle on the ability to derive thoughts into words. If im debating with an intelligent religious person. Im speechless every time. Does not mean im wrong. The counter arguments just don't pop into my head as quickly as they do for Matt. Sounds to me like he has confidence issues like i do.

@NoName-pu5ls

4 жыл бұрын

Thank You for this comment, every thing you just stated is exactly me also

Lol... Gainesville.... Wonder if everyone's buff there..

@thefenixfamily

4 жыл бұрын

I'm unfortunately stopping that from being true :/

For a while, after I became an atheist, I still was doubtful about what I had stopped believing. It's understandable that after so much indoctrination it's hard to let go.

@cringeboyy739

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

I hope that he feels better after all these years

For me, Hell feels like the monster breathing down your neck the instant you turn off the lights in the basement. I understand with all rationality that I have no reason to believe it is there, yet I can’t help but feel fear.

@drewpy14

8 ай бұрын

This is true; UNTIL you calm down and begin to think clearly. Perhaps start with the fact that Islam is currently overtaking Christianity in world membership, and is equally influential at the very least. How many SECONDS, let alone minutes, have you spent fearing the muslim hell? Or the Mormon hell? Or the Jewish hell? Or Tartarus? Or blah blah blah and so on and so on. It's so ridiculous that I laugh when I remember having actual fear of it lmao. Cheers :))

If one won't dismiss without evidence a theory of Hell asserted without evidence, ask oneself "Would God set anybody on fire?"

Poor Teddy. I'm right there with you sometimes.

Always remember God loves you so much he created hell just Incase you don’t love him back

@ramonawilliams5082

4 жыл бұрын

FACTS

I'm late to this channel but I did think that Teddy might be having a problem emotionally with this issue. I appreciate that a cognitive approach to helping someone like Ted is vital, but it sometimes takes more time to shift the emotional sting from long held beliefs. A good question for Teddy might have been: "Why now?" Why has Teddy started experiencing such fear now? Is there something else unrelated in his lufe that is causing him anxiety? A counsellor or therapist might have been a good move.

I wish i could borrow my state of mind to people like teddy for 1 day so he could be confident in life with no fear of bollocks, i feel sorry for the way he feels and hope he recovers and believes in himself.

@user-so1jc3gu7r

Ай бұрын

This is the sweetest thing I have ever read, you are a very good man

We have Amazon now so we don't need Jesus to intercede for us.

@jennoscura2381

5 жыл бұрын

"Alexa I repent of my sins" LOL

@ericjohnson6665

5 жыл бұрын

Pray to Jeff Bezos do you? 😉 “Oh please give me a new Amazon Fire TV Stick!” Then again, who needs ‘hell’ when there are so many tv shows that scare the crap out of you too?

@ammarsiddiqui3586

5 жыл бұрын

@@jennoscura2381 HA HA HA good one

I just think a good God that exists in the after life wouldn't torture me in hell for eternity, and if there is no good God but stuff more powerful than me, then i guess I'm screwed and just have to accept it. Because you can't avoid dying. It would be nice to know dying and death would be ok

It sounds almost like an OCD or anxiety issue.

@multi-milliondollarmike5127

3 жыл бұрын

I had to struggle with this for months when I left the religion ( since I struggled with anxiety and ocd). It's not easy, but at least possible. When I learned about nde's and psychadelics, it helped change my view of religion in general.

These poor people who suffer due to fear from our inevitable demise. Whoever this young man is he should begin embracing life, the current moment.

@cloudbuster77

5 жыл бұрын

what if you suffer from a horrible illness, what is there to look forward to?

@bailout262

4 жыл бұрын

Ranger9700 death to be free of it

This is the reason I left my Christian faith years ago. In some way Thanks Jesus for exposed your BS

I love the team of Matt and Don .

Using the threat of hell is an act of terrorism. - Chris Hitchens.

It's sad to see all the harm religion has and still causes.

Teddy suffers from anxiety and should see a psychologist to help him challenge baseless fears.

God's mercies endure forever. .read psalm 136 yet HE sends people to an endless hell...😞😟 no wonder im very confused

LIFE IS HELL

There is no hell. Be nice, enjoy your time. Simple.

@chadrasmussen1154

5 ай бұрын

There is hell

10:00 Matt keepin it 1 hunnid LOL Personally, I am more afraid of wasting my 1 life that I know I have believing in a bronze-age superstition, than being eternally tortured by a cruel and incompetent celestial being who is unwilling to demonstrate its existence in the first place

@mosywilliams8458

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, you sound like an unbeliever. Also unfortunately your profile pic looks evil. You should believe in the true and living God. If not you are lost.

@mosywilliams8458

4 жыл бұрын

@Warstar Get out of unbelief. There's a reason why Christians go out and preach the gospel.

Teddy, Perhaps you have an anxiety problem and should see a Psychologist to help solve it. I sincerely hope you take my advice and it helps you be at peace in your mind. Nobody should suffer the dogmas of the various religions which is one of the many reasons I am a happy Atheist.

So basically i could be the most kindest caring person in the world, give money to charities, do volunteer work, help the homeless also never do drugs and not do harm to anybody or living creature. However i`m going to hell because i`m an atheist. Then i could , be a paedophile, steal and be a complete asshole then because i`m a catholic i ask for forgiveness for my sins and have redemption. just so i don`t go to Hell. Just doesn`t make any sense at all to me.

@paulwoolnough3770

5 жыл бұрын

@Flightof2Owls I don`t understand why if God existed that he/she/ it would need to be worshipped? It`s like doing something great for someone and expecting them to say thank you every time you see them. I don`t know about you but once is quite enough thanks. So to be punished for eternity for being human just does not add up. Ps. Totally agree with your comment.

Religion goes nowhere without a little bit of fear ,fear causes compliance.Fear is an essential part of theistic belief that's why its there. When love dosent work fear will swing in to attain the desired end.

There are many people who were believed to be dead but later found to be alive. Catalepsy is a rare condition where life signs drop so low they are barely detectable. Thousands of years ago or even decades this would be considered a miracle but today we know what it is.

@petermirtitsch1235

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, true catalepsy is incredibly rare. More often, a poor state of medicine could lead to incorrect diagnosis.

Wouldn't be surprised if the caller suffers from OCD and doesn't realise it.

Hell is the most popular broadcast reality show in heaven...

I don’t have a fear of any hell. I’d have a great time giving the finger to tyranny in that circumstance... besides, me and Satan would get along.

@ImNotaRussianBot

5 жыл бұрын

Satan seems chill.

@yahwehismyeverything1867

5 жыл бұрын

Yahweh did not create hell for human beings but for (Lucifer) and his (Fallen angels) you may ask yourself then why people go there because they reject Jesus Christ the son of Yahweh, he was the final sacrifice for sins. You have to understand that he is Holy and he cannot be in the presence of sin that's why he gave us his (Son Jesus) so we can have a way out and not go to hell, but people love their sin more

@yahwehismyeverything1867

5 жыл бұрын

@@ImNotaRussianBot you people are foolish you know not what you speak of

@seyioloyede1991

4 жыл бұрын

@@yahwehismyeverything1867 But if people go there, then it was created for them as well you GODDAMN IDIOT

There are way too many things to be afraid of in the world we know exists. I find no need to make up more of 'em. I definitely find bears in the forest and sharks in the ocean enough more frightening than the imaginary hell.

Though I’m not atheist I treat everybody right. And I love this show!!! Matt is the best

Jesus wasn't resurrected? The empty tomb? He went to Ibiza for the white party.

I was where this poor fellow was years ago. I read the entire Bible and every apologist and atheist source that I could find. I reached a point where I could finally admit to myself that I had no reason to believe in a god, but the immense fear of hell kept me lying to myself that I actually believed for years. One day I said enough is enough and it the healing process wasn’t easy, but over time the fear vanished and now I just see the Bible for what it is, a collection of brutal and often contradictory fairy tales.

I think this phone call should have been used by trying to help the guy... I've been in his position before it really sucks

@petermirtitsch1235

3 жыл бұрын

You don't think running through things clearly and logically is helpful?

Jeez, this guy loves his horror stories

I had that debate with a fundy. He had every logical argument why the tomb was empty. I listened politely for longer than I should have given him. I finally said, "You missed one possibility! FAST MAGGOTS!!" End of debate!!!!!!!!!

@MusicGunn

5 жыл бұрын

There is no evidence and anything written about it was written by unknown people relating what someone told them, DECADES LATER. Yeah, real good evidence.

Hell is what you make it... Every pitchfork has a silver lining!

@kenbrunet6120

5 жыл бұрын

Pitchforks aren't made of silver! haha got you!! Therefor God is real! Double got you!! I finally found the perfect evidence to change matt's mind! Time to call in!

@yahwehismyeverything1867

5 жыл бұрын

No

@kenbrunet6120

5 жыл бұрын

@@yahwehismyeverything1867 No what?

@yahwehismyeverything1867

5 жыл бұрын

@@kenbrunet6120 hell is not what you make it that makes no sense. How is in the spiritual Realm after your body dies your soul will leave your body if you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ you will go stand before him but if you reject him you will go straight to Hell demons will come and get you

@kenbrunet6120

5 жыл бұрын

@@yahwehismyeverything1867 Yeah, I don't believe any of that. Sorry. You can't say that something "makes no sense" And then give an explanation that also makes no sense.

I watch to see Don shake his head. Love it

"God has a list of 10 things that you should not do and if you do any of these this he'll send you to a place with fire and brimstone and suffering and crying and torture and pain and agony forever and ever until the end of time...but he loves you". -George Denis Patrick Carlin.

Why the hell has Matt got such an attitude with some of these callers? This is a guy that's clearly anxious about things and not thinking clearly, but Matt is yelling at him like he's some kind of religious zealot

@petermirtitsch1235

3 жыл бұрын

Except he's not. Matt does raise his voice when people start running off at the mouth and not listening, or simply rambling on. Allowing someone to do that wastes time and helps nobody.

Honestly this guy sounds like he has some serious issues with paranoia and should definitely seek professional help. I'm not trying to be insulting in this, I mean it honestly (though bare in mind, I'm no psychologist), this guy sounds like he's on the brink of (or even in the midst of) a schizophrenic meltdown

@graysonyachup

5 жыл бұрын

Luc Latinette sounds more like OCD to be honest, the callers emotions and feelings felt kinda familiar to what I’ve gone through with OCD

@julietrae8665

5 жыл бұрын

@ people that hit the thumbs up icon. stop doing that!!! adress this person with a reply,, gamegirl is obvious in need of help..and the admins should too!

@jimappleby3545

5 жыл бұрын

@: You recognise the causes of your illness and your obvious unhappiness. You despise them - and yet you continue to embrace them. Don't fear hell - there is no such thing. It was invented by humans to frighten people when all other methods of persuading them to be "good" - to conform to their beliefs and standards - had failed. Over the centuries, generations of inadequate, screwed-up, hysterical virgins and sexually dysfunctional authoritarians have used it to cling to power while devising more and more terrifying fantasies about eternal torment to sustain the idea. These people are part of a death cult. They hate and fear life and can't wait for it to end. Their evil plan has obviously worked with you - but you don't have to join them. Life is for living, loving, learning and laughter - and all the evidence points to one fact: you get only one shot at it. So embrace it - there is so much awe, joy and wonder to be found in this world if you open your eyes to it. Don't waste your life worrying about the sick fantasies of these sad, deranged peddlers of fear and despair. They want to ruin your life because their own lives are filled with delusional and irrational nonsense. I can only wish you good luck and happiness.

@jimappleby3545

5 жыл бұрын

@ - you CAN choose what you believe. After all, you weren't born a believer. Just examine the evidence, beginning with no suppositions. When I was twelve years old I was being tipped for a life as a missionary in west Africa. I'd done very well in national scripture examinations and the church I'd grown up in had links wirh Ghana. So I decided that if that was what I was going to do, I'd better read the bible from beginning to end. As a result, by the age of thirteen I was an atheist. No honest person can swallow the bible's hypocrisy and inconsistency, its misogyny, its cruelty and its stone age savagery and immorality without misgivings and then incredulity.

@hourenschaiss2

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, you said it, you're no psychologist :) And I, as a no psychologist as well, don't think this is paranoia :)

Like a lot of people who go through a lengthy self de-programming from religion that was stuffed into my head from birth, I threw out a lot of specific things in the Bible long before I threw out belief in God and Jesus. So by the time I became an atheist, I had already been decided for years that I didn't believe in Hell. So that wasn't my struggle. My struggle was to stop cherrypicking what to believe and what not to, and just admit that I had no valid reason to believe any of it.

I feel like Teddy is in distress and needs some moral support, I hope someone is there for him. I'm a year too late but if ever you read this message Teddy, you are welcome to contact me anytime if you need to talk to someone.

Becoming a "christian" won't help, they keep using it as a carrot and you'll never be sure. My heart hurts for Teddy!

Jesus ad before this video, had a laugh.

@chadrasmussen6127

4 жыл бұрын

Hehehe

@brucebaker810

4 жыл бұрын

Jesus' ad budget -> Atheist Community of Austin. 🤓🤑

@BradLancaster86

4 жыл бұрын

@@brucebaker810 it's like why i wont skip any adds on good channels just for that reason. Facebook is paying for so many lo-fi music because ive still yet to sign up.

I was told as a young kid that the crackling sound a burning object emitted was a gleeful Devil snapping his fingers. I believed it for a long while.

I feel bad for this kid. I can't imagine being this scared of a fictional torture room.

I wanna give teddy a hug. THIS is what religion does.

I think I fear more of the unknown the fact of no consciousness forever. That scares me more than hell.

I feel bad for that guy, holy crap what religion can do to people who aren't even christian. He is emotionally gullible, but he isn't unique in that lots of people are afraid of hell, and that's christianity's best threat to keep people believing and blindly obedient.

I hate the fact that a significant portion of Christian's main reason for believing is a fear of hell that was put into them as little children...

This poor deluded boy needs professional help urgently....