I was an atheist but this video has convinced me that there is a God........And her name is Floor

So far off point, you missed the point of the song entirely, maybe download the lyrics and look at the title of each subsection.

You don’t need god, a god, or any god to feel special, unique, or important. We were here. Yes, so was other organisms and they too have their place in the greatest show on earth.

"We were here" doesn't emphasize the "we", but the "here". It means we have been lucky to be here. In fact the songs isn't complete. In the studio version, eventually Humankind disappears and we only hear the seawaves and the sounds from some animals. Earth without people. It's like the second dawn.

At the very least this reminds me why I don’t watch the entire react videos when Vin is involved. He doesn’t care to understand any viewpoint beyond his own perspective.

Wow, you were criticizing Dawkins for using "poetic language" in his literature and then directly after started quoting the Bible, the highest form of "poetic language" in history...

Dang, that Richard Dawkins narration got Vin salty as hell

as an atheist, i never understood that point of view from theists. to me life is so precious because i think this is it, no second chance, no life after this. theists think this life is just something u have to endure to get to HEAVEN (no one really knows what that means), so life here is without meaning...

Vin, its not because we are exceptional, its because we are lucky.

Sori. The rocks that make up the Earth have not been here since the beginning. I don’t know when you think the beginning was? But as an example, the rocks from which the pyramids are build contain marine fossils. They are sedimentary rocks laid down on a sea floor between around 34 and 56 million years ago. Nothing in the landscape around you was there at the beginning. Not even the rocks.

“It’s a strange myth that atheists have nothing to live for. It’s the opposite. We have nothing to die for. We have everything to live for.”

Vin you missed the point entirely. It isn't that humankind has an inherent value, it's the monumental accomplishment of simply existing. It's the whole reason people believe in God to begin with. The very presence of life itself is unfathomably unbelievable when you consider the odds, by nearly every law of the universe, we shouldn't even exist, but due to an infinite number of random happenstance, we do, which is absolutely mind breaking to consider, the deeper you think into it, the more absurd the concept seems. This is how the concept of divine creation is formed, it's much easier to believe an omnipotent being is the architect to our grand design, than to conceive the miracle of life. It is the understanding of how impossible the odds were that you, the individual could be born, and the accomplishments of your life that awakens your mind to how easily you could not have been, which is supposed to inspire you to make the most of your life, and simply appreciate your life. It is such a complex and intricate concept that most people cannot grasp it, or choose not to.

I've been waiting for this since I first found your guys channel. This song is such an important song for me and every time I hear this song during the we were here my eyes always start tearing up. This song has changed my view on life and how to live. One of my all time favorite songs, thank you for finally doing it.

Saw this band performing for 35 people in 90`s Very cool and humble guys. 🇫🇮

This song is a celebration of life, having the capability to experience this world we call home and the natural process of evolution we share with with our closest relative amongst the animal kingdom, with all animals actually. To be able to explore these facts and experience these things. There truly is grandeur in this view of life without needing extra baggage to either try to explain it away, or to add to it for fulfillment.

Nightwish are a Finnish band. In May 2012 the Helsinki Times published a survey by the Church Research Institute revealing that fewer than 1 in 3 Finns believed in the Christian god and that 1 in 5 was an atheist. The UN produces a World Happiness Report that includes a list of the 10 happiest countries. Contributory factors to happiness are identified as: strong community support, a government that can be trusted and freedom for the population. The current number one, the happiest country in the world, is Finland. The USA does not make the list. Do you think Finland is plagued by nihilism? Newsflash! People do not reject moral principles or find themselves cast adrift on an ocean of pointlessness just because their minds do not allow them to accept supernatural claims as real world actuality. You seem disconcertingly unable to put yourself in their shoes. Your lack of ability of willingness to empathise does not make others nihilists.

Life itself is the greatest show on earth. Mankind just makes up a tiny portion of life's evolution and will one day cease to be. But earth and the universe were there before mankind and will still be there when mankind is gone. The greatest show will go on. 'We were here' refers to being proud of having been a part of something bigger even if it was just a small part.

Oh man, first 5 min in the discussion a Vins favorite fallacy again. For atheist this life is the most valuable thing there is because there is NOTHING but now. Christians claim to dance on some cloud or whatever in the afterlife so this life is just one part. For non religious people it's the ONLY part. So saying human life is therefore not special because you don't believe in an invisible friend THAT is makes no sense whatsoever. If anything atheist treasure their existence more then anyone else because it''s all there is.

Omg you guys are the greatest thank you so much nightwish forever!!!!

Yes, there is a history of music in it too: Bach, Mozart, disco and heavy rock (riff of Enter Sandman)