All of Sam's points are cogent, but what made me an unabashed atheist was when I considered how the nature of the biblical God flies in the face of what we would accept from a human father. If a human father said to his children, "Worship me and do my bidding or else suffer a hellish eternity of torture. Oh, and if you ask me for something in return, e.g., food, water, healthcare, whatever, I may or may not respond. Just deal with it." we'd say that man suffers from extreme narcissism and sociopathy, and we'd consider his behavior child abuse and/or neglect. The idea that such behavior is supposedly the universal source of goodness and love is absurd on its face.

I love the way Sam thinks. Great analogy with the bus driver.

As knowledge of the cosmos increases, religion should decrease. Inverse proportion.

@siggifreud812

4 ай бұрын

"bill-yuns and bill-yuns".......

@Yes123786

3 ай бұрын

We are already seeing that thankfully. Slowly, but surely religion will die out. It may not happen while we're alive, but it will.

Mankind is better off without religion, period !!!

Great compilation. Thank you!

@dianahill5116

6 ай бұрын

Everyone is born atheist. Religion has to be taught. Atheism doesn't have to be taught.

I still cant believe so many people cant understand what sam is saying. Its so blatantly obvious and yet we who question religion are the minority.

@ipznona8585

5 ай бұрын

Yes totally 💯 agree

@TheHeuristicHeretic

5 ай бұрын

I wouldn't worry about it. According to Christianity the meek shall inherit the earth. I've already started window shopping for a nice, mild climate region.🤣🤣

@Sacredservants

5 ай бұрын

Your not the minority. I dont think anyone truly belives

@michaelbraun4896

5 ай бұрын

@@Sacredservants I think you're right.

@stevenhall7999

5 ай бұрын

Everyone understands what he is saying. Some chose to believe otherwise. Religion defines some ppl. It's hard to climb out from this being literally bred into you.

Belief is not required when the facts reveal the truth. Belief is not bound to any realm of rational thinking.

@poogie_bear

3 ай бұрын

You believe what you believe, but it doesn't make it true.

@JustReed

3 ай бұрын

Why I like Stephen King novels.

I always loved watching Sam Harris and Christopher hitchens . No one could ever really chem mate them. Their level of logic the depth of their thoughts and and broad knowledge of history literature and philosophy .

Great talk!! Unfortunately, the only people watching these kind of videos are non b.s. believers like myself.

Claiming that god wrote the bible to be palatable to the people of the time is just baffling, it means he is hiding his true feelings to appeal to his followers lives, which he sure as shit hadn’t done in any other part of the bible

@daedalron

6 ай бұрын

Also, if God can't even tell his own followers that they shouldn't take slaves, how much of the rest of the bible should we believe in? Either God is weak and can't even tell his followers what to do (why? fear that they wouldn't agree with his edicts?), or God is not a force of Good in the world, since he endorses slavery.

@dianahill5116

6 ай бұрын

Religion is fiction.

@dianahill5116

6 ай бұрын

I had no idea, Islam thinks/euphemism for "peace" means: Surrender and/or Submission.

@dianahill5116

6 ай бұрын

I was adopted. The emotional, mental, physical and verbal abuse started on the first day. I am not disputing the legal system/judge's decision on having me removed from the first group of people. And don't want that custody or authority to be given back to my biological relatives or their relatives. Waiting to have my adoption nullified. To be emancipated. ______ I would appreciate Jack Smith (Currently working for the DOJ.) to represent me. I am okay with going to the United States Supreme Court. This is as important as: Brown vs The Board of Education. ______ I was forced/required to participate in their religion. I wasn't allowed to object or opt out. _______ Needed Federal Legislation. Adoption Nullification Act: Allowing adopted people to have their adoption nullified. To be emancipated. Regardless of their age. This would be an Amendment to the Emancipation Proclamation. ________ People are not property. Adoption should not be a form of slavery.

@dwolfcoach

5 ай бұрын

Right, so who is the REAL moral relativist? Is it those who have read the Bible and sanctions its barbaric immorality, or those who have developed a jurisprudence system in spite of those disgusting penalties written in the "good book."

How many times can one person drop a mic?

@wademansfield8981

5 ай бұрын

In these times, it could be many

@briaf3370

5 ай бұрын

Hard to hold it in his hand thinking about the mental illness of religion. No wonder the world is a mess.

@hopelessnerd6677

5 ай бұрын

Depends. If it's an old Shure SM-57, a lot.

@bestself2438

5 ай бұрын

@@hopelessnerd6677 It’s a Beta 58 for Shure (get it? “For Shure”). Haha

@douglascutler1037

5 ай бұрын

@@hopelessnerd6677 Get it.

Many good, meaningful things can be realized WITHOUT religious beliefs. As an atheist, I find much wonder and meaning in life and Nature. It's a highly individual thing

❤

Belief can never be proven.

@rekunta

5 ай бұрын

Sure it can. I believe a teapot is orbiting Saturn. We go there, a teapot is in fact orbiting Saturn. Voila…..belief proven.

Reality can be tricky, but not that tricky...!

As for public demonstrations of any superstition, even the xtians' guru, JC, said: "“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others."

So why say I’m an atheist when there is no reason to believe any of the contractors of religion Should we not say that we just don’t believe this horse shit and be done with it.

There are people who won't see a doctor when they have serious symptoms thinking that the Lord will take care of them. I know one

These reglious guys are only upset because your bending on there grifting people out of there money for nothing.

@dianahill5116

6 ай бұрын

No religious leader/person(s), could pass a polygraph test in regards to their religion. _____ A polygraph test is used, to determine deception.

@dianahill5116

6 ай бұрын

When people stop obeying, enrolling, teaching, learning, promoting, supporting, participating and funding religion; religion will cease to exist.

@emanuelmota7217

5 ай бұрын

"you're", and "their"

@hopelessnerd6677

5 ай бұрын

@@dianahill5116 I'm not sure the percentage will ever change much. It seems like some people are wired to believe, and some are not. It's a good thing we have enough people wired to lean toward the scientific view to make all the tech we like so much, and to find the oil and coal we like to burn.

@dianahill5116

5 ай бұрын

@@hopelessnerd6677 The United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has done extensive research on brainwashing. _________ Parents/adults start brainwashing children with religion, when they are infants. Prior to them developing cognitive skills to object or opt out. Religion is a means and ways to manipulate and control others emotionally, mentally, physically, verbally and financially; by imposing their religion's laws, rules, regulations and restrictions. Religion is a means and ways to con, threaten, bully, antagonize, harass and annoy others.

In so far in so far in so far

@hopelessnerd6677

5 ай бұрын

Insofar. Good name for a drug.

@Jack458111

5 ай бұрын

insofar

Actually wondering if the difference between a religious loon and a religious moderate is not so much what they believe, but the extent to which modernity and secular culture allows them to ignore certain parts of scripture. We can ignore scriptural admonishment of adultery, usury and other modern compromises, but adding homosexuality to those exceptions is really a personal choice.

@Lordidude

3 ай бұрын

Moderates are also religious loons. Believing in invisible people and hearing voices is literally insane.

Rightly said we are so minority to question religion, like this dumb verse faith is the substance of things hope for the evidence of things not seen🇰🇳

OK, here is a religion based on this definition of "God" (to the exclusion of others): "God=Love". Essentially that use is a metaphor wherein the speaker is saying: "I think the highest (moral) truth is love." That's basically it for this religion, very simple, the golden rule and few other teachings on love, forgiveness and the like. Nothing supernatural at all, nothing demeaning, no religious rules. Folks are only instructed to engrave love on their heart. But the atheist says in advance I am without belief in love.

@Lordidude

3 ай бұрын

What you are describing is what atheists are arguing for: You don't need a god/goddess to be a good person.

@prestonbacchus4204

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your response. Nice^ Yes, for sure you do not need religion to have morals. Indeed, some religious teachings are antithetical to good morals, as we know too well. Just, not all religious belief is the same,@@Lordidude

@Lordidude

3 ай бұрын

@@prestonbacchus4204 All religions are equally unproven. If there was real evidence for any gods/goddesses existence, there wouldn't be more than one religion in the world.

@prestonbacchus4204

3 ай бұрын

So, what would be your specific gripe with the religion I defined? @@Lordidude

@Lordidude

3 ай бұрын

@@prestonbacchus4204 Your proposal defines a god as an emotion (love). There is no reason to call that concept a god. We already have a word for it. That word is love. My question to you is: Why call it god in the first place?

He's more religious than Morehamered.