I am an atheist. That I have sat through 3 + hours straight of Professor Alec Ryrie speaks volume for his ability as a lecturer. Love his work. And discovering Gresham College has ignited a huge interest in history. As someone else said "KZread for Adults." That's great.

@p.bckman2997

3 жыл бұрын

That makes two of us!

@azmodanpc

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed. As an atheist, I really admire his deep knowledge and thoroughness. Astonishingly articulate and with a captivating tone. Wish I had professors of this caliber in college, high school or wherever.

@hannamakela6989

Жыл бұрын

Hear, hear! Then again, it is partly because I am an atheist (though raised a Christian) that I find (academic) theology fascinating.

Perhaps Prof. Ryrie could also have pointed out that the Christian political right has been facing its own version of the same dilemma faced by the left. Amongst conservative Christians, right wing political orthodoxy and practice clearly takes priority over any sort of traditional beliefs and practices. Whilst these Christians aren't plagued by an authenticity crisis, their public identity seems largely defined by performative declarations of tribal membership, e.g., Trump's infamous Bible display.

@greenftechn

3 жыл бұрын

1.) It was almost as obvious as if he had. 2.) If he had stated it explicitly, rather than implicitly, would it make any difference, and would it then be an academic lecture, or instead a polemic?

KZread for adults. Thank you.

This lecture has given me a lot of insight into the way religion acts and interacts in my country. Many thanks!

I love how the dust particles dance around him in the light. Great lecture, as always!

This is tremendously insightful!

Whoa, good lecture.

A lot of ground covered in this lecture. Very interesting. As a tangential point, I'd be interested in the co-relation between active evangelism, and its effects on sustaining the faith of a community. It seems the antithesis of the self-effacing Christianity which this lecture attributes to the Christian left.

A magnetic speaker!

That wristband at the beginning made me think of Tolkien's one ring. :)

Bonhoeffer was a theological genius. Unfortunately, his prophetic voice hasn't been heeded by many Christians.

@bass9351

2 жыл бұрын

Yet he is a protester

A prominent cricketer who tragically died used to have a wrist band which displayed the letters WWJD. The answer turned out to be take the bribe

@ApocryphalDude

2 жыл бұрын

What would Judas do?

@michaelibach9063

2 жыл бұрын

I Never wanted to be that guy, it took me years to get to a place where I was comfortable wearing something denoting my faith. I wear several Saint medals and a crucifix now though.

38:16 isn't he forgetting William Jennings Bryan?

Reformation, Enlightenment, Revolution, = Atheism.

To paraphrase Tolstoy, the more one tries to predict the future and analyze history, the less one has to do with it.

religiousless christianity......makes as much (little) sense as footballless football.

@BudFieldsPPTS

8 жыл бұрын

+rahowhero Perhaps, but the idea of a religionLESS Christianity has a striking appeal for many. There'a a huge difference between religiousless and religionless christianity.

@TorianTammas

7 жыл бұрын

It does not matter if it makes sense a lot of people who consider themselves are not religious. So it is a fact that we have what is usually called cultural Christians or Christians without a religion.

@npickard4218

3 жыл бұрын

Ah, so true! You will enjoy the comment that I posted. :-)

@nics4967

3 жыл бұрын

@@TorianTammas Your not all wrong but we have abandoned alot of things we slaughter alot of our young how many wait for marriage. Follow our morals and human rights makes no sense. Only some humans have the right to life. So sapient rights maybe. But more honestly if atheism is true no Christian morals make sense. We are living on fumes. If atheism is true all thoughts by subjective minds have no bearing on the individual. No objective mind so no real rules. We feel them but that dosn't mean they are real. We would be beings without objective value.

1:25 That's not *irony*.

1:36 Now _that's_ a branch of christianity I can get behind :D

@ArkadiBolschek

2 жыл бұрын

@Cuddly Cat "All the believers were united in heart and mind. And they felt that what they owned was not their own, so they shared everything they had." (Acts 4:32)

Religion and politics will see the end of the human race ... wonderful lecturer none the less. Good to listen to a religious lecture where the lecturer is not frothing at the mouth.

@YiannissB.

3 жыл бұрын

They haven’t brought the end for thousands of years, they won’t bring it now.

A non religous religion seems to be heading further and further towards Humanism.

@JoannaHammond

2 жыл бұрын

@Cuddly Cat As an atheist myself I take a very simple point of view. I won't preach to you and don't preach to me.

@voyello

2 жыл бұрын

@@JoannaHammond Such close minded ness

I tend to agree with Tolstoy. Geez it would probably be living off the grid and under the radar of whatever government he was living under while pursuing some manner of communal anarchism in preparation for the Kingdom's come.

Jesus would have done what he did:stayed out of politics and encouraged his followers to preach and put faith in his coming Kingdom ( government) .

@JohnStopman

3 жыл бұрын

But, he never came.

@nics4967

3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnStopmanyet...do you know the day or the hour?

@JohnStopman

3 жыл бұрын

@@nics4967 Irrelevant, 2000 years have passed, and another 2000 years will pass and he still wouldn't have come back. It's all faith based on exactly nothing.

@JohnStopman

3 жыл бұрын

@@emmanueldavidferreira1645 You christians make the positive claim, therefore, you must provide the evidence. I haven't seen any so far, hence my disbelief.

@georgenorris2657

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnStopman You can't expect others to provide evidence. The only way is to search yourself.

Religion is ONE of the main reasons that USA is so confused I.e. is tearing itself apart. Reason and critical thinking is in desperately short supply.

@josephwalsh7546

3 жыл бұрын

Worship of "reason " is what took France from revolution into the Terror. Marx didn't call his ideology "scientific socialism" for nothing. Reason is often a self delusion to justify an ideology.

@georgehill6726

3 жыл бұрын

@@josephwalsh7546 Irrelevant. I am talking about USA today. However, if you want to talk history, what is your take on the Inquisition, or the behaviour of the Spanish Conquistadors. The collaboration between Franco and Mussolini and the Catholic church. Hitler's religious upbringing. The huge scandals across numerous countries of mass abuse of women and children by priests. The lunacy of born again G dubya Bush. The mass murdering Jihadists of Islam. The numerous phases of sectarian murders in Irish history. etc.etc.etc.

@useodyseeorbitchute9450

3 жыл бұрын

Well, it could explain some craze on right, but religion (at least in traditionally understood) would not explain even more impressive crazes on the cultural left.

@greenftechn

3 жыл бұрын

@@josephwalsh7546 if your reasons are wrong, reason itself will be waylaid.

@musa2775

3 жыл бұрын

@@useodyseeorbitchute9450 I'm curious what and who you mean. Who is crazy and in what ways?

I myself am depressed today at the changes I have witnessed in England it is truly sad and someone must've really hated us Too let in so many foreigners and Let outside religions in our country for jobs whilst the politics are against us so a truly painful way too go out

Ah, yes: professors that argue the tenets of Christianity as opposed to living the principles.

@philgwellington6036

3 жыл бұрын

Marketing and financialization . . Interesting thought

@npickard4218

3 жыл бұрын

I agree with your sentiment. :-) You will enjoy the the comment that I posted. :-)

@Jason-ms8bv

3 жыл бұрын

Alec Ryrie is an Anglican

@grantbartley483

3 жыл бұрын

I hope you live up to them yourself.

@franzfleischer3476

3 жыл бұрын

Are you related? A friend? A neighbour or student? What personal knowledge do you have of how the Professor practices his faith? Perhaps you attend the same Church at which he is a licensed Reader in the Diocese of Newcastle?