I read of Daniel Everett's de-conversion story just as I was exiting Christianity, after 46 years as an evangelical and several years as a missionary. I honestly can say that his story changed my life: I knew it was OK to give up my faith, and so I did, at the age of 61. And life has never been more exciting and fun and fulfilled. Thank you Daniel Everett.

@jasonwilloughby1372

5 жыл бұрын

Congratulations brother.

@TeslUS_US

5 жыл бұрын

Wes mahan. your profile is the profile of a Business man. very nice. can you please tell me one of the most Beautiful experience that you had at the time you were a Christian misionary?. it will be nice of you if you could answer me. thanks a lot. i am still in mission i will be till i died because i habe seen the power of God working. for the moment id see people being free after just a prayer. my older brother use to be a drunker. he got to church complete drunk a prayer and since then he is free, many other are free from drug alcohol prostitution Depression and madness. i will like to know a Little from that what you in 46 years of mission experienced. . because i became a believer only 12 years a go. and since then i habe seen a lot.

@CD-by1ng

5 жыл бұрын

I'm curious as to what led you to become a christian in the first place for you to de-convert after 46+ years?

@bluepeacemaker

5 жыл бұрын

What is the reason of your life now? I mean, if someone does not believe in God, I personally think they simply "exist to die" and that life has no real purpose for them except for living untill dying. And I don't think that is a fulfilling or comforting thought, to be honest.

@dlon8899

5 жыл бұрын

@@bluepeacemaker energy never dies, it transforms into different states. We were always the potential energy of the stars and our ancestors. That is why you unconsciously are not stressed by the thought that 100 years ago you weren't in your present form of existence. Equally neither should you be disheartened by your state in 100 years from now.

He's so modest. I heard his story on NPR, and he lived with them for nearly a decade, and it was much more challenging than he makes it sound, because he was the first person to understand their language, and the tribe has been known to western civilization for centuries. He was the only one to succeed where so many have failed.

@daithiocinnsealach3173

4 жыл бұрын

He persisted.

@xoreign

4 жыл бұрын

Thing is, he didn't succeed. A lot of his research is just incorrect, there's a reason why no linguist takes his work seriously. He also provided nothing in return. Didn't let the people view the film he was making, didn't TELL them in the first place, etc. He also knew their needs and never gave back in any way. Not in regards to health, bilingual education, etc. He's not modest.

@GrammeStudio

4 жыл бұрын

@@xoreign where did you hear this from?

@xoreign

4 жыл бұрын

@@GrammeStudio I'm studying linguistics at university but there's a documentary online you can find of interviews with the natives.

@pedroguerrero3862

3 жыл бұрын

@@xoreign why do these people need bilingualism education, I mean these people have been living in the Amazon for centuries without it, why do they need it know.

The most underrated TED talk.

@mortalclown3812

Жыл бұрын

💯

@annal3708

Жыл бұрын

👍👍

Piraha: Dan, have you heard of the Socratic method?

@urielm774

3 жыл бұрын

Lol so true, tell me why?

Existentialists: what's the meaning of life? What is our purpose in the world? Nietzche: transcendental gives humans a purpose to live. It is said that mankind does not live on bread alone Theists: the afterlife gives our lives meaning and lets us tough through the suffering in life The Stoic realistic Piraha chads: Ok, cool story, bro. * goes on about their daily routine *

Great talk

@wiswis

4 жыл бұрын

I can see you've done your homework before making your last two videos, they're pretty good, all of your videos that are not on diet/nutrition are.

Dear KZread, please incorporate the "I love this" button. I need it right now.

@Batistareparosautomotivos

5 жыл бұрын

Misericordia!

@unusuario5173

4 жыл бұрын

That button is so needed.

@IIStaffyII

4 жыл бұрын

Kinda like back when the favorite button existed.

I go on months without smiling. Life is so complicated and difficult to maintain in modern world. Always worry about money. To pay bills to survive. Pinaha tribes are lucky people.

@Kevin-jc1fx

4 жыл бұрын

That's why even if I don't see how better their life will be with God, I still believe in him and believe that we in the modern world need God more than ever. They are born in "happiness". We are fighting to be happy from day one of our lives. We have to try to please our parents, then our teachers and later our bosses and the government. We also have to "fit in" in other to be accepted by our society. Then hustle to possess x or y that we want or need and before we know we are already dead. We desperately need Jesus to make sense of all this.

@Kevin-jc1fx

4 жыл бұрын

I wish you to find purpose and joy in your life. Sending you love from Cameroon.

@chrisray9653

3 жыл бұрын

It's called subsistence farming. This exists in neoliberal capitalism but hardly anyone thinks to do it anymore.

@pedroguerrero3862

3 жыл бұрын

Not really, everyone has a complicated life while yes these people don't have to worry about money or bills, they also have problems that revolt around their environment. Instead of money and bills, they have to worry about disease.

@dennisduncan7561

Жыл бұрын

They seem to do just fine without any deities Kevin.

I have now read his book “Don’t Sleep, There are Snakes” twice (actually listened to the audiobook, which I really recommend so you can hear the spoken Pirahã), and it’s absolutely the most fascinating and enjoyable read that I’ve ever had. It’s got me yearning for something similar to it in regards to a detailing of an indigenous culture that is as comprehensive as Everett’s book is. If anyone knows of any and could share that info with me, I would be extremely grateful.

@unusuario5173

Жыл бұрын

Any indigenous culture is as friendly as the Piraha.

Linguistic anthropology seems to me to be the most difficult and rewarding disciplines a person might possibly pursue.

@christopheclugston

2 жыл бұрын

it's actually Field Linguistics

@philipfortygin7660

2 жыл бұрын

Howabout maff

I was very sad to know that he wasn't allowed to go back to meet Piraha anymore in 2011 even though Piraha like him so much. Is he able to go now?

@MediciMedic

4 жыл бұрын

@David Garcia He reportedly had a child with a young woman there, and the Piraha became very angry with them both. They exiled him and banished her.

@Lowkey-NoPressure

4 жыл бұрын

@@MediciMedic Nice.

@eaglebearer

4 жыл бұрын

@@MediciMedic Nice.

@nash0089

4 жыл бұрын

Nice.

@markdaniels1730

4 жыл бұрын

@@MediciMedic Where did you get that information? From what I have seen he was forbidden to return there not by the tribe but by FUNAI, the Brazilian Governmental Institution for Indian Affairs. (Although their reasons for denying him are also unclear to me)

What a wonderful man! This should be shown to all children in the west :)

This is a great man and I'm so grateful for him and his conversion. The Piraha taught him well 😀

Great guy! Really enjoyed this, I am an atheist and love the way he came ‘converted ‘ to be one too!😊

@chrisray9653

3 жыл бұрын

The tribe is a walking-talking version of the Argument of Divine Hiddenness. Something like If God existed, he would be manifested equally and correctly to all beings without confusion, he is not manifested correctly and equally to all beings without confusion, therefore he does not exist.

@mortalclown3812

Жыл бұрын

​@@chrisray9653 Ironically, the strident nature of some atheists can mirror the fervor of evangelicals. At least agnosticism keeps room for wonder. Yet if I hadn't had two NDEs (near death experiences), I'd probably still be in the former camp. While certainty that consciousness is non-local is a far cry from belief in divinity, I'm sure that realms exist with higher vibratory signatures. Without the nearly dying part, of course, I wish folks had access to their own STEs (spiritually transformative experiences) - ones that transcend the singular and intersect with universal perception. Here's to finding the elevators to the Unified Field.

I am reading his book "dont sleep",and loving it.

Daniel just spoke the word of real truth

Thank god, some tribes are still left in this land, unbrainwashed by any religious BS.

@TheGuruStud

2 жыл бұрын

I want to be friends with these people. They're no nonsense, but clearly every friendly.

@yonatancruz2761

2 жыл бұрын

Thank god? It was this deity(god) of Christianity that made the lands and territories of abORIGINALS, primitives and indigenous to land grabbed by its followers and believers. " Go you therefore, COLONIZE all nations and CHRISTIANIZE them in the name of the X, of the Y and of the Z ".

@trsarathi

2 жыл бұрын

@@yonatancruz2761 , 😊 The 'god' in my usage was due to force of habit. Didn't mean it actually.

@yonatancruz2761

2 жыл бұрын

@@trsarathi Oh my gods

One of the best TED talks I have ever listened to. Honest advice from a person. Appreciate his humility.

Learned about this from reading Mastery by Robert Greene. So glad 😊 I found this talk.

This tribe sounds like they have a lot more common sense than most people. We should learn from them.

@gdwnet

4 жыл бұрын

@Tarl Denmark "we have knowledge not them". 1. You don't have knowledge of grammar. 2. We might know more but we have people believing in invisible friends.

@MrMemer

4 жыл бұрын

@@gdwnet They probably aren't the best at grammar either. And we already have people believing we live a worthless life evolved from apes.

@sandraarriaga832

4 жыл бұрын

Mr. Meme and we have people who believe we have an eternal soul with NO evidence

@MrMemer

4 жыл бұрын

@@sandraarriaga832 It can't be disproved either

@sandraarriaga832

4 жыл бұрын

Mr. Meme humans having a common ancestry with chimpanzee has more supportive evidence than a woman coming from a mans rib.

One of the best videos I've ever seen in my life!

I would say that the great lesson here is that at the deepest root of things we move on by building our understanding and knowledge from people's differences, a skill that the competitive western civilization has not been able to truly embrace until now.

I cannot agree with the message more, especially as I'm getting ready to "celebrate Christmas" tomorrow with my friends: an Iranian, a Russian, a French and American.

@Mortum_Rex

4 жыл бұрын

Did you all walk into a bar?

I love his books and his talks!! He is a born teacher. so fascinating.

I think I just saw the best Ted talk that´s ever made

I love Daniel. Such an intelligent guy.

How interesting is this talk about one of the indigenous languages of my country. Congratulations for having decided to do this great job here in Brazil. You inspire many people who want to do something important to the world, however I believe in God, not the One religion tells about. Thank you very much.

@mortalclown3812

Жыл бұрын

I use the word 'God' to label the immense vibration of love to which we all have access. I also believe - without proof, of course - that human consciousness has many levels: we're capable of raising our own vibrational signature to attain greater access and comprehension of said realms. Wishing you peace on the path. ✨

One of the best & most honest presentations ever ❣️

This is exactly why I think animals DO have language, just not what we expect in terms of grammar and syntax.

@OceanDream9

2 жыл бұрын

Most definitely. There has been some neat research done with dolphin communication that I recommend checking out!

Brilliant! Love the concept and it is so true!!!! Really funny and very thoughtful speaker. Thank you so much for sharing about your story and about the Hunter Gatherer tribe in Amazon. What s fantastic experience and really good outcome!!!

New information is hard to come by when we surround ourselves by people who look like us, talk like us and eat like us and think like us.

@pedroguerrero3862

3 жыл бұрын

That's very true but if you think about it from a basic view, it makes sense that these communities won't follow language rules. They have been isolated for so long, away from all other languages and people so it would make sense that their language won't follow rules that haven't been used to make the language in the first place.

That intro gave me earcancer

@canobiggs

4 жыл бұрын

No one cares what you think.

@miamivicemastermixer

4 жыл бұрын

@@canobiggs i don't care that you don't care

@jabrown

4 жыл бұрын

Every DAMNED Ted video

He is being persecuted because Chomsky disagrees with him.

@pedroguerrero3862

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly, real scientist should be willing to listen to new evidence. I mean fields that involves humans should be expected that there are going to be differences and that some community won't follow certain rules. I mean we do this with customs and marriages so why not language, different communities don't follow certain rules so why don't these linguists the same thing with language.

@TheGuruStud

2 жыл бұрын

@@pedroguerrero3862arrogant know it alls

The intro song is "What's Really Good" by Brayton Bowman

If you liked this talk I just finished his book, Don’t Sleep There are Snakes. Incredible story.

This guy is really an eloquent speaker .

Fascinating.

I'm genuinely glad Dan was able to salvage something out of his time as a Fundamentalist. Most of us weren't so lucky.

"To change the world you must first let the world change you." -me

Great! He is an incredible man with incredible thougts.

@Batistareparosautomotivos

5 жыл бұрын

O tempo dirá a verdade.

@Namuchat

3 жыл бұрын

So are the Pinaha.

Consensus and harmony are hard to come by among people with different ideas, beliefs and values. Too much difference leads only to disagreement and division and eventually conflict. Shared values and customs and beliefs create a strong community, but should be coupled with openness to new information.

He came back learning the mantra of happiness.

He is enlightening

Brilliant!

Thank you Daniel Everett for your honest sharing. It resonates in me very deeply. 223

Chomsky should follow this advice, and may be the linguistic comunity could apreciate this knowledge.

@Mjhavok

4 жыл бұрын

lol

@andrew348

4 жыл бұрын

Chomsky is so big he refuses to take in new information and accuses anyone who disagrees with him as being charlatans. He also refutes the value of any field work and believes sitting at a desk theorizing is the real work.

@Mjhavok

4 жыл бұрын

@@andrew348 Evidence?

@chrisray9653

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrew348 Has the speaker here ever actually said Chomsky was being dismissive? The antagonism seems manufactured.

@pedroguerrero3862

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly, all these linguists that try to attack him instead of listening to him and learning. These people think that language always follow these rules but language is just like people, it doesn't always follow rules. While yes, most global language might follow certain rules. It doesn't mean that this people do considering that they a very small community compared to other languages like spanish, English, or Chinese.

Mad respect to Dan.

You are not a failure you learned a lot that linguistics and anthropology can benefit from. It is a shame that so many people who contact these cultures are there just to change them.

Brilliant

sensacional

I've just read Tom Wolfe's book about this man.

@jabrown

4 жыл бұрын

Is it good?

@camilaeleuterio8292

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting! I'll add to my reading list. I've actually came to know Everett through a book called Mastery, by Robert Greene

Wow!

Best experience

Unbelievable one american speak our language, this is mind blowing 😎

@Luos31

3 жыл бұрын

@Language and Programming Channel Both and add English and Guarani to that xD

This tribe of Brazil is little known here in Brazil, most Brazilians are Christians

I feel like we should be in search of wisdom rather then just being guided by curiousity.

because a God(aka Deity) was a human idea that began from animism, till polytheism was born and anthropomorphic literary device was used to make these gods look legit, or real, by putting a dialogue in their mouth. Out of polytheism some tribes began to introduce the concept of monolatry, which makes monotheism as an evolution of religious human CULTURE. Adam upto Noah were modern type of human civilization because they do farming-herding which was predated by hunter-gatherer human civilization. This alone makes Genesis, of Hebrew's Literature as simply an EPIC STORIES, with a "drama" between man, a deity, and an animal. Also a talking serpent and talking Deity were simply an example of "anthropomorphic literature" (literary tool, or device, literary twchnique) just like Disneland movies.

I'm here because of "Mastery"

@ragnarokisnear

5 жыл бұрын

So am I!! Great guy, great book

@narinebipat2639

5 жыл бұрын

@@ragnarokisnear can u tell me what field/ subject ur into, if any

@ragnarokisnear

5 жыл бұрын

@@narinebipat2639 I've already read all the book, but I'll Reading again the last, chapter, it's amazing!

@MarioZimms

5 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@camilaeleuterio8292

4 жыл бұрын

Me too! Then, I've read his book Don't Sleep There Are Snakes and also listened to it through Audible

They show us, how humans would live without the concept of *Me* which is the concept of *time* and *space*

@arjun230190

6 жыл бұрын

Jasen Johnson It's amazing how we can come out of illusion.

@Sethan777

5 жыл бұрын

Arjun 👍👍👍

@jabrown

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry, but I can guarantee you the Pirahã do have the concept for “me”.

Anyone know if he was unbanned from visiting the Pirahã?

@nickeman132

3 жыл бұрын

He was banned??

@MontyCantsin5

6 ай бұрын

He is still not allowed to return, no.

An amazing story lol

I wonder why this is the only people that have this type of language & way of living? It must not be successful in a diverse world of environments if no other peoples utilize it.

These Pirahā people know wtf is up!!!!! :)

Can't believe he's from California. His accent sounds like Robert de Niro's.

Someone from Reddit ?

Alguém aqui quer que eu traduza para o português?

@jonasfernandes7854

2 жыл бұрын

Vá em frente!

How language began: for a biological-comparative approach (different preadaptations to speech & language), google "Speech originS 2017 Verhaegen PPT".

anybody here from the reddit post?

This is why I don’t read the news. I try to live like I don’t believe anything is real outside our (the people I know) current situation

@WhatMouse

4 жыл бұрын

​@Peanut Bear I am allowed to learn about other events/objects/patterns/systems etc, but if there is no sign of them around me I don't generally let myself think about them. E.g. transgenderism, climate science, foreign politicians, America (excluding Hawaii)

@corpo9310

4 жыл бұрын

@@WhatMouse that is called ignorance

@WhatMouse

4 жыл бұрын

@@corpo9310 yes

People without a language as well.

It is fascinating a primitive tribe does not even have folk-religion. It doesn't feel right to call it atheism, more like apatheism or indifferentism.

@hareecionelson5875

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe they're more concerned with getting on with their lives and what impacts them on a daily basis, instead of philosophising about mortality and creation. Afterall, they don't have the scientific tools to verify any creation stories, and from the video it seems they are pure empiricists: they believe things which are verifiable. But they are atheists, in that they lack a belief in any god, that's the definition of the word, but atheist is a very non-specific word. Buddhists are technically atheists.

piraha, may their tribe increase

I am in agreement… walk in somebody else’s shoes … in our own backyards

I wonder if they have morals...wow, if he explained the gospel like that, I'd be an atheist too.

@MrZorx

Жыл бұрын

Morals seem to be innate in humans regardless of religion

This was cool until the part at the end where he claimed people with similar superficial immutable characteristics have similar thoughts.

@Mr_Valentin.

Жыл бұрын

Yup, And he went straight for the young white males

nobody going to talk about how his shirt makes the white P behind him appear as it is natural?

❤️🇰🇼🇰🇼🇰🇼🇰🇼🇰🇼🇰🇼

OMG...😂

Whether you believe in Jesus’s divinity or not, to me, is irrelevant. The fact is he was a great leader who changed the world and died preaching a message of love. Nothing wrong with following him. Many Christian’s believe in God and yet don’t believe in Heaven. Just because you believe in God, the Christian God, does not mean you are afraid of death or no longer existing.

A nice man, though I’m not sold on the “diversity of the exterior” that he’s propagating. Intellectual diversity can be found anywhere regardless of how people “look”.

@DeadEndFrog

4 жыл бұрын

Its a shortcut for new information. Genetic information, cultural information, ect. ect. Everyone is diffrent sure, but the major diffrences between cultures are there too.

@josh_sqlla

4 жыл бұрын

.

@andrew348

4 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure you introduced the skin color part. Dan was talking about Diversity of experience. It just so happens that western cultures are all pretty similar and therefore produce less intellectual variation

Chomsky doesn't like this.

Sounds like your belief in God and Jesus was really fragile. Feel really sorry about that and hope you will have an encounter with HIM again. A true one this time.

@dennisduncan7561

Жыл бұрын

No true Scotsman fallacy detected.

You eat these leaves, that's why you can't talk our language very well

@esmaaltnkaya5186

4 жыл бұрын

KRAAAAAAAAAAL

@gokmenmutlu9810

4 жыл бұрын

ödevi yapamadigim gerçeği de var ama

@esmaaltnkaya5186

4 жыл бұрын

@@gokmenmutlu9810 boşver yaaa yapan da süper yapmadı zaten

Infowars

A very happy failure

Christianity poisoned the world

@chrisray9653

3 жыл бұрын

Humans are humans.

Please educate yourselves on this person. A lot of his research has largely been discredited, not taken seriously by any real linguist. Both because of methodology and his baseless claims. He came into this community for poor research, and failed to give back, not even telling them he was making a film. He knew they were in need of bilingual education and health resources, yet provided nothing. He actively declined to give anything in return. I study linguistics in university and I don't know of a single professor in the department who gives him merit.

@xoreign

3 жыл бұрын

@Language and Programming Channel May I know what your linguistic education background is? Or is it limited to reddit and pop science books. I'd love to hear it

@austinlang6946

Жыл бұрын

Lol aka “I’m in a linguist department that views Chomsky as a God who can’t be wrong, and I watched the video online of a guy in Portuguese that can’t actually speak the tribal language make up baseless claims about Daniel. Then I went back into my linguistic echo-chamber and decided that’s all I need and he’s a fraud. Idc that many many other academics work and publish with Daniel in a variety of wholly creditable journals and textbooks.” It’s sad that you are the type of person that’s going to be involved in the future of linguistics. Another dogmatic thinking college student. Go figure. And also the man speaking has x10 of the credentials that you have. I mean You literally tried to make an argument to authority to someone even though who you claimed is a fraud has way more education than you. Ironic no?

@xoreign

Жыл бұрын

​@@austinlang6946 Have you ever considered the possibility that a majority opinion prevails because that's just ... what most experts believe to be the case? Piraha Exceptionality: a reassessment, Andrew Nevins, David Pesetsky, Cilene Rodrigues. Evidence and argumentation: A reply to revert (2009) If you can provide me with evidence that doesn't scream "I took an intro to linguistics course" please let me know. Can I ask what your credentials are? I know you're going to interpret that as "are you also brainwashed?" but really I'm asking if you have a foundation in syntax / some kind of framework like x-bar theory. If you do, I am legitimately confused as to how you would buy into his research. If a 12-year-old algebra student claims to have broken math, the entire mathematical world disagreeing with him is not an example of "dogmatic thinking" Authority in academia is not awarded to that which is taught in institutions. It is awarded to those that withstand any and all contrary evidence and is able to remain as the most plausible explanation for something. Everett does not have that. Chomsky does. (in this particular department) My education has nothing to do with it. I am aware of the evidence that exists and am able to analyze it as someone more than a nobody. I am not trying to disprove Everett's work myself. A math student can tell if a proof above them is legitimate or not, even if they'd be unable to do that proof themselves.

@dennisduncan7561

Жыл бұрын

The Piraha appear to be just fine.

But you had the means and the will to fly there, while the Pirahã didn't have the means or the will to fly here. What's up with that?

@sandraarriaga832

4 жыл бұрын

Patrick Christians have been trying to convert them and bring modern civilization/ tech for 300 years. The Piraha reject things they don’t find necessary, including traveling to cities.

"If everyone looks the same, you can bet this will not be an innovative company". YIKES! People of the same ethnic background cannot think differently from one another? No wonder this guys family disowned him.

@bryanfongo327

Жыл бұрын

If your company has people from many different backgrounds, those people will have many different ideas. More different than if it was all people from the same background.

@dennisduncan7561

Жыл бұрын

Who said his family disowned him?

@mitral5333

Жыл бұрын

@@dennisduncan7561 His family.

@dennisduncan7561

Жыл бұрын

@@mitral5333 Do you have a source for this?

@hdx8388

10 ай бұрын

@@bryanfongo327 it doesnt occur to you that maybe all that "different ideas" are of no benefit? all the human development until this century happened with no diversity

CONVERTER(using allurements) gets CONVERTED(without any allurements) : That's the best religion Christianity for you

Loved the book. Not a fan of the diversity spiel. The reason the Pirahas exist and continue to exist is their unity and distrust of outsiders and outside information. It's strange that Daniel Everett flipped this simple idea to support the very opposite.

@user-xw9lt1em3m

4 жыл бұрын

The point was that he was learning because he lived with the pirahas

@corpo9310

4 жыл бұрын

@Tarl Denmark discrimination is pushed by the right-wing, often manipulative fearmongers who strive for power

@jonnywiles3068

4 жыл бұрын

I listened and thought the same thing. I've just finished his book and absolutely loved it. A fascinating story by a really likeable and interesting man. However, he states that the Piraha are the happiest people in the world, and in his book says that they are an extremely conservative (literally) people who do not want to learn anything from outside cultures. They are quite happy as they are and want no other influences on their way of life. At the same time, he says in order for us to thrive we must embrace diversity and learn from other cultures and ways of life, and not be so insular (not disagreeing with that necessarily). There seems to be a contradiction there which I'd like to hear his answer to. Perhaps he would say we are so different to the Pirahas and have evolved so far down the line in to a global society, that we should have a different outlook to them. Still, a lot of the book is about the fundamentals of human nature, and how he learned through what he thought they had right. Disappointed to hear him going full SJW at the end too. Anyway, highly recommend his brilliant book.

If you walk away from a relationship because someone asked you a question that made you doubt your relationship.......you probably didn't have much of a relationship to begin with. Just a set of beliefs based on religion but not a clear relationship with Christ.

@bryanfongo327

Жыл бұрын

When i'm in a relationship with someone I usually know explicitly that they exist

@dennisduncan7561

Жыл бұрын

Spare us that "you were never a true Christian" bs. It's just a tired throw argument people use to hand wave away why people leave the faith.

Unbelief is not olny his problem... Mark 16:14 Afterward Jesus appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen.

How do you go from talking about a language to white men..?

@MontyCantsin5

6 ай бұрын

Following a simple narrative thread too much of a challenge for you?

Never have Jesus the first time...that's why!

@Sergei_kv82

4 жыл бұрын

Uh.. Never had Allah, mythra or any other many many other gods that humanity worships. Youre not the only person or way of life on earth.

@WingDiamond

4 жыл бұрын

YOU Go down there, learn their language & culture - then try to convert them!

great talk, but he ruined it at the end with his babble of superficial diversity. we need diversity of thought, not looks

@petrosrockos6425

6 жыл бұрын

Think about it. Coming as an ex christian missionary, he probably had a well thought point when saying the things about physical differences, prevalence of white males and un-openness to new ideas etc.

@petrosrockos6425

6 жыл бұрын

Why not diversity of looks though?

@MikeWalker

6 жыл бұрын

A little more subtle than that I think. A diversity of thought often has a diversity of look. Buddhists to Muslims to Jews to orthodox Christians to traders in Marrakesh to Eskimos and on and on. He was just making that, more general, point.

@jabrown

5 жыл бұрын

He IS arguing for diversity of thought. That's exactly what he is doing.

@jabrown

4 жыл бұрын

@witkrieg todd No, no. That is not what he is doing. Listen to his words again. Dan Everett does not believe this sort of thing. I follow him closely and know his views quite well.

He had the wrong idea of being a missionary. Being a missionary is not westernizing natives. The gospel is not about being happy, rich nor successful. It's about one's eternal soul. It's about knowing and acknowledging God as the Creator and about the afterlife.

@S00rabh

4 жыл бұрын

But still wrong information.

@steventan2754

4 жыл бұрын

I think the Parahas have the right idea here. Have they seen the afterlife? Jesus and the so called Creator enter their lives directly(and not through the word of a missionary?? No? Then until so, they shouldn't be adding another layer of mystery to their already hard life.

@NEPtune-fy1ug

4 жыл бұрын

@@steventan2754 i myself am an atheist, but that logic is quite bad because with that reason alone the religious can criticise us for coming up with things we havent personally witnessed, even though there is overwhelming evidence.

@matth2868

4 жыл бұрын

@@steventan2754 hard life? How do you know it's hard? Only because you compare it to yours. They don't know your life. How do you know your life isn't hard to them?

@jabrown

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao you literally can't translate the Gospel into their language, so good luck trying to get them interested in it

I think this just shows that a people can become so remote and removed from the world outside themselves that they can no longer comprehend new ideas and meanings. This is a result of a long term deficiency not much different than a child raised in the setting of neglect. It really hurts their development as well as what can or can't be learned later in life. So obviously they have adapted and still love life but to denounce Christ from your life because they can't comprehend or overcome the restraint of see outside of their world is foolish. I can spend all day naming things I have personally never seen yet to say it never existed would be absolutely wrong. To make a difference in that people you would have to teach their kids from the earliest ages. The adults are locked in to what they know and can comprehend. Come back to God before it's to late!

@dennisduncan7561

Жыл бұрын

Get off your high horse junior. The Piraha aren't some poor, helpless children in need of our guidance. They seem to have a better handle on life than those of us in the industrialized world and without any deities. If they aren't convinced of gospel there's not much else you can do. Maybe instead of making pronouncements you should learn from these people and thier culture.

Jesus spoke of living in the present and not judging others opinions and behaviour. It's basis of his teachings in my opinion. This is what Piraha are doing. It is not contradictory to Jesus. Daniel Everett didn't live by the rules Jesus gave us, although he thought he did, and went to the tribe where people live His words every day to tell them how to live.

@dennisduncan7561

Жыл бұрын

Don't hand us that no true Scotsman fallacy bunk.

Daniel says that no body sow the Lord Jesus. its look like he went to Mission before reading his bible. this sounds more a good Programm preparation for a carrer than really ever being a believer. Daniel did you ever read the book of acts of the Apostles. did you ever read Christian history. did you ever read some of the hebrew historic book about Jesus christ. ? please.

@sandraarriaga832

4 жыл бұрын

Cristian Martinez the gospels aren’t a reliable source especially considering they aren’t first hand encounters. Though scholars agree the was A Jesus, they’ve never affirmed any of his alleged miracles, nor that he rose on the third day, etc. You don’t know his life and your assumptions about him are dead wrong. Have you read his books? Have you studied his life? Did you bother to read his page on Wikipedia before making making a No True Scotsman fallacy?

@robogamer2023

3 жыл бұрын

How do you explain god to a tribe of people that has no word for god

@robogamer2023

3 жыл бұрын

Whichever book you read out it isn't going to make a difference

@TeslUS_US

3 жыл бұрын

@@robogamer2023 all this people have word for spirits and Gods.

@robogamer2023

3 жыл бұрын

@@TeslUS_US but the Ted talk said something else