I am atheist. This was a bad loss for Matt. I think I could have done a better job. Sye was driving and framing the debate from the beginning. Matt was on the ropes the whole time. Sye kept him on the defense. That's something I would not have allowed.

No one won this debate, because it wasn't a debate. Sye does not debate he preaches.

Watch the full debate.

Watch the full debate

😂😂 the hot mic moment is hilarious, so much coping before the debate even started. They know.

No reason for AnswerAnyone to make a damage control video if they think Sye did well, his performance at the debate would speak for itself.

The description of this video states "... debate between Christian Sye Ten Bruggencate and professed atheist Matt Dillahunty in Memphis Tennessee." Question: Why is Matt Dillahunty a "professed" atheist, yet Mr. Bruggencate is not a "professed" Christian?

Just watched the debate and it was even worse for Matt in the full recorded debate.

As a Christian, at 42:21 the most Profound thing Sye said “The bible says that Our god created the universe by speaking it into existence You know what he did not do for our salvation? He didn’t speak it into existence ..... he died for it. One mans salvation is a greater miracle than the whole creation of the universe.”

After reading this comment section all i can say is that you have to watch the entire debate. The actual debate.

When Sye was talking to David Smalley, he should've taken the chance to ask him how many times has he called into TAE show pretending to be an ignorant Christian. He's clearly done it many times

Sye - tell me what you know...... Matt - I don't claim to know...

I don't know if anyone noticed that part where Sye got to the part of saying Matt's worldview would reduce to solipsism, and then you can see Matt Dillahunty start writing confidently on his page in a relaxed pose as if this doesn't faze him. However, when Sye finally quoted Matt saying that he was a solipsist, Matt Dillahunty retracted his pen and his confidence looked like it reduced as if Sye's quote of Matt Dillahunty closed the avenue Matt wanted to take in his rebuttal. *9:55**-**11:52*

I hope this immensely important point doesn’t go unnoticed- “If your reasoning [as the function of an evolved brain] were not valid how could you know it?” The answer, as underscored by Matt’s response, is rather self-evident in a moment of candor and clarity.

That lady projecting her sexual twisted fantasies onto Sye is pretty sickening.

I think Sye should write a book on this specific apologetic.

Attacking someone else’s worldview has zero bearing on the truth hood of one’s own worldview. Sye debating is just bad faith question begging. There’s no point in even gathering for this thing.

Watch the full debate is not enough. Watch MORE! Watch more of Matt's video and you will spot the dodge

"Matt is his idol"...... um, no. Sye had focused on him like a laser by watching so many videos, and this focus is the natural consequences.

The discussion section was a slaughter. Wow.

watch the full debate

I had no idea how philosophically brilliant you were in this debate until I examined the statements carefully.

@25:10 “What do you mean by know?” Is not an atheistic question. That is one of the most basic questions to ask in epistemology regardless of your worldview. Just because an atheist asks it doesn’t mean it’s an invalid question.

I can see why so many people interpret Romans 1:18 wrong because in reference to the things that have been made at creation, people tend to imagine a spinning globe hurling through an ever expanding universe. It makes a lot more sense when you look at geocentrism.

Matt thoroughly lost this debate. The dude was exposed as an inconsistent know-nothing in his own words in Sye's presentation who was simply smart enough to show that this debate wasn't really between Matt and Sye but rather between the Matt that knows and the Matt that doesn't know. The rest of the talk was just Matt trying to recover from being destroyed by himself in clips from his various contradictory statements about truth and knowledge. It's hilarious how anyone can think Matt won. But then again it was two different Matts arguing against themselves and Sye was just "moderating" the debate. But I've already seen butthurt Atheists try to polish this turd of a loss in their "hero's" favour by attacking Sye personally. When they hate you so much even after expressing a genuine concern for the wellbeing of their souls, you know you're doing something right. Matt never once showed a love or heartfelt concern for the Christians he disagrees with or why it matters to him that they believe what he believes." Winning" debates is all that matters, I guess.

This was so heartfelt and just great. Thank you.

Why this video is so full of cuts and modifications? On youtube there's the full debate, free...

Is this the same syeten youtube channel that makes cartoons

Dunce Dillahunty says he is maximally certain...so is he absolutely certain that he is maximally certain?

Sye, you utterly failed to expose the "fact" that I know that God exists.

Does anybody know where I can find the after debate which we saw in clips in the documentary? Thanks

"You can laugh all ya want. I'll keep going. I'll just preach to ya." That made me laugh out loud. 🤭

Picture with who? Maximally curious.

What a terrific video production. Thx

I’m reading a lot of the comments for this video and honestly I think a lot of the people who are in support of Sye's apologetic are demonstrating that you don’t know the issues surrounding epistemology. I’m not saying Matt fully understands the issues concerning epistemology, but Sye certainly does not. I think we as Christians need to be held to a higher standard of critical thinking than what’s offered by Sye

Matt: I believe I know, I can't absolutely know anything Ask Matt if he knows he exists and he will argue he could be wrong. He is like a schrodinger's pig existing in two states and in both states he is oiled and greasy and excited to wrestle you.

From Matt's opening salvo: "we have no good reason to think that absolute certainty, in the ultimate sense, is possible to obtain." What a ridiculous statement from a man trying to convince anyone of anything. I wonder if Matt has a good reason to believe it (with absolute certainty of course).

why did Matt get upset when he asked if he was a liar? does it matter to matt whether matt is a liar or not?

There was a lot of tips fedora atheists in the crowd that day it seemed like. And Dillahunty is their role model.

"Who is your favorite superhero?" A construed question - They set you up nicely Sye. How do I know? The question has absolutely nothing to do with the topic. They tried the same thing with WLC when he debated Sam Harris - WLC picked it up and refused to answer. Typical of the powers of darkness - They do not play fair - THEY CHEAT!

You’d think a self avowed “philosophy buff” would understand epistemology.

This is just a failed attempt at editing the debate video to make it appear that Sye won the argument in favor of the biblical God. That was clearly not the case! Sye brought nothing to the table but non-evidentiary pre-supposition, false claims, and circular arguments.

Belief systems aside, are you able to see how aggressively Sye was able to deconstruct Dillahunty?

I'm confused about the tactic here. The goal seems to be to show that the atheist has no solution to solipsism and that knowledge claims are unfounded. But on the presup position we all do know things and can be certain of them. Seems like all the talk about "how do you know", seems to miss the point. Am I missing something?

there was no debate because there was never an agreement on the framework - ie no consensus on definitions.

Sye's only escape route to defend he couldn't be a brain in a vat boils down to "revelation". Apparently only "revelation" is an event (or state) powerful enough for one to be absolutely sure their knowledge, foundations of logic, and reasoning are not being fed from a computer or something of that nature. The problem is that "revelation" is a very vague term, it's not part of the scientific nomenclature, nor fully recognized by historians, and it is not explored enough in churches. Most churches will claim "god reveals himself to someone through scripture" but most likely disagree on the specifics of how "revelation" works or how it's proven different from conviction, epiphany, religious experience, or something else. Therefore Sye is also unable to demonstrate he couldn't be a brain in a vat (the bible doesn't explicitly discard that possibility either), and he is forced to step down to the same position Matt is. However, whenever Sye gets outsmarted, or proven to respond poorly, he bounces back to a high horse he has convinced himself exists but doesn't, losing the debate in my opinion.

Sye, In the end, the problem is is that you're merely asserting that your epistemology is justified. We have to take your word for it that God revealed things to you in such a way that you can be certain. Why is your human fallibility not a factor when it comes to revealed knowledge? Why should we believe you?

It’s kind of ironic that many of Sye’s supporters here are encouraging all of us to repent and find Jesus when according to Sye’s worldview not only is repentance useless because god has already decided who will receive his mercy, but impossible as humans are incapable of voluntarily repenting.

"Knowledge and certainty are completely irrelevant" @15:54 "I'm not absolutely certain about anything" @ 29:30 After those statements, why should we take Matt seriously? How should we debate a person who says they are not certain about anything? We expose it, are you certain about that you are not absolutely certain about anything? But Matt doesn't live like that, why? Because no one can, it's impossible. A worldview that is impossible to defend and live cannot be true. Our society is built upon truth EVEN the debate was based upon truth. Atheists may hate Sye but he is treating atheists according to their worldview. Atheists can't even challenge Christianity if you don't believe in truth, but atheists borrow from the Christian worldview all the time. Atheism is foolishness, it refutes itself, it's either God or absurdity.

When Sye “fizzed” on one of his parishioners in 2021 and had to step down from his church, was that fizz true or false?

People choose absurdity because they love their sin. 13:06

Beautiful finish to the documentary

Just as expected in this comment section, all of Matt's boyfriends have come out to defend him

Thank You Lord Jesus. My King Eternal. God of gods. Lord of lords. King of kings. Everlasting Father. My Savior and Redeemer.

The atheist can count, he just can't account for counting.

Sye, thank you for sticking to your guns. I listened to what you said . I listened to the video over and over again because I wanted to understand what you were saying. Then BAM! It finally clicked. I see the absurdity

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Would anyone invest what little time they have in this life debating whether or not unicorns exist? No. Because deep down they really don't believe they exist, so why waste the time?. So why do so-called atheists spend all of their precious time railing and debating against something that they say they really really don't believe even exists. Because maybe...they really aren't atheists. They just understand that misery loves company.

Soy de Venezuela e visto sus vídeos, y lo que e visto lo he puesto en práctica por gracia de Dios, y doy gracias a Dios por sus vídeos cuando veo que alguien los traduce. Ojalá pudieran traducir más.

i dont think chic at 00:57 paid attent at 12:33

"Truth is that which comports with reality." Until any God can be demonstrated to even possibly exist, then it is not reasonable to believe that one exists. The supernatural seemingly cannot be demonstrated, and in no way comports with the reality that we all observe, therefore it is not reasonable to claim it's true. Sye has no good argument, only that he believes in God and that everyone else does too, despite what they actually believe. He thinks he has Matt in this "gotcha" moment when Sye has nothing on his side which even remotely gives evidence that it's reasonable to believe in any God, let alone the monotheistic God of the Christian Bible. He even admits that there is no new evidence which could make him change his mind, and this is a hallmark of someone who is not trying to be intellectually honest. Watch the full debate.

He’s just a crowd pleaser

I notice that every time Matt participates in a debate, his fans come out of the woodwork and proclaim that he won. I’m curious… what would it take for you to admit that he lost? Or does he inherently win every debate because he happens to defend the position that you believe? Following this, was there ever any debate between a theist and atheist that you believe the theist won? If yes, then what is your measuring stick for who wins a debate?

5:02 start

Sye says, "What do you mean by [know] . Welcome to Atheism" As if he doesn't go around accusing people of claiming to know things that they don't claim to know.

Seems to me the last thing the maker of this documentary wants is for people to watch the debate lol

To brother Str Didnt Rom 10:17 says faith comes from hearing i.e senses or reasoning?. What's ur opinion about that?.

Truth is a trick to rebellious children who suppress the truth in unrighteousness.

I'm glad that in the comments at least some atheists acknowledge Sye clearly won the debate. Atheists and even theists are usually dishonest and just say the guy that shares their views won. I can recognize when an atheist wins. This wasn't one of them.

Matt dillahunty debunked many times

I watched this the first time when i was a "militant" athiest. And today i watched it as a believe in our God and Lord Jesus Christ. With out the truth of God we can not know anything. The truth will set us free and in Christ we are free. Thank you my Lord, thank you Jesus for setting me free.

Matt Dillahunty doesn't get it, we are not limited to philosophy; philosophy is not worthy as God. Dillahunty also compared born-again-experiences to eating a very excellent meal, he proves he has no clue what it is to be Christian, but he gets angry that we don't pretend he was once Christian... honestly, just a whiny cry-baby. Matt, you don't know anything but we do know stuff; I know that's not what Matt wants to accept, but it's reality, and if he's not allowed to use himself to strawman us he becomes a cry-baby. I know that is rude, but I can't stress this enough... it's the Truth. If Matt would accept our proclamations of Christianity, as he insists we MUST accept his proclamation of having been "Christian", then he would simply have to concede that our Christianity is true and so God is Christ and God is real. I'm fine with Matt not accepting my claim of Christianity, but he is such a hypocrite when he cry-babys about us not accepting his claim; it's pathetic.

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Wow did it really take 4 years to make this?

After watching the full debate! It's clear to anyone that if you're constantly cutting, adding and at times throwing out your yardstick then you have nothing to measure with and that was what was exposed here.

Matt explained why he used the philosophical "mumbo jumbo"

And this folks is how you straw man. Watch the full debate.

Why make truth claims when you admit you don't know anything and can't know anything? Wouldn't it be more consistent to just ignore the whole issue? Why would you devote your life to having a show about something you don't believe, and debating people about something that doesn't matter? Why in the world would you waste your time like that? It doesn't make sense for an atheist to spend so much time on this. Why not just eat drink and be merry while you still have breath in your lungs?

"This debate was over before it even started." - Sye

sye is like a kid always was beaten at chess by his dad then one day he beats his dad and walks away thinking he is the best in the world.

11:52 why didn't the debate end here? Because Matt doesn't want to believe in God. Because he loves his sin.

"What do I mean by know?! Welcome to atheism" LMAO 😂😂🤣🤣

Let's say presuppositionalim is true. We can't prove we weren't created 2 seconds ago with all of our previous memories. I guess everyone presupposes at least some things. But how will you argue with people who accept this stance and yet say their standard is the correct one. There will be chaos in discussions if everyone goes by their own standard

I am a Christian and pretty much agree with Sye on most doctrinal issues. But here is the reason why Sye’s arguments are bad. It is simply a presentation on a better way of thinking than the atheist. But that itself doesn’t speak to the truth of the view you hold. It is simply a system that gives an accounting for reality. There was even someone in the q&a during this debate who illustrates it well by presenting the exact same argument as Sye but substituted God with something else. Sye did not have a good response to that question. This is why classical apologetics is superior. Because it actually seems to demonstrate the truth of its claim

Sye is so monumentally arrogant. Honestly I can’t believe anyone takes him seriously

The girl asking if Christian doctrine requires him to be kind sounded like she was about to burst into tears....

"I'm what you would call a pre-suppositionlist. You see, we all get the same evidence, but we examine the evidence according to what we already believe and we come to different conclusions based on what we already believe." STB Oh, that's not good is it... 24:04 in the video

Jesus Christ is the light of the world, outside of him there are no answers. None!

I love that then down votes are currently at 666

Some times Christians looks like fools speaking to Matt. Matt states he knows nothing.... my goodness. I cannot wait for Sye to also challenge Matt to a polygraph test on the honesty of his beliefs.

So uhh turns out Matt was making knowledge claims in the FULL DEBATE as well, while at the same time claiming he knows nothing. I pray he finds the Truth.

So Matt’s basic idea is … I don’t know, listen to me and believe as I Believe or I’ll laugh at you

The truth by its very definition is exclusive. Either that or it doesn't exist.

matt operated in cowardice when he wasnt in charge of a phone that he could just hang up on you.

Sye tens opening was brutal. Matt had no possible way of getting around it and never did.

Of course there is absolute certainty. Either you are absolutely certain that a statement is true, or you are absolutely certain that you don’t know whether a statement is absolutely true. There is no avoiding it.

"Dear God, I know I’m a sinner, and I ask for your forgiveness. I believe Jesus Christ is Your Son. I believe that He died for my sin and that you raised Him to life. I want to trust Him as my Savior and follow Him as Lord, from this day forward. Guide my life and help me to do your will. I pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen." Did you pray this prayer?

Imagine an atheist being so hung up on who “won’ that they come to Christians YT comment section to sound off. Damage control? For whom? No one that actually knows Sye and his work for the kingdom would say his rep was damaged by this at all. But misrepresenting our worldview and bashing is perfectly moral to the truth suppressor, just ‘cuz. I remain praying for God to draw the lost to Himself in repentance and faith in our God and Savior Jesus Christ.

Sye just exposed Matt's inconsistency

I am so thankful for the faithfulness of these Christians. Thank you for youe hard work! Please keep it up. ✝️