Atheism is opposed to religion, that doesn't mean you can't have your own understanding of God despite religion, what a FARCE. Super close minded to suggest there is no reasonable middle ground.

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Atheism is an argument from personal incredulity.

Atheism is an argument from personal incredulity

He sure relies on his feelings a lot.

Hehe.... Yeah. For a Climate Science Denier, it's rich to run around pushing his slogan.

Ouch, it is too ironic.

I was thinking the same, such surprise ö

🫵 congratulations. You now can feel something from living in your moms basement.

Are you assuming unicorns aren't real? Do you assume they aren't real because no one has ever found one? Hmmm, maybe you need a little faith, trust, and pixie dust. Seems to me a horn on a horse would be evolutionarily advantageous...

@@craisin7120 rhinoceros. Narwhales. Explorers saw rhinoceros, narwhales, etc. and merged them with horses. Not dissimilar from how medieval churches created (yes, created) relics to boost a town's (and church's) popularity and income.

@@craisin7120 Ben Shapiro being honest and intelligent would also be advantageous but here we are.

@@craisin7120 what evolutionary advantage? Horses and Zebras have the benefit that they have a powerful kick to defend themselves while being chased by a predator. Why would it be an evolutionary advantage to instead stand their ground and attempt to fight off the predator with a singular straight horn? Especially when they can easily be overpowered by a group of predators?

oh, that is priceless. I don't literally laugh out loud all that often during a day, but that one just kneecapped me in the funnybone. With your permission, I'm going to use that somewhere. Too good not to share.

Yeah, he definitely believes that

Yes, and that's true.

this video is a compilation of bs For example at 2:57 most countries he pointed out is religious by majority (google it) Norway is Christian Australia is Christian United kingdom is Christian Belgium is Roman Catholic Denmark is Evangelical Lutheran

@@emad3241 source? He's sourcing WIN/gallup my man its a pretty reliable source. The first response on google is very often incorrect or coming from a shit source. so like you're gonna have to grab a source which not only proves WIN/gallup wrong and proves another source correct but also prove GMS had any intent to mislead his viewers to a false conclusion. It also wasn't exactly a very important point in his video tbh, people make like mistakes sometimes with their sources. If it’s a “compilation of BS” you can do better than one example you haven’t even properly substantiated. Give me 5

​@@theveganduolingobird7349 maybe (compilation of BS) was way too harsh, but i can sure give you examples of some bs in the video - (The WIN-Gallup International Association (WIN/GIA) poll results below are the totals for "not a religious person" (regardless of whether they had some religious affiliation) and "a convinced atheist" combined.) you can't assume someone is an atheist just because they said they're not religious, i tell people all the times that i'm "not very religous" even tho i'm a muslim, just because i'm not dedicated - but like you said, this is beside the point, the point ben shapiro was making which he missed is that religion makes people happier and atheists on the internet are bullying everyone to leave religion which could effect the well-being of the population negetivly that's a very well-documented phenomenon btw (source: Pew Research) in fact, the man said it himself, he said people who go through hardship are more likely to be religious (3:12) - 0:40 extremist secular ideologies like comunisim and maoist socialism probably k!lled far more people that all religious wars in history combined, mao zedong for example sent religious people to concentration camps, he saw them as subhumans, he thought he was doing mankind a favor, those people had no limits most atheists today are pretty peaceful people (except in countries like China where they're hostile toward religious people), mostly because they lived in more developed nations and adhere to judeo-Christian values of the west, but it's historically inaccurate to assume that secularism doesn't lead to a dark path - 17:59 Being a determinist is bs, quantum physics disproved that theory a long time ago by introducing random event, it's funny that he proceeded to say that he believe (everything in the universe is inevitable) which is a completely different theory from the theory of determinism, then proceed to record every time ben shairo confuses his terminology (i'm not a fan of ben shapiro either btw) - also he missed Ben Shapiro point again, studies show that Belief in Free Will Predicts Life Satisfaction and Positive Affect (source: pubmid) i can keep going but the comment is long enough

No man just gotta believe your whole life without any reason

Yeah it's kinda odd 😅

I would've said "but she lives in Canada" but, yeah.

I always laugh when believers say god exists outside time and space, but when someone points out that the bible sanctions slavery, those same people say "that was a different time."

That put a big smile on my face, I worked with a guy that had a girlfriend but nobody ever saw her.

Question: CRT is just 'Uncomfortable Knowledge', do i get this rightt? Let me ask specific-as-can-be: Banning CRT means banning videos like what 'Some More News' made about Hawaii oer Thanksgiving, or what 'Second Thought' uploaded about the Developing World? OR CUBA?

@@slevinchannel7589 what? those are on youtube, which is a private platform. people usually talk about public schools, which dont teach crt anyway

Also Shapiro: Don't critique my arguments or you'll hurt my fee-fees!

The existence of a god is neither provable nor unprovable. Your “feeling” are clouding you.

@@point_blank6944 the existence of bigfoot is neither provable nor unprovable, but the rational position to take is to not believe he exists.

That, and the “SELL THE HOUSES TO WHO, BEN? FUCKING AQUAMAN?”

@@amycox5733Oh is that where the aqua man meme comes from

lmao

god i wish i was a barbie girl tbh

@@insertname9305 in a barbie world?

facttt

Also probably won't let human hurt each other and all the other horrible stuff going on, I think if god did existed, be really disappointed in us :/

​@@DoodleMcNoodlesA song made in 2019 about by this band puts it nicely. "Baby Jesus sheds a tear" it's Planet B by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

For real

Definitely a sadist if they exist lol

4 real I had 2 stop the video 2 regroup after that joke

@@katiecooper1923 Me too, I was like dam that escalated quickly

The belief of the nonexistence of Dod is automatically blasphemous specially for the majority of christians.

Loosing my religion was a arduous and harrowing process. Living life as a heathen has estranged me from society, constrained my relations by constantly reminding me of the dual entangled nature of co creation. Living life in the unconditional ebb and flow of present sense depend on a shared point of view, one that religious beliefs obfuscate with dogma and biases that refutes change in lieu of their fealty to the status quo. Any advice?

@@thedailydao I mean as an Atheist everything depends on you. Your actions have consequences and essentially this is it. As an Atheist live does not have a higher meaning than what you give it. Atheist is a bit of a weird word, since it means not believing, however as an Atheist you need to believe in one thing and that is yourself. Not a god determines your life but mostly you and obviously circumstance.

Also a great R.E.M. song.

Yeah, I'm not mad at God for not fixing stuff. I'm not scared of God's judgement and I'm also not denying God because I want to do sinful things. I just don't believe that God exists at all, the same way Christians don't believe in Krishna, or Odin, or Zeus.

The only way Atheism comes from unhappiness is when radical religious zealots don't shut the fuck up

Yea I've only ever turned to spirituality or religion during times of crisis. When I'm happy I don't do that 😅

@@snoozyq9576 wussy

Atheism made me happier. I grew up Mormon, I felt oppressed and ashamed to just exist, when I was finally able to break from that, I felt liberated, like I could finally be who I am without being indirectly prosecuted for it every sunday.

There's an example of this in a KZfaq series called "Impulse" where a man turns to religion to find peace in his otherwise depressing and guilt-ridden existence.

I think he went to Duke, but it doesn't undermine your point.

I think you meant ”trafficking” instead of fracking

if you look up the word fracking and see its effects on the environment you may see he likely intended to say fracking@@TheRealBillix cheers

For a hot sec I misread that as "fucking billionaires"

like... when flaming homosexual pdf file atheists claim that men can give birth and nowhere in history has this been true?

When I was like 2-3nd grade, I asked some grandmas at our church “how do you know if god is real? What if he is not real?”. I was just asking a normal kid question, but they just gasped and one of them slapped me…just because I asked a normal question💀

​@@Sa1tyCaramelthat genuinely sucks

I hate to break the hearts of pdf file atheists but men cannot menstruate and they cannot give birth either

Doesnt make a lot of sense. 1.Catholicism and Islam are the two most absurd religions out there. The Catholic magisterium claims sole authority on interpretation of scripture but has taken it upon itself to " interpret " like 8 passages in 1500 years. 2 some things are mysteries which your friendly neighborhood atheist will also tell you.

Read it again. Do you think you grasp every truth that exists throughout the universe or are you just slow? He is saying he is trying to understand how everything works

@@kiddkuru if that is how you interpret this line then he is clearly not putting effort into this struggle

@@Mish844 and how should he do that? Fly to space, or get Rick’s portal gun so he can start traveling the multiverse first hand? We aren’t technologically powerful enough and the vast expanse of space is so massive we can’t even comprehend it, let alone learn everything about it

@@kiddkuru if only there was a framework that could be used to explore the world around us and had some achievements to back its credibility like a developed medicine or, I dunno, succesful launch resulting in putting a man on the moon.

@@Mish844 I’m not talking about earth or the moon

Theism does that to a person, and it's not just theism that does that. It's not a coincidence that right wingers, conspiracy theorists, theists and other superstitious people often whine that "main stream media" is leftist. You're already left if you just stick with the facts and their context. You have to at least keep facts out or strip them from context to be "fair and balanced" in the eyes of the right and there's a reason for that and it's because they don't agree with reality. They don't just disagree with people left of them but with reality as a whole.

yep! being religious is contradictory to all we observe in nature! i mean idk how can they live in a delusional world,while seeing also the contradicted reality???

His feelings don't care about facts.

Yep--all Christians say they struggle with life--especially because they believe in a magical, invisible, Uber-galactic phantasm that is supposed to guide them, but doesn’t because it isn’t there. You are absolutely right about Shapiro.

Everyone does. It's called being a human being.

"If you are only a good person because of fear of hell, you're not a good person, you're a bad person on a leash"

​@@leritykay8911 an imaginary leash no less. Like I think deep down a lot of them know that when they break their own rules...

and the funniest part is that majority of believers don't really care about hell at all. They do all kinds of sins and don't even know that they are sinners. They are hypocritical as fuck

From what I've seen of Shapiro in this & the political ones on progressive videos, he is a sick little man. His podcast is funded by right wing billionaires who have an agenda that wants people scared & hopeless so no one tries to make this a better world. This was my rant.IMO, anyone who spews the lies that Shapiro does is morally bankrupt. Great video Drew!

I think disliking others for their religious beliefs, whatever they are, and the thinking that being atheistic is the only way to be intelligent… says a lot about people like you.

bro went viral for winning some arguments against some supid college kids and now he belives he know everything thinks he s got the rifght to judge people, what a wanker

I take him seriously... _ill_

​@@yamataichulget well soon

People who like Ben. Like me. Could care less about his religion or take on religion or music lol

it shouldn't. the guy knows what he's talking about. the fact that atheists try so hard to disprove his statements only goes to show how wrong they know they are

Lmao yep

Exactly! Reading the existentialist philosophy of Kierkegaard gives insight as to why people want to believe in a paradox. In "Fear and Trembling" and "The Sickness unto Death," K talks about connecting the finite universe to the infinite, or God, through faith. He knows that it is a paradox, so he gives faith as the way not to reconcile two conflicting ideas but to believe both. What Kierkegaard didn't understand is that the mind hates cognitive dissonance and will throw any reasoning at it until it resolves. You can't resolve it and keep two conflicting beliefs intact, so reconciling logic and faith involves rejecting one or compromising on one or both.

That sounds like my experience with religion in my pre-teen to teen years. Eventually I realized I only believed out of obligation and stopped entirely.

I know I am intelligent, because the only thing I know is that I know nothing.

Religious people trying to use Bible verses instead of actual acceptance of reality to cope

His existence made me a believer. I pray everyday he'll disappear forever. 🙏

​@@BillClay88 you got me from the start ngl good one

That's never good.

​@Russell Scott Damn mate u got me in the first half xD

​@@BillClay88 Don't we all

Ben and his fans mistake verbal fluency for intelligence.

​@@rclrd1 "hes talking so fast he must be right!"

I haven't even formally studied philosophy and even I was unimpressed with how poorly constructed his arguments and points are 😂

Ben has never been that smart - he’s a pure Gish Gallop lightweight.

Thank you, I agree. However, Ben is a lawyer correct? Does that not imply intellect as an achievement. I'm not saying Ben is a genius but he's also not stupid. It's all different areas of knowledge I guess, Ben is a moron when it comes to religious beliefs snd Philosophy, but he must be knowledgeable in law right?

Word salads everywhere.

He's very skilled at sounding like he knows what he's talking. He's a hell of a conman. I don't consider this a compliment.

Feminists owned compilations are made by immature uncultivated minds for immature uncultivated audience. Hence the millions of views and throughout history there have only been a limited number of sages as compared to the infinite numbers of fools. Not a defence of feminists, they too have abused feminity as liberals abused liberalism.

True,true, true......I call it vomit spray. The Shapiro vomit spray. Kudos to G.M to go through that word salad.😎😎👍👍👍

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZppldZN8trXQh4E.html "Doesn't know what he's talking about" is laying out basic facts.

God is pain.

@@scipioafricanus5871 And then some. Picture a band-aid made of gangrene and a picture of a unicorn to make you feel good about it.

It's sorta weird 'cause isn't that just basically saying God is infinite? Honestly that hurts my brain just as much as the other concept does.

@@na1959 A limited idea of human design... But humans are simple machines... Their "Gods" are not even that old...

Makes sense. After all, it's impossible to approach infinity from the right.

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You can listen to him on the radio some times. And he very usually keeps a very fast pace. But then again, he has to get to his paid commercials fastest and he always slowed down when saying them

It's gish galloping. He's speaking quickly to throw a lot (of noise) out so that the person he's debating can't keep up with and counter everything.

Subjective experience. IT comes from listening to the slow drawl of Sam harris and guy in this video. Listen to alex oconner or someone else who talks at a normal pace. I find the slow speaker in this video very difficult to follow at normal speed and cant really put him on 1.75x while hes mixing in Ben Shapiro.

That line made burst out laughing multiple times

I read this line in his voice lmao

@Buck Rothschild I'd watch a Beavis and Ben Shapiro cartoon

"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge. It is those whom know little which assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science." - Charles Darwin

​@Buck Rothschild He does not need TP! Are you threatening *The Great Cornholio* ?! There is but One bunghole!!!

You must exude confidence to be a right-wing grifter. Same applies to Peterson.

@@scionofdorn9101 A great quote, thank you

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...huh. For the hell of it, I looked up some definitions of 'sophist', and without following any links, I see the google result previews for Wikipedia and Merriam-Webster. In that order, "A sophist is a person who reasons with clever but fallacious and deceptive arguments." "Sophistry is reasoning that seems plausible on a superficial level but is actually unsound, or reasoning that is used to deceive." So what I've learned today is that, apparently, Bill Paxton's character in _True Lies,_ the sleazebag used car salesman, was actually a -Ben Shapiro- sophist. Who knew?

@@EdwardHowton lol when I started reading your comment I thought you had googled “sophist” and the photo of Ben Shapiro had come up on top of the page. 😂

Thank you for giving me this word to describe Peterson, Samuels, and Shapiro! I used to follow some of their works but given my history in social work and psychology I knew what they were saying was off, a lot of conjecture but I didn’t have a word to describe the “fake intellectual” aesthetic itself. (To be fair l do think they’re smart but the problem with being/looking smart is that you can use it to justify a lot of biased, emotional, dumb, or harmful things. People who pretend to be rigidly logical are often the ones most ruled by their emotions.)

@@pansepot1490 I’m hugely disappointed this is a troll, got me good my day is ruined

I don’t know if this appeals to you at all, but I also live in the Deep South and my social group for years has been in the arts community. Even when I was still a Christian, I found tolerance there. (Of course, I also tried my best not to be a self-righteous jerk.)

Omg me too, although I didn't graduate yet. It's a cool theorem, absolutely yucky for him to misuse it that way

I've met many such believers in Suriname.

ben uses religion to further his fascist agenda

@@xdrowssap4456 Exactly, it's a horrible thing to do.

I known a few individuals such as you describe, and we’ve had great relationships and conversations. However I’ve know just as many individuals who totally exemplify the term Christian hypocrisy, and operate completely blind to the double standard by which they conduct themselves despite it being blatantly clear to all standing in witness.

This is what the Christian God and Jesus want Christians to be in the Bible.

I'm eager to watch your video on this topic!

This is the 5th time there’s been a coincidence. And I haven’t seen you both in the same room…

"this time" lol

@@elijahbuck6499 just a coincidence....or a miracle :) meatball pieces be upon The Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Regardless, we thank you for your sacrifice.

Yes very clever deduction. Millions of words of texts and hymns and other scripts dating thousands of years and you manage to sum it up in one, clever, original sentence. Bravo!

Ben Shapiro: "Facts don't care about your feelings" Also Ben Shapiro: It's correct because it's more fulfilling to believe that

Even when you give him facts, he'll just gaslight you or call you an anti semite or some stupid b.s.. Shapiro is a con artist and a troll.

And then when evidence that contradicts his position is presented, he dismisses it off hand.

I'd say hypocritically

Also the irony of an Orthodox Jew aligning himself with Christian Nationalists and assuming a positive outcome.

@@hunter_lite Harsh. Also real. Harsh reality? Anyway, I like it how the word irony comes from Greek, just like the jesus stories, and I love what it meant then. It comes from theater, where an ironic character would be oblivious that they are the joke, much like Bennie doesn't see that he is. I think it's just too funny of a coincidence that that meaning also still applies and has the same origin as the jesus stories :) Annnnd to me Bennie and his christian adventure are like a play to me :D I don't care what happens, I just have my popcorn and I enjoy the journey of this ironic character :D I do worry a lot about the setting he is in though. White nationalism is no joke. But good for Bennie that jews aren't the targeted minority anymore, right. RIght? Oh dear. Ah well. Popcorn? :)

facts dont care about your feelings, except when i feel gods on my side

@@crystalgiddens7276 atheism is not a moral system. It has nothing at all to say on morals.

@@crystalgiddens7276 Atheism isn't a moral system any more than theism is. Keep your bizarre straw men to yourself.

@@thedeebo410 yes but it results in organ harvesting is all

@@crystalgiddens7276 Atheism isn't a moral system, my guy. Atheism's only "tenet" is a lack of belief in God. You also say that as God's required punishment for sin in the Bible is death and bloody sacrifice. You wanna talk about God's morality? Why don't you ask the sex slaves taken by God's armies (at HIS request) in the Old Testament how "moral" God is. Literally anything the Communists did are nothing compared to the celebrated, lauded and worshipped actions of God.

Was not expecting that as well!

Well think for just one minute. The claim is that GD made the world and everything in it. That includes logic and reason. He therefore exists outside of logic and reason. We, who are bound by logic, cannot comprehend that. He doesn’t have to make sense. He doesn’t have to be provable and understandable by the human mind. Science does.

​​@@gloriouslizard9594he kinda does though if anyone wants to have any kind of legitimacy when they judge people for something "sinful". Science is provable, God is not and as far as followers such as yourself, doesn't have to be. What is more likely to be believed, what has been proven or what has been used historically to control people en masse? As far back as the end of the dark ages when the church would only allow members of the church to read the Bible, didn't really teach anyone how to read, and instead told them what the Bible said, taking indulgences. Leading to the 95 Theses by Martin Luther detailing his problems with the church of the time.

​@@gloriouslizard9594 Which discredits every claim of divine enlightenment ever, as no human ever could comprehend the true intentions of an creator, or if there even is a coherent truth. It could be anything.

@@gloriouslizard9594 What does it even mean for something to exist outside logic and reason? That just sounds like a weak excuse to ignore inconsistencies.

@@gloriouslizard9594 but if he can't be understandable by the human mind, how do you know that? Did he told you?

Hey come on, thinking requires effort.

If he isn't specifically referring to the equally thoughtless hack book by that title, he's also committing plagiarism, because some other moron took a look at Dawkins's book and also went 'nuh ur r teh dilujin LOLOLO' and beat Shapiro to the -punch- pathetically weak limp-wristed slapping flail. But it's pretty commonplace for creationists to crib off of each other. There's a _reason_ I came up with the expression "incestuous clusterfuck of stupidity", and it wasn't because it rolled off the tongue.

Makes me wonder if Dawkins even knows Shapiro exists.

@@DamienBlade If he does, I guarantee he wishes he didn't.

The title, and the atheists he chose to quote, all feels very 2007 to me.

What really shows the brainwashing there is the fact that you perceive BLM and atheism as belief systems. No - they are simply labels given to ONE idea that people happen to share. So of course that one believe doesn't need a curator or arbitrator or priest to keep everyone in line. And for the record - OF COURSE BLM and atheism are no more religions than being an angler or riding horses. They are a thing that is just part of your world view and interests/aspirations.

THANK YOU, growing up a jehovahs witness I had a trouble getting my head around Wicca as well since it seemed completely self governing at times and I was used to having 5 days out of my week filled with “spiritual activities”

I would say I can’t call myself anything. Because that puts me into a box. Into a group. I change my mind everyday, so I can’t attach to any narrative for too long because I am always changing what I believe based on the information I am presented. My beliefs are based on my gut and intuition in each situation. If I could call myself something it would be a dancer, a music and animal lover, a laugher, a person who is a person through and through. I am wrong a lot. I make a ton of mistakes, but I am doing my best to try to be a ‘good’ person and do what I think is right. As a person who grew up in the Christian church, went to Lutheran summer camp, and catholic high school and baptized Mormon at 21…then got into spirituality, then astrology, then tarot and crystals, then pseudoscience, Buddhism, then became a raver, then became sober, then because a student and went back to college and now self educated on KZfaq…I just want to keep an open mind always. There is ONE thing I know for sure…I don’t know what happens when we die because I have never died.

This is so scary, to know that there are individuals out there that have little to no self agency. Terrifying thought that most of them will never get the chance to think for themselves. They can’t even understand the concept of self agency. Truly saddening and it makes me angry that in today’s day and age in the information era we still have that problem. I’m just grateful that I was fortunate enough to receive a good education in my development that allowed me to question things that just didn’t sound right it made sense and I’ve always been rebellious in nature so eventually I was able to get out of that environment at 16. My only thought is that if you were able to free your mind you should help other people do so as well. I believe it’s our cosmic responsibility to help them be free. Now be mindful, most have made peace with their cages. Its impossible to free someone, they must do it themselves. We just provide support.

Fellow exmo here, just wanted to say I hope you’re doing well with your faith transition! It can be EXTREMELY rough.

Contact Recovering from Religion! They should be able to help you find a group. I link their site in every description

@@GeneticallyModifiedSkeptic From the bottom of my heart, thank you so much!!! ❤

Tells us you know nothing about Ben with out actually telling us lol

@dr.mund0339 Ben regularly beefs with Taylor swift just bc she isn't married with kids😂 we know all we need to know. He's fuckin pathetic.

@@dr.mund0339 Poor sad little boy. You'll grow up one day.

@@Void84276 o another person who knows nothing about Ben shaprio? Lol sad good luck growing up Lil fella

There is a progressive Priest I like. He was trying to do a series on Christian Nationalism, but ended by saying that god did not create the US, but he was who gave the founders hope, and that hope led to the US being created. The atheists shared how they felt betrayed at this portrayal and we immediately get attacked by the Christians saying the message was good, and we were just "angry" and against hope. They and the priest could not comprehend why what he said bothered us in this climate. He does not understand how his video ties into Ben Shapiro claim. They use "I'll pray for you" the same way the south uses "bless your heart". They have an entire coded language to goad. It's beyond not making sense. They are actively targeting now. That is what Shapiro is about.

When I was a kid I got taught about Jesus and I also read Spider-Man. I never even realised that people expected me to believe the Jesus stories were real. The entire thing is absolutely crazy and it makes me realise humans are doomed that we have the JWST but billions of people still believe in space elves.

@@RobJT Spider-Man has good morals tbh. “With great power comes great responsibility” Made me think “so.. with infinite power comes infinite responsibility? So... God is responsible for EVERY BAD THING EVER?????”

@@whysocurious7366 *CORRECT!*

Agreed

exactly if youre right there is no "consistent struggle" with logic

Pure delusion

What he means is "it is a constant struggle to trick yourself and deny away the reality that surrounds you"

​@@FFKonokostill waiting on my surroundings to proof God doesn't exist.

⁠​⁠@@wilfreddvIt’s the responsibility of the one making the claim to prove the claim true. We don’t need to prove that God doesn’t exist, you need to prove that he does. There is no observed phenomenon in the world that irrefutably demonstrates the existence of anything supernatural.

Same here, both of my parents were raised religiously, but they didnt want me to be raised like that, they mostly wanted me to form my own opinion and since a child i ended up as an atheist lol

My mom was Irish Catholic, my dad was Southern Baptist. They made my two oldest siblings go to church back in the 60s and 70s, then the middle child started questioning religion and asking questions that both my parents couldn't explain and they went to talk to their priest who told them "Because God Says so" and both my parents hated that response and they stopped forcing the kids to go to church and the other siblings never had to go. They would very politely explain "While we have our beliefs, we're never going to force you to conform to them because someone else says so. If you wan to go to church, then you can, but we won't be going any more because why would you listen to a engineer who can't tell you why a bridge is safe but you must listen to a preacher who talks out his ass"

My mom was raised catholic, but didn’t really care either way, and my dad wasn’t raised one way or the other. So I was basically told, some people believe, others don’t. Your choice. I went atheist

I had a similar experience, except I grew up with parents who were in the process of becoming atheists. My mom's upbringing was especially messed up, getting shuffled between cults by her narcissist parents, and my dad didn't necessarily have a great time either, but they're both so much happier now. My mom's special interest as a kid was her religion, so she knows the Bible better than any Christian I have ever met lol. It did not help her live a better life. When she stopped being religious, she started working through her trauma, and she's sooo much happier now. They both say that they feel so much less shame about everything (tho my dad still has major hangups with that and also the protestant work ethic) And I, growing up as they changed their beliefs, can tell you that they're happier now. I'm not entirely sure where the 'unhappy atheist' stereotype comes from tbh. Even the few atheists we knew in our very conservative city were just pretty chill.C

I’m third gen atheist and religion is just so alien to me

Apples with chocolate spread sounds like you'd already be experiencing hell, tbh.

@@bigchungus6827 Yeah lets stick to caramel please.

Pineapple is delicious. Pizza is delicious. Pineapple on pizza is an abomination.

Underrated comment

@@vladtheimpala5532 Nah, pineapple on pizza is fine. I don't order it, but if someone else does I'll eat it. Now if you've ever tried mixing Swiss cheese and dark chocolate, you'd find that it's not as bad as you'd think. However, mixing Ben Shapiro with anything is absolutely terrible.

It's sadly actually genius. I'm 95% on that he knows exactly what he's doing. He uses deceptive reasonable sounding arguments to pull people in that he spreads around but if you go deeper into his stuff he says much more blatant stuff. This means that the vast majority that only knows him from small clips will believe he is not this extrenist all these "sensitive people" aka critical people make him out to be. But it also gives him a core audience with bad media litteracy that stuck around after the baltent statements that will defend him hard. The result, average public thinks he aint that bad or even has solid points and two groups that directly oppose eachother, calling him out and defending him. Meaning the average opinion skews to his favour pretty significantly.

"...religion is based on what people think God wants. Exactly right, and I note that when it is in their favor it is god, but if not it is either The Devil or Humans (which are basically the same). None of it makes sense because the contradictions constantly move the goal posts. It is at least when a religionists admits none it of needs to make sense because if it did, faith becomes knowledge. Instead, Shapiro et al. expect people to simply accept both logical and illogical conclusions simultaneously.

@@LouieLouie505 The part that really annoys me is that I know Shapiro is a smart person, he's capable of logic and reason, but he also knows that the grift is real and he makes waaaaaay more money this way, ie. lying or misleading people, and misrepresenting facts and arguments. Can't be mad at him, money is money, it just feels dishonest. A lot on the right do it, Shapiro, Candace Owens, Blaire White, Dave Rubin, etc.

Who was that angel that wanted to be like god? Wonder what happened to him.

@@esmirami351 Aye, the fanfiction of christians is a lot more fun than the actual religion itself.

But how can you even know that unless you've had the experience of knowing the mind of God? So really either you're making things up or you are indirectly claiming to know the mind of God

Good point

Or be true globally. Except for NATO in totality many individual countries crime rates, terrorist acts and whatever else he spews are way less than within religious countries. You have the Northern and Scandinavian countries haven’t been at war internally or with others for decades and have smaller rates of violence. All primarily secular people. The most notorious terrorist Breikvik is a Christian fundamentalist nationalist. Others smaller fish in that ocean have religious beliefs. Making his assumptions completely wack.

A bit amusing of the claim... Given Lucifer... But I could care less... Mankind was terminated before... This iteration will be tested once more... Gods or no Gods... Their divine souls are not even that old to mine... Another dimension to fall into oblivion.

@@absolstoryoffiction6615 "I could care less" means you do care. The phrase is "I couldn't* care less"

I can imagine his retort.. something along the lines of: Well heh if they were Christian heh, they would be moral heh and wouldn’t commit crimes heh. Therefore, heh, they must actually be atheists heh.

I am someone who needs religion and am happier with it, however the religion I was indoctrinated in as a kid made me very unhappy (I was catholic). I loved the people in my church and they were cool people, but the religion itself was not for me. I found neopaganism and am very happy as a Kemetic pagan. Looking back at the Abrahamic religions, I see the appeal but there is so much dogma in the religions I could never be happy. I know people who are very happy as atheist, although everyone has something they believe in, even if it isn't supernatural.

Interesting comment! I agree. My daughter goes to a private Christian school because it’s the best of bad choices for education in our area, and during her third grade field trip I heard some of the students in her class saying that kids who go to public school love the devil, are evil, hate Christians, and are generally “lost”. Suffice to say I’m now looking into moving (costly but important) and acquiring a better education for my daughter.

Same!

@@younce-davis952 sacrificing people to the gods also makes me happy

I was Christian for 33 years; I always wondered why non-believers seemed to have it all, not all of them of course. But they were and are successful most of the time-so are some believers. I was told that the devil helped them gain fame and fortune so they would miss out on God and ultimately land in hell one day. But yes, I along with you have happiness and strength for life without having a Bronze Age war god sucking the life out of us.

"balls of meat wandering around in space" sounds super F'ing cool IMO

I thought the Flying Spaghetti Monster was satire, but now I think I'm starting to realize I may be a meatball!

But isn't that the problem we individualize this stuff, when is a social problem to me the problem Is not what Ben says, but tha fact that he can say it without any repercussions on its reputation as "well educated" people buy degrees ( even those who studied for their tests) and the educational system has been openly admitting that t's broken since 80' how come we take "collage education" as standard for "well educated"?

@@jesusbrito5165 not the same thing. a scientist knows what he is talking about when one of his peers talk to him. same thing for an engineer or mathematician. just casually talking with a peer shows your level of expertise and education on said field. that's why degrees are important,they are a title that proves that you know your shit. you can fake a title but not knowledge and experience. if someone(named a) buys their degree, just talking with another person(named b) with a real degree will show that he doesn't deserve a degree. b just has to ask a question that requires practical experience to answer to a.

@@kaantax8666 While I understand your general premise, one need only look to the recent legal arguments and motions filed down in Mar-a-Lago to know that it's not accurate. There are many with education that don't hold degrees. There are many with degrees that lack education. What's more, two students of university attend the same program, attain the same credentials, yet practice entirely different or not at all.

Ben's MO is to answer every question with false dischotomies, false equivalencies, strawmen, red herrings and whataboutisms. The problem is he's usually talking with 19yo kids in a college hall who have no quick rebuttals for him -- he does this for a living, after all, while they don't. But when he talks to an adult, say, Andrew Neill, he immediately turns into a child when confronted.

How can I spot these logical fallacies while he’s saying them? He speaks very fast

@@Mor-tis Ya gotta set the vid speed at .5x :p

@@zeitxgeist lmfaoo

People who are actually in academia like researchers and professors hate people like them. They actually know the theories he spouts and hate how terribly he appropriates them.

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Agreed; The very notion that we are at the centre of gods universe and man is made in his image, presumably because we are the apex of a life's is just a narcissistic point of view in itself.

This is definitely an American only thing, Nobody pushes religion onto people where I live, It's something you seek on your own accord. Once again America being a shithole.

You should talk to Orthodox Christians. We really couldn't care less about converting anyone. However, if you're genuinely curious, we will help you out and tell you what we know. We aren't about converting. The problem is there are about 40,000 different fractions of Christianity, that people like you just blindly categorize as one, which is highly misleading. I think people need to admit when they're wrong about religions tho and stop before they look foolish. There are countless things to read and understand before you can even have a rudimentary understanding of any given religion. Really, to have an opinion worth it's salt you would have to practice it for years and be involved but people don't have time for that and just say fuck it whilst insulting Islam, Hinduism, etc.

Well articulated bullshit is still bullshit

@@Anicius_ Ben Shapiro is the best example of this.

stop following me sonia

Because Ben has no interest in being clear about such topics. It's deliberate.

@@andyroobrick-a-brack9355 yes, i meant that as a criticism of shapiro

Ben’s feelings don’t care about facts.

And that he has a show called Debunked.

Explore the world of psychedelics it might open your mind. As of now there will never be a way to convince you until you see something you couldn't imagine in your wildest dreams.

@@centipedekid9824 Ah yes, the way to understand reality is to make use of substances that impair your perception of it. It's not like there are obvious issues with this approach.

@@thegrouchization well it's fun. Cant deny that. Thats why you'll get 20-life for possessing such things in Texas or Florida.

It's possibly the only "youtube ad segment" that I haven't found anything bad about it

It's been a while since I haven't heard "taking one for the home team" used in a family friendly context

I mean Ben can make some actual good arguments but I have to say he is unmatched at beating someone down to your level and beating them with experience sort of deal.

@@Name-ru1kt- maybe try again - your post is incoherent as written. Who is “your” in your post and what does “…and beating them with experience sort of deal.” mean?

Good material for a video. What did YOU expect?

I think he may have been hoping for something new. This seemed like the same tired arguments aimed at trying to retain members of a shrinking flock.

As I ended up saying today in an unrelated situation: "You can be disappointed without being surprised."

WAP? maybe? I'm an optimist. Sue me.

I would be half expecting an aneurysm.

I'm also 57 and had a hard time breaking free of the indoctrination of religion - the Catholic verzion to be exact. Good luck!

@@playtime5051 wow I hope ur doing well

I'm actually so proud/happy for both of you guys, it gives me at least just a little more faith in humanity back, literally. You guys and people like you are honestly what gives me strength and soundness sometimes

Especially like when I completely feel like giving up

@@mihailmilev9909 please, do not give up of God. You can have everybody and every thing in this world, but if you do not have God in your heart and life, its all nothing....

Cody Johnston, who did cover Shapiro, but has sooo much more thought-provoking Stuff. Hes an 'issue-listing'-kind of KZfaqr, so whetever its Droughts, LGBT, Uvalde or just Joking-Around, he has it all. Guys, i know this Fanbase (and the Atheist-Community overall) damn-well, so trust me when i say this Guy is worth checking out even if Global-Problems somehow are of no Concern for you.

Also, no people to hate just because they do not like your favorite superhero

Man, I wish I as an atheist had cool magic spells to learn. I just do normal people things like learn educational facts

I understand you guys are frustrated towards religion as members in the faith have antagonized you, but please don't lash out with your own ridicule. As Drew has argued before, antagonism on either side is rather harmful and ceases productivity towards useful speculation on the existence of God. Making the joke of "reading magic spells" and "they're angry because I don't like their favorite superhero" only drives Christians away from respectful debate and provides a reason to believe in the antagonism made at your expense. We want to remove hostility among the groups and there are Christians watching these videos trying to learn more about atheism in a healthy manner, please don't turn them away with mockery.

Just to clarify before someone makes an assumption, I am neither Christian nor atheist. I'm anti-theist ironically: I do believe in God, but I do not believe that he is benevolent nor worthy of worship. Regardless, my belief doesn't justify me attacking Christians, Atheists, or any philosophy regarding religion. I ask that anyone reading this remember that the people practicing these beliefs have struggles and empathy just like you. I have seen how political antagonism harms my country and even my family. I ask that we refuse to participate in viewing those of different opinions as bad or stupid, and instead focus on trying to figure out the problems in the world as effectively as we can, and that requires cooperation and variety in thought

he did see it. idk whether the heart shows up in notifications so I just wanted to make sure you know :)

@@ezra7088 Thank you! It doesn’t show up, so thank you for letting me know! My life is complete now :)

@@feeli3422 Oh really? I always get notifications in my gmail if I receive a heart...

@@feeli3422 I get notified, I think you just have to adjust your notification settings in KZfaq.

Anytime you feel alone in your deconversion go to "Neil The 604 Atheist" here on YT. You are so far rom alone it's not even funny.

There's lots of actual AI generated Ben Shapiro. Photos though. Not video.

HAHAHAHAHA

He is a jew, most of his fanbase are christians

@@martimsalvador9186 Nothing I said disputes that.

@@titusgray4598 "His fanbase is people who think exactly like him, just less eloquently"

you could say the exact same thing for this channel lol

@@nunyabisniz8047 The important distinction is that Ben Shapiro's content invites _his_ brand of thinking, while GMS's videos invite _any_ thinking. GMS has stated many times, in this video too, that he has nothing against opposing viewpoints (theistic religion) he just wants to invite critical thinking (hence calling himself a "skeptic") and tell people to watch out for manipulative and tribalistic, hatred-inducing, or indoctrinating content, eg. that of Ben Shapiro's.

@@conscientiously Maybe get rid of your dread. Why don't you read the more universalist traditions of Christianity. Writers like DB Hart - an Orthodox theologian - draws on the Christian traditions of All Shall Be Saved. If you are being religious because you are afraid of death or hell... then you might be religious, but you are not very godly.

@conscientiously Or … join the dark side 😈 Actually there's not much going on over here. I mean, that's kinda the point lol

@@conscientiously you see… you can’t reconcile any religion with science. Science is logic. Science is evidence and predictions made on that evidence. Not 2 buildings fall down therefore 9/11 therefore god. Faith is based on an assertion that has no evidence, if it is any of the religions it has mountains of evidence that points towards it being false. It is willful ignorance. If it is The abrahamic religions, it is worshipping a monster and I can site you many many many many examples of that monstrous behavior done by that god. Please just think. Actually think about what the consequences are of your beliefs. How much pain they cause for people who your religion likes.

Ehh fuck existential dread, you exist, therefore you are here. Nothing more nothing less. What you do with life makes that life worth it. So do something, help someone, help many people. Do whatever you want to be honest. You are a human and there are many other fellow humans. So why not help them through hard times.

@@conscientiously be curious. Challenge yourself to go ground zero and discover what you actually believe.

If anything the world is made for fish or birds!

@@uwuowo214 Crabs perhaps

​@thesteelsquid863 Yeah, if the world was made for humans, why does everything turn into crabs, right? XD (Sorry, had to, although~)

​@@CarissaNomadic don't apologize for being right

We are all just byproducts of a world made for crabs, God is a crab.

Of course, but it doesn't hurt to see it ourselves and know how to push back against it.

@@Rawnblade13 Thank you. And I totally agree. My point was to highlight the true motives of preachers and apologists, not to suggest we should not be aware and, as you say, push back. I have spent the last thirty-five years doing just that, in my own small way.

Apologists who target atheists become atheists based on my experience

@@Outspoken.Humanist you know, that pushing back is exactly, what the preachers and apologists want us to do? Their reaction to their sheep, when confronted, will be like this: "You see? This is what we were talking about! Fear them!" Wanna have good relationships with christians as an atheist? Don´t talk about religion. Ever.

@@jaya1000 I would like that to be true but, personally, I have seen no evidence of it. All the apologists I have encountered over many years, online and in person, all share one trait, they are dishonest. Some are self-deceiving but most are well aware of the tenuousness of their position and continue to lie because they have a vested interest. Often financial gain.

real

As soon as he said that, I knew a good response was coming. I had a good laugh.

That was hilarious! 🤣

Drew isn't his wife, that's Taylor. The guy is named Drew, like Drew Barrymore. The lady is named Taylor, like Taylor Lautner. Did that help? Alrighty. Excellent.

@@seionne85 This deserves to be the highest rated comment.

@@JohnA.Zoidberg Yes, I know that. I used Drew because I was addressing Drew.

@@JohnA.Zoidberg do you know how commas work, Zoidberg?

Occam's razor doesn't magically tell you what's true or false tho, it's just kind of a probabilistic interpretation.

Because the definition of "+" is not the same, but yeah, 2+2=4.

@Robert Lemon Yup

@@RobinP556 exactly, I didn't leave the faith because I came out as trans, I left the faith because the faith caused me to take 25 years to do that. dogma does nothing but make us less happy and more stressed about things that we have no control over and probably don't exist

@@Burger_pants yeah as someone still part of religion. dogma is the bane of it all. which is why I appreciate people that have seen past it, and am still saddened by people who are stuck in their ways. When the times are changing and the pope himself has said lgbtq+ people are all children of god, and i still see people reject that and cause pain to others.. its just sad edit: faith is supposed to help people and if it doesn't then that's not the faith i want in this world. I'm still optimistic though.. still holding hope that it'll get better for us all

Similar here, except I'm gay rather than trans. I was raised Catholic, then fell in with evangelical Protestantism. I suppose a difference between us is that while I eventually left all forms of organized religion, believing it a human construct designed to further the agenda of human power, I just couldn't find it within myself to leave God.

The open stereotyping is incredible. They just walk right up and say things like "I'm sorry you were mistreated by those in the church but God isn't like that." I didn't stop believing in God because someone was mean to me, I stopped believing cause there's no reason for me to believe. There's no proof for it and a mountain of proof against it.

What kills me is, isn't Rand the kind of person people like Shapiro aspire to be?

@@arutka2000 idk about him specifically but there is certainly a hell of a lot of overlap in the fans

@@wesleywyndam-pryce5305 I'd agree with that. I would like to amend my statement though, in regards to Sharpie. I don't think he believes the shit he's selling.

@@arutka2000 hes let the veil slip a few times, benny boy is a religious zealot and that drives basically everything else. I first noticed when watching the some more news video about Ben titled "perhaps Ben Shapiro shouldn't be taken seriously by anyone anywhere anymore"

And Ayn Rand's work went on to inspire further founders of atheistic religions, most famously Anton LaVey and the LaVeyan Satanists. There's a joke among occult shitposters (yes those exist) that goes something like "Roses are red, lamps attract moths, Anton LaVey is just Ayn Rand for goths."

Oh totally, maybe a meaning like… learning? But the churches can’t have you learning actively! Or else.. you know… you find out their big charade xD

Yes u can create meaning for yourself but it's pointless. What is the endgoal? There is none. All of the meaning u can create is fleeting. Not important at all. Because humans aren't important (in terms of the universe from a athiest perspective) And a lack of faith in god doesn't Give u a greater interest in the universe. Don't get me wrong you'll be "like ah what's this and is that what it comes from?" The reason why i say it doesn't is cause you already rejected a theory based on nothing. You didn't learn enough about religion. Or you didn't learn enough about the universe. (That being said i don't know what you know, so you could prove me wrong)

@@imrane161 ...the end goal is to direct your life toward an end you consider meaningful. This isn't hard to understand. A life well lived is its own reward.

Ben keeps accidentally admitting he's wrong because he neither understands his own position nor that of his opposition.

How so? Belief is not dependent on logic to endure. This is a game without end as that contested can be neither proven or disproven.

@@kevinarnold8634 that is what faith is all about but he just admitted a contradiction to his slogan.

I actually like this argument - it's like a test from god - I created the universe to be bafflingly inconsistent with the religions I allowed to exist. Just to f*ck with you I guess, god's get bored

@@kevinarnold8634 Because religion has it's limitations, Science is in a constant evolution. a continuous flow of change of knowledge as more information is stored, proven/disproven. Religion doesn't have that, religion is stagnated as it is since is fixed on scriptures and ancient texts.

So pretty much exactly what religious leaders have been doing ever since religion first showed it's ugly head.

Well, he's also a grifter, it pays to be as vague as possible to appeal as widely as possible to his ingroup. Maybe more people will talk about it and pay him to pray into their insecurities.

I understood 3 out of those 1200 words and I agree with them! The other 1197 must be genius!

Same as Peterson

Eschew obfuscation.

The universe must harbor life. If it didn't, there would be no way to perceive the universe to know that it didn't harbor life.

@@sunnyisabunny1479 100% correct lol, we for some reason though sentience = “i’m better than everything else around me” Cue wars, 4,000 religions made, billions of lives lost, abuse, murder, rape, molestation… and viola! You have the Church :)

edit: sorry i misread your comment

Yep. The argument presuposes that we HAD to exist so the universe HAD to be this way. Even thought there's isn't any reason to think that

@@sunnyisabunny1479 what if all anmails are self aware but just dont have the integlence to better there horrible situations