Michael Knowles Reminds Us That Religious Theocracy Is Conservatism’s Goal

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Daily Wire pundit Michael Knowles claims that liberals fear politicians that believe in God because they think that will cause those politicians to "...do all manner of terrible things." Knowles disputes the idea of Divine Right Monarchs being considered tyrants: "...that isn't true. the idea of Divine Right Monarchy is, actually, that there is a limit on the power of the monarch."
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@lazersly Жыл бұрын

Beware anyone who says they're accountable only to a character who exists in their mind.

@zentai5076 Жыл бұрын

put this on a tshirt

@kaelandin Жыл бұрын

@@Roger-fs5yo And by ending "this entire thing" what do you mean by that?

@Linguae_Music Жыл бұрын

@@Roger-fs5yo lol 🦆 (quack quack)

@Linguae_Music Жыл бұрын

@@Roger-fs5yo Nice! ;D

@knavishknight Жыл бұрын

@@Roger-fs5yo "I had roast duck with my lady friend last weekend. It was pretty cool😎." r/ThatHappened🙄

@tyalley7904 Жыл бұрын

A common retort when you bring up the treaty of Tripoli with religious folks, they will tell you that the actual treaty that was sent to Tripoli did not include the "we are not a Christian government" part. While that may be true, If you encounter this just let them know that the version with the denunciation of Christianity being the foundation of our government was published in newspapers and the entire Congress approved the version that had that statement in it.

@tenkenroo Жыл бұрын

There’s also the first amendment that forbids a state religion

@tyalley7904 Жыл бұрын

@@tenkenroo haha true. I wish that was enough for some folks.

@66Sixxy Жыл бұрын

@@tyalley7904 Right. They never do seem to quite understand that part.

@clarissanavarro2762 Жыл бұрын

@@66Sixxy Amazing it's almost as though their eyes glaze over that part. Though they also misunderstand the Second ammendment. The second ammendment was about State Militias being armed in case of a tyrannical central government. Not about Hunting, or home protection. _A well regulated Militia_ , being _necessary to the security of a free State_ , the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. It is about freedom from tyranny. The Conservatives have twisted it to mean something else entirely.

@VitalVampyr Жыл бұрын

@@clarissanavarro2762 "The security of a Free State" refers to protecting the nation from foreign threats. The US had no standing army when the 2nd Amendment was enacted.

@uncleogrimacy Жыл бұрын

“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”

@52flyingbicycles Жыл бұрын

Right wing ideology is the ideology of hierarchy: ranging from belief that it is a random or inevitable result of how things work, to a desirable state of being that must be enforced at all cost

@Riskofdisconnect Жыл бұрын

@@52flyingbicycles think it was Kropotkin that once said "Anarchism is the left wing of socialism."

@uncleogrimacy Жыл бұрын

@@52flyingbicycles The cruelty of reactionary ideology is literally the point!

@goofusmaximus1482 Жыл бұрын

The far right consists of people who are fanatically certain that they are the only moral agents humanity has to offer.

@vanpeters9751 Жыл бұрын

Plenty of black people protected by law but homeless people are bound by it

@barbiquearea Жыл бұрын

The concept of divine right of kings was the reason Charles I would neither compromise nor listen to the opinions of others during his reign, and he even said; "Kings are not bound to give an account of their actions but to God alone." The man frequently and fragrantly skirted parliament to increase taxes in order to pay for his highly extravagant life. Hence why there was a lot of discontent throughout England, Scotland and Wales, which ultimately led to the English Civil War. Yet Michael Knowles thinks being ruled by a "God ordained" monarch is preferable to having checks and balances.

@52flyingbicycles Жыл бұрын

I had the unenviable position in AP Euro to argue why Charles I was the best of the four: James 1&2 and Charles 1&2 to a table of four (each representing one king). Even as a famously argumentative person, I did basically no research and gave up at the first pushback because how can you possibly defend a king so bad he got beheaded? The teacher said in all his years of doing that exercise only one person had ever gotten their table to agree Charles I was the best.

@zomgenberg Жыл бұрын

@@52flyingbicycles sounds like a worse case to make than what we had to do. We had to argue in favor of the geocentric model of the solar system.

@stackhat8624 Жыл бұрын

And the guy who had Charles I executed was a religious nutter.

@Flux_40 Жыл бұрын

surely the "divine right of kings" would have come from the egyptians ?

@samiamrg7 Жыл бұрын

I’m upvoting because of “fragrantly,” which given the time period, is true. They either smelled like garbage or were heavily perfumed.

@kevinskiles2033 Жыл бұрын

I've always felt that doing the right thing is more impressive if you do it because you're moral rather than because of a fear of punishment.

@whispersmith Жыл бұрын

Or if you do it coz you're angling for heaven

@LuigiMordelAlaume Жыл бұрын

You heathen! Morals don't exist without religion - specifically Christianity. It would be chaos without the fear of God 🤣

@sluttyMapleSyrup Жыл бұрын

This. "If you believe everyone on Earth can only be a good or moral person via threat of divine punishment or delivery of divine reward, then I do not believe *_you_* are a good person."

@ethanhernandez2400 Жыл бұрын

Where do you get your sense of morality ?

@sluttyMapleSyrup Жыл бұрын

@@ethanhernandez2400 From my conscience, which exists as a manifestation and response to evolutionary survival adaptations such as humans being communal animals and my conscience, which is a manifestation of those instincts, mixed with the capacity for empathy (which is itself a natural survival instinct), social and societal norms/pressures, as well as several other complex factors such as brain chemistry, none of which have been empirically demonstrated to be related to a divine intelligence.

@patmacrotch5611 Жыл бұрын

Love how he says “god is a check on a monarchy” you know what kings do? They just say they talked to god and he said they (the king) are doing the right thing. God is not a check on anyone if they don’t want god to be.

@joebeaton7808 Жыл бұрын

As a Brit we were taught in school what happens when a monarchs religion doesn't approve of their way They start a new one

@marcboss6 Жыл бұрын

He just named the Republican Party. Literally a party that thrives on gluttonous wrath

@benddover4300 Жыл бұрын

You are my hero.

@rs72098 Жыл бұрын

If Democrats didn't pander to the small vocal atheist left, they'd win every election.

@66Sixxy Жыл бұрын

@MadReese69 And when you remind them that only God has the right to judge, as written in their precious Book of Books, they try to explain that they are,in fact, only reminding you of your sin, not actually judging you. Because they don't even know how to be honest with themselves. They also try to tell you that whatever was said or done in the Old Testament no longer applies because Jesus...then they go on & on, blathering things from the old test

@sluttyMapleSyrup Жыл бұрын

@@66Sixxy If they were honest with themselves, there'd be less fundies worldwide.

@notuxnobux Жыл бұрын

I thought it was the democratic party that want big government socialism?

@barbiedahl Жыл бұрын

There's no hate like Xtian love.

@knavishknight Жыл бұрын

How dare you censor Jesus's name? /s

@barbiedahl Жыл бұрын

@@knavishknight 😝

@bootskanchelsis3337 Жыл бұрын

"X" the deity formerly known as Jesus. New concept album dropping soon.

@Mydogslove2laugh Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@tgriffin3059 4 ай бұрын

You poor simpleton....before Jesus, harlots were universally reviled....any consideration you ever received can be traced back to His teachings...

@Israel2.3.2 Жыл бұрын

This rhetoric reminds me of door to door ministry work I was forced to do growing up. Talking with people about their beliefs made me realize that Americans are perfectly willing to outsource their relationship with authority. Theocrats are dangerous because they are willing to preach to their congregation but are unwilling to hold court when challenged, they quash dissent in their spiritual communities and spread this fear of open discourse to their members, if they are given power they will try to spread this interpersonal authoritarianism to all of us. It's even worse when considering the poor quality of conversation in most militant evangelical households, their brand of control desires an incompetent citizenry.

@tschorsch Жыл бұрын

They're mostly taught to bow down to authority.

@52flyingbicycles Жыл бұрын

My church actively encourages theological dialogue, questioning, and even dissent. The pastor is an educator, not a dictator, and theology is a lifelong practice of learning and understanding rather than a single set of rules that everyone must adhere to. Churches that prefer to treat theology as concrete and unchanging are depriving their members of spiritual needs, which is why so many become fanatics in a foolish attempt to fill that gaping void inside them.

@samiamrg7 Жыл бұрын

@@52flyingbicycles The church I grew up in emphasized taking action in faith. That God doesn’t do things for us, that he empowers us to do things. In this spirit, the church encouraged helping and donating at homelss shelters and sponsored youth trips to do construction work in poor or disaster-stricken communities. It also hosts a Scout Troop (which I was a part of) and the Scouts take a similar view of taking action to help people. The kind of self-serving and exclusive theology espoused by so many other Christians seems so foreign to me. Like they never in their lives heard a single parable about Jesus.

@52flyingbicycles Жыл бұрын

@@samiamrg7 absolutely. It’s easy to forget that Christian nationalists are the minority of Christians. Most churches seek a positive impact on the world, but the crazies get bolstered by capital

@cameronthaijohnson Жыл бұрын

Yeah I mean Ben Shapiro and the Daily Wire's whole project is rebranding theocratic arguments into "cool facts and logic"

@atticusrex2691 Жыл бұрын

And totally devoid of the "feeling" that God should rule things

@wilcee238 Жыл бұрын

Because when you think of Ben Shapiro “cool” is the first thing that comes to mind.

@zachariahwade8482 Жыл бұрын

@@wilcee238 I think it was Barri Weiss who called him “the cool kids philosopher” 😅 Around the same time some idiot called Conservatism “the new Punk Rock” 😅

@ColorMatching Жыл бұрын

@@wilcee238 or facts

@keirfarnum6811 Жыл бұрын

@@zachariahwade8482 “...the new punk rock” says someone who never understood punk rock. 😂

@vinnym5607 Жыл бұрын

Part of me thinks he's an actor and will just say his lines, but sometimes I see him flash that serial killer smile and I think "yeah, maybe he's nuts."

@ATurnip Жыл бұрын

"Never trust a man who puts his words in the mouth of God and says it's absolute truth It's lies And it smells like death All in a day's work Taking money from the poor Why do you think that God would need your dirty money If he wants to start a holy war?" -Aurelio Voltaire.

@DavidRichardson153 Жыл бұрын

"Religion takes in BILLIONS of dollars, they pay NO taxes, and they ALWAYS need a little more. Now, you talk about a good bullsh^t story: _HO-LY SH^T!"_ - George Carlin

@nosender2399 Жыл бұрын

@@DavidRichardson153 You see the latter day saints 32B in hidden assets? The SEC is on their shit. 32B fkn dollars. They could literally give every human being a billion dollars and still be on top. And that's just what's hidden. Shit is sick

@cruzie805 Жыл бұрын

13:41 "Religion is like a knife. You can use it to spread butter, you can use it to stab somebody." - Bishop Desmond Tutu

@52flyingbicycles Жыл бұрын

Similar to what I say about government. Government is like a hammer. You can use it to build a house, or bash someone’s skull in

@ilovecoffeev Жыл бұрын

Religion is like a dick. It's fine to have one, but one you stick it in my face, we have issues.

@TwoForFlinchin1 Жыл бұрын

But we have butter knives

@VitalVampyr Жыл бұрын

Also in that their main purpose is to divide things.

@soulknife20 Жыл бұрын

@@TwoForFlinchin1 You can stab someone with a butter knife. Just takes some extra force.

@thechief043 Жыл бұрын

I don't know if any force in the history of mankind has led to more suffering and death than religion.

@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342 Жыл бұрын

Magical space men in the sky lol... Don't ever fall for that obvious bs. Those who do never get to truly live life : (

@potts995 Жыл бұрын

I’d go broader and say, “misinformation,” but religious belief is a huge part of that. I’d even go so far as to say that religious institutions instill the notion that being misinformed is a virtue, from a young age.

@bigdaddyaen Жыл бұрын

Ngl in a weird way Knowles statements lately have given me some hope for the country. Back in the day conservatives would have said "alright, we need people like Shapiro to bring in the moderates while people like Knowles stays in the background, letting the handful of zealots know they're welcome as well. But since you've been in the spotlight, we need you to tone it down." The fact that Knowles and Walsh are not backing down but doubling down is a good sign that they've lost all the moderates, and all that's left is the handful of zealots. It may be a larger handful than some of us thought and can still damage our body politic, but it's a sign of overall improvement they're not concerned with scaring away rational people.

@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342 Жыл бұрын

Good comment. It's kinda like what biddy said about matidge recently. Keep it up azzhole, you're just scaring people away from your own dumb azz side : )

@Eibarwoman Жыл бұрын

I think it also means the conservatives believe they've rigged the game to where they don't need anyone other than the zealots.

@keirfarnum6811 Жыл бұрын

That’s kind of what I have been thinking. It’s the last gasp of the conservatives and the fact that the most extreme elements are coming to the fore just shows how desperate they are. They’re losing and they’re getting more extreme as they continue to lose. They don’t realize they’re turning off the majority too.

@Eibarwoman Жыл бұрын

@@keirfarnum6811 I believe it's the "the zealots have figured out how to rig the game to where nobody else is needed to win anymore"

@tillandsia776 Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised but also not surprised the narrative changed so much in the republican realm. As a kid I was always told "we came to found America because we wanted to worship freely without being told which religion to have." I mean, it was more of a way to flip off Catholics, but it at least had the vague tone of religious freedom. Guess they're dropping the act entirely now

@teo2157 Жыл бұрын

Considering almost every single on of the DW personas have differing religious beliefs: There are Jews, Catholics, Protestants, Non-Denominational, Agnostics. That doesn’t really make any sense

@benwolf2929 Жыл бұрын

Which is funny since Knowles is a Catholic.

@chunkouzbouzargh5714 Жыл бұрын

I've always found Catholics the most right wing and condescending but idk about your day

@markwilliams2620 Жыл бұрын

@@benwolf2929 Himmler was a devot Catholic.

@rebelvelocity6271 Жыл бұрын

The Christian Taliban.

@johnmcgee636 Жыл бұрын

the Christoban

@atticusrex2691 Жыл бұрын

Y'all-Qaeda

@barbiquearea Жыл бұрын

Dominionism.

@nolongerblocked6210 Жыл бұрын

They'd love beheadings, hell Bannon said as much when he called for heads on pikes in front of the White House

@sonic8005 Жыл бұрын

Funny how "God" will basically let anybody do all the talking for him huh is it not?

@atticusrex2691 Жыл бұрын

His omnipotence is too great to waste on communicating simple messages

@jamesvonborcke Жыл бұрын

@@atticusrex2691 Could he spend just a enough to pick messengers that aren't complete idiots, hypocrites or snakes? It would go a long way of improving delivery.

@cannibalgrape9863 Жыл бұрын

@@atticusrex2691 That's not how omnipotence works. All acts would be equally petty. No act would require more or less effort than another. All would be equal. Think about the true nature of omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence.

@atticusrex2691 Жыл бұрын

@@jamesvonborcke from what I've read, he's quite fond of snakes. He once basically let decide the fate of humanity because he couldn't bear to strike the little thing down.

@atticusrex2691 Жыл бұрын

@@cannibalgrape9863 I was being sarcastic my guy

@TheZombiemofo Жыл бұрын

Knowles' argument that DR rule is restrained due to accountability to god is laughably stupid to say we've got millennia worth of examples that DR rule has no accountability. 🤦‍♂️

@andredunbar3773 Жыл бұрын

James Madison, hell probably all of the founding fathers, would likely agree with your assessment: "Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise.... During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less, in all places, pride and indolence in the clergy; ignorance and servility in laity; in both, superstition, bigotry, and persecution." James Madison

@52flyingbicycles Жыл бұрын

History is full of very powerful and very religious people who clearly did not fear Hell in the slightest. In fact, many believed all their twisted actions were totally justified and deluded themselves into thinking they were the sure fire route to heaven

@ericpitts4979 Жыл бұрын

My imaginary friend also keeps me in check when I do a tyranny.

@NeedsContent Жыл бұрын

If someone's only moral compass depends on supernatural retribution... they have no moral compass.

@nickradic Жыл бұрын

How do you ground morality in a athiest worldview? Do you believe in objective morals?

@jbass3036 Жыл бұрын

nico belecic Good point! If morality is subjective as opposed to objective, then right and wrong truly don’t exist because what would be wrong for one person is right for someone else and vice versa. Opinions can differ between people, but when people don’t appeal to the objective source of morality (from God revealed in His word), chaos ensues and the ultimate tragedy isn’t the potential physical harm (although such would certainly be a tragedy) but the lost souls in eternal punishment. (2 Thess. 1:8-9) We need to return to Jesus for life! (John 14:6)

@461weavile Жыл бұрын

@@nickradic yeah, luckily, Christians are taught to care more about the reward than the punishment. It just so happens that the Greeks 2000 years ago needed the punishment to be more obvious. I doubt you'll get a response, because the conversation usually goes like this. "I just naturally have morals as a human." "So morals were instilled in you when you were created?" "Yes, that's what makes us different from animals." "So you're saying God did it but you refuse to call Him 'God.'"

@1p6t1gms Жыл бұрын

“America will never be a Christian nation because the moment it becomes a Christian nation it will cease to be America.” Andrew L. Seidel, constitutional and civil rights attorney.

@jimbob9407 Жыл бұрын

America was built from Christianity you dolt….

@rs72098 Жыл бұрын

It's been majority Christian for over 200 years, it's still America.

@1p6t1gms Жыл бұрын

@@rs72098 'Christianity' which is an improper term... has been around longer than 200 hundred years. I suppose that this 'faith' is responsible for everything accomplished by humans through their belief systems within the sects they created?

@1p6t1gms Жыл бұрын

@@jimbob9407 A delusion of God, consequently will only be ruled by an illusory thinking that only allows them to believe, but no longer to think, decide and act for themselves.

@sail2byzantium Жыл бұрын

ALSO: The Treaty of Tripoli (@ 11:50 ff.): the only US treaty ever ratified to receive unanimous consent from--and without debate by--the United States Senate. This of course includes Article 11: "the government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion."

@DavidRichardson153 Жыл бұрын

I will grant Michael Know-less this: at least his face is not shrinking, unlike someone else that we know. At least, not until the same witch(es) curse him too.

@stefanfilipovits21 Жыл бұрын

It never ceases to amaze me how small the man’s face is. It’s like funhouse mirror levels of warped.

@marcwilson368 Жыл бұрын

Never trust anyone who states they have the right to do what they want because their imaginary friend says they can.

@andynarain672 Жыл бұрын

So basically Michael wants what they have in Saudi Arabia.

@jamesmatthewson9452 Жыл бұрын

Never trust anyone who can clear their conscience by asking forgiveness from an imaginary friend who lives in the sky

@progressivedragon6664 Жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏

@progressivedragon6664 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love this… Going to steal it… And maybe ask for forgiveness lol

@okocha7914 Жыл бұрын

But we should trust people who thinks that men can get pregnant?🤣🤣🤣😆😆😆

@misterman2830 Жыл бұрын

@@okocha7914 Yes. We understand the difference between sex, gender, and sexuality.

@johnjohn2570 Жыл бұрын

2006 atheist posting

@draxthemsklonst Жыл бұрын

"God should be in charge" (so listen to what *I* think you should do...)

@darkauraop5007 11 ай бұрын

You can also name it as responsibilities which comes with rights. They dont dictate you to rule thr world or die for God any if that stuff all it teaches to live in peace and harmony it is so simple and yet you guys are so confused

@wickedymike Жыл бұрын

"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hopes of reward after death." - Einstein

@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342 Жыл бұрын

"Know less" is constantly acting like a "know it all". I find that funny lol.

@DavidRichardson153 Жыл бұрын

I never thought I would ever see an actual embodiment of a spoof I made of a regular Rocky and Bullwinkle skit, but I guess Michael proved me wrong, so I might as well repurpose my introduction of that spoof for him: "And now, for those of you colleagues who do NOT wish to become scholars, here is Mister Know-It-None!"

@steveknott4255 Жыл бұрын

And then came Cromwell and the divine right of kings ended on a scaffold at Tyburn

@maryanneslater9675 Жыл бұрын

Oh, it lingered for a while in other countries, until Louis XVI met the guillotine.

@termsofusepolice Жыл бұрын

Jesus lived in a time of complete gender confusion when men didn't even wear pants. Truly disgusting.

@jessetorres8738 Жыл бұрын

If Conservative Evangelical Christians truly believe/want the U.S. should be a "Christian Nation," which branch of Christianity are they referring to? For example, I was born & raised Baptist along with most of my family, but there are Catholics & other Protestant branch Christians in my family as well. So, if the U.S. became a theocratic Christian nation it can only be 1 branch, but are all of these people who are likely not of the same branch of Christianity really willing to do that? Furthermore, roughly 1 out of 4 Americans aren't Christian, so do they seriously want over 80 million Americans to either convert or just leave the U.S.?

@Henshingod Жыл бұрын

I mean, pretty much? Hell one of the reasons they worked towards the creation of Israel is so Jews could go there and leave us alone.

@jdice6868 Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@johnmcgee636 Жыл бұрын

@@Henshingod no.....wrong.....if all the Jews made aliyah to Israel..... then trumpets would blast from heaven.....AND ALL CHRISTIANS, both the living and the dead would rise up and meet the Lord in the air and in the clouds.....Book of the Revelation.....it would mean that those Christians would run away and avoid ALL RESPONSIBILITY for the messes they made in this country.

@barbiedahl Жыл бұрын

Aren't there something like 30K xtian denominations? 🤔 it'll be a hella bloodbath.🍿🍿🍿

@barbiquearea Жыл бұрын

They believe rights and freedoms come from God. And that Jesus alone gets to decide what is lawful and what is not.

@profjoost7601 Жыл бұрын

“With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that takes religion.” ― Steven Weinberg

@rs72098 Жыл бұрын

Yet people who identify as atheists commit the majority of mass shootings in the U.S. Militant Atheism can cause good people to commit atrocities. Mao, Stalin, Idi Amin were all atheists.

@profjoost7601 Жыл бұрын

@@rs72098 show me the evidence. Right now, the barometer firmly stands on Christian Nationalists apologizing for right wing extremists violence by referencing to some weird version of religion. Look at the situation in Israel, Yemen, Somalia or the Ukraine. God is being invoked to justify altrocities. I am not blaming religion for the altrocities, but it is quite clear that religion is being called upon to justify them.

@AmbrosiusIII Жыл бұрын

This quote is the opposite of insightful. I feel like a worse person for reading it.

@stevenpb99 Жыл бұрын

While I was watching this video, it cut away to a commercial for a mega church. No joke.

@comiccid1 Жыл бұрын

While they're at it why not bring back the Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, Salem Witch Trials, etc.

@strezztechnoid Жыл бұрын

This is where they are headed, before the Magna Carta and the Enlightenment. Also want to exercise demons from the mentally challenged, perform healings, and a whole host of backward facing practices.

@cmecre8629 Жыл бұрын

careful what you request

@echolocationn Жыл бұрын

Knowles' behaviors are very similar to Alabama Man. Hmmmmm...

@j0j0dartiste21 Жыл бұрын

They are cut from the same cloth and like Aaron, he's just as cowardly in being honest about them

@purevenus6359 Жыл бұрын

What the hell does this pundit think he is doing quoting John Adams out of context like this? John Adams DID a massive turn around and condemned Christianity vehemently. Notice how he left that out.

@nohbuddy1 Жыл бұрын

He was equating "religious" with morality, not an actual religion or church in that letter

@purevenus6359 Жыл бұрын

@NohBuddy Undoubtedly. The founders were Deists except for arguably Washington.

@15hmael74 Жыл бұрын

Everytime I hear Knowles speak I hear John Belushi chanting, ' Toga, Toga, Toga, Toga...'

@BenjaminGlatt Жыл бұрын

"Wrath and gluttony and lust..." Don't threaten me with a good time.

@nolongerblocked6210 Жыл бұрын

Where do I sign up for some good ol debauchery??

@djdwoodward Жыл бұрын

God thinks the Daily Wire sucks.

@Juicifurry Жыл бұрын

Wrath, gluttony, pride, and lust -just a perfect description of Donny right there 😅

@benmuff10 Жыл бұрын

Prager U ads running on Majority Report is hilarious

@barbiedahl Жыл бұрын

I love that they're wasting their billionaire bucks.😝

@termsofusepolice Жыл бұрын

I hate to say it but they're slowly winning me over. Dennis has the wisdom of Solomon.

@wilcee238 Жыл бұрын

@termsofusepolice Solomon Grundy

@joew8438 Жыл бұрын

Make sure to watch the ads. The channel makes more money if you let them play. Or at least as much as you can stand.

@ThompsonFlash9999 Жыл бұрын

You didn't get any for $7 "not woke" 1.5 ounce candy bars?

@banonKING Жыл бұрын

It pisses me off how a historic these fascist always are.

@kathrynanderson8537 Жыл бұрын

I’d say Trump is one previous president that doesn’t believe in God - or at least never invokes Him and certainly was not affiliated with any church.

@johnmcgee636 Жыл бұрын

he's his OWN GOD.....and worships and glorifies himself

@nohbuddy1 Жыл бұрын

His ego comes first and foremost

@barbiquearea Жыл бұрын

He does believe in Two Corinthians.

@erikvan9582 Жыл бұрын

He pretended like he did,otherwise the evangelical vote is an issue

@nosender2399 Жыл бұрын

@@barbiquearea 😅😅😅 That shit was priceless. Mfkr was about here just playin make believe, and they ate that shit up. Hes probably a big fan of the books of jobs too 😭😭

@noheroespublishing1907 Жыл бұрын

Religion - An empty sack that people stuff their bigotry into. God - A nonexistent authority that you can gesture at that justify anything you want.

@k.mcc.5878 Жыл бұрын

Very good segment.

@alieninthecaribbean Жыл бұрын

Why can't their God come and clarify things? Why all this hearsay? They keep speaking FOR God. They keep saying God told them things. They keep saying God says this or that. Where is God to testify on his OWN behalf???? Why are we as a society keeping on entertaining this farce????

@adambirkholtz8363 Жыл бұрын

My thoughts for about a decade! I hate that this is reality 😮‍💨

@largesnoks6600 Жыл бұрын

Sam Seder looks like he still gets wedgies

@nohbuddy1 Жыл бұрын

John Adams was so pro theocracy he helped break away from the head of the Church of England

@garychurch9237 Жыл бұрын

Knowles is scary as hell. I breathed a sigh of relief with Biden was inarguated but now the world is going crazy again. Worse every day. Everyone feels like something really bad is going to happen.

@supermarx Жыл бұрын

Get armed.

@paularroyo3450 Жыл бұрын

@@supermarx the bible never mentions owning a gun. Did Jesus own a six shooter?

@freedomofreligion3248 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video, people. Thanks!

@strezztechnoid Жыл бұрын

So where can I get all my wrath, gluttony, pride, and lust and all the rest of it. I figure Knowles hasn't seen Monty Python, "One, two, five...", and the priest chimes in "No, three sir." King Arther encounters some peasants, "So how did you become King?"

@kevincrady2831 Жыл бұрын

Strange women lyin' in ponds distribu'in swords is no basis for a system of government!

@DavidRichardson153 Жыл бұрын

I guess Arther and Knowles have something in common: I didn't vote for them.

@strezztechnoid Жыл бұрын

@@kevincrady2831 If I were going around claiming I was emperor because some water bimp lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away. There some lovely dirt down here Dennis (said by the actor in a dress, drag not-a-queen story hour).

@birdworldist Жыл бұрын

Let’s goo king Sam!!

@tavonbrown9237 Жыл бұрын

Every war ever fought was ordained by god, every atrocity, every act of abject evil, god willed it. For the person that enacted it spoke to him and he said it was just. If you win it was just, if you lose it was just. But above all... Willed by god. So what can you not do if you believe in god? Some of the kindest people I know, do not know god, and yet all the evil ones I know have loved and expended him.

@aaronsande Жыл бұрын

No, we DO NOT CARE whether politicians believe in God. Only that they don't bother us about it.

@Tonyrg1988 Жыл бұрын

Im an athiest and ill take religious theocracy over playing along that men can be women

@bennyv4444 Жыл бұрын

So true

@wilcee238 Жыл бұрын

Why do conservatives want to give us bad sci-fi futures like “The Handmaiden’s Tale” or “The Hunger Games”? Why not good futures like “Blade Runner” or mediocre futures like “Blade Runner 2049”?

@kcolonelx6181 Жыл бұрын

It's all gonna be Mad Max

@wilcee238 Жыл бұрын

@kcolonelx6181 Probably.

@TwoForFlinchin1 Жыл бұрын

Good future like blade runner??? What?

@wilcee238 Жыл бұрын

@TwoForFlinchin1 Good in terms of movie quality not movie plot.

@darkranger116 Жыл бұрын

this has been the case since ronald

@Shadowman4710 Жыл бұрын

True but until recently the Right Wing used code words. Now they're just out in the open about it. Reagan would never have talked about "The Divine Right of Kings."

@rini6 Жыл бұрын

I just can’t. This is ludicrous. As a species we should have moved beyond the idea of theocracy and royalty centuries ago. People like Knowles are trying to bring us back to times when people suffered more and life was just worse.

@Atmost11 Жыл бұрын

Knowles wishes to drag us all to the dark ages permanently yet he would reserve for himself the right to come and go as it suits him

@iprobasco Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@zer0nix Жыл бұрын

They are not just religious fundamentalists, they specifically call to metaphysical, nonproveable justifications for their apparent evil.

@Peppinr Жыл бұрын

Good show!!

@paularroyo3450 Жыл бұрын

Christian use tell me when I was ten years old that I was a bad person because I had no father. My father died in a car accident when I was seven.

@skooch5769 Жыл бұрын

I grew up in a conservative family. They 100 percent want a theocracy.

@stevenbuck07 11 ай бұрын

God is a pacifier. God is a voyeur. God is not very good at public relations. God probably never changes His secret plan.

@nd9814 Жыл бұрын

This was genuinely terrifying. More scary than most of the horror movies I’ve seen combined sans maybe Handmaid’s tale and 1984.

@LowCountryMatt Жыл бұрын

It's Brazil if run by the heads from Zardoz

@sophiepooks2174 Жыл бұрын

The sad thing is the likes of Knowles pretend to the caring, fun and easy going, yet common sense folk

@drzaius844 Жыл бұрын

“Just wait until you see a politician that doesn’t fear god” - yeah we are working on indicting that politician right now.

@avishevin1976 Жыл бұрын

The closest we had to a politician that feared god was Pence, and look at what conservatives tried to do to him. (I don't agree with Pence's policies, but at least they are rooted in a sincere desire to do the right thing as he sees it.)

@drzaius844 Жыл бұрын

@@avishevin1976 Jimmy Carter was at least as god-fearing. But he was good to begin with, no need for god with someone like that.

@dizzolve Жыл бұрын

Separation of Church and State is there for a reason.

@deedelrio7744 Жыл бұрын

They want the Republic of Gilead.

@niceguyschool Жыл бұрын

The off screen guy, Matt? Is brilliant and will one day be famous.

@LowCountryMatt Жыл бұрын

I bet he'll become a head of some... 'Leftist Mafia' that probably convenes on... Thursday nights. Eh, that probably won't catch on

@Alex-cw3rz Жыл бұрын

Brilliant video

@jloiben12 Жыл бұрын

Belief in god doesn’t necessarily cause people to do bad things. However, appealing to a belief in god has very frequently been used to justify bad things

@maryanneslater9675 Жыл бұрын

Yes. The Bible has been used to justify genocide, slavery, torture, discrimination, and domestic abuse for centuries.

@jacobjohnston3983 Жыл бұрын

And what a coincidence: when God gives me orders, he only tells me to do the things that fit what I wanted to do in the first place!

@crismcdonough2804 Жыл бұрын

Did they not just witness people refuse to wear a mask and get a shot to save their lives? Do they really think they can force people to go to church? 😂

@TwoForFlinchin1 Жыл бұрын

At least these guys are finally admitting that they're just feudalists with a coat of paint.

@jimbob9407 Жыл бұрын

You clearly don’t know what the opposing view is on anything

@something215 Жыл бұрын

@@jimbob9407 irony

@Victor-it6bv Жыл бұрын

When Sam dates a transperson, then i will believe him.

@drewcampbell8555 Жыл бұрын

"Divine right of Kings" didn't originate in the 16th / 17th century, though it was invoked by Henry VIII to justify his establishment of the Church of England. Also, it was Charles I who tried to face down Parliament on that basis. Divine right of Kings (or other of similar status) goes back to the earliest civilised societies, and in religious texts predating the Torah - though it's in there too, as with anointed or prophesied rulers like David, Solomon, etc. Apologies for pedantry!

@bootskanchelsis3337 Жыл бұрын

Zeus is gonna kick all thier heathen asses

@jerrycoomberry2541 Жыл бұрын

God is the ultimate authority.

@kaskus7147 Жыл бұрын

I am pretty sure people are only accountable to God upon death and you can ask for full forgiveness on your death bed. So, religion tells you exactly how to cheat the system.

@redwire6315 Жыл бұрын

The problem is that fundamentalists don't believe that any religious people who disagree with them don't actually believe in god.

@luisostasuc8135 Жыл бұрын

There's an idea in some Chinese philosophies called "the mandate from heaven" that is actually better than the divine right of kings. The idea was that the ruler got in place because they had favor and were smiled upon by heaven. However, that also gave the people the right to decide that when horrible shit happened, it was because that favor was lost. With the divine right of kings that idea was much more suppressed, so that even the worst stuff was god's plan

@tonyisnotdead 2 ай бұрын

so basically the ruler's heavenly favor is meaningless and has no affect on the ruler's power or the people's rights?

@joebottini1743 Жыл бұрын

"I have the right to persecute you because I am right and you are wrong." - Jacques-Benigne Bossuet

@bassface1018 Жыл бұрын

I for one would love to vote for politicians that don't fear god, signed A Theist.

@52flyingbicycles Жыл бұрын

IDK if I agree with that, even as a theist myself. If anything, hyper religious politicians seem to have a distinct LACK of fear of God. Which contributes to my theory that fear of God is just a substitute for “fear of earthly consequences”. Obviously rich people rarely face earthy consequences even for unspeakable evil, so if we wish to instill the fear of god in their hearts we don’t do it with a fiery sermon…

@52flyingbicycles Жыл бұрын

@@pranays in my second paragraph I specify that fear of god is really just a substitute for fear of earthly consequences. While I think legitimate fear of eternal damnation motivates only a tiny minority of the population (who are too neurotic to be a major political force), I welcome such a fear striking the hearts of politicians who act with total impunity, at least compared with what we have now.

@TwoForFlinchin1 Жыл бұрын

@@52flyingbicycles what's your point if you're going to replace the fear of God with earthly consequences? Isn't the entire point that isn't influenced by earthly consequences?

@52flyingbicycles Жыл бұрын

@@TwoForFlinchin1 the point is that “fear of god” is just a fancy way of saying for “fear of earthly consequences”. People who may face consequences for their actions on earth may be said to also fear god, but those with slim chance of ever facing earthly consequences for their sins often act with impunity, even if they claim to be religious. They will often fabricate justifications for their actions, calling them benign or even necessary.

@tannerbruning868 Жыл бұрын

This is just anew version of the theocrat idea we wouldn’t have morality without god

@MaximusAugustusOrthodox 11 ай бұрын

Christian Theocracy ☦️ >>>

@Tavat Жыл бұрын

“Wait until you see a politician who doesn’t fear god.” Has this guy never heard of Donald Trump?

@Old_Jack_Ketch Жыл бұрын

“Divine right of the monarch is actually a limit on the monarch’s power because the monarch is answerable to God…” This is the sort of idea that requires never having read a book to sound reasonable.

@johndigirolamo5858 Жыл бұрын

Very nice shirt, Sam. Like, it looks like Mithril from LotR, damn

@dspondike Жыл бұрын

How to deal with the concept of Morality given that there is no such thing as “Free Will”. 1.) Begin by assigning the moral valence to the behavior, not the person. 2.) Develop a simple yet flexible moral code that is stable, consistent, and universal. 3.) React in a way that creates the most moral society possible using the same code for societal behavior as for individual behavior. 2A.) If your behavior increases the well-being of another, it is moral. 2B.) If your behavior decreases the well-being of another it is immoral. 2C.) The most moral thing you can do is increase someone else’s well-being at the expense of your own. 2D.) Not all behaviors have a moral valence. Morality has nothing to do with how one improves one’s own well-being except for how it affects others. People are not moral or immoral. They are their biology. Behaviors are moral or immoral. Still, people must be held responsible for their behaviors.

@monsterhunter445 Жыл бұрын

Accidentally monarchist lol

@jeanneeber Жыл бұрын

Why do these people believe that Democrats aren't religious? They act as though they've claimed"ownership" of God-and use it for their own political gain!

@km666 Жыл бұрын

Which god?

@AdamYoudell Жыл бұрын

The problem is is all sins are forgiven except disbelief/blasphemy. So at the end of the the day you can still do whatever you want, it'll all be forgiven, just don't say the wrong thing(undermine the religion)

@tylerhackner9731 Жыл бұрын

What a horrible person

@barbiquearea Жыл бұрын

He's just as bad of an human being as he was an actor.

@WillBravoNotEvil Жыл бұрын

Michael Knowles looks like he might have some praying mantis DNA. Those fingers are too long to be homo sapiens.

@bted Жыл бұрын

Knowles looks like a nightmare version of Peewee Herman

@whowherewhatwhywen Жыл бұрын

The problem is that religious people believe this. I just had a conversation the other day with somebody saying that our country was founded on Judeo-Christian values where gay people don't exist. It doesn't matter if our country wasn't founded on these values. What matters right now is that people believe it.