She's one of the more annoying people on youtube. I prefer the Amazing Atheist over her any day of the week.

If he doesn't believe in God...



WHY DOES HE MAKE FUCKING VIDEOS ABOUT GOD!

I don't know, but he's more tolerable.

If he doesn't believe in God...



WHY DOES HE MAKE FUCKING VIDEOS ABOUT GOD!

There's a lot of different types of Atheists out there. I've noticed 2 that are most common.

Type 1: Doesn't believe in any gods/higher powers but doesn't care if other people choose to believe. Generally respectful of other viewpoints and is polite to you as long as you are polite to them.

Type 2: Attacks religion with religious fervor(ironic). Looks down on anyone who has any type of beliefs and will attack you like a rabid wolf the moment you say anything spiritual or religious. This type is often more obsessed with God and mentions him more than most Christians do.

Most of the Atheists I've met in real life are Type 1. Yet the internet is FILLED TO THE BRIM with Type 2. Is it just the internet's tendency to make usually nice people act like a jerks coming into play there?

arf i used to be suscribed to the amazing atheist but i unsubscribed because apart from when he talks about religions, he is unsufferable to me on every other topic.

And Kellen i don't know if you meant what you just wrote but just in case, i should point out to you that i don't need to believe Luke sky walker exist in the real world to talk about him or make/watch videos about him. God is just like every other fictional character, probably a bit more evil than most but still.

The basis of civilization is not agriculture. Archaeological evidence states that Gobleki Tepe in modern Turkey was built (a temple) 11,000 years ago, predating agriculture (by some estimates). It's not incorrect to think that organized worship would bring people together, and then they would concoct agriculture? It's highly likely that settlements came about before agriculture, being based on hunter gathering.

@Genghis: There are many arguments for the origin of stable settlements. Believe it or not, some argue that the discovery of fermentation of Wheat into beer caused Semi-Nomadic tribes to permanently settle so they could make more Beer. Religion was certainly an important factor in the stabalization of civilization, but it isn't the only one. I doubt there's really one thing that cause civilization to form, but that it was really a combination of factors.

On topic: Who cares whether gay people can get married or not? Does it affect your personal life? No. So why should you restrict other people's? If you don't like it, complain to your like-minded friends. But until gays start murdering babies, fuck off.

Who cares whether gay people can get married or not? Does it affect your personal life? No.

This is the single worst argument in favor of gay marriage. I hate this kind of logic, and you can see how stupid it is to think that way if you extend it to other matters. Children starving to death in Africa doesn't affect my personal life. Screw that continent I guess, not my business. Middle Eastern countries stoning/hanging people for things like adultery and homosexuality doesn't affect me, so why get mad about it?

Sorry, but I refuse to think that way. Just because something doesn't affect you personally doesn't mean you have to or should be silent on the matter.

I'm going to go lynch 25 black men, gas some jews and ethnically cleanse some Bosnians. Doesn't matter, am i right?

Lol. Religion isn't the basis of civilization and what's preventing it from becoming barbaric. Religion is what usually MAKES it barbaric. Such as Saudi Arabia, ISIS, medieval Europe's atrocities, inquisitions, holy wars, caste system in India, tiny children getting bits of their genitals cut off without consent, and so on...

I don't think marriage should be mentioned anywhere in legislation, however I certainly don't think discrimination against homosexual people is ok, just because it has something to do with religion. If you can't handle marrying people without discriminating, you should probably just do some other work instead. If a religion is discriminating against homosexual people, then the RELIGION is the problem. Get rid of it!

I'm getting fed up with all the people who think religions should be granted priviliges and put above other systems of ideas in legislation. Hopefully the world will move on from this utter nonsense some day.

Religion is what usually MAKES it barbaric. Such as Saudi Arabia, ISIS, medieval Europe's atrocities, inquisitions, holy wars, caste system in India, tiny children getting bits of their genitals cut off without consent, and so on...

Typical. Simply blame religion for all the world's problems. You're trying to label something as evil simply because of radicals doing bad things. Worse things have been done over money,political power,resources,etc.

As to be expected you focus on everything bad religions have done in the past while conveniently ignoring all the good things that have been. In older times religious monasteries and libraries would often be one of the only safeguards of ancient knowledge. In modern times religious groups are often the highest donors to charity groups and tend to perform a lot of public service around the world.

If you can't handle marrying people without discriminating, you should probably just do some other work instead. If a religion is discriminating against homosexual people, then the RELIGION is the problem. Get rid of it!

Marriage is a religious ceremony, thus religious people have the right to not perform a marriage that would violate their beliefs. Go have a government judge do it instead if the priest says no. Don't cry and whine about religion getting involved with your life when you won't stop shoving your nose into other people's religion. If you blame religion for your problems and try to force people to violate their beliefs,then YOU are the problem, get over it!

I'm getting fed up with all the people who think religions should be granted privileges and put above other systems of ideas in legislation.

I'm getting fed up with all the people who think that the wishes of minority groups should always trump the views and beliefs of any larger groups.

Marriage is a religious ceremony, thus religious people have the right to not perform a marriage that would violate their beliefs. Go have a government judge do it instead if the priest says no. Don't cry and whine about religion getting involved with your life when you won't stop shoving your nose into other people's religion. If you blame religion for your problems and try to force people to violate their beliefs,then YOU are the problem, get over it!

Um, gay people weren't going to Catholic priests saying marry me now. They wanted to go to a judge and get married ... except that was considered illegal ...

@Eklipse: You can get mad about those things, because people are dying, or being injured. That's a human rights violation. But Homosexuality doesn't hurt anyone, except people stupid enough to go hurting or shunning gays because they don't like them. If you can prove to me that being gay is causing deaths (not non-births (IE. they aren't having babies cause they can't), deaths), then I'll admit that my reasoning doesn't work.
@Genghis: ^

Religion is used as an excuse for already violent-willed people to make war.Religion is used as a scapegoat, while the leaders know what they are truly doing, but don't care.

read the bible, read the kuran, those "holy books" are filled with messages of hatred and violence. I'm not saying it is all hatred and violence, but as Dawkins would put it, there is certainly a logical path that leads people of faith to commit violent acts. Faith is a powerful thing and it can turn otherwise good people into bad people (and vice versa depending on what verses of the book they uses)

And that faith is used by the "holy" leaders of the lands and religions to wage a "holy" war. The leaders are aware of what they really want. Just look at the Crusades. Only one or two of them were actually for religious purposes (taking back Jerusalem). The others were about political and economical power, and just flat out wanting more land. There was nothing religious about them.

@123ch209, these "holy books" are also filled with messages of peace and love. It's simplistic to attribute violence "in the name of religion" solely to religious causes. It generally comes down to money and power (for the elites) and anger and dissatisfaction with the current situation (for the poor).

@Eklipse: You can get mad about those things, because people are dying, or being injured. That's a human rights violation. But Homosexuality doesn't hurt anyone, except people stupid enough to go hurting or shunning gays because they don't like them. If you can prove to me that being gay is causing deaths (not non-births (IE. they aren't having babies cause they can't), deaths), then I'll admit that my reasoning doesn't work

Death isn't the reasoning you used in your original post. You said, "It doesn't affect your personal life." I may of went off on a tangent, but I'm sick of seeing that used as a justification. Something doesn't have to affect your personal life for you to speak up about it.

Um, gay people weren't going to Catholic priests saying marry me now. They wanted to go to a judge and get married ... except that was considered illegal ...

Bla's post seemed to imply that even religious leaders should have to perform gay marriage, so that's what I was talking about.

You are stupid.

I just said a TEMPLE PREDATES AGRICULTURE. Religion is clearly the (if not one of the) first step toward, if not the basis of, civilization. It is not like there is anything to get upset about. It makes SENSE. You are a man in your early 20s, confused about why the river runs, why lightning strikes, how it happens, who causes it, etc. It's EASY to say it : a Higher Being! Other people will come to the same conclusion, you agree to believe in a higher being! You wish to please this being so that you might be rewarded or spared from hardship, build a temple devoted unto them! You realize the temple is a nice place, stay there! Build around it, make a settlement! Then, mess around with flowers and barley, realize it's food, etc. !

You are too cynical about religion. I just gave a very good example of what religion can do:bring people together, motivate them with the idea that they are blessed by this religion, and drive them to perform at their greatest extent.

@Eklipse: Death isn't the reasoning you used in your original post. You said, "It doesn't affect your personal life." I may of went off on a tangent, but I'm sick of seeing that used as a justification. Something doesn't have to affect your personal life for you to speak up about it.
No, it isn't. But it is a perfectly valid excuse in this specific scenario, because it really doesn't affect anybody but the people getting married.