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hitchens - reasons to doubt theism
Bookmarked 761 weeks ago philosophy is doubt- michel de montaigne in a world of charlatans skepticism is a virtue and faith a vice in a world of suffering and extinction evolutionary naturalism is more probable than theistic intervention quoti always have to think too of a little boy sitting on the banks of a river in west africa who has a worm boring through his eyeball turning him blind before he039s five years old and i reply and say quotwell presumably the god you speak about created the worm as wellquot and now i find that baffling to credit a merciful god with that actionquot-david attenboroughcharles darwin--quotthat there is much suffering in the world no one disputes which is more likely that pain and evil are the result of an all-powerful and good god or the product of uncaring natural forces the presence of much suffering agrees well with the view that all organic beings have been developed through variation and natural selectionquotpaul draper:theism is less plausible than naturalism-natural selection accounts for all or almost all of the fantastic complexity we find in the living world:e: for a variety of biological and ecological reasons organisms compete for survival with some having an advantage in the struggle for survival over others as a result many organisms including many sentient beings never flourish because they die before maturity many others barely survive but languish for most or all of their lives and those that reach maturity and flourish for much of their lives usually languish in old age in the case of human beings and some nonhuman animals as well languishing often involves intense or prolonged suffering naturalism is by virtue of its smaller scope and greater simplicity a more plausible hypothesis than theism and also that naturalism has much greater predictive power than theismi can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing i think it039s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong i have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of certainty about different things but im not absolutely sure of anything and in many things i dont know anything about such as whether it means anything to ask why were here and what the question might mean i might think about a little but if i cant figure it out then i go to something else but i dont have to know an answer i dont feel frightened by not knowing things by being lost in a mysterious universe without having any purpose which is the way it really is as far as i can tell possibly it doesnt frighten merichard feynman |
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qi: pigeons superstition and religion
Bookmarked 760 weeks ago qi series 8 ep 13: hypnosis hallucinations ampamp hysteriabbc1 07 january 2011bf skinner039s pigeon experiments:http:enwikipediaorgwikib_f_skinnersuperstition_in_the_pigeonhttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=ttfqlkgwe2uhttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=i_ctjqjlrha |
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deacon fred addresses unsaved college students
Bookmarked 783 weeks ago for more information please see: http:wwwlandoverbaptistorg - thanks to our friends at quotpinnaclequot - assisting republican fundamentalist christians in creating bible based media to reach the ultimate goal and final solution of forming a christ-centered continent in north america |
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wikileaks publishes documents on plan to curb free software in the european union
Bookmarked 790 weeks ago wikileaks publishes documents on plan to curb free software in the european union |
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indecision 2012 - mitt romney039s amp rick santorum039s michigan campaigns - the colbert report - 2012-27-02 - video clip comedy central
Bookmarked 717 weeks ago mitt romney connects with empty seats and rick santorum promotes the real american dream that if you work hard enough your children can fewer opportunities than you did |
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christianity is false and immoral christopher hitchens
Bookmarked 747 weeks ago excerpt from the 2007 christopher hitchens vs alister mcgrath debatefull debate available here - http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=0u1b7xgyq-y |
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coughlan666 verses every single theist arguement ever
Bookmarked 829 weeks ago i039ve been debatingarguing with theists since i was 15 years old and they still use the same old shitso i thought i039d do 1 video refuting every single argument i have ever heardand i did it in 20 minutes |
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imagine if all atheists left america
Bookmarked 765 weeks ago highlighting what would happen if all atheists were to leave america details of who would leave what would change and a look at other countries with virtually no atheismreuploaded from conversationwitha - http:wwwyoutubecomuserconversationwithasources:over 10 of american population are atheist:http:wwwatheistempirecomreferencestatsindexphpless than 021 of prisoners are atheist:http:holysmokeorgicr-prihtmin response to a freedom of information act request the federal bureau of prisons says that on february 12 2010 atheists accounted for just 008 of the prison population: http:bornatheistcomfilesfederal_prison_statisticspdfmajority of nobel prize winners atheist:the religiosity and religious affiliation of nobel prize winners beit-hallahmi 1989majority of university professors atheist:religion and spirituality among university scientists ecklund 2007majority of scientists atheist:http:freethoughtpediacomwikiscientists_and_atheismatheist intellectuals:http:brainzorg50-most-brilliant-atheists-all-timehttp:wwwcelebatheistscomtitle=category:atheistatheist celebrities:http:wwwcelebatheistscomtitle=main_pagepoverty rate lower among atheists:society without god zuckerman 2008http:wwwamazoncomsociety-without-god-religious-contentmentdp0814797148http:wwwsecularhumanismorgindexphpsection=libraryampamppage=pzuckerman_26_5http:wwwpitzereduacademicsfacultyzuckermanzuckerman_on_atheismpdfiq higher among atheists:http:wwwinterfaithorg20080620study-links-atheism-to-high-iqhttp:wwwtelegraphcouknewsuknews2111174intelligent-people-less-likely-to-believe-in-godhtmlilliteracy rate lower among atheists:united nations human development report 2004http:hdrundporgenmediahdr04_completepdfaverage income higher among atheists:united nations human development report 2004http:hdrundporgenmediahdr04_completepdfdivorce rate lower among atheists:http:wwwreligioustoleranceorgchr_dirahtmteen pregnancy rate lower among atheists:http:wwwamericablogcom200901red-states-dominate-teen-pregnancyhtmlabortions lower among atheists:cross-national correlations of quantifiable societal health with popular religiosity and secularism in the prosperous democracies: a first look paul 2005http:mosescreightonedujrs20052005-11htmlstd infection lower among atheists:http:wwwtimesonlinecouktolnewsukarticle571206ececrime rate lower among atheists:cross-national correlations of quantifiable societal health with popular religiosity and secularism in the prosperous democracies: a first look paul 2005homicide rate lower among atheists:cross-national correlations of quantifiable societal health with popular religiosity and secularism in the prosperous democracies: a first look paul 2005percentage of atheists in the countries mentioned:http:wwwadherentscom |
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pwning darkmatter
Bookmarked 744 weeks ago pwn darkmatter well i am the only one who could i don039t actually imagine mrsdm is someone else it was just a funny way to treat the conclusion of quotthe real godquot video though i did pioneer the precognitive 180 posting this video pretty much assures that i039ll never be able to use it again are you beginning to comprehend the sacrifices i make for my beloved substhis video is making fun of this one:http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=-j8zmmuu7muroyalty free music in this video by synthaurionhttp:wwwjamendocomenalbum75359 |
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atheist039s nightmare = a simple question
Bookmarked 732 weeks ago add your annotations to the videohttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=neqetfhwofeampamplayer_token=16545f9165310b05become a muslim nowhttp:wwwislamreligioncomarticles204please be humanecan you disprove god brother sami zaatari once again hits the nail on the head by asking a simple question from atheists :can you disprove god so far no atheist have been able to provide a satisfying answer for more info on islam please visit :wwwmiraclesofthequrancom |
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god of the paradox
Bookmarked 732 weeks ago what if we solved all our problems this way late paying the rent just tell your landlord that you paid him with supermoney which is better than money but he just can039t see it right nowthe paradox and the supernatural are symbiotic quotbeyondquot space and time omniscience omnibenevolence omnipotence omnipresence freewill a grand plan divine intervention heaven hell souls miracles and life after death are completely invented concepts that have severe logical problems that are explained away by the word quotsupernaturalquot which is also completely made uplightning and rainbows were once obviously supernatural those claims failed when they became testable as will any claim attributed to the supernatural - no matter how obvious they seem to youthese are good people:http:wwwyoutubecomusermeridianfrosthttp:wwwyoutubecomuserproportionalresponsehttp:wwwyoutubecomusergrapplingignorancemy other channel:http:wwwyoutubecomuserdarkanticsmy other quotjesus cameramanquot videos:http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=qcx2a1knbt4http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=jvth8squuicmusic:quotwhispering windquot by zero project:http:wwwjamendocomentrack682363quotbeat into submissionquot by tryad:http:wwwjamendocomentrack6573http:creativecommonsorglicensesby-sa30 |
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what we saw at the reason rally - atheism amp religion
Bookmarked 713 weeks ago reasontv headed down to the national mall for the reason rally no affiliation in washington dc the march 24 event was billed as the quotlargest gathering of the secular movement in world historyquot and drew a several thousand-strong crowd of damp enthusiastic unbelievers and a few protesting believers to the national mall reasontv asked a few of these folks why they bothered to gather on a rainy saturdayproduced by joshua swain interviews by lucy steigerwaldapproximately 247 minutes long go to http:reasontv for hd ipod and audio versions of this video and subscribe to reasontv039s youtube channel to receive automatic notification when new material goes live |
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snowstorm preparation - the colbert report - 11111 - video clip comedy central
Bookmarked 776 weeks ago colbertnationcom video - stephen prepares for a huge snowstorm that is expected to dump 14 feet of snow |