Responding to Atheist's Comments #reactionvideo #christianity

From my experience, asking a Christian a question they don't like, is an attack. "Can a virgins have a baby?" Or "Do snakes have vocal chords?" Is not an attack but a very reasonable question.

The "micro-evolution" vs "macro-evolution" argument always amuses me. "I believe in change, but only small change." "Things couldn't possible change more given more time." There is no such thing as micro and macro. It's all just evolution or change predicated on mutation and environmental pressure. Change doesn't pull up to some false boundary and just arbitrarily stop. Mutations don't just quit because they realize that this animal belongs to a species or kind as defined by humans.

"I made no claims about how God created the universe, just that he was the cause". Sophistry. You have no evidence of either claim.

You make some good points and overall I think you are right in saying that evolution does not in itself disprove God as a prime mover however I still want to point out a couple of things. First you seem to have some fundamental misconceptions about evolution. Here ( 5:22 ) you say that evolution is “kinda moving to a higher order of life form”: this could be excused because you used the word “kinda” (implying you were going for simplicity) but it’s worth pointing out that the idea of evolution as a process of “perfectioning” of a being is wildly incorrect. Also here ( 1:51 ) you mention the distinction between “micro” and “macro” evolution as they were two different things but this is not the case: it is just a distinction of the scale one is referring to but they are both speaking of the same phenomenon (just on different timeframes) so it is impossible to accept one and reject the other. Though you conceded that is a field you are somewhat ignorant about and this honesty is commendable. Lastly, here ( 3:43 ) you say “within the ‘we don’t know’ God is a possibility” but I think you are missing the point: it is true that we ought to consider every explanation but not all explanations are equal and the supernatural should be the last thing you should consider. I think this was what the commenter meant but I could be wrong and you might be right so let me add another thing: the supernatural in this case could not count as a solution at all because is by definition something that escapes our field of knowledge (otherwise it would not be called “God” but something like “the John Doe’s theory”). Saying “I don’t know how it works therefore it could be magic” is flawed because by definition we could not prove that there is such thing as magic and to assert that anything exists one needs proof. So, in conclusion, I would say not only that God is not demonstrated but that God is undemostrable and in this sense I would say that is important to be comfortable to say “I don’t know”.

This guy is limiting the possibilities of a PB & J creating the universe by not accepting that it's possible that a PB & J made the universe. It's very closed minded to not accept this, especially since I have no evidence for it.

While ago people couldn't rule out gods as an explanation for lightning. In the absence of evidence, would it have been reasonable to pick Zeus as the explanation? Or should've they witheld belief in Zeus until evidence was found?

Hi, I'm a physics undergraduate and atheist and, upon watching your video, noticed a few things that you might appreciate. Firstly, I admire your dedication to scepticism even within the realm of Christian teachings and I think definitely you and I have more in common than you might have with an average American Christian (at least in terms of personality). I'm sorry you received such negativity in response to your first video.... this seems to be a problem with atheists because a lot of them seem to think they can just change how you think by saying a few words; this is both naive and somewhat annoying to me, because I think that what you've said is something worth connecting with. My main disagreement lies in how you describe the beliefs of atheists when it comes to the possibility of God. At least, to me, there is a possibility that the Christian God exists... there is also the possibility that other creation stories from different faiths are true... the one thing I would note is that if these creation stories do not fall in line with our current understanding of the universe (the big bang model) then they are absolutely false and they should not be considered. Luckily, many Christians do agree with me here, and I would say that it is possible in a sense to unify the concept of Yahweh and the big bang and still have it make sense. Leading on from this I would say that given these creation stories have a POSSIBILITY of occurring, are they actually likely of occurring? Say that God created the universe 13.8 billion years ago. This is in line with the big bang theory. How likely is it that we are the prime occupants God has created for this universe? To me personally, this is incredibly unlikely. As a low ball, there are 200 BILLION galaxies in the universe. The earth lies somewhere within the arm of a single, otherwise unimportant, galaxy. To put that into perspective, if you counted a single galaxy every second... you would be counting galaxies for over 6,000 years. This doesn't mean we are a small in comparison to the universe, it means that we are absolutely and fundamentally miniscule and unimportant entirely. The Bible does not account for this whatsoever. God does not even attempt to explain why He has created so much. If we are the pinnacle of his creation, why are we so isolated and why did he never explain to us what everything else is for? This is where my beliefs come in... Is it more likely that God created us as the peak of the universe then contradicts himself by making us irrelevant on the scale of the universe? Is it more likely that he has done all of this AND up until a few millennia ago, there was no recording of his existence and there has been none since? Is it more likely that he created the universe so that the earth was created so that it seemed like all fossil records indicated that there is a direct line between so many species - so many in fact that it seems like humans have actually also evolved from non-human animals? Or, is it more likely that - now, hear me out - a few millennia ago was the dawn of civilisation, humanity was just about finding our footing in the earth. A few powerful people come along and, like most cultures and traditions, tell stories of why we are here and why we are important. Some of these stories are of God, some of them are written down... some of them are lost. Some of them are made up (Exodus, for example, cannot be fully true upon examining the logistics of Passover, the history of the region of Egypt, and the lack of evidence of movement of people). These stories reflect how the earth was viewed at the time and within a vital period of strife within the Holylands, a man claims to be the head of the now religion and gains a following of people. For me, it seems far more likely that humans have incredibly overactive imaginations. We didn't know where we came from. We need explanations for why we are doing what we are doing. So many cultures have given explanations for why we are here that, like the Bible, have no grounding in the actual scientific reality of the universe as we understand it today. It just does not seem likely that the God proposed in the Bible would care so much about humanity when, clearly, the universe as a whole does not. Some people brush this off as "He wanted us to marvel at his creation". Some people say humans did not evolve from anything which raises even more questions (was there a point in time where every single documented species was on earth? There is no information on this in the Bible so you must create new information to justify it - how could you possibly be able to create new information for an already perfect book). Ultimately, I think that arguments of religion will never cease and it just comes from people just attributing what earthly knowledge they have to the universe and it makes sense to them... it doesn't make sense to me but that's okay. If we ever found aliens, I would imagine the Christians of the day would say that they were created so God could show how much he loves us or some equivalent.

You are fundamentally mistaken about atheism. It is good epistemology to not accept the existence of something until that thing has been indicated by evidence. Your god has not been indicated by evidence. Thus no sensible, rational person should believe in its existence. Let me reword that: All sensible, rational people should believe that your god does not exist, at least until evidence has indicated its existence. That does not speak to the possibility of any god existing, one or more could still be possible. But accepting a god to be at least possible while not believing it actually does exist is still an atheistic position and you defining it otherwise is just mental gymnastics on your part. If you'd like an example with this: Are unicorns categorically impossible? Of course not! Is it then rational to believe in the existence unicorns? Not at all. At least not until evidence has indicated that they indeed do exist.

I loved your video bro! I covered the cosmological argument and teleological argument in my first video on Creation about a month ago and received similar comments. It just comes with the territory. Your points are rock-solid and always remember that for every atheist who insults you in the comments, there’s another one feeling convicted by the Spirit and quietly acknowledging that you’re making a lot of sense. Keep up the good work! “The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” (John 3:8)

At about 3:55. I agree with God being a possibility but anything I can think of can be a possibility because I don't know. Because we don't know we don't even have a way of knowing the odds. This is why I am an agnostic atheist. I'm not willing to say there can't be a god. I don't know if there could be either. If you want be to believe in a god or gods then I need evidence that takes my answer away from the I don't know.

Honestly it’s pretty incredible how evolution seems to be the mainstream belief but when you really break it down you realise how quickly it for the parts. It takes a humble heart for people to be able to see that there may be another Syde but I haven’t given a chance to yet ❤

People are making things complicated. But take not the criticisms to heart, brother. Keep on sharing. You are doing a great job!

I just don't see why we should admit the possibility that Christianity is true without accepting the possibility that Greek, Norse, and all the other mythologies are possibly true. If you dismiss Thor as not worth holding it as a possibility I don't think that's a problem neither is dismissing the Hebrew war God of the Christian Bible to be equally unlikely.

Twas such a good video. I love your perspective. And the point you made on people that say 'I don't know' being unwilling to accept God as a possible answer was a golden nugget.

Pastor Joe has also gone through this. He meant to address believers but people who deny God got offended I guess with what he said. I'll be praying for them, and also for you to stay calm in the midst of this.

Great stuff bro! The pride of our age is that we can reject God and the supernatural based on a humanistic and man-centered worldview.

Great video with lots of respect and love shared keep sharing the truth

Thank you for your zeal and pressing on. We MUST spread the gospel! You are doing well. God bless!

Matthew 13:13-15 (NIV): This is why I speak to them in parables: 'Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: "You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.

Good job dealing with logical fallacies with grace. You are doing a good job of using very specific language to express what you mean. Unfortunately, it gets misconstrued and there is nothing more that you can do.