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Superfoods, Silkworms, and Spandex | Dr. Joe Schwarcz on Skeptical Inquirer Presents, June 13
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Is superfood a scientific term … or a marketing one? Do supplements that claim to reduce inflammation actually reduce anything (other than your bank account)? What’s the deal with “red light therapy”? Everyday life is full of interesting science-and pseudoscience-from maraschino cherries and frizzy hair to duct tape, pickle juice, and dental implants. Bestselling author Dr. Joe Schwarcz returns...
Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will | Robert M. Sapolsky
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In his best-selling book Behave, Dr. Robert Sapolsky argued that while we may not grasp the precise marriage of nature and nurture that creates the physics and chemistry at the base of human behavior, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. Out of this comes a perspective that as biological organisms, we have far less free will than we usually assume. Join us with Dr. Robert M. Sapolsky, the acclai...
The Christian Nationalist Threat to American Democracy - Dr Bradley Onishi
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Christian nationalism is more than faith combined with patriotism. It's a movement designed to impose one vision of Christianity on all others - a religious mission of conquest and domination. Despite its longstanding presence in American culture, the last decade has witnessed an acceleration of White Christian nationalist rhetoric and tactics. It is now an openly authoritarian movement whose l...
A UFO Over New York City? Really?
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While flying home to New York, Michelle Reyes was taking video from her window of the New York scenery. A black cylinder-shaped object suddenly rushed past just outside the plane. Was it a UFO? Well, it was certainly “unidentified!” Let’s take a closer look at this mystery, along with a guest appearance by Mick West, and see if we can figure out what this object most likely is
502 Conversations A Conversation With Brian Kerby Rob Palmer
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If you are unaware of the wonderful content being created for the show 502 Conversations by Brian Kerby, this interview is tailor made for you! And if you are already a fan, I’m sure you’ll appreciate the behind-the-scenes information revealed in our conversation.
The Science of Weird Shit | Chris French
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This presentation will provide an overview of anomalistic psychology, focussing particularly on the work of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit. If the wider scientific community is right to be skeptical regarding paranormal claims, why do so many people believe in the paranormal, including a sizeable minority that claim to have had direct personal experience of paranormal phenomena? Anoma...
Is the Planet Full? What We Need to Know about Overpopulation | Peter Uetz
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The human population reached eight billion people in 2022 and may reach ten billion later this century. A relatively small (and rich) fraction of those billions are able to cause climate change at a global scale. However, with so much focus on the challenges of climate change, another catastrophe is unfolding without most people noticing: the loss of nature as we know it. Uetz has spent decades...
A Life Preserver for Staying afloat in a Sea of Misinformation | Melanie Trecek-King
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Critical thinking and science literacy are essential for surviving the infodemic but can be difficult skills to learn and apply. Registration is now open for CSICon 2024: csiconference.org/ The FLOATER toolkit was developed to provide a structured and systematic way to think through claims. The toolkit’s seven key principles-Falsifiability, Logic, Objectivity, Alternative Explanations, Tentativ...
Solar Superstitions and Moon Myths with Ben Radford
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Humans have always been fascinated by what goes on in our skies. Celestial events including eclipses, meteors, and comets were long thought to be messages from the gods, and good (or evil) portents. Greek myths claimed that the sun is carried across the sky by Helios in a golden chariot, while other traditions reveal that vampires fear sunlight and moonlight creates werewolves. From canals obse...
Does Coffee Cause Cancer? Myths about the Food We Eat | Dr. Christopher Labos
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Does vitamin C really prevent the common cold? Was red meat really declared a carcinogen by the World Health Organization? Is red wine really good for your heart? Are eggs good for you or bad for you? There’s a lot of “conventional wisdom” about food and nutrition out there … and it’s hard to keep up with what’s true and what isn’t. Dr. Christopher Labos is a cardiologist and has a master’s deg...
The Psychology of Misinformation and Its Remedies | David Myers
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In the battle against misinformation, having truth and facts on your side is often still not enough. People are stubbornly-and seemingly inexplicably-willing to believe things that are obviously not true. What are the underlying psychological reasons for this, and what can be done to address them? Psychologist David Myers shares ten striking examples of people believing things that are clearly ...
UFO Conspiracy on Wikipedia Claims: A Conversation with GSoW’s Susan Gerbic
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Have you heard about the UFO cover-up happening on Wikipedia at the behest of the U.S. government being orchestrated by Susan Gerbic and her all-powerful Guerrilla Skeptics team from their secret cabal? In this interview, Susan and I disclose the actual truth.
Here Come the Creationists...Again | Eugenie Scott
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In June 2022, the Supreme Court decided in Kennedy v. Bremerton that a high school football coach was permitted to pray on the fifty-yard line and overruled an earlier Supreme Court case, Lemon v. Kurtzman. This completely changed how the government approached creationism in the classroom. Creationists may indeed be back for another run in the schools. Registration is now open for CSICon 2024: ...
The UFO Movie THEY Don’t Want You to See | Brian Dunning
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In an age when misinformation, alternative facts, and conspiracy theories have become mainstream, UFOs have become one of the most talked-about phenomena throughout popular culture. What is in our skies? What do we know, and how do we know it? And most importantly: Are we being visited? Brian Dunning, the producer of the feature-length indie documentary film The UFO Movie THEY Don’t Want You to...
A Closer Look at the Paranormal Activity Video | The Snedeker Case 1988
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A Closer Look at the Paranormal Activity Video | The Snedeker Case 1988
Getting the Chemistry Right | Joe Schwarcz
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Getting the Chemistry Right | Joe Schwarcz
Penn & Teller in Conversation with Richard Wiseman
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Penn & Teller in Conversation with Richard Wiseman
2024 Science Clash: What's The Greatest Life Saver of All Time?
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2024 Science Clash: What's The Greatest Life Saver of All Time?
Skeptilab - Ghosts and the Afterlife with Annabelle Gurwitch
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Skeptilab - Ghosts and the Afterlife with Annabelle Gurwitch
Bill Nye and Richard Dawkins in Conversation
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Bill Nye and Richard Dawkins in Conversation
Science, the Poetry of Reality, Jewel in Humanity’s Crown | Richard Dawkins
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Science, the Poetry of Reality, Jewel in Humanity’s Crown | Richard Dawkins
Can Clouds Be Moved? CFIIG Finds Out in Vegas
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Can Clouds Be Moved? CFIIG Finds Out in Vegas
Beyond the Echo Chamber A Conversation with AIPT’s Russ Dobler Rob Palmer
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Beyond the Echo Chamber A Conversation with AIPT’s Russ Dobler Rob Palmer
What’s Next, The Men in Black? Why the Government is Studying UFOs | Mick West
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What’s Next, The Men in Black? Why the Government is Studying UFOs | Mick West
Pass the Torch - CSICon 2023 Recap (Streamed/Recorded November 8, 2023)
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Pass the Torch - CSICon 2023 Recap (Streamed/Recorded November 8, 2023)
Miami Mall Aliens | Are You Kidding Me?
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Miami Mall Aliens | Are You Kidding Me?
The Birth of the Science Communicator | Professor Dave Explains
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The Birth of the Science Communicator | Professor Dave Explains
The Making of a Skeptical Activist A Conversation with Adrienne Hill Rob Palmer
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The Making of a Skeptical Activist A Conversation with Adrienne Hill Rob Palmer
CSICon 2023 - "Cut Through The Nonsense"
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CSICon 2023 - "Cut Through The Nonsense"

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @user-vj3so8xl7j
    @user-vj3so8xl7j День тому

    I see the Jaws shark in your moose ear!!!!! Look again 😂

  • @DURBY1988
    @DURBY1988 2 дні тому

    I have completed this challenge and it worked. But have you ever or have or plan to see if you can do the same with the XLS? Curious if you could do the same w the XLS. I’m not gonna try. I wanna see someone else do it before I do. lol

  • @jimmyinabinet9537
    @jimmyinabinet9537 2 дні тому

    Sad

  • @selenaclarke
    @selenaclarke 2 дні тому

    Well considering the current understanding of the lockdowns & more, this didnt age well

  • @jameyforbes
    @jameyforbes 2 дні тому

    NEIL WHERE WERE YOU LOCATED BEFORE YOU ENTERED YOUR MOTHER'S FETUS?

  • @csbsdunbar
    @csbsdunbar 2 дні тому

    Lets just get to the to the base analysis of the little boy ghost shadow. Paul's shirt has a x in the pattern where it seems the result is a expected a horizonal bar in the photo. Paul has a lot of hair on the left side of his head in all previous photos and this figure is leaning to his left side which gravity would pull it even farther out. This is not present in the photograph. A perfect situation to make this a very convincing photograph of it being fake and being true. Usuing photoshop and imaging manipulation for you video would be obviously something you shouldn't have crossed the line on because its not valid in this discussion. But a very good and entertaining video.

  • @qiqi2692
    @qiqi2692 3 дні тому

    Doesn’t science have dogma’s too, and shouldn’t we be critical of science too ?

  • @141runn
    @141runn 3 дні тому

    to the believer no evidence is needed. to the skeptic no evidence is possible. if you believe in God you can possibly witness these things if he allows it. to the atheist they'll never witness it because they have a demon sticking out of their ass laughing saying i got me a live one. because satans greatest trick on man that God does not exist has worked on them.

  • @chrisstewart8259
    @chrisstewart8259 3 дні тому

    They both make far more sense than the Pope, Allah or the Archbishop of Canterbury combined ever did. I gave up on religion at the age of 13 when the local vicar came to our house asking my father to give 10% of his wage to the local church. My father played the organ there and was a believer. I knew we didn't even have enough money to get to the end of the week sometimes. Short on food and rent money. Nevertheless, the vicar got quite agitated and told my father he was no longer the organist at the church and they'd have to find someone else. My father, a good honest man that fought for his country in Malaya and Burma, was visibly upset and took it badly. From that day on religion, the church, any church became my nemesis. I despise the manipulation, the dishonesty, the dogma and the demands that religion make on people's lives. Religion is an industry. It fixes nothing after taking everything, even your mind.

  • @GoldenNinja50
    @GoldenNinja50 4 дні тому

    Just visited the Hinsdale house in NY. Surprised this house is extremely popular with the rising youtuber paranormal channels. Didnt feel, discover, see, smell or witness anything the day I went. Do you have any vids on this place? Thank you

  • @oswaldwillmott
    @oswaldwillmott 4 дні тому

    Biased commentary.. just like Dawkins.. look in the mirror

  • @tomiwa1a
    @tomiwa1a 5 днів тому

    I love this video already, it dives straight to the point! 0:05

  • @damond4
    @damond4 5 днів тому

    Peterson is a grifter.

  • @cbartal1
    @cbartal1 6 днів тому

    I'm an atheist. I've always been an atheist. But I do believe that my values are based on 2000 years of judeo-christian culture. So I think gervais and Dawkins, both of whom I love, should at least humble themselves to give a little nod to Christianity and Judaism.

  • @danabuch324
    @danabuch324 7 днів тому

    My question has always been...why would an all powerful being who could design any system it wanted, design a system where living things can only survive by killing and consuming another living thing?

    • @cbartal1
      @cbartal1 6 днів тому

      I don't know, why?

  • @stonecold8365
    @stonecold8365 7 днів тому

    god. people need to pay attention. he’s talking about the “thermite theory” where scientists collected dust from ground zero and blocks away. and when examined they found “iron microspheres” which can also come from thermite. so when finding that the conspiracy theorists lost their mind. but you people just love to stay ignorant!!

    • @timshea4279
      @timshea4279 4 дні тому

      *when examined they found “iron microspheres” which can also come from thermite* And several other things. So not evidence of anything.

    • @stonecold8365
      @stonecold8365 4 дні тому

      @@timshea4279 exactly. i don’t understand why people believe that theory about thermite. its ridiculous.

  • @MDMB53
    @MDMB53 8 днів тому

    The book is brilliant.

  • @kathyheyne6030
    @kathyheyne6030 8 днів тому

    You know the worst part? That young couple were afraid and Ghost Nation left them even more frightened, the rotten mongrels!

  • @mtwelvegelevenksixtyeigh-py1yk
    @mtwelvegelevenksixtyeigh-py1yk 8 днів тому

    Hey dude. Just because you used layers to recreate that doesn't mean that he did it. His house could really be haunted.

  • @readthebook55
    @readthebook55 9 днів тому

    So interesting that I borrowed the book from my library. Can't wait to read it.

  • @clownbasher2911
    @clownbasher2911 9 днів тому

    Bacon is the only superfood!😜

  • @fluffyfour
    @fluffyfour 9 днів тому

    Wouldn't this just take what some in the Middle East are doing , and make it American? This would be total and utter chaos. Worldwide. Can you imagine being asked, when you apply for a US visa, if you believe in God, and being refused entry if you say No? Can you imagine how US citizens who don't believe in God would be bullied and discriminated against? Religious extremists don't believe in tolerance, equality or even consideration of anyone who doesn't agree with them. If this gets worse, well, I'm just glad I'm not American.

  • @gettingfaster801
    @gettingfaster801 9 днів тому

    evolution is ridiculous because it implies "natural selection" is a force that knows the future and past and present and is able to converge creatures to move into a certain direction even though it completely lacks to explain why a fish came out of water, when it was perfectly fine in water maybe even safer in water than outside of water

    • @cbartal1
      @cbartal1 6 днів тому

      Obviously you're not a golfer

  • @gettingfaster801
    @gettingfaster801 9 днів тому

    science seeks truth? hahahahah did we already forget the vaccine and covid?

  • @gettingfaster801
    @gettingfaster801 9 днів тому

    evolution is a ridiculous nonsense theory from a guy who used to do seances (Darwin) to try to find answers to his unanswered questions, so many basic questions that evolution hasnt answered i cant begin to name them all but ask me if your curious if u dare

    • @cbartal1
      @cbartal1 6 днів тому

      I'm curious and I dare

  • @gettingfaster801
    @gettingfaster801 9 днів тому

    so much propaganda and nonsense in the woman's initial statement, atheists arent sentenced to death anywhere unless u go and commit a crime in the name of atheism , even homosexuals arent chased after and killed in majority of countries, so this is nonsense propaganda

  • @robertmcclintock8701
    @robertmcclintock8701 9 днів тому

    σ(^_^;)? The universe was created in 1976. It is too hot to make a universe at the time of the big bang. It can be created at anytime. God is slow and easy. A human can do a lot with their lifespan. I got the hunk. God got the chunk. Everyone else can have the rest. That is song spirit of ''76 by The Alarm.

  • @robertmcclintock8701
    @robertmcclintock8701 9 днів тому

    (^-^; This is an artistic proof of a created universe. When you paint a shadow it's the opposite color of the object that made the shadow. Nobody knew what the opposite color of white was so the artists avoided painting white on white. The opposite color of white is baby blue and baby pink. The first artist to figure it out was Norman Rockwell. I was the second artist to figure it out. I saw it in the corner of a white room. The lighting was perfect to see it.

  • @vanpersie38
    @vanpersie38 9 днів тому

    If you love this kind of video you gotta realize you're in some kind of a cult & you have a pretty personal issue with religion

    • @cbartal1
      @cbartal1 6 днів тому

      Obviously you're not a golfer

  • @luprsil
    @luprsil 9 днів тому

    here after la chimera

  • @szilardoberritter4135
    @szilardoberritter4135 10 днів тому

    26:20 those ideas in fact can emerge from dreams, hallucinations, meditations and even appear randomly because when they think it up it’s not necessarily with the freedom of will. As Fry said not much earlier: “you can’t will what you will” and thus they emerge from the collective unconscious which is the part of the psyche one share as a species, which is specific to the evolutionary experience of that species. Symbols and myths are collective representations of those shared experiences, which is why some can survive and some can’t, like with Dawkins idea of memes, except Dawkins doesn’t explain how or why some survive and some don’t and the reason is that some capture the mind of a certain species because it resonates with them so deeply. I don’t think it was all consciously made up, but some conscious parts were definitely added over time to the myths, symbols and stories, but probably they didn’t consciously know what these appearing images of narratives meant exactly in dreams or hallucinations for example. What makes up images, narratives and symbols do actually come from somewhere and with an actual reason. This is something Dawkins can’t understand in my opinion, which is that narratives and symbols can indeed be ontologically true and epistemologically subjective (just like feelings and pictures in the head).

  • @JB-fz1rv
    @JB-fz1rv 10 днів тому

    Dear Prof Brian Greene Could amassiv BH or even more than one, completely radiates (cosmic time scale ) and release the extreme curved space overtime , does this also contributes to the expansion of the space? Would it be possible that DE is maybe the last resedue energy of those BHs? Hope this make sense, and doesn't sound stupid 🙈🙈🙈 Best, Cleaning lady Berlin,Germany

  • @JB-fz1rv
    @JB-fz1rv 10 днів тому

    ❤Brian Greene is awesome🎉 The way he talks about complex subject like QM of a BH or BB with his String theory 🎉 As only HS level education..i believe to understand the deep principles. I am lifetime greatful to you❤ Best Cleaning Lady Berlin, Germany

  • @Nostrathomas85
    @Nostrathomas85 10 днів тому

    i lived at a house for 3 years and out of that whole time there was only 6 or 7 times where stuff happened that made me believe the place was haunted. if you catch a location when its active, you will experience stuff that shouldn't be possible. i have personally witnessed with a room full of people something invisible, other than wind, gravity, or magnetism move a physical object. that shouldn't be possible...

  • @robertmcclintock8701
    @robertmcclintock8701 10 днів тому

    (^^; The universe was created in 1976. It is too hot to make a universe at the time of the big bang. It can be created at anytime. God is slow and easy. A human can do a lot with their lifespan. I got the hunk. God got the chunk. Everyone else can have the rest. That is song spirit of '76 by The Alarm.

  • @robertmcclintock8701
    @robertmcclintock8701 10 днів тому

    σ(^_^;)? This is an artistic proof of a created universe. When you paint a shadow it's the opposite color of the object that made the shadow. Nobody knew what the opposite color of white was so the artists avoided painting white on white. The opposite color of white is baby blue and baby pink. The first artist to figure it out was Norman Rockwell. I was the second artist to figure it out. I saw it in the corner of a white room. The lighting was perfect to see it.

  • @HendrickKaiser
    @HendrickKaiser 10 днів тому

    You should stay in the house alone over night and record it

  • @FoxTashikata
    @FoxTashikata 10 днів тому

    I got randomly recommended a video of someone's Homer Simpson bottle cap opener dying that is battery powered and has Homer saying something when you open the beer. It eventually started sounding like a haunted demonic thing lol Made me think of the Panasonic and I had to show my friends this video cause I got onto a rant about how this device made the whole ghost hunting community super disingenuous because everyone didn't even bother to check with the company. Last I heard Panasonic discontinued the product because of how faulty it was. I think its funny how easy people will jump on anything and call it paranormal. I first heard someone from England use the device years ago and wow was I scared shitless until I learned this device is just like that. Not paranormal just a bad faulty device. Would be annoying honestly if you bought it back in the day and couldn't even use it for what it was designed for and every time you listened back to whatever you recorded was interrupted by screaming

  • @paolorz
    @paolorz 11 днів тому

    As Sapolsky argues, free will is an illusion. Our behavior and evolution are shaped by genetics and even more by various external factors such as cosmic rays, radon, climate temperature, sun exposure, and other environmental influences. It's remarkable that we still cling to the idea of free will, which is likely rooted in centuries of anthropocentric thinking ingrained in our culture's DNA. Isn't it freeing to know that our shortcomings are basically not our fault? Probably, the only choice given to us is to strive for self-awareness, unbiased self-discovery to understand ourselves and how we are influenced. This awareness can open up new opportunities/possibilities for personal growth, better adaptation strategies, and increased efficiency, allowing us to move beyond our animalistic impulses, leading eventually to transcendence. I am curious about Sapolsky's perspective on transcendence and where it fits into his theory. To me, transcendence is a way to break free from the constraints that determine our behavior - like cutting the chains that bind us or severing the umbilical cord connecting us to Mother Earth. Perhaps, transcendence is free will?

  • @rodmartin-nl8ns
    @rodmartin-nl8ns 12 днів тому

    Good news about Richard Dawkins he now believes he is a Christian. Good stuff. l KNEW he would see the LIGHT CHEERS

  • @inkoftheworld
    @inkoftheworld 12 днів тому

    Fascinating but scary. I can't help but think about how humans are this susceptible to suggestion, and that's why social media has been so damaging to society with how it polarizes people. How they internalize what they read and then feel like it's real, and mistake their gut reaction to things as truth.

  • @firouz256
    @firouz256 12 днів тому

    I used to see him in London when I lived in his neighborhood. Down to earth, friendly and likable atheist!

  • @TomSealey
    @TomSealey 12 днів тому

    I think, at least from the footage you shared, your debunking of the table moving is flawed. You provided no observation of how the hands of the other individuals were moving, and you did not conduct a physical test of your own to determine if the subtle hand movements you caught could move the table in the manner it was being moved. Regardless, your theory that the seance leader was moving the table seems to be the most likely explanation by far.

  • @RyHughes1978
    @RyHughes1978 13 днів тому

    Derrick and After Life 👌

  • @PietStassenAdamastor
    @PietStassenAdamastor 13 днів тому

    1. REMINDER FOR ATHEISTS. The Universe has not "always existed"; like all created things the Universe has had a BEGINNING. It will also have an END. 1.1 The BEGINNING: "In the BEGINNING God created the heavens and the earth." [Genesis1:1]. 1.2 The END: The heavens (Universe) and the earth (planets etc.) will burn up to be replaced by a New Heaven and a New Earth. "But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat. And the earth and the works in it will be burned up. Then, all these things being about to be dissolved, what sort ought you to be in holy behavior and godliness, looking for and rushing the coming of the Day of God, on account of which the heavens, being on fire, will melt away, and the elements will melt, burning with heat? But according to His promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells." [2 Peter 3:10-13]. 2. BELIEVING IN GOD IS NOT MANDATORY. Nobody forces any atheist to believe in God. It is a free country and the Gospel of Jesus Christ, while offered to all, is forced on none. Believing in God and trusting the Bible is not mandatory. What will be mandatory, however, will be for atheists to stand before the Great White Throne Judgment of God to be judged for their atheism. If Christians have to be judged, what makes atheists think that they will not be judged? Marx may have said that religion is the opium of the people, but the heroin of the people are the heroes of atheism's terrible mistake of thinking that they will not be judged by God one day. The wheels of justice turn slowly but surely, and the last thing anyone should have to hear (but probably will unless they repent) will be the words of God coming from His Throne on Judgment Day as the mother of all wake-up calls: "Mene, mene tekel ufarsin!' Atheists who are really smart will avoid this scenario at all costs. omments

  • @poutinez1688
    @poutinez1688 14 днів тому

    why are MOST of Sapolsky's streams so so so SCUFFED dude

  • @savagecabbage-4923
    @savagecabbage-4923 14 днів тому

    You claim science how ridiculous!!! Accepted science you have so many holes in your analysis, focus group ? What the hell are you thinking

  • @ericgiasson7858
    @ericgiasson7858 14 днів тому

    Way to many people how Abt alone challenge