Dope Tech Episode 2

<<@CrossExamined says : FREE Download of sermon I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist!: 👉📱https://cutt.ly/cInI1eo>> <<@yikieditz says : I agree with you but when you also used the word "Always" but what about sometimes when we need Him the most! just thinking we are doing this shows our pain is just useless always! I'm not blaming God and I think there is another reasons too but what you said also matters and is true.>> <<@ButteBoysATV says : I’ve always thought that it seems like GOD doesn’t force Himself upon us (but then again that depends on whether Calvinism or Provisionism is true), but He gives us plenty of evidence that He is here>> <<@kregorovillupo3625 says : "If God exists, why isn’t He more obvious?" Oh you right, one has to conclude he doesn't exists than. Thank you cross examined guy! You so smart. And btw, the line is "noone will be with an excuse", you are saying the opposite. Genius.>> <<@cctt3083 says : God does exist but the Bible and all the religions is wrong about God.>> <<@jimpassi349 says : HOW DO I FIND GOD // YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR HIM // IF YOU DONT YOU WILL NEVER FIND HIM>> <<@johnpro2847 says : this is so much nonsense. Hope you are not teaching this to vulnerable kids. Amen>> <<@philhart4849 says : Citing the Bible to prove the existence of God is the logical fallacy of circular reasoning.>> <<@NoStringsAttachedPrd says : if the sender exists, made me and my receiver, and is as powerful and knowledgeable as the book claims, then he really has no excuse. even more telling when there is an entire genre of apologetics based on making this exact excuse on his silent behalf.>> <<@RRHINE13 says : If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists. If god exists.>> <<@AMessengerofTruth says : This is such a great and concise answer. Indeed, it is the fault of the creature for refusing to repent and give thanks to God!>> <<@tjlegs6621 says : Divine hiddenesxhahaha. thats classic. where the fuk are you man>> <<@williamlarochelle6833 says : ChristianityIsStillSenseless>> <<@diamondlife-gi7hg says : That bright sun in the sky that supports all life on this planet doesn't cry out "random occurrence from nothing at all" we've taken it for granted every day, so it doesn't appear to us as miraculous.>> <<@james0805 says : I hate the Adam and Eve story. It’s a horrible story, telling us we are basically bad. We are in the images of God, therefore we have inherent dignity.>> <<@c4binF3v3r says : God, who has foreknowledge, was looking for Adam and Eve. As if he doesn't know where they are. 'Where are you?' god asked. Plenty of contradictions, atrocities, supernatural claims and so on. There are good stuff as well. But I can't take it seriously because of the absurdities. That's ok, god will deal with me right?>> <<@philipgrobler7253 says : Realize that a "hidden God" is impossible Here is a line of reasoning that Christians will frequently use to try to rationalize the complete lack of evidence for God's existence. In the book "The Case for Faith," the author Lee Stroble interviews Peter Kreeft, Ph.D. Dr. Kreeft says the following: "Scripture describes God as a hidden God. You have to make the effort of faith to find him. There are clues you can follow. And if that weren't so, if there was something more or less than clues, it's difficult for me to understand how we could really be free to make a choice about him." Clues? Hidden? According to the Bible God incarnated himself. He created an entire human body named Jesus. That is not a "clue" -- that is a huge, obvious piece of evidence. It is very hard to "hide" a 170-pound human being who is running around performing miracles on every street corner. Then you collect the stories of those miracles and publish them in a book. Where is the hiding in that? There are examples of God's desire for publicity throughout the Bible. The best known is God's parting of the Red Sea in the book of Exodus, chapter 14: Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. That is impressive, and it is utterly obvious. Thousands of Israelites witnessed this event. There are many other events that are equally obvious: manna from heaven, the Ten Commandments carved onto stone tablets, the Passover massacre and so on. All of it is described in the Bible, which God wrote so that billions of people can read about these events and experience them vicariously today. It is pretty hard to hide something that you do in front of thousands of people and then describe and publish in billions of books. Clearly God is not a hidden God. But there is an even more impressive sign that we often forget. If God exists and God wrote the Bible, then rainbows are actually proof that God exists. God is not hiding at all. If you read Genesis 9:12-13 you will find this: And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth..." What could be more obvious than that? God left a sign for all future generations, according to the Bible. Clearly God does not want to hide. There are also plenty of cases in the New Testament. For example, Matthew, Chapter 17: After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus. Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters--one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah." While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!" These are not exactly the actions of a God in hiding. Apparently the free wills of Peter, James and John were not that important to God. And again it is published in the Bible so that billions of other people can read about it. Or take this passage from the book of Matthew, Chapter 3: As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased." Again, not exactly a hidden God. Or this passage from the book of Luke, Chapter 2: And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger." Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests." When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about." The free will of the shepherds was certainly tarnished a bit here. In 1 Corinthians 15:6, Paul says, Then he [Jesus, after the resurrection] appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time. Those 500 people must have lost their free will. And John says: Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written. (John 21:25) That's an awful lot of miracles -- so many that the world would not have room for all the books describing them. Presumably at least one person witnessed each miracle. Think of how many names fill just one phone book. Now imagine a whole world full of phone books. That's a lot of people. Weren't all of their free wills affected? How is God hiding if millions of people saw Jesus and the miracles he performed? Jesus claims to be God, and Jesus is a physical being running around Israel for all to see. He apparently performed millions of miracles in front of millions of people. The God of the Bible is not hiding -- God is so hungry for publicity and exposure that he actually incarnates himself and then starts performing miracles for everyone on the planet. Then he creates a God-breathed book to describe everything and publishes billions of copies all over the world. Yet, for some reason, God wants none of us today to see any of those miracles because he "needs to remain hidden" so that he will not "taint our free wills." Does that seem likely? Or is it more likely that Jesus never performed a real miracle? When you combine this evidence with the fact that Jesus answers no prayers (start with Proof #1), it is clear to us what is actually happening. The idea that God is "hiding" is ridiculous. The fact is that God is completely imaginary, and that is the real reason why there is absoutely no evidence for God today.>> <<@philipgrobler7253 says : Examine your health insurance policy Here is a question: If God answers medical prayers, then why do you need health insurance? Simply think it through. If what Jesus says about prayer in the Bible is true, and if all the stories about medical miracles in inspirational literature are true, and if your belief in God and the power of prayer is true, and if God has a plan for you, then why do you ever need to visit a doctor or go to the hospital? Why don't you simply pray for a cure whenever you get sick? The reason I ask this is because the statement that Jesus makes in Mark 11:24 is so simple: Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. So is what he says in John 14:14: If you ask anything in my name, I will do it. There is this statement in Psalms chapter 41: 1 Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the Lord delivers him in times of trouble. 2 The Lord will protect him and preserve his life; he will bless him in the land and not surrender him to the desire of his foes. 3 The Lord will sustain him on his sickbed and restore him from his bed of illness. In Mark 16, Jesus talks about the laying on of hands: 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover. But even more remarkable is James 5:15, where the Bible says: And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. These are powerful verses. Keep in mind that these are the words of an all-powerful, all-knowing, perfect God. And James 5:15 is completely unambiguous. If these words are true and perfect, it seems like a faithful person should have no need for health insurance. What reason would a perfect God have for making false statements in the Bible? Yet, by owning health insurance, you demonstrate to yourself that something in these verses is amiss. In addition, the fact that you have health insurance indicates that you have no faith in God's Plan for you. Doesn't it? Let's look at an example. Praying for a cure When people are sick, they often pray to God for a cure. This is especially true in the case of profound, life-threatening illnesses and chronic diseases. We've all heard the stories of amazing cures and medical miracles that have come through prayer. For example, here is a story from a housewife in Santa Monica: "I went to the doctor, and he told me that I had cancer of the uterus. One solution, according to my doctor, was a radical hysterectomy. But he wanted to try chemotherapy first, just in case. For me, my only goal in life was to have children, and I could not let the doctor make me sterile with a hysterectomy. That very day I got down on my knees and I prayed to God for a miracle. I read every passage of the Bible that had anything to do with healing, and I wrote them all down on index cards that I carried with me everywhere. I recited the verses, and I prayed whenever I had a spare minute -- Whether I was waiting at a stop light or for my husband to come home for dinner, I was praying and reciting those verses. And you know what? The good Lord cured me. I started on chemotherapy. At the very next visit, my doctor noticed a change. At my next visit he said, 'Let's postpone the surgery and see what happens.' A year later he could no longer detect the tumor, and he declared me cured. I knew in my heart -- it was the power of those scripture verses. God answered my prayers and cured me." If you subscribe to Guideposts magazine you can read a new story like this just about every month. Even big city newspapers and national magazines report on these stories now. There are two questions that we should ask based on this story: Why did our housewife from Santa Monica need chemotherapy if God was going to cure her anyway? God is all-powerful, so his cure should be instant and free of side-effects. On the flip side, if "God's plan" were for her to have a hysterectomy, what point is there in her praying? God's plan comes from an all-powerful being and it is going to run its course no matter what we do. What good is it to pray in such a situation? If you think about these two questions and how they interact with each other, you will realize something important. If God exists, and if God answers prayers, and if God has a plan for each of us, then there is no point in ever visiting a doctor. Owning health insurance is a complete waste of money. The reason is easy to see: Either God will or will not answer any prayer for healing. If he does answer the prayer, there is no need for a doctor. If he does not, then God's plan is for you to be sick. Since God is omnipotent, no amount of doctoring will change the outcome of God's plan. Seeing a doctor is a waste of time. Understanding Jesus If you are a believer and if you have your Bible nearby, we can look at your health care policy from another angle. Turn to Matthew 6:25-34. Jesus says: Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? "And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Jesus' statement is utterly clear: "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow." Yet health insurance is a physical manifestation of worry. You buy health insurance because you are worried about your health tomorrow. The question to ask yourself, therefore, is simple: If you are a believer, why you need health insurance? Or, for that matter, car insurance, life insurance or home owner's insurance? Why are you worrying about your health in the future when: A) Jesus has told you specifically not to worry (Matthew 6:34), and B) Jesus has promised to cure any illness that arises (James 5:15)? In addition, why are you worrying about money, which is what health insurance is all about, when in Matthew 6:19 Jesus specifically says: Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. In Matthew 19:21 Jesus goes even further, telling you to sell everything and give the money to the poor. Obviously he intended for you to give up your health insurance policy and give its monthly payment to the poor as well. And then there is Poverbs 3:5-8: Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones. Why do you own a health insurance policy when you are supposed to be putting your trust in the Lord, who will bring health to your body? Everything the Bible says is very clear. Why are you ignoring everything that it tells you to do? Here is a possibility for you to consider: you are completely ignoring the Bible because, in your heart, you know that God is imaginary. What other reason is there for you, as a believer, to ignore God so profoundly by owning health insurance?>> <<@unc1589 says : That’s odd. God was always obvious to me. First to I went to a beach is when I knew there was a God. The magnitude of the ocean. I was six.>> <<@jamisedenari2449 says : This is how y'all fail Everytime. None of what the Bible says about God points to where God actually is. Where is he? See this is why I left Christianity years ago. Because God only exist in your book. Heaven only exist in your book. You can't find your god outside of that.>> <<@Postmark-i5m says : God is where he has always been. Non existent.>> <<@TheBullGangGeneral says : what no one mentions about the divine hiddenness problem of god is that Christians define god as the most powerful being in the universe, but it seems to me the most powerful being in the universe would be obvious, and yet god is not obvious. Imagine you are an alien visiting Earth for the first time, how long do you think it would take the alien to figure out humans are the most powerful beings on Earth? Maybe in 1 month, definitely in a year, aliens would figure out humans are the most powerful beings on Earth. the god debate has been going on for thousands of years btw, do you think it takes thousands of years of debating among aliens to figure out humans are the most powerful beings on Earth? Can someone answer me why is the most powerful being in the universe not obvious?>> <<@NinjaBrothersHorror says : I think God's "hiddenness" is part of the requirements of conveying true faith. If God was popping up all the time and showing us He's real (btw, He did that once and we killed Him), then we would believe in His divine authority out of compulsion and not by faith. To have faith in somebody is to trust and believe in them even when you don't know if they're right.>> <<@NelsonCruz77 says : "No one will be without excuse." As an atheist, I agree with that. These arguments are so bad, everyone has an excuse.>> <<@n4bb12 says : The problem is not absence or lack of obviousness, it's the rejection of accountability towards God.>> <<@noway2708 says : confusing explanation>> <<@cookergronkberg says : "No-one will be without excuse." LOL My excuse is that I have not seen sufficient evidence that your god exists.>> <<@duncanbryson1167 says : A mere human by mere words, whether written or spoken, will NEVER convince me of any deities nor anything supernatural. If any deities exist they will have to prove their existence to ME, to MY satisfaction.>> <<@BrigidtheMechLady says : "No one will be without excuse" So, everyone will have an excuse? You say this twice in the video. I'm just trying to understand your script writing process, because I think you skipped the proofreading step.>> <<@2l84me8 says : It’s not my fault I’m unconvinced of bad arguments for your unproven god. If your god is incapable of demonstrating his supposed existence to humanity while also giving them the threat of hell for their disbelief, then your god failed in his mission and is an immoral monster.>> <<@Angel-nl1hp says : Another theist using the bible to "prove" that the bible is true. You lot really love that circular reasoning fallacy, eh? By the way, even if the "problem" as you put it were on my end, it would still be your god's fault, because according to your belief he created everything, me included. How is it my fault that this god created a defective receiver? And also, if "no-one will be without excuse" as you stated twice, then everyone is with excuse, which is the direct opposite of what your holy book states. Do you even understand basic English?>> <<@vladd415 says : So, you have: Look at the trees Look at the sky Nonbelievers are without excuse, because your book says so. The humans(receivers) are the problem, not god(sender). Even though your sender does not emit any verifiable signal. "No-one will be without excuse" - So, everyone will have an excuse. Good to know. Scripture - You're using scripture to prove that what the scripture says is true. The prophets - Which prophesized what? Those vague prophecies? Prophesy - Which are so vague they might as well say "Stuff will happen at some point". Miracles - Any verifiable evidence for this? The incarnation, death, resurrection, and post-resurrection appearances of Christ - Have any reliable sources besides the Bible? Or besides Josephus and Tacitus? Nothing of what you presented is convincing to anyone who has even the lowest standard of evidence (but not as low as William Lane Craig's). None of what you presented eliminates the "sender" having the problem. As I mentioned, your sender is not sending any signal (anything that can be verified, anyway), so the receiver does not receive anything. Except deceivers like you hijacking the signal, pretending to speak for the sender, and tricking the receivers to do as you say.>> <<@noneofyourbusiness7055 says : Oh great, it seems Franky hired another clown in an attempt to polish this apologetics turd. I guess it worked, this somehow managed to make your dogma look even more turdy...>> <<@vehemently_antifascist says : Apologetics is merely a retention strategy, and it fails at even that.>> <<@Thundawich says : If the receiver is the problem... isn't that also the sender's problem? I mean in this analogy the sender made the receiver..>> <<@Rurike says : You know, just pointing out that your book says i totally already believe you isnt a very compelling argument, unless your just not concerned with convincing people who dont already believe you, which fair enough i guess>> <<@Rurike says : "No one will be without excuse" Thats what you wana go with? You even said it twice. And your the guy trying to convince us your arguments are air tight and were "not without excuse" to find your logic questionable>> <<@HuxtableK says : I love how you admit no one has seen God, and then say it's our fault for not believing in this god that doesn't show up.>> <<@thomasdevlin5825 says : Coming from a non believer, you look up the numbers online and there are around 4,200 religions on earth, and even within christianity there are over 40,000 different denominations worldwide, you say God is evident in his creation, but when I look at the world all I see is mass confusion. Combine that with science conflicting with the bible and I have every reason not to believe in a god, so when a christian responds to the question of why God isn't more obvious and all he has to say is "You have no excuse for not believing" all it does is give me even less reason to believe>> <<@Syrph. says : Looks like nothing new from the theist camp. Here's a realllllly big tip for you: If your only validation for what the bible says is that is says it then you have absolutely nothing. And shouting "there's evidence" doesn't make evidence actually be there, you have to show the actual evidence.>> <<@darwinskeeper421 says : 2:33 3:36 "No-one is without excuse." As gratifying as it is for you to agree with me that everybody has an excuse for not believing in the Abrahamic God, I'm amazed that you as an apologist has said so TWICE. Negatives are multiplicative in the English language so when you say "No-one is without excuse," the No-one and the without cancel each other out so that everyone has an excuse. Its even more puzzling as my understanding is that Paul ended Romans 1:20 saying "So they have no excuse for not knowing God." How does an alleged apologist need to be corrected by a skeptic?>> <<@DjVortex-w says : _"No-one will be without excuse."_ In other words, everyone will have an excuse. That's literally what that means.>> <<@2ahdcat says : Laughable garbage (and I'm STILL not convinced) lol 🤣😂🤣😂>> <<@Qvartezz says : From three years of age I’ve always known He was real. I just remember one day outside with my Grandma as she was blowing bubbles 🫧 across her yard. I glanced up at the sky and it was so beautiful and I just felt the word come to my being. “God”. I didn’t know who He was or anything like that. We didn’t go to church until I was about 7. It’s just obvious. Anyone who says they dont believe are just hurting inside, in which it’s not Gods fault, but the person just chooses to blame Him for what they go through.>> <<@memastarful says : Quote: " No blinder person than those who choose not to see." -- unknown>> <<@ChetYoubetchya-it5zv says : He's playing hide and seek and he's a master hider>> <<@elfishmurph says : It's not a matter of vision it's a matter of heart.>> <<@hooywamd00pe95 says : God made us, therefore if we cant hear Him, how is that our fault? I tried to belive, open my heart and soul to Him, i got no response that i could hear, see, feel. I cant help it, im not allmighty.>> <<@golfinstead says : God could still forgive eve for that apple rather than taking it out on the reat of us. Fallen world forever for an apple.>> <<@Terrylb285 says : I am a 99% skeptic .I would say 100% but the only thing I’m not skeptical about is my own skepticism>>