okay so there are a lot of
misconceptions about is another side
figured I would take this video took
over the seven most common myths that I
hereby
yes number one we believe that there is
no God now I know this might seem like a
weird twist or a play on words
but it's really not there's a big
difference in saying that I believe
there is no God and I don't believe that
there is a God
because one is claiming something and
one is making no claims
and that's a big read and a lot of
people are 8 yes because they don't have
the information
or the evidence to believe something so
they don't it's not evidence a
guess it it's just a lot evidence so
that your a
the assessor the prefix a steam for a
lack of something so
atheism is not a religion which is
another thing I hear all the time it's
not a religion if the lack of religion
the lack of belief in God that all it
takes to find somebody isn't
atheists number two a huge hate got and
yes hey Christian
this could not be further from the truth
because number one we can hate something
that does not exist so we don't hate
got we just don't believe in God and we
don't hey
Christians and that's one thing pot
bothers me a lot because I have a lot of
people that I know
get very offended from they are I make
me think I hate Christians
or that I think all Christians are still
but that's not true either
I didn't have a lot of problems with
Christianity as I do with other
religions so I speak out against the
religion I don't believe in religion is
something
that is about criticism just like I
don't believe that a person's political
party
is about criticisms of my criticizing
idea or the way that somebody thinks
that is not me criticizing the person I
might think that an idea
is not the brightest idea but that
doesn't mean I think that the person is
stupid I was religious for a large part
of my life I didn't become smarter
when I became an atheist number three
that the word agnostic and word atheist
are mutually exclusive
you can be an agnostic ATS as you should
be because the word agnostic I have sent
videos before
is a word that defines a position of
knowledge
not position a belief so a lot of people
who claim to be a non-stick
obviously everybody should be claiming
to get massacres all it means that you
don't know for sure
what the answer is I feel like that's
the whole position to take NS
the only position to take really saying
that you're agnostic really isn't
giving any have a description as to what
your beliefs are saying that you do not
have a knowledge
for sure but if somebody asks you do you
believe in God here answer it
anything other than yes and guess what
you are atheist or agnostic
ATS I feel like the term UPS's so
stigmatized
get more people to start using it would
clear up a lot of problems
and you and a lot of discrimination that
ATS do face
my major point here is that it's a
specter you can be an atheist
and acknowledge the possibility a god
existing because you're agnostic
so don't say agnostic and atheist are
two separate words because
honestly they should be going together
number four eight years have no morals
this is completely ridiculous team I
morality is
based of I'll a rational consideration
the consequences of my actions i mean
its almost altruistic anasazi all have
to share this place together
so we have to find a way to do that
peacefully I mean it's in our best
interest to work together so this is
where things like
rape and murder are considered immoral
in a modern society
as a morale has exactly nothing to do
with religion and good thing
that it doesn't because religious
morality involving rate
is a pretty anti-islam killed more rate
and rakes version on it so that they can
be killed
and Christianity said that a woman's
right Paul the guys have to pay her
father a fine
and then marry her i'm should come
around his back not mention Evan several
studies that look at the correlation
between
religiosity society and its societal
hell more EPS
healthier if I mean from teenage
pregnancy test he is to rate tumor to
health care and just look at the
evidence and the people out there who
say that I
only an APS letting go out and be a
terrible person with no consequences
you're thinking is a little backwards I
mean if a question about murder somebody
and her pet after
they're saved no consequence it's not
because it how morley actor how good of
a person that works because
thank you scott ass so the whole idea to
secular morality is just a way out to be
held responsible for your actions is
completely ridiculous because
that a tenant Christianity number five
ABS can't appreciate the wonder and
I love nature you can see yourself a
pierced I'm an atheist
and but you're in the hall yeah but you
know i i don't understand why anybody
would find you know
a contradiction at yeah sure everybody
is well aware
over clip but it's something I actually
here all the time how you look into the
eyes of a newborn child
think of anything other than daughter
how can you look into the oceans to the
beauty
there is there help picking up the
wonders that gone must have done to make
creation I mean whenever I love it in
the rulebook
outer space whenever I look beauty of
nature on the
I feel that never look at kittens are a
popular baby I feel that you know
something inside edges
you make your heart melt a little bit
you really feel that wonder you feel at
all
it's something that every human
experiences and it's because I've
airbrush hormones because you're a human
with feelings
nothing to do with something being
supernatural I don't understand why
people have to always give
a magical explanation to things for them
to feel like they can appreciate it I
mean
look at the book at Richard Dawkins were
at the Magic of Reality I feel like
it really does a great job of explaining
how you can find the magic
in reality you can look at things that
are real appreciate them
and appreciate the science behind a or
the work that we have to do to continue
to figure out how they work I'm science
is not something that
close is always open for discussion
always searching and finding more and
more research in
making new discoveries that exciting so
to look at something and
just a tribute to something supernatural
to feel good about it
is something that ridiculous in my mind
I feel like any
here's a look at the beauty around them
and appreciate it just as well as
somebody whose religious
number six a few are better Henry on
people who appear naked
I understand how people could think that
because my relook at
people who are his rap spoken like my to
know a lot of things you see army
talking about bad things in the world
talking about
inequality somewhere or someone who was
oppressed or some
problem that religion has caused that
might seem as though I'm being naked
because I'm
looking at the negative parts a religion
because I personally think religion is
very negative thing
so they might think I'm negative for
doing that but anybody who's
ever gonna activist for anything is
trying to point out what's bad so that
you could fix it and make it better
nothing yet ever going to change if you
ignore it slip it under the rug
act like everything is sunshine and
roses where it is actual are problems
that need to be fixed I actually know
something very positive just because I
have to play out negative aspects in
order to make a change that I believe in
doesn't mean that I'm unhappy person I
understand all of people feel like they
need
religion because they're scared of death
are they want to feel like there's gonna
be
act like they want to feel like they're
still up once again and that cover and
they also feel like you don't have that
covered how could you possibly be happy
but I see it differently I feel like
when are you
except fine alley of life you appreciate
it more
I know so many people who are religious
who are waiting to live their life
after death they have these miserable
lives and they feel like it's okay
because
the Lord is gonna reward me after I die
but they don't
take the chances when they come they
don't appreciate life as it happens
they're not living in the moment
at all because they're waiting for all
these positive things
after Garnett they don't know or ever
going to be there Sophie like whenever
you're immediately accepted
the finally apply if you appreciate
things more a while it each day to the
fullest you want to
spend the time you have now with your
love must because you know that you're
not going to see them whenever they're
gone you're gone
I think that's important because I have
one life to live and to wait to live it
and Oregon is a complete waste her
seven-year only
yes because the political reasons now
this might seem a little bit strange
first one I've heard quite a bit
recently
I think it's because people have a hard
time separating
the reason that you're a huge salaries
in the fight against let
they think you're yes because you don't
like the beyond a mere you don't like
the in addition of stem cell research
you don't like you know
lacquer women's rights in certain areas
you don't like the problems religion
causes you want separation of church and
state
the fight against it and they feel it
because you feel all these things
therefore you're a yes but it's
completely the other way round it
doesn't even have to be because whenever
I was so a Christian
making my youtube videos to go back to
at least videos you can actually see
this latest
your thing for me but I pretty much
preach the same thing
so for now I'm an atheist so my distaste
for the way politics works
and my reasons for being a yes are
completely separate I'm an atheist
because
I we've got all the evidence to believe
in God their funniest
an anti the S and actively fighting us
religion because out political reasons I
know it sounds strange but actually
quite
people tell me that you support gay
marriage in these forums right
you support stem cell research in all
these crazy things differently yes
so had a clear that one up so those are
my top 7
myth about eight years in a given if you
don't have more
which I'm sure you do let me know what
they are in the comment section below
maybe I can make another video talking
about more myths and misconceptions
ball around atheism so I think I'd like
to see you gonna us up share
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