Alex O'Connor
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The Books Banned From the Bible: What Are the Gnostic Gospels?
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Elaine Pagels is an American historian of religion. She is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University. Pagels has conducted extensive research into early Christianity and Gnosticism.
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00:00 What is a Gnostic Gospel?
04:51 How the Gnostic Gospels Were Discovered
10:36 Secret Knowledge & Teachings
18:01 Do the Gnostic Gospels Contradict the New Testament?
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The End of Race Politics - Coleman Hughes
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The History of Yahweh - Storm God to Israelite Deity
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"What Am I Missing?" Sam Harris vs Alex O'Connor on Objective Morality
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There is No Existential Threat to Britain - Rory Stewart
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You Can't "Act As If" God Exists
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Should Richard Dawkins Try Drugs? - Sam Harris
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Who Owns the Moon? - A.C. Grayling
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Veganism, Psychedelics, and OnlyFans - 750k Subscriber Q&A
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What If Religion Maximises Wellbeing? - Sam Harris
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Debating The Moral Landscape With Sam Harris
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The Self is an Illusion - Sam Harris
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The Self is an Illusion - Sam Harris
I'm Not Afraid of Death - Richard Dawkins
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I'm Not Afraid of Death - Richard Dawkins
How Meditation Can Change Your Life - Sam Harris
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How Meditation Can Change Your Life - Sam Harris
Debating Konstantin Kisin on the "Religious Left"
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Debating Konstantin Kisin on the "Religious Left"
The Science of Time - Carlo Rovelli
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The Science of Time - Carlo Rovelli
William Lane Craig Defends the Canaanite Slaughter
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William Lane Craig Defends the Canaanite Slaughter
"CS Lewis Had Better Come Up With A Better Argument Than That" - Richard Dawkins
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"CS Lewis Had Better Come Up With A Better Argument Than That" - Richard Dawkins
Debating Michael Knowles: Is America a Christian Nation?
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Debating Michael Knowles: Is America a Christian Nation?
Is God In the Declaration of Independence? - Michael Knowles
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Is God In the Declaration of Independence? - Michael Knowles
The Multiverse is REAL - David Deutsch
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The Multiverse is REAL - David Deutsch
The Man Who Had a Hole Blown In His Head - Robert Sapolsky
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The Man Who Had a Hole Blown In His Head - Robert Sapolsky
Two Unanswerable Questions About the Mind
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Two Unanswerable Questions About the Mind
Left-Wing Does NOT Mean Woke - Susan Neiman
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Left-Wing Does NOT Mean Woke - Susan Neiman
Every Argument For Atheism
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Every Argument For Atheism
How One Man Accidentally Changed Philosophy Forever
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How One Man Accidentally Changed Philosophy Forever
There's No Free Will. What Now? - Robert Sapolsky
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There's No Free Will. What Now? - Robert Sapolsky
Why Is The Modern World So Ugly? - The Cultural Tutor
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Why Is The Modern World So Ugly? - The Cultural Tutor
Everything Wrong With Democracy - Jason Brennan
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Everything Wrong With Democracy - Jason Brennan
Science WILL Explain the Big Questions - Richard Dawkins
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Science WILL Explain the Big Questions - Richard Dawkins

Комментарии

  • @thomasmccoskery4494
    @thomasmccoskery4494 41 секунду назад

    I’m sorry, but this is not really your best argument. “If heaven, then why sad your mom die?” Is kinda cringe.

  • @chrisvanallsburg
    @chrisvanallsburg 2 минуты назад

    The irony of being determined to tell others they have no free will.

  • @onikageTK
    @onikageTK 22 минуты назад

    Nostalgia is a mind's trick If I'd been there, I'd hate it It was freezing in the palace

  • @Kernovia
    @Kernovia 24 минуты назад

    Morality of past is not Morality of present nor will if be Morality of the future, Morality change by expression and events and grows - so have a Judaism foundation is where it starts and it's off that Judaism grow now its not acceptable behaviour because Christian changed the Morality of the world views not Judaism. so speaking of what was moral ok in the old testament doesn't change the fact you not in a Judaism Morality but a Judaism-Christian Morality a growth 😂 the fact you so stuck in a cave you can't understand world views change but we can look at foundation and be proud of them even if the foundation had moral that changed because world morals changed, so morals of past don't matter if it was ok then dont judge based on a different moral standards is stupidity at its finest.

  • @riconjos
    @riconjos 33 минуты назад

    He fears William Craig…Dawkins is very arrogant

  • @tylerparsons3504
    @tylerparsons3504 34 минуты назад

    Excellent and concise.

  • @Taporeee
    @Taporeee 52 минуты назад

    Yes but when will he have an episode with Sister Sledge?

  • @SupHapCak
    @SupHapCak 53 минуты назад

    Don't lie to your kids but also don't let them evangelize atheism to others who don't believe in being good for goodness' sake, and don't let them get away with behaviors that erode the fabric of society.

  • @jojones4685
    @jojones4685 55 минут назад

    I love Elaine Pagels, she's such a well spoken and fascinating scholar

  • @danb4115
    @danb4115 55 минут назад

    It's called Faith for a reason. No one knows for sure.

  • @rkinsey2197
    @rkinsey2197 58 минут назад

    Next to no Christian will do what's the biblically Christian thing. That's the only way his argument can be truly valid in practice. Semantics may be perfect logic, but are a very biased understanding of its own principles.

  • @frankhoffman3566
    @frankhoffman3566 Час назад

    I've heard the biblical arguments but in my entire adult life I've never accepted the importance of a resurrection. Jefferson didn't think it was important. In fact he left it out in his work sometimes called the Jefferson Bible.

  • @MrJgracias
    @MrJgracias Час назад

    Let's test the theory starting with this guy.

  • @AZ-mt4lg
    @AZ-mt4lg Час назад

    What if Holy Spirit comes upon Bart Ehrman and reveals the truth in Bible. He would be the next Paul. Well, Mr.Ehrman, you must know that Jews hated Jesus and handed him over to be crucified because he CLAIMED to be GOD. Jews claimed that Jesus did blasphemy. John 8:58 says“Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “Before Abraham was born, I am!”. Here Jesus claimed to be YHWH - the God Israel worships.

  • @King_of_Clovers
    @King_of_Clovers Час назад

    I love how many of the counter augments contradict each other.

  • @evaulrikajansson62
    @evaulrikajansson62 Час назад

    I dont believe the interpretation that light is " devine" I belive that is a property of physics, I dont belive in a devine roum , I belive that everything exists in this universe , what is beyond what we call big bang we dont know, and I belive that this ideas about " Jesus reauraction is an obsticle for us humans too realise our true destiny and I belive that the belif in hermageddon is dangerous, we are supposed to live in universe, we are supposed to live one other planets , and the ideas about " a life after death" prevents us from living in the life we have

  • @jcolinmizia9161
    @jcolinmizia9161 Час назад

    That’s…philosophy. Thats just what it is. It’s trying to set a framework for how we perceive what’s right and wrong, and then doing your best to break that framework. It can change because, unlike mathematics, we don’t have a good set of axioms to use as a foundation.

  • @theSmashPrince
    @theSmashPrince Час назад

    So you claim to not be a moral relativist yourself? Low IQ.

  • @alexfetchina9416
    @alexfetchina9416 Час назад

    The thing about faith tho, is if you really believe there are bullets in the gun, what's to say that you threatening the intruder doesn't scare them of, where otherwise they may harm your family?

  • @filmeseverin
    @filmeseverin Час назад

    Those who sort the comments and read enough from my posts (both answers and threads) can see that *I have proved* that this reality has been created by an Intelligence (called God / the Creator) whose nature will never be really comprehended by humans (because of our proved limitations) except through Jesus Christ, the human form of God. After a finite number of years we all will leave this world and will receive what we deserve. According to the following two testimonies (and many hundreds more available online; even I had a true NDE) all evil we do, which cannot be forgiven by Divinity, is sending us to hell, instead of Heaven: "Atheist College Professor dies and sees hell and demons - it changed his life - Pt 1"; "Atheist College Professor dies and sees hell and demons - it changed his life - Pt 2"; "Man Sees Unthinkable Horrors in Hell - Christians Being Tortured! (Mario Martinez)". Therefore, the believing of the truth revealed by God/Jesus will help / convince / determine... us to always strive to do only good for the rest of our earthly life (and to always regret deeply our bad deeds, to sin no more), to be easier for us at the Judgment, to go into Heaven before many others, to never taste hell, to be more loved by Divinity, but *ALL humans will be judged for their deeds* (as seen into those videos mentioned). I wish only well to everyone and as much wisdom as possible for everyone! To be saved!

  • @48Ballen
    @48Ballen Час назад

    Alex, One engineering fact undisputed by all educated engineers is that no complex systems operate without a design. Nothing , and I mean NOTHING, operates properly without a designer. Since life is so complex that no human can even begin to understand it, I, as an engineer, accept the fact that there was a designer that designed the universe . we call the designer the Lord God.....

  • @thelmaviaduct
    @thelmaviaduct Час назад

    Peterson > Dawkins.

  • @arturorivero7778
    @arturorivero7778 Час назад

    I don't think I follow. Are you trying to say that because God is "cruel", as you claim, He doesn't exist? What? Would you believe in God if he was "nicer"? This doesn't disprove that God exists

  • @TalesofStories
    @TalesofStories 2 часа назад

    Ben is proof that talking fast doesn't mean you know what you're saying.

  • @darthpizza3849
    @darthpizza3849 2 часа назад

    I’ll speak as a christian and just say that I didn’t come to christ because I wanted to be christian. I would actually love to be free from the moral obligations being christian is attached to. I’m christian primarily because of personal experiences of Jesus Christ. Secondarily because of the evidence of the resurrection. Personally, minor conflicts in the synoptic gospels doesn’t shake my faith very much. But like I said I really wouldn’t mind being convinced there is no God. I gave up drinking, sexual relationships with women, and drugs for the sake of the truth of the bible. If it were not true I would mourn the 2 years I lost and get back to having fun. I just doubt there is someone out there who can explain away the evidences for the ressurection

  • @angelreid8559
    @angelreid8559 2 часа назад

    I feel like truth is physically resurrect first then transform to spiritual being. What do you think???????????

  • @EricBehaviorAnalyst
    @EricBehaviorAnalyst 2 часа назад

    Jesus basically said fuck the Old Testament completely

  • @bradleyconway7388
    @bradleyconway7388 2 часа назад

    Cringe to have a guest whose an expert on a subject decline to comment on parts of it that dont agree with her interpretation

  • @gvnmrk
    @gvnmrk 2 часа назад

    Judging by his body language it looks like he urgently needed have a personal break As a responsible interviewer Alex should've spotted that and tackfully offered him an opportunity to make himself more comfortable.

  • @robertseavor4304
    @robertseavor4304 2 часа назад

    The Hebrews frequently ran from the transcendant God. They lapsed back into pagan, materialist ways that were easier for them to understand. Such as: if you want to prosper, sacrifice your child. The modern equivalent of these selfish, stupid, cruel people sacrifice their children for prosperity, but they do it by abortion. The mind of the idiot will not comprehend that the beliefs of a people are altered and refined when they look deeper into things and truth is revealed to them. When God has spoken to them so often and for so long that finally they hear and they listen.

  • @pablo-ko9ky
    @pablo-ko9ky 2 часа назад

    It is so refreshing to see science taking an interest in MEDITATION, unfortunately, most of what Sam said is false. He doesn't know how to meditate and what meditation is all about,.Nevertheless, he is on the right road, and that is encouraging. I challenge anyone to name just one problem that meditation cannot solve.

  • @Spacey_Sam77
    @Spacey_Sam77 2 часа назад

    Ok ok this….this guy is…..uhhhhh… he deserves a subscribe I just can’t put him into words he’s just amazing

  • @MrSuperBoobage
    @MrSuperBoobage 2 часа назад

    The resurrection argument is weak because of all of the pre-supposed “facts”. You have to assume that the post-resurrection sightings were legitimate. Paul claims 500 saw him - so what? Why believe Paul. It’s not like we have accounts from each of the 500. You also have to assume that the biblical claims about the martyrdom of the disciples are correct, which is a big leap.

  • @szaharfy
    @szaharfy 2 часа назад

    People start wars, it’s like saying guns kill the most people. Do you think if guns went away no one kill each other, or find a more creative way to do so? Saying religion cause wars is laziness at best.

  • @Spacey_Sam77
    @Spacey_Sam77 3 часа назад

    And for some reason this was the most entertaining thing I’ve seen all day

  • @Sunfried1
    @Sunfried1 3 часа назад

    Roight! I agree wif you, mite!

  • @shrimpscampi9320
    @shrimpscampi9320 3 часа назад

    you can convince ChatGPT 2 + 2 is 6

  • @cbbcbb6803
    @cbbcbb6803 3 часа назад

    What would Jesus do? Well, we know that he would not become a Christian. He never converted.

  • @passion4nation
    @passion4nation 3 часа назад

    Athiest are biggest killers that too these killing just happens less than 100 years.. You guys are symply doing nothing good for the societies.. Non productive people are athiests.. Christians transformed the world 🌏 in every stage of life.. Boom boom

  • @AKAMustang
    @AKAMustang 3 часа назад

    Aww it's heart warming to see her eyes light up when you asked a sensible interesting question.

  • @creativecraving
    @creativecraving 3 часа назад

    Lying to your children that Christianity is true would actually take them further from it. Teach them to pursue truth, life, and the way of ethics. Christ is all of those things.

  • @teatime009
    @teatime009 3 часа назад

    Peter needs a bong rip. Also he's a lying, projecting narcissist.

  • @greentree730
    @greentree730 3 часа назад

    Dawkins is arrogant not intelligent. Thousands of Dr's with patients who died and came back to life, know there is an afterlife. Dr's know there are medical miracles that cannot be explained. I myself have experienced this. Look up medical miracles and study it. If one is going to say there is no God...hopefully you will have studied it well. This Dawkins guy...knows zero about the spiritual life...the evil side or the God side. This world did nof just appear. Living cells are like factories...miraculous! Go to India or Haiti....come cack znd say there is not a spiritual world. We cannot imagine all that sorry...you are wrong.

  • @TimCrinion
    @TimCrinion 3 часа назад

    Alex says there seems to be no objective morality because ultimately, every act is with the aim of increasing pleasure and decreasing pain, and there is nothing more to our decision-making than that. My first thought is that I would love to see that as a syllogism. My second is that maybe deciding that someone else's pain will be yours is where the objective morality enters. You might object that any such decision is made for your own pleasure. I'm not sure about that.

  • @alaskandonut
    @alaskandonut 4 часа назад

    Ben could’ve been saying that God’s morality is still objective but that it has changed as civilization has changed. I think this is still a bad position, but it’s more charitable than to say he’s a moral relativist.

  • @yacine_mkhlf
    @yacine_mkhlf 4 часа назад

    15:40 hahahhahahahahaha

  • @lorenzotalmidiymofyahusha8981
    @lorenzotalmidiymofyahusha8981 4 часа назад

    Who is the hippie in the pic?

  • @bizzy1648
    @bizzy1648 4 часа назад

    i really love dr. sledge. i encourage everyone to read his bio on his website i think he might be one of the most interesting people alive.

  • @NoMoreMeNoMoreBelief
    @NoMoreMeNoMoreBelief 4 часа назад

    Will atheists ever stop being obsessed with Christians? It's weird and creepy.

  • @NoMoreMeNoMoreBelief
    @NoMoreMeNoMoreBelief 4 часа назад

    You could argue that what is in the Gospels is not what Jesus actually said(which obviously can't be proven) but you cannot deny that a plain reading of the NT, Jesus clearly states that he is God.