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A Humbling Journey: Theism to Atheism...

I had to skip through even the 9 minute short version. It's lightweight stuff, and full of repetition.
 
Dancing David said:
And your commentary is....
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I watched it thinking that someone else might forward the link on to a Theist that they know. After watching it, I have a hard time understanding why we still have Theism. I just can't seem to wrap my head around it...
 
Autolite said:
I watched it thinking that someone else might forward the link on to a Theist that they know. After watching it, I have a hard time understanding why we still have Theism. I just can't seem to wrap my head around it...
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I'm sure there are people who just got done watching Joel Osteen videos and are thinking "I watched it thinking that someone else might forward the link on to a ATheist that they know. After watching it, I have a hard time understanding why we still have ATheism. I just can't seem to wrap my head around it..."

I watched a few minutes and skipped around. Is there any part of that 3 hour sermon that isn't just stock film clips?
 
Autolite said:
I watched it thinking that someone else might forward the link on to a Theist that they know. After watching it, I have a hard time understanding why we still have Theism. I just can't seem to wrap my head around it...
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It exists as a byproduct of gaps in knowledge.
 
Autolite said:
There is another YouTube video with Dr. Andy Thompson covering the issue of "why we believe".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iMmvu9eMrg

He attributes religious belief to "cognitive mechanisms" that we've developed through our evolution. I still have a hard time understanding how these mechanisms can override simple logic...
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Well I quite liked the second video you linked Autolite in spite of the yapping of another here. The one you linked here looks to have promise also and I will watch soon.

The oh so obvious truth that ones religion results from ones geographic location, just cannot get past the blockers in the believers mind. Dawkins draws attention to this often also.
 
The Big Dog said:
I watched a few minutes and skipped around. Is there any part of that 3 hour sermon that isn't just stock film clips?
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The whole documentary follows pretty much the same format. If the first ten minutes doesn't pique your interest then it's likely nothing else in the video will.

I thought from the beginning that it was going to be a somewhat bland documentary but I just stuck it out. There are tidbits that made it worth the watch, at least for me anyway.

Before watching this this video, I really didn't appreciate how infinitesimally small our planet is in compassion to the entire universe. The video also underscores how insignificant the human race is to the entirety of 'creation'. It is indeed humbling and further illustrates the profound absurdity of the notion that there was a divine creator...
 
The Big Dog said:
I'm sure there are people who just got done watching Joel Osteen videos and are thinking "I watched it thinking that someone else might forward the link on to a ATheist that they know. After watching it, I have a hard time understanding why we still have ATheism. I just can't seem to wrap my head around it..."
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I had a quick squiz at some of his videos. Can you perhaps link to one that you feel is particularly persuasive about the existence of God?
 
Autolite said:
I thought from the beginning that it was going to be a somewhat bland documentary but I just stuck it out. There are tidbits that made it worth the watch, at least for me anyway.
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Now there's a ringing endorsement of a three-hour video if ever there was one.
 
Squeegee Beckenheim said:
Now there's a ringing endorsement of a three-hour video if ever there was one.
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In any case there were some snippets from 'Religulous' and 'Jesus Camp'. Both documentaries are definitely worth checking out if you can still find them. At one time they were both available on YouTube as 'full-movie' videos. I'm not sure though if they still are...
 
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