https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6nxYT6REr0
The anxiety of the religionists is due to their being over-invested in a silly religious superstition being true.
One way to change people's mind is simply to exchange ideas.
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One word..... Wow.
And people wonder why we believe religion is so poisonous and detrimental to society....
That kid took a big chance doing what he did. Impressive.
It's unfortunate that the Young Man knows little about being an atheist or science. The BIG BANG, is not a theory of the origins of life or even the origins of the universe. The Big Bang is a theory of the expansion of the universe. It is not a cosmology.
The young man would have been better off taking the atheist position. "What reason is there for believing in Allah?"
"Well, where did you come from? How did you get here?"
"What evidence do you have that Allah had anything at all to do with that?"
"It says so in the Koran"
"The Korean is written by men, not Muhammad" At this point he had better know the history of the creation of the Koran. And what "circularity is." The same stupid apologetics are used to support Allah as are used to support the Christian God.
When atheists make assertions they are held accountable for the assertions they make. Do not talk about cosmology or creation if you do not know what you are talking about. Just ask the question, "Why should I believe in your God? What evidence do you have? How do you know that?" It is the Religious who are making the claim, not atheists. Don't fall into the trap of making a claim. This will enable the religious to shift the burden of proof or tell you, "You are insane and need psychiatric help." Keep the burden of proof on the religious.
@Cog
Would have been nice if somebody could have coached him like that before he got on there. No guarantee they would have let him say much, but it would have at least sounded better on his end.
I think he did just fine. They aren't going to be persuaded at this point by simple reason. If they were, his arguments would have been sufficient.
More significantly, their "beliefs" are challenged and they are forced to think about them. While their beliefs went unchallenged they felt no apprehension, just that "things were normal".
There are said to be "five stages of grief". Perhaps there are stages for recovering from personal over-investment in an opinion or belief? That is the main lesson here - don't be over-invested in any idea, religious or otherwise. Beliefs should only ever be held to the extent they are justified by reason and evidence. The agitation of the religionists in the video is a feeling we have probably all felt at sometime. They need time to adjust to the new "normal" and that is another lesson - just because something is commonplace or "normal", it doesn't mean that it is true or right.
(5 stages of grief and loss: 1. Denial and isolation; 2. Anger; 3. Bargaining; 4. Depression; 5. Acceptance)
"You are insane and need psychiatric help." was completely unjustified - especially coming from religionists who think Allah sent a prophet (Mo') to Earth!
I liked when they panned over to the kid a couple of times when the host was going off on his little rant about the kid being insane and needing psychiatric help. The look on the kid's face seemed to be like, "And THEY are calling ME crazy???" Priceless. LOL
That host was terrified. He wasn't afraid of the atheist. He was afraid of what his own co-religionists would have done to him if he'd allowed the kid to speak. Maybe he was even concerned about the safety of atheist if he'd continued to share his ideas.
They proselytize with bombs and bullets in the Middle East.
@Algebe
Yeah, the host was definitely doing some MAJOR ass-covering. Those folks over there do not play nice.