Ben Shapiro Challenges Atheist's Ethical Worldview

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[kstrike]

I like how the phrasing of the title is clearly meant to attract Ben Shapiro fanboys.

[BenTechTalk]

How lucky Ben Shapiro was to be born into the correct religion, what a coincidence

[TheGuitarded]

When it comes to God/religion, Ben suddenly cares more about his feelings than facts.

[ChadeGB]

It shows great confidence in your argument that you let Ben have the last word in your video, not many people allow their opponent to do that in these type of clips. Much respect for that.

[claydogg]

It's astounding how well spoken Alex is. He could be a universty professor. Such an erudite and confident person.

[Christiaanwebb]

I love Alex but it's just impossible for me to sit through Ben Shapiro yapping his maw

[ironmiron]

Funny how the religion that Ben thinks is true is the one he was "born in"...

[jaron]

Ben Shapiro sat silently for over two minutes without interrupting or interjecting and I was growing increasingly convinced that this video was an elaborate AI fabrication.

[dymone]

The issue with this is nearly every religion has a god that they say teaches us not to kill, but the followers of that god fo it anyway and find a way to justify it.

[Venaloid]

Ben seems to want a way to keep people's behaviors in check, so he needs moral realism to be true, even though what he's describing is moral subjectivism (based on God's will). He is not reasoning from first principles, he is reasoning backward from the society he wants to exist.

[smartugs]

It’s reassuring to think that there is someone who is able to carry the mantle of reason that Christopher Hitchens is so tragically unable to do now. Kudos to Alex.

[justanotheropinion]

I never got the “morality can only come from god” thing.

Every moral you can glean from the bible has an opposite moral teaching.
(The one exception is “don’t you dare have another imaginary friend)
And any person can interpret the words anyway they wish, rendering any moral subjective.

You can commit horrible atrocities against humanity with a clear conscience, if it’s in gods name.

The morals of the bible are so poor, even the most religious have adopted secular morals(I.e. slavery, smashing children on rocks, etc) in order to be a good person.

[jecmfjamesj]

Ben claims that all of these social and scientific breakthroughs happened because the people responsible for them were religious... without mentioning that these people had to be religious, or at least claim to be religious in their times for fear of being put to death or shamed for not being religious... basically making the counter point to what he's trying to say.
The greed of mankind knows no bounds and when religion is brought into it it gives those men an all powerful symbol to take everything from whomever they want.
Human greed is the most toxic substance in the universe.

[jeremyh]

The unbelievable irony of the “facts don’t care about your feelings” liar. You should see the video of Shapiro discussing Milton. He literally destroys his “libertarian” philosophy before he realizes that he’s calling himself, satan. It’s absolutely hilarious.

[bigol]

You have secured a life of digital nomadism, being able to move freely in the world while monetising your pursuit of philosophy. I'm so, so proud of how far you've come Alex. Here's to 1million subs!

[davidl]

It’s so hard to find a genuine intellectual discussion where both parties aren’t yelling at each other. This was great Bravo 👏

[theparegorickid]

I love how Alex is incredibly calm the entire time. He is probably the most respectable man in Great Britain.

[drsus]

Ben always knows he's in trouble when he's around a slow, methodical, articulate person because his word salad rapid-fire not-say-anything tactic falls apart when that happens.

[Ichabod_Jericho]

I love that Ben’s officially in the “yeah it might not be true, as in it is probably just stories made by imaginative people, but the social constructs tho” phase of believing. Nice to see some honesty for once.

[fmgs]

It's funny how Ben confuses correlation with causation every time that it's convenient to his thinking