10 Minutes of Religion being Pulled Apart by Dan Barker

In this video Dan Barker challenges the Bible's authority, asserting that morality is rooted in compassion and harm reduction, not religious doctrine. He advocates for rational, secular ethics and encourages viewers to prioritize reason and kindness over faith-based beliefs.

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Sources:
1. Dan Barker Vs. Matt Slick Debate: "Does God Exist?"
2. Debate: Does the God of the Bible Exist? (Kyle Butt / Dan Barker)
3. Does the Christian God Exist? Trent Horn vs. Dan Barker Debate

[DreadEnder]

8:59 “asking, “if there’s no god is there no purpose in life.” Is like asking, “If there is no master whose slave shall I be?”

Excellent quote.

[billshearer]

Wow, this is the first I’ve seen of this guy. What a great speaker. I’ve been an atheist since I was a little kid. I don’t understand people that bought religion in the first place. Luckily, my dad was a atheist. My mom was a pretend believer. I got kicked out of Sunday school for asking all the right questions. True story.

[--Snowy--]

Dan Barker is one of my favorite speakers. Always sharp as a knife

[agathavincent]

I've only just recently became an atheist over the past two years. Ironically, it wasn't until my father passed.Did I start this journey. I'm learning.

[moodyrick]

*_America is Not the oldest democracy_** ;*
The Iroquois Confederacy, is by far the oldest surviving participatory democracy, in the world.
(possibly dating to 1149)

[Shwom_bo]

"Whos slave should I be" is such a good qote wow

[razony]

As an Ex-Christian. All Christians can do is quote from their book. No more than anyone else from any other book. Shakespeare, Edgar Allen Poe, Spock... where is their convictions they speak of? Absolutely nothing, but bible quotes. Humanity needs a whole lot more than bible quotes. Where is their faith...

[LimitlessThinker]

I bought Dan's book, Losing Faith in Faith. He is awesome. I've been a member of the FFRF for years.

[iitywybmad]

superstition - noun
1a: a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation
b: an irrational abject attitude of mind toward the supernatural, nature, or God resulting from superstition
2: a notion maintained despite evidence to the contrary
Merriam-Webster

[wayno]

A really good set of talks - many thanks

[warrenpeterson]

In the early days, human nature was to gather together for safety in numbers, protection, and leadership. Logically this was for safety in numbers. This larger group would naturally develop a code of conduct and/or a code of ethics and/or something similar that would guide it's residents.

[comfortablynumb]

I once angered a boss by saying that he has his beliefs because he was raised by religious people in a place that is mostly Christian, and that if ge was born elsewhere he would have been Islamic or Buddhist or whatever religion he was taught. I said his religion was taught to him and he believed it because of repititon because he didn't question it. He was really pissed but he could see that I had a point.
I believe there's a higher power we don't understand. It can't fit in a book and doesn't micromanage lives. It's life itself. That's it. Life is tenacious, it's everywhere it can exist. That force, that will to exist, is it. That's the higher power.

[josephbelisle]

Dan 'the man' Barker. He is seriously a simple, humble, yet great man.

[joemonroe]

All religious people hold to those beliefs either because they fear punishment or because everyone they know, from early childhood believes the same, or for both reasons.

[johnmcleod]

dan barker is, IMO, the most formidable debater with religionists that I've ever heard...Christopher Hitchens was superlative...but Dan has this laser logic that any person of even average intelligence can understand...I'm 65 yo...left the faith of my upbringing in my early 20s as a university student...well, as George Carlin would say "when I reached the age of reason"...religion is pre-scientific, mythical storytelling...it mostly appeals to the emotions...reason be damned...religion hamstrings the mind...I wish it would go away, but I don't think I'll ever see that in my lifetime...but that's not to say it won't fade with the ages...I think it will - just not in my lifetime.

[billshearer]

Shame and guilt, the tools of a charlatan.

[jamesyoung]

Religion's most dangerous idea: "There is no such thing as an unknowable truth. Anyone can possess knowledge of truths that appear impossible to possess by simply imagining a narrative and pretending it is true."
What imagined narrative should I pretend to know is reality?
1. Should I pretend to know that an undetectable supernatural realm exists, inhabited by undetectable, all-powerful, immortal, thinking agents, monitoring every human thought and act, justly entitled to micromanage every aspect of human existence?
2. Should I pretend to know that I have a special intimate personal relationship with the supernatural realm that telepathically endows me with knowledge of unknowable truths, to tap into the mind of God, to know what it thinks and wants?
3. Should I pretend to know that when our ancient ancestors created their religions and wrote their holy books, they did not include in them any imaginary narratives, things that they were pretending to know but in reality, they could not possibly know?
4. Should I pretend to know that abandoning my freedom of conscience to enslave myself to defend someone else's presumed knowledge of an imagined alternate reality is the epitome, essence, and manifestation of wisdom?
And when questioned about my so-called divine knowledge, should I offer a plethora of fallacious apologetic rationalizations, all designed to obscure and deny the fact that I am intellectually enslaved, pretending to know an alternative reality that no one can possibly know?

[hughkevins]

I am in total agreement. Science is objective truth, religion is an act of faith (Misplaced faith in the case of religion)

[moodyrick]

*The Bible : **_"Lean not on your own understanding & trust in the lord with all your heart"_** .*
Translation : Stay ignorant & put all your trust in _the men that "claim" to speak for God/Jesus._

[joteirlinck]

those who shout loudly that we can only be saved if we accept their religious doctrine, that we still have to pay for the first sin committed by Adam and Eve, those are the ones who need to be saved, those are the ones who do evil in the world