Ok well in one video I wanted to fall asleep, in the other I was encouraged. The same way those people were. I didn't see any thing that was actually going to change my life, however in the evangelism one. I feel encouraged.
Showing the difference between beliefs. Look at the people in the frist video, very dull and dreary, no spark or life in them, nothing to really live for but their own idea's. Seems sad.
1. Small sample size. These people aren't chronically depressed because there's no God. They could be serious or somber individuals in an intelligent discussion and show happiness or levity outside of it. Also, forced enthusiasm is a huge part of evangelist gatherings.
Jail bait lol, Digi posted a video about that and made me think, what does evangelism look like in a video. The people in one video seem full of life and have had some sort of change in their lives. They might not sound as smart or intelligent as the first but they seem happier?
Just from looking from the two videos one appears to have happiness and the other seems to just be depressing. I could barley get through the first video even listening too it in the background and I was able to listen to the second one much easier and was happier at the of it then I was from the first video.
It's not stupid to express how you feel. It's stupid to conflate an entire philosophy with a subjective interpretation of the inner workings of four people having a brief conversation. It's also stupid and counterproductive to create a "this vs. that" mentality where it's not needed.
The two different videos show the difference in beliefs but its more then beliefs, the men appear to be really smart and intelligent but it lacks any sort of life changing stories of how a belief in God changed a life.
Was anything said in that video going to help someone get off drugs, change their life, change the way they live. Does it give them any hope of a better life?
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I see that both sides can help and hinder.
Help:
Understanding drug addiction in a very clear scientific way can lead to better treatment for drug addicts. While the addict's belief in a supreme being can help that person get through the worst parts of recovery.
Hinder:
The rejection of the unprovable can lead to a type of scientific tunnel vision that can discourage out of the box thinking. While self delusion can lead to another type of tunnel vision that can make a person ignore the truth right in front of their eyes.
And one video should do all of that? Even when it's not the goal of the video to provide it? I'm pretty sure there are people better qualified to give such advice than evolutionary biologists and philosophers.
Anyway, the Christian video doesn't give me practical advice on picking a graduate school. What the hell is it good for? Actually, neither of them do, and it's some life help I could really use. So what's the use of Evangelism OR Atheism?
Grasp the point of that last paragraph or I'm done responding to you.
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