Is There A God?

Is there a God (or gods)?  I have heard so many arguments from both sides, and most of the arguments I've heard attempting to either "prove" or "disprove" god(s) have just been stupid and oversimplified.  So, to answer ALL of them at once, I made a five-and-a-half-hour-long video series discussing them.  You can watch the entire series:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4DHxqV6_Ok&list=PLRc3e3NwfnHnR-ZceMrlAGoIWVWdWN6w3

Or, you can just skip to a specific argument you want to hear discussed:

ARGUMENTS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD:

The brain cannot produce absolute truth without God:
   http://youtu.be/l4DHxqV6_Ok?t=15m16s

Gödel's Ontological Proof of God:
   http://youtu.be/l4DHxqV6_Ok?t=18m49s

The Higgs-Boson proves the existence of God:
   http://youtu.be/l4DHxqV6_Ok?t=25m16s

The teachings of the Bible:
   http://youtu.be/l4DHxqV6_Ok?t=31m14s

Where do we go when we die?:
   http://youtu.be/l4DHxqV6_Ok?t=43m27s

Faith-based charities (referenced):
   http://youtu.be/l4DHxqV6_Ok?t=51m18s

God must exist to form an argument against him:
   http://youtu.be/l4DHxqV6_Ok?t=53m43s

Signs of the End Times are in the news today:
   http://youtu.be/9HDhJ14RHDk?t=33s

Atheists suffer more than believers do:
   http://youtu.be/6kCt6LNZg54?t=4m54s

God has helped people through difficult times:
   http://youtu.be/6kCt6LNZg54?t=4m54s

Near death experiences / out-of-body experiences:
   http://youtu.be/6kCt6LNZg54?t=6m39s

Atheism is a type of faith:
   http://youtu.be/6kCt6LNZg54?t=13m54s

Without God, there can be no morality:
   http://youtu.be/6kCt6LNZg54?t=33m20s

Visions, signs and miracles:
   http://youtu.be/6kCt6LNZg54?t=41m24s

Ghost sightings:
   http://youtu.be/6kCt6LNZg54?t=45m17s

A spiritual awaking is coming:
   http://youtu.be/MqDKA4Cu8tU?t=1m7s

DNA shows intelligent design:
   http://youtu.be/MqDKA4Cu8tU?t=2m40s

There must have been a first cause:
   http://youtu.be/MqDKA4Cu8tU?t=12m7s

Evil is the absence of the goodness of God:
   http://youtu.be/MqDKA4Cu8tU?t=13m42s

Sun goes up, sun goes down, tide comes in, tide goes out:
   http://youtu.be/MqDKA4Cu8tU?t=18m33s

Messages from the spirit world received by mediums:
   http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=40s

Evolution is an illogical theory:
   http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=12m51s
      How do we know the appendix does nothing?
         http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=16m27s
      How did the Cambrian explosion happen?
         http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=17m22s
      Evolution is only a theory, so why can't another theory be right?
         http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=19m6s
      Where did the first amoeba come from?
         http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=20m29s
      We didn't come from monkeys.  We're not just animals.
         http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=21m55s
      Evolution is only based on similarity in life forms.
         http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=24m33s
      No one has ever seen evolution from one species into another.
         http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=26m25s
      Evolution goes against the second law of thermodynamics.
         http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=27m34s
      How can anyone explain the skeletons of giants?
         http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=27m34s
      Charles Darwin even admitted that he had been wrong.
         http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=29m48s
      If we came from apes, then why are apes still around?
         http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=31m29s
      No one has ever seen a "missing link."
         http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=31m29s
      Why are there so few so-called transitional fossils?
         http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=35m47s
      Why haven't the oldest life formed changed?
         http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=37m26s
      Where do extra chromosomes come from?
         http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=39m6s
      Bananas!
         http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=40m26s
      If even one gene is removed or changed, we would die instantly.
         http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=42m8s
      Which came first?  Heart to pump blood, or the blood without a heart?
         http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=43m28s
      The eye is too complex to have happened all at once.
         http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=46m32s
      Why assume there is no God before starting to figure out evolution?
         http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=48m29s
      Why are modern lizards less complex than dinosaurs?
         http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=49m59s
      Fruit fly experiments have failed to produce a new species.
         http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=51m39s
      Where do asteroids come from?
         http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=52m44s
      Human and dinosaur bones have been found in the same rock strata.
         http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=53m42s
      The Piltdown Man was a fake.
         http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=57m48s
      "Evil-lution."
         http://youtu.be/l0-FC9X4QTE?t=36s

Saying that God does not exist is a reification fallacy:
   http://youtu.be/5POLBnM_cLI?t=42s

People only become atheists because they're afraid of the truth:
   http://youtu.be/5POLBnM_cLI?t=3m12s

I just have a "feeling" that there's a God:
   http://youtu.be/5POLBnM_cLI?t=4m48s

If there are a finite number of things, there must be a greatest:
   http://youtu.be/5POLBnM_cLI?t=5m28s

People see angels:
   http://youtu.be/5POLBnM_cLI?t=10m2s

Pascal's Wager:
   http://youtu.be/5POLBnM_cLI?t=16m6s

Liar, Lunatic, Lord:
   http://youtu.be/5POLBnM_cLI?t=19m23s

Quantum mechanics prove God:
   http://youtu.be/5POLBnM_cLI?t=24m41s

Demonic possessions and exorcisms:
   http://youtu.be/5POLBnM_cLI?t=45m32s

Noah's Ark was discovered:
   http://youtu.be/5POLBnM_cLI?t=46m59s

Science has never proven that God does not exist:
   http://youtu.be/5POLBnM_cLI?t=51m56s

The conditions for life on Earth are too perfect to have occurred by chance:
   http://youtu.be/5POLBnM_cLI?t=54m11s

Who wrote the Bible?
   http://youtu.be/l0-FC9X4QTE?t=49s

The Koran predicted that the universe was expanding:
   http://youtu.be/l0-FC9X4QTE?t=1m19s

The beauty of nature:
   http://youtu.be/l0-FC9X4QTE?t=5m1s

USA is a Christian nation founded on Christian principles:
   http://youtu.be/l0-FC9X4QTE?t=11m56s

Universal constants:
   http://youtu.be/l0-FC9X4QTE?t=18m46s




ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE EXISTENCE OF GOD:

Religion created God to control people through fear:
   http://youtu.be/l4DHxqV6_Ok?t=17m19s

Miracles can be explained scientifically:
   http://youtu.be/l4DHxqV6_Ok?t=21m13s

The Higgs-Boson proves that the universe was created without God:
   http://youtu.be/l4DHxqV6_Ok?t=25m16s

God cannot exist in a vacuum:
   http://youtu.be/l4DHxqV6_Ok?t=27m10s

God could not predict holy wars:
   http://youtu.be/l4DHxqV6_Ok?t=29m2s

The universe began with the Big Bang:
   http://youtu.be/l4DHxqV6_Ok?t=32m30s

No one was around to create God:
   http://youtu.be/l4DHxqV6_Ok?t=37m31s

Prayers go unanswered:
   http://youtu.be/l4DHxqV6_Ok?t=39m28s

Atheists don't preach or try to convert people:
   http://youtu.be/l4DHxqV6_Ok?t=41m5s

Religion causes violence:
   http://youtu.be/l4DHxqV6_Ok?t=46m45s

Why hasn't God proven himself?:
   http://youtu.be/9HDhJ14RHDk?t=4m33s

Bad things happen in nature (e.g. parasitic wasps):
   http://youtu.be/9HDhJ14RHDk?t=9m53s

Everything that exists must be either matter or energy:
   http://youtu.be/9HDhJ14RHDk?t=12m12s

An infinite God is impossible, and a finite god cannot be examined:
   http://youtu.be/9HDhJ14RHDk?t=14m37s

Ancient "gods" were probably just visiting aliens:
   http://youtu.be/9HDhJ14RHDk?t=16m59s

Believing in God is just stupid:
   http://youtu.be/9HDhJ14RHDk?t=21m19s

God must know evil to be perfect:
   http://youtu.be/9HDhJ14RHDk?t=22m25s

An all-knowing being would take away free will:
   http://youtu.be/6kCt6LNZg54?t=39s

The Gospels weren't written until long after Jesus died:
   http://youtu.be/6kCt6LNZg54?t=11m3s

The supernatural can be easily faked:
   http://youtu.be/6kCt6LNZg54?t=17m34s

God doesn't do huge miracles anymore:
   http://youtu.be/6kCt6LNZg54?t=19m43s

The Bible is full of mistakes:
   http://youtu.be/6kCt6LNZg54?t=22m45s and http://youtu.be/l0-FC9X4QTE?t=20m34s

There is evil in the world:
   http://youtu.be/6kCt6LNZg54?t=27m43s

The human body is badly designed:
   http://youtu.be/6kCt6LNZg54?t=31m2s

Flying Spaghetti Monster (aka. Invisible Pink Unicorn or Russell's Teapot):
   http://youtu.be/6kCt6LNZg54?t=38m41s

Could God create a rock so heavy that he can't lift it? // Why can't God control hell or the devil?
   http://youtu.be/MqDKA4Cu8tU?t=4m21s

Omniscience contradicts consciousness (referenced):
   http://youtu.be/MqDKA4Cu8tU?t=6m18s

Religion leads to bad political decisions (i.e. Republicans and other social conservatives):
   http://youtu.be/MqDKA4Cu8tU?t=7m4s

Religion is bad for education:
   http://youtu.be/MqDKA4Cu8tU?t=9m19s

Logical fallacies (e.g. "appeal to authority," "appeal to the masses," etc.):
   http://youtu.be/MqDKA4Cu8tU?t=16m44s

Evolution:
   http://youtu.be/MqDKA4Cu8tU?t=21m50s

God is not defined:
   http://youtu.be/MqDKA4Cu8tU?t=29m7s

Atheists don't say there ISN'T a god, and everyone is agnostic:
   http://youtu.be/MqDKA4Cu8tU?t=34m1s

Religions cannot agree on anything:
   http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=2m38s

The burden of proof is on the person making the positive claim, and great claims require great proof:
   http://youtu.be/egM2tzpKe_s?t=4m20s

There are no archeological remnants of the Hebrews wandering in the desert:
   http://youtu.be/5POLBnM_cLI?t=7m38s

Morality changes over time:
   http://youtu.be/5POLBnM_cLI?t=11m35s

Religion teaches hatred:
   http://youtu.be/5POLBnM_cLI?t=13m5s

No one believes in the Pagan gods anymore:
   http://youtu.be/5POLBnM_cLI?t=26m19s

A perfect being cannot have free will:
   http://youtu.be/5POLBnM_cLI?t=30m40s

Jesus's miracles look like magicians tricks:
   http://youtu.be/5POLBnM_cLI?t=31m44s

Documentary:  "Jesus, The Man Who Wasn't There"
   http://youtu.be/5POLBnM_cLI?t=34m35s

Magic, miracles, ESP and other paranormal or supernatural phenomena are not repeatable:
   http://youtu.be/5POLBnM_cLI?t=40m28s

Occam's Razor:  The simplest explanation is usually the correct one:
   http://youtu.be/5POLBnM_cLI?t=49m36s

Science has never proven that there is a god:
   http://youtu.be/5POLBnM_cLI?t=51m56s

Religion is male-dominated:
   http://youtu.be/l0-FC9X4QTE?t=2m36s

The Rapture didn't happen when it was supposed to:
   http://youtu.be/l0-FC9X4QTE?t=5m22s

Cre-tard-ism:
   http://youtu.be/l0-FC9X4QTE?t=7m49s

Why don't psychics win the lottery?:
   http://youtu.be/l0-FC9X4QTE?t=8m6s

Brain damage causes memory loss and changes in behavior:
   http://youtu.be/l0-FC9X4QTE?t=9m26s

USA is a secular nation.  / Separation of church and state:
   http://youtu.be/l0-FC9X4QTE?t=11m56s

Christianity caused the Dark Ages:
   http://youtu.be/l0-FC9X4QTE?t=16m18s



CLOSING THOUGHTS:
http://youtu.be/l0-FC9X4QTE?t=23m39s

Did You Ever Notice On Star Trek...

Did you ever notice on Star Trek:

* The universal translator, which instantly makes every language sound like English, has no effect on French or Klingon?

* On the original series, when the transporter would malfunction, it never occurred to anyone to just use the shuttlecraft?

* In every crowd scene in the movies, there is EXACTLY ONE blue person?

* Data only stops using contractions when talking about how he's incapable of using contractions?

* Even though the holodeck can create clothing, the crew feels the need to change into costume before entering?

* No one outside the series "Enterprise" ever mentions the first Enterprise?

* Almost all of the dialog on Voyager is just saying the names of different subatomic particles?

* Not only do the red-shirts die right away, but they don't even look all that surprised?

* Even though Vulcans are super technologically advanced and purely logical and scientific, the only places we ever visit are rocky canyons and mystic temples where everyone looks pissed off?

* Even though the Borg have a huge fleet of ships that could cross the galaxy in seconds, they always only send one ship at a time, and if it's destroyed, they just give up for a few years?

* No one ever brings up the Prime Directive unless it's terribly inconvenient, and will probably be ignored anyway?

* Even though money is used all the time in the future, everyone still feels the need to point out how they don't use money in the future?

* Starfleet history classes don't teach anything about the late 20th or early 21st centuries?

* No matter how many times the crew members are promoted, they always sit in the same positions doing the same jobs?

* The events from "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" might as well have never happened?

* Even though everyone knows how to travel back in time by slingshotting around the sun, people hardly use it?

* All the ships sent from Earth are called "Federation" ships, but all the ships sent from Vulcan are called "Vulcan" ships?

* The date of the Eugenics War keeps getting pushed further into the future?

* Nine out of ten times that an Enterprise gets blown up, there's a time warp in effect which will prevent it from having happened?

* Everyone in Starfleet who ISN'T a member of the Enterprise bridge crew is completely incompetent?

* The Enterprise is the only ship in the area... EVEN WHEN IT'S IN ORBIT AROUND EARTH!