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Is it more worse to insult someone's Religion on purpose as Atheist or justifying terroristic acts as Theist?

Justifying terrorism.

Let's make up this scenario: A Friend of you has had a lot of problems in the past and after extreme Alcoholism and many blows of fate in his life he finds peace in religion and his life starts being better. Would you blow up his belief, even if that means that he could fall apart again?

No, I wouldn't try to destroy his faith even if he was emotionally solid. That's not the role of the skeptic.
The skeptic is a person that rejects and questions assertions, not to go out and destroy faith.

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Favourite video games? If you don't like video games, why the hell don't you play them?

Watch my latest video, dummy!

Are you pro-gun, because it is "too late" to change the law in the USA? Im from europe and guns are not even a talking point. I see it more as a cultural phenomenon more than anything. I would like to hear your reasoning behind your pro-gun attitude. Thanks.

I don't know or care much about US laws, I'm Canadian.
I'm "pro-gun" because we need guns in the country-side to protect ourselves from wild-life and to put down farm-animals and to hunt.
That being said though, I am not a gun owner, I prefer a bow. More personal and more skill required.

I commend you for staying away from the political side of youtube. Feminism and the like is entirely superfluous to your awesome videos. Your channel is a refreshing sanctuary from all of the skeptic/atheist channels who have fallen away from science and started becoming political ideologues.

Thanks.
I mentioned it once in Behind the Helmet 2, but I doubt I will ever bring it up again.

How often do you go to Tim Hortons?

It used to be every day.
Now I only go about once every few months.

Is Trailer Park Boys without a doubt the single greatest piece of media to come out of Canada?

Uuuuum... It's up there.

What are your thoughts on the cyclical models of the universe?

It's possible... but I don't really see it as being likely.

Would u ever consider being a guest on the drunken peasants podcast?

I have considered it.
They said if I wanted to I could contact them, which I have, and they haven't responded, so I went on about my day and never considered it again.

Do you have a Steam account? If so, would you make an Armoured Skeptic group on Steam?

I do... Maybe I will when I get a new PC for editing. I'll load it up with games.

Would you worship Islam if you actually received all those virgins after you die? Would you do it if I told you those virgins were males....

No... The idea of taking someone's virginity does not interest me. It's just awkward.
Besides, virgins are terrible in bed.

Do you think man will ever have the technology to alter time and space or at least the perception of time and space? How about bringing the recently deceased back to life?

No, No, We already do.

Would you rather have the body of a strong, healthy youngling, but the body of a decrepit old man, or the body of a decrepit old man but the mind of a strong, healthy youngling?

Though my body is extremely important to me, my mind is much more important.
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Describe your ideal woman: both physical and mental traits...

Supports me and encourages me, but also challenges me.
Sexually confident, but not an exhibitionist.
Skinnier - but not like bony.
Between 5'4" and 5'10".
Geek.

What do you think about vaccines? Do you think there is anything about them that could be studied more in depth?

Necessary.
But its always worth doing research to improve things that we ingest and inject.

How would/do you conduct research without confirmation bias? For example: I've heard a lot of creationists claim that human bones and footprints have been found on the same layers as trilobites (which I'm pretty sure is bs), how would you do research to refute that statement?

You don't have to do research to find things that don't exist.
"Show me. - What, no evidence? OKTHANXBY"
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How exactly do I defend the definition of athiesm? I have kind of a hard time trying to justify how atheism is what it is. I.e. My teacher will tell me that atheism is a belief that there is no God yadda yadda you know the drill. Help?

I just tell people that I know what I am and they can't impress their straw-man definition onto me.
There are atheists that believe there is no god, but that's not what atheism means,
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Hm, I suppose I'll keep it brief. Thanks for setting this up! It's not likely you've heard of this, but what do you think about ectogenesis? It's an achievable science fiction technology. They're essentially artificial wombs, granting equal opportunity to reproduce (google it, can't type enough)

I find it creepy, but by the time it has wide-spread use I will be an old man and nobody will take my opinions seriously anyways.
"Ah, that grumpy old man and his backwards thinking!"
I can't wait.

Do you think that Dawkins and the late Hitchens criticized religion too harshly?

Yes... but not by much.

What did you believe when you were a Messianic Jew?

Hard to pin it all down. It was a very complex belief-system.
Mostly we believed the same as Orthodox Jews, but with the new-testimate thrown in, minus the works of Paul.

My Christian friend is trying to tell me that the earth is 6000 years old. I don't start these conversations either! How can I get him to reconsider his position, or just stop trying to convince me we were created 6000-10000 years ago? Everything I throw at him, he counters by saying read the bible.

Beat him by asking him questions he can answer.
A) The rock layers suggest millions of years. Where in the bible are rock layers explained?
And so on.
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