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You Are Currently Watching: Keeping the Faith
Posted In: All Videos, Personal VideosComments: 93 Responses
I like to talk about religion and/or spirituality on this show a lot, don’t I? I can’t help it, though, because these topics are on my mind a lot. So the idea in this video just popped into my head the other day when I was walking down a street in New York. Just, wham! Hey, what if faith is actually some crazy memory we have from before we were born? Like we remember that we totally were just a part of the big master plan out there before, and now here we are trapped in our human forms that can’t possibly comprehend where we were before, but somehow we just KNOW we were someplace else before and hey! That memory is faith. This is probably not going to be the last stab-in-the-dark definition I give to faith, but it’s an interesting one to me. I’m sure I’m not the first one to think it up, either. If you’ve heard of it anyplace else, I’d love to know because if someone else has explored this idea, chances are they’ve probably done it a hell of a lot better than I. I mean, this video is fraught with bad language choices. Not to mention grotesquely unwashed hairs. So please, if you have any related material on this, let me know! And if you think this is the most banal idea you’ve ever heard, feel free to tell me that, too. Though there’s a good chance I won’t respond to those emails. Just sayin’.
December 11th, 2009 at 10:54 am
I agree, but your wording is a little wrong. Christmas (by definition of the word) is a Christian Holiday. However, the ‘traditions’ in Christmas- i.e. virgin birth, messiah, etc., is all borrowed from other prior religions and especially the ‘pagan’ religions that existed before it. But this is nothing new. All religious celebrations borrow their lore from the religions and celebrations that came before.If one can’t see it’s all man-made-up, you are seriously deluding yourself.
December 11th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
me faith. there is a higher entity be it known as God, Jehovah or Ala to me they are different names for the same entity. I also see that life sucks from the view of I but is a blessing when seen as We. I had this thought one day. Question, what came 1st the laws of man or man? I believe it was man … Question then being laws govern our universe how could we think that there is not some greater being?
December 11th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Does this mean also to separate church from any person?
December 11th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
go die in a hole filled with rusty razzors…….whore,bitch,slut,cunt,and the result of anal cum
December 12th, 2009 at 11:58 am
The point of strict Separation of Church and State is to protect religious liberty. There may be one single religion out of thousands that exist today that is so superior that it should be imposed on all citizens by force . . . but, if there is, our government is not wise enough to figure out which one it is. Religion -probably- shouldn’t be imposed on people by force (police officers) anyway. Every family should be free to practice their own faith in their own way.
December 13th, 2009 at 1:27 am
Religion and God is a made up fairy tail that duped all of you believers. There is NO evidence of any of this crap. Before you believe in such shit, questioned it please…
December 15th, 2009 at 6:40 am
Faith is for the weak minded.
December 15th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
No worries, mate
December 15th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
faith is the thing that keeps me going in life
December 16th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Any time eye listen to ewe eye simply fall deeper in God with you. If eye had a machine that could extract my actual memories of current and before flesh in life…ewe would see exactly where we are from. Eye love you and am constantly inspired by you! The reason is simply…God is…eternally!
December 17th, 2009 at 12:22 am
@meloveannaumm your statements pretty harsh man..
December 17th, 2009 at 9:28 am
No evidence? Then whats that shit they dug up man? is that yo mommas shit???
December 18th, 2009 at 12:23 am
1) we don’t all feel it2) leave out the word “scientific” when you say “There’s no scientific evidence” and it works just as well. There’s no objective evidence of any kind. When you insert “scientific” into the statement, you make a false dichotomy between science and religion. There are many religious scientists3) if you logically deconstruct the denotation of “faith”, it comes down to self delusion. I do not even need to specify which dictionary that you useGood luck with that faith thing
December 18th, 2009 at 5:31 am
Faith is the name of a really good album and song by The Cure.
December 18th, 2009 at 5:31 am
[..YouTube..] Faith is the name of a really good album and song by The Cure.
December 18th, 2009 at 10:06 am
the woman said the only evidence she has for the existence of god is her own faith.let’s call that religious evidence,if you will.than she said she would like to have some scientific evidence for it.there’s nothing wrong with her phrasing.the false dichotomy is only in your head..
December 18th, 2009 at 10:06 am
[..YouTube..] the woman said the only evidence she has for the existence of god is her own faith.let’s call that religious evidence,if you will.than she said she would like to have some scientific evidence for it.there’s nothing wrong with her phrasing.the false dichotomy is only in your head..
December 18th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
a) “religious evidence”??? That’s an oxymoron. If you have evidence for it, then it ceases to be “faith” and becomes “knowledge.”b) I think that “the woman” has “the hands” with “the fingers” and can defend her own point of view.
December 18th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
[..YouTube..] a) “religious evidence”??? That’s an oxymoron. If you have evidence for it, then it ceases to be “faith” and becomes “knowledge.”
b) I think that “the woman” has “the hands” with “the fingers” and can defend her own point of view.
December 19th, 2009 at 4:54 am
im believe in no forms of deitys. there is one thing one needs to believe in to succeed in life that thing is yourself nothing else.
December 19th, 2009 at 4:54 am
[..YouTube..] im believe in no forms of deitys. there is one thing one needs to believe in to succeed in life that thing is yourself nothing else.
December 19th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
ok,fair enough.still,”the woman” didn’t “make a false dichotomy” of any kind.that was my point.also,I can defend whom ever’s point of view I want.also,I don’t know if the previous phrase is grammatically correct.also,I used the word also too much.
December 19th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
[..YouTube..] ok,fair enough.still,”the woman” didn’t “make a false dichotomy” of any kind.that was my point.also,I can defend whom ever’s point of view I want.also,I don’t know if the previous phrase is grammatically correct.also,I used the word also too much.
December 19th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
is it maybe “whose ever point of view”?damn,I need to improve my English!
December 19th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
[..YouTube..] is it maybe “whose ever point of view”?damn,I need to improve my English!
December 20th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
You may want to look up ALL of the definitions of “faith.” I have confidence in my “faith” because there is overwhelming evidence….tangible evidence that it is real.
December 20th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
[..YouTube..] You may want to look up ALL of the definitions of “faith.” I have confidence in my “faith” because there is overwhelming evidence….tangible evidence that it is real.
December 20th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Yes, that’s the last thing we need. We could do without 80 percent of the existing schools, hospitals, higher education, organizations that feed the poor, etc. If you don’t understand my statement, you don’t know how many of them were started by PEOPLE OF FAITH.
December 20th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
[..YouTube..] Yes, that’s the last thing we need. We could do without 80 percent of the existing schools, hospitals, higher education, organizations that feed the poor, etc. If you don’t understand my statement, you don’t know how many of them were started by PEOPLE OF FAITH.
December 21st, 2009 at 2:48 pm
That’s my struggle as well.
December 21st, 2009 at 2:48 pm
[..YouTube..] That’s my struggle as well.
December 21st, 2009 at 4:19 pm
why do you keep the faith??? because of the guilt and predisposition as an american… no one has to feel guilty or cornered… faith is disgusting divisive tool that plagues america… allthough i do salute your ode to science… i dont get how the supernatural could still be possible to you??
December 21st, 2009 at 4:19 pm
[..YouTube..] why do you keep the faith??? because of the guilt and predisposition as an american… no one has to feel guilty or cornered… faith is disgusting divisive tool that plagues america… allthough i do salute your ode to science… i dont get how the supernatural could still be possible to you??
December 21st, 2009 at 4:20 pm
no wiser words spoken.. the meaning of life is to have a good one…
December 21st, 2009 at 4:20 pm
[..YouTube..] no wiser words spoken.. the meaning of life is to have a good one…
December 23rd, 2009 at 10:04 am
when we go one step beyond this world. We go back to our true home. The twilight zone
December 23rd, 2009 at 10:04 am
[..YouTube..] when we go one step beyond this world. We go back to our true home. The twilight zone
December 27th, 2009 at 3:29 am
[..YouTube..] It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. -Carl Sagan
December 29th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
[..YouTube..] “Faith is disgusting divisive tool that plagues america?” Your ignorance (or at least bias) is showing CrankyCactus.
‘It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great Nation was founded not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” – Patrick Henry
Far from a tool that plagues it, faith (Christian faith) is the stuff upon which America is built. If you don’t like it – fine. Go to Cuba.
December 30th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
[..YouTube..] trust me i am out of here as soon as i can be… faith has no proof of anything, yet it holds political power??? keep your stars, stripes, and crosses… that shit is for sheep like you… notice how you have to be a christian to be elected to public office?? you find comfort in conformity, i see that…. but for those of us that are rational and can use logical deduction, we understand how the supernatural can be ruled out of reality… have you read the bible??? i doubt it… it is disgusting.
December 31st, 2009 at 5:59 am
[..YouTube..] Nice theory but I think i stick to the notion that fait is a cultural construction to explain what we can’t explain yet and as a mean to hold the “tribe” together, unite us and a way to form rules to coinside with eachother.
Religion and faith I am sure can work and did work for the life of stoneage-people, wich is rly where our developement still is genetically. However we live in 2010 and noadays it’s mostly destructive due to the blindside it brings into certain areas of thinking.
December 31st, 2009 at 5:59 am
[..YouTube..] Nice theory but I think i stick to the notion that fait is a cultural construction to explain what we can’t explain yet and as a mean to hold the “tribe” together, unite us and a way to form rules to coinside with eachother.Religion and faith I am sure can work and did work for the life of stoneage-people, wich is rly where our developement still is genetically. However we live in 2010 and noadays it’s mostly destructive due to the blindside it brings into certain areas of thinking.
December 31st, 2009 at 3:34 pm
[..YouTube..] Its really sad how some people can’t handle the idea that someone else can believe differently than another person. These people are not satisfied with believing as they do and leaving others to believe something different but have to take it a step further and insult these people for the crime of ‘thinking different’ because most communist (such as yourself) must drive religion from public as well as private life so you set up your own political religion based around the state.
December 31st, 2009 at 3:49 pm
[..YouTube..] No what’s sad is that some ppl like yourself can’t imagine outside your box. I have no problem accepting ppl, who “belive” and practise their religion as long as they do it in their privacy and don’t involve me. Not beliving is “no religion”, it’s not “a political religion”. I am surpriced you actually know hopw to handle a computer when you doesn’t sem to compute that simple thing.
December 31st, 2009 at 3:53 pm
[..YouTube..] You say you have no problem with people having their faith but yet characterize their beliefs as “stone age”. You also say that they should practice it in their private lives well that sounds like every homophobic person that says he has not problem with gays as long as they practice that in their own lives. That does sound like you are accepting of other people who think different than yourself since, according to you, that can’t practice their faith outside their home.
December 31st, 2009 at 4:04 pm
[..YouTube..] No I wrote that religion had it’s purpose when we couldn’t explain the world as good as we can today and also as a mean to keep the tribe together when we lived in a very unsifisticated world.
Why would I have a problem with ppl with faith evenif i thought it it belongs in stoneage?
You should really read what I wrote more throughly.
You can practise your belives in your fucking laugh if you like or walk the streets even I don’t care. But you can’t inforce me to share your belifs.
December 31st, 2009 at 4:04 pm
[..YouTube..] No I wrote that religion had it’s purpose when we couldn’t explain the world as good as we can today and also as a mean to keep the tribe together when we lived in a very unsifisticated world. Why would I have a problem with ppl with faith evenif i thought it it belongs in stoneage?You should really read what I wrote more throughly.You can practise your belives in your fucking laugh if you like or walk the streets even I don’t care. But you can’t inforce me to share your belifs.
January 1st, 2010 at 1:32 pm
[..YouTube..] I keep hearing this that no one can’t make you believe something but when has anyone used any christian ever forced you in any way to attend a church? It has never happened but somehow people think that the mere act of “preaching” is somehow synomomous with mandatory conversion of anyone who happens to be within earshot.
January 1st, 2010 at 1:57 pm
[..YouTube..] You are from USA right? You must be aware of the religious discrimination that ongoing in your country. USA is not an entirely secular nation and christianity has a huge inpact on how your nation is run, thus a lot of people that does not share your beliefs is affected by them. If you can’t see the wrong in this then you have no respect for other people and is a fanatic.
January 2nd, 2010 at 6:15 pm
[..YouTube..] The problem is is that a person’s faith can affect what policies they think should be implemented but a person’s faith can’t actually hinder another person’s ability to practice their faith since the act of practicing any faith usually revolves around an organization such as a church, mosque, or temple and the first amendment prevents the state from interfering with these organization which is where we get the slogan separation of church and state.
January 2nd, 2010 at 6:17 pm
[..YouTube..] This actually means that one’s faith is safe and legal to practice at all times no matter what the dominate religion happens to be.
I am an American and damn proud of our freedom of religion that we have in this country.
January 2nd, 2010 at 6:17 pm
[..YouTube..] This actually means that one’s faith is safe and legal to practice at all times no matter what the dominate religion happens to be. I am an American and damn proud of our freedom of religion that we have in this country.
January 3rd, 2010 at 4:10 pm
[..YouTube..] I like your aproach and open mind. Faith and science go together very well. First a scientist has to believe that he or she can discover something.
January 7th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
[..YouTube..] what a load of fcking garbage. Here I thought you were an intelligent person. So you believe in something despite there being absolutely no evidence? If you said that about anything other than religion and god, you’d be laughed at and ridiculed. Your reasoning is that we all have this feeling of wanting to be important and mattering. Brilliant. A lot of people are weak and need the crutch of religion as support. That says nothing to the truth of their beliefs however.
January 8th, 2010 at 11:08 pm
[..YouTube..] The greatest religious freedom of all is the freedom to have no religious faith. My observation has been that the people who have religious “faith” seem to be those who need it. I have none, never have had and dont feel that I’m missing out on anything.
January 9th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
[..YouTube..] I think people should lay off criticising her. Theresident has already proved she is an intelligent and thoughtful person and I don’t see how her “having faith” can change that.
January 10th, 2010 at 4:35 am
[..YouTube..] i dont think all atheists dont have faith, some of them just fight it.
January 10th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
[..YouTube..] Did we invent God and faith as the only possible hope for our doom.. Or did God invent doom that he might be our only possible hope?
That’s one thing we all seem to have in common.. Doom and Hope. Maybe we got it backwards. Most of us anyway.
January 10th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
[..YouTube..] Did we invent God and faith as the only possible hope for our doom.. Or did God invent doom that he might be our only possible hope?That’s one thing we all seem to have in common.. Doom and Hope. Maybe we got it backwards. Most of us anyway.
January 12th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
[..YouTube..] Keep the faith, kid.
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January 13th, 2010 at 12:24 am
[..YouTube..] Well said.
January 13th, 2010 at 11:29 pm
[..YouTube..] @simplyno I was thinking the same thing.
January 16th, 2010 at 3:30 am
[..YouTube..] The lighting is just not right. You’re washed out and it’s distracting.
January 25th, 2010 at 3:44 am
[..YouTube..] What’s wrong with faith? Even if we invented faith to cope with depression and senselessness XD We are what we are, are you from the church of scientology?
January 28th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
[..YouTube..] People continue to believe (or have faith) in a higher power out of ignorance and or fear of the unknown!
Here’s the secret so you no longer need faith..
You’re born, you live, then you become worm food and life goes on without you!
See, no mystery about it at all!
Have a great day…
January 28th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
[..YouTube..] People continue to believe (or have faith) in a higher power out of ignorance and or fear of the unknown! Here’s the secret so you no longer need faith..You’re born, you live, then you become worm food and life goes on without you! See, no mystery about it at all! Have a great day…
February 3rd, 2010 at 5:18 am
[..YouTube..] wow your so wise
February 9th, 2010 at 6:57 pm
[..YouTube..] well its really easy .. why do we all feel faith ? because we were born before this life and we all took an oth to not worship or believe but in one god/allah and to have faith only in him , we actually live 5 lives ( the one we already did , the one we are living now , life in the grave , life during judgment day ( its called a life b/c its 50000y long day) , and the final one is immortality either in paradise or hell ) all are dependent on this life time deeds, know islam and get your answes .
February 22nd, 2010 at 10:21 am
[..YouTube..] Search on Youtube, CRYSTAL SKYRIFTER…
February 22nd, 2010 at 9:34 am
The theory of epistemology is not conclusive on neither the existence nor non-existence of God, let alone faith. I wonder how many people here actually have studied scientific research/theory on what is considered matter and non-matter (i.e. substance dualism, evidentialism). But one thing is certain that people in general shoot their mouth off about things they do not know. In that regard, Lori’s disposition is a highly intelligent response about the subject.
February 22nd, 2010 at 8:29 pm
Faith is a personal choice, and it should be kept personal. The danger when a single religion is practiced publicly is real, for it excludes people from other believes or even demonize them. It is easy to hide behind it and this can shift the responsibility from an individual to a crowd, which in my opinion can easily lead to excessive mass behavior and with its ability to accumulate in intolerance and hate or even violence or war.
However when it is respected and it is kept individual it can trigger creativity and maybe a personal answer to unanswerable questions which in its turn can lead to peace.
February 26th, 2010 at 10:45 am
[..YouTube..] My faith, religion is Islam and to me it’s a way of life. More like guidelines to living life the correct way. My favorite part is, I know I have the freedom to interpret some of the things presented and question it by getting studying my religion in my own time.Faith gets me through all my hardships, knowing that Allah/God is present everywhere prevents me from sinning. My faith teaches me that there is a greater purpose in life.
March 4th, 2010 at 4:34 am
[..YouTube..] atheist and proud.one does not need faith if they have reason.
March 15th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
[..YouTube..] Not to get you all stirred up, but being an atheist takes some of the strongest blind faith their is.
March 15th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
[..YouTube..] Not to get you all stirred up Menla1, but being an atheist takes some of the strongest blind faith there is.
March 16th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
[..YouTube..] i couldnt seem to find ur post. had to “view all comments” weird. dunno what happened.anyway, no. if you believe that you do not understand what an atheist is or you are incredibly misinformed.also blind faith there is, their is to indicate ownership. would you enjoy explaining your position, obviously you dont have to if you wouldnt, rather than making a two line statement that means nothing and is incorrect.
March 16th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
[..YouTube..] oh i jus found i couldnt see it because someone marked it as spam. it wasnt me and i do apologize. i pressed the not spam button anyway.
April 26th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
[..YouTube..] Going with reason is better than going on faith, just like being in touch with reality is better than living in a fantasy world. But a wise person also knows that the more things you know, the more things you realize that you don’t understand yet. So when in doubt I just assume that the anthropomorphic creator that most people believe in would rather someone use the reason they were created with than just believe stories that other people made up and pass off as divine revelation.
April 26th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
[..YouTube..] God for me is whatever makes gravity work, and gravity will always pull you down whether you believe in it or not. God is just the ultimate reality, the simple and brutal truth, and people have always tried to give it purpose and a human face when it has neither.
May 4th, 2010 at 5:19 am
[..YouTube..] it’s very romantic and poetic to speculate on the nature of faith and souls – and there’s value in that. there’s artistic value in that. art is how humans use their creativity to express emotions. art is a powerful human tool for expression and community. but when it comes to analyzing the nature of reality, i think it is absolutely imperative that we come to evidence-based conclusions. when faith is allowed to determine the nature of reality, we become prey to whatever is emotionally compelling
May 4th, 2010 at 11:28 am
[..YouTube..] or maybe it’s just a bunch of bullshit
May 11th, 2010 at 6:43 am
[..YouTube..] this isn’t working
May 11th, 2010 at 6:44 am
[..YouTube..] This is one of yer best ones. I like science too. Have you checked out Francis Collins?
May 22nd, 2010 at 12:13 pm
[..YouTube..] If only religious people thought like you.
May 27th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
[..YouTube..] The only true faith is through God. Everything else stems from Satanism. You either follow one or the other. Hate to break it to ya but its that simple.
June 13th, 2010 at 4:15 am
[..YouTube..] You believe both Science and Faith because you are illogical and/or it makes you feel good, take your pick.
June 16th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
[..YouTube..] you don’t believe in scientific evidence AT ALL if you even respect the word faith.you can’t “have” faith and still “be big on evidence” just like a ball can’t be blue AND orange… I’m sorry but I get kind of a little bit offended you seriously say you have faith and care about reality and evidence at the same time…
July 1st, 2010 at 9:12 am
[..YouTube..] @M0rganKane thats a bit harsh, I have mixed feelings about what she’s saying. On the one hand I feel like you, but on the other I feel like this is as good as it gets for religous people. Ultimately people need something to get through their day, if that something is an illogical deity or a belief in a master-plan (note that she acknowledges that its silly, but still sticks with it), then so be it.
July 1st, 2010 at 11:13 am
[..YouTube..] by the way , the part were you talked about our past memory before we became human is identical to that of Islamic philosophy.
July 2nd, 2010 at 2:53 pm
[..YouTube..] The real issue that theresident is addressing is “the sense of spirituality”. We all have this to some degree, even atheists. We all have it because it is a survival artifact, much like a sense of humor is a survival artifact–sensations that allow us to feel good about life, to see beyond the sometimes harsh and defeating here and now reality, help us to not drown in circumstantial and perhaps momentary misery to live on another day. “Faith”, for some, is a projection that their spirit is real.
July 3rd, 2010 at 12:31 am
[..YouTube..] faith does mean alot i remember i saw a movie of real story of italian group whose plane crashed on a mountaine & the person with faith in god is the one who rescude them so keep believing its not stupid its the smarteset thing ever , u should really see that movie its inspiring
July 6th, 2010 at 3:41 am
[..YouTube..] I like The Resident, but come on. Religion is bullshit, and there is no higher being. Use your head.
July 6th, 2010 at 7:24 pm
[..YouTube..] I think you will come to the conclusion that your faith is irrational and illogical.