Around The Web Provided by Taboola. Create a list ». Top 30 Preachers. See all related lists ». Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDb page. Find out more at IMDbPro ». How Much Have You Seen? How much of Todd Friel's work have you seen? Known For. Audacity Comedy Club Emcee. Todd asks Eddie where did the energy, space, matter, chemical elements, galaxies, planets, etc.
Where did the laws come from? Eddie replies that we do not have all the precise knowledge of what happened prior to the Big Bang , but we have enough knowledge Einstein's theory of relativity, quantum mechanics, particle physics, nuclear physics, and thermodynamics to know that no God is required to create the universe, solar system, and other cosmological phenomena.
Stellar nucleosynthesis provides mountains of evidence to support the formation of our universe's earliest chemical elements. The solar nebular model of the Solar System's formation also provides evidence for how our planet and other celestial bodies formed through astrophysical processes. Quantum field theory also posits that quantum fluctuations within a vacuum brought upon the early Planck constant of the Big Bang. Also, advances in both inflationary cosmology and string theory have started guiding physicists and cosmologists to the possibility of a multiverse that created various universes, including our own.
Even though Eddie does not have all the answers, he is not postulating any supernatural being as responsible for everything. What is more preposterous is assuming an incorporeal being can manifest and alter physical reality without any proof.
Eddie on the other hand, says it is more reasonable to wait until we can scientifically discover the answers rather than inserting magic to fill in the gaps. Todds next question is regarding abiogenesis.
And how did we learn to reproduce? Eddie points out this is another god of the gaps argument. We thought an angry god caused lightening until we discovered electricity. We assumed mental illness was the result of demons. Eddie points out that many large strides have been made in various branches of science for the origin of life. Eddie points out that the fossil record shows less complex structures the farther back, billions of years, in both the fossil record and geologic timeline.
He also points out chemicals via meteorites and comets could have kick-started the chemical evolution that begun on the early Earth, and we know that organic material can produce the building blocks for life through physical processes. Early prebiotic chemistry would have brought upon protocells, proto-RNA, and proto-proteins, as these chemical compounds became more complex over time.
Eddie then addresses time and the fossil record, that we have billions of years of evolution history where we can observe and prove the change of species to other species. We do not find any disruption in the fossil record, such as a rabbit in the Precambrian. Finally, Todd asks Eddie a which came first question. Todd says Eddie can choose answer one of five: the DNA or RNA; the muscle or bone; the lungs or the throat; the nervous system or the hormone system; or the immune system or the means for it.
Eddie responds with he does not have to answer any of them because Todd has provided him with a list of false choices. For instance, fishes have muscles, but cartilage instead of bones. The fossil record shows billions of years of evolutionary history of changes and the appearance of new structures, through trillions of excavated fossils spanning over numerous periods.
Eddie then address Todd's remark about how magnificent the eye is; Eddie explains the flaws it in the eye and other simpler eyes that have less features than the human eye. Eddie points out that Todd wants Eddie to say that evolution says everything came to be fully formed when in fact the reality is that evolution takes place over the course of millions of years. Eddie also notes the fossil records shows the reptile and mammalian change in bone structure in the skull to the inner ear.
Eddie points out that Darwin's predictions have been correct nothing out of place in the fossil record, human evolution out of Africa, etc. First question to Eddie Tabash: Why do you think the apostles would testify to what they had witnessed even to the point of death? On another note, religious fanatics often die for their beliefs, but that does not make them true or give them special credibility.
If we really measured the truthfulness of a religion of followers who are willing to die for their beliefs, we would all have to become Muslims. To claim that the supernatural exists, you need evidence of the supernatural, not the testimony of people in a story. The apostles claimed to see the risen Jesus, well Eddie could bring in to share with the audience people who believed they saw the floating Indian guru from New Deli.
Eddie could bring in more people who claim they were abducted by aliens. However, nobody would believe them, and rightly so. In the same manner, we would not believe the apostles account of witnessing the risen Jesus. The big thing to remember, is that there must be evidence of the supernatural, however there is none.
If Todd is willing to believe anything simply because a person is willing to die for something, then as Eddie already said Todd should become a Muslim. If a person was willing to die to defend evolution, would Todd believe it? Todd knows that dying for a belief is not sufficient evidence at all, but he has to say it is otherwise his faith has no proof. However, there are several big problems.
For instance, there is absolutely no evidence at all that people saw anything. The gospels do not say who they were, where they came from, how old were they, what did they say, who did they tell, were they all sober and mentally functional, and such.
It is very likely that the is just a number written on paper, simply propaganda. Also, the number of witnesses makes no difference regarding if something is true or not. Todd already does not accept the testimony of alien abductions, but the number of people who claim to have been abducted is much greater than perhaps more than 1, Also, seeing is believing, but not knowing.
Second Question to Todd Friel: How do you resolve the problem of free will if God is omniscient and knows what will happen to us in the future, then by definition we cannot have free will. Todd first responds with "whose definition? Just because God knows everything we are going to do does not mean that we don't have free will. Todd believes the two are completely compatible. How can the two be compatible?
This would mean God knew everything eons before a person was born of whether they would end up in Hell or not.
On the other hand, if a person took a left turn and surprised God, then God cannot be omniscient. Eddie answers he would base it on something much more stable than an evil dictator who punishes people simply for picking the wrong theology. Eddie goes through several commandments in Scripture that demands the death of certain people witchcraft, homosexuality, and such. Eddie bases his morality on secular humanism, which can apply human reasoning to morality, whereas a literal Bible believer believes that all they can do is to not even reflect on something in The Bible — if the Bible says it, then it shall be done.
Eddie goes on to explain his secular morality would not cause him to persecute multiple people or suppress certain rights as Christianity does around the world. Love, righteousness, justice, and such are different human concepts, and society deems them all good. Todd demonstrates the immorality of his theology when he says that no person ever on the planet is innocent and is worthy of death at any moment. This is a theology that makes us all guilty criminals by default.
The Bible says we are are all worms and sinners who deserve eternal torment for simply offending his ego. How can a bunch of carbon organisms on a tiny rock in some dark corner of all the vast universe offend an almighty eternal being? The reason why we die is not because of Todd's theology. Death was a part of the world for millions of years before man evolved.
As then as now, micro organisms die as well as massive organisms. Did they offend God? Does God hold bacteria accountable for their sins? What sins could bacteria cause? Dominating the world? Fourth Question to Todd Friel: How do you explain the immaculate conception and other bible stories of that sort?
Todd says they are "cookie" stories. Todd then quote 1 Corinthians that God has chosen the foolish things of this world. Todd says this is what Christianity is all about, and brings up an example of a Christian minister named Anna. She calls herself Banana to remind her of her younger brother who used to call her "Anna banana. God gives grace to the humble and the childlike faith and resists the proud nature like atheists. Todd completely and purposely missed answering the question. How does the "missing information" fix or make sense of immaculate conception.
What exactly is the missing information that decodes the enigma of immaculate conception? If Todd's response is repeating his theology of a savior, he not only failing to address the question again he would be wasting time.
We are aware of the tenets of the theology, but how can Todd explain and defend immaculate conception? He changed his mind Studies in anthropology and evolutionary psychology has a lot of explanatory power. Did Todd skip ancient history class? It is clear Todd has absolutely no rudimentary knowledge of the worlds major religions and belief systems. Does Todd wonder why all ancient gods are portrayed as human, or with animal features like Egyptian mythology?
Has he even ever heard of Egyptian mythology? How many people in this room believe in the existence of the god Thor? Or Zeus? Or Jupiter? What, is this a room full of skeptics? Are you all doubters? The Bible is not written as a legend, all you have to do is read the New Testament and any ancient legend. There is a reason those legends have not endured. Not written as a legend? Of course, Todd does not provide any resources for this, but his claim is easily refuted.
Read the gospels Mark, Matthew, Luke and John in order, take note of all the extraordinary events that happened at the Resurrection and you will see that the story gets larger and larger and larger.
This is exactly the style of legendary embellishments. The gospels contain many evident fictions. Do you doubt what these millions of people once believed for thousands of years? Millions of people could be wrong. What does this have to do with the question, "Does God Exist? It has a lot to do with it.
Todd admits people can be wrong, and so can Todd and every other theist could be wrong. The topic is "Does God Exist" and we have yet seen Todd present empirical proof that he is correct, and thus he can be very wrong. How many people in this room believe in the existence of Yahweh? That is one of Dan's false understanding of the character of attributes of the existence of God.
Read Exodus ,7 — this is the first time God describes himself and I believe these are the attributes that you should share with the world. Verse 7 God goes to war against sin, not because he is some cosmic meany. What Todd ignores is the history and development of Yahweh and the four different sources in the old testament that portray God. Just because Todd thinks Exodus 34 talks about God first does not mean this is how the development of god came about.
The only difference between you and me is that I believe in one less God than you do. You see, he makes our religion sound all acquainted and cute' well we just believe in one less god than you do' BUT if that God is the true god, then it is not funny. He is terribly wrong and is in big trouble. This is a fallacious argument known as Pascal's Wager.
It is a funny line, and it is true. There are over 30, different denominations in Christianity, so Todd is in greater trouble of being wrong than Dan. Belief in God makes a no moral difference in the world, it has not — Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, Mao — in fact, some would argue that is has made a negative moral influence. Furthermore, he is not building a case for atheism, he is arguing against Christianity.
No, Dan is not confusing two different religions. As for Stalin, Pol Pot or Mao none of them justified their evil deeds for their lack of belief in God or religion. The point is Christianity has made no moral improvement in the world, and it is true. Christianity is the driving force for many evils throughout history, such as the Crusades, witch hunts which still occur today , persecution of Native Americans, condemning millions to die every year of AIDS, and much more.
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