The Big Picture: Nerd Gods

[Tarkand]

I always thought it was presumptuous of humanity to try and pin down God to a few definable terms. I mean if God is all powerful and super cosmic then all of our very limited and mortal definitions are going to fall short.

Pretty much share the view here... if there is a God (i.e. Something that created everything), that thing is so vast and powerful that it is hubris to think we can understand it or that it somehow cares about us more than it does the untold billions of planets out there. I am to God what an ant is to me (and that's actually a fairly generous comparison).

So yeah, pretty much any religion that puts humanity as being special unique snow flakes or 'chosen ones' don't work for me. I understand that those religion essentially try to give a meaning to an otherwise uncaring universe, I just don't buy it.

 

[Jenx]

Ah, a wonderful video in which Bob shows he has no idea how the hell religion and mythology works. Aside from that, it was a pretty fun watch.

 

[Emurlahn]

I'm surprised that he didn't mention the Lovecraftian gods, even though he showed a picture of Cthulhu..

 

[thublihnk]

Ah, a wonderful video in which Bob shows he has no idea how the hell religion and mythology works. Aside from that, it was a pretty fun watch.

Actually that was a pretty accurate take on religion... Just because it's not yours doesn't mean it's not right.
Multiple people coming together to 'worship' and follow the ideals of a figure, be it believed fictional or real, is the basic cornerstone of religious thinking.

 

[MB202]

I say we go the way of George Carling and worship the Sun... And pray to Joe Pesci.

Also, I loved that thing at the beginning about Christmas!

 

[ZephrC]

Gah!!! Why do people keep repeating that garbage about Coca-cola making up Santa Claus? It's not even remotely true. They weren't even the first company to use him in their advertising, and the red suit with white trim has been around since at least the 1860s, which you may note is longer than Coca-cola has existed.

I don't even know if that was intended to be serious or not, but I really wish that whole stupid myth would just die already.

 

[Thedarkness77]

I already worship Stephen Fry, that counts right?

Who's that?

 

[John Funk]

The Church of Gundam

So who is the head honcho?
Katoki?
Tomino?
Char?

Well we do have Jesus Yamato, so following that it would make sense for the man in charge to be Amuro.

Or Haro.

 

[Primus1985]

The Church of Gundam

So who is the head honcho?
Katoki?
Tomino?
Char?

We already have Kira "Jesus" Yamato. Whoever leads, I'll be a lifetime member.

If Armuro Ray or Domon Kasshu aint around, count me out.






Personally I could almost start a Church of Godzilla: All Hail the Big G!



I would go for Thor but its too surrel. If I was in Marvels universe I defintly would worship him.

 

[EricBC]

It depends on the Atheist. A more militant atheist would consider belief to be akin to having an imaginary friend or being a kind of mental disorder. Consequently militant atheists tend to avoid those that are very religious the same way that other people avoid those that talk to themselves.
Otherwise, less militant (I think the term is "soft") atheists consider the views of people personal and don't mind if they believe something that they consider to be wrong.

Having said that, Atheists aren't all boring. If anything, we party like there is no tomorrow...cause there isn't.

 

[jonyboy13]

Lol great episode, really amusing

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Coca-Cola didn't invent Santa Clause (or even the red and white suit I believe, they just put him in it since it went with the branding).

This. I believe that the legend of St. Nicholas aka Santa Claus originally came from Russia.

OT: Interesting idea Bob. I now pronounce my devotion to the Church of Shenron.

 

[Gunnyboy]

I for the life of me don't know why people care Cruise is a Scientologists. He's not trying to convert you, so who gives fuck? Is Ethan Hunt dropping his gun breaking the fourth wall and saying "Worship Xenu" in MI? No? Then just watch his movies and shut u.

 

[Emergent System]

Oh and if anyone wants an explanation for why we're all agnostics, I have an explanation if you really care.

Probably some pedantry about how absolute truth is unachievable, so for all I know I might turn out to just be part of a dreaming person's fantasy world?

 

[Hman121]

Even though I'm Catholic, I wouldn't mind making a pilgrimage to the Gundam shrines, especially if they have Domon Kasshu's Gundam along with Neo-Russia, Neo-China, and Neo-France all in one spot.

 

[Casual Shinji]

It almost seems like you made this episode for the soul reason of nullifying your previous message with that Scientology dig. I guess that makes this episode kinda useless then, aye?

Just as useless as a religion based on popculture.

 

[CGAdam]

I've been to that Buddha and Gundam. They each inspire an exactly equal amount of awe.

I'm one of those that doesn't like religion and doesn't care if any gods exist. Not sure what you call that.

 

[Falseprophet]

Actually the philosophers have had a pretty static perception of what the term 'God' means (refering to Bobs comment on humans perception of gods changing over the course of history). The premises is actually more than 2000 years old.
Why do I mention this? Because philsophers or people with a certain degree of philosophical knowledge seem to be the only people who work on the question on higher metaphysical entities on a rational level. I rarely see anyone from any church do it and amny of the atheist community that writes books on the subject lacks knowledge on metaphysical analysis.
And about the latter half of the episode, although many younger philosophers would probably find the ideas cool, but if one where to show up everyone would sigh: "another scientolgy-church!"

If you seriously think there has been no change in the metaphysical perception of God from Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, Philo, Origen, Tertullian, Augustine, Aquinas, Kempis, Descartes, Leibniz, Hobbes, Spinoza, Berkeley, Kant, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Teilhard de Chardin to Marcel, then your ignorance of the history of philosophy speaks for itself.