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[atheostic]

Atheist YouTube Masterpost (Update 1)

Apostate Prophet - A look at Islam from an atheist perspective by a former Muslim.

Aron Ra - Mostly posts of his speeches at atheist conferences, responses to religious nonsense, and educational content relating to where the Bible gets science wrong as well as an awesome breakdown of major taxonomic sections.

Atheist Experience - A call-in show where anyone can call in to discuss religion. They prefer theist callers, but atheists who need advice on issues regarding being atheist (e.g. family conflict because of one’s atheism, how/if to come out, etc) are welcome to call in too.

Atheist Lowdown - Atheist Lowdown is a weekly secular news aggregate vlog intended for busy freethinkers, humanists, atheists, agnostics, and any combination thereof who want the latest coverage of religious violence and oppression, the efforts of likeminded nonbelievers, and other related stories. 

Cosmic Skeptic - A place for the discussion of philosophical topics ranging from the crucially important to the trivially interesting.

Dallas Wade – A channel with mostly video essays and reaction videos regarding Christianity.

Forrest Valkai – A channel by an evolutionary biologist where he talks about evolution and science as well as reacts to creationist videos. He’s very funny and friendly and his explanations are very approachable for laypeople of all levels.

Friendly Atheist - The YouTube channel of Hemant Mehta, a former member of the board of directors for Foundation Beyond Belief. He mostly discusses news and has a playlist where he discusses “Everything Wrong In Genesis in the Bible”. He also runs a website, friendlyatheist.com in case you prefer reading to viewing or listening.

Genetically Modified Skeptic - An atheist look at various issues relating to religion.

Godless Bitches - The Godless Bitches is a podcast focusing on atheist issues from a feminist perspective featuring Vi La Bianca, Jenna Belk, Jen Aldrich, & guests. The show streams every 2nd & 4th Sundays of the month at 6pm directly after The Atheist Experience.

Godless Engineer - Focuses on response to religious videos. Also has a “Bible Study” series.

Godless Granny – “Atheist commentary on the Bible, women’s issues, LGBTQ issues, legal/ political and other current events. Intent is to invite discussion leading to critical thinking about religion and it’s effects on people.” If you’re interested in hearing from an older atheist who deconverted later in life,this is the channel for you.

Gutsick Gibbon – She’s a PhD student in Biological Anthropology, so her main area of interest is human evolution and debunking creationist misinformation. According to her, in her channel you can find content  “concerning primates, general zoology, paleontology, anthropology, and evolutionary biology.”

Holy Koolaid - A channel by Thomas Westbrook (a former Jehovah’s Witness) that features news, discussions about the Bible, discussions about the historicity of events in the Bible, and more. He has a playlist for “Nothing Fails Like Bible History” and also often looks at religious cults.

JaclynGlenn -  An atheist who talks about a variety of topics.

JeGaysus – I’m not really sure if he’s atheist (sometimes I think he might be, other times I’m not sure), but his gay Jesus persona is too funny not to share.

Jimmy Snow - A show with a mix of subject material, typically dealing with atheism and LGBT+-related stuff.

John Cedars - A range of videos aimed at dissecting the various teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses, as well as new developments in the religion. In particular, he tries to keep on top of the latest propaganda released by Watchtower by way of video rebuttals as much as possible.

The Line - A call-in show similar to Atheist Experience started by Jimmy Snow.

Logicked – “Entertaining responses to bad arguments, with a focus on atheism and debunking religion.”

Matt Dillahunty - Matt Dillahunty’s personal YT channel.

Non-Prophets - The Non-Prophets focuses on atheism and the separation of church and state.

NonStampCollector - Lots of fantastic little animations regarding atheism.

Parenting Beyond Belief - Parenting Beyond Belief is a live call-in show every 2nd and 4th Saturday at 1pm Central dedicated to peer support and guidance for secular parents and those wanting to learn more about non-religious families.

Paulogia -  A former Christian takes a look at the claims of Christians, wherever science is being denied in the name of ancient books.

Professor Stick - Mostly does reply videos to debunk pseudoscience on the internet.

Prophet of Zod - Everything from satirical atheist cartoons to a guy with a static head and no discernible facial features talking about atheism-related stuff. His most popular section is a series on “Dumb Things People Say to Atheists”, where he very calmly and respectfully explains why what the thing is dumb and how best to respond.

Rachel Oates - A channel which deals with a variety of sujects, from poetry to atheist news to book reviews of religious books and more. 

Secular Sexuality -  Secular Sexuality is a weekly call-in show live from Austin, Texas every Thursday at 7pm CT where they talk about sex from a secular perspective.

Shannon Q - An atheist who talks about a variety of topics.

Sir Sic – A reaction video channel where the host is a cartoon knight.

Skeptics & Scoundrels – A very new channel by an atheist ex-JW. I personally like him already. Before talking about why he disagrees with the paster he’s responding to, he makes a point of finding something nice to say about the person (“Your beard is cool – baby birds could nest in that thing!”), which I think it’s a neat and unique approach. He doesn’t have a lot of videos yet but give it time. :)

The SkepTick – A pretty fun channel of mostly reaction vids reacting to religious videos.

Sound of Science – Mostly a reaction video blog regarding unscientific beliefs.

Suris the Skeptic - He tackle issues of religion, morality, philosophy, and a touch of science.

Talk Heathen - Talk Heathen is a weekly call-in television show in Austin, Texas geared toward long-form and on-going dialogue with theists & atheists about religion, theism, & secularism.

Telltale - Typically looks at cults and religion-related news.

The Thinking Atheist – Typically video essays and the visual version of a podcast by the same name. The host’s voice sounds exactly like an old-timey radio announcer. lol

TMM – A channel mostly featuring reactions to Christian content.

Truth Wanted - A show similar to Atheist Experience and Talk Heathen, it focuses on how and why people believe what they believe, and how you can talk about beliefs in more effective ways.

Viced Rhino - Response videos to pseudo-scientific nonsense on YouTube.

[chaoticwastelandthing]

Atheism means nothing matters, now please believe in God! 🤦‍

[beaft]

just had an extremely funny memory of being 9 years old and wondering if i was gay and then deciding i couldn't be because gay people were so rare that it was statistically improbable for me to be one

[darrengrave]

Absolutely fascinating social phenomenon that every year on sept 11 following 2001 for YEARS we replayed extremely graphic footage of the event all day in schools with little to no actually teachable context for the students who were too young to remember it, unintentionally creating these odd aftershocks of trauma for people who weren't alive for it.......compared to today where the hot topic in school is banning books deemed """"inappropriate"""" for kids

Another fascinating phenomenon I've noticed just this year is that lot of people too young to remember for some reason seem absolutely SHOCKED that yes we actually did see everything happen live in front of our eyes as it happened and remember it clear as day, which fascinates me because I know a lot of them are old enough to have experienced the first phenomenon and if anything I would have thought we're MORE plugged into catastrophe as it happens with social media and cameras in every pocket on every street around the world. The only thing I can think of is we lost that unity in broadcast journalism and now they can't wrap their heads around it??

[zicko]

i love having ocd that co-mingles with a delusion of being psychic because a little over a week ago when i finally booked a therapist i was like "ahaha things are going too good, i need something traumatic to happen between now and next Thursday" and then two days later one of the most traumatic days of my life happened that reminded me of an incredibly traumatic childhood memory and now im convinced that i somehow killed a loved one of someone incredibly special to me with psychic powers but also that im a terrible awful person for feeling that

[stardews-your-valley]

I JUST DROVE THE BUS

[henrysglock]

Ramble 6: The Rain Fight

Great okay so now I'm thinking about how we all know the "it's not my fault you don't like girls" line hurt on its own, yes. Like that clearly stings, it's mean and it's rude and it's kind of homophobic.

But what really gets me? Not the words. It's the fact that they come from Mike.

It's being able to pinpoint the realization, for Will, that his strongest safe space is gone. The person he trusted to always be a safe space for him no longer exists (from Will's perspective). "Crazy together" is gone. Will's now fully and truly crazy alone, just like he feared not even 9 months earlier. The door has shut.

It's the fact that Will probably remembered, on the bike home, that Mike's side of "crazy together" was linked to El, not to him. Never to him.

It's Will, 14 years old, realizing that he was so stupid to think it could last. To think that "crazy together" meant anything outside of momentary comfort and reassurance between friends.

It's Will likely realizing that even back then, even during the downward spiral to his lowest point, El must have been Mike's priority. That El was the one occupying Mike's thoughts, worrying him day and night. That Mike visited when Will was sick to be a good friend, and then most likely (from Will's now unreliable POV) sticking by him through the rest of it to make sure he didn't kill anyone important.

It's Will possibly thinking back to waking up to his mom, Jonathan, and goddamn Nancy after the exorcism, but no Mike. No, Mike was off risking his life to protect El from the demodogs. It's Will possibly coming to believe that Mike left him for El.

It's everything clicking for Will in one terrible, heart-rending moment. It's the idea that this could be the exact moment when his brain pieced everything together, that this is what convinced him that Mike could never and would never love him in the same way, that this is what lead to him becoming convinced him that he should be grateful for friendship at best and never push for anything more. It's the idea that this was the missing puzzle piece that pulled all the other little details together into the bigger message for Will.

It's the fact that Will carries this into season 4. We never really see him open up fully after season 3. He gets close, during the heart to hearts, but he doesn't explicitly attach himself to any of it. Everything he says is retractable, able to be explained away easily. It's seeing Will snap into defense mode, emotionally, around Mike...and never leave it. It's being able to pinpoint the moment that this change happens.

That's what gets me.

[chongoblog]

hey! speaking of murder of sonic and references, thank you for engaging mar on his ZE brainrot. yall bouncing silly morphogenetic bullshit between you both was truly a sight to behold

Yeah!! Honestly, I'd been meaning to catch his Uchikoshi Sunday stuff and wanting to catch up on his vods, so between that and my ZTD experience being limited to watching the cutscenes (That way I could experience it when I wasn't at home), being able to experience the puzzles was fun.

[lena-in-a-red-dress]

Headcanon: Lena has to stop wearing sleeveless tops 'cause Kara tickles her armpits whenever she lifts her arms.

Ummmm... that seems weird?? How often does one lift their arms enough to be tickled under the armpit in a way that isn't forceful and/or invasive?

But also why would Kara do that if Lena doesn't like it?

And if Lena likes it... why would she stop wearing sleeveless shirts?

[chaoticwastelandthing]

People have feelings, therefore God (“A.C.U” Review P7)

[adriancatrin]

cant believe how much easier shading/coloring is with dodge and burn jfc

[visualnovelboyfriend]

i tihnk tbh my least favorte part abt the wholw thing aside from like, the expected adn usual 'memory loss' and 'identity issues' or whatever yd call it is aslo when liek. and this is so hyperspecific i know. well maybe it isnt but. but when like a fuckng Thing happens n you cant cope and just kinda splinter abt it anf it results in two people havng tooooottally opposite views abt waht happened and whose fault it was etc adn thats Their Whole Fuckng Thing(s). you have no cluw how annoying kt is to sit and ""listen"" to soemoen who idolizes an abuser adn someone who wants to tear their eyes out like for real

[ellatholmes]

just gotta cry about work and life for a minute but one of my friends passed away from covid complications the other week and I'm so devastated and afraid. like it's really hitting me this week.

my favourite part about living in a world that expects and forces me to go out and earn money and contribute to society is the fact that I have no choice in it, and i am told "we care about you and want you to feel safe" but "if you don't want to die from an extremely communicable disease, you can only protect yourself" at the same time. and nobody else needs to do anything. like I HAVE to expose myself in the workplace but none of them HAVE to or even WANT to do anything to help protect me?? even though they know I'm disabled and at high risk?? not sure we have the same definition of "caring"???? I'm just baffled?????

[spacewives-in-spacetime]

what's the point of checking to see if the door is locked? it isn't as if the intruder doesn't know how to fucking lock a door right after

[astarnamedmary]

absolutely insane that schools insist you do math in pen, and that any working in pencil (save for graphs) will be ignored. like girl (gn) do you think i have enough self-confidence for that shit

[the-kings-of-games]

Okay, bear with me as I logic 5D's into a linear timeline with DM and GX, and the best way to start that is to put Zero Reverse about 50 years (at the very least) after DSoD. 50 years is a good amount of time because dueling went from holograms to holograms on motorcycles and generating energy, i.e. the Momentum Project—two things I believe the Kaibas would actually have a hand in becuase a) dueling on motorcycles sounds pretty cool and b) creating a clean energy source that produces more energy in output than it requires in input would be amazing for everyone, including children. It's a good amount of time to develop both which is why Turbo Dueling and Momentum exists and gives a good seperation from the previous lore. And it's obvious where the Kaibas set the headquarters of said development—Domino City.

However, then Zero Reverse happened, and Domino City became Neo Domino City. In the catastrophe, many people died, and chances are so did members of previous casts, including both the Kaibas. The structure, infrastructure, and social politics of the city changed, splitting into a sort of caste system between the citizens and the Satellites, which was done on purpose because when Rex became director of Neo Domino, he played a very heavy hand in keeping the Satelite seperate (because he was going to use its people as sacrifices), and seeing how Momentum was already a big energy producer for the city, I can only assume that Momentum became a utility owned and governed by the city, especially with the death of its creators who probably didn't name any heirs (or had any left living). (If Seto never came back post-DSoD, the death of Mokuba is enough to shift control of the company.)

Thus, I conclude that Kaiba Corp, being the producer of Duel Monsters and Momentum, became a public company which allowed Rex to control it, swaying public opinion during a time of massive grief, panic, and confusion onto his side. In conclusion, 5D's Kaiba Corp is a rather a reasonable evolution of a legacy that losts its foundation and was brought back to serve as a mode of control and influence after a major tragedy that has rooted itself in many aspect of the city once it rebuilds (at least in S1)—it's kinda realistic, not going to lie, and its a very interesting take on the series moving past DM.