Deconstructing Ben Shapiro on Religion

To support me on Patreon (thank you):   / alexoc   To donate to my PayPal (thank you): http://www.paypal.me/cosmicskeptic To purchase Cosmic Skeptic merchandise: https://cosmicskeptic.teemill.com/ -------------------------VIDEO NOTES------------------------- Ben Shapiro believes that atheism is a delusion, and I paid for a Daily Wire Plus membership to find out why. Blitzing through arguments from reason, morality, free will, change, fine-tuning, consciousness, and biology, Ben takes us on a whistle-stop tour of philosophy, which I've tried to break down and respond to in today's video. -------------------------------LINKS-------------------------------- "The Atheist Delusion" on Daily Wire Plus: https://www.dailywire.com/show/debunked Genetically Modified Skeptic's video:    • I paid for Ben Shapiro’s video about athei...   My podcast with Joe Schmid:    • Arguments For God's Existence Tier List   My video, "Why Free Will Doesn't Exist":    • Why Free Will Doesn't Exist   Ed Feser’s book, Five Proofs of the Existence of God: https://amzn.to/3wnkskh William Lane Craig on Hilbert’s hotel and actual infinites:    • Hilbert's Hotel and Infinity   My podcast with William Lane Craig:    • William Lane Craig and CosmicSkeptic Discu...   Chico the Philosurfer:    / chicothephilosurfer   Graham Oppy and Ed Feser discuss God's existence:    • Can We "Prove" that God Exists? | Graham O...   My podcast on the problem of evil:    • A Catholic, Protestant, Atheist and Agnost...   ------------------------TIMESTAMPS-------------------------- 0:00 Introduction 2:12 No such thing as a real atheist 6:23 Getting an "ought" from an "is" 8:20 A dishonest edit of Neil deGrasse Tyson 9:55 God is necessary to trust reason itself 14:21 God is necessary to ground morality 19:46 The Argument from Change 39:22 Gödel's incompleteness theorem 41:00 Evolution and God 43:00 The fine-tuning argument 46:38 Human consciousness proves God? 47:59 Outro ---------------------SPECIAL THANKS----------------------- As always, I would like to direct extra gratitude to my top-tier patrons: Itamar Lev Evan Allen Faraz Harsini John Early Sveline Teymour Beydoun Adam Gray Nolan Kent Seth Balodi Citizens of Civilization James Davis g8speedy James Davis ----------------------------CONNECT----------------------------- My Website/Blog: http://www.cosmicskeptic.com SOCIAL LINKS: Twitter:   / cosmicskeptic   Facebook:   / cosmicskeptic   Instagram:   / cosmicskeptic   Snapchat: cosmicskeptic The Cosmic Skeptic Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... ---------------------------CONTACT------------------------------ Business email: contact@cosmicskeptic.com Or send me something: Alex O'Connor Po Box 1610 OXFORD OX4 9LL ENGLAND ------------------------------------------------------------------------