Did Jesus Really Change Western Morality? Bart Ehrman
11K views · Mar 28, 2026 · Science & Technology
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@jeffersonianideal · 6 months ago
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e1iyjBmdKc&t=3180">53:00</a><br>"From my point of view it doesn't matter. I don't care why you build the damn hospital. I want these people taken care of. If you have selfish reasons for that, that's fine."<br><br>Dr. Ehrman has successfully illustrated a virtue of selfishness.
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@jeffersonianideal · 6 months ago
The Christopher Hitchens challenge comes to mind.<br><br>"Name a moral action taken by a believer or a moral statement uttered by a believer that could not have been made or uttered by a nonbeliever. Can you think of a wicked action that could only have been performed by someone who believed they were on an errand from God?"
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@stephenbouchelle7706 · 5 months ago
Big fan of Bart Ehrman here. Thanks for interviewing him.
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@stevenmyers6291 · 6 months ago
Bravo for a very fun and informative discussion!
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@jeffersonianideal · 5 months ago
Remove the supernatural and the mystical elements from religion and what remains is, essentially, philosophy. Philosophy can be inspected, accepted, neglected, corrected or rejected without the empty threat of eternal punishment or the false promise of a celestial reward.
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@JCResDoc94 · 5 months ago
Bart Ehrman to top shelf. Every week. _JC
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@MarkTaylor-d4s · 5 months ago
A society is not a society at all if it must take any immigrant in no matter what That's the silliest doctrine I've ever heard of
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@gad3iii532 · 6 months ago
when support comes directly from the community to the members of the community that need it those members have to be good members as their support depends on it, but when it comes from government aid it comes anonymously and you don't have to do anything for the community to keep getting it, in fact you can be as poor a member of the community as you want because your support isn't dependent on being good.
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@stenblann9784 · 5 months ago
regarding car story, should have put the car into Low, if automatic transmission. Ist gear if standard transmission.
@gad3iii532 · 6 months ago
Mutual reciprocity and reciprocal altruism, that is the drive, not magic.
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@srichman · 6 months ago
Where did Jesus say you can force other people to help the poor? That's what the state does.
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@KingDeerAudio · 6 months ago
What is that moaning sound I keep hearing? The Holy Spirit finally? See <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e1iyjBmdKc&t=1997">33:17</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e1iyjBmdKc&t=2018">33:38</a>
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