WOTM: Ayaan Is Gaslighting Us, Part VIII
Hey Gang! I posted this at midnight on the first and apparently it didn't post. That's exactly what happened last month, which is why I accidentally double posted. So sorry you've had to wait for this ending. But here it is...
The end is near! I'm sure that's another stupid thing Ayaan will be saying soon to fit in with her fellow devotees. But as the interview winds down, Ayaan is reaching the bottom of the barrel with all kinds of silliness. Faith is really just like music or poetry, right? Yeah, it's just the same. You feel something... so there must be a Tri-Omni God, a guy who could walk on water, and who eventually woke up from his dirt nap? What in Hitchens' holy name is she talking about?
I invoke that name because I let Hitch close out this series. I was so lucky in finding part of a speech from him which sounds like he's speaking to Ayaan directly — right from the grave (or urn?). It's almost prophetic. Though he'd hate me saying so.
Thanks again, gang! I hope you all stayed safe on New Years eve. I have some good stuff coming later this month. So stay tuned (and tubed)! And don't forget to watch again (or for the first time) when these go live on YouTube for everyone... all thanks to you! Enjoy! B
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Are you doing OK with the LA fires? I don't mean to single you out--I feel for anyone who had to evacuate (or worse)--but best wishes for staying safe.
It breaks my heart to hear Ayaan say such rubbish, but her new friends on the Christian right expect it
Enjoyed your meeting with Aron Ra! I was impressed with you being calm despite the many times he ‘spoke over’ before you had completed your thoughts. I do not want to demeans Aron Ra’s wonderful presentations
Wishing You a wonderful upcoming new year, with all turmoil that is djt!
As usual, another insightful, witty, wonderful and entertaining prsentation!
Of course I want Ayaan to have peace in her heart and I don't begrudge her happiness but when I hear her talk I can't help but hear the apologists of her new friends of the Christian right. Also we have to cut Alex O'Connor some slack because he was in the room with Ayaan and might have seen her fragility. Anyway Brian brilliant videos as per usual. Stephen
Yeah, I hope my poking at Alex here and there didn't come off as a serious critique or mean spirited. I probably would have done a little more in the room. But again, I am a prick of epic proportions!
This series you’ve made about this interview is fabulous. And the Hitchens’ clip at the end is certainly the cherry on the top! Thank you for your hard work on this, Brian. I know you didn’t mean it this way, perhaps, but I feel as if you went right in there and defended those of us who left the abuse we suffered as young Christians to become atheists through our reason. I do realize that we have a lot more freedom in our “Christian countries” than Ayaan had growing up. But there are still plenty of us who were raised in cults and cult-like situations that were horrific. And I know that Ayaan didn’t mean it this way, but her words felt, to me, like an insult to those of us who suffered in childhood because of abuses in Jesus’ church. And, also, your analysis is a bright spot in these rather dark times of Christian Nationalism.
WOW! This comment means so much to me. I'm deeply moved. You expressed exactly what I probably would not have been able to express. That's a beautiful gift of insight you have there. Treasure it. I know I will! ♥️
Speaking of Dick Van Dyke, there's a lullaby from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang that sounds like her. Only then they stage a revolution against the evil Baron.
LOL! 😂
Good Gaia Almighty. Ayaan would be mystified, perplexed, awed upon seeing a show my David Copperfield, Penn and Teller, Houdini. Wowza, magic is real! There are supernatural forces in the universe! Well, she can keep her caca, and eat it too. Oh… and yes, speaking of caca: E'loon is a swine herder.
You should also book Matt Dillahunty for the magic show!
Just caught you on aron ra's channel. I hoped you gained some more subs and patrons, you really deserve to be over 100k. Also it makes me jealous because I have a podcast but it's so tiny that I could never hope to have you as a guest (hypotheticals podcast if you're curious, the channel cover is a bunch of trees in black and white)
I'll go on anyone's podcast. I have no life beyond this. 😉🤫
This indivisible (invisible?) series is your magnum opus to date, Bri. I say "to date" because you will surely top it someday. In this day and age, the only reason to believe in Christianity—indeed, in any religion—is "credo quia consolans." I wish Ayaan and her ilk would just be intellectually honest about that. Martin Gardner was honest about his fideism and so earned my respect, even though I am an irreligious unbeliever. Happy 2025!
Yep. And thanks for reminding me about Martin. I felt the same!
Good to see you on Aron's channel tonight!
Did you see that I recognized you? That's impressive considering my tiny brain and faltering memory!!!