Uploaded December 2011 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
Although I did not plan on making a video to commemorate the recent passing of Christopher Hitchens, I felt compelled to address an issue I had been thinking about for quite some time when I learned Kim Jong-il died just two days later. There is a tendency for Christians and other monotheists to lump all atheists together in one group, when there are big differences between atheists like Christopher Hitchens and Kim Jong-il. Indeed, I find the term "atheist" to be non-informative, non-descriptive, and in a major source of confusion for many people. Therefore, I have been considering whether atheists should change their tune and label themselves according to what they are rather than what they are not.
I originally wanted this to be a quick video, ending with a little montage of Kim Jong-il to the song "I'm so Ronery" from the Team America soundtrack. However, I tried uploading the video two times and I kept getting copyright violations. Therefore, I had to find an alternative version of the song, not from the movie -- thanks a lot YouTube! :( Anyway, every time I went to re-edit the video I kept adding a little more to the end until it eventually became 15 minutes long, LOL. I don't have time to produce a lot of videos, so when I do I might as well make them count.
In this video I also mention that I recently had a debate about slavery's depiction in the Bible, and over the past few weeks I've been getting a lot of private messages about people having theological debates with Christians. I think my anti-apologetics would be a great place to start developing hard-hitting questions of your own -- to really challenge theists in a debate. I hope to someday adapt the debate into a video of its own, but if you are interested in reading a comprehensive rebuttal to the apologetics of Biblical slavery, please check out my website.
Andy's Anti-Apologetics on Slavery:
discoveringreligion.net/?p=579
Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoyed the video. Please leave me your feedback on the question of how atheists should refer to themselves. Thanks again and have a great holiday!
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LINKS CITED:
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il dies 'of heart attack'
bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16239693
List of Kim Jong-il's titles
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kim_Jong-il's_titles
18 Strange 'Facts' About The North Korean Leader
tinyurl.com/83f93mc
Necrocracy
urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Necrocracy
Pol Pot
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol_Pot
Year Zero
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Zero_(political_notion)
Bill and Malinda Gates Foundation
gatesfoundation.org/Pages/home.aspx
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MUSIC CITED:
"I'm So Ronery" (cover)
youtube.com/watch?v=cunVVeYiwIo
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VIDEO CITED:
If Kim Jong-un Fails to Control Arsenal, North Korea Could Be 'Truly Terrifying'
youtu.be/FxOWYrZfMpQ
North Koreans weeping hysterically over the death of Kim Jong-il
youtube.com/watch?v=pSWN6Qj98Iw
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TRANSCRIPT:
discoveringreligion.net/?p=798
Although I did not plan on making a video to commemorate the recent passing of Christopher Hitchens, I felt compelled to address an issue I had been thinking about for quite some time when I learned Kim Jong-il died just two days later. There is a tendency for Christians and other monotheists to lump all atheists together in one group, when there are big differences between atheists like Christopher Hitchens and Kim Jong-il. Indeed, I find the term "atheist" to be non-informative, non-descriptive, and in a major source of confusion for many people. Therefore, I have been considering whether atheists should change their tune and label themselves according to what they are rather than what they are not.
I originally wanted this to be a quick video, ending with a little montage of Kim Jong-il to the song "I'm so Ronery" from the Team America soundtrack. However, I tried uploading the video two times and I kept getting copyright violations. Therefore, I had to find an alternative version of the song, not from the movie -- thanks a lot YouTube! :( Anyway, every time I went to re-edit the video I kept adding a little more to the end until it eventually became 15 minutes long, LOL. I don't have time to produce a lot of videos, so when I do I might as well make them count.
In this video I also mention that I recently had a debate about slavery's depiction in the Bible, and over the past few weeks I've been getting a lot of private messages about people having theological debates with Christians. I think my anti-apologetics would be a great place to start developing hard-hitting questions of your own -- to really challenge theists in a debate. I hope to someday adapt the debate into a video of its own, but if you are interested in reading a comprehensive rebuttal to the apologetics of Biblical slavery, please check out my website.
Andy's Anti-Apologetics on Slavery:
discoveringreligion.net/?p=579
Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoyed the video. Please leave me your feedback on the question of how atheists should refer to themselves. Thanks again and have a great holiday!
________________________________________
LINKS CITED:
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il dies 'of heart attack'
bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16239693
List of Kim Jong-il's titles
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kim_Jong-il's_titles
18 Strange 'Facts' About The North Korean Leader
tinyurl.com/83f93mc
Necrocracy
urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Necrocracy
Pol Pot
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol_Pot
Year Zero
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Zero_(political_notion)
Bill and Malinda Gates Foundation
gatesfoundation.org/Pages/home.aspx
________________________________________
MUSIC CITED:
"I'm So Ronery" (cover)
youtube.com/watch?v=cunVVeYiwIo
________________________________________
VIDEO CITED:
If Kim Jong-un Fails to Control Arsenal, North Korea Could Be 'Truly Terrifying'
youtu.be/FxOWYrZfMpQ
North Koreans weeping hysterically over the death of Kim Jong-il
youtube.com/watch?v=pSWN6Qj98Iw
________________________________________
TRANSCRIPT:
discoveringreligion.net/?p=798
