Justin Brierley's Unbelievable Ignorance (Part 3)
Channel: Venaloid
Date: 2022-01-09

Justin Brierley is a Christian radio host who has been talking to atheists for 10 years, but he doesn't really seem to have been listening; his arguments are no different from, and no more nuanced than, those of any other apologist, and I'd like to expose this disappointing fact. 

In this video, I will examine Justin's arguments for why he thinks God is the best explanation for human value, in both a DEscriptive sense (why DO we value each other), and in a PREscriptive sense (why SHOULD we value each other). 

This video is part of a four-part series, wherein each part discusses one topic from Justin's talk.
Part 1: Christianity vs Naturalism, and what makes a good explanation 
Part 2: Human Existence
Part 3: Human Value
Part 4: Human Purpose

Original video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQyikukTLm8

The Moral Argument for God proves nothing:
https://youtu.be/_CmxrwFvSd0
https://youtu.be/atH_cqe-LtU

Evolution and Empathy/Vengeance
Axelrod Tournament and Tit-for-Tat
https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/courses/soco/projects/1998-99/game-theory/axelrod.html 

0:00 - Introduction
0:42 - What is human value? 
1:46 - The two "why" questions 
3:21 - Why SHOULD we value humans? 
5:44 - Why DO we value humans? 
10:57 - Justin's explanation of human value
12:42 - Objections to Justin's explanation
15:50 - God is not the best explanation

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Music is "Pure Attitude", by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
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