Top quality talk!

definitely, goes into a lot of detail with minimal ranting - overall it beats down a large array of theist arguments and does it succinctly. Kind of reminded me of a Yahtzee game review because of the lack of any form of pause.

The gentle and soothing voice helps . TheraminWhatever for Morgan Freeman replacement!

Trivia: TheraminTrees is QualiaSoup's brother, and both make excellent videos on religion and the mind (while sharing that soothing voice).

Very well said. I like that he implies (though he never explicitly states) that not everyone who is religious necessarily subscribes to this style of thinking, and that the problems associated with this this style of thinking are by no means unique only to religion.

I would disagree with him on some minor points. I would also point out to him (were I ever to meet him) that his interpretation is very Western in its analysis. Here in Japan, the parent-child relationship has a whole other range of dynamics from the ones he described in this video. And while most of what he says applies strongly to Christianity and somewhat to Judaism or Islam, I find the argument less compelling for other religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism.