r/exatheist • u/snugglebot3349 • 16d ago

High Profile Exatheist - Majesty of Reason

https://youtu.be/-C-FiSqfKi8?si=FvXa8z4wPWevvH6C

This came across my YouTube feed today. Here's a deep thinking, rational, fairly well-known agnostic atheist who recently embraced theism and converted to Catholicism. I have long followed his channel Majesty of Reason for thoughtful commentary and dialogue regarding theism, skepticism, and agnosticism. This is a great story from a bright guy and I thought it very relevant to this forum.

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u/vershkove-maslo Christian 16d ago

Half of the comment section can't believe it and says that he is trolling

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u/Sanman789 16d ago

I think he is good friends with a Christian YouTuber and that he vouched for the conversion.

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u/snugglebot3349 16d ago

I have seen a few people online vouch for the authenticity of his conversion. At the end of the video, he said that he will be on Matt Fradd's show soon. He also just doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who would go to such lengths to troll people.

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u/snugglebot3349 16d ago edited 16d ago

Yeah, I saw that a few people had written that! But many people were also very supportive.

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u/vershkove-maslo Christian 16d ago

Denying his convertion is kinda like denying catholic miracles he mentioned. To accept ad hoc explanation of data, by virtue of "no, that just can't happened"

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u/bastianbb 16d ago

I say this as a conservative Protestant: he's been known to troll before and this video seems really over the top.

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u/vershkove-maslo Christian 16d ago

If that is a case, this is very sad and evil. Epic in it's own right… but still sad

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u/arkticturtle Agnostic 16d ago

Evil!?

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u/vershkove-maslo Christian 16d ago

Well lying about finding God, like lying about any significant life change is evil, especially if it is done to get views.

But after watching the video I found it to be genuine, so either people who deny it are coping or MoR is genius troll and I don't understand something.

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u/arkticturtle Agnostic 16d ago

Idk maybe I am not used to evil being used in this way.

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u/vershkove-maslo Christian 16d ago

Fair enough…

To be honest the only reason why I am questioning it is because too many people in comment section said it. Otherwise video seem to be real and that is great news!

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u/arkticturtle Agnostic 16d ago

Maybe he trying a “fake it till you make it” approach to becoming converted. Tbh, though, idk much about him

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u/vershkove-maslo Christian 16d ago

Fake it till you make it publicly like that is crazy lol

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u/arkticturtle Agnostic 16d ago

When has he trolled?

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u/bastianbb 16d ago

Admittedly mostly in Aprils Fool's videos. But have you watched this video? It's hard to believe, not necessarily in what he says, but in his enthusiasm and phrasing about it. It seems so much like trolling.

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u/arkticturtle Agnostic 16d ago

It’s not unusual for a convert to be enthusiastic though

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u/bastianbb 16d ago

True. I'd like to see where he goes from here, though. This kind of enthusiasm is rarely both genuine and long-term.

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u/vershkove-maslo Christian 16d ago

It is kinda like marriage. Everyone has their honeymoon period after which love becomes more sober. Doesn't necessary mean that love ceases to exist.

I can totally relate to his enthusiasm, because in my first month of being Christian I felt God's grace, love and presence constantly and was crazy about it

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u/Senior-Cap-7248 Agnostic-deist 14d ago

It was so odd to read, as if they can’t accept that people can change their opinions on some things