Rap Battle Parody | Alex O'Conner vs. Jeff Durbin

Learn more about this topic through the resources below. As an Amazon Associate, using the links below on qualifying purchases will help support this channel. By What Standard by Greg Bahnsen 👉 https://amzn.to/3ZKnkpX Presuppositional Apologetics Rock Song "By What Standard" is Streaming on Spotify and Apple Music today! Listen Here ➡️ https://open.spotify.com/album/7rwMycYnkXFmKRgqSJCfgF Subscribe on YouTube @ReformedandDangerous ----------------------------------- Follow on Social Media ➡️X: https://x.com/ReformedRap ➡️Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReformedRap/ ----------------------------------- 🎧Streaming Options🎧 Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/artist/16nzYmnDybx74bijgsoMdC Apple music → https://music.apple.com/us/artist/reformed-and-dangerous/1842713775 Amazon Music → https://music.amazon.com/artists/B0FSWZ9JVJ/reformed-and-dangerous ----------------------------------- Lyrics [Alex O’Connor] Alright—Let’s strip the mystique, start clean, start fair,Extraordinary claims need evidence there. You say “God exists”—that’s a massive decree,Not proven by quoting a book you believe. Every culture’s got gods, all mutually exclusive,You call yours “revealed,” call the rest delusive. Same confidence, same certainty, same appeal—Why’s your tradition the one that’s real? Morality doesn’t need heaven above,We’re social creatures—we evolved care and love. No tablets, no threats, no hell beneath,Just reason and empathy guiding belief. And evil’s not theory—it’s blood and screams,Children crushed by diseases, torn-up dreams. An all-good God could stop it today,An all-powerful one wouldn’t look away. So don’t preach mystery, don’t hide behind faith,If God wants belief, clarity’s not a waste. I’m not saying “no God”—I’m saying “prove,”Because belief without proof isn’t virtue—it’s a move. [Jeff Durbin] No—You don’t get to set rules like you’re above the case,You assume epistemology before you state your place. “Extraordinary claims”? Says who? By what law?You’re smuggling standards you can’t justify at all. You say cultures disagree—so truth must be thin?That’s not an argument, that’s throwing logic in. Disagreement disproves nothing—math still stands,Contradicting religions don’t cancel reality, man. You say morality evolved—then answer this fast:Why should I obey it when it cuts against my path? Evolution selects survival, not truth,So “good” is just a label slapped on tribal use. You rage at evil like it shouldn’t exist,But “shouldn’t” needs a standard you can’t list. If nature’s all there is—blind, pitiless, cold—Then cancer’s not evil, it’s doing what it’s told. [Alex O’Connor] You keep shouting “standard” like that seals the case,But norms can emerge without a divine face. Logic’s descriptive—it’s patterns we see,Not commands barked out by a cosmic deity. You say my brain’s unreliable ‘cause it evolved,But yours evolved too—problem not solved. You trust ancient authors, scribes, and claims,Yet doubt modern reason playing the same games. And resurrection? Let’s slow that down—Extraordinary events need more than gossip passed around. People die for false beliefs all the time,Martyrdom proves conviction, not truth in the line. And suffering—don’t dodge it with crosses and pain,Natural evil doesn’t come from human chains. Earthquakes don’t choose, parasites don’t sin,Yet God designed the system they’re working within. So if He exists, the problem’s still loud:Either He can’t stop it—or He won’t—and neither’s allowed. [Jeff Durbin] Nah—let’s slow it down and expose the play, Your not “following evidence,” you’re fencing God out the gate. You say logic’s descriptive—then explain the force, But why must minds obey it across time and course? If laws are just patterns, they can bend and break, But contradiction never works—no matter the stake. That necessity ain’t physical, learned, or derived, It’s immaterial, universal—it’s from the mind of a God who’s alive. On your view, thoughts are chemical fizz,No “ought” to trust them—just physics doing what it is. Resurrection ain’t gossip—minimal facts remain:Empty tomb, enemy witnesses, disciples slain. You trust reason to doubt God, but doubt reason’s source, Sawing off the branch while you’re standing in force. Every argument you make presumes order and sense, But your worldview calls that a fortunate accident. Resurrection? You don’t weigh it—you pre-dismiss,Miracles outlawed before evidence exists. You demand God fit a lab coat and peer review,While history testifies to what He actually did do. And suffering? You cry foul like the universe owes you peace, But on atheism pain just is—it doesn’t transgress or breach. Your outrage proves my case—you know the world’s not right, Your “problem of evil” presumes the God you fight. You demand God bow to human review,While using His image to argue Him through. No neutral ground—no autonomous throne,Every argument you make rests on what you disown.