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Can the Universe Exist Without a Creator? -- Addicted to God Series, part 30
Does the universe really need God to exist? In this episode of Answers from Jenesis, we break down the Cosmological Argument-a popular claim that everything must have a cause, and that cause must be God. But does this argument hold up under scrutiny? Join Jen and Alan as they explore whether the universe could exist without a creator and why this "proof" might be more about faith than facts.
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Is Doubt a Sin? How Apologetics Silences Questions -- Addicted to God Series, part 29
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Is doubt a lack of faith-or simply a sign of honest questioning? In this episode of Answers from Jenesis, we explore how Christian apologetics often portrays doubt as a spiritual weakness or even a sin. By analyzing how apologetic arguments attempt to silence questions and create intellectual dissonance, we uncover whether these tactics truly address doubts or just suppress them. Discover the h...
The 6 Questions Everyone Should Ask When Reading the Bible -- Addicted to God Series, part 28
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The 6 Questions Everyone Should Ask When Reading the Bible Ever feel confused or overwhelmed when reading the Bible? In this episode, we show you a simple and rational approach to interpreting scripture using the six essential questions: Who, What, Where, Why, When, and How. These are the same tools we use to interpret everything else in life, so why not the Bible too? We’ll break down two key ...
Apologetics: Faith’s Greatest Contradiction? -- Addicted to God Series, part 27
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Is apologetics a way to strengthen faith or a contradiction of it? If faith alone is supposed to be enough, why do Christians feel the need to defend it? In this episode, we dive into the roots of apologetics and its biblical context, examining the tension between faith and evidence. Does the Bible actually call for proof of God’s existence, or is apologetics just a way to reinforce what believ...
The High Cost of Eternal Hope -- Addicted to God Series, part 26
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What does it cost to hold on to the promise of eternal life? In this episode, we dive into the heavy price many pay for the elusive hope of heaven. From the longing for an afterlife to the emotional toll of waiting for promises that may never come, we explore the impact of placing one’s life on hold for a “better” life after death. Join us as we unpack how the hope of eternity can often oversha...
The Holy Spirit? Or Just Your Subconscious? -- Addicted to God Series, part 25
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Is the Holy Spirit truly guiding believers, or could it be something else entirely? In this episode of Addicted to God, we’re diving into the power of the Holy Spirit and questioning its actual role in the lives of Christians. While many rely on the Holy Spirit for comfort, guidance, and conviction, we explore whether these experiences are supernatural-or simply the subconscious mind at work. J...
Does the New Testament Demand Faith Over Evidence? -- Addicted to God Series, part 24
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In this episode of Addicted to God, we tackle one of the foundational questions of faith: Does the New Testament really demand faith over evidence? Join us as we analyze the New Testament’s teachings, exploring how the emphasis on faith compares with the role of evidence and historical context. We’ll dive into passages that seem to prioritize belief without proof and discuss what this might mea...
Addicted to the Old Testament: Christianity’s Ancient Problem -- Addicted to God Series, part 23
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Addicted to the Old Testament: Christianity’s Ancient Problem 📜🔄 In this episode of Addicted to God, Jenesis and Alan Bondar dive into why Christians remain so attached to the Old Testament. These ancient stories, written thousands of years ago, still have a strong hold on modern Christian beliefs. But why is that? Why can’t Christians move beyond these ancient texts, and what does this tell us...
Addicted to Jesus: Why Faith Feels Like a Fix -- Addicted to God Series, part 22
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Addicted to Jesus: Why Faith Feels Like a Fix 🔄✨ In this episode of Addicted to God, Jenesis and Alan Bondar dive into the concept that faith in Jesus might be more than spiritual devotion-it might feel like an emotional addiction. Christians proudly say they’re "Addicted to Jesus," but what if that’s more than just a metaphor? Could faith provide the same kind of emotional highs as any other f...
Spiritual High: The Truth About Religious Addiction -- Addicted to God Series, part 21
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Jen and Alan discuss Christian's claims that being addicted to Jesus is a good thing. Is it really? @TheUnravelerAB Jen's personal Facebook profile: Jensgems Answers From Jenesis Facebook page: Answers.From.Jenesis Our Facebook group for those who are going through deconstruction or have left Christianity: "Life After Christianity" groups/lifeafterchristia...
Is Christianity a Relationship or Just Another Religion? -- Addicted to God Series, part 20
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Jen and Alan discuss Christian's claims that Christianity is a relationship, not a religion. @TheUnravelerAB Jen's personal Facebook profile: Jensgems Answers From Jenesis Facebook page: Answers.From.Jenesis Our Facebook group for those who are going through deconstruction or have left Christianity: "Life After Christianity" groups/lifeafterchristianity1
Faith vs. Evidence: Christianity's Paradox -- Addicted to God Series, part 19
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Jen and Alan talk about faith and grace vs. facts and evidence. @TheUnravelerAB Jen's personal Facebook profile: Jensgems Answers From Jenesis Facebook page: Answers.From.Jenesis Our Facebook group for those who are going through deconstruction or have left Christianity: "Life After Christianity" groups/lifebeyondchristianity
Questioning the Resurrection: What the Historians Didn't See -- Addicted to God Series, part 18
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Jen and Alan talk about the historical evidence we have for the resurrection. @TheUnravelerAB Jen's personal Facebook profile: Jensgems Answers From Jenesis Facebook page: Answers.From.Jenesis Our Facebook group for those who are going through deconstruction or have left Christianity: "Life After Christianity" groups/lifebeyondchristianity
Emotional Memories: Mistaking Feelings for Faith -- Addicted to God Series, part 17
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Emotional Memories: Mistaking Feelings for Faith Addicted to God Series, part 17
The Illusion of Spiritual Experiences -- Addicted to God Series, part 16
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The Illusion of Spiritual Experiences Addicted to God Series, part 16
The Myth of Faith as Evidence -- Addicted to God Series, part 15
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The Myth of Faith as Evidence Addicted to God Series, part 15
Is heaven Too Good to Be True? -- Addicted to God Series, part 14
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Is heaven Too Good to Be True? Addicted to God Series, part 14
Are We Still Preterists? -- Addicted to God Series, part 13
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Are We Still Preterists? Addicted to God Series, part 13
God's Call or Mine? -- Addicted to God Series, part 12
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God's Call or Mine? Addicted to God Series, part 12
Experiencing God -- Addicted to God Series, part 11
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Experiencing God Addicted to God Series, part 11
How Do I Know if I'm Really Saved or Not? -- Addicted to God Series, part 10
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How Do I Know if I'm Really Saved or Not? Addicted to God Series, part 10
Are You Ready for the Rapture? -- Addicted to God Series, part 9
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Are You Ready for the Rapture? Addicted to God Series, part 9
Oh How We Loved Jesus! -- Addicted to God Series, part 8
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Oh How We Loved Jesus! Addicted to God Series, part 8
Christianity and the Attachment Theory -- Addicted to God Series, part 7
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Christianity and the Attachment Theory Addicted to God Series, part 7
Is Being Addicted to God a Bad Thing? -- Addicted to God Series, part 6
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Is Being Addicted to God a Bad Thing? Addicted to God Series, part 6
How Brainwashing Leads to Addiction -- Addicted to God Series, part 5
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How Brainwashing Leads to Addiction Addicted to God Series, part 5
Are Christians Really Brainwashed? -- Addicted to God Series, part 4
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Are Christians Really Brainwashed? Addicted to God Series, part 4
Who Do Christians Really Put Their Faith In? -- Addicted to God Series, part 3
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Who Do Christians Really Put Their Faith In? Addicted to God Series, part 3
Is Christianity Harmful? -- Addicted to God Series, part 2
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Is Christianity Harmful? Addicted to God Series, part 2
Addicted to God: Introduction
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Addicted to God: Introduction

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @GHS-t1l
    @GHS-t1l 8 годин тому

    The cause of me is the cause of the universe.

  • @Herzeleydt_Diesentrueb
    @Herzeleydt_Diesentrueb 15 годин тому

    Very nice : The Causemological Argument ... ;-)

  • @glenncurry3041
    @glenncurry3041 16 годин тому

    It's sad that after thousands of years, tens of, hundreds of... complete failure to provide the first shred of factual proof of a god, people still waste much of their lives trying desperately to create a big enough word salad to justify accepting fact free ignorance instead! Grow up and learn to deal with factual reality!

  • @glenncurry3041
    @glenncurry3041 16 годин тому

    Yes it does. That was easy! Prove otherwise!

    • @GHS-t1l
      @GHS-t1l 8 годин тому

      The universe did not exist before love created me to observe it and interact with it. Love created the universe. That was easy! Prove otherwise!

    • @glenncurry3041
      @glenncurry3041 4 години тому

      @@GHS-t1l You came from your parents. They existed before you. Prove me wrong.

  • @Alen-gr1xm
    @Alen-gr1xm 18 годин тому

    Energy and matter cannot be created or destroyed. It's the first law of thermodynamics. It could be eternal due to that.

  • @morphe000
    @morphe000 19 годин тому

    Scientists actually havent changed the age of universe that often. It has been consensus of 13.8 billion yrs, and this has been for a long time. Parameters for its size have been changing, as new info and facts come in.

  • @john211murphy
    @john211murphy 21 годину тому

    As there is NO EVIDENCE that our cosmos was "Created". The Religious claim is invalid. It is ALSO invalid because the Creationists rely on the Fallacious claim that EVERYTHING has A CAUSE EXERT their particular God. They still cling to the Falacious "Kalam". The question the Creationists should ask themselves, if they are really an honest person, is not WHO created the universe, but HOW did our current space/time continuum come to be what it is. The Creationist indulges themselves in the Fallacious notion that "Their God Did it" and then ASSume all the evidence MUST confirm that notion. This why the Late GREAT Christopher Hitchens correctly said RELIGION POISONS EVERYTHING.

  • @eliseerikstad1333
    @eliseerikstad1333 23 години тому

    Hi 😊! I am a Christian, but I am not here to attack you in any way. One thing I just wanted to share with you, are some foreshadowings from the Old Testament that I got to know about. Foreshadowings that show that the Bible (and obviously God) knew about and secretly predicted Jesus’ sacrifice many, many years before it happened. Maybe you already know about them, but I want to share them with you just incase. Here they are: Genesis 22:1-2 which says: “Now it came about after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am." He said, "Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you." This was a foreshadowing for when God would sacrifice His Own son to save us. Because in the same way that Abraham was to sacrifice his son, so God would sacrifice His son for us. The second foreshadowing is the one in Exodus 12, and it is in the verses Exodus 12:7 and Exodus 12:13. Exodus 12:7 says: “Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.” And Exodus 12:13 says: “The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.” These verses are a foreshadowing for how the blood of Jesus will cover God’s chosen ones and that they will not experience the eternal death. Because in the same way that the blood covered the Israelites, so will Jesus’ blood cover God’s people. The third foreshadowing that stands out the most to me, is in Numbers 21:6-9 which says: “The LORD sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. So the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, because we have spoken against the LORD and you; intercede with the LORD, that He may remove the serpents from us." And Moses interceded for the people. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a standard; and it shall come about, that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, he will live." And Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on the standard; and it came about, that if a serpent bit any man, when he looked to the bronze serpent, he lived.” This was a foreshadowing for Jesus’ crucifixion. In the same way that the serpent was lifted up on a stake, so Jesus would be lifted up and whoever looks to him will live/be saved. Based on what you said, I understand that you are not certain that Jesus existed at all. But you said that he probably did. So I want to ask: do you think that these foreshadowings were all coincidences? Or do you think that they point to Jesus? Other than that I wanted to say that I really admire your search for truth, and I myself am a truth seeker as well, which has led me to stop believing what most Christians today believe in (like hell or the trinity). After reading the Bible I have come to the conclusion that the disciples (including Paul) thought that Jesus would come back while they lived. We see this in verses like 1 Corinthians 15:51 where Paul says “we”. We also see this in verses where Paul talks about how short the time has gotten, like 1 Corinthians 7:29. So I agree that those in the New Testament were not talking to people who would live about 2000 years later. But I do disagree with you regarding the fact that you said that the promises given to Israel were not for us today. While it is true that those in the New Testament were probably talking to that generation, the facts are that Jesus has not returned yet. As far as I understand it, the evidence that preterists have that Jesus apparently has returned already, is the fact that the people in the New Testament ‘believed’ that he would return earlier. But the fact that the people in the New Testament times believed that he would return earlier, doesn’t make it true. In the Bible we see that God claims the right to change His mind regarding things like building a kingdom (Jeremiah 18:7-10). This means that even if the prophet that God sent has spoken and said that God will build the kingdom, God may change His mind regarding that if the nation that He spoke to through the prophet does evil and do not repent. I of course don’t know this for sure, but my theory is that yes, both Jesus and his disciples believed and said that he would return earlier, in their lifetimes actually. And that that was the plan at first (in a way), but that then something happened that made God change His mind regarding when He was gonna build His kingdom. I actually do have a theory as to why I think He changed is mind (even though I of course cannot know for sure), but I don’t think I will share it here. My point is: even though the people of the New Testament weren’t technically speaking to us today, that doesn’t mean that what they said doesn’t apply to us. It just means that they didn’t know the future, and that they didn’t think that it would take this amount of time for Jesus to return. They didn’t know everything, just like we don’t, only God does. I hope that nothing I wrote here came off as me being rude, I really did not intend that. Anyway, I wish you all the best. God bless you :)!

  • @OceanusHelios
    @OceanusHelios День тому

    It's pretty simple. It can't be the god of the bibles. Those holey books have too many holes: no mention of antibiotics or a single word about the age of consent by the "savior." No rational or reasonable explanations. Sky daddy breathing life into mud man and then making a rib woman out of him. Silly things like floods, flat earth, and crappy explanations for all of it. It takes supreme stupidity, cognitive dissonance, or an absolute willingness to suck up to people who are "nicely dressed" and acting like they are the "good ones" to fall for any of this junk. Left on their own, the theological arguments are garbage.

  • @silverfire01
    @silverfire01 День тому

    The answer is we don't know. The difference between science and religion is science has theories but never says is certain about anything. Only that the more verifiable evidence there is for a theory the less likely it is to be wrong. That's not what religion does. A lot in religion say they know something as a fact. If there is an intelligent creator it is not very likely in my opinion to be a god of the Bible but something totally alien to our current understanding.

    • @Alen-gr1xm
      @Alen-gr1xm 18 годин тому

      You sound very much like me lol

    • @Polonez123-r4w
      @Polonez123-r4w 14 годин тому

      I partially agree. I’d say your statements are true about the unbiased science. However, science is also used for political agenda and other very biased and corrupted agendas.

    • @silverfire01
      @silverfire01 13 годин тому

      @@Polonez123-r4w i dont know what verifiable evidence there would be for that . I think some in religion try to undermine science like evolution theory as it would clash with their religion .

    • @Polonez123-r4w
      @Polonez123-r4w 12 годин тому

      @@silverfire01 I am not a believer and let me explain what I meant. I agree with your statement about true science vs. religion. But both religion and science can be used and abused for political and other terrible agendas.

    • @silverfire01
      @silverfire01 11 годин тому

      @Polonez123-r4w I agree with that though they are used differently. I don't know what examples you have of science being used.

  • @leesagrrl
    @leesagrrl День тому

    "Can the Universe Exist Without a Creator? -- Addicted to God Series, part 30" Of course it "can," seeing as how it does.

  • @HBWP-r3t
    @HBWP-r3t День тому

    NDE?

    • @Alen-gr1xm
      @Alen-gr1xm 18 годин тому

      near-death experiences

  • @Polonez123-r4w
    @Polonez123-r4w День тому

    This is a question for Alan. I no longer believe. I am asking out of curiosity only. When you had an accident, did it cross your mind to pray or ask god for help? Just like a mechanical thought because we used to do it in the past? Like an old habit?

  • @francpez7564
    @francpez7564 День тому

    You should do away with the wallpaper intro. Use a wallpaper photo instead to introduce your UA-cam videos. I kept deleting your video notifications not knowing who's notifications I was deleting. Cuz, I never clicked on the video notifications. that's my tip of the day. Lol.

  • @wildrover9650
    @wildrover9650 5 днів тому

    Oh dear lady you are just the prophesied great falling away. Sucks to be you.

  • @drewjohnson4811
    @drewjohnson4811 5 днів тому

    I've never heard the view that both the gospels and epistles were being written during the war. That would be quite the project. I mean the most amazing writing project coordination in history. Wouldn't they also have to write the Old Testament prophets at that time too because the writers were just quoting the Old Testament?

  • @PhantomNites
    @PhantomNites 6 днів тому

    Do you maybe think that it’s not the churches and pastors brainwashing people, in fact they too are brainwashed? Their hearts are in the right place, they truly believe they are living for God but they have it wrong.

  • @MA-id1hr
    @MA-id1hr 10 днів тому

    23 years ex evangelical here. I can attest that Religion is the single most DIVISIVE thing on earth. Keep moving forward, and thanks for the videos.

  • @Paul-D-Hoff
    @Paul-D-Hoff 10 днів тому

    When you drop your need of a creator get back to me.

  • @evelyna_paula1747
    @evelyna_paula1747 12 днів тому

    By all means, you have not left Christianity.

  • @HollowR1130
    @HollowR1130 12 днів тому

    I'm sorry lady but i disagree, i strongly disagree with what i've heard so far, i'm 26 minutes into the video and i will finish it, tomorrow probably. But as of now most of the things you've mentioned are NOT what i consider Christianity to be, i am an Ex Muslim, new convert into Christianity and i've got NO intention of being as obsessed as you were and of understanding every passage and verse, i've got no trouble reconciling the idea that the Bible is man made, it has errors in it and imperfections, it's mostly Jewish history but what i understood was that Christianity was not some strict set of rules like some people want it to be, that'll be doing the same thing the Jews did with the old covenant, Christianity to me is all about FAITH, trusting in the Father and about the will of God, the will of God is found in the wisdom of Jesus, his wisdom is NOT meant to be taken as a strict set of rules but rather it helps us cleanse ourselves spiritually, and that's through faith and meaningful actions, is not about going to the Church or reading 3000 times the Bible or memorizing EVERY SINGLE WORD, it's about remembering Jesus's wisdom when we are living our lives normally, when someone needs help, when we get angry at someone, it should help us reflect and grow spiritually, rather than destroy ourselves through negative emotions, sexual immorality and a bunch of other things. I'm saying this as someone who has no intention into being as overly obsessive as you were about it, i believe in God, i believe in Jesus's word and i think it's the right path, the righteous one. My job is to try and be as pure and good as possible, and i do it through my faith in the Father, but i also plan into living my life normally, overly obsessing over a book is not what God wants us to do, is not what Jesus wants us to do, on the contrary his wisdom teaches us that doing so is foolish. One thing i don't like about Christianity is that for some reason it became tribal, i'll never get it.

  • @eliseerikstad1333
    @eliseerikstad1333 14 днів тому

    Hi 😊! I know that I’m writing this comment very late, so you may not read it, but I wanted to write it just in case. I am a Christian, but I am not here to attack you in any way. I really admire your search for truth, and I myself am a truth seeker as well, which has led me to stop believing what most Christians today believe in (like hell or the trinity). After reading the Bible I have come to the conclusion that the disciples (including Paul) thought that Jesus would come back while they lived. We see this in verses like 1 Corinthians 15:51 where Paul says “we”. We also see this in verses where Paul talks about how short the time has gotten, like 1 Corinthians 7:29. So I agree that those in the New Testament were not talking to people who would live about 2000 years later. But I do disagree with you regarding the fact that you said that the promises given to Israel were not for us today. While it is true that those in the New Testament were talking to that generation, the facts are that Jesus has not returned yet. As far as I understand it, the evidence that preterists have that Jesus apparently has returned already, is the fact that the people in the New Testament ‘believed’ that he would return earlier. But the fact that the people in the New Testament times believed that he would return earlier, that doesn’t make it true. In the Bible we see that God claims the right to change His mind regarding things like building a kingdom (Jeremiah 18:7-10). This means that even if the prophet that God sent has spoken and said that God will build the kingdom, God may change His mind regarding that if the nation that He spoke to through the prophet does evil and do not repent. I of course don’t know this for sure, but my theory is that yes, both Jesus and his disciples believed and said that he would return earlier, in their lifetimes actually. And that that was the plan at first (in a way), but that then something happened that made God change His mind regarding when He was gonna build His kingdom. I actually do have a theory as to why I think He changed is mind (even though I of course cannot know for sure), but I don’t think I will share it here. My point is: even though the people of the New Testament weren’t technically speaking to us today, that doesn’t mean that what they said doesn’t apply to us. It just means that they didn’t know the future, and that they didn’t think that it would take this amount of time for Jesus to return. They didn’t know everything, just like we don’t, only God does. Another thing I wanted to share with you, are some foreshadowings from the Old Testament that I got to know about. Foreshadowings that show that the Bible (and obviously God) knew about and secretly predicted Jesus’ sacrifice many, many years before it happened. Maybe you already know about them, but I want to share them with you just incase. Here they are: Genesis 22:1-2 which says: “Now it came about after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am." He said, "Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you." This was a foreshadowing for when God would sacrifice His Own son to save us. Because in the same way that Abraham was to sacrifice his son, so God would sacrifice His son for us. The second foreshadowing is the one in Exodus 12, and it is in the verses Exodus 12:7 and Exodus 12:13. Exodus 12:7 says: “Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.” And Exodus 12:13 says: “The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.” These verses are a foreshadowing for how the blood of Jesus will cover God’s chosen ones and that they will not experience the eternal death. Because in the same way that the blood covered the Israelites, so will Jesus’ blood cover God’s people. The third foreshadowing that stands out the most to me, is in Numbers 21:6-9 which says: “The LORD sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. So the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, because we have spoken against the LORD and you; intercede with the LORD, that He may remove the serpents from us." And Moses interceded for the people. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a standard; and it shall come about, that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, he will live." And Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on the standard; and it came about, that if a serpent bit any man, when he looked to the bronze serpent, he lived.” This was a foreshadowing for Jesus’ crucifixion. In the same way that the serpent was lifted up on a stake, so Jesus would be lifted up and whoever looks to him will live/be saved. Based on what you said, I understand that you are not certain that Jesus existed at all. But you said that he probably did. So I want to ask: do you think that these foreshadowings were all coincidences? Or do you think that they point to Jesus? I hope that nothing I wrote here came off as me being rude, I really did not intend that. Anyway, I wish you all the best. God bless you :)!

  • @dr.a.995
    @dr.a.995 15 днів тому

    Or starving children in the United States of America, too.

  • @Sunflowerz59
    @Sunflowerz59 16 днів тому

    If you’re looking for Truth, I suggest you listen to Mike Winger. A Jesus follower who has done the work to study and learn of Jesus and truth. Not science, not intellectual pride, not New Age, simply Jesus. I dare you to listen to him and learn truth. This woman is very well learned, I respect that, very well read and speaks well, although, even she will stand before God, and answer to Him. Believe it or not, Truth, Mercy, Grace, and a Holy God win in the end. Are You really sure of what’s true and eternal, or will you continue in delusion, setting aside the amazing love and sacrifice of Jesus out of love for you, to choose to believe this UA-camr over an Eternal God?

  • @skadoosh20
    @skadoosh20 18 днів тому

    Heaven is mentioned in the Bible 551 times, and this is what you come up with??!

  • @Gr8Believer
    @Gr8Believer 18 днів тому

    Gen 1:6 is the creation between the water above and the waters below. Land came up from the water below. Sun moon and stars created in the waters above inside a dome. We're living on a flat stationary earth covered with a dome over it. Dump science, it's a religion of pseudoscience.

  • @michaelgreenwell6355
    @michaelgreenwell6355 24 дні тому

    Have you ever heard the expression..you're too heavenly minded to be any earthly good.that fits you. You've gone overboard with your hours and hours of Bible study and going to church more than necessary.

  • @chasson321
    @chasson321 Місяць тому

    When I was a Christian the picture I got in my head whenever hearing the term apologetics was some guy saying: Yeah I know that’s what the Bible says but what it really means is this…. The conundrum being that an all knowing god could not adequately communicate with his creation without some random person explaining the actual words away. Clear as mud.😵‍💫

    • @AnswersFromJenesis
      @AnswersFromJenesis Місяць тому

      Yes, that is really how it comes across, both then and now. I now prefer to call it "spiritual gymnastics."

  • @Elements795
    @Elements795 Місяць тому

    An interesting and attractive woman.

  • @user-fp8wu9fn4r
    @user-fp8wu9fn4r Місяць тому

    Don't Bring Kids into this Suffering Earth. Don't Be Stupid. This is Earth is a Failed Creation from God. Is a War between Satan and God/Jesus and us Humans we have to suffer in the middle of their War. This is Evil. Look Around.

  • @Mike-qt7jp
    @Mike-qt7jp Місяць тому

    What do you take that to mean: "...the Son of Man coming in His kingdom?" I think when the Son of Man sets up His kingdom, there will be radical changes on planet earth. First of all, there will NOT be over one billion atheists, over one billion worshipping Allah, one billion worshipping any number of the three hundred million Hindu gods, over one billion worshipping Buddha, LGBTQ theology running rampant, godless Big Bang and Darwinian Evolution being taught in High Schools and Colleges, murder, rape, drugs, alcohol, child pornography, sex trafficking, wars and crime all over the globe. Revelation 21:4 says, "Now I saw a new heaven and a new EARTH, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. 2 Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven (to earth) from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. GOD HIMSELF will be with them and be their God. 4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no MORE death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no MORE pain, for the former things have passed away.” 5 Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.” Notice, He did NOT say, "These words are Hebraic apocalyptic language." These verses are describing those radical changes to planet earth that occur when the Son of Man sets up His kingdom." And notice, this is speaking of EARTH, not some spiritual existence in Heaven. Since we didn't see all these radical changes, either in the first century or any time since, I think we need to re-think what it means when the Bible says, "Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.” Notice it did NOT say, "The world will see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.” It ONLY said some standing there would see it. This is from Matthew 16:28. The very next verse, Matthew 17:1 says this, "After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. 3 Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus. Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters-one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud (God the Father) said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!” When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified. 7 But Jesus came and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.” 8 When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus. Since, to this very day, we have NOT seen Jesus ruling in His Kingdom, I think a better explanation was the select few disciples saw the Glorified Christ and how He would look when He does set up His Kingdom. It obviously was so terrifying seeing Moses and Elijah and hearing the Majestic voice of God that they fell face down: Jesus had to touch them and command them to stand up. Let's face it. The world is a complete mess and has been since Adam and Eve sinned in the garden. I have just got to believe, and scripture (Revelation 21) bears it out, that when God and His Christ set up their Kingdom, it will be a kingdom wherein righteousness rules. History agrees with this account, and you can't say Jesus is ruling and reigning in some spiritual Kingdom in Heaven, because the Bible says in Revelation 21, "Now I saw a new heaven and a new EARTH, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also, there was no more sea. 2 Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven (to earth) from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and HE WILL DWELL WITH THEM, and they shall be His people. GOD HIMSELF will be with them and be their God. 4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no MORE death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no MORE pain, for the former things have passed away.” You can believe what you want, but this has NEVER happened even yet. But one day it will.

  • @josegaleano6932
    @josegaleano6932 Місяць тому

    God is a bad joke the believers are insane it's schizophrenic minds. A substitute to ignore reality and live fantasy

  • @thomasoppe358
    @thomasoppe358 Місяць тому

    I disagree with Jen on a few points. A historical Jesus definitely existed, see.Bart Ehrman's book "Did Jesus Exist?" For example Paul met and talked with James, brother of Jesus. James would know if he had a brother. Ehrman says no New Testament scholar in academia accepts the Jesus myth position. Also, abundant evidence exists in genetics, paleontology, geology, and archaeology for evolution as the mechanism for the development of all life forms on earth from single cell organisms to human life. The differences among races is easily explained by evolution proceeding along slightly different paths for geographically separated people groups. Also, the evidence for an old earth and an old universe are overwhelming in the fields of geology, astronomy, geography, etc. Jen needs to make a complete break with superstitions such as the Book of Enoch, universal.energy, and new age topics. She is still hanging onto a phony.religion of sorts. There is a strong consensus among scientisits for many of Jen's questions for which she is still using metaphysical explanations.

    • @AnswersFromJenesis
      @AnswersFromJenesis Місяць тому

      Hi homasoppe358 ! So what evidence does Bart Ehrman put forth for the historical Jesus? Only INTERNAL evidence, which is precisely what he argues against for everything else. Bart Ehrman has made more atheists (accidentally) than any actual atheist has. It doesn't take much to read between the lines to see what Bart Ehrman is really saying. The only reason he says Jesus existed is because he wants to keep his job. He KNOWS he has no real evidence for it. The Book of Enoch is superstitious but you think Jesus existed? 🤣 Universal energy is hardly "New Age." That's simple science. And this was a few years ago. I think you would be hard pressed to find ANY religion I am hanging on to these days. In fact, that's kind of my pet peeve -- people leave Christianity but still hang on to bits and pieces.

  • @Charlesmarcel-ee4ke
    @Charlesmarcel-ee4ke Місяць тому

    Something is wrong with Adam they say he knows all things 🌝

  • @PatrickMcGough-j3u
    @PatrickMcGough-j3u Місяць тому

    We should be friends! I love and appreciate your work. Thank you!

  • @Charlesmarcel-ee4ke
    @Charlesmarcel-ee4ke Місяць тому

    How they learn to speak and know what’s words mean they didn’t learn in school or nothing when did generations later when people had to learn again 🌝🤦🏼‍♀️🤔it seem they was cave men kind of people

  • @AGuyNamedDude-g6o
    @AGuyNamedDude-g6o Місяць тому

    I just stumbled upon this video, and I’m so sorry for all the hurt you’ve endured.

    • @AnswersFromJenesis
      @AnswersFromJenesis Місяць тому

      Hurt??? That's what you got out of this? You must have listened to something else.

    • @AGuyNamedDude-g6o
      @AGuyNamedDude-g6o 29 днів тому

      @ I apologize, my comment was from before I had finished watching the whole thing.

  • @Charlesmarcel-ee4ke
    @Charlesmarcel-ee4ke Місяць тому

    What funny is they was no schools so how they learn to speak and knowing the meaning of the words they saying and the man was made not born but made so all body parts inside out brain cells and all organs so I don’t thing that generation was normal kind of beings did they eat raw meat how they know to cook the meat was they cave people hairy and animals like 🌝🤦🏼‍♀️😌

  • @Charlesmarcel-ee4ke
    @Charlesmarcel-ee4ke Місяць тому

    It’s a fantasy island book nothing is real about it

  • @Charlesmarcel-ee4ke
    @Charlesmarcel-ee4ke Місяць тому

    I been a atheist I never understood this thing about god it just didn’t make sense to me as I got older i see more clearly there is no Jesus no god it was just another book🌝🙂

  • @TheTruthseekerman
    @TheTruthseekerman Місяць тому

    Fantastic conversation again, very helpful.

  • @pazu8728
    @pazu8728 Місяць тому

    The initial trap set is "Faith seek understanding". How many time I told myself - "I just don't understand right now" With that as the foundational trap, the self-gaslighting cycle build on top of it i.e. scripture - > a summary ideal of god's character & life (theology) - > use theology to explain away other scriptures and gaslight believer's real life experiences. "god is xyz" and therefore what you experience in life that do not match "who god is" or "what life should be" cannot be TRUE. Therefore, one must "persevere in faith" because "I am not god", "I do not have god's perspective and god's understanding", "I lack faith in god", etc. Every sunday, hope is dangled i front of you to "hold on to your faith" - "better days are coming", "if not in this world, you will understand/receive them in next", "god, heavenly father, cares about you so much that Jesus die for you". All these verbage pushing a sense of hope with no evidence in real life here and now reinforces the self-gaslighting cycle.

  • @SethEdwards-hq9pm
    @SethEdwards-hq9pm Місяць тому

    Apologetics is not the abandonment of reason and logic. Just because something is logical doesn't mean it's true. Apologetics is no more brainwashing than this channel is brainwashing. Everyone points fingers at the other, including the ones on this channel. Ever since I realized Christianity couldn't possibly be true, I've looked for a new home. This channel is not it.

  • @jonmeador8637
    @jonmeador8637 Місяць тому

    Apologetics is the abandonment of reason and logic. Just because you can make some argument reconciling two irreconcilable passages doesn't mean you've engaged in logic or reason. ABC doesn't mean XYZ just because you've found a way to make it so.

  • @nateUnofficial
    @nateUnofficial Місяць тому

    My disagreement at 29:39 would be as follows: while yes, context is king, scholars largely recognize that the letter to the Ephesians was not necessarily written to one church as we would think of it, but rather as a letter to be circulated around the Gentile churches in a region, just as Paul says at the end of Colossians for his letter to be given to the Laodiceans (Colossians 4:16). I have even seen the view that Paul in Col 4:16 is referencing the letter we know as to the Ephesians (but he calls it the letter to the Laodiceans). Moreover, the earliest extant manuscripts do not include the words "in Ephesus," in Ephesians 1:1 further buttressing the claim that the letter was written to many Gentile Christians -- and correspondingly would apply to them all. Thus it is unlikely that the application of saints being "chosen in him" (Ephesians 1:4) applies only to a select group of persons in the textual audience and would not apply to anyone who is a follower of Christ at any time. While I understand the causal connection between a verse such as Matthew 10:23 from a preterist perspective and bridging a link to Ephesians 1 to mean the content of the letter only applies to its direct recipients, I do not think this interpretation should be derived of necessity. I am a Christian, but I do appreciate your words - as I have personally battled back and forth with the journey you went on. I do agree that Christians can throw bible verses out there, and while I may even agree with them, I universally find the approach of seeking intellectual understanding is almost always a more fruitful approach. I pray that if you read my insight, it may yield a fruitful discussion. Good day!

  • @patrickkrueger8768
    @patrickkrueger8768 Місяць тому

    My proof is being in the image of God .that being Father mother Son daughter engaging in creation having dominion and yes it goes to an “us” experience ; your faith thing which you kept at a childish brat place , not really knowing but insisting others believe your nonsense by your own testimony ,really starts as a new born and elevates in spirit of Life upon us in wisdom , knowledge, understanding, counsel, power, the fear of the Lord, growing up in maturity which goes on continually till it is finished and repeats in that cycle of life, which again is God in order and boundaries, you can’t get away from it , only deny it and die , and that life is in you. and me too. I don’t own life that is why I can loose life and especially if I don’t have respect for it , But good luck trying in your , I’m the Atheist , how do you rationalize purpose?

  • @patrickkrueger8768
    @patrickkrueger8768 Місяць тому

    Gen you said “ what is appropriate “ how does that happen ? Who made that rule ? An atheist ? So what’s that become? Peer pressure? Survival of the fittest? What ever you think. You guys are , I would call it the 2nd 6 of 666, the Balaam of spirituality, Cain being the first 6, satanic evil being completely abusive for the entertainment of it all. The 3rd ; It’s all measurable ,real judgment, sorry you missed it all this time,

  • @janetchampouillon7381
    @janetchampouillon7381 Місяць тому

    You have lost sight of our wonderful Lord! It sounds like your works of serving our Lord became a burden to you! I think you had a relationship with works and the world and church! In your seeking you forgot the love of God and what Jesus taught us! Jesus said my burden is light!iThis is who we serve!

  • @goppahobble2493
    @goppahobble2493 Місяць тому

    If you didn't persevere, you were never a Christian.

  • @Charlesmarcel-ee4ke
    @Charlesmarcel-ee4ke Місяць тому

    Sick they married to they sister and this the Bible they believe in too🤦🏼‍♀️