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Nick's Testimony
In this episode, we chat with Nick, a recent convert to Orthodox Christianity and a senior engineering student at Penn State. Nick shares his upbringing and his path to Holy Orthodoxy.
00:00 - Start
01:56 - Nick: Senior Mechanical Engineering Student at Penn State
03:28 - How Nick was raised
06:23 - First contacts with religious experience
10:50 - Political time of 2016 opened his eyes to some things
12:35 - Encountered liberitarian ideas
14:03 - Pandemic time was a major shift for him
18:08 - Fracturing of libertarianism and move into Post-Libertarianism and into religion
20:42 - Royal Path podcast (see on UA-cam) was a big influence
25:01 - Examination of other forms of Christianity and other religions
29:29 - Tried to visit the Orthodox Church in town
32:16 - Became an inquirer, then a catechumen
35:17 - Baptized on Holy Saturday of 2024
38:42 - Struggles upon becoming Orthodox
45:20 - Orthodoxy has to be lived in an actual community (not online)
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(Ep. 54) Being threatened and arrested for praying and preaching in America
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In this episode, we spend time discussing what our rights are under the Constitution with regards to freedom of religion and freedom of speech. We read an article involving Coach Deion Sanders being accused of violating freedom of religion by praying with his players. We also discuss how Matt and his friend John were arrested preaching on a campus in Chicago. Finally, we talk about how St. Paul...
Scott and Sophia's Testimonies
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We were blessed to talk to Scott and Sophia, a married couple who attend the Orthodox parish in State College. They both shared their paths through life, ultimately leading to their reception into the Holy Orthodox Church. 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:50 - Scott's youth and upbringing 00:06:34 - College years: Asking the Holy Spirit into his life 00:11:29 - Various jobs and encounters with different ...
Fr. Ignatius' Testimony
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We were blessed to be joined by Fr. Ignatius, the priest at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in State College. Fr. Ignatius took us through his faith journey throughout his life, from his early childhood through Methodist seminary and ultimately into the Orthodox Church and the holy priesthood. 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:08 - Fr. Ignatius' family background 00:14:52 - Young teenage life and theological...
Ravi's Testimony
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Ravi joined us to share his testimony. He shared his family's history in India, how his parents and grandparents sacrificed a great deal to be faithful Christians. He also told us about growing up Evangelical, encountering a Roman Catholic, becoming Coptic, and finally becoming Eastern Orthoodox. 00:00 - Start 02:07 - Ravi's parents and grandparents in India 11:28 - High School and then beginni...
Francis' Testimony
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We were joined by Francis, a fellow-parishioner with Gary in State College. Francis shared with us his faith journey and how he came to be a part of the Orthodox faith. 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:01 - Francis' childhood 00:08:35 - In an Evangelical home, encountered Christ and Scripture for first time 00:14:47 - Re-united with his mom, at Penn State in the 90's, then moved to Philly 00:18:35 - Enco...
(Ep. 53) Professor tries to BULLY Gary and calls the cops
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In this episode, we go through some of Gary's recent interactions on campus, including a professor who tried a number of "power moves" to silence and remove Gary, including calling the police. 00:00 - Start 02:38 - Professor calls cops on Gary, says he can't preach out there 07:35 - Tactics of the Left (not Liberals) to shut down freedom of speech 12:25 - Take a stand for SOMETHING 19:58 - Disc...
Matt's Testimony
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This is Matt's testimony, detailing how he began to seek through Gary's ministry, how he encountered Orthodoxy, and how he came into the Church. 00:00 - Start 03:56 - Encountering Gary on campus visit 07:17 - Finding himself drawn to Willard steps and Gary's ministry 10:52 - Beginning to seek: Asking God to make Himself known 14:54 - Visiting Orthodox Church for first time 20:57 - Continuing to...
Gary's Testimony: Seeking, Becoming a Christian, Becoming Orthodox
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Gary's Testimony: Seeking, Becoming a Christian, Becoming Orthodox
(Ep. 51) Orthodox Understanding of Hell and Heaven
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(Ep. 51) Orthodox Understanding of Hell and Heaven
(Ep. 50) Movie Star Sylvester Stallone's Mother Tried to do WHAT?
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(Ep. 50) Movie Star Sylvester Stallone's Mother Tried to do WHAT?
(Ep. 49) Secular Culture is AntiChrist
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(Ep. 49) Secular Culture is AntiChrist
Copernicus Project
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Copernicus Project
(Ep. 48) Preachers Accused of "Spewing Hate Speech"
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(Ep. 48) Preachers Accused of "Spewing Hate Speech"
(Ep. 47) Pride Festivities and How "Churches" Respond
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(Ep. 47) Pride Festivities and How "Churches" Respond
(Ep. 46) Chaplains Asked to Not "Pray in Jesus' Name"
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(Ep. 46) Chaplains Asked to Not "Pray in Jesus' Name"
(Ep. 45) Harrison Butker said WHAT??!? (Did it set us back? No. Not at all.)
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(Ep. 45) Harrison Butker said WHAT??!? (Did it set us back? No. Not at all.)
(Ep. 44) Why do people become ATHEISTS?
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(Ep. 44) Why do people become ATHEISTS?
(Ep. 43) Lent and Easter (Pascha) is WAY better when you're Orthodox!
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(Ep. 43) Lent and Easter (Pascha) is WAY better when you're Orthodox!
(Ep. 42) Faith VERSUS Works? A False Protestant Dichotomy
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(Ep. 42) Faith VERSUS Works? A False Protestant Dichotomy
(Ep. 41) Analysis of Islamic Claims
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(Ep. 41) Analysis of Islamic Claims
(Ep. 40) Is God Trying to Keep Us Down? (Understanding the Fall and Redemption)
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(Ep. 40) Is God Trying to Keep Us Down? (Understanding the Fall and Redemption)
(Ep. 39) Response to Dr. Gavin Ortlund's Video on Orthodoxy
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(Ep. 39) Response to Dr. Gavin Ortlund's Video on Orthodoxy
(Ep. 38) Gary Refutes Sola Scriptura Video (from Dr. Gavin Ortlund)
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(Ep. 38) Gary Refutes Sola Scriptura Video (from Dr. Gavin Ortlund)
(Ep. 37) What was the Church like in Acts? (Hint: It's NOT what you think!)
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(Ep. 37) What was the Church like in Acts? (Hint: It's NOT what you think!)
(Ep. 36) Scripture Tells Us to Venerate Mary
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(Ep. 36) Scripture Tells Us to Venerate Mary
(Ep. 35) Can We Lose Our Salvation? The Importance of Free Will
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(Ep. 35) Can We Lose Our Salvation? The Importance of Free Will
(Ep. 34) Catholic Blessing of Same-Sex Couples: An Orthodox Response
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(Ep. 34) Catholic Blessing of Same-Sex Couples: An Orthodox Response
(Ep. 33) A Response to a Protestant Commenter
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(Ep. 33) A Response to a Protestant Commenter

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @philipgraybill811
    @philipgraybill811 12 днів тому

    Love you guys! 🙂 Thank you for sharing your inspiring stories!

  • @kevinmac8629
    @kevinmac8629 20 днів тому

    I was worried for a minute that this was an anti-Orthodox interview... 😮

  • @BassByRon
    @BassByRon 21 день тому

    Kudos to Fr. John Behr for pointing out that when Jesus "gave up his spirit" (as the Protestants like to translate it), the Greek word used is παρεδωκεν το πνευμα, which means, "handed over" or "traditioned the spirit." Jesus *traditioned* *the* (not his) spirit to Mary and John at the foot of the cross.

  • @jettruth
    @jettruth 23 дні тому

    We are saved by faith in Jesus. Everyone must put their faith in Jesus before they die. If someone dies in their sins without faith in Jesus it is too late for them. Hebrews 9:27 it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment John 8:24 I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins. John 3:18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

  • @jcfel9820
    @jcfel9820 23 дні тому

    Its mormon doctrine from the pit of hell.

  • @MooJoo
    @MooJoo 24 дні тому

    Sir, that is not Biblical. It's just wishful thinking on your part.

  • @Born_again7
    @Born_again7 24 дні тому

    Where in the Bible does it say this?

  • @datakit9280
    @datakit9280 Місяць тому

    Yeah ur right most ppl can’t handle going against someone who actually knows who they’re talking about

  • @wideawakeandaware-22
    @wideawakeandaware-22 Місяць тому

    Jesus Christ is the ONLY Way to Heaven! John 14:6

  • @mcarp555
    @mcarp555 Місяць тому

    Okay, why don't you provide some of these 'evidences' if there are so many? Oh, and what if you die and find it's a different god from the one you believe in now? Whoops!

    • @WillardPreacherPodcast
      @WillardPreacherPodcast Місяць тому

      The UA-cam "shorts" format only gives 60 seconds, but perhaps these links might be helpful: ua-cam.com/video/E1weiQBQcZs/v-deo.htmlsi=6CY_jgSz81UOeRss ua-cam.com/video/zzHxP1l9n8w/v-deo.htmlsi=8JM9ksCeTVtMhX9A God bless!

    • @mcarp555
      @mcarp555 Місяць тому

      @@WillardPreacherPodcast I quickly scanned through the first one. Let me say this: There's no such thing as 'objective morality'. Our sense of morality came from our evolution as social animals, like our closest cousins, chimpanzees. They have ethics and social patterns of behaviour. Do they also have morals? And besides, if a sense of morality came from a god, then that would make them subjective, since it's based upon the opinons of that god. If he refers us to a standard outside of himself, then what do we need him for? The second 'evidence' is 'creation', which is a misleading term from the get-go. A 'creation' implies a creator, but a beginning does not. We know bird's nests and beehives are built by birds and bees because we can observe this. Assuming a someone started the Universe is unsupported by any evidence. Besides which, can you give me any examples of things that don't have a builder or creator? Anything? This is pretty basic stuff which is easily and often refuted; it does not come anywhere close to actual evidence. Just misguided or misinformed opinion.

  • @travislebron
    @travislebron Місяць тому

    Thank you

  • @ShanonRanginui
    @ShanonRanginui 2 місяці тому

    Its funny to hear these"believers" speak about everything else but Jesus...If you love him you would speak about him all the time, for it is written.." out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks". Love you my brother Jesus

  • @SocratesTheWiseOne-tr3uf
    @SocratesTheWiseOne-tr3uf 2 місяці тому

    It’s not a finite amount of sin. It’s sin that hurts an infinite God infinitely

  • @rogerbee697
    @rogerbee697 2 місяці тому

    Nope. There’s no reason or good evidence to believe heaven or hell or any gods exist. Kindergarten is over. Be an adult. Accept your mortality. Think for yourself.

  • @ethansalas3575
    @ethansalas3575 2 місяці тому

    Hell was not made for human souls. It was created for angels who rebelled.

  • @spaceoil2
    @spaceoil2 2 місяці тому

    Sounds like a weak assed god.

    • @DarrenCorley
      @DarrenCorley 2 місяці тому

      Sounds like a loving God who lets you make your decisions, but holds you accountable for the choices you make. Though in the end those consequences were your choice.

    • @ethansalas3575
      @ethansalas3575 2 місяці тому

      Sounds like you need more love and joy in your heart and I pray that it finds its way into your life, in Yeshua's name, Amen.

    • @rogerbee697
      @rogerbee697 2 місяці тому

      @@DarrenCorley Ah yes, empty threats from a religious cult member. Very typical.

    • @rogerbee697
      @rogerbee697 2 місяці тому

      @@ethansalas3575 Sounds like you haven’t submitted to Islam. You better hope the Muslims aren’t right. You’re putting a mere prophet, Isa (Yeshua, Jesus) above Allah. What’s really curious is that Jews, Christians and Muslims worship the same god as described in the Old Testament, the god of Abraham. So, _ _ _ _ you and the magical, invisible, flying Jew zombie god…OK? Good luck on the geographical god lottery.

    • @DarrenCorley
      @DarrenCorley 2 місяці тому

      ​@@rogerbee697my friend, I didn't make any threats, I was simply stating facts. God is loving and wouldn't force anyone into an eternity with Him if they don't want to be with Him. If you choose separation from Him, He will grant you that separation from Him. In the end it's your choice.

  • @OfficialFalakSher
    @OfficialFalakSher 2 місяці тому

    Good one mate! You managed to made me laugh.

    • @emanuelcruz7487
      @emanuelcruz7487 2 місяці тому

      Wonder why

    • @emanuelcruz7487
      @emanuelcruz7487 2 місяці тому

      Maybe use your brain a bit, won't be so funny if you learn how to think

    • @ethansalas3575
      @ethansalas3575 2 місяці тому

      Make* Can't formulate a sentence correctly but you are still loved.

    • @OfficialFalakSher
      @OfficialFalakSher 2 місяці тому

      @ethansalas3575 Thanks for the correction, I am from Pakistan anyways.

    • @ethansalas3575
      @ethansalas3575 2 місяці тому

      @@OfficialFalakSher Yeh Khushi ki baat hai

  • @yankee2110
    @yankee2110 2 місяці тому

    I attended the University Park campus between 1999 and 2001. I have to give props to this man. He was one of the people who made my college experience: free speech, free thought, sharing of idea. He openly speaks with the audience and champions free speech. I would go just a little early to my classes at Willard to hear him speak. I want to say that I am not some religious guy, I just appreciate free thinking on college campuses.

  • @smit7120
    @smit7120 2 місяці тому

    Its never to late. We all have our own relationships some are just much longer. There is a parable about it. It basically says to worry about our own and not to be spiteful of someones short relationships. Because we are not judged by our works

  • @6969smurfy
    @6969smurfy 2 місяці тому

    God is word fodder if you use it when saying Godman....

    • @matthewgroh8797
      @matthewgroh8797 2 місяці тому

      Please explain. Christ is fully God and fully man, two natures in one Person. That is the sense the term "Godman" is being used.

  • @TitusThundr
    @TitusThundr 2 місяці тому

    I am trinitarian. However you laughed at the idea of primary and secondary doctrines. Since you focus quite often on the trinity I'll use that as an example. Until the trinity was formalized in Nicaea and Constantinople did the Apostolic Fathers treat it as a formalized single "primary" doctrine?

  • @groupedup
    @groupedup 2 місяці тому

    Gary: Points out contradictions in atheist worldview. Atheist: Keeps pointing out something he believes about animals and insects, which does not contradict the Christian worldview. It always amazes me how athests are unable to understand an internal critique.

  • @groupedup
    @groupedup 2 місяці тому

    First topic: The atheist begins with a fallacy. "People disagree, therefore no one is correct." His argument that a Christian doesn't believe in Hindu and Greek gods (which he calls fairytales), seemingly implying that means all claims of God are fairytales, could have been immediately cut off by pointing out that we don't believe those were God, but fallen angels that received worship (demons) under our worldview.

  • @ristomikkonen5255
    @ristomikkonen5255 3 місяці тому

    "- -on your way to Hell - -" Sick doctrines make sick people.

  • @NatureBoi0
    @NatureBoi0 3 місяці тому

    Brutal

  • @JonasGrumby71
    @JonasGrumby71 3 місяці тому

    None of this changes your belief that God created hell knowing that the humans he created would end up there being tortured. It seems you worship a God that can do anything EXCEPT change the conditions that sends people to hell. Either that, or he actually wants or needs people to burn in hell. Either way is horrifyingly wrong and absurd.

  • @NavelOrangeGazer
    @NavelOrangeGazer 3 місяці тому

    Bingo: It's emotionalism and entertainment guised as faith. It's no different from the new age hippies that "found God" at the various concert festivals of the 1960s.

  • @TheMusicMan49
    @TheMusicMan49 3 місяці тому

    Amen. ❤

  • @melissaringl1691
    @melissaringl1691 3 місяці тому

    Thank you sincerely for explaining , I’ve never thought of it from that viewpoint!

  • @melissaringl1691
    @melissaringl1691 3 місяці тому

    Thank you sincerely for explaining , I’ve never thought of it from that viewpoint!

  • @hjsimpson
    @hjsimpson 4 місяці тому

    Thank you Gary

  • @YoungPenitent
    @YoungPenitent 4 місяці тому

    The Willard Preacher knows his stuff.

  • @randombubby1
    @randombubby1 4 місяці тому

    Always the victims

  • @lynnyacker9855
    @lynnyacker9855 4 місяці тому

    Thank you and God bless you.

  • @wesleycrisp6523
    @wesleycrisp6523 4 місяці тому

    Aary is not the mother of God the father. It si nonsense. God has always been as well as Christ. Jesus had to have an earthly mother to b born in the flesh. Common sence

    • @NavelOrangeGazer
      @NavelOrangeGazer 4 місяці тому

      Christ is and has always been God so to say that Mary isn't the Mother of God is to claim Christ isn't God (arianism) or wasn't God at some point (adoptionism) or that He is two schizophrenic persons (nestorianism). Arianism, adoptionism, or nestorianism. All condemned as heresies early on in the life of the Church.

  • @wesleycrisp6523
    @wesleycrisp6523 4 місяці тому

    Nonsence.

  • @BrotherRay304
    @BrotherRay304 5 місяців тому

    I had respect for you and your labor. This without a doubt, is error. Hell is an unquenchable fire. Weeping and wailing and nashing of teeth

    • @WillardPreacher-qg6hc
      @WillardPreacher-qg6hc 4 місяці тому

      Yes, Hell is an unquenchable fire, and there will be weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth, but what is the nature of that fire? The scriptures tell us that God is a consuming fire. Is Helll the purifying fires of God’s love eternally rejected by the sinner, or is it a literal lake and a literal fire? The Scriptures tell us that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Therefore God’s nature must be the same towards those in heaven and those in hell. The difference is in the nature of those who are experiencing God. Those who have been restored to godlikeness will experience the uncreated light (consuming fire) of God as Paradise. Those who refuse to repent will experience the uncreated light (consuming fire) of God as torment. It is not God who changes, it is we who change.

  • @BrotherRay304
    @BrotherRay304 5 місяців тому

    What a doctrine of the devil you are teaching.

  • @YoungPenitent
    @YoungPenitent 5 місяців тому

    Interesting. Some Fathers say that Hell is definitely a place. Others say what you have said.

  • @michaela723
    @michaela723 5 місяців тому

    I ponder over this question?? A lot

  • @mikegoldsworthy8504
    @mikegoldsworthy8504 5 місяців тому

    he is delusional

  • @AlcosHunter
    @AlcosHunter 5 місяців тому

    Some people believe hell is the absence of god

  • @Thunder_Lightning_and_Fury
    @Thunder_Lightning_and_Fury 5 місяців тому

    So there's no eternal lake of fire?

    • @BrotherRay304
      @BrotherRay304 5 місяців тому

      Yes there is

    • @Thunder_Lightning_and_Fury
      @Thunder_Lightning_and_Fury 5 місяців тому

      @@BrotherRay304 i know. I was shit kicking false doctrine

    • @Thunder_Lightning_and_Fury
      @Thunder_Lightning_and_Fury 5 місяців тому

      @BrotherRay304 sorry for the profane language. Even the devil knows God's Word is true.

    • @BrotherRay304
      @BrotherRay304 5 місяців тому

      @@Thunder_Lightning_and_Fury true

    • @Thunder_Lightning_and_Fury
      @Thunder_Lightning_and_Fury 5 місяців тому

      @BrotherRay304 We know the gospel, yet we continue to work relentlessly to thwart it, knowing it will be our brethren who will cast us into that lake of fire 🔥

  • @WillardPreacher-qg6hc
    @WillardPreacher-qg6hc 6 місяців тому

    1Tim. 3:14-15 - These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly; 15 but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. 2Thess. 2:15 - Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our [h]epistle. 1Cor. 11:2 - Now I praise you, brethren, that you remember me in all things and keep the traditions just as I delivered them to you. Mt. 23:1-3 - Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples, 2 saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 Therefore whatever they tell you to observe, that observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do.

  • @davidhawley1132
    @davidhawley1132 6 місяців тому

    The scriptures have a privileged position over its interpreters.

  • @livingforjesus8551
    @livingforjesus8551 6 місяців тому

    What, did you really just say that being Sola scripture, is antichrist? That just makes no sense at all. Also, they did have the old testament of the bible back then, because Jesus read it in the synagogue at least one point in his life. He also rebuked the pharisees for not going with scripture, and sticking with their traditions. Peter and Paul said all scripture was given by the Holy Spirit. So, yes, they had the old testament of the bible.

    • @WillardPreacher-qg6hc
      @WillardPreacher-qg6hc 6 місяців тому

      They did have the Septuagint version of the Old Testament back then, but that is not where the Apostles got their doctrine. They got it from Jesus. It would have been impossible for them to discern all of New Testament doctrine from the Old Testament. Paul said that the Scriptures were inspired and useful, but he also said that the Church is the pillar and ground of truth, follow the tradition whether written or oral, and Jesus said that the gates of Hell will not prevail against the Church. It is the Church who wrote the Scriptures, it is the Church who put them together, and it is the Church who said what they mean. The Scriptures never stood alone outside of the Church started by Christ.

    • @livingforjesus8551
      @livingforjesus8551 6 місяців тому

      @@WillardPreacher-qg6hc Paul never said that the church is the pillar and ground of the truth. If he did, then his letter of rebuke to the Corinthians would have been in error, because they were doing everything correctly, because they are the church. The church did not write the scriptures, the old testament was written long before the church was even started. The scripture also stood alone as the truth, if not, then the old testament isn't truth, because it was written way before the church started. The pharisees followed tradition, and Jesus called the vipers and hypocrites.

    • @WillardPreacher-qg6hc
      @WillardPreacher-qg6hc 6 місяців тому

      @@livingforjesus8551 1Tim. 3:14-15 - These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly; 15 but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. 2Thess. 2:15 - Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our [h]epistle. 1Cor. 11:2 - Now I praise you, brethren, that you remember me in all things and keep the traditions just as I delivered them to you. Mt. 23:1-3 - Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples, 2 saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 Therefore whatever they tell you to observe, that observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do.

    • @WillardPreacher-qg6hc
      @WillardPreacher-qg6hc 6 місяців тому

      @@livingforjesus8551 1Tim. 3:14-15 - These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly; 15 but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. 2Thess. 2:15 - Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our [h]epistle. 1Cor. 11:2 - Now I praise you, brethren, that you remember me in all things and keep the traditions just as I delivered them to you. Mt. 23:1-3 - Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples, 2 saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 Therefore whatever they tell you to observe, that observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do.

    • @WillardPreacher-qg6hc
      @WillardPreacher-qg6hc 6 місяців тому

      @@livingforjesus8551 1Tim. 3:14-15 - These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly; 15 but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. 2Thess. 2:15 - Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our [h]epistle. 1Cor. 11:2 - Now I praise you, brethren, that you remember me in all things and keep the traditions just as I delivered them to you. Mt. 23:1-3 - Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples, 2 saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 Therefore whatever they tell you to observe, that observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do.

  • @Pay-It_Forward
    @Pay-It_Forward 7 місяців тому

    *Far more hazard in being certain that you know truth, when you don't. That's why Religions of Peace are OCD killing each other.*

  • @Pay-It_Forward
    @Pay-It_Forward 7 місяців тому

    *No Dude there is like 14 different Chromosome abnormalities, plus 6 different ploidy abnormalities, plus genetic (XX males & XY females), plus Hermaphrodites. Plus XY males whose hypothalamus develops like a female due to hormone imbalance as a fetus. Plus XX Females whose hypothalamus develops like a males due to hormone imbalance as a fetus.*

  • @Molly-jh4kz
    @Molly-jh4kz 7 місяців тому

    You don't seem to understand other people's arguments so you assume they are as bad as your argument. A fetus or embrio is not a baby. There is no question about that fact. Calling a fetus a baby is like calling a seed a sapling. The only way to believe that a fetus is a baby by redefining what a baby is and at that point there is no longer any point talking to you because you are not engaging with our shared reality. What is an interesting conversation is how much fetal life should be valued when compared to human life and other human desires. As to your argument, your logic here is flawed. In society we do not stop people from doing things because we lack the knowledge that doing that thing is bad. It is also not reasonable to assume that, because we don't know something with absolute certainty, there is a morally relevant chance that it is true. When I go to a range, I do not know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, whether or not someone ran over and hid behind one of the targets when I had my back turned. That does not indefinitely prevent me from shooting and if someone was hiding behind one of the targets and I shot them dead it would not make me morally equivalent to a murderer. To give an example from public health we do not know beyond a shadow of a doubt that fake sweeteners are healthy, long-term. That does not mean that we should ban artificial sweeteners, nor does it mean there is a significant chance that artificial sweeteners will kill you. As a society we look at the evidence, discuss it amongst ourselves, and try to come up with a set of rules that seems most reasonable. But, none of this actually matters because you have done nothing to establish that fetal life has any value beyond asserting that it is a baby which is not true. This is not to say abortion is morally neutral or always permissible. I don't think that. My point is just that your conception of the "Antichrist secular elite" is detached from reality. That group is a figment of your imagination. Less importantly your reasoning is unsound and your premises are false.

    • @WillardPreacher-qg6hc
      @WillardPreacher-qg6hc 7 місяців тому

      You say that a fetus or embryo is not a baby. Both are stages of development within mammals. (All mammals go through the same stages of development). So, once you say that a woman is pregnant with an embryo or fetus you are saying she is pregnant with a mammal. What sort of mammal is she pregnant with? Obviously, a human mammal, and, as opposed to a fly or a ground hog, humans are persons. So, as soon as you say that a woman is pregnant with an embryo or fetus, you are saying that she is pregnant with a mammal, It has to be a human mammal, and humans are by nature persons. This is not hard to figure out. We just don't want to because, as I said, we want sex without consequences.

    • @Molly-jh4kz
      @Molly-jh4kz 7 місяців тому

      ​@@WillardPreacher-qg6hcShe is pregnant with a human fetus not a human baby. My mother is a human woman that does not make her a human baby. If I clip my fingernails those are human fingernails not human babies. The same is true for any animal. This isn't even a question of value. It's a question of language. You're trying to redefine what a human is, and your redefinition isn't even consistent. This part of the conversation is pointless. You are trivially wrong but you're wrong in a really boring way. Fetuses are not babies that does not mean fetuses are without value. Dogs aren't babies either. That doesn't make it okay to kill a dog. You can accept the shared language and the realities of human development while still being opposed to abortion. If you refuse to accept reality or speak the same language as everyone else. No one is going to listen to you. It's like calling the people you disagree with the "Antichrist secular elite". It makes you sound like a crazy person. Are you saying negative consequences are necessarily good? For you, is this issue about protecting fetal life or seeing your enemies suffer?

    • @WillardPreacher-qg6hc
      @WillardPreacher-qg6hc 7 місяців тому

      @@Molly-jh4kz When people who are pro-choice use the term fetus, they are using it to mean that it is not a human being. I am trying to show them that it is. The term fetus just designates a stage of development as does the term new-born. Is a new-born a baby? Virtually everyone would say yes. It is both a newborn and a baby. Is a fetus a baby? Many would say yes. It is both a fetus and a baby. Those who don't believe that a fetus is a baby overwhelmingly believe it is not a human being and so can be aborted and no human being has been killed. If you believe that a fetus is a human being and therefore shouldn't be killed in abortion, but you don't want to call it a baby, that's fine. It would be a trivial point that wouldn't be worth arguing about. If you are not saying that let me know.

    • @Molly-jh4kz
      @Molly-jh4kz 7 місяців тому

      @@WillardPreacher-qg6hc Many people might say a fetus as a baby but many people also think the world is flat. Reality isn't contingent on what many people think. You are correct that many people who are pro-choice try to imply that a fetus is not a human being by saying it is a fetus, just like you're trying to imply that a fetus is a human being by saying it's a baby. The difference is they are technically correct and you are technically incorrect. It is not true that people who understand the difference between a fetus and a baby overwhelmingly do not think fetuses are human beings. You are basing your conclusion on ignorance, but that does not mean you have to be ignorant to come to that conclusion. You can acknowledge that a fetus is not a baby and still think it's a human being. Whether or not a fetus is a human being is debatable because "human being" is a squishy term. Human development goes like zygote, embryo, fetus, baby, toddler, child, teenager, adult. Saying a baby is a fetus is like saying a teenager is a baby. It is both wrong and unrelated to whether or not teenager is a human being. Teenagers are human beings but they are not babies. Newborn is a way of describing a baby. You have a newborn baby when your baby is newly born. You can't have a fetus baby for the same reason you can't have a 3-year-old baby. A fetus becomes a baby when it's born and a baby becomes a toddler around when they turn one. Fetus, baby, and toddler are non-overlapping categories. No, I don't think a fetus is a human being. I think it has significant value and should be protective in a variety of circumstances but I don't think it has as much value as a human being. The question of, "what is a human being?" is complicated. I think of it as a cluster concept. Of the traits in the cluster, a fetus does not have enough of them to be considered a human being. As a fetus, develops and gains more human traits its value increases and we ought to treat it more like a human being. I think this is born out in people's behavior. If I were to miscarry at 6 weeks I would be sad. If I were to miscarry at 3 months I would be devastated. If I were to miscarry at 7 months I would mourn it very similarly to how I would mourn a stillbirth. I think that is pretty normal because on an intuitive level people understand that a 6-week-old fetus does not have the same value as a 7-month-old fetus. There are lots of other examples of this, but I hope you agree that most people understand a fetus as increasing in value throughout pregnancy. I'm not saying I'm right because most people agree with me, but most people do agree with me. Edit: One other thing to this point. Polling on abortion varies quite a bit but in America over the last decade about 25% of people say abortion is always okay, 35% say it's mostly okay, 25% say it's rarely okay, and 15% say it's never okay. I'm being generous to the extremists here. Some polling suggests 70% or more of the US population is okay with abortion in some instances. Post Dobs public opinion has swung slightly more in favor of abortion but the moderates are still politically dominant. Simultaneously about 1/3 of Americans say that a fetus is a person with rights. That implies that there is a group of people who thinks fetuses are people with rights and yet are okay with abortion in some instances and that there is a group of people who thinks fetuses are not people and yet thinks abortions are not okay in some instances. My point being that Americans do not have consistent views on abortion, but your seeming view, that abortion is always wrong and fetuses are human beings, is consistently the least popular amongst Americas while my view, The fetuses are not human beings and abortion is sometimes okay is consistently the most popular. Protecting fetal life is good and important, but it's not the only important thing. It is worth considering a parent's right to decide the course of their life including when they have children. It's important to consider the burden that pregnancy and birth puts on a woman. It's important to consider the quality of life that the future baby will have if it is born. Abortion politics are complicated. I would like to circle back around to the suffering of the Antichrist secular elite. Based on your video and what you have said here, you don't seem to really care about fetal life very much. Mostly you seem to want to see your enemies suffer because they have done something that you think deserves consequences. Who are the Antichrist secular elite, why is there suffering as a consequence of their bad decision making so important to you, and how would you like to see them suffer?

    • @WillardPreacher-qg6hc
      @WillardPreacher-qg6hc 7 місяців тому

      @@Molly-jh4kz The main point I would like to address is your contention that one is not a human being until they develop to a certain point. A zygote is everything we as human beings are supposed to be at that stage of our development. Of course, if you compare a zygote to a baby it is less developed, as a baby is less developed than a toddler, or a teenager than an adult, but we don’t say that a baby is less human than a toddler or a teenager is less human than an adult. Why then do we say that about the zygote, and why does being less developed equate to being less human? Who gets the final say as to who is developed enough for us to consider them to be a human being and therefore illegal to kill? Isn’t all, or at least most, enslavement, genocide etc. based upon one group saying that for some reason another group is lesser than they are? Aren’t we doing the same thing here? The fetus is less developed than the baby so we can kill it. Who gets to decide, and how do we know they are right so that we can be sure that we are not killing somewhere around a million innocent and helpless human beings a year? Finally, I don’t remember ever saying that I want the antichrist secular elite to suffer.

  • @Pay-It_Forward
    @Pay-It_Forward 7 місяців тому

    *you don't know truth!*