Yes, I agree. These are my favorites: where the Bible does your job for you. Great run down, Brandon! Keep sticking to your Bible context because so many other videos surrounding Chrisitianity don't utilize the text itself and I think that makes their cases be seen as "weak" when it could easily be a slam dunk.
I found this video about the face of Jesus. The video said that they have an account of Jesus from Pontius Pilate himself. ua-cam.com/video/mrn1xziwQuo/v-deo.htmlsi=nxMpmu7bv6CccfEV I want to know what you think.
@@MindShift-Brandon Elijah, fearing for his own life after just killing the 100 prophets of Baal is straight up hypocritical. It's crazy that Christians consider him a good guy.
When a Christian has said "why hasn't god answered my prayers?" It has taken a lot of restraint to not respond with, "maybe he is on the toilet." I have never said that, but I have been tempted too.
@@rokkitserjun I honestly never thought of it that way... I usually use the phrase in an argument to just underscore the fact that saying omg doesn't mean we believe in a god any more than saying holy shytt means we believe in divine bowel movements
One of my favorite things is whenever Christians stress the importance of context and then constantly use the Bible out of context to express a point they want to get across.
Let's not forget the fact that when you use verses against them they'll constantly say things like "that verse is being used out of context" and "It means something that's up to God not us". To which they not only deliberately avoid the question but try to make the said verse like it's completely something else.
Mine is when they say it doesn't mean what it says... Jesus came to save the world blah blah... but point to where it says he speaks in parables because he doesn't want certain people to understand 'lest they repent and be forgiven'...
@@markwoods4439 Not a cartoon but I recall going into a Bible store awhile back and they had a movie playing on a TV in the kids section. The movie: The Passion of the Christ. 😳
@@MindShift-Brandonnah let’s play nice,let’s say Jesus isn’t a human,fine. But how about the martyrs like Steven who got stoned to death and the whole you should be ready to die for God is that not a human sacrifice for “God’s glory”
From what little I pick up as I mess around on my phone at church (I go to help wrangle the kids as they're too old to be going to 'class'), Jesus wasn't a human sacrifice per se. He was more of a lamb, or some BS like that.
Whenever I hear Bible stories now I literally can't BELIEVE I thought they happened literally. It's so obviously mythology, just strange what the mind can convince itself of ...
when I was a believer I didn't see the violence and death for what it was, my attitude was always YAY God! Amazing how different my perspective is now reading these stories.
Now who will want "Christians" to read their Holy Book without cherry picking... that will be dangerous even with the New Testament they won't do that....
This "religion" has f**ked with my mind. I prayed for at least 40 years as part of my faith.....crickets...F'n nothing . ZERO!!!; And I watched great people suffer even though they prayed and hsd an amazing moral compass. This is a scam, a con, a control tool!!!! Thank you for this channel Brandon. It helps me heal and feel "normsl". Christianity left me empty and feeling like I was always wrong, the problem. I am a goid man and person despite what was preached to me. "Bless" all of you by the power of the universe, nature and yourself.
I did for 29 years, and same. No answer, only cryptic "you gotta feel it without feeling it you gotta understand it without understanding it" bullshit.
Yep, I lost everything and suffered because I decided to exercise "blind faith" instead of using logic and critical thinking. Then, when reality hit and I realized no one was coming to save me I had to put myself back together after being shattered into a million pieces. It's all mythology. Christianity/religion will ruin your life and mental health. And that is a proven fact, not Jesus dying on a cross.
@@MindShift-Brandon lol You didn't. I recently found her channel and have been ravanously watching them. She introduces herself the same way you did. 😁
I sang Mendelssohn's _Elijah_ with a chorus some 15 years ago and heartily wished we'd sung the German version because a lot of the lyrics were simply vile.
I think the Christian mindset, and the Bible Project mindset is that God is a life giver to those that are following him or "on his side". For everyone else, it's tough luck. And that is exactly the Christian attitude. When you walk away from Christianity, watch all your friends and family wait with baited breath for things to start going badly in your life. And guess what? When they don't and you are thriving, they "reason" their way out of that too.
Ta Brandon. Keep up the good work 😀. I'll be off line for a while so won't be able to watch your new videos. Don't know how long it'll be for but ..... they'll give me something to look forward to when I get the opportunity. Meantime....take care of yourself .
Brandon I can't tell you how much I use to love the bible project channel. Their animations made the biblical stories more enjoyable because they provided a visual. I have long since said goodbye.
oh i get it! i'd kill to have the skill to do the animating they do on their bible videos. These AI shorts are fine too but i know people get sick of it, but man there bible episodes are really something.
I think Prophet of Zod did a video about the Bible Project and a video they did about Genesis. They change/portray differently a LOT of things in their video vs what the Bible actually says.
Wow. It’s amazing how many little details slide into the background. Elijah slaughtering 450 men just as a final FU after the point was made is such an example of how vengeful and wrathful this God was. This would have been, as you point out, the perfect place to show compassion, forgiveness or justice. The story could have had the men fall to their knees to worship God and in returned be embraced and welcomed with loving arms by God - but no. He has Elijah slaughter them mercilessly. So much for that narrative.
it's a my-prophet-is-greater-than-yours story. It's amazing how much horror you simply don't see when you've read it and had it presented to you so often.
Nor does "thou shalt not murder" apply to any of the chosen people, when god tells them who to invade and slaughter and rape and enslave. Only the chosen people count as "people"-- an ethic that is so often embraced by Abrahamic religions today, and that has migrated into our secular world.i
I'm glad that you're covering this. I used to be a Christian and would watch all of Bible Project's videos. A lot of my biblical beliefs and understanding came from them. Now I know how it was so heavily cherry picked to tell the kind of story they wanted to tell.
The stuff I never saw before when I was a believer is now so eloquently explained by Brandon! Makes me sick frankly............... The foul and utter nonsense of "god" and trying to meld "good" with that cretin is beyond me now. How my brain ever allowed me to have such contradictions and to believe in trash.............man. It ruined my life and that is not a "poor me" statement, it literally ruined my life and has mostly ruined the lives of certain family members that still hold to it. Excellent job though with today's video!
Haha, oftentimes the UA-cam notification "Yey! New Mindshift-video!!" reminds me, that's 4pm here and its time for a coffee ☕️☕️☕️🌞 with the Early Gang here and enjoy your video, Brandon!! 🤗
Yes, if you're not indoctrinated in it from a young child, it's easy to see how awful it is. I often wondered at some of the gory stories, but then I had it "explained" to me.
Always wondered how believers know which stories are allegorical and which are literal. Nothing I ever saw reading the Bible clued me into the differences. Is there some unwritten rule we are to apply? 🤪
Oooh, wow, it's always amusing to see how we hand children a book that includes funny stories about, in this episode, creepy man orchestrating the mass massacre of prophets, causing famines that starve women and children, and calling down fire from heaven to consume his enemies. Clearly, that deserves a PEGI rating of 'Suitable for All Ages'!". A real gold standard for kids' moral education
Hi I live in Nigeria recently my school has addressed a rumor that people are saying there’s no God but all our school just said is that god created us and we should go to our counselor and forget that question thankfully one of my mates are having questions about god and their scared but I don’t know how to help them deconstruct also when I asked several of my classmates how they know the Bible is true they said they don’t know that they just believe it I really need to bring people to their senses and help the, to stop believing in this book what should I do
Well without knowing your age or understanding your culture/environement, i'd say continue to learn more yourself. I and many like me have many resources on how to know the bible is indeed manmade. Just keep learning, and if honest and safe conversations can present themself with your classmates, then feel free to share what you are learning.
I don't have anything but words of encouragement for you, my friend. I've never been religious and have never had to deal with anything like what you're going through, so I have no advice. But you are brave, you are clever, you are questioning and looking for answers, so you are on a good path already. Stay strong. ❤️
The easiest thing to do is ask them to read the Bible from start to finish themselves and to not shy away from doubt. I deconstructed while in school too and it was because I’d been told all my life that God is all good, all powerful and all knowing but, when I actually read the book, nothing matched up to all I’d been told about God. Have casual conversations with your mates and, if they don’t want to listen, don’t force them.
As much as we can try and think we can, we can't change the minds of most people. Just accept them for where they are in their journey and focus on yourself.
Focus on yourself more. Don't push anything in a hurry. I got married as a Christian. I carried my doubt for many years. Knowing in my pit that it wasn't true, but still performing for many years. Right now my wife knows where I stand. We are in a battle for how we will raise our son in this regard. It's tough enough on that front for me. I don't have much energy for trying to convince anyone else about my conviction. I am also in Nigeria btw
I once showed a Bible project video to a coworker who is Greek Orthodox. He immediately thought the interpretation of the text was incorrect. Says a lot about the Bible that even followers of it don't agree. Or that it can be twisted any way they please
I love that you discussed the Baal story. Many evangelicals justify the genocides after the Exodus on the people being Baal worshippers, sacraficing thier children to Baal and tieing that to today's abortion debate to what they call, "the spirit of Baal". Problem is there was no spirit of Baal. If believed this story obviously shows Baal was fake so how does he have a spirit that's somehow controling people today?
I remember years ago when I was going to church, the whole part about how long will you keep going between two different opinions? It left me feeling so torn between having to choose between my secular friends and my Christian ones. Forcing myself to believe the Christian worldview, the way God always seemed to bring that scripture to mind when I was in a big dilemma or crossroads in life.
The more I became a dedicated bible reader when I used to be a Christian, the more I became the God of the Old Testament trying to rationalize his actions.
For real Brandon, your videos helped me escape and the peace of mind I felt cant be expressed with words. And the final blow to this faith came when I saw your series: God, An Anatomy. Much support much respect. Keep up and as always I wish this to grow big
@@incgamer9792it’s funny all you hear about in church is how free in Christ you are, and how he’ll break your bonds, when that’s what you actually feel when you loose belief. I no longer have to feel guilty about my thoughts even. I no longer have to fear going to hell. It’s liberating.
@@allenmitchell09 I know but it gets worse. One of the things that terrified me was Satan being released at the end of the thousand years of reign of Christ. Who knows, you might be one of the deceived and you will miss out on paradise
@@incgamer9792 And, what if Allah is the true god and you’re pissing him off more and more worshiping Yahweh? Man, I think I’ll take my chances in what I understand to be reality. Which is all of them are fake AF!
If we werent thinkers we whouldnt be here watching this video 🤔 We whould probably remain enslaved by religion 🤔 So keep thinkin' and questioning , gotta keep those neurons firing 🤔🤔🤔
Wow. What a great video! First I was a bit disappointed. Only 21 minutes 😅 But wow, although I know all your videos and learned so much from you already, there are always new things I hear, that amaze me greatly. I know many Christians who highly recommend the Bible Project and I saw several videos in the past. But never!! with the issues you pointed out. I was so gullible in the past. 🤦 Thank you for this enlightenment! And with regard to testing God, didn't Gideon test God with asking for the wet/dry animal skins? So yes, soooo inconsistent. Your videos let me recognize so many things! 👏👏
Wow, I guess that’s true. Elijah avoided the curse from the original sin, he neither died spiritually or physically. Unless he was literally reincarnated as John the Baptist, and then finally died? But Elijah said he was not John the Baptist? Man, whoever authored this religion is very confusing
What about all the other people suffering? This never seems to be on the mind of believers, the rest of humanity who's not part of the "blessings." Which is why I always tell them I'll take hell, I don't want to be part of their exclusive group, I'll stick with the mass of humanity, you know, since unlike Jesus, I like humans.* * for the most part, lol
God is so ALL loving that he will punish anyone who's not part of his plan . But remember , he LOVES you , he just doesnt show it ! Im sure ! 🤡 Dont mind that he's homophobic and racist , he loves everyone ! 🤡
Thiiiis! As a person who has never been a part of religion and doesn't really have a good understanding of what it's like to feel/think this way, it is so alarming for me to hear how little they care about their fellow man while claiming to care the most. It's literally dehumanizing others from your out group so that you don't feel bad about what happens to them and only care about your in group. It's honestly a little scary.
As much as I love the BP, your points regarding the story of elijah against theirs is sound, given that God is not portrayed with one consistent character and in many times contraditory to what many consider basic morals.
I respect a great many things about Mackie actually and enjoy their art and skill, but yes its unfortunate they are not willing to show all sides of this god as it is clearly stated.
What always makes me scratch my head about stories like these is that they describe a death and resurrection that precedes Jesus but have very different reasons why the widow’s son and Lazarus and that little girl in Acts (not to mention the zombie parade in one or more of the gospels that I can’t recall atm) were resurrected than they give for Jesus. I mean, death and (bodily) resurrection are pretty important themes in Christianity but the role these specific accounts play in the faith are very, very different. 5:56 Jesus taught using parables and allegedly predicted his death and resurrection through a metaphor of a specific temple where he was talking. I’m not sure why Christians insist on taking anything literally…
@@martinelzen5127 yeah they still can’t handle the fact that John 3:16 actually promises them that they won’t die, and “belief” in the context of that quote didn’t (yet) include a death and resurrection story because it hadn’t happened yet.
In my view, the nicest Christians are the ones who don't take anything literally, cherry-pick the loving bits in the Bible, and leave the rest alone. Which begs the question, why use that book in the first place?
I keep asking Christians to definitively explain why if Jesus makes the rules, is baking a cake for our sins not as valid as dying for our sins... I never really get an answer. Usually just preaching, insults or both. No matter how they play it, the reality isn't that (in the Bible universe) Jesus died for our sins, he died because he felt like it for some reason. Perhaps to get attention? And he didn't even go to hell for eternity like what the real price of sin actually is. What gives?
I was in my fifties before I head that some branches of Christianity leave out substitutionary atonement-- the fancy theological name for "Jesus died for your sins". I had no idea that was even an option (though I was far past wanting to take it; I refused to become a communicant at age 11, because I knew on some level that I didn't want to sign on).
How is it that we believed this for so long and really smart people still do ? Are we really still just superstitious after all this time on this planet???
What I find interesting is that we *could* make a case that even if God is all loving and all knowing and fair, God - having risen Elijah with their relationship and unique circumstances in mind - is not all powerful. If someone were to claim Jesus’s sacrifice was necessary for a greater plan and Elijah was foreshadowing such a potential pathway to escape death and judgement via relationship; the fact it’s said that “Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life and nobody could come to the father except through him,” shows that God was able to use some power to make that one case. Whether bound morally, or by some supernatural physical constraints, God was operating within bounds despite some sort of boundlessness. He could be VERY powerful, but not ALL powerful. And if the Bible anywhere states that God is all powerful, it would contradict with this particular circumstance. And thusly, the Bible would be an unreliable source of information. If the Bible doesn’t say God is all powerful, then there’s potential for this God to exist. But it’d also then have to contend with all the other mythologies with non-all-powerful deities.
The believers are grasping at straws. Their whole belief and worldview, and for many financial gain, are built on a deck of cards. Facts win over faith every time.
How dare you, Brandon, to consistently point out how when there is an opportunity in the Bible to show mercy, there is instead bloodshed and torture. Didn’t you know you’re only supposed to read the good parts or sugar-coat all the genocide? 😂
lol there’s this show called death note I watched when I was younger about a super smart teenager who gets a magical book with the power to kill people by writing their names on it and uses to commit mass genocide killing only, well mostly criminals.i find Elijah’s situation of killing 100s the same. Like no one in the fan base justifies that character but somehow it’s cool cause it’s from the Bible???it’s a crazy world we live in but hey happy Tuesday
Oh those hypocrites! It's also not the first time you caught them in the act of retelling a biblical story in a more advantageous light for that barbaric god Yahweh! I remember that Elijah was one of the stories that played a big part in my deconversion as a Catholic. We were taught that murder is a mortal sin where you'd lose salvation, and then you read about this psycho who kills 450 men unjustly as they had already acknowledged that Yahweh was the one true god, only to be literally taken up into heaven....man what a load of bullocks!
I could have told them that leading with your anger brings about collateral damage and lack of control. God acts like an abusive, manipulative alcoholic.
All this would be so unnessesary if Yahwehists simply acknowlege the fact that while he claims to be a great guy, he's more of a, well, let's just say Loki kind of god.
So if we cut up a bull and put it on an alter, called down the power of Yahweh, and nothing happens what is our next move? According to the Bible if a god doesn’t show up we can start joking that he is traveling or sleeping.
I wonder why this isn't a more frequent response to the problem of divine hiddenness 🤔 "why does God never show up?" - "well he has some urgent matters to attend to that require his full attention" 😏
while I agree this is the most likely scenario from the biblical context, all we actually get is the widow accusing Elijah of it because of her sin. But yes, even without this story, we have about 100 other times where God says out loud hes taking life because of someone elses sin.
@@MindShift-Brandon Actually, Elijah blamed God in the story as well (1 Kg 17:20). Elijah: O Lord my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I am staying, by un-aliving her son?
@@jon4574 yes for sure. i just meant we have so many instances of god declaring it. here its both of them questioning if god did it. i just try to stake my claims in the ones straight from gods mouth becasue im so tired of the christians saying, well actually. but we are on the same page ha
Re: false gods and the showdown on Mt. Carmel. It would be interesting if you would do a video on the Bible and religious freedom. I don't think that the Bible supports the kind of religious freedom we have here in the United States; in fact, I think Elijah and the other prophets would be absolutely appalled at the concept. On a similar note: the idea of Jesus being king and how that relates to a country that threw off its king and hasn't had one since. I'd say that the idea of modern kingship (King Charles, etc.) is very different than how kings historically operated.
Regarding the Bible and religious freedom, one cannot expect a foundational religious gospel to give equal time or a hall pass to other religions, right? You won't find that in other religious "gospels", either. These days, most mainstream religious leaders of different faiths publicly play nice with each other and hold conferences. That is certainly good PR on one hand, but I think it is also a sincere attempt by them to discourage people from using their own religion as an excuse to kill a other people (as Elijah did). Unfortunately, a lot of people still don't seem to be getting the point. How modern kings/monarchies function today depends on which country you look at. There are absolute monarchies in Brunei, Jordan, and The Vatican, though not all in the same way.
Just imagine your neighbour would act just like God in the OT, all people would avoid that neighbour. The question really is, why is it so different with God in the Bible? People always say well, its God, he can do as he pleases. Mayby, but how are people to tell what is of God and what not. I bet in about 50 years AI is that advanced that it can generate all sorts of realistic epxeriences with the divine. How are people able tell the difference between one and the other? And if they cant, what makes them so sure when they hear voices now, or have visions and dreams now, its not "fake news"? Unless people can present a spiritually objective means to discern one from the other, no one could ever even be sure its God asking to do the craciest kind of things.
Oh buddy. I heard the followup on the prophets being killed by the sword but it was not good. It was a christian nationalist pastor. He pulled his actual sword out and said that he was waiting for god to tell him to do the same to his enemies... By that he meant liberals or anyone who didn't agree with him... and he was swinging the sword around while he said it. This was a few months ago at an event I played drums for.
Brandon, you’ve put your finger on God’s selectiveness in the story of Elijah and the widow - saving her and her son In the New Testament, I’ve always been bothered by the story of the massacre of the two-year old and younger male babies, that Jesus and his family escaped because Joseph was warned in a dream. Christians will justify this by saying, ‘well, Jesus had to survive to be a sacrifice for the world’. Really? The pain and grief of those OTHER families meant nothing?
I'm posting this comment before watching the video itself. I've found that the Old Testament is rarely printed alone like the NT. Mostly it is compiled. Christianity is a very confusing religion indeed
Once the unholy spirt takes control by its evil influence morality and decency goes out the window. They must learn to be hard and firm, learn hate and intolerance to abuse there family and society and somehow praise all the evil things there god does as somehow holy.
10:12 funny since I just saw a video from daily dose of wisdom where he tries to (watch the video, it’s comical) blame atheism for the deaths attributed to Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot with his audience just nodding along and agree funnily enough as one of the comment using Wikipedia to attribute atheism as to why Stalin did what he did as he’s such a militant atheist who’d kill Christians even though it’s because of the Orthodox Church association with the old Tsarist regime that did nothing about serfdom and the fact that Russia was a brutal autocracy under the Tsars who was the head of the Russian Orthodox Church ( when I say funny it’s because before this when i see people using Wikipedia Christians say it’s left leaning or aren’t reliable) and then I watch this. It’s honestly just funny how all these great prophets of the Old Testament and Jesus aren’t any better or more moral. But sure wE nEed cHrIStiaNiTy fOr mORaliTy ( even though as you pointed out and as I have with Tsarist Russia it simply ain’t)
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Actually, doesn't the Elijah story provide the best answer for the question of YHWH's divine hiddenness? If a god isn't showing up currently (or for thousands of years) then, most likely it is because he is on the toilet.
Silly Brandon. If you don’t intentionally make it warmer and fuzzier, you are painting it in a negative light. You can’t let it say what it says, that’s cheating!
It's like christianity is encompassed by infinite layers of goofiness and the more you examine and probe, the goofier you find it to be. Could THAT be the reason they want you to just accept everything on faith and not actual evidence or knowledge?
This is one of my favorite kinds of videos. Let's just use the bible. The rest are mere excuses.
Yes, I agree. These are my favorites: where the Bible does your job for you. Great run down, Brandon! Keep sticking to your Bible context because so many other videos surrounding Chrisitianity don't utilize the text itself and I think that makes their cases be seen as "weak" when it could easily be a slam dunk.
I found this video about the face of Jesus. The video said that they have an account of Jesus from Pontius Pilate himself.
ua-cam.com/video/mrn1xziwQuo/v-deo.htmlsi=nxMpmu7bv6CccfEV
I want to know what you think.
@@MindShift-Brandon Elijah, fearing for his own life after just killing the 100 prophets of Baal is straight up hypocritical. It's crazy that Christians consider him a good guy.
@@n.c.1201 Thanks so much!
@@Mansa-of-Gaming I'll take a look thanks
When a Christian has said "why hasn't god answered my prayers?" It has taken a lot of restraint to not respond with, "maybe he is on the toilet." I have never said that, but I have been tempted too.
lol!
Where do you think we get the phrase 'Holy Shit' from?
@@rokkitserjun
I honestly never thought of it that way... I usually use the phrase in an argument to just underscore the fact that saying omg doesn't mean we believe in a god any more than saying holy shytt means we believe in divine bowel movements
@@rokkitserjun😂😂😂😂😂😂
One of my favorite things is whenever Christians stress the importance of context and then constantly use the Bible out of context to express a point they want to get across.
It’s quite frustrating.
Let's not forget the fact that when you use verses against them they'll constantly say things like "that verse is being used out of context" and "It means something that's up to God not us". To which they not only deliberately avoid the question but try to make the said verse like it's completely something else.
Mine is when they say it doesn't mean what it says...
Jesus came to save the world blah blah... but point to where it says he speaks in parables because he doesn't want certain people to understand 'lest they repent and be forgiven'...
The fact that they wouldn't want to show the slaughter scenes these days must be another case of immutable objective morality.
lol indeed!
I have seen my fair share of slaughter scenes in Christian Bible cartoons growing up. I wouldn’t give them too much credit.
@@BluStarGalaxyThey should show them today plus discuss them in Sunday school 😁
@@markwoods4439 Not a cartoon but I recall going into a Bible store awhile back and they had a movie playing on a TV in the kids section. The movie: The Passion of the Christ. 😳
@@BluStarGalaxy The biggest sacrifice scene they show in the movie Jesus on the cross!!!
What's really funny is Christians say god is against human sacrifice and yet god has a human sacrifice to forgive sin.
Yup he got to decide what would appease himself and chose human, son, sacrifice.
@@trabob4438 Even more bizarrely That human sacrifice is also apparently him. So God sacrificed himself to himself to satiate his own wrath.
The only thing consistent about the Bible is its inconsistency.
@@MindShift-Brandonnah let’s play nice,let’s say Jesus isn’t a human,fine. But how about the martyrs like Steven who got stoned to death and the whole you should be ready to die for God is that not a human sacrifice for “God’s glory”
From what little I pick up as I mess around on my phone at church (I go to help wrangle the kids as they're too old to be going to 'class'), Jesus wasn't a human sacrifice per se. He was more of a lamb, or some BS like that.
Several theologically devastating issues from one measly story. Well done as always
indeed and thanks!
Coffee and Bible study with Brandon..the perfect antidote!
Hey thanks!
Whenever I hear Bible stories now I literally can't BELIEVE I thought they happened literally. It's so obviously mythology, just strange what the mind can convince itself of ...
i feel the same!
@@soulinameatsack29 and it's even a good mythology, other cultures have cooler stories.
"He puts god to the test, and god shows up"
Imagine that
when I was a believer I didn't see the violence and death for what it was, my attitude was always YAY God! Amazing how different my perspective is now reading these stories.
Same!
I died laughing at the "This other god is too busy taking a shit to show up ans perform miracles" 😂
Man, you're here to help me with my last half hour at work. Thank you.
Got you!
Now who will want "Christians" to read their Holy Book without cherry picking... that will be dangerous even with the New Testament they won't do that....
It's 'almost' like the gauntlet of ghostwriters were in different moods when it was their turn adding to their mythology. 🤔
ha!
The story of Elijah and the prophets of Baal indicates that the Biblical God is a serious opponent of freedom of religion.
no doubt about it!
That's pretty much his thing
This "religion" has f**ked with my mind.
I prayed for at least 40 years as part of my faith.....crickets...F'n nothing . ZERO!!!;
And I watched great people suffer even though they prayed and hsd an amazing moral compass.
This is a scam, a con, a control tool!!!!
Thank you for this channel Brandon.
It helps me heal and feel "normsl".
Christianity left me empty and feeling like I was always wrong, the problem.
I am a goid man and person despite what was preached to me.
"Bless" all of you by the power of the universe, nature and yourself.
I did for 29 years, and same. No answer, only cryptic "you gotta feel it without feeling it you gotta understand it without understanding it" bullshit.
Let me ask you a question did you actually genuinely love jesus or did someone planted this idea?
Yep, I lost everything and suffered because I decided to exercise "blind faith" instead of using logic and critical thinking. Then, when reality hit and I realized no one was coming to save me I had to put myself back together after being shattered into a million pieces. It's all mythology. Christianity/religion will ruin your life and mental health. And that is a proven fact, not Jesus dying on a cross.
I cant wait to share this!!! Sending links NOW! amazing and very well explained.
Appreciate that very much!
Just love the new places the channel is moving! 👍💪💙
Thanks for being here for it all
If I had just started a 3 year drought I'd run and hide too.
lol
Isaiah 6: Isaiah sees the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up.
That verse makes more sense now.
Ffs I'm stuck on him saying Elijah means 'my name is yahweh'
This is why I end up watching videos five or six times 😂😂
lol!
"Honest Bible stories"... I luv it!
ha, great title. I was trying to think of a name for a playlist to put these in. will use that!
@@MindShift-Brandon awesome!
@@BeccaYoley Yay.
@@BeccaYoley
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Super looking forward to your conversation with Britt Harltey. 😁
lol howd you figure it out, i dont think ive said her name?
@@MindShift-Brandon lol You didn't. I recently found her channel and have been ravanously watching them. She introduces herself the same way you did. 😁
Thank you 🙏 Brandon I learned so much today. You strengthened my unbelief 🙏🙏❤️❤️
Thanks for watching!
🎉Always look forward to seeing you!
Unpacking at its best! 🎉
Thanks so much. I am pleased to do it with this set of stories for sure!
I sang Mendelssohn's _Elijah_ with a chorus some 15 years ago and heartily wished we'd sung the German version because a lot of the lyrics were simply vile.
Thank you for your amazing work, Brandon!
Thanks for being here!
I think the Christian mindset, and the Bible Project mindset is that God is a life giver to those that are following him or "on his side". For everyone else, it's tough luck. And that is exactly the Christian attitude. When you walk away from Christianity, watch all your friends and family wait with baited breath for things to start going badly in your life. And guess what? When they don't and you are thriving, they "reason" their way out of that too.
Elijah foreshadowing Tim the Enchanter.
Ta Brandon. Keep up the good work 😀. I'll be off line for a while so won't be able to watch your new videos. Don't know how long it'll be for but ..... they'll give me something to look forward to when I get the opportunity. Meantime....take care of yourself .
will do, take care!
Something that always bothered me about the God in the Bible: If God is unchangeable, why does he change his mind several times in the Bible?
He hired a better PR Agent in the NT.
its a huge issue for sure!
Maybe hate preachers are the ones who actually read and understand the Bible? 🤷
Yeah the worst kind of preachers i have seen are the ones that are being most biblically consistent
@@MindShift-Brandon
SO TRUE
Brandon I can't tell you how much I use to love the bible project channel. Their animations made the biblical stories more enjoyable because they provided a visual. I have long since said goodbye.
oh i get it! i'd kill to have the skill to do the animating they do on their bible videos. These AI shorts are fine too but i know people get sick of it, but man there bible episodes are really something.
Thanks for the recommendation, just subbed to The Bible Project.
@@WongTag oh you sure showed me.
I think Prophet of Zod did a video about the Bible Project and a video they did about Genesis.
They change/portray differently a LOT of things in their video vs what the Bible actually says.
so ridiculous that they cant take their "perfect" book as is.
Thanks B! A great episode as usual!
many thanks!
Wow. It’s amazing how many little details slide into the background. Elijah slaughtering 450 men just as a final FU after the point was made is such an example of how vengeful and wrathful this God was. This would have been, as you point out, the perfect place to show compassion, forgiveness or justice. The story could have had the men fall to their knees to worship God and in returned be embraced and welcomed with loving arms by God - but no. He has Elijah slaughter them mercilessly. So much for that narrative.
Right! pretty darn telling.
The glorious TRUTH prevails. Another outstanding video, Mr. B.
Truth for the win! thanks for being here.
I guess "thou shall not murder" doesn't apply to some prophets.
it's a my-prophet-is-greater-than-yours story.
It's amazing how much horror you simply don't see when you've read it and had it presented to you so often.
Nor does "thou shalt not murder" apply to any of the chosen people, when god tells them who to invade and slaughter and rape and enslave. Only the chosen people count as "people"-- an ethic that is so often embraced by Abrahamic religions today, and that has migrated into our secular world.i
I don’t like prophets that cause droughts and kill people with fire. A very sinful position right? I just can’t help it.
Another great episode. Elijah reminds me of Merlin
Thanks so much.
I'm glad that you're covering this. I used to be a Christian and would watch all of Bible Project's videos. A lot of my biblical beliefs and understanding came from them. Now I know how it was so heavily cherry picked to tell the kind of story they wanted to tell.
Brandon🎉🎉🎉 You are awesome. Keep up the excellent work. I also wish more people would read their Bible and contemplate on what they have read.
Appreciate that!
The stuff I never saw before when I was a believer is now so eloquently explained by Brandon! Makes me sick frankly............... The foul and utter nonsense of "god" and trying to meld "good" with that cretin is beyond me now. How my brain ever allowed me to have such contradictions and to believe in trash.............man. It ruined my life and that is not a "poor me" statement, it literally ruined my life and has mostly ruined the lives of certain family members that still hold to it. Excellent job though with today's video!
lifes not over yet! but i hear you man. It stole so much time and so much more from so many of us.
Once again, the only superpowered fictional character who actually does and inspire good while also being created by Jewish authors is Superman.
lol, love that.
Haha, oftentimes the UA-cam notification "Yey! New Mindshift-video!!" reminds me, that's 4pm here and its time for a coffee ☕️☕️☕️🌞 with the Early Gang here and enjoy your video, Brandon!! 🤗
Cheers! thanks for being here for it.
Good afternoon and enjoy the coffee! ☕😋
Mmmm coffee!!!!
Agreed 💯
Great Stuff Brandon keep up the Good work Brother
Many thanks!
@@MindShift-Brandon you are welcome
Thank God for another episode
lol
Not Zod? Now there's a better 'prophet'! ;-)
Excited to the new podcast
Despite protests to the contrary, God plays favourites big time. If you're one of his favourites (like Elijah or David) you can get away with murder.
Literally. Also rape.
@@5h0rgunn45 yep, God also allowed king Solomon to marry numerous wives despite that being considered a sin.
@@sauron69447 Where does it say marrying many wives is a sin? It doesn't.
@@Volleyball_Chess_and_GeoguessrThank you for pointing out the blatant misogyny in the Bible. 😊
Or adultery. The baby paid the most for David and Bathsheba's sin. Or would have if it wasn't just another horrible fiction.
I hadn’t heard or read this story before. It’s like Pokémon, but with prophets and gods.
A comment for the holy algorithm. Keep on keeping on Brandon!
Always appreciated!
Forever atheist here. This story is sickening. Truly horrible stuff here.
Yes, if you're not indoctrinated in it from a young child, it's easy to see how awful it is. I often wondered at some of the gory stories, but then I had it "explained" to me.
Always wondered how believers know which stories are allegorical and which are literal. Nothing I ever saw reading the Bible clued me into the differences. Is there some unwritten rule we are to apply? 🤪
yes the rule is when it serves them. lol
Good job Brandon keep up the good work
Thanks so much!
Oh boy
Oooh, wow, it's always amusing to see how we hand children a book that includes funny stories about, in this episode, creepy man orchestrating the mass massacre of prophets, causing famines that starve women and children, and calling down fire from heaven to consume his enemies. Clearly, that deserves a PEGI rating of 'Suitable for All Ages'!". A real gold standard for kids' moral education
Hi I live in Nigeria recently my school has addressed a rumor that people are saying there’s no God but all our school just said is that god created us and we should go to our counselor and forget that question thankfully one of my mates are having questions about god and their scared but I don’t know how to help them deconstruct also when I asked several of my classmates how they know the Bible is true they said they don’t know that they just believe it I really need to bring people to their senses and help the, to stop believing in this book what should I do
Well without knowing your age or understanding your culture/environement, i'd say continue to learn more yourself. I and many like me have many resources on how to know the bible is indeed manmade. Just keep learning, and if honest and safe conversations can present themself with your classmates, then feel free to share what you are learning.
I don't have anything but words of encouragement for you, my friend. I've never been religious and have never had to deal with anything like what you're going through, so I have no advice. But you are brave, you are clever, you are questioning and looking for answers, so you are on a good path already. Stay strong. ❤️
The easiest thing to do is ask them to read the Bible from start to finish themselves and to not shy away from doubt. I deconstructed while in school too and it was because I’d been told all my life that God is all good, all powerful and all knowing but, when I actually read the book, nothing matched up to all I’d been told about God. Have casual conversations with your mates and, if they don’t want to listen, don’t force them.
As much as we can try and think we can, we can't change the minds of most people. Just accept them for where they are in their journey and focus on yourself.
Focus on yourself more. Don't push anything in a hurry. I got married as a Christian. I carried my doubt for many years. Knowing in my pit that it wasn't true, but still performing for many years. Right now my wife knows where I stand. We are in a battle for how we will raise our son in this regard. It's tough enough on that front for me. I don't have much energy for trying to convince anyone else about my conviction. I am also in Nigeria btw
I once showed a Bible project video to a coworker who is Greek Orthodox. He immediately thought the interpretation of the text was incorrect. Says a lot about the Bible that even followers of it don't agree. Or that it can be twisted any way they please
I love that you discussed the Baal story. Many evangelicals justify the genocides after the Exodus on the people being Baal worshippers, sacraficing thier children to Baal and tieing that to today's abortion debate to what they call, "the spirit of Baal". Problem is there was no spirit of Baal. If believed this story obviously shows Baal was fake so how does he have a spirit that's somehow controling people today?
I remember years ago when I was going to church, the whole part about how long will you keep going between two different opinions? It left me feeling so torn between having to choose between my secular friends and my Christian ones. Forcing myself to believe the Christian worldview, the way God always seemed to bring that scripture to mind when I was in a big dilemma or crossroads in life.
Boom! Let's go!
THanks!
The more I became a dedicated bible reader when I used to be a Christian, the more I became the God of the Old Testament trying to rationalize his actions.
If one is willing to be honest and not use the "new covenant" as a copout, it becomes increasingly hard to justify this god the more you read.
For real Brandon, your videos helped me escape and the peace of mind I felt cant be expressed with words.
And the final blow to this faith came when I saw your series: God, An Anatomy.
Much support much respect. Keep up and as always I wish this to grow big
@@incgamer9792it’s funny all you hear about in church is how free in Christ you are, and how he’ll break your bonds, when that’s what you actually feel when you loose belief. I no longer have to feel guilty about my thoughts even. I no longer have to fear going to hell. It’s liberating.
@@allenmitchell09 I know but it gets worse. One of the things that terrified me was Satan being released at the end of the thousand years of reign of Christ. Who knows, you might be one of the deceived and you will miss out on paradise
@@incgamer9792 And, what if Allah is the true god and you’re pissing him off more and more worshiping Yahweh? Man, I think I’ll take my chances in what I understand to be reality. Which is all of them are fake AF!
James 4:17..."if anyone, knows the good they ought to do and doesn't do it; it is sin for them."
I guess this only applies to humans....
Whoo hoo 🙌🏼🎉
Howdy!
I LOVE all the Thinkers in the comments. Your vids will always get a like and at least one comment from me.😁
really outstanding comments compared to many such sites. So good to come to a place where resolution takes precedence over rage and pay backs. :)
@@maggienewton8518 🤝
If we werent thinkers we whouldnt be here watching this video 🤔
We whould probably remain enslaved by religion 🤔
So keep thinkin' and questioning , gotta keep those neurons firing 🤔🤔🤔
Lucky to have everyone here!
@@Blue-5 PREACH then Fam! Cosign 100%😀
Wow. What a great video! First I was a bit disappointed. Only 21 minutes 😅
But wow, although I know all your videos and learned so much from you already, there are always new things I hear, that amaze me greatly.
I know many Christians who highly recommend the Bible Project and I saw several videos in the past. But never!! with the issues you pointed out. I was so gullible in the past. 🤦 Thank you for this enlightenment!
And with regard to testing God, didn't Gideon test God with asking for the wet/dry animal skins? So yes, soooo inconsistent.
Your videos let me recognize so many things! 👏👏
Thanks for such detailed and kind feedback! glad you enjoyed it so
This is a nice video Brandom :)
Many thanks!
Wow, I guess that’s true. Elijah avoided the curse from the original sin, he neither died spiritually or physically. Unless he was literally reincarnated as John the Baptist, and then finally died? But Elijah said he was not John the Baptist? Man, whoever authored this religion is very confusing
its a huge issue!
What about all the other people suffering?
This never seems to be on the mind of believers, the rest of humanity who's not part of the "blessings."
Which is why I always tell them I'll take hell, I don't want to be part of their exclusive group, I'll stick with the mass of humanity, you know, since unlike Jesus, I like humans.*
* for the most part, lol
always a myopic view of god saving that one widow son so he must "love everyone?" crazy indeed
It's the same thing as them "praising God for saving the little girl in the horrific bus crash " as 43 other people died. SMH
God is so ALL loving that he will punish anyone who's not part of his plan . But remember , he LOVES you , he just doesnt show it ! Im sure ! 🤡
Dont mind that he's homophobic and racist , he loves everyone ! 🤡
Thiiiis! As a person who has never been a part of religion and doesn't really have a good understanding of what it's like to feel/think this way, it is so alarming for me to hear how little they care about their fellow man while claiming to care the most. It's literally dehumanizing others from your out group so that you don't feel bad about what happens to them and only care about your in group. It's honestly a little scary.
@@BearMas Super good training for living under an authoritarian dictatorship.
As much as I love the BP, your points regarding the story of elijah against theirs is sound, given that God is not portrayed with one consistent character and in many times contraditory to what many consider basic morals.
I respect a great many things about Mackie actually and enjoy their art and skill, but yes its unfortunate they are not willing to show all sides of this god as it is clearly stated.
You go boy!!
Going! thanks for watching.
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What always makes me scratch my head about stories like these is that they describe a death and resurrection that precedes Jesus but have very different reasons why the widow’s son and Lazarus and that little girl in Acts (not to mention the zombie parade in one or more of the gospels that I can’t recall atm) were resurrected than they give for Jesus.
I mean, death and (bodily) resurrection are pretty important themes in Christianity but the role these specific accounts play in the faith are very, very different.
5:56 Jesus taught using parables and allegedly predicted his death and resurrection through a metaphor of a specific temple where he was talking. I’m not sure why Christians insist on taking anything literally…
Be careful! Don't threaten their "resurrection guarantee"! ;-)
@@martinelzen5127 yeah they still can’t handle the fact that John 3:16 actually promises them that they won’t die, and “belief” in the context of that quote didn’t (yet) include a death and resurrection story because it hadn’t happened yet.
In my view, the nicest Christians are the ones who don't take anything literally, cherry-pick the loving bits in the Bible, and leave the rest alone. Which begs the question, why use that book in the first place?
I keep asking Christians to definitively explain why if Jesus makes the rules, is baking a cake for our sins not as valid as dying for our sins... I never really get an answer. Usually just preaching, insults or both. No matter how they play it, the reality isn't that (in the Bible universe) Jesus died for our sins, he died because he felt like it for some reason. Perhaps to get attention? And he didn't even go to hell for eternity like what the real price of sin actually is. What gives?
I was in my fifties before I head that some branches of Christianity leave out substitutionary atonement-- the fancy theological name for "Jesus died for your sins". I had no idea that was even an option (though I was far past wanting to take it; I refused to become a communicant at age 11, because I knew on some level that I didn't want to sign on).
How is it that we believed this for so long and really smart people still do ? Are we really still just superstitious after all this time on this planet???
What I find interesting is that we *could* make a case that even if God is all loving and all knowing and fair, God - having risen Elijah with their relationship and unique circumstances in mind - is not all powerful. If someone were to claim Jesus’s sacrifice was necessary for a greater plan and Elijah was foreshadowing such a potential pathway to escape death and judgement via relationship; the fact it’s said that “Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life and nobody could come to the father except through him,” shows that God was able to use some power to make that one case. Whether bound morally, or by some supernatural physical constraints, God was operating within bounds despite some sort of boundlessness. He could be VERY powerful, but not ALL powerful.
And if the Bible anywhere states that God is all powerful, it would contradict with this particular circumstance. And thusly, the Bible would be an unreliable source of information. If the Bible doesn’t say God is all powerful, then there’s potential for this God to exist. But it’d also then have to contend with all the other mythologies with non-all-powerful deities.
I especially loved this vid! 🤘🏻 Exposing the lies, cherrypicking n hypocrisy from The Bible Project! 💯
Might have to become a series.
We need more videos like this, which highlight how Christianity is based on acute cherry-picking and no follower bothers reading the rest
I'll keep trying!
The believers are grasping at straws. Their whole belief and worldview, and for many financial gain, are built on a deck of cards. Facts win over faith every time.
Every Time!
How dare you, Brandon, to consistently point out how when there is an opportunity in the Bible to show mercy, there is instead bloodshed and torture. Didn’t you know you’re only supposed to read the good parts or sugar-coat all the genocide? 😂
oh damnit, messed up again!
lol there’s this show called death note I watched when I was younger about a super smart teenager who gets a magical book with the power to kill people by writing their names on it and uses to commit mass genocide killing only, well mostly criminals.i find Elijah’s situation of killing 100s the same. Like no one in the fan base justifies that character but somehow it’s cool cause it’s from the Bible???it’s a crazy world we live in but hey happy Tuesday
I love the scriptures. How christians misinterpret and and misrepresent/malign God drives me nuts.
Great as usual. Got any merch in the works? My wallet is ready.
Ha! Too kind. Idk man. I always think about it but havent pulled the trigger
@@MindShift-Brandon Do it!
Oh those hypocrites! It's also not the first time you caught them in the act of retelling a biblical story in a more advantageous light for that barbaric god Yahweh! I remember that Elijah was one of the stories that played a big part in my deconversion as a Catholic. We were taught that murder is a mortal sin where you'd lose salvation, and then you read about this psycho who kills 450 men unjustly as they had already acknowledged that Yahweh was the one true god, only to be literally taken up into heaven....man what a load of bullocks!
utter chaos!
I could have told them that leading with your anger brings about collateral damage and lack of control. God acts like an abusive, manipulative alcoholic.
All this would be so unnessesary if Yahwehists simply acknowlege the fact that while he claims to be a great guy, he's more of a, well, let's just say Loki kind of god.
No one who looks at things objectively could describe the OT god as anything other a monster.
So if we cut up a bull and put it on an alter, called down the power of Yahweh, and nothing happens what is our next move? According to the Bible if a god doesn’t show up we can start joking that he is traveling or sleeping.
This is a major point! the example it sets for us is that the god that doesnt show up isnt real and its fine to not believe. ok then
@@MindShift-Brandon Something… Something. Don’t test god.
Christians then ignore all the times when Biblical characters test god.
I wonder why this isn't a more frequent response to the problem of divine hiddenness 🤔
"why does God never show up?" - "well he has some urgent matters to attend to that require his full attention" 😏
@@dasbus9834 That throne seat in heaven isn’t going to keep itself warm.
God un-alived the son for the mother's sin in 1 Kings 17, violating Ezekiel 18.
while I agree this is the most likely scenario from the biblical context, all we actually get is the widow accusing Elijah of it because of her sin. But yes, even without this story, we have about 100 other times where God says out loud hes taking life because of someone elses sin.
@@MindShift-Brandon Actually, Elijah blamed God in the story as well (1 Kg 17:20).
Elijah: O Lord my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I am staying, by un-aliving her son?
@@jon4574 yes for sure. i just meant we have so many instances of god declaring it. here its both of them questioning if god did it. i just try to stake my claims in the ones straight from gods mouth becasue im so tired of the christians saying, well actually. but we are on the same page ha
@@MindShift-Brandon Indeed my brother.
Re: false gods and the showdown on Mt. Carmel. It would be interesting if you would do a video on the Bible and religious freedom. I don't think that the Bible supports the kind of religious freedom we have here in the United States; in fact, I think Elijah and the other prophets would be absolutely appalled at the concept. On a similar note: the idea of Jesus being king and how that relates to a country that threw off its king and hasn't had one since. I'd say that the idea of modern kingship (King Charles, etc.) is very different than how kings historically operated.
Regarding the Bible and religious freedom, one cannot expect a foundational religious gospel to give equal time or a hall pass to other religions, right? You won't find that in other religious "gospels", either. These days, most mainstream religious leaders of different faiths publicly play nice with each other and hold conferences. That is certainly good PR on one hand, but I think it is also a sincere attempt by them to discourage people from using their own religion as an excuse to kill a other people (as Elijah did). Unfortunately, a lot of people still don't seem to be getting the point.
How modern kings/monarchies function today depends on which country you look at. There are absolute monarchies in Brunei, Jordan, and The Vatican, though not all in the same way.
Just imagine your neighbour would act just like God in the OT, all people would avoid that neighbour. The question really is, why is it so different with God in the Bible? People always say well, its God, he can do as he pleases. Mayby, but how are people to tell what is of God and what not. I bet in about 50 years AI is that advanced that it can generate all sorts of realistic epxeriences with the divine. How are people able tell the difference between one and the other? And if they cant, what makes them so sure when they hear voices now, or have visions and dreams now, its not "fake news"?
Unless people can present a spiritually objective means to discern one from the other, no one could ever even be sure its God asking to do the craciest kind of things.
Oh buddy. I heard the followup on the prophets being killed by the sword but it was not good. It was a christian nationalist pastor. He pulled his actual sword out and said that he was waiting for god to tell him to do the same to his enemies... By that he meant liberals or anyone who didn't agree with him... and he was swinging the sword around while he said it. This was a few months ago at an event I played drums for.
holy shit on one hand, on the other i am not surprised in the least.
Brandon, you’ve put your finger on God’s selectiveness in the story of Elijah and the widow - saving her and her son
In the New Testament, I’ve always been bothered by the story of the massacre of the two-year old and younger male babies, that Jesus and his family escaped because Joseph was warned in a dream. Christians will justify this by saying, ‘well, Jesus had to survive to be a sacrifice for the world’.
Really? The pain and grief of those OTHER families meant nothing?
I did a video on the massacre of the innocents that you are referring to, and the excuses in the comments and reaction videos were wild!
@yacaattwood2421 And obviously, god, being omnipotent, could easily have provided a way to save baby jesus without slaughtering other children.
I'm posting this comment before watching the video itself. I've found that the Old Testament is rarely printed alone like the NT. Mostly it is compiled. Christianity is a very confusing religion indeed
Once the unholy spirt takes control by its evil influence morality and decency goes out the window. They must learn to be hard and firm, learn hate and intolerance to abuse there family and society and somehow praise all the evil things there god does as somehow holy.
Man, the arguments are meh in the video you're covering here, but that art is awesome, gotta admit.
No doubt about it! Im jealous
10:12 funny since I just saw a video from daily dose of wisdom where he tries to (watch the video, it’s comical) blame atheism for the deaths attributed to Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot with his audience just nodding along and agree funnily enough as one of the comment using Wikipedia to attribute atheism as to why Stalin did what he did as he’s such a militant atheist who’d kill Christians even though it’s because of the Orthodox Church association with the old Tsarist regime that did nothing about serfdom and the fact that Russia was a brutal autocracy under the Tsars who was the head of the Russian Orthodox Church ( when I say funny it’s because before this when i see people using Wikipedia Christians say it’s left leaning or aren’t reliable) and then I watch this. It’s honestly just funny how all these great prophets of the Old Testament and Jesus aren’t any better or more moral. But sure wE nEed cHrIStiaNiTy fOr mORaliTy ( even though as you pointed out and as I have with Tsarist Russia it simply ain’t)
RELIGIONS and ATHEISM
bring
SUFFERINGS, DISHONOR and ETERNAL DEATHS
because
Jehovah's Witnesses, SDAs, Mormons, Catholics, Baptists, Methodists, Born Again Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, fanatics of all kinds of Religions, and Atheists
clearly
don't respect and value their own lives, dignities, and existence and that of their own families and neighbors,
obviously
unbothered, shameless, and just don't care even if their Satanic hatred, arrogance, treacheries, cruelties, hypocrisies, unkindness, ungratefulness, deceits, and their -
1. LIE and false claim that GOD doesn't exist
and
2. LIES and Unbiblical teachings and doctrines about
"hellfire", "immortality of the souls", "afterlife", "Trinity", "Armageddon", "rapture", and "reincarnation"
bring
them dishonor, disgrace, shame, and cause their own downfall and ETERNAL DEATHS
and the humiliations, degradations, sufferings, griefs, sickness, and DEATHS of their own families and neighbors.
The BIBLE, the CREATOR, and JESUS CHRIST
bring
HONOR and ETERNAL LIFE and EXISTENCE on EARTH
Loving, kind, respectful, and submissive persons on earth
who
rejected Atheism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and all kinds of Religions as worthless and useless, no value whatsoever
will
live and exist on earth forever because their submissiveness to the authority of Jesus Christ in their obedience to what's written in Matthew 28: 18
will
definitely be rewarded by the loving, kind, and merciful Creator with ETERNAL LIFE and existence on earth without sufferings, pains, griefs, sickness, and death as written in Revelation 21: 3, 4
and
the teachings of Jesus Christ about the "Kingdom of God" and "Resurrection of the Dead" written in Luke 4: 43 and John 11: 25, 26
are
the guarantee
that
all the loving, kind, respectful, and submissive persons on earth
who
died recently and thousands of years ago like Abel, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Job, Ruth, Naomi, King David, Jesus Christ's Followers and disciples, and many others
will
all be RESURRECTED back to life in the right and proper time so they can happily and peacefully live and exist on earth forever as
submissive and obedient subjects and citizens of the "KINGDOM of GOD"
and
fully enjoy the eternal love, kindness, goodness, compassions, generosities, favors, and blessings of the Creator and his Christ for eternity
under the loving and kind rulership, guidance, and protection of Jesus Christ as the Creator's Chosen King and Ruler of the heavens and the earth as written in Revelation 11: 15.
Actually, doesn't the Elijah story provide the best answer for the question of YHWH's divine hiddenness? If a god isn't showing up currently (or for thousands of years) then, most likely it is because he is on the toilet.
lol, if we are consistent, then yup! A god who doesn't answer might just be too busy with...other things. lol
With good noise-cancelling headphones! ;-)
Silly Brandon. If you don’t intentionally make it warmer and fuzzier, you are painting it in a negative light. You can’t let it say what it says, that’s cheating!
I just keep messing that up lol
This man can’t take a break on trying to justify contradicting verses of a contradictory book.
The BibleProject is working very hard at that indeed.
It's like christianity is encompassed by infinite layers of goofiness and the more you examine and probe, the goofier you find it to be. Could THAT be the reason they want you to just accept everything on faith and not actual evidence or knowledge?
a closer look reveals too much!
@@MindShift-Brandon kinda sheds a lil light on why it was illegal for slaves to read?...That same ol' Forbidden fruit of Knowledge... Huh.?🤦🏾♂️
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"goofiness" oh that makes me smile, thanks!
@@maggienewton8518 😁 🤜🤛
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