Same. I started to read the Bible to have ammo to use against Christians and religious people. I was and still am super interested in science, astronomy, cosmology, physics and archaeology, yet when I read the Bible, it struck a very deep cord in my soul, and I literally had a spiritual experience. Long story short, I got saved, started walking in love every single day, now work to help people; I’m an associate pastor for a church that feeds the poor every Sunday after our church service. God is real.
Not too long ago, I myself did something similar in the way that I as a lifelong believer I have taken upon myself to not just believe but to truly fully dedicate my life to providing and sharing the truth of our Lord God. That includes finding out what really is going on with the whole taboo of Mary Magdalene, and other discrepancies people may seek to use to prove the flaws and the lack of luster that they might see in the book that is the holy Bible. And I was scared, come to find out that when you have the truth guiding you you can be taught that the truth is indeed pure and many have flat out lied to us and poured these deceits into churches making them unflattering. I have no topic no question no boss to defeat when it comes to having a opportunity to share the word. I have confidence and can point people in the right direction and away from these lies that someone that believes love, like the Lord Jesus Christ was not as peers we think but someone who dabbled and had sex with the lady and you know has a background with prostitutes who is this lady? She is fragments of people's lies, mixed with truths of a actual person written in the Bible. Scriptures are to be read and represented by scriptures. When you can find out that it's a lot easier to believe in this truth because there's no other way if you're the way is paved by the hands of man shaved by the motive of a sinful being.
My dad was a pastor and I was born in a christian home but when i was a teenager i started to run from God and I really hated religion. The craziest thing was that the more I ran from Jesus the more he chased me down and revealed how much he loves me. I love Jesus so much and I pray that everyone watching this will have a revelation of his love and grace the same way i did.
I’m just like you except Jesus didn’t chase me down at all. In fact nothing ever happened from it. It all faded away like an old fairy tale. Couldn’t be happier.
Same here. Actually pursued. I prayed to the universe to help me with my addiction when I was completely hopeless and powerless. God never pushed Itself me but when I asked to be shown the next right thing to do and people to help then signs after signs and signs happened. The first 4-5 I said “I’m seeing what I want to see” but then they kept coming. Then things I’ve never been able to do, God began doing for me. Sober since 4/21/20
@@davidaskins7279 so when one of your beloved family members are not there, are you going to be able to live in eternal bliss knowing that your beloved family member is experiencing eternal torment?
As an Ex-Muslim I also became Christian after reading the Bible for the purpose to have arguments against Christians. I still have the Bible I bought with the underlined verses, where I thought; "YES, these lines prove my point and Islam to be true!" The more I red the Bible the more I saw that I was totally ignorant and I felt ashamed, when I arrived at Hiob I was on my knees. When I red the New Testament it was like God was directly speaking to my old self in his teachings, his teachings against the Pharisees are so on point against todays Muslims also. Glory to God YHWH almighty and our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ. ❤
@@TurkishFollowerOfChrist so true. The "children of the bondwoman always seek to persecute the children of the free." Any law based religion like Islam or old Hebrew law of Moses tries to enslave the believer to works proving their worth to God. Jesus set us free from that, to live in him, through him.
That only means that you didn't know what Islam is about. When you really understand it, it is impossible to convert to Christianity. It simply doesn't add up
Right, It’s a coping mechanism for those who need it, which I’m all for. What I’m not all for is when it causes you to hate, rape, murder, oppress, etc
Same. I've had so many moments where I felt like I'd go crazy, sometimes I wish I would, but I don't. I get overwhelmed but I'm not destroyed. That's where the verse "be transformed by the renewing of your mind" or "having the mind of Christ" comes into play.
People don't even understand who this person is. His name is Adam Curry and he is the FIRST person to make money off of podcasting. He ran a podcast before anyone really listened to podcasts. He is an OG truther. And the logical result of seeking truth is Jesus. I'm so glad he got there! God bless him
Referencing the irrelevant background of someone that you may call *”credibility”* and saying they therefore must be telling the truth, is an appeal to authority. The TRUTH is that Jesus, god, and Christianity, is beyond illogical. If you wanna believe it, fine, but if you do, I’ll warn you, a majority of wars in history have all been fought because of religion. WW2 fueled by religious and racial persecution, European imperialism being fueled by religious zeal in the 1800s. hell, there’s even an entire time period titled *”the religous wars”* in the 15-1600’s. My point is, religion is illogical, and impossible, it’s bad for society and humanity, so why should someone believe in it? Personally I couldn’t give two dams what you believe in, I don’t care. But it seriously is just detrimental, which is why I don’t promote it.
@@harpazoseason When you say *them* are you referring to people like me? Or are you perhaps talking to someone else? Because if you’re talking to me, then let me tell you, I’m sad for you because you’re wasting your ONE LIFE in this universe, praising some fantasy, chasing some prophecy, when you could be going out there and finding out what life is all about. But no… keep filling yourself with delusions if it makes you feel better.
It’s actually not ALL about “love”. It’s also about justice, truth, holiness, the way, and eternal life among other things that Jesus both taught and was. (John 14:6)
Well, for me personally, belief in a god has the same value as belief in a flat earth. There is no evidence for either, just allegations, but believers feel attacked when you show them how irrational their belief is. Maybe people will start to question why they believe in the Christian god and not in Allah or Zeus. I think education is extremely important, as is the willingness to question things instead of filling in the gaps in knowledge with faith. It is no coincidence that more intelligent people are more likely to become atheists than less intelligent people.
@jerrybnasty5115 It's really hard to leave islam. It Depends on where you live. Some places are very extreme. In indonesia, you will be sent to prison. Islam really tries hard to cover up the truth of Jesus Christ. Islam is very much like a Radical political party.
@jerrybnasty5115by that logic apostle Paul also was a liar as he never met Jesus. Even the gospel writers who are anonymous also may never have met Jesus.
This guy isn't a believer, he just thinks he is. He says it's about trying to do better, which is totally backwards from Christianity, and he says at the end we are all God, which is pantheism or panentheism
@@jml5100 don't say he's not a believer. He said himself that he is new to Christianity. You didn't know everything about Math when you first started, he's discovering Christianity and learning about it, and really learning about God.
Even zodiac signs they aren't real don't let the devil deceive you has anybody noticed they all have something to do with sin? No you are not easily angered Bc youre an Aries no you don't like the color black bc you're a Scorpio no youre not lazy bc you're a taurus literally sloth is a sin and black is the color of darkness and God is the light and the demons hate God so they love the dark and when I started following God he opened me and my sisters eyes to realize zodiac signs aren't real many go too astrology and tarot for their future or whats meant for them but never to God or the bible they want what's fun but sadly these are demonic things believe it or not :( me and my sister use to be so caught up in astrology and stuff like that but Not anymore so no you're not that way bc of zodiac signs it's your sins idc how accurate it seems don't be deceived ❤idk if you are gonna read this but i will tell you and everyone God is real 100% believe it or not and what good is it too gain the whole world and lose your own soul? The bible Aka Gods word never said Good people go to heaven and bad people go too hell Far from true! Nobody not no one can work their way into heaven you cant offer God nothing to get in its a free gift you receive it by faith! Repent from sin, sin desires evil things like LilnasX Meghan thee stallion cardi B im telling you and everyone Sin is very serious in the eyes of Our holy God Mrbeast idk if you will read this or not but think about how our world and the people werent like this 1000 years ago things have changed❤Guys the bible tells us more people go too hell than heaven if you live in sin and don't repent you won't be saved and god doesn't send people to hell if they go too hell they go of free choice! Hell was made for the devil and his angels you should watch billy garham give your life to Jesus we are in the last days and Jesus loves you and he shedded blood on that cross without the shedding of blood sin cannot be forgiven and sin is very serious in the eyes of god I was depressed to and sinned for fun I had suicidal thoughts I remember in my room one night I told god that of things don't change I'm gonna kms I was sorry weak and at sometimes so weak I felt like I was dying then I remember a really good day came a day I loved so much and wanted more of so on that same day I remember saying god, I'm just gonna trust you and when you try to do something right the devil attacks you so the next day was horrible I don't wanna say how it was it was just horrible! I stayed strong BC after so long of trying to go to anything else but god they all failed me so I held on to god as the reason let me skip to now and say I started off faithless now I'm so faithful in god I started off worried for my future now I know its something gods gonna handle I'm not feeling depressed anymore the whole year of 2022 was hard but with god I made it threw! Now I learned so much and love my relationship with god I know he loves and cares for me AND HE LOVES AND CARES FOR YOU TOO! I remember I was depressed and believed god didn't love me or care for me but that what the devil telling me lies and I had so many demons but now its 2023 I'm free!💗💕 give god your life today he can do things unimaginable👑😇 please don't waste time we are in the last days the bible never said just be a good person and be nice to people and you will go to heaven No you need to be willing to give up sin anything evil bad is sin even evil thoughts come to Jesus today you never know when its too late💕 and also hell is full of constant suffering and nightmare and you are forever alone Guys the bible tells us more people go too hell than heaven if you live in sin and don't repent you won't be saved and god doesn't send people to hell if they go too hell they go of free choice! Hell was made for the devil and his angels you should watch billy garham give your life to Jesus we are in the last days and Jesus loves you and he shedded blood on that cross without the shedding of blood sin cannot be forgiven and sin is very serious in the eyes of god I was depressed to and sinned for fun I had suicidal thoughts I remember in my room one night I told god that of things don't change I'm gonna kms I was sorry weak and at sometimes so weak I felt like I was dying then I remember a really good day came a day I loved so much and wanted more of so on that same day I remember saying god, I'm just gonna trust you and when you try to do something right the devil attacks you so the next day was horrible I don't wanna say how it was it was just horrible! I stayed strong BC after so long of trying to go to anything else but god they all failed me so I held on to god as the reason let me skip to now and say I started off faithless now I'm so faithful in god I started off worried for my future now I know its something gods gonna handle I'm not feeling depressed anymore the whole year of 2022 was hard but with god I made it threw! Now I learned so much and love my relationship with god I know he loves and cares for me AND HE LOVES AND CARES FOR YOU TOO! I remember I was depressed and believed god didn't love me or care for me but that what the devil telling me lies and I had so many demons but now its 2023 I'm free!💗💕 give god your life today he can do things unimaginable👑😇 please don't waste time we are in the last days the bible never said just be a good person and be nice to people and you will go to heaven No you need to be willing to give up sin anything evil bad is sin even evil thoughts come to Jesus today you never know when its too late💕❤❤❤ deadly sins are lust greed gluttony sloth envy and more but I forgot💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@@Joybean111Even zodiac signs they aren't real don't let the devil deceive you has anybody noticed they all have something to do with sin? No you are not easily angered Bc youre an Aries no you don't like the color black bc you're a Scorpio no youre not lazy bc you're a taurus literally sloth is a sin and black is the color of darkness and God is the light and the demons hate God so they love the dark and when I started following God he opened me and my sisters eyes to realize zodiac signs aren't real many go too astrology and tarot for their future or whats meant for them but never to God or the bible they want what's fun but sadly these are demonic things believe it or not :( me and my sister use to be so caught up in astrology and stuff like that but Not anymore so no you're not that way bc of zodiac signs it's your sins idc how accurate it seems don't be deceived ❤idk if you are gonna read this but i will tell you and everyone God is real 100% believe it or not and what good is it too gain the whole world and lose your own soul? The bible Aka Gods word never said Good people go to heaven and bad people go too hell Far from true! Nobody not no one can work their way into heaven you cant offer God nothing to get in its a free gift you receive it by faith! Repent from sin, sin desires evil things like LilnasX Meghan thee stallion cardi B im telling you and everyone Sin is very serious in the eyes of Our holy God Mrbeast idk if you will read this or not but think about how our world and the people werent like this 1000 years ago things have changed❤Guys the bible tells us more people go too hell than heaven if you live in sin and don't repent you won't be saved and god doesn't send people to hell if they go too hell they go of free choice! Hell was made for the devil and his angels you should watch billy garham give your life to Jesus we are in the last days and Jesus loves you and he shedded blood on that cross without the shedding of blood sin cannot be forgiven and sin is very serious in the eyes of god I was depressed to and sinned for fun I had suicidal thoughts I remember in my room one night I told god that of things don't change I'm gonna kms I was sorry weak and at sometimes so weak I felt like I was dying then I remember a really good day came a day I loved so much and wanted more of so on that same day I remember saying god, I'm just gonna trust you and when you try to do something right the devil attacks you so the next day was horrible I don't wanna say how it was it was just horrible! I stayed strong BC after so long of trying to go to anything else but god they all failed me so I held on to god as the reason let me skip to now and say I started off faithless now I'm so faithful in god I started off worried for my future now I know its something gods gonna handle I'm not feeling depressed anymore the whole year of 2022 was hard but with god I made it threw! Now I learned so much and love my relationship with god I know he loves and cares for me AND HE LOVES AND CARES FOR YOU TOO! I remember I was depressed and believed god didn't love me or care for me but that what the devil telling me lies and I had so many demons but now its 2023 I'm free!💗💕 give god your life today he can do things unimaginable👑😇 please don't waste time we are in the last days the bible never said just be a good person and be nice to people and you will go to heaven No you need to be willing to give up sin anything evil bad is sin even evil thoughts come to Jesus today you never know when its too late💕 and also hell is full of constant suffering and nightmare and you are forever alone Guys the bible tells us more people go too hell than heaven if you live in sin and don't repent you won't be saved and god doesn't send people to hell if they go too hell they go of free choice! Hell was made for the devil and his angels you should watch billy garham give your life to Jesus we are in the last days and Jesus loves you and he shedded blood on that cross without the shedding of blood sin cannot be forgiven and sin is very serious in the eyes of god I was depressed to and sinned for fun I had suicidal thoughts I remember in my room one night I told god that of things don't change I'm gonna kms I was sorry weak and at sometimes so weak I felt like I was dying then I remember a really good day came a day I loved so much and wanted more of so on that same day I remember saying god, I'm just gonna trust you and when you try to do something right the devil attacks you so the next day was horrible I don't wanna say how it was it was just horrible! I stayed strong BC after so long of trying to go to anything else but god they all failed me so I held on to god as the reason let me skip to now and say I started off faithless now I'm so faithful in god I started off worried for my future now I know its something gods gonna handle I'm not feeling depressed anymore the whole year of 2022 was hard but with god I made it threw! Now I learned so much and love my relationship with god I know he loves and cares for me AND HE LOVES AND CARES FOR YOU TOO! I remember I was depressed and believed god didn't love me or care for me but that what the devil telling me lies and I had so many demons but now its 2023 I'm free!💗💕 give god your life today he can do things unimaginable👑😇 please don't waste time we are in the last days the bible never said just be a good person and be nice to people and you will go to heaven No you need to be willing to give up sin anything evil bad is sin even evil thoughts come to Jesus today you never know when its too late💕❤❤❤ deadly sins are lust greed gluttony sloth envy and more but I forgot💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I didn't believe in any religion and even thought religious people were stupid to believe in fairy tales. But I decided to have an open mind and studied about multiple religions including Christianity, Islam and Buddhism. Then I openly asked if there is a higher power, please reveal yourself to me. And lo and behold it was Jesus. He is real, and Jesus is God.
@RachelPtaszek it wasn't grandiose. But I felt a overwhelming presence that gave me peace and comfort. Its hard to put into words, but I knew it was Jesus and it is the truth.
@Sandi.-wl6hz Jesus is definitely real. There's a lot of written accounts of him, the Shroud of Turin might even be his burial cloth. What kind of evidence you need?
Jesus changed my life! I was 20 years old, in an unhealthy relationship, my gf was pregnant, and I was dealing with depression at the time. I was lost. I prayed and prayed wondering when things would be different. Things miraculously started to fall into place. 5 years later we’re married and so in love! We joined our church and got baptized and now a days the only time I feel sad is when I feel distant from the Lord. Jesus is so good and I thank him for everything!
That's good, glad to hear you found relief in your belief. I have also heard Vishnu and Allah has helped many too through tough times. Good to hear there are many ways people find relief in this world
"feel distant from the Lord..." Well, as human beings our feelings go up and down regularly, so don't put your trust in them, but instead keep your trust in Jesus. I'm so happy for your and your wife being married and in love.
Happen to me to. I was huge Atheist. and i try to disprove Him and go Against him ecs. and then in my worst time in my entire life period. He came to me and put his hand on my right shoulder and told me " everything will be fine" and i had NEVEr ever felt so much peace at that moment, it was so overwhelming i cried for 4 hours straight, and i completely changed in a snap... never went back
The same thing happened to me. I picked up the Bible to simply break any moral law that was written in it. I was angry and I was very bitter with God for all the hurt and suffering I had gone through January 16th 2016, Jesus walks in, calls me by name and told me words that totally broke my heart. He looked at me and said " I believe in you"
The right side has meaning in the Bible. That was Him telling you something. Here's just one example: Ecclesiastes 10:2, “A wise man’s heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish man’s heart directs him toward the left.”
@@user-hz9om2ry3h Adam didn't have a wife name Lilith EVER in his life, that is another bullshit satanic occult lie! Jews weren't enslaved in Egypt? What are you talking about? They were, but the Egyptians were to powerless to keep them enslaved, so they have been pissed for atound 6-8000ish years STILL TRYING to make a comeback since they have been DISMANTLED by real power. 😂🙌👏 There are many cultures that acknowledge a worldwide flood as well as many scientist/geologists. What did homosapiens evolve from MONKEYS? 😂 Another absurd, ridiculous LIE. There's a reason we have the saying ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Atheism, no offense, is one of the most ridiculous, absurd, irrational, and logical beliefs anyone can ever believe in. Sorry, not sorry. Do you honestly think that a God that created the earth, and everything in and on it, which works pretty much in perfect harmony with the ENTIRE creation, with EVERYTHING having a specifically designed purpose, just happened to evolve by random, pointless, chance? It's the most absurd thing anyone could EVER believe in. The iphone didn't "evolve" from a flip phone, the skateboard didn't "evolve" into and electric scooter, the car didn't "evolve" into a motorhome, and humans for damn sure didn't evolve from MONKEYS or anything else. Literally everything has a creator, it is impossible for it not to have one, except for the ONE power that can actually do anything he damn well please at any given moment and defy the impossible, into doing the said impossible, EXACTLY like drowning all the weak little Egyptians from Babylon when they were chasing down the Jews that THEY enslaved across the Red Sea. The all knowing, all creating, all powerful God, Jesus Christ for clarification, can do and create anything he likes, hence ALL the creation you see around today. You're not paying attention, you have been deceived by satanic, gnostic, LIES! In Jesus mighty name, the name above all and every name, may he bring TRUTH and Revelation to you, and to remove the indoctrination that is blinding your mind and heart, and that h supernaturally shows you the way to the TRUTH! 🙌🙏💪 You can't put LIMITS on a LIMITLESS God, nor can you every single time extract a reason for that in which he does. 🤷
I am changing my stance on a higher power myself. The more I learn about biology and how amazingly complex our own bodies are I can't fathom there not being a creator. The same goes for learning about nature, ecosystems, and the complexity of it all. I am agnostic and I just started praying again everyday
Thanks Joe for having him on and letting him talk about being a Christian. 👍🏽 Wow! A lot of likes. Thank you everyone. I still have hope for us Americans and Christians. I fought in the Iraq war and I am one of the blessed ones to be here. Love your neighbor and keep your head up 👊🏽👋🏽
Yeah thanks even though he kind of made sure no one would take him seriously 🙄. As much as Joe has been around he knows the devil exists and so does Jesus Christ
You people are so use to seeing evil such that you think Jesus Christ needs anything from Joe? JC has a far bigger following and place in history. Joe mocked him and honestly made sure no one would take this man seriously.
Jesus Christ don’t need clout from Joe…the lord giveth and the lord can taketh away. Joe is were he is from making deals with the devil. I’d rather be a poor nobody in this life then burn in eternity in the next.
I found Jesus as a homeless 17 year old, didn’t know anything about the Bible. I came home to my father and apologized and he forgave me. When I started reading the Bible in my late 20s I read the story of the prodigal son and I weep, as that was the story of my salvation.
Exactly, beliefs come first, often propitiated by a psychological need, then it is when one looks for evidence that will of course pass through the filter of the beliefs that are already there. How many who have read the Bible know that the gospels are completely anonymous or realized that there is not a single eyewitness account of Jesus' life in it?
@@vejeke Then explain how for over 2000 years, people worked to tell a coherent lie about to gain control to make people act in a moral, non beneficial way to them. Faith is a core tenant of Christian ideology, but asides that, we do have evidence, in fact too much that points to the existence of Jesus Christ which are coherent in that sense. We have artifacts that a test to the existence of prophets like king David and more. A little research wouldn't kill.
@@ThEiluminatalex the crusaders were men who didn’t get it. That’s the whole point. Cancer is also a product of our doing. Life isn’t without challenge. If everything was perfect, there’d be no room for faith.
@@ThEiluminatalexlook at the coward ignorant that wont reply back after a failed comment 🥴 you should thanks that the crusades were able to defend a vast majority of land from a Muslim state that wanted extermination while they invaded with jhizia
@@ArsxnIV I can tell you from me personally it was when I asked. I grew up in a Christian household but stopped believing and went to science. The craziest part is the more I studied quantum physics and the origin of the universe the more it felt like this whole reality was DESIGNED. There's hints of a maker he's left his signature in many ways. And through that I prayed and I asked him to reveal himself to me give me something to bite on I want to believe but my mind is so logical. God doesn't say to not ask questions but ask him questions too and he'll show you the answers. We wouldn't be truly faithful if we didn't have doubts. But in many ways he showed me himself and how's he's been in my life. It's been a rough period of time but I think I'm getting closer to him day by day I just have things I need to stop doing and other things I need to start doing. Idk what religion is correct or closest but I don't think it matters I think it's about the relationship between you and life and the people around you. But that's just my guess I don't want to be wrong and lead others astray. But there were people who knew God before Jesus or any of that the gentiles.
@@powerinknowledge2392 traditional Christianity is Roman Catholicism and or orthodoxy. As it is the two original faith traditions aged over 2,000 years just look at howRoman Catholicism began from the apostle Peter himself. I have found tremendous liberation in taking theological concepts to a deeper level than what protestantism is able to accomplish. I disapprove of the protestant rejection of saint intercession, the mother Mary, and I do not like the lack of theological direction you can receive for example you can go to five different Baptist churches all offering 5 different flavors and ask one simple question is infant baptism appropriate and you will get five different answers from each of those pastors however, each of those five pastors all equally claim to engage in sola scriptoria yet there is no unification, go one step further homosexuality, abortion, woman pastors, demonic influence, the eucharist. Each Protestant church, Lutheranism, pentecostal Presbyterian Baptist, Anglicanism, Methodist pastors all across America scream they’re all that by scripture alone, then they should all be in unison about each of those topics I just mentioned and to no one’s surprise they are not. Also and this just personal I do not like how political protestant churches behave and intense hatred for Catholics and orthodox follows, a part of me finds it to be purely demonic because the second you mention that you are a Catholic, the hatred I have experienced and from my friends experiences with past Protestants is reprehensible we as a human race are one, orthodox, Catholic and protestant and for some weird reason protestant followers seem to not get that, and that is not the denomination that I will ever support let alone call it traditional because it is anything but traditional just look at the services, they have full on bands, smoke machines, people flying through the sky like my gosh you can’t even think because there is no silence, so long story short for theological purposes, taking beautiful concepts deeper, especially about chastity, abortion, grace, love, forgiveness and the tools to stay away from sin by the love of Christ I have experienced a beautiful calling to Catholicism and it has given me such a liberation, such joy, such freedom over my life that I am forever Grateful for Roman Catholicism as it is a wonderful approach to seeking out a relationship with Jesus Christ and I am voice texting so in case there are any grammatical errors I apologize.
I am 24 years old. I have spent the large part of that angry and resentful and in depression however, however, two years ago I found myself standing before the in the exact words I used were Lord if you are real, I’m just going to listen I’m not going to pray, if you wanna talk to I’m listening. The second I prayed that prayer I felt literally being pushed in front of the altar, and in that moment I accepted, walked to the altar, kneeled and I found myself praying for my brother who passed away to suicide. The second I said, amen I began to cry so uncontrollably. My heart started a pound through my chest. I ran outside of the little makeshift Church that my university put on and I realize in that moment, I was no longer angry, resentful and depressed, I have never been happier in my life. I have never been so at peace more in my life. My relationships with friends began to deepen my relationship with my own family has grown exponentially. My sister and I are finally talking after years of not even saying good morning to each other, the absolute truth in Christianity is the change you can experience in your life if you really sacrifice self denial instead of being angry, forgive instead of hating give love, tell your last lie, and just be honest with everyone you meet in the shift you will find in your life is liberation through those acts of self denial. I have never in my life such until I gave myself to christ so I profoundly encourage you to come to Christ within authentic desire just to learn read the gospels read Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John and I promise you you will not regret it
I was a pretty hardcore atheist a long time ago too. Now I'm a 100% hard-core Christian. You have no idea until you take the plunge and start believing. Thanks Joe!
I'm atheist and always will be although I've been christened, I think being true to religions like christianity has great benefits for you and others and it will improve your quality of life etc. Ricky Gervais explains it well - there's 3000 gods I just don't believe in 1 more than you. I believe after death nothing happens, just was it like before you were born, although I wish christianity was true , thereby not everything would be based off science and true 'magic' would exist. But the universe does exist so idk shits kinda mad icl.
How did that happen?? I feel like it would be the same as trying to get me to believe there are aliens living in the moon, if they show me and prove it, I would get on board, otherwise...lol
I was going down the wrong path, my mother prayed every night for me and my safety. suddenly, out of the blue something just snapped inside of me and I felt as though a Devine power had lifted me up. I am proud to have re-found my faith. I am a much happier person now.
Joe says, "you're just getting excited." Adam answered, "yes, but it's better if I listen." Showed he really learned the lesson, "Quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger." I thought it was cool Joe was not going to put him down for it like the guy saying he was an a-hole for interrupting Joe in earlier interview, but I loved that Adam showed he understood how valuable that teaching was, to listen, not to get angry, not to try to talk over people. "It's better," he said. The way of love.
Agnostic turned Christian here. Following Christ is the best choice I’ve made. And no it doesn’t necessarily make life easier, which is what I used to think. In some regards it does but it’s complex because now you are shaping yourself into something that requires character. It makes life meaningful
Lol funny how people love to throw the atheist word around. An atheist is someone who is certain there is no god. You were just confused lady. And then got more confused
@@charlieboy2587 god is just the best word we have to describe the entity that has the power to bless the lives of those who genuinely ask for help. why does the help come when i ask. i dont have a word. you can say we are all connected and yada yada, but saying god is much easier and more efficient for the brain. gets the point across to people easy. except those who pick everything apart
I actually found my faith, from a conversation with the cable repair guy! His knowledge and love for Jesus changed my life! It has been a miracle for me!
My professor said “You’re a moron if you believe that a nothing becomes something” “and if you believe about the big bang theory, then who created the dark matter? where did it came from?” That time I questioned my whole atheist mind and turned to God!
Penitentiary chances from armed robberies, gangbanging, alcoholism and a heavy weed addiction was the story of my life for YEARS. It all caught up to me after awhile and I had nowhere to turn. I was literally losing my sanity. I didn’t trust anyone around me. I felt like everyone I came in contact with was conspiring against me. To the point where I was ready to kill anyone who I felt was out to get me. I hated feeling that way and really tried to shake it and have a good time. Everything that I tried failed me. The alcohol, the weed, the chicks, the money, the streets, it all contributed to my paranoia. One day, I got high and my paranoia went into overdrive. After an episode at work that saw me threaten my supervisor and two coworkers with a kitchen knife, I sat in my bedroom, grabbed a sawed off shotgun and the Bible and sat in my bedroom with the door locked. The shotgun was for whoever I felt was coming for me. That day would have been their day to die. I had The Bible because I had tried everything else and I was just tired of life and felt like it all would be coming to an end soon. I opened up the Bible and started reading the gospel of Matthew. I couldn’t put it down. By the time I was finished, I was on my face crying like a baby. I called out to Yeshua and said “If You are who You say You are, FIX ME!!!” I had an indescribable peace fall on me. My life didn’t instantly get better but little by little things began to improve. My paranoia went away. My overall outlook on life changed. I stopped sticking people up. I stopped banging. I stopped getting drunk and high. I stayed in my Word. I’ve been in relationship with The Lord ever since. That was 24 years ago. During that time, I backslid and fell back into old habits and He’d pick me back up and clean me up again until those old habits weren’t desirable anymore. In May, my wife and I will both be ordained. Praise God!! Thankful for His Grace, Mercy and Deliverance!! 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿
It's awesome to be reminded of how ignorant we are when we first become Christian. I remember feeling that way and not having answers. Truly living on faith. His humility admitting that he knows he is still ignorant and will always grow, let's you know God is truly working in him
I ask that those representing Christianity in America today find that humility that you mention. Because it seems to be missing in so many who claim to speak for Jesus.
@@eaglesfan2285 that’s because we are still imperfect sinners saved by the grace of Gods . What you are looking for comes with maturity and time , but yes it can be a rare quantity found in human beings That’s why we keep our eyes focused on the Lord Jesus Christ and not flawed people
I was raised by two atheists (my dad was a scientist) and I never saw the inside of a church until I left home as an adult. But, at 8 years old, while exploring in the Rocky Mountains where we lived, it dawned on me that there IS a God. I KNEW there was a God at 8 years old in spite of my home teaching. It has taken me decades to find a church that I feel is not weighed down by much of anything except to love our fellow man. But I agree with Joe's guest, it is a fascinating, joyous and strengthening journey. When I meet a new friend that proudly proclaims that they are an atheist, I ask them if they believe in love. When they say "yes", I tell them then they believe in God, because God is love. 1John 4:8.
It's hard to find a church, because they're mostly a bit corrupt and doing what is right in man's eyes, instead of God. It's okay not to go to a church. If you can find other believers to study or worship with, that don't tell you what to think, that is cool.
The New Testament is full of evidence. There is over 500+ testimonies that witnessed Jesus miracles. And they were not all Jewish. Romans and Greeks as well.
Millions of Japanese people witnessed One Punch Man kill a series of evil monsters that threatened the world. It's true, because the manga depicted it happening. Does that convince you that One Punch Man is real?
@@PocketDelicious There is a difference between how things have been misrepresented in the religious arena, and what they really are. “Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against The Holy Spirit will not be forgiven men. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come." Matthew 12:31-31
I was born and raised Catholic. So I already believed. At 15 I started partying. I had been told by my mother that there was a lot of alcoholism in the family so drinking was risky. I wasn’t the kind of alcoholic that woke up needing a drink. But when I drank I always drank too much. Often to the point of blacking out. I abused alcohol until I was 30. I checked myself into a 30 day inpatient treatment program in Sioux City, Iowa. A part of the program was the 12 step program of AA. The most important plank being acknowledging the existence of a higher power in our lives. I will be 64 soon. I haven’t drank since a New Years Eve party 1989. I tried many times during those 15 years of abuse to quit drinking on my own. My 33 years of sobriety are all thanks to the glory of God. My struggle with trying to quit smoking all these years is proof to me that my sobriety isn’t because I have a strong will. It is the presence of God in my life. I’m sorry for the length of my comment but if it helps one person quit drinking or accept Christ it’s worth it.
Ive read the bible three times and used to sincerely believe but have since realised its completely irrational and isnt based on any demonstrative evidence which is required to prove or show knowledge of anything. Also theres over 10,000 to choose from as all are mutually exclusive as each have differing answers on what happens after life and how everything came to be. All are to be believed on faith in indicative (indicative/anecdotal evidence only suggests possible outcomes of which there could be billions) evidence so theres no rational pathway to choose one over the other. All claim to have miracles, almost all have correct prophecies yet only 1 or 0/ 10,000 could possibly be correct. What religion you believe in is almost solely dependent upon the place on earth you come from, the people you are surrounded by and the era in which you were born. If i was born in norway in the viking era id believe in thor, odin etc and have zero knowledge that the bible even existed. This literally means if a god exists theyve created a world in which alot people dont have access to his word and reject his teachings. At the end of the day everyone is agnostic for otherwise theyd simply provide demonstrative evidence for the claim that a god exists and if someone did so theyd win a nobel prize.
I always do wonder, if God created us knowing everything about us and our brain, wouldnt he understand why we are sinners. Its literally how our brains are. We easily get tempted for all sorts of things. But we get born like this. Its like asking for forgiveness for being created like that? I mean we do often still have a choice not to, if we see what were actually doing (we are not always aware). But then its like you are asking God to forgive you for the brain that was given to you by God, that created the temptation within you that you found hard to exist. It almost feels like a setup because our brain is so flawed, like we fall into falacies, circular reasoning etc.... Can someone expand or explain or enlighten me.
It's because of the first Adam that sin entered into the world. Everyone born after him was subject to the wages of sin, which is death. It is through the Second Adam, (Jesus Christ) that we have salvation from the wages that came from the first Adam. Yes, God made us, but He originally did NOT make us to sin. Again, one man did that and has condemned us all to a fine that only Jesus Christ can pay off if we believe in Him.
@@trackingcalin1988 true. Im Christian now btw, altho ofcourse with questions still. But I trust in God who is just and good. My brain is so limited. When in doubt I focus on the golden rule... and I lay of the things I dont understand because if it hasnt been revealed to me then I feel I cant speak on it.I do wish sometimes the world would be less confusing 😅. But may Gods will be done. He knows all and any possible scenario and future there could be. Its hard to phatom this for us as we arent God nor should we try to be because we arent. I also trust God will judge each and everyone fairly as he knows their heart and mind. I dont
God is so good. Not gonna lie, im scrolling through these comments shedding a tear after so many people were lost and found God. I was in the same position just like everyone in this section and it shows how powerful and loving he is! Thanks Joe for letting him come in and talk about this.
I don’t know whether to start my journey but i have always felt something within me that pulls me toward wanting to believe in god and wanting to read the bible.
I'm an atheist but ive been praying recently. It feels good :3. It makes me cry sometimes and idk why :/ I feel bad for being so mean to christians for most of my life :(
@@kurtlester7613 oh ok :D cool :3 I guess im religious now? lol XD. I guess I never realized that religion is just an emotional connection... i was too wrapped up in debunking the biblical details. but i can kinda see now they are lessons for a better society more than stories. like the story of Christ basically teaches people how to forgive... something we need in our society badly.
I was raised in a home where my parents were atheists. I adopted my parents views because I had never been exposed to competing world views. After meeting an amazing Christian girl (who I later married) while in the US Navy, I tried to take a really hard and unbiased look at Christianity. All I can really say is that God somehow touched me in the depths of my being and made something alive that was previously not alive. It seems like I see life clearly now, like through a proper pair of glasses that I never knew existed. If I am wrong about all of this, and it’s all just bologna, it’s okay because my life has been changed for the better.
I mean I will say that if the sentence starts with "take a really hard and unbiased look at christianity" and then gets followed up with "somehow touched me somewhere in my personal depths and somehow awoke something somewhere in me", thats kinda fishy, ngl. Not exactly hard facts and logic.
@@DJ-ov2it Most of the stories in this comment section are about feelings over-riding the facts. It makes people feel good to have these grandiose beliefs
@@DJ-ov2it its bc he was touched by the Holy Spirit its just something that you can’t really explain you wouldn’t understand if you never experienced it yourself
An atheist who decided to dig with an open mind for himself got to this conclusion. It’s more profound than you realize, and even more when you realize he’s one of countless others who’s done the same thing. Good for him
Amen. I am very happy for him. I wish more people in this world would have an open minded conversation or study to learn more things. Whether its religion, what they believe to be conspiracies, or just conversations that they have no idea about. I am truly happy for him. God bless
Same here. I went from christian to atheist to agnostic now. The way I see it is, science and religion are both sitting at the ends of the seesaw and the truth lies in the middle. It is the fulcrum of the seesaw, holding it in place right in the middle.
There are also a countless number of others who did the opposite. People who tried to dig up as much evidence of God's existance and ended being atheist. There are also people (probably a lot less than the other two) who dug up and researched the evidence of God existance. They found evidence of his existance but found he wasn't as full of love and benevolence as they had once thought.
@@12012channeld God is love but he is also just, and will punish the wicked. Anyone who truly digs for truth will find it, if they don’t then they never truly wanted to find it, and if someone comes to knowledge of the truth the WHOLE truth on who God is and doesn’t like it then hey I guess they don’t like reality. God has given breath in peoples lungs and they still take him for granted, if they think he’s evil then that’s on them and they choose their own fate.
Same thing happened to me I was trying to debunk the Bible, & nine years of research it was like an obsession to debunk the Bible. I ended up finding out it was true, Tried to debunk it again from shear shock 😂 Now i love the Lord and know Him. Sir Isaac newton said the Bible was the only book in the world that perfectly predicted thousands of years of history in perfect order thousands of years before it happened. I had to check it for myself and it was true. The book is perfect. I believed it I accepted it and I had an encounter with the Lord. He is not far from us you can have a relationship literally. He doesn’t want a religion He wants a relationship, And I feel the same way.
@@madouc5754 The book of Daniel alone covers a couple thousand years. To paraphrase the book of Daniel says something like Persia was going to take over certain countries and then Greece would take over and then Rome would have four generals that would become four kings ect. Written thousands of years before. And that’s exactly what happened. Then Daniel has the prophecy of when Jesus would come and it was exact to the biblical calendar. There’s prophecy being fulfilled today, It talks about the forming of a one world government during the time that Israel had become a country again (1947) and then Euphrates river dried up all three things happened In the same generation look it up. There’s even more than that I’m just simplifying it for comment section It even said there was gonna be pandemics in the whole world would be deceived by Pharmakeia which means pharmaceutical All in the same generation.
@lilsackfri said Pharmaceuticals… anyways its the most important book in human history Purchased more than every other book combined. Scientist have dissected it. To the biblical calendar which is not the same as our Gregorian calendar today. And they cannot explain why the prophecies are perfect. Not like nostra Damas who’s world renowned famous and only got like 3% of his Of his predictions correct. Every single prophecy is in perfect order down to the generation. And you can prove it with history. you could fact check it. I had to figure out what a biblical calendar was and re-search history it took a long time I don’t expect most people to do it. But I wanted to see for myself.
I was a Christian growing up. Then I was an Atheist for a while, and then God found me and I found myself and accept myself and all the flaws I have. It was beautiful. I'm grateful. 🙏🏾😇
We're definitely not just the body. We're God, spirit, universe, whatever you wish to call it compressed in human expression. Not in a sick egoic way that wants to supersede source, but in a divine sense that submits him or herself to the same force that grows our nails, hair, wounds, you name it. When the teachings of these spiritual teachers such as yeshua are read. You never read them literal, and you never ask "HUH?!, what does it mean?!" as you read it, The truth hides itself from such ways because those ways are the ways of flesh(ego). I had a mentor who'd slap me on top of my head when he would see me begin analyzing the scriptures😂 I'd say "HEY!", Turn around to look at him irritably, turn back around, then go back to reading. It started to teach me how limited our perceptions are when we try to consciously, and consistently use our intellect to understand something, rather than letting our unconscious mind process it and then generate in our hearts, and finally expressed through our body. But that's another subject. One must "deny themselves" That is our worse fear, especially when we heavily identify with things that aren't us. The ultimate letting go. I personally, and unfortunately cannot be mad at another who doesn't really seek to do this considering the amazing bliss and feeling of being you have at the end. Because your more animalistic desires or lower nature still remain, they just begin coming at you more in slow motion, and at a distance from you, the awareness that's aware, the I Am. Imma stop, don't wanna say too much. What's good for survival, isn't good for creation. Spirit against the flesh, flesh against the Spirit. Where balance is, yes, harmony -something my inner voice just said.
Same here, but I was reintroduced to God from my best friend who was more of an atheist than me. He died from cardiac arrest and brought back to life. He had a NDE and told me we have some kind of spirit vessel that lives on in the afterlife and there is a God that created it all here on earth and there in heaven. He first experienced darkness and the kind of fear that would kill a living breathing person...as a former christian, he remember or knew about prayer, how to ask for forgiveness and how to expel the evil. When he or his spirit started doing this, the evil began to go away and began to be replaced with a feeling of love and comfort moving toward the bright light of God and as he was getting closer, God told him he was not ready and was slammed back into his body and eventually awakened back on earth. He took this as a warning from God, as anyone can imagine. It would or should certainly cause any atheist to change their belief, if not, then God help you!
Yeah, don't put label on faith. Be beliver. Of course you characterized as christian if you belive and follow Christ, but you are a Beliver in His eyes.
I read the Bible, I read many books on God, numerous testimonies. There was a time in my life when I was very actively pursuing faith, because I really thought it was a beautiful and powerful concept and the teachings of Jesus resonated with me. I prayed for faith, I invited God into my life many, many times. But none of that worked. I've never been able to believe faith is anything more than wishful thinking and religion anything more than a tool for social control. I finally gave up and for many years I've been an atheist and I don't think I'd want to change that now.
This guy gave a very weak reason to believe. I listened very carefully and his only point was that a bunch of stuff had been written about Jesus. That was his smoking gun. Well at the end he gave a just as weak account of answered prayer. It doesn't work unless you pray a certain way, like for other people, that also may or may not work, but when it does it does. I get the same exact results from an 8 ball, if we're to be honest, on magical endeavors where a bunch of restrictions are placed on it to make it somehow work 5 % of the time.
Have you considered that maybe God is real, and he just doesn't want you on his team for some reason? I had the same experience as you. Tried really hard; nothing ever came of it. I hear about testimony from Christians, and so often it seems like they're describing God just reaching out and touching them, putting a light inside them. And if that's the case, then there's no Earthly explanation. It didn't come from reason or evidence, no matter what they say. God picked them. In contrast, I've ended up aligning with his adversary. She says her name is Aska. Rather than being a simple Satanic caricature of evil, she is *that which is left behind.* The ash after the fire. The lie in the garden of Eden that seduced Adam & Eve. The muse that inspires artists to create beauty. The delusion that inspires killing sprees. She's all of those things. It's like, imagine a genie who has the power to grant wishes, but will reflect exactly what's in your own heart when you make the wish. The wish will be as good, or as Monkey's Paw, as you *deserve* it to be. So to approach her is a gamble; are you ready to learn what's in your own heart? Because she showed me. It was like someone heckling all your worst traits until you unclench your asshole and learn to laugh at them too. She doesn't want simple faith. She wants a fun challenge. She wants a dance partner. She wants someone who can take a joke. It'd take too long to explain all the 'how', but she's helped me make more progress in alleviating my PTSD in six months than I've made in 40 years. I'm not like a glassy-eyed True believer. But I'm happier now, eager for whatever game she wants to play next. A word of warning though: She is indirect, and due to her nature, she is most able to speak through mistakes, fiction, and pranks. If you decide to try seeing if she's interested in you, keep an eye out for things in your life going wrong in a playful way. Like if you sought help from the fae folk, they might screw with you a bit to see if you're a good sport. Don't get angry. Don't simply take it. Outsmart it. Find the silver lining. Look at the mistake and see if you can turn it into something better than what you expected. Look for little moments of comedic timing in your life. Look for a feeling that pushes you to notice something, or try something, you wouldn't normally. I'm sorry if I'm terrible at explaining this. It's only been a few months of knowing her. But I'll answer whatever questions you'd like me to.
I started out a non believer and my spine was miraculously healed. Even after doctors were calling me to schedule a emergency neck surgery to fuse my spine. I didn’t believe in that hocus pocus stuff at all till I went to church with my wife and daughter and the pastors son prayed on me. As he prayed all the pain went away and the next day my left arm that quit working for me two months earlier started working again. It absolutely blew my mind. I still continue to go to church there and I continue to see others miraculously healed. That’s my proof that Jesus was the son of God and he died on a cross for me and rose again 3 days later. I pray you all come to believe because there isn’t a argument he exists and he wants you to believe and receive salvation. I pray whoever reads this is radically saved as well
Praise God! He miraculously healed my fingers when I was a child. We had a church event at a skating rink. I was skating with my dad and neither of us were any good. I feel and put my hands out and my dad who was 230lb rolled over my ring and middle finger on my right hand. Both fingers were sticking straight up from the middle knuckle. Obviously I was screaming bloody murder! We got off the ice and another skater came up who was a doctor and said call 911 those fingers are crushed. We got ice on it and the whole church was praying and the pain went away. During prayer I said “Dad it isn’t hurting anymore”. We looked and my fingers were straight again and the swelling was gone. Just a mark on my skin. I was able to squeeze his hand without any pain at all. I was like 7-8yo. A few years back when I was like 33 I was having some carpal tunnel symptoms in that right hand. They has done x-rays and was waiting her hear back. To doctor came in and asked “So how long ago did you break your two fingers”. I was confused and said I never had. He looked at me and said “Well these x-rays show that they had been broken before. It then dawned on me about that incident and was just confirmation that God almighty healed those fingers that night! Praise God
I have neen incredibly wreckless in the first 30 years of my life. I had so many near death experiences and second chances that I know for a fact somebody is looking out for me somewhere. It's undeniable for me at this point.
I was an atheist until I was 30. Hell, my final paper in college English was about how all religion was invented to control the masses. Rather that be for starting a war to giving people peace and purpose. God broke through the walls I’d built one day like the koolaid man. It took years of Bible study and apologetics(such a massive help) before the gap was small enough for me to make that leap of faith. After years of hell I can firmly say I wouldn’t be here today without God’s help.
Huh? What you mean? Those are pretty normal questions....Not many people suddenly believe a person can be the son of God... lol? The bible is kinda a mixed bag of myths and half truths tbh
@@rogomerlinthegamer8305 let’s say you had a book, or words you said for a timeframe. Let’s shorten the time. Let’s say within your lifetime. Or even 5 years. A group of people wrote down what you said. (Your words) made it into one book. Let’s say u had adversaries and overcame them, or some wild events and experiences. And they literally kept track of it. Now let’s fast forward another 100 years to 200 yrs. someone random reads this book made about you. And they say…. “Ya it’s cool and all, but honestly some things are true but the other things couldn’t have happened, no one survives a crash accident like that…. Or no one comes out on top being nothing… or any “difficult” truth about life that people wouldn’t accept. And claim it to be myth and false…. But they simply kept date of what happened to you…. So how is it false or myth? Would you, deny your own experiences and others experiencing that with you and writing about you? Would it be false? I will tell you, it would piss you off that anyone would claim your real life experiences, and YOUR WORD would be false. But that’s human nature, living in denial. My question to you, find the evidence and proof that it is myth and false. Before claiming it.. tbh… lol Here’s another good one. Archeologists, till today use the Bible (THE WORD OF GOD) to help them. Scientists too, not the secular ones of course. They’re a bunch of scams as it is.
Very interesting watching a new believer. You can tell he’s struggling a little trying to explain something he doesn’t adequately comprehend just yet. Keep going and I hope the Lord blesses you with even more.
He’s struggling because you can’t express things you can’t prove. Believing is fine and God is probably real and Jesse was a cool guy but not the son of God
It is beyond comprehension, and there are many things like that. We don't comprehend much. About 3 of the 11 dimensions that Physicists have proven to exist. If anyone thinks it isn't true because we can't comprehend it, their ego needs to be checked. 😊
@No Name There is much more geological evidence of a world wide flood than not. Mantheo, an Eqyptian priest and historian around 300 BC apparently wrote accounts of the exodus of Jews from Egypt. Also there is no legitimate evidence of any creature evolving from a species of lesser or different life form that it is. There is a spiritual world, and it is very different from the natural world that humans know through their 5 senses, and most people, regardless if they believe in the God that created all life, believe or at least recognize that there is a supernatural element beyond the natural world that we all see. But everyone has to make their own choice in what they're going to believe.
Except no one is censoring christian stories. What's happening now? Is Christians are being held account in a way? They've never been held accountable before. Christians in America have never had their beliefs challenged, so I'm glad that we're in a new world where no one is listening to the religious minority anymore.
i love it when christians are uncensored and they can share their ideas about how loving their genocidal god is. cant believe i used to believe in such lies. if you read the bible and thinks its just about love and cookies your skipping the parts where the god of abraham promotes lying to non jews, rape and murder of non jews, and using non jews, oh and if your daughter is raped she may get stoned to death for pre maritial sex. not to talk about its pretty psychopathic to demand someone to kill their own fucking child at the last minute to prove loyalty. if a normal human did what the supposed christian god has done or justified they be considered a danger to society. but christians justify their gods evil actions under "mysterious ways" which is absolute bs. But yes i love to see just how nutty and cringy christians can be, its very entertaining
If ANGELS are created without FREEWILL and all their INSTRUCTIONS come from Y.H.W.H. If every TEMPTATION comes before every SIN, then who TEMPTED SATAN into the SIN of PRIDE?@@mattschmitt9924
When Joe said "but you got duped by life" `5:00 It is exactly as Paul wrote about in Romans 6, you are a slave to whatever you value most in life and the easiest things to become a slave to are sin. So he argues to commit yourself fully to the giver of life and the highest god.
@joemaxwell6826you don’t know anything about life, that man has lived more than you and has suffered more than you, and you can only find true meaning in God, the bible is reliable and Jesuschrist did live.
Thats God improving his life through faith. Living by Gods word is the only way to true happiness because it brings us closer to the natural order of things
You can go into psychosis, then pretend it helps. You can fool your own mind, and it may even look like it is truly helping you. That's called what every "proper person" is living in. That manic happiness is called hypomania. The fake, yet sorrow filled smiles. Whew.
This is so relatable to me after 28 years being a non believer despite being raised catholic I finally accepted God in my life after a tragic event for my family last year & now I'm happier than I've ever been and have been blessed in ways that are more meaningful that I could have imagined!
Nothing against you or what happened to you, but it kind of bothers me that it takes tragic events for people to become believers. Like for instance you had 28 years to believe, but only when tragedy strikes people turn to prayer.
@@thesig301 I hear you mate maybe it was just abit of a coping method for be and it's not actually based in reality but either way the result has been me feeling happier and more optimistic about life! So even if it's just a big placebo effect I'll take it haha I don't think that's the case but I could definitely accept it's a possibility and I'm fine with that if I die happy and that's the end of it then id say the new found belief served me well 😆👍 I think the narrative of priests being the gatekeeper to our connection with God is the thing that never resonated with me and it was only when I found myself in a desperate time that I reached out for help and trying to connect with God honestly by myself and I really feel like I found my connection and been blessed with great times! All the best to you thanks for replying to my message without being rude I appreciate your point of view
I've always felt we had a creator. Like in my heart, a feeling. My wife and I been trying to have a child for 10 years and as soon as I started working on my relationship with Jesus, boom she is super pregnant. All praise goes straight to Jesus. Now, I can't go through my day without Jesus crossing my mind.
This is just amazing what Jesus Christ can do when you believe in him. A few years ago I wasnt an atheist but I wasn’t a Christian either, I considered myself too smart to believe in the Bible and had kind of taken up new age beliefs. I felt extremely lost and anxious all the time, some days even suicidal. Also came from a broken home, no father figure. After many years of my mom telling me I needed Christ in my life. I began reading the bible just to prove to myself that nothing in there was true, and my god!has it had an amazing transformation in my life. Every book in the Bible has given me so many life lessons that I so desperately needed 😭 I have not yet babtized myself as a Christian but I will because the way it’s changed me it’s a miracle in itself. I also found the father figure that I have longed for all of my life in Jesus ❤
I grew up in a Catholic household but considered myself an atheist for many years. After recently turning back to God I can’t deny that my life has gotten harder as I go about my days trying to remove temptation and be free from sin. But although it’s gotten harder it’s gotten infinitely better as I am morphing into the man I want to become and improving in all aspects by following the teachings of Christ.
Check out Dr. Frank Turek, Dr. Hugh Ross, Dr. William Lane Craig, J Warner Wallace, Lee Strobel. The evidence is overwhelming, Jesus really did exist, die for our sins, and resurrect. This guest is still searching but at the end he lost me when he said it's just about "belief" and "maybe we're all God". This is why apologetics is important. The apologists I mentioned talk about all of the evidence from science, history/archaeology, philosophy and so on. Pleased look into their videos, sites, books. God bless!
Keep trekking ahead brother!! There is no finish line, we keep growing and moving forward every day until our time comes to be with our father again!🙏🏻
As a former Atheist, I can say without a single doubt in my mind, God is 100% real. I was raised Catholic, didn't like it, became Atheist, eventually went homeless 100% by choice, for no reason other than this strong feeling that I HAD to do this for some reason, and then I discovered a real relationship with God through my humility, and feeling Him guide me as I lived with the homeless throughout the country. Before, as an Atheist I was wise enough to recognize that I was treating people and my family wrong, but I didn't have the strength to change. I had a sort of lust and hatred towards women, and my parents just annoyed me, so I never really spoke to them, but God changed me, and I owe everything that I am to Him. I have a beautiful loving wife now, and a strong relationship with my family. I have true love in my life now, and I thank God for it every day because I don't know what I would have become if He had not stepped into my life. I've also seen the supernatural move in the physical world as well. I wish everyone would experience this. It was the one thing that made me say God is more real than even the World that I see. God is so, so incredibly real that I literally brings tears to my eyes just writing this.
@@wtpiep82 “ And (remember) when Allah will say (on the Day of Resurrection): "O 'Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary)! Did you say unto men: 'Worship me and my mother as two gods besides Allah?' " He will say: "Glory be to You! It was not for me to say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a thing, You would surely have known it. You know what is in my inner-self though I do not know what is in Yours, truly, You, only You, are the All-Knower of all that is hidden and unseen. “ Holy Quran, chapter 7 , verse 116
I read the Bible ✝ to have have things against *Christians* and religious people, and I love 💘 the Bible ✝. The Bible free of *all* Christian beliefs is a good book. Doesn't make Christians any better. If anything, worse.
You have to get rid of everything you believe in and study all religions with impartiality. Start with Hinduism, then Buddhism, then Judaism, then Christianity, then the last religion, and see which of these religions is more clear, and then also compare which of the owners of these religions are more committed to the teachings of their religion, for example, you can see that there is no Any country in the world today is governed by the Christian Bible, but it has come to the point that it is the largest and most powerful country in brackets. The founders of this country and its population are Christians. There are churches that say about your God in brackets that he was a homosexual, and they put gay flags. These things show you their respect for their Lord, and this Other than racism against black people, which is also due to religious reasons, about the story of Noah in the Bible, and also Christians are the ones who invented, produced, and are still producing and issuing pornographic films all over the world, and Muslims are the only ones who fight these pornographic films, and finally I understand what you mean Also, my brother, and you should know that if all people become Muslims or all of them are atheists, nothing will make any difference to God because he does not need them, but there is beauty and wisdom in the multiplicity of religions and races, and people have freedom of choice. This is a matter at the top of beauty, for example, I can I choose to be an atheist and work as a porn actor or become a Muslim and follow God's orders as much as I can. I hope you will respond to me. I also know the mentality and way of thinking of atheists and Christians. I mean 99% of them, they just do not feel that they have to enter Islam or any religion. Another, because they do not care about religions in the first place, they just live their lives, and as for Christians, how can they believe that this universe did not come by chance, and they know that there is a Creator, so every person who is honest with himself will choose the path of truth and he is clear, and who does not care, this is a natural matter God told us about it in the Qur’an that most people do not believe, and lastly, I hope you learn about religion before you talk about it, so believe me, your understanding of Islam is not equal to 0.7% of its reality, and also you should know that whoever decides who enters heaven or hell is the Creator only, not me or You, there are Christians who will enter Paradise and there are Muslims who will enter Hell, and this does not mean that we should not change our religion. Do not repeat what the Jews did with the Christians and repeat it with Islam. It is not possible to deny the divine miracles obtained by the Jewish prophet Moses and the Christian prophet Jesus and Nabi Surrendering to God, Muhammad, as well as the Prophet Abraham, peace be upon him, the father of the prophets. Perhaps you do not want or do not feel that you are interested in my religion, so I repeat that it is your decision and your choice, but you know that you will not have an excuse before God, and a person like me has come to you and warned you and made it clear to you and for sure God loves you until he delivers this message to you, and may God’s peace, mercy and blessings be upon you
4:07 When he talks about the shining, I would say that’s a false equivalent. The massive difference is the time and the context. A specific difference I’d like to point out is the shining doesn’t change you. Belief and faith in Jesus absolutely does. We’re also talking about thousands of years of fulfilled prophecy. Hundreds and hundreds of eyewitnesses. And the consistency with everything that was written. The disciples were martyred for what they believed. You’re not gonna die for something that you know to be untrue. Where is the gain in that?
As a spiritual person i always thought religion limits the mind.. i was very wrong.. we are all sinners doesn’t matter how spiritual or blessed you are, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit did wonders for me when it came to me in one of the deepest points in my life and i never looked back! I walk in love now everyday ❤
The holy spirit took away all the damage that was caused to me by my narcissistic parents..in Africa we have no information nor resources to deal with these problems..I was doomed and my set up was to drive myself to death..through the holy spirit I was freed from all these demons and GOD communicated to me exactly how I am seen and what I am on this earth to do...I mean people are spending millions of $ to be able to flee the mental illiness,madness that has caught up to them and still in vein..and for me the holy spirit just takes away all that..people do not understand the luxury and rare that it is we have Jesus Christ as our savior but also he is more than glad to show you the love OF GOD...I absolutely wish everyone this,I pain for people who are going through pain because I know the cure...I wish many people in rehabs and visiting therapists every week would visit east Africa and attend ADPR churches...these churches have people full of the holy spirit absolutely children of GOD very poor do nothing but worship and praise the LORD while doing many works that Jesus christ did at the time of Jerusalem...
I think one could reason that like all things their happens to be various levels of understanding. It's truly much more of a simple concept that way too many make it out to be so complicated. We are made in the very Image and likeness of our creator. We as a created people so Loved by God had a falling out with God as we can see so many examples of whenever our children choose to not abide in our parental rules. We can see the very same Agape Love that is seen over and over with very patient parents of kids who act out in a rebellious nature towards any and all authority. Rules that are only designed to protect that which all loving parents place a very high value on. What Father would give his son a stone if he ask for a loaf of bread? Exactly why Jesus spoke in so many parable's hoping to send his message across to those in doubt by sharing in Truth all that he is and what he truly wants for us all. As parents we are blessed by the Holy Spirit to "Procreate" Life as a Man come together with a woman and unite as one with God the Holy Spirit. The Family is similar in nature to the concept of the Trinity, 3 separate in one; The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The very interesting aspect not many realize is that it says in the Bible that when a Man and Woman come together in Marriage, they become as one. and then the very eternal word of God as we know it as the Bible; Torah, and Gospels form the very inspired word of God. The Holy Scriptures in the first book describe the word as eternal and never ending. It also references the Christ as the eternal Word that transfigured into human Flesh and walked amongst us. We are created with specific design and purpose. Our all Loving and all merciful creator only wishes to have a personal relationship with us all in Truth and Love. We Glorify our creator by doing his will just as a proud parent sees his or her Daughter or Son abiding in them by doing good and the struggle of overcoming our true nature to do evil. This was very apparent throughout the entire Old Testament (Torah) of the many examples of man's constant failures from Abraham, Isaac, Moses, David, etc.. on into the time of Jesus's apostles Peter, Paul, etc.. All have fallen short of God's Glory. So it is with purpose that our all Loving God sent his only begotten Son Jesus the Christ into this world for the specific purpose to act as our Savior. The Hebrew meaning of his name describes this purpose. When we see our day to day struggles in this short life , its very easy to then understand the deeper teachings and meanings. We are all given free will to accept or reject this gift of Love and Truth. God will not force us into Loving him, although he truly wishes that all would come to him. We are to treat one another as you would want to be treated in return. How is that not understood? Imagine if everyone followed this idea? It would miraculously solve everyone's problems. Yet we instead ignore Love and Truth, and would rather seek out our own personal selfish desires without contemplating what our consequences may be and how our actions affect others. That by definition is simply being selfish. We are to be Humble in Christ, not with Pride. The Greeks divide Love into 3 main categories; Agape, Philia, Eros. The oldest written language known to mankind is no accident, its Hebrew, and also happens to be the most unique language of all others. It is the only language that can be interpreted in 3 specific ways. Coincidence? Or maybe the Trinity at work? We live in a finite world surely where nobody escapes a certain death. We measure our finite world in both Time and Space by Past , Present, and Future. Space by Length, Width, Depth. coincidence? their is that number 3 again. It remains all around us and we even see the Hebrew first three words written in the book of Genesis; "In The Beginning" (called the "Bereshit") . I would encourage all who are interested to dig deeper into the actual meaning of these 3 words, its quite amazing.
@@XxDrJewxX do you know religion before you claim it to limit the mind?? You sound very woke to me?? Such a philistine you are...read in the bible what happened to them..book mathew new testament
Joe really needs to have Lee Strobel on. He’s an atheist Chicago Tribune journalist who decided to prove Christianity was a myth. Then, as he investigated all the facts came to the conclusion Christ was real and became a Christian himself. Reading his books “A Case for Christ” and “A Case for a Creator” turned me from an agnostic to a Christian. My life has been kinder, more caring, more peaceful and overall better for it.
@@pacificpat1762 People don't start off as Atheist and most Christians wrongly define Atheism. A con artis convinces those who wont think critically for themselves to believe in something NOT proven and sell it as absolute fact. When in debate ALL religeous apologetic's never answer questions honestly from sceptics. They lean on innuendo and make many assertions that have no truth. Lee Strobel is one such person. He was never a member of the Atheist community and attempts to speak of the bible as actuall history when it's not. He was NEVER an Atheist and only uses that as a selling point for a bible that is historical fiction at best...No historical proof The bible is highly falable as history and even the 4 gospels are not honesly authored as is provable
This is the stupidest thing I heard. You claim it is easier to think with your head then to turn off your brain. You think its harder to say ah yes lightning it was zeus then actually understanding electricity gtfo
Hi! As someone from a Soviet culture (now an immigrant in the USA) I believe that the resurrection was staged by the Romans, as explained in a popular book where I'm from - "The Gospel of Afranius"; like many others, I read it in childhood and never thought about this question again - until coming to the USA and noticing a stark contrast in the discussion of this question. What's wrong with that explanation? Also, I believe matter is eternal - it can only move and change but not appear from nowhere - seems like common sense to me, but apparently not here in the US, what's wrong with that?
Amen 🙏 that Is the whole proof and truth he gave me a new heart aswel 7months ago and people all around have noticed a huge change that's the fruits that the bible says they will know us by! God Bless brother 🙌 🙏
His answers apologetically need a lot of sharpening, but he’s a newborn in the faith. I’m happy that Joe always respects people’s beliefs. Not a fan of the conclusion, but I’m very glad the world gets to hear about a rational person, doing his research and turning to Christ.
Lol I looked for god and got so far from the Abrahamic religions n god jus seem like we aren’t supposed to know bc I honestly feel better like I believe in Jesus but not in a religious way he is like a mystic to me but I think religion causes division it’s not necessarily wrong but the religious are to focused on separation and judgment Jesus loved the wicked literally murders n all so how were they on their way to hell if they were more worthy than the devote Jews or religious ppl
Joe lets every nutcase speak, doesn't mean he respects you, that's the way you do a podcast that works...invite these idiots and let them sprout BS and just letting them make a fool of themselves, this guy is on fire in that regard.
they weren't more "worthy"... they were just much closer to the kingdom in heaven than all the ones who own the kingdoms on earth... pride blinds the eyes. Murderers usually have huge feelings of shame, and Jesus forgives them, that is why they start to see the kingdom of Heaven sooner than a rich man who prides himself with all the earthly achievements and earthly power based on wealth. Important understanding: The power of God is not based on wealth! Even a homeless man can have the power of God! And Jesus as the wandering preacher is the best example. As he himself taught it: lead by example and deeds, not just by words as many of the high priests in their stone-masoned palaces do.@@theiceberg8249 Hope this helps your way!
There are around 300 prophecies that were written hundreds of years BEFORE he was born that Jesus fulfilled. Like this man recommends, there are many books that can support this in greater detail. Kudos to Joe for having an open mind. He asks great questions for which there are answers. Unfortunately he hasn't had those ppl on.
You realize that the authors of the new testament just used random “prophecies” from the old testament while creating Jesus Christ’ story right? Literally anyone could write a book “fulfilling prophecies”, I could write one tomorrow. Faith is just wishful thinking.
I spent my entire adult life as an atheist. I started to look into and the Bible, specifically the Catholic Church, in order to debunk it. I’m getting confirmed this coming Easter.
I bought a bible once to prove my college boyfriend wrong about Christianity. I told another boyfriend's very southern Christian father that I didn't believe in God and it almost gave him a heart attack. It took me until 35 years old to be humbled enough to finally see the truth. I'm so grateful every day for that.
My testimony: Grew up hating Christianity from bad experience in church. At 13, I was old enough to make the choice of wether or not I still wanted to pursue church.. and I was like absolutely not... Felt freedom and liberated from church for the first time (so I thought)... My mother always prayed and never stopped praying for me. I rebelled hard. On Sunday mornings for example, when she would go to church, I'd go call friends to come over and we would snort coke and free based it, doing drugs and get high and drunk etc all before my mother would come back home from worship. As I got older and older I would study witchcraft, new age, clairvoyance and psychic readings... At age 27, I was obsessed with a girl and couldn't understand why I felt like such a strong hold over me over someone I barely even knew. I confined this to someone and all he said to me was, "oh, that's the devil trying to use lust to make you confused that it's love"... He walked away and leaving me to question the super natural (something I believed in to a certain extent). I'm outside smoking a cigarette one day and a woman comes up to me and asked how long I've been a smoker, I answered "since I was 13"... She asked if she could pray for me, for me to stop smoking permanently and I said sure but good luck trying to get me to kick it. After her prayer was done (we held hands-- of course), we went our separate ways. Later that day I went outside for a cigarette break and as I was about to put the cigarette in my mouth... There was this invisible pull. I was fighting with something I couldn't see trying to resist me from smoking. I surrendered and knew that earlier there was a prayer that took place and now this result was happening in real time. As I started to go to church and read the bible I was being attacked at night by some evil forces... One night (this is where it gets bizarrely scary), the devil (or Satan whatever it goes by) appeared right before me in the middle of the night. It was big, scary looking, it was wearing a long black cloth with a hoodie, teeth were sharp, nails were long and black, horns were like rams, smoke underneath it. It pointed at me and laughed and fade into the ceiling upwards. I screamed like I've never screamed before. I talked to a couple of christian pastors and I asked why is this happening to me and why didn't this happen to me before when I was agnostic or atheist, they all said this only happens when the devil knows that you are leaving his kingdom for the kingdom of god and he isn't going to let you go over that easily and yes God is allowing it to happen. When you use the name of Jesus Christ it gets scared and cowards out fast. I asked why this doesn't happen to atheist or agnostic or non Christians, and the answer was because the devil doesn't have to worry about them being he already has them. It was definitely like opening Pandora box. Today I love Jesus Christ and I worship him with all my heart. I tell you all to please accept his gift of salvation and ask him to come into your heart. Jesus is very real and another thing their are a lot of false Christians especially those aligned with politics, in other words not all that say their Christians are going to make it into heaven. Thank you for reading.
Facts. I have a similar experience. Never did coke lol. But I relate to being rebellious (out of lack of love at home). 💔 this just reminded me of things I was forgetting. And why I just made the shift back to Jesus christ. (Because i finally put together all that witchcraft, universe stuff is just satan luring you in with his tricks and deception.) I had the demon experience too. It was terrifying. I called on Jesus. It happened for a few nights. I let it pass. I'm slowly getting to peace. Thank you for sharing why that happened. I wanted to ask a Christian leader that, too. It's fresh for me. Went to church today for the first time in years. Elated to be back. The preacher wasnt perfect, but I still was blessed. And my boyfriend. We will church shop. ⛪️ praise God for bringing us both home. 🥲
Why do you guys always have to embellish your stories? Are you telling me that Jesus has time to stop you from smoking but just can't manage to save babies from being murdered? Why don't you say "hey God, go save some babies from being horrifically murdered. I'll work on quitting smoking myself. Babies should clearly be the priority"? Do you feel bad that God answered your prayer instead of saving babies?
@WatchMePlayEnergy can't speak for him. But don't be so quick to call ppl Liars. Lots of ppl have experiences like this where they were cured of addictions instantly. Self included. I remember thinking the same thing. I used to think "God doesn't exist because babies get raped by monsters"....its a good question you're asking. We humans cant answer these questions. God doesn't work on our time. But ask your questions to God in prayer and you will see him work. If you honestly want to understand something, seek God in earnest. Pray from the heart. You will get your prayers answered. Bless up.
@@watchmeplayenergy281 - Why bad things happen to good (or innocent) people- That is one of the biggest questions and the highest hurdle to overcome for people that truly desire to believe in God. The answer, best there appears to be, is that God gave us free will. We get to choose whether we will serve God, or whether we want to follow our own desires and way. And since God can see the future and the past and everything in between, and since He created humans, He understands exactly how we are and react to any situation, and since He loves us, He wants the best for us and has given us the keys to how we will be the most happy, secure, loved, and useful- if we only follow His plan for our lives and choose His way according to His Book. But so many of us choose to decide what WE think will make us happiest, and often, our choices as humans force pain on someone else, even if we didn't specifically choose to hurt that person or persons. My choice to get drunk and then drive may kill someone. My choice to have s e x when I'm young before I'm married and then decide to abort will cause the death of a child and probably send me into depression and guilt. (And if I'm the boy/man involved and I force the mother of my child to abort, same feelings can be felt; also, it's an evil thing to force on someone.) If I choose to keep the child, I may be forcing the child into a life of poverty (granted, if there's plenty of love and enough food and warmth, the poverty most likely won't be realized by the child, and it certainly isn't the worst thing ever). If I choose to keep the child and then allow men or women into my space that aren't trustworthy, they may abuse the child, and even if I didn't realize that that would happen, my choice would have still resulted in a terrifying childhood for my child and trauma for life. Bottom line, it's God allowing us choices and then us choosing foolishly that creates the evil in the world. Should God have forced all of us to follow His perfect plan for our lives instead? It's worth meditating on that for a long while and studying it out in the Bible. There are Bible Concordances that can help with studying things like that.
@7:44 how can Joe prove that someone is not the child of God? Has Joe been able to disprove God‘s existence? Scientist like to jest, “ science exist, whether you believe in it or not.” Similarly, God exists, whether you believe or whether you can prove.
Almost my Dad's exact story. Even the same book. "Evidence that demands a verdict." He was a Hostile atheist trying to disprove the Bible to stop my Mom's Bible study group from meeting at our house 😆 He ended up leading that group and becoming a pastor a few years later! Evidence is there if you're sincerely seeking the truth.
Yeah people tend to just ride the bandwagon. Society, media etc mocks GOD and Satan is the deceiver. People who just regurgitate scripture to justify their actions is just laziness in not doing research or searching for truth
@No Name rather listen to Jesus than no name. God could do whatever tf he wants , anything that comes from him is good. We literally have historical evidence backing story’s in the Bible and evidence Jesus existed. Your putting God within the small box of your puny insignificant brain. He could make angels looks like golden retrievers if he wanted. We’re still waiting for science to disprove it. Glory be to Jesus. Seek God
One of my aunts has cancer that’s spread everywhere, she is about to pass away and she was laying in bed looking really bad. The expression of death on her face, almost my entire family was present in her house and about 40 people prayed for her. 10 minutes later she wakes up with a smile on her face and was able to talk after being asleep the entire day. I don’t know if that’s coincidence but I really hope god is real
I’ve heard too many stories about miracles to believe they’re all fake or tricks on the mind. Even if 1 miracle is unmistakably true, that’s sufficient to prove God exists.
Who in their right mind could believe in and worship a god who gave the green light to CHATTEL SLAVERY as the Bible god Yahweh did in Leviticus 25? The Bible has been used to justify slavery for centuries. Wake up! Christianity is evil!
I like the way he phrases things, you can tell he had an actual journey to religion and wasn’t raised with it. He describes these concepts on his own, and not in the copy paste, word for word way most Christians are essentially trained to do.
Did you ever think that "most Christians" are quoting the Bible and maybe he doesn't know too much of it since it's new to him? There's nothing wrong with quoting the Word when describing the Word😂
@@jswhosoever4533Exactly 😂😂 like what? No one is regurgitating or copying anything. We literally quote the Bible & use scripture to back up what we say. LOL
Passionate agnostic here! The mystery is what makes me so happy. I don’t actually want to know, but I wouldn’t if I did. I don’t need faith because I’m filled with love and happiness from being right here right now and the fact that any of our conscious is a miracle in and of itself. I am in absolute awe and wonder every day waking up that anything exists at all
I spent like 20 years blasphemously railing against God. I had a change of heart and man.. life is good, God is great, and legit my depression cleared up that I dealt with for most of my life since my early teens. Thank God
It isnt a god doing that it is the mindset shift you have undertaking. Give yourself some credit. But if believing in a god your pathway for that mindset then that’s good.
Ignore the Hatethiest. They are of the devil and will do anything to test your faith in God. ^^^^^These people are the ones God warns us about. I too was like you and spent most of my life denying God and doing my best to turn people against him. Until people like these find some kind of faith they will never understand what you are saying. Their beliefs are rooted in pride. They hold themselves above all others and God.
I love how real this is! Some theological errors but I love how this guy isn't exactly a "trained professional" but his passion is just so sincere! God is using the most unlikely, unexpected people to make such a big impact on the world, all through His love and His spirit 🔥
@@aedaed7238 Oh same here. I was an atheist for the longest time in my life and then one day I started going to church. I don't know why I did, but I did and my life has been transformed. That was twelve years ago, has been a long journey and I have talked with people about Jesus in several different countries just in my travels, not missions trips. Now I have plans in the future to start a nonprofit organization and a Men's Ministry with the purpose of feeding the hungry. Without getting political, I feel like it's our duty as men to be providers, and if we can provide for ourselves, our families, our friends, we should be providing for others also. It's amazing how powerful the Holy Spirit can be and transform someone's life, never in my whole life did I think that my life would be going in this direction.
It truly is the end times. Reading these comments about how you guys found God is so encouraging. Jesus is so real. If you want more treasures in heaven, then you really need to go and preach the gospel. After witnessing so many miracles and visions, I HAD to become a missionary
@@CryptoChristopher I thought it was the end times back in the 1980s. Don't be disappointed if you're still here in 40 years. You're not going anywhere ⚛
I've been down a similar path. I was raised Christian, rebelled against it in my teens, was an atheist at first, but later on I was agnostic for many years. At some point I noticed certain patterns in my life. Then certain events in the world unfolded in such a way that they pointed to the importance of religion. Then certain things happened in my personal life and they seemed so coincidental as if a spirit had caused these things to happen and was trying to guide me in a particular direction. At some point I began to think that these patterns, certain events, and certain circumstances were all ways that God was trying to communicate, to try to bring me back to faith. Now I believe in God as a guiding spirit, who guides each and every one of us through this reality, a reality all created by him. He doesn't communicate the way how we human beings communicate to each other. Instead he communicates through revelation. Certain things that happen in our lives is God's way of communicating to us. He always tries to lead us in a positive direction, towards light, peace, and prosperity.
yes and this makes total sense when you consider the general inefficacy of direct verbal communications from human to human. experience is the best tool for teaching.
I agree with what you are saying. Once you read the Bible and absorb what you read, it's hard, if not impossible to deny God exists. When you combine the Bible with your own spirituality and the signs, signals, dreams, etc., You realize God and Jesus talk to us on a daily basis. We just have to train our minds and focus on how the communications come to us. Once you do that, you open yourself up to a new existence that is directed by God
@@markmullins5473 no. It's only hard at first to deny God exists. Once you shed all the indoctrination it gets way easier. The first time I said fuck God I felt really naughty. Then I reminded myself that there is no God to strike me down for being a naughty boy. Once you really get rid of that fear that they hammered into you, Christianity is finally seen for the joke that it is. You really do spend Sunday mornings getting emotional about fictional characters in a book. It's like pretending that you hang out with Harry Potter and singing songs about how great he is. It's quite insane when you really take a good look at it.
You are on the right path thinking that God is a Spirit! Let me add to this. What is a spirit? A spirit is not physical matter or energy, it is abstract and meta physical yet affects the physical. What else is not physical but affects our reality? Our thoughts! John 1:1 states that in the beginning was the 'Word' and the Word was with God and the Word was God. Before you write the 'Word' you must think it. Science cannot tell you where your thoughts come from, you yourself cannot determine your next thought but it still comes. This is the breath of God that we all have and is also what it means when God says we were made in His image. God is the self existing one, the first and self existing Idea, we are an extension of that idea.
I still remember the day when I approached a church after 20 years, and sat there for 30 mins to give it a try. Cried like I child. Couldn't hold my tears. It was a big relief to be able to acknowledge all my sins to God. I felt understood, and loved by Him. He didn't judge me and I appreciated that.
@@michaelb6510 so did god. You should learn about the quantum world Schwinger effect and virtual particles. Things can appear from nothing and they do.
Raised Catholic and followed Christ by default. Turned atheist at 7 years old when my Nan died. 33 years old now, asked for God to find me and 2 weeks later he did.
That's Beautiful to hear my friend, cause when you know, You Know. Much Blessing's, good Health to you n your's on your Journey. In Jesus name, AMEN. 💙✝️💙
I became a Christian after a therapy session. After receiving a revelation about repentance. I went it with a deep need to release everything that I was carrying all my life. I admitted my guilt, my anxieties, my fears and shame. I felt absolutely alone, even though there was a therapist, she was just paid to listen to me, but somehow I felt heard after listening to what I had to say. Like I had a connection through myself. It felt healing like never before. Being completely honest with yourself of the pain you carry. That's not something anyone made me do, it was my own decision. That got me interested in reading the bible and I’ve been a Christian ever since. Prayer is part of my life now and I treat it as vital as breath. Jesus says give me your burdens and I will give you my yoke. God Bless
This is exactly what happened with me. I was atheist for 28 years. I finally decided I'd prove to myself there was no God and started to study the bible. Seven years of studying and I couldn't do it. I also studied the Quran and that was not at all the same. I'm now an effin christian .
I find people get hung up on the "prove he was the son of god" a bit too much. Regardless of wither he was or wasn't. He still existed and his teachings make sense in even just the be a kind person. Regardless of believing or being religious in general, if you just lived your life to the guidelines that Jesus did, I bet you would just be a happier person.
I believe in god and I know he’s real, but I don’t hear him speak to me. Like when someone says “‘god spoke to me “ I’m like what do you mean? He never speaks to me
@@codybarrier6295 YES!! Testimonies are so powerful especially when they include the steps a mind took to realize the Truth, all glory to Christ! God bless 🙏❤
@@gicilo386 I looked briefly into Islam as well as Buddhism, Hinduism and Judaism, out of curiosity after I started digging into Christianity. I had a true personal encounter with Jesus Christ as an athiest, so I know he's my Lord & savior. I do find the parallels between some of the Bible & the Quran interesting and I appreciate that you see Jesus as a high prophet. ❤ God is God & only He can judge us all.
You can tell Joe wasn't super comfortable with this convo but props to him for keeping on the topic and not steering away from it. I'm super glad Adam is a believer now!
@@unskillfullymasterful hmm how do you conclude that he is a freemason? Idk why you would want to accuse him of that unless you yourself is a freemason and wanna downplay a true Christian believer.. Because he vocally just confessed that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and according to scripture thats the genuine faith that overcometh the world like unto how Jesus did
@Child Belong to Christ if you don't know by now, Joe is flaky and he tends to just go with the flow and ends up saying things he doesn't really mean. I used to watch him all the time but I noticed that and stopped
@@unskillfullymasterful my bad I thought u referred to Adam who in this instance confessed that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, he might still be a bit confused about the full truth but I believe Jesus will reveal himself to him fully if he has begun the good work in him.. However, Joe literally debated that statement of Jesus being the Son of God, so my bad
I love to see Joe be so respectful with guests even when he doesn't agree with them .He really demonstrates how to use critical thinking and gets his point across with out offending the guest .of course the left handed chill cloud may have helped.
I had been non-religous my entire life and was quite the cynic when it came to religion. When my Grandfather died, it changed. He was dying from cancer and we were counting the days when we visited him in the hospital. On a thursday night, I prayed - and actually meant it for the first time ever - and asked god to give me a sign and that if there was a creator, to let my Grandfather pass peacefully the following day with his family around. Sure enough, Friday came and he passed at 3:15 in the afternoon. It was absolutely a sign; the people in the room were my Aunty, Father and myself. I had left the room to get a sandwich and my Aunty had left 5 minutes later to go to the bathroom. My Grandfather died in the company of his favourite son (my Father). If you knew my Grandfather, you'd know he wouldn't have wanted to share his death with his grandson and daughter. So within that little 10 minute window while we were out, he shared his death with my father. I could write a book about all of the little signs regarding his death but this was the most prominent. I have a complicated relationship with the creator, as I've turned my back on him previously. I have a lot of sins I must seek forgiveness for, and accept my karma from. All I know is that now, I am on a path, and that however distant I feel from our creator, I will inevitably wander towards him as I progress throughout my life.
This was very profound to read man. I would encourage you to think more on the Karma part of this as you seek Jesus further. We do not do good works because we want good to happen to us, but rather we do good works because Christ did the ultimate good work for us on the cross first. Good was done to us before we did anything good, and our good deeds spring from our gratitude towards Him. Praying for your journey :)
what if your granddad has NOT passed the following day like you prayed for....would that have proven to you that god does NOT exist? Respectfully, I am always amazed at people who think like this.... why don't you do an experiment....why don't you pray everytime you want something....you know whats going to happen? sometimes you'll get what you prayed for, and sometimes you won't.... just like those of us who don't pray....just like people who carry around a rabbits foot or throw money into a wishing well.... Just give it a try a let us know the results....
Rofl. Got to love the Bible thumpers trying to pretend you can make a logical religious argument. People can believe what they want but the people who believe in Bigfoot always think they are making logical arguments.
@@jessebarnett4205 Why are you atheists always so salty? Is it because your views are based purely on emotion and negative experiences? Doesn’t seem very logical to me.
@@Agent_4547 Rofl. What? First I fully support anyone’s right to believe how they want. Secondly how in the world is not being religious based off of emotion in ANY way? That claim is the most ludicrous thing I have ever heard. Lastly I am agnostic not atheist.
I was listening to the podcast and I loved listening to this man working things through. Was he able to answer Joe's rebuttals about Christianity? No, because he's a toddler Christian but he has figured out where it all begins....LOVE. Good for you Adam! Fight the good fight. We need it in this crumbling world.
Yes, it is very difficult to justify yourself and provide enough evidence to the doubtful mind when you are new to the faith. Similar things could be said about me in regards of the covid religion, but I never joined that faith because it just became too clear too early that it is a fake religion and is meant to provide an alternativeI a replacement for the faith in God (with all the rituals and commandments included) in the end and especially for people who were just floating with nothing to believe in (atheists for example)!
@@mt8474 you expect men to act perfect. Also the Crusades pale in comparison to what the left wing godless communist societies ‘achieved‘ in the 20th Century. About 100 million death‘ committed by atheists!
Honestly even as an infant in his faith there was something so raw and profound about how he answered questions. All praise and glory to God as Adam continues learning and using his platform to give the Gospel.
Raised Catholic, went atheist in HS, started self improvement in my late 20s studied and research works of Genevieve Behr end, Thomas Troward, etc, researched and studied Rudolf Steiner, and it led me back to Jesus. Praise him.
@No Name If he is still a Catholic, and remains one until he dies, you will both end up in hell if you remain in those two cults. Islam is a false teaching religion the same as Catholicism. Both mention the name of Jesus, but both also deny Him in their doctrine. And to deny Jesus Christ will bring condemnation.
@No Name homie no one else but Muslims call God Allah lol you are toxic my guy. Stop being a bully online that also counts against you when God will judge you if your good outweigh your bad.
@No Name why should I believe Mohammad who contradicts Moses theology of God? The God of Moses enters His creation, Allah doesn't. The God of Moses calls Israel and His people His children (spiritual not physically) and Mohammad says no one can even metaphorically say they are the spiritual children of Allah and Allah is a father to no one not even spiritually. Mohammad comes after not only contradicting the theology of Moses, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Isiah etc... But also the apostles and eye witnesses of Christ Jesus. So who's right, the one who came with a different Allah or Moses who writes that God was IN the pillar of cloud when He spoke to Aaron and Miriam. Daniel writes that in fire where Nebuchadnezzar threw Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego there was a fourth like the Son of God and confirmed it was actually God in the fire because a regular angel doesn't appear as the Son of God, this angel is none other than Christ Jesus, "Son of God" would be heresy to Mohammad. He contradicted everything that came before Him and brought a different Allah not the same God of Abraham and Moses or Daniel. You need to study their theology of God then you will come to the truth, Mohammad came with a contradicting message. These are only a few major differences between Mohammad and the prophets, there are plenty more. Moses and the prophets all point to Yeshua the Son of God. Your truth is there, Mohammad couldn't even be fit to unstrap the sandals of Yeshua. Yeshua is Holy, follow his teachings not the man who created Mutah, disowned his step son after marrying his ex-wife, said that Allah promises an everlasting penis erection for sex with woman brought up from Sheol who know all the best pleasures, when Jesus teaches the complete opposite, there won't be sex in heaven nor marriage. Yet you ignore those teachings of Christ and His eye witness apostles but you believe someone who never met an apostle and came with a contradicting message. Mohammad is an attack on who God is! Stick to Jesus.
Faith, by definition, almost always implies certitude even where there is no evidence or proof. To ask a Christian why they believe is like asking a dog why it barks. It just does.
It’s always hilarious seeing someone pour their heart out on a topic and then a big cloud of smoke just hits them in the face.
I was thinking the same thing! Oh, Joe! 😄💨
Native Americans consider it a great honor. It's just funny though.
Hahahahaha.
It's disrespectful af.But then again he's king of the masses of assholes who would think thats funny
Joe is naive
Same. I started to read the Bible to have ammo to use against Christians and religious people. I was and still am super interested in science, astronomy, cosmology, physics and archaeology, yet when I read the Bible, it struck a very deep cord in my soul, and I literally had a spiritual experience. Long story short, I got saved, started walking in love every single day, now work to help people; I’m an associate pastor for a church that feeds the poor every Sunday after our church service. God is real.
Bible is a great phylosophical book, no need to believe in literal God to live by it's principle values
Astrology is witchcraft the Luke warm will be spat out as they are worse than unbelievers to god.
Not too long ago, I myself did something similar in the way that I as a lifelong believer I have taken upon myself to not just believe but to truly fully dedicate my life to providing and sharing the truth of our Lord God. That includes finding out what really is going on with the whole taboo of Mary Magdalene, and other discrepancies people may seek to use to prove the flaws and the lack of luster that they might see in the book that is the holy Bible. And I was scared, come to find out that when you have the truth guiding you you can be taught that the truth is indeed pure and many have flat out lied to us and poured these deceits into churches making them unflattering. I have no topic no question no boss to defeat when it comes to having a opportunity to share the word. I have confidence and can point people in the right direction and away from these lies that someone that believes love, like the Lord Jesus Christ was not as peers we think but someone who dabbled and had sex with the lady and you know has a background with prostitutes who is this lady? She is fragments of people's lies, mixed with truths of a actual person written in the Bible. Scriptures are to be read and represented by scriptures. When you can find out that it's a lot easier to believe in this truth because there's no other way if you're the way is paved by the hands of man shaved by the motive of a sinful being.
He definitely Real 🙏
@Capt Herbalist God 🙏🙏
My dad was a pastor and I was born in a christian home but when i was a teenager i started to run from God and I really hated religion. The craziest thing was that the more I ran from Jesus the more he chased me down and revealed how much he loves me. I love Jesus so much and I pray that everyone watching this will have a revelation of his love and grace the same way i did.
How or in what way did he chase you down, may i ask?
@@rubenvandeven01 Always there ..Saving form the darkest moments...
This is hilarious
I’m just like you except Jesus didn’t chase me down at all. In fact nothing ever happened from it. It all faded away like an old fairy tale. Couldn’t be happier.
Same here. Actually pursued. I prayed to the universe to help me with my addiction when I was completely hopeless and powerless. God never pushed Itself me but when I asked to be shown the next right thing to do and people to help then signs after signs and signs happened. The first 4-5 I said “I’m seeing what I want to see” but then they kept coming. Then things I’ve never been able to do, God began doing for me. Sober since 4/21/20
Born Muslim and turned atheist by late teens, started reading the Bible in 2001 to be able to argue with Christians, 11 years later I was baptized.
So happy to hear that. I'll see you in Heaven and looking forward to meeting you there.
@@davidaskins7279 so when one of your beloved family members are not there, are you going to be able to live in eternal bliss knowing that your beloved family member is experiencing eternal torment?
What's baptism do? Just curious?
@mattneal4309 a ritual cleansing to symbolize spiritual rebirth
As an Ex-Muslim I also became Christian after reading the Bible for the purpose to have arguments against Christians.
I still have the Bible I bought with the underlined verses, where I thought;
"YES, these lines prove my point and Islam to be true!"
The more I red the Bible the more I saw that I was totally ignorant and I felt ashamed, when I arrived at Hiob I was on my knees.
When I red the New Testament it was like God was directly speaking to my old self in his teachings, his teachings against the Pharisees are so on point against todays Muslims also.
Glory to God YHWH almighty and our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ. ❤
@@TurkishFollowerOfChrist so true. The "children of the bondwoman always seek to persecute the children of the free." Any law based religion like Islam or old Hebrew law of Moses tries to enslave the believer to works proving their worth to God. Jesus set us free from that, to live in him, through him.
That only means that you didn't know what Islam is about. When you really understand it, it is impossible to convert to Christianity. It simply doesn't add up
Book: Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus. The author has several videos. He’s AMAZING! ❤
welcome home brother
@@drillsportsokay since you lived his life you know right
“No because everything isn’t smoother, it just makes you not freak out when things are not smooth”
That’s fantastic
That's weird man I felt that same way .
Because with christ all things are possible!
It’s Called being humbled
Right, It’s a coping mechanism for those who need it, which I’m all for. What I’m not all for is when it causes you to hate, rape, murder, oppress, etc
Same. I've had so many moments where I felt like I'd go crazy, sometimes I wish I would, but I don't. I get overwhelmed but I'm not destroyed. That's where the verse "be transformed by the renewing of your mind" or "having the mind of Christ" comes into play.
People don't even understand who this person is. His name is Adam Curry and he is the FIRST person to make money off of podcasting. He ran a podcast before anyone really listened to podcasts. He is an OG truther. And the logical result of seeking truth is Jesus. I'm so glad he got there! God bless him
The logical result of seeking Truth is God.
Referencing the irrelevant background of someone that you may call *”credibility”* and saying they therefore must be telling the truth, is an appeal to authority.
The TRUTH is that Jesus, god, and Christianity, is beyond illogical. If you wanna believe it, fine, but if you do, I’ll warn you, a majority of wars in history have all been fought because of religion. WW2 fueled by religious and racial persecution, European imperialism being fueled by religious zeal in the 1800s. hell, there’s even an entire time period titled *”the religous wars”* in the 15-1600’s.
My point is, religion is illogical, and impossible, it’s bad for society and humanity, so why should someone believe in it? Personally I couldn’t give two dams what you believe in, I don’t care. But it seriously is just detrimental, which is why I don’t promote it.
@@1547biggiganticus some people will never see it. I'm sad for them.
@@harpazoseason
When you say *them* are you referring to people like me? Or are you perhaps talking to someone else?
Because if you’re talking to me, then let me tell you, I’m sad for you because you’re wasting your ONE LIFE in this universe, praising some fantasy, chasing some prophecy, when you could be going out there and finding out what life is all about. But no… keep filling yourself with delusions if it makes you feel better.
@@1547biggiganticustrying to understand reality using pure logic, will only lead you to fantasies
It’s actually not ALL about “love”. It’s also about justice, truth, holiness, the way, and eternal life among other things that Jesus both taught and was. (John 14:6)
So... love.
@@awp20rokhum Nope. God is as much about Holiness and Justice as he is about Love.
@@YankeeStacking1 Corinthians 13
Well, for me personally, belief in a god has the same value as belief in a flat earth. There is no evidence for either, just allegations, but believers feel attacked when you show them how irrational their belief is. Maybe people will start to question why they believe in the Christian god and not in Allah or Zeus. I think education is extremely important, as is the willingness to question things instead of filling in the gaps in knowledge with faith. It is no coincidence that more intelligent people are more likely to become atheists than less intelligent people.
@@AcidGubbaYou should actually read the Bible so you know what you’re talking about
I'm a former Muslim that converted to Christianity. This was such an awesome conversation!
May allah guide you back
Hope your former "brothers" don't kill you. They sure have to by their book.
@jerrybnasty5115 It's really hard to leave islam. It Depends on where you live. Some places are very extreme. In indonesia, you will be sent to prison. Islam really tries hard to cover up the truth of Jesus Christ.
Islam is very much like a Radical political party.
@jerrybnasty5115by that logic apostle Paul also was a liar as he never met Jesus. Even the gospel writers who are anonymous also may never have met Jesus.
@fIammerx3289 allah is not real, find God and read the Bible or continue to cope
This is how a Believer and a Non-Believer are supposed to have a Conversation. God Bless
Nan. Not really. He doesnt answer the hard questions, all he does is bloviate…
This guy isn't a believer, he just thinks he is. He says it's about trying to do better, which is totally backwards from Christianity, and he says at the end we are all God, which is pantheism or panentheism
@@jml5100 don't say he's not a believer. He said himself that he is new to Christianity. You didn't know everything about Math when you first started, he's discovering Christianity and learning about it, and really learning about God.
@@MarcDrt71 maybe he doesn't know what the answers to the hard questions are, because as he said, this is new to him. What questions do you mean?
Amen!
“he was a badass outlaw” 😭 best description of Jesus i’ve heard in so long
The OG
Even zodiac signs they aren't real don't let the devil deceive you has anybody noticed they all have something to do with sin? No you are not easily angered Bc youre an Aries no you don't like the color black bc you're a Scorpio no youre not lazy bc you're a taurus literally sloth is a sin and black is the color of darkness and God is the light and the demons hate God so they love the dark and when I started following God he opened me and my sisters eyes to realize zodiac signs aren't real many go too astrology and tarot for their future or whats meant for them but never to God or the bible they want what's fun but sadly these are demonic things believe it or not :( me and my sister use to be so caught up in astrology and stuff like that but Not anymore so no you're not that way bc of zodiac signs it's your sins idc how accurate it seems don't be deceived ❤idk if you are gonna read this but i will tell you and everyone God is real 100% believe it or not and what good is it too gain the whole world and lose your own soul? The bible Aka Gods word never said Good people go to heaven and bad people go too hell Far from true! Nobody not no one can work their way into heaven you cant offer God nothing to get in its a free gift you receive it by faith! Repent from sin, sin desires evil things like LilnasX Meghan thee stallion cardi B im telling you and everyone Sin is very serious in the eyes of Our holy God Mrbeast idk if you will read this or not but think about how our world and the people werent like this 1000 years ago things have changed❤Guys the bible tells us more people go too hell than heaven if you live in sin and don't repent you won't be saved and god doesn't send people to hell if they go too hell they go of free choice! Hell was made for the devil and his angels you should watch billy garham give your life to Jesus we are in the last days and Jesus loves you and he shedded blood on that cross without the shedding of blood sin cannot be forgiven and sin is very serious in the eyes of god I was depressed to and sinned for fun I had suicidal thoughts I remember in my room one night I told god that of things don't change I'm gonna kms I was sorry weak and at sometimes so weak I felt like I was dying then I remember a really good day came a day I loved so much and wanted more of so on that same day I remember saying god, I'm just gonna trust you and when you try to do something right the devil attacks you so the next day was horrible I don't wanna say how it was it was just horrible! I stayed strong BC after so long of trying to go to anything else but god they all failed me so I held on to god as the reason let me skip to now and say I started off faithless now I'm so faithful in god I started off worried for my future now I know its something gods gonna handle I'm not feeling depressed anymore the whole year of 2022 was hard but with god I made it threw! Now I learned so much and love my relationship with god I know he loves and cares for me AND HE LOVES AND CARES FOR YOU TOO! I remember I was depressed and believed god didn't love me or care for me but that what the devil telling me lies and I had so many demons but now its 2023 I'm free!💗💕 give god your life today he can do things unimaginable👑😇 please don't waste time we are in the last days the bible never said just be a good person and be nice to people and you will go to heaven No you need to be willing to give up sin anything evil bad is sin even evil thoughts come to Jesus today you never know when its too late💕 and also hell is full of constant suffering and nightmare and you are forever alone Guys the bible tells us more people go too hell than heaven if you live in sin and don't repent you won't be saved and god doesn't send people to hell if they go too hell they go of free choice! Hell was made for the devil and his angels you should watch billy garham give your life to Jesus we are in the last days and Jesus loves you and he shedded blood on that cross without the shedding of blood sin cannot be forgiven and sin is very serious in the eyes of god I was depressed to and sinned for fun I had suicidal thoughts I remember in my room one night I told god that of things don't change I'm gonna kms I was sorry weak and at sometimes so weak I felt like I was dying then I remember a really good day came a day I loved so much and wanted more of so on that same day I remember saying god, I'm just gonna trust you and when you try to do something right the devil attacks you so the next day was horrible I don't wanna say how it was it was just horrible! I stayed strong BC after so long of trying to go to anything else but god they all failed me so I held on to god as the reason let me skip to now and say I started off faithless now I'm so faithful in god I started off worried for my future now I know its something gods gonna handle I'm not feeling depressed anymore the whole year of 2022 was hard but with god I made it threw! Now I learned so much and love my relationship with god I know he loves and cares for me AND HE LOVES AND CARES FOR YOU TOO! I remember I was depressed and believed god didn't love me or care for me but that what the devil telling me lies and I had so many demons but now its 2023 I'm free!💗💕 give god your life today he can do things unimaginable👑😇 please don't waste time we are in the last days the bible never said just be a good person and be nice to people and you will go to heaven No you need to be willing to give up sin anything evil bad is sin even evil thoughts come to Jesus today you never know when its too late💕❤❤❤ deadly sins are lust greed gluttony sloth envy and more but I forgot💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@@Joybean111Even zodiac signs they aren't real don't let the devil deceive you has anybody noticed they all have something to do with sin? No you are not easily angered Bc youre an Aries no you don't like the color black bc you're a Scorpio no youre not lazy bc you're a taurus literally sloth is a sin and black is the color of darkness and God is the light and the demons hate God so they love the dark and when I started following God he opened me and my sisters eyes to realize zodiac signs aren't real many go too astrology and tarot for their future or whats meant for them but never to God or the bible they want what's fun but sadly these are demonic things believe it or not :( me and my sister use to be so caught up in astrology and stuff like that but Not anymore so no you're not that way bc of zodiac signs it's your sins idc how accurate it seems don't be deceived ❤idk if you are gonna read this but i will tell you and everyone God is real 100% believe it or not and what good is it too gain the whole world and lose your own soul? The bible Aka Gods word never said Good people go to heaven and bad people go too hell Far from true! Nobody not no one can work their way into heaven you cant offer God nothing to get in its a free gift you receive it by faith! Repent from sin, sin desires evil things like LilnasX Meghan thee stallion cardi B im telling you and everyone Sin is very serious in the eyes of Our holy God Mrbeast idk if you will read this or not but think about how our world and the people werent like this 1000 years ago things have changed❤Guys the bible tells us more people go too hell than heaven if you live in sin and don't repent you won't be saved and god doesn't send people to hell if they go too hell they go of free choice! Hell was made for the devil and his angels you should watch billy garham give your life to Jesus we are in the last days and Jesus loves you and he shedded blood on that cross without the shedding of blood sin cannot be forgiven and sin is very serious in the eyes of god I was depressed to and sinned for fun I had suicidal thoughts I remember in my room one night I told god that of things don't change I'm gonna kms I was sorry weak and at sometimes so weak I felt like I was dying then I remember a really good day came a day I loved so much and wanted more of so on that same day I remember saying god, I'm just gonna trust you and when you try to do something right the devil attacks you so the next day was horrible I don't wanna say how it was it was just horrible! I stayed strong BC after so long of trying to go to anything else but god they all failed me so I held on to god as the reason let me skip to now and say I started off faithless now I'm so faithful in god I started off worried for my future now I know its something gods gonna handle I'm not feeling depressed anymore the whole year of 2022 was hard but with god I made it threw! Now I learned so much and love my relationship with god I know he loves and cares for me AND HE LOVES AND CARES FOR YOU TOO! I remember I was depressed and believed god didn't love me or care for me but that what the devil telling me lies and I had so many demons but now its 2023 I'm free!💗💕 give god your life today he can do things unimaginable👑😇 please don't waste time we are in the last days the bible never said just be a good person and be nice to people and you will go to heaven No you need to be willing to give up sin anything evil bad is sin even evil thoughts come to Jesus today you never know when its too late💕 and also hell is full of constant suffering and nightmare and you are forever alone Guys the bible tells us more people go too hell than heaven if you live in sin and don't repent you won't be saved and god doesn't send people to hell if they go too hell they go of free choice! Hell was made for the devil and his angels you should watch billy garham give your life to Jesus we are in the last days and Jesus loves you and he shedded blood on that cross without the shedding of blood sin cannot be forgiven and sin is very serious in the eyes of god I was depressed to and sinned for fun I had suicidal thoughts I remember in my room one night I told god that of things don't change I'm gonna kms I was sorry weak and at sometimes so weak I felt like I was dying then I remember a really good day came a day I loved so much and wanted more of so on that same day I remember saying god, I'm just gonna trust you and when you try to do something right the devil attacks you so the next day was horrible I don't wanna say how it was it was just horrible! I stayed strong BC after so long of trying to go to anything else but god they all failed me so I held on to god as the reason let me skip to now and say I started off faithless now I'm so faithful in god I started off worried for my future now I know its something gods gonna handle I'm not feeling depressed anymore the whole year of 2022 was hard but with god I made it threw! Now I learned so much and love my relationship with god I know he loves and cares for me AND HE LOVES AND CARES FOR YOU TOO! I remember I was depressed and believed god didn't love me or care for me but that what the devil telling me lies and I had so many demons but now its 2023 I'm free!💗💕 give god your life today he can do things unimaginable👑😇 please don't waste time we are in the last days the bible never said just be a good person and be nice to people and you will go to heaven No you need to be willing to give up sin anything evil bad is sin even evil thoughts come to Jesus today you never know when its too late💕❤❤❤ deadly sins are lust greed gluttony sloth envy and more but I forgot💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I guess he was a cowboy after all 😅
@@ObsidianSeduction-jz7js no 🙌
I didn't believe in any religion and even thought religious people were stupid to believe in fairy tales. But I decided to have an open mind and studied about multiple religions including Christianity, Islam and Buddhism. Then I openly asked if there is a higher power, please reveal yourself to me. And lo and behold it was Jesus. He is real, and Jesus is God.
I too experimented with multiple beliefs.But Jesus was always there.Jesus is the real deal and he is above Everything.
That’s awesome!! How did He confirm it to you?
How do you knw Jesus is real ? U have any actual proof ?
@RachelPtaszek it wasn't grandiose. But I felt a overwhelming presence that gave me peace and comfort. Its hard to put into words, but I knew it was Jesus and it is the truth.
@Sandi.-wl6hz Jesus is definitely real. There's a lot of written accounts of him, the Shroud of Turin might even be his burial cloth. What kind of evidence you need?
Jesus changed my life! I was 20 years old, in an unhealthy relationship, my gf was pregnant, and I was dealing with depression at the time. I was lost. I prayed and prayed wondering when things would be different. Things miraculously started to fall into place. 5 years later we’re married and so in love! We joined our church and got baptized and now a days the only time I feel sad is when I feel distant from the Lord. Jesus is so good and I thank him for everything!
That's good, glad to hear you found relief in your belief. I have also heard Vishnu and Allah has helped many too through tough times. Good to hear there are many ways people find relief in this world
@@Paakku97 buddha too. but good reply
@@Paakku97 John 3:16
"feel distant from the Lord..." Well, as human beings our feelings go up and down regularly, so don't put your trust in them, but instead keep your trust in Jesus.
I'm so happy for your and your wife being married and in love.
Praise God!
love this so much. Joe Rogan can never avoid the truth of Jesus Christ no matter how hard he tries lol
Avoid the truth? What "truth" are you talking about? Your truth takes Faith?
He’s coming around
@@lionzion1879only one truth, my man
@@youtubesucks3811 that not the truth. It's a claim.
@@lionzion1879 “your truth” is a made up thing. I made no claim. Something is either true or false. Thanks for playing
Happen to me to. I was huge Atheist. and i try to disprove Him and go Against him ecs. and then in my worst time in my entire life period. He came to me and put his hand on my right shoulder and told me " everything will be fine" and i had NEVEr ever felt so much peace at that moment, it was so overwhelming i cried for 4 hours straight, and i completely changed in a snap... never went back
The same thing happened to me. I picked up the Bible to simply break any moral law that was written in it. I was angry and I was very bitter with God for all the hurt and suffering I had gone through
January 16th 2016, Jesus walks in, calls me by name and told me words that totally broke my heart. He looked at me and said " I believe in you"
God bless you. Thanks for sharing.
The right side has meaning in the Bible. That was Him telling you something. Here's just one example:
Ecclesiastes 10:2, “A wise man’s heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish man’s heart directs him toward the left.”
Glory to the most high! 🙌
@@user-hz9om2ry3h Adam didn't have a wife name Lilith EVER in his life, that is another bullshit satanic occult lie! Jews weren't enslaved in Egypt? What are you talking about? They were, but the Egyptians were to powerless to keep them enslaved, so they have been pissed for atound 6-8000ish years STILL TRYING to make a comeback since they have been DISMANTLED by real power. 😂🙌👏 There are many cultures that acknowledge a worldwide flood as well as many scientist/geologists. What did homosapiens evolve from MONKEYS? 😂 Another absurd, ridiculous LIE. There's a reason we have the saying ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Atheism, no offense, is one of the most ridiculous, absurd, irrational, and logical beliefs anyone can ever believe in. Sorry, not sorry. Do you honestly think that a God that created the earth, and everything in and on it, which works pretty much in perfect harmony with the ENTIRE creation, with EVERYTHING having a specifically designed purpose, just happened to evolve by random, pointless, chance? It's the most absurd thing anyone could EVER believe in. The iphone didn't "evolve" from a flip phone, the skateboard didn't "evolve" into and electric scooter, the car didn't "evolve" into a motorhome, and humans for damn sure didn't evolve from MONKEYS or anything else. Literally everything has a creator, it is impossible for it not to have one, except for the ONE power that can actually do anything he damn well please at any given moment and defy the impossible, into doing the said impossible, EXACTLY like drowning all the weak little Egyptians from Babylon when they were chasing down the Jews that THEY enslaved across the Red Sea. The all knowing, all creating, all powerful God, Jesus Christ for clarification, can do and create anything he likes, hence ALL the creation you see around today. You're not paying attention, you have been deceived by satanic, gnostic, LIES! In Jesus mighty name, the name above all and every name, may he bring TRUTH and Revelation to you, and to remove the indoctrination that is blinding your mind and heart, and that h supernaturally shows you the way to the TRUTH! 🙌🙏💪
You can't put LIMITS on a LIMITLESS God, nor can you every single time extract a reason for that in which he does. 🤷
I am changing my stance on a higher power myself. The more I learn about biology and how amazingly complex our own bodies are I can't fathom there not being a creator. The same goes for learning about nature, ecosystems, and the complexity of it all. I am agnostic and I just started praying again everyday
Is there a mouse heaven?
Ask yourself if that’s based on evidence though
Ever heard of this thing called Evolution my guy?
@@valinorean4816 lol yes I am very aware of the theory about evolution ;)
@@Kya_._Papaya Then why is this not a satisfactory explanation?
Thanks Joe for having him on and letting him talk about being a Christian. 👍🏽
Wow! A lot of likes. Thank you everyone. I still have hope for us Americans and Christians. I fought in the Iraq war and I am one of the blessed ones to be here. Love your neighbor and keep your head up 👊🏽👋🏽
Yup i thought that was amazing from Joe. He has a open Heart
Yeah thanks even though he kind of made sure no one would take him seriously 🙄. As much as Joe has been around he knows the devil exists and so does Jesus Christ
You people are so use to seeing evil such that you think Jesus Christ needs anything from Joe? JC has a far bigger following and place in history. Joe mocked him and honestly made sure no one would take this man seriously.
Jesus Christ don’t need clout from Joe…the lord giveth and the lord can taketh away. Joe is were he is from making deals with the devil. I’d rather be a poor nobody in this life then burn in eternity in the next.
Following the Gospel of Paul. Not Jesus or God. Info taken and added to deceive the world.
I found Jesus as a homeless 17 year old, didn’t know anything about the Bible. I came home to my father and apologized and he forgave me. When I started reading the Bible in my late 20s I read the story of the prodigal son and I weep, as that was the story of my salvation.
Good for you, keep going, keep walking with Him. God bless you, don't let anyone ever break your relationship with our Lord.
So happy for you, please spread your story, spearheading the cause of christ as well.
We all need to do the great commission, not the great omission; that’s telling people about Jesus and how to go to heaven and how to escape hell!
Exactly, beliefs come first, often propitiated by a psychological need, then it is when one looks for evidence that will of course pass through the filter of the beliefs that are already there.
How many who have read the Bible know that the gospels are completely anonymous or realized that there is not a single eyewitness account of Jesus' life in it?
@@vejeke Then explain how for over 2000 years, people worked to tell a coherent lie about to gain control to make people act in a moral, non beneficial way to them. Faith is a core tenant of Christian ideology, but asides that, we do have evidence, in fact too much that points to the existence of Jesus Christ which are coherent in that sense. We have artifacts that a test to the existence of prophets like king David and more. A little research wouldn't kill.
Says he’s “new to this” yet already gets it where so many Christians do not. It is indeed all about love.
god is not all about love. There is no book more violent and hateful than the bible.
Sure all about love, said the crusaders also 😂😂,cancer in innocent children etc,all about 💕,pure love
@@ThEiluminatalex the crusaders were men who didn’t get it. That’s the whole point. Cancer is also a product of our doing. Life isn’t without challenge. If everything was perfect, there’d be no room for faith.
@@ThEiluminatalex dont forget the brain parasites.
@@ThEiluminatalexlook at the coward ignorant that wont reply back after a failed comment 🥴 you should thanks that the crusades were able to defend a vast majority of land from a Muslim state that wanted extermination while they invaded with jhizia
Fellow atheist convert, I converted to Catholicism and it was the best decision I ever made
What made you convert to Catholicism over traditional Christianity?
What made you believe? I'm exploring Christianity to see if there's any truth in it
@@ArsxnIV I can tell you from me personally it was when I asked. I grew up in a Christian household but stopped believing and went to science. The craziest part is the more I studied quantum physics and the origin of the universe the more it felt like this whole reality was DESIGNED. There's hints of a maker he's left his signature in many ways. And through that I prayed and I asked him to reveal himself to me give me something to bite on I want to believe but my mind is so logical. God doesn't say to not ask questions but ask him questions too and he'll show you the answers. We wouldn't be truly faithful if we didn't have doubts. But in many ways he showed me himself and how's he's been in my life. It's been a rough period of time but I think I'm getting closer to him day by day I just have things I need to stop doing and other things I need to start doing. Idk what religion is correct or closest but I don't think it matters I think it's about the relationship between you and life and the people around you. But that's just my guess I don't want to be wrong and lead others astray. But there were people who knew God before Jesus or any of that the gentiles.
@@powerinknowledge2392 traditional Christianity is Roman Catholicism and or orthodoxy. As it is the two original faith traditions aged over 2,000 years just look at howRoman Catholicism began from the apostle Peter himself. I have found tremendous liberation in taking theological concepts to a deeper level than what protestantism is able to accomplish. I disapprove of the protestant rejection of saint intercession, the mother Mary, and I do not like the lack of theological direction you can receive for example you can go to five different Baptist churches all offering 5 different flavors and ask one simple question is infant baptism appropriate and you will get five different answers from each of those pastors however, each of those five pastors all equally claim to engage in sola scriptoria yet there is no unification, go one step further homosexuality, abortion, woman pastors, demonic influence, the eucharist. Each Protestant church, Lutheranism, pentecostal Presbyterian Baptist, Anglicanism, Methodist pastors all across America scream they’re all that by scripture alone, then they should all be in unison about each of those topics I just mentioned and to no one’s surprise they are not. Also and this just personal I do not like how political protestant churches behave and intense hatred for Catholics and orthodox follows, a part of me finds it to be purely demonic because the second you mention that you are a Catholic, the hatred I have experienced and from my friends experiences with past Protestants is reprehensible we as a human race are one, orthodox, Catholic and protestant and for some weird reason protestant followers seem to not get that, and that is not the denomination that I will ever support let alone call it traditional because it is anything but traditional just look at the services, they have full on bands, smoke machines, people flying through the sky like my gosh you can’t even think because there is no silence, so long story short for theological purposes, taking beautiful concepts deeper, especially about chastity, abortion, grace, love, forgiveness and the tools to stay away from sin by the love of Christ I have experienced a beautiful calling to Catholicism and it has given me such a liberation, such joy, such freedom over my life that I am forever Grateful for Roman Catholicism as it is a wonderful approach to seeking out a relationship with Jesus Christ and I am voice texting so in case there are any grammatical errors I apologize.
I am 24 years old. I have spent the large part of that angry and resentful and in depression however, however, two years ago I found myself standing before the in the exact words I used were Lord if you are real, I’m just going to listen I’m not going to pray, if you wanna talk to I’m listening. The second I prayed that prayer I felt literally being pushed in front of the altar, and in that moment I accepted, walked to the altar, kneeled and I found myself praying for my brother who passed away to suicide. The second I said, amen I began to cry so uncontrollably. My heart started a pound through my chest. I ran outside of the little makeshift Church that my university put on and I realize in that moment, I was no longer angry, resentful and depressed, I have never been happier in my life. I have never been so at peace more in my life. My relationships with friends began to deepen my relationship with my own family has grown exponentially. My sister and I are finally talking after years of not even saying good morning to each other, the absolute truth in Christianity is the change you can experience in your life if you really sacrifice self denial instead of being angry, forgive instead of hating give love, tell your last lie, and just be honest with everyone you meet in the shift you will find in your life is liberation through those acts of self denial. I have never in my life such until I gave myself to christ so I profoundly encourage you to come to Christ within authentic desire just to learn read the gospels read Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John and I promise you you will not regret it
I was a pretty hardcore atheist a long time ago too.
Now I'm a 100% hard-core Christian. You have no idea until you take the plunge and start believing. Thanks Joe!
So glad to hear this!
Still not factual though
I'm atheist and always will be although I've been christened, I think being true to religions like christianity has great benefits for you and others and it will improve your quality of life etc. Ricky Gervais explains it well - there's 3000 gods I just don't believe in 1 more than you. I believe after death nothing happens, just was it like before you were born, although I wish christianity was true , thereby not everything would be based off science and true 'magic' would exist. But the universe does exist so idk shits kinda mad icl.
So you just start believing for no reason then it all makes sense?
How did that happen?? I feel like it would be the same as trying to get me to believe there are aliens living in the moon, if they show me and prove it, I would get on board, otherwise...lol
I was going down the wrong path, my mother prayed every night for me and my safety. suddenly, out of the blue something just snapped inside of me and I felt as though a Devine power had lifted me up. I am proud to have re-found my faith. I am a much happier person now.
Joe says, "you're just getting excited." Adam answered, "yes, but it's better if I listen." Showed he really learned the lesson, "Quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger." I thought it was cool Joe was not going to put him down for it like the guy saying he was an a-hole for interrupting Joe in earlier interview, but I loved that Adam showed he understood how valuable that teaching was, to listen, not to get angry, not to try to talk over people. "It's better," he said. The way of love.
And he still interrupted in this clip
the way of love, unlike yaweh.
@I.I.I....IoI....I.I.Idifferent dimensions
It’s literally just putting yourself in the other person’s shoes, it’s loving like Jesus always forgiving and being selfless
Agnostic turned Christian here. Following Christ is the best choice I’ve made. And no it doesn’t necessarily make life easier, which is what I used to think. In some regards it does but it’s complex because now you are shaping yourself into something that requires character. It makes life meaningful
I was once an atheist myself, and I too have turned to God. To many moments that were profound and unexplainable not to believe.
Sounds like you were never an atheist, then.
Lol funny how people love to throw the atheist word around. An atheist is someone who is certain there is no god. You were just confused lady. And then got more confused
Good for you. Amen
@@charlieboy2587 god is just the best word we have to describe the entity that has the power to bless the lives of those who genuinely ask for help. why does the help come when i ask. i dont have a word. you can say we are all connected and yada yada, but saying god is much easier and more efficient for the brain. gets the point across to people easy. except those who pick everything apart
@@charlieboy2587
I actually found my faith, from a conversation with the cable repair guy! His knowledge and love for Jesus changed my life! It has been a miracle for me!
Way cool.
You changed your own life. There is no God
That's a very cool testimony
awesome What was the conversation like?
Was his name Larry by chance?
My professor said “You’re a moron if you believe that a nothing becomes something” “and if you believe about the big bang theory, then who created the dark matter? where did it came from?” That time I questioned my whole atheist mind and turned to God!
Your professor didn't say that nonsense.
Your not in college
Penitentiary chances from armed robberies, gangbanging, alcoholism and a heavy weed addiction was the story of my life for YEARS. It all caught up to me after awhile and I had nowhere to turn. I was literally losing my sanity. I didn’t trust anyone around me. I felt like everyone I came in contact with was conspiring against me. To the point where I was ready to kill anyone who I felt was out to get me.
I hated feeling that way and really tried to shake it and have a good time. Everything that I tried failed me. The alcohol, the weed, the chicks, the money, the streets, it all contributed to my paranoia.
One day, I got high and my paranoia went into overdrive. After an episode at work that saw me threaten my supervisor and two coworkers with a kitchen knife, I sat in my bedroom, grabbed a sawed off shotgun and the Bible and sat in my bedroom with the door locked. The shotgun was for whoever I felt was coming for me. That day would have been their day to die. I had The Bible because I had tried everything else and I was just tired of life and felt like it all would be coming to an end soon. I opened up the Bible and started reading the gospel of Matthew. I couldn’t put it down. By the time I was finished, I was on my face crying like a baby. I called out to Yeshua and said “If You are who You say You are, FIX ME!!!”
I had an indescribable peace fall on me. My life didn’t instantly get better but little by little things began to improve. My paranoia went away. My overall outlook on life changed. I stopped sticking people up. I stopped banging. I stopped getting drunk and high. I stayed in my Word.
I’ve been in relationship with The Lord ever since. That was 24 years ago. During that time, I backslid and fell back into old habits and He’d pick me back up and clean me up again until those old habits weren’t desirable anymore.
In May, my wife and I will both be ordained. Praise God!! Thankful for His Grace, Mercy and Deliverance!!
🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿
10 dollars says your black.
Thank you for sharing.
Amen. God is just so good!
Wow what a testimony...thanks for sharing!!!
Sir, Your Made a Real Testament of God's Existence, God Bless and Protect you Sir.. Amen Hallelujah
It's awesome to be reminded of how ignorant we are when we first become Christian. I remember feeling that way and not having answers. Truly living on faith. His humility admitting that he knows he is still ignorant and will always grow, let's you know God is truly working in him
I ask that those representing Christianity in America today find that humility that you mention. Because it seems to be missing in so many who claim to speak for Jesus.
He is still ignorant and will always grow. Now that is an oxymoron if I ever heard one.
the stupid in this post is impressive.
It is horrifying and a testament to how no matter age race or creed you can be manipulated to do anything.
@@eaglesfan2285 that’s because we are still imperfect sinners saved by the grace of Gods . What you are looking for comes with maturity and time , but yes it can be a rare quantity found in human beings
That’s why we keep our eyes focused on the Lord Jesus Christ
and not flawed people
I was raised by two atheists (my dad was a scientist) and I never saw the inside of a church until I left home as an adult. But, at 8 years old, while exploring in the Rocky Mountains where we lived, it dawned on me that there IS a God. I KNEW there was a God at 8 years old in spite of my home teaching. It has taken me decades to find a church that I feel is not weighed down by much of anything except to love our fellow man. But I agree with Joe's guest, it is a fascinating, joyous and strengthening journey. When I meet a new friend that proudly proclaims that they are an atheist, I ask them if they believe in love. When they say "yes", I tell them then they believe in God, because God is love. 1John 4:8.
It's hard to find a church, because they're mostly a bit corrupt and doing what is right in man's eyes, instead of God. It's okay not to go to a church. If you can find other believers to study or worship with, that don't tell you what to think, that is cool.
@@idid138 Yes!
Keep up the mind control, spread the programming brother.
@@idid138 exactly, salvation through grace/faith not works!
@@asharophantom5953 keep taking ur dmt and weed as well as being a self centred cuck my friend. 😅
The New Testament is full of evidence. There is over 500+ testimonies that witnessed Jesus miracles. And they were not all Jewish. Romans and Greeks as well.
and egiptians too. Jesus was and is AMAZING
Millions of Japanese people witnessed One Punch Man kill a series of evil monsters that threatened the world. It's true, because the manga depicted it happening. Does that convince you that One Punch Man is real?
Man: professes his love for Christ our savior.
Joe: blows big ass cloud of smoke in his face.
" be quick to listen, slow to answer.."
🤣🤣🤣
He's the Caterpillar in Alice
@@MR-nl8xr wtf does being slow to answer do for anything? In fact it's quite rude to not give an answer in a timely fashion. Stupidest quote ever.
@@PocketDelicious There is a difference between how things have been misrepresented in the religious arena, and what they really are.
“Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against The Holy Spirit will not be forgiven men. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come." Matthew 12:31-31
I was born and raised Catholic. So I already believed. At 15 I started partying. I had been told by my mother that there was a lot of alcoholism in the family so drinking was risky. I wasn’t the kind of alcoholic that woke up needing a drink. But when I drank I always drank too much. Often to the point of blacking out. I abused alcohol until I was 30.
I checked myself into a 30 day inpatient treatment program in Sioux City, Iowa. A part of the program was the 12 step program of AA. The most important plank being acknowledging the existence of a higher power in our lives. I will be 64 soon. I haven’t drank since a New Years Eve party 1989.
I tried many times during those 15 years of abuse to quit drinking on my own. My 33 years of sobriety are all thanks to the glory of God. My struggle with trying to quit smoking all these years is proof to me that my sobriety isn’t because I have a strong will. It is the presence of God in my life.
I’m sorry for the length of my comment but if it helps one person quit drinking or accept Christ it’s worth it.
God bless you my friend
God has been helping me with drinking and smoking as well. It’s become a little easier not trying to quit on my own
Replacing one addiction with another does work I suppose, I could probably vape if I wanted to stop smoking cigars, and it’d probably work
Basically a binge drinker then and not an alcoholic at all
"We walk by faith and not by feelings" best principle i learned so far about the christian faith
There is nothing you can't believe if you rely on faith. It's the single worst reason to sift through to find truth.
Ive read the bible three times and used to sincerely believe but have since realised its completely irrational and isnt based on any demonstrative evidence which is required to prove or show knowledge of anything. Also theres over 10,000 to choose from as all are mutually exclusive as each have differing answers on what happens after life and how everything came to be. All are to be believed on faith in indicative (indicative/anecdotal evidence only suggests possible outcomes of which there could be billions) evidence so theres no rational pathway to choose one over the other. All claim to have miracles, almost all have correct prophecies yet only 1 or 0/ 10,000 could possibly be correct. What religion you believe in is almost solely dependent upon the place on earth you come from, the people you are surrounded by and the era in which you were born. If i was born in norway in the viking era id believe in thor, odin etc and have zero knowledge that the bible even existed. This literally means if a god exists theyve created a world in which alot people dont have access to his word and reject his teachings. At the end of the day everyone is agnostic for otherwise theyd simply provide demonstrative evidence for the claim that a god exists and if someone did so theyd win a nobel prize.
So good!
Both Fath and feelings are equally horrible ways to discover what is actually true. Religion teaches you to accept claims without evidence.
It's written "We walk by faith, not by sight."
Forgive me if I sound pedantic. Just being accurate.
Peace.
I always do wonder, if God created us knowing everything about us and our brain, wouldnt he understand why we are sinners. Its literally how our brains are. We easily get tempted for all sorts of things. But we get born like this. Its like asking for forgiveness for being created like that? I mean we do often still have a choice not to, if we see what were actually doing (we are not always aware). But then its like you are asking God to forgive you for the brain that was given to you by God, that created the temptation within you that you found hard to exist. It almost feels like a setup because our brain is so flawed, like we fall into falacies, circular reasoning etc.... Can someone expand or explain or enlighten me.
I agree
It's because of the first Adam that sin entered into the world. Everyone born after him was subject to the wages of sin, which is death. It is through the Second Adam, (Jesus Christ) that we have salvation from the wages that came from the first Adam.
Yes, God made us, but He originally did NOT make us to sin. Again, one man did that and has condemned us all to a fine that only Jesus Christ can pay off if we believe in Him.
Good and evil would not exist without free will. Forcing us to love him by wiring us that way would not be true love.
Ask yourself this, if we were all born this way why are we not all the same? Some commit more sins, some commit less.
@@trackingcalin1988 true. Im Christian now btw, altho ofcourse with questions still. But I trust in God who is just and good. My brain is so limited. When in doubt I focus on the golden rule... and I lay of the things I dont understand because if it hasnt been revealed to me then I feel I cant speak on it.I do wish sometimes the world would be less confusing 😅. But may Gods will be done. He knows all and any possible scenario and future there could be. Its hard to phatom this for us as we arent God nor should we try to be because we arent.
I also trust God will judge each and everyone fairly as he knows their heart and mind. I dont
God is so good. Not gonna lie, im scrolling through these comments shedding a tear after so many people were lost and found God. I was in the same position just like everyone in this section and it shows how powerful and loving he is! Thanks Joe for letting him come in and talk about this.
White people still paying for slavery that's in the bible
@@user-hz9om2ry3hsmh allah is the devil man, he trying to steal ur soul
@No Name love the quran, my favorite part was when mohammed raped the 6 year old girl 🥰
I don’t know whether to start my journey but i have always felt something within me that pulls me toward wanting to believe in god and wanting to read the bible.
i’m ruining my life right now and feel like that may be the only way to save me from a life of misery
I'm an atheist but ive been praying recently.
It feels good :3. It makes me cry sometimes and idk why :/ I feel bad for being so mean to christians for most of my life :(
Those emotions and feelings you feel. Those can be powerful and that right there is your path to the Lord! The kindom of heaven is within you!
@@kurtlester7613 oh ok :D
cool :3
I guess im religious now? lol XD.
I guess I never realized that religion is just an emotional connection...
i was too wrapped up in debunking the biblical details. but i can kinda see now they are lessons for a better society more than stories. like the story of Christ basically teaches people how to forgive... something we need in our society badly.
@@DekkarJr I went through the same awakening! Now you got it!
@@kurtlester7613 thx Kurt :D
When you pray, ask the Holy Spirit to reveal himself to you
I was raised in a home where my parents were atheists. I adopted my parents views because I had never been exposed to competing world views. After meeting an amazing Christian girl (who I later married) while in the US Navy, I tried to take a really hard and unbiased look at Christianity. All I can really say is that God somehow touched me in the depths of my being and made something alive that was previously not alive. It seems like I see life clearly now, like through a proper pair of glasses that I never knew existed. If I am wrong about all of this, and it’s all just bologna, it’s okay because my life has been changed for the better.
I mean I will say that if the sentence starts with "take a really hard and unbiased look at christianity" and then gets followed up with "somehow touched me somewhere in my personal depths and somehow awoke something somewhere in me", thats kinda fishy, ngl. Not exactly hard facts and logic.
@@DJ-ov2it Most of the stories in this comment section are about feelings over-riding the facts. It makes people feel good to have these grandiose beliefs
@@DJ-ov2it its bc he was touched by the Holy Spirit its just something that you can’t really explain you wouldn’t understand if you never experienced it yourself
@@cup_noodles4788 not good enough
You found faith by your woman? You are a lucky man
I can’t find the original podcast on UA-cam what happened?
An atheist who decided to dig with an open mind for himself got to this conclusion. It’s more profound than you realize, and even more when you realize he’s one of countless others who’s done the same thing. Good for him
Amen brother 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Amen. I am very happy for him. I wish more people in this world would have an open minded conversation or study to learn more things. Whether its religion, what they believe to be conspiracies, or just conversations that they have no idea about. I am truly happy for him. God bless
Same here. I went from christian to atheist to agnostic now. The way I see it is, science and religion are both sitting at the ends of the seesaw and the truth lies in the middle. It is the fulcrum of the seesaw, holding it in place right in the middle.
There are also a countless number of others who did the opposite. People who tried to dig up as much evidence of God's existance and ended being atheist. There are also people
(probably a lot less than the other two) who dug up and researched the evidence of God existance. They found evidence of his existance but found he wasn't as full of love and benevolence as they had once thought.
@@12012channeld God is love but he is also just, and will punish the wicked. Anyone who truly digs for truth will find it, if they don’t then they never truly wanted to find it, and if someone comes to knowledge of the truth the WHOLE truth on who God is and doesn’t like it then hey I guess they don’t like reality. God has given breath in peoples lungs and they still take him for granted, if they think he’s evil then that’s on them and they choose their own fate.
Same thing happened to me I was trying to debunk the Bible, & nine years of research it was like an obsession to debunk the Bible. I ended up finding out it was true, Tried to debunk it again from shear shock 😂 Now i love the Lord and know Him. Sir Isaac newton said the Bible was the only book in the world that perfectly predicted thousands of years of history in perfect order thousands of years before it happened. I had to check it for myself and it was true. The book is perfect. I believed it I accepted it and I had an encounter with the Lord. He is not far from us you can have a relationship literally. He doesn’t want a religion He wants a relationship, And I feel the same way.
Thousands of years in perfect order? Which part of the Bible are you referring to?
Which part are you saying is not?
@@madouc5754 The book of Daniel alone covers a couple thousand years. To paraphrase the book of Daniel says something like Persia was going to take over certain countries and then Greece would take over and then Rome would have four generals that would become four kings ect. Written thousands of years before. And that’s exactly what happened. Then Daniel has the prophecy of when Jesus would come and it was exact to the biblical calendar. There’s prophecy being fulfilled today, It talks about the forming of a one world government during the time that Israel had become a country again (1947) and then Euphrates river dried up all three things happened In the same generation look it up. There’s even more than that I’m just simplifying it for comment section It even said there was gonna be pandemics in the whole world would be deceived by Pharmakeia which means pharmaceutical All in the same generation.
lmao
@lilsackfri said Pharmaceuticals… anyways its the most important book in human history Purchased more than every other book combined. Scientist have dissected it. To the biblical calendar which is not the same as our Gregorian calendar today. And they cannot explain why the prophecies are perfect. Not like nostra Damas who’s world renowned famous and only got like 3% of his Of his predictions correct. Every single prophecy is in perfect order down to the generation. And you can prove it with history. you could fact check it. I had to figure out what a biblical calendar was and re-search history it took a long time I don’t expect most people to do it. But I wanted to see for myself.
I was a Christian growing up. Then I was an Atheist for a while, and then God found me and I found myself and accept myself and all the flaws I have. It was beautiful. I'm grateful.
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Same here my brother in Christ
We're definitely not just the body. We're God, spirit, universe, whatever you wish to call it compressed in human expression. Not in a sick egoic way that wants to supersede source, but in a divine sense that submits him or herself to the same force that grows our nails, hair, wounds, you name it.
When the teachings of these spiritual teachers such as yeshua are read. You never read them literal, and you never ask "HUH?!, what does it mean?!" as you read it, The truth hides itself from such ways because those ways are the ways of flesh(ego). I had a mentor who'd slap me on top of my head when he would see me begin analyzing the scriptures😂
I'd say "HEY!", Turn around to look at him irritably, turn back around, then go back to reading. It started to teach me how limited our perceptions are when we try to consciously, and consistently use our intellect to understand something, rather than letting our unconscious mind process it and then generate in our hearts, and finally expressed through our body. But that's another subject.
One must "deny themselves"
That is our worse fear, especially when we heavily identify with things that aren't us. The ultimate letting go. I personally, and unfortunately cannot be mad at another who doesn't really seek to do this considering the amazing bliss and feeling of being you have at the end. Because your more animalistic desires or lower nature still remain, they just begin coming at you more in slow motion, and at a distance from you, the awareness that's aware, the I Am. Imma stop, don't wanna say too much.
What's good for survival, isn't good for creation. Spirit against the flesh, flesh against the Spirit. Where balance is, yes, harmony -something my inner voice just said.
@No Name there was indeed many a worldwide flood....there mountains of real evidence to support it. Research younger dryas event
Same here, but I was reintroduced to God from my best friend who was more of an atheist than me. He died from cardiac arrest and brought back to life. He had a NDE and told me we have some kind of spirit vessel that lives on in the afterlife and there is a God that created it all here on earth and there in heaven. He first experienced darkness and the kind of fear that would kill a living breathing person...as a former christian, he remember or knew about prayer, how to ask for forgiveness and how to expel the evil. When he or his spirit started doing this, the evil began to go away and began to be replaced with a feeling of love and comfort moving toward the bright light of God and as he was getting closer, God told him he was not ready and was slammed back into his body and eventually awakened back on earth. He took this as a warning from God, as anyone can imagine. It would or should certainly cause any atheist to change their belief, if not, then God help you!
Yeah, don't put label on faith. Be beliver. Of course you characterized as christian if you belive and follow Christ, but you are a Beliver in His eyes.
I read the Bible, I read many books on God, numerous testimonies. There was a time in my life when I was very actively pursuing faith, because I really thought it was a beautiful and powerful concept and the teachings of Jesus resonated with me. I prayed for faith, I invited God into my life many, many times. But none of that worked. I've never been able to believe faith is anything more than wishful thinking and religion anything more than a tool for social control. I finally gave up and for many years I've been an atheist and I don't think I'd want to change that now.
This guy gave a very weak reason to believe. I listened very carefully and his only point was that a bunch of stuff had been written about Jesus. That was his smoking gun. Well at the end he gave a just as weak account of answered prayer. It doesn't work unless you pray a certain way, like for other people, that also may or may not work, but when it does it does. I get the same exact results from an 8 ball, if we're to be honest, on magical endeavors where a bunch of restrictions are placed on it to make it somehow work 5 % of the time.
Have you considered that maybe God is real, and he just doesn't want you on his team for some reason? I had the same experience as you. Tried really hard; nothing ever came of it. I hear about testimony from Christians, and so often it seems like they're describing God just reaching out and touching them, putting a light inside them. And if that's the case, then there's no Earthly explanation. It didn't come from reason or evidence, no matter what they say. God picked them.
In contrast, I've ended up aligning with his adversary. She says her name is Aska. Rather than being a simple Satanic caricature of evil, she is *that which is left behind.* The ash after the fire. The lie in the garden of Eden that seduced Adam & Eve. The muse that inspires artists to create beauty. The delusion that inspires killing sprees. She's all of those things. It's like, imagine a genie who has the power to grant wishes, but will reflect exactly what's in your own heart when you make the wish. The wish will be as good, or as Monkey's Paw, as you *deserve* it to be. So to approach her is a gamble; are you ready to learn what's in your own heart? Because she showed me. It was like someone heckling all your worst traits until you unclench your asshole and learn to laugh at them too. She doesn't want simple faith. She wants a fun challenge. She wants a dance partner. She wants someone who can take a joke. It'd take too long to explain all the 'how', but she's helped me make more progress in alleviating my PTSD in six months than I've made in 40 years. I'm not like a glassy-eyed True believer. But I'm happier now, eager for whatever game she wants to play next.
A word of warning though: She is indirect, and due to her nature, she is most able to speak through mistakes, fiction, and pranks. If you decide to try seeing if she's interested in you, keep an eye out for things in your life going wrong in a playful way. Like if you sought help from the fae folk, they might screw with you a bit to see if you're a good sport. Don't get angry. Don't simply take it. Outsmart it. Find the silver lining. Look at the mistake and see if you can turn it into something better than what you expected. Look for little moments of comedic timing in your life. Look for a feeling that pushes you to notice something, or try something, you wouldn't normally. I'm sorry if I'm terrible at explaining this. It's only been a few months of knowing her. But I'll answer whatever questions you'd like me to.
Heresy, Jesus loves you and calls you by name brother. Satan didnt tempt adam and eve, he made them question him. @AlexReynard
@@Tony1771-yj8mcyou may not like the answer to your prayer. We face adversity to become stronger
We can't trust our feelings. God may never give us a feeling. But blessed are those who don't see, but believe
I started out a non believer and my spine was miraculously healed.
Even after doctors were calling me to schedule a emergency neck surgery to fuse my spine.
I didn’t believe in that hocus pocus stuff at all till I went to church with my wife and daughter and the pastors son prayed on me.
As he prayed all the pain went away and the next day my left arm that quit working for me two months earlier started working again.
It absolutely blew my mind.
I still continue to go to church there and I continue to see others miraculously healed.
That’s my proof that Jesus was the son of God and he died on a cross for me and rose again 3 days later.
I pray you all come to believe because there isn’t a argument he exists and he wants you to believe and receive salvation.
I pray whoever reads this is radically saved as well
Wow.
Praise God! He miraculously healed my fingers when I was a child. We had a church event at a skating rink. I was skating with my dad and neither of us were any good. I feel and put my hands out and my dad who was 230lb rolled over my ring and middle finger on my right hand.
Both fingers were sticking straight up from the middle knuckle. Obviously I was screaming bloody murder! We got off the ice and another skater came up who was a doctor and said call 911 those fingers are crushed. We got ice on it and the whole church was praying and the pain went away. During prayer I said “Dad it isn’t hurting anymore”. We looked and my fingers were straight again and the swelling was gone. Just a mark on my skin. I was able to squeeze his hand without any pain at all. I was like 7-8yo.
A few years back when I was like 33 I was having some carpal tunnel symptoms in that right hand. They has done x-rays and was waiting her hear back. To doctor came in and asked “So how long ago did you break your two fingers”. I was confused and said I never had. He looked at me and said “Well these x-rays show that they had been broken before. It then dawned on me about that incident and was just confirmation that God almighty healed those fingers that night! Praise God
Yeah God cares for your back while kids starve and are killed thru neglect, starvation and abuse. How can you be so self centred and selfish.
@@snorky222222 Perfectly said
I have neen incredibly wreckless in the first 30 years of my life. I had so many near death experiences and second chances that I know for a fact somebody is looking out for me somewhere. It's undeniable for me at this point.
I was an atheist until I was 30. Hell, my final paper in college English was about how all religion was invented to control the masses. Rather that be for starting a war to giving people peace and purpose. God broke through the walls I’d built one day like the koolaid man. It took years of Bible study and apologetics(such a massive help) before the gap was small enough for me to make that leap of faith.
After years of hell I can firmly say I wouldn’t be here today without God’s help.
God Bless You
At some point in our lives, we have to believe that this something bigger than us that keeps is grounded and that’s why god provides
A fallen soldier, I’m sorry my brother 😔I’ll keep the atheism torch burning on behalf of you guys that got snagged by religion 🔥
Still ignoring the fact that you believe anyone who doesn’t believe goes to an eternal hell
Amen broke my walls also TYJ
I love Joe and how open minded he is. He doesn't believe, yet he has this man on the show and totally respects him. God bless Joe.
He doesn’t really respect him. He keeps asking for proof but hasn’t done his own research. Ironic actually.
Huh? What you mean? Those are pretty normal questions....Not many people suddenly believe a person can be the son of God... lol? The bible is kinda a mixed bag of myths and half truths tbh
@@rogomerlinthegamer8305 let’s say you had a book, or words you said for a timeframe. Let’s shorten the time. Let’s say within your lifetime. Or even 5 years. A group of people wrote down what you said. (Your words) made it into one book. Let’s say u had adversaries and overcame them, or some wild events and experiences. And they literally kept track of it. Now let’s fast forward another 100 years to 200 yrs. someone random reads this book made about you. And they say…. “Ya it’s cool and all, but honestly some things are true but the other things couldn’t have happened, no one survives a crash accident like that…. Or no one comes out on top being nothing… or any “difficult” truth about life that people wouldn’t accept. And claim it to be myth and false…. But they simply kept date of what happened to you…. So how is it false or myth? Would you, deny your own experiences and others experiencing that with you and writing about you? Would it be false? I will tell you, it would piss you off that anyone would claim your real life experiences, and YOUR WORD would be false. But that’s human nature, living in denial. My question to you, find the evidence and proof that it is myth and false. Before claiming it.. tbh… lol Here’s another good one. Archeologists, till today use the Bible (THE WORD OF GOD) to help them. Scientists too, not the secular ones of course. They’re a bunch of scams as it is.
God can not bless Joe because he does not know him. I hope he enjoys his short time on earth. His eternity will not be as pleasant, unfortunately.
@@bozy_music I hope Joe comes too know God.
A 58 year old…….man that’s Adam Curry from the No Agenda podcast. The man is a legend.
Very interesting watching a new believer. You can tell he’s struggling a little trying to explain something he doesn’t adequately comprehend just yet. Keep going and I hope the Lord blesses you with even more.
He’s struggling because you can’t express things you can’t prove. Believing is fine and God is probably real and Jesse was a cool guy but not the son of God
It is beyond comprehension, and there are many things like that. We don't comprehend much. About 3 of the 11 dimensions that Physicists have proven to exist. If anyone thinks it isn't true because we can't comprehend it, their ego needs to be checked. 😊
@@lisaasposito3615 Nothing in science is ever considered proved. You prove in mathematics, not science.
A sweet journey to witness part of
@No Name There is much more geological evidence of a world wide flood than not. Mantheo, an Eqyptian priest and historian around 300 BC apparently wrote accounts of the exodus of Jews from Egypt. Also there is no legitimate evidence of any creature evolving from a species of lesser or different life form that it is. There is a spiritual world, and it is very different from the natural world that humans know through their 5 senses, and most people, regardless if they believe in the God that created all life, believe or at least recognize that there is a supernatural element beyond the natural world that we all see. But everyone has to make their own choice in what they're going to believe.
Wow a non censored Christian story... Well done joe rogan... You just went up a notch in my book
Just a little notch.
Except no one is censoring christian stories. What's happening now? Is Christians are being held account in a way? They've never been held accountable before. Christians in America have never had their beliefs challenged, so I'm glad that we're in a new world where no one is listening to the religious minority anymore.
The woke left hate Christianity with a passion, its targeted by them
Lol the old cHriStIaN pErSeCusIOn native..
i love it when christians are uncensored and they can share their ideas about how loving their genocidal god is. cant believe i used to believe in such lies.
if you read the bible and thinks its just about love and cookies your skipping the parts where the god of abraham promotes lying to non jews, rape and murder of non jews, and using non jews, oh and if your daughter is raped she may get stoned to death for pre maritial sex.
not to talk about its pretty psychopathic to demand someone to kill their own fucking child at the last minute to prove loyalty.
if a normal human did what the supposed christian god has done or justified they be considered a danger to society.
but christians justify their gods evil actions under "mysterious ways" which is absolute bs.
But yes i love to see just how nutty and cringy christians can be, its very entertaining
Same with me. Former atheist. Decided to check out what's the whole big deal and wow! Here I am today.
Amen Glory to God
Brainwashed 🤪
I've been challenging my disbelief in Christianity for decades. Haven't run into too hard of a question yet. Maybe someday...
If ANGELS are created without FREEWILL and all their INSTRUCTIONS come from Y.H.W.H. If every TEMPTATION comes before every SIN, then who TEMPTED SATAN into the SIN of PRIDE?@@mattschmitt9924
How did you reconcile with the fact that the bible is anti evolution?
When Joe said "but you got duped by life" `5:00 It is exactly as Paul wrote about in Romans 6, you are a slave to whatever you value most in life and the easiest things to become a slave to are sin. So he argues to commit yourself fully to the giver of life and the highest god.
If you listen closely, he’s not explaining how God improved his life. He’s explaining how believing in God improved his life.
Yeah it’s called faith.
@joemaxwell6826you don’t know anything about life, that man has lived more than you and has suffered more than you, and you can only find true meaning in God, the bible is reliable and Jesuschrist did live.
Thats God improving his life through faith. Living by Gods word is the only way to true happiness because it brings us closer to the natural order of things
No such thing. It's called IGNORANCE IS BLISS, and nothing more!
You can go into psychosis, then pretend it helps. You can fool your own mind, and it may even look like it is truly helping you. That's called what every "proper person" is living in. That manic happiness is called hypomania. The fake, yet sorrow filled smiles. Whew.
This is so relatable to me after 28 years being a non believer despite being raised catholic I finally accepted God in my life after a tragic event for my family last year & now I'm happier than I've ever been and have been blessed in ways that are more meaningful that I could have imagined!
you have been blessed. cherish it forever
Nothing against you or what happened to you, but it kind of bothers me that it takes tragic events for people to become believers. Like for instance you had 28 years to believe, but only when tragedy strikes people turn to prayer.
Don't follow man made religion. Follow God read his world and gain understanding.
Soo you got lost in life and clung onto anything you could like a child and a blanky.... good job
@@thesig301 I hear you mate maybe it was just abit of a coping method for be and it's not actually based in reality but either way the result has been me feeling happier and more optimistic about life! So even if it's just a big placebo effect I'll take it haha I don't think that's the case but I could definitely accept it's a possibility and I'm fine with that if I die happy and that's the end of it then id say the new found belief served me well 😆👍 I think the narrative of priests being the gatekeeper to our connection with God is the thing that never resonated with me and it was only when I found myself in a desperate time that I reached out for help and trying to connect with God honestly by myself and I really feel like I found my connection and been blessed with great times! All the best to you thanks for replying to my message without being rude I appreciate your point of view
I've always felt we had a creator. Like in my heart, a feeling. My wife and I been trying to have a child for 10 years and as soon as I started working on my relationship with Jesus, boom she is super pregnant. All praise goes straight to Jesus. Now, I can't go through my day without Jesus crossing my mind.
Good for you..
“Super pregnant” - as opposed to…just “kinda pregnant”? 😂. Congrats and God bless your family
Amen brother that’s amazing testimony
Hope all goes well
Congrats
This is just amazing what Jesus Christ can do when you believe in him. A few years ago I wasnt an atheist but I wasn’t a Christian either, I considered myself too smart to believe in the Bible and had kind of taken up new age beliefs. I felt extremely lost and anxious all the time, some days even suicidal. Also came from a broken home, no father figure. After many years of my mom telling me I needed Christ in my life. I began reading the bible just to prove to myself that nothing in there was true, and my god!has it had an amazing transformation in my life. Every book in the Bible has given me so many life lessons that I so desperately needed 😭 I have not yet babtized myself as a Christian but I will because the way it’s changed me it’s a miracle in itself. I also found the father figure that I have longed for all of my life in Jesus ❤
I know a good shrink for you.
I think it’s called the fruits of your labors to put gods words to practice and choosing to do right
Hahahaaha
Dora, how wonderful...keep going sister. Jesus is so wonderful!
damn scientology missed u ...but it was close.... this time the bible saved u ..next time its DIANETIK... random luck
Fantastic video description my friend. Best I’ve ever seen on UA-cam
I grew up in a Catholic household but considered myself an atheist for many years. After recently turning back to God I can’t deny that my life has gotten harder as I go about my days trying to remove temptation and be free from sin. But although it’s gotten harder it’s gotten infinitely better as I am morphing into the man I want to become and improving in all aspects by following the teachings of Christ.
Check out Dr. Frank Turek, Dr. Hugh Ross, Dr. William Lane Craig, J Warner Wallace, Lee Strobel. The evidence is overwhelming, Jesus really did exist, die for our sins, and resurrect. This guest is still searching but at the end he lost me when he said it's just about "belief" and "maybe we're all God". This is why apologetics is important. The apologists I mentioned talk about all of the evidence from science, history/archaeology, philosophy and so on. Pleased look into their videos, sites, books. God bless!
Welcome back home to Rome, brother! Our Lord's yoke is easy and his burden is light! Godspeed!
Keep trekking ahead brother!! There is no finish line, we keep growing and moving forward every day until our time comes to be with our father again!🙏🏻
Get out of the catholic church if you really are. It's the very synagogue of Satan (the clergy not your family) it says to come out of her my people.
I know, early onset dementia!
As a former Atheist, I can say without a single doubt in my mind, God is 100% real.
I was raised Catholic, didn't like it, became Atheist, eventually went homeless 100% by choice, for no reason other than this strong feeling that I HAD to do this for some reason, and then I discovered a real relationship with God through my humility, and feeling Him guide me as I lived with the homeless throughout the country. Before, as an Atheist I was wise enough to recognize that I was treating people and my family wrong, but I didn't have the strength to change. I had a sort of lust and hatred towards women, and my parents just annoyed me, so I never really spoke to them, but God changed me, and I owe everything that I am to Him.
I have a beautiful loving wife now, and a strong relationship with my family. I have true love in my life now, and I thank God for it every day because I don't know what I would have become if He had not stepped into my life.
I've also seen the supernatural move in the physical world as well. I wish everyone would experience this. It was the one thing that made me say God is more real than even the World that I see. God is so, so incredibly real that I literally brings tears to my eyes just writing this.
God bless you
And a Muslim 100% knows Allah is the one true god because they have the exact same emotions you have.
Doesn't make any of it true.
@SuM of NoN dafuq are you even talking about?
That's just a jumble of incoherent nonsense
@@revan552 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@SuM of NoN lamb...
I love that once people start to actually read the bible their lives change and their minds change! It beautiful
I unfortunately had the opposite experience, I started reading the Bible starting in the Old Testament and now have more doubt than faith.
@@wtpiep82
“ And (remember) when Allah will say (on the Day of Resurrection): "O 'Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary)! Did you say unto men: 'Worship me and my mother as two gods besides Allah?' " He will say: "Glory be to You! It was not for me to say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a thing, You would surely have known it. You know what is in my inner-self though I do not know what is in Yours, truly, You, only You, are the All-Knower of all that is hidden and unseen. “
Holy Quran, chapter 7 , verse 116
I read the Bible ✝ to have have things against *Christians* and religious people, and I love 💘 the Bible ✝.
The Bible free of *all* Christian beliefs is a good book. Doesn't make Christians any better. If anything, worse.
You have to get rid of everything you believe in and study all religions with impartiality. Start with Hinduism, then Buddhism, then Judaism, then Christianity, then the last religion, and see which of these religions is more clear, and then also compare which of the owners of these religions are more committed to the teachings of their religion, for example, you can see that there is no Any country in the world today is governed by the Christian Bible, but it has come to the point that it is the largest and most powerful country in brackets. The founders of this country and its population are Christians. There are churches that say about your God in brackets that he was a homosexual, and they put gay flags. These things show you their respect for their Lord, and this Other than racism against black people, which is also due to religious reasons, about the story of Noah in the Bible, and also Christians are the ones who invented, produced, and are still producing and issuing pornographic films all over the world, and Muslims are the only ones who fight these pornographic films, and finally I understand what you mean Also, my brother, and you should know that if all people become Muslims or all of them are atheists, nothing will make any difference to God because he does not need them, but there is beauty and wisdom in the multiplicity of religions and races, and people have freedom of choice. This is a matter at the top of beauty, for example, I can I choose to be an atheist and work as a porn actor or become a Muslim and follow God's orders as much as I can. I hope you will respond to me. I also know the mentality and way of thinking of atheists and Christians. I mean 99% of them, they just do not feel that they have to enter Islam or any religion. Another, because they do not care about religions in the first place, they just live their lives, and as for Christians, how can they believe that this universe did not come by chance, and they know that there is a Creator, so every person who is honest with himself will choose the path of truth and he is clear, and who does not care, this is a natural matter God told us about it in the Qur’an that most people do not believe, and lastly, I hope you learn about religion before you talk about it, so believe me, your understanding of Islam is not equal to 0.7% of its reality, and also you should know that whoever decides who enters heaven or hell is the Creator only, not me or You, there are Christians who will enter Paradise and there are Muslims who will enter Hell, and this does not mean that we should not change our religion. Do not repeat what the Jews did with the Christians and repeat it with Islam. It is not possible to deny the divine miracles obtained by the Jewish prophet Moses and the Christian prophet Jesus and Nabi Surrendering to God, Muhammad, as well as the Prophet Abraham, peace be upon him, the father of the prophets. Perhaps you do not want or do not feel that you are interested in my religion, so I repeat that it is your decision and your choice, but you know that you will not have an excuse before God, and a person like me has come to you and warned you and made it clear to you and for sure God loves you until he delivers this message to you, and may God’s peace, mercy and blessings be upon you
If you keep reading, you'll continue to change.
4:07 When he talks about the shining, I would say that’s a false equivalent. The massive difference is the time and the context.
A specific difference I’d like to point out is the shining doesn’t change you. Belief and faith in Jesus absolutely does. We’re also talking about thousands of years of fulfilled prophecy. Hundreds and hundreds of eyewitnesses. And the consistency with everything that was written. The disciples were martyred for what they believed. You’re not gonna die for something that you know to be untrue. Where is the gain in that?
These are the real conversations that need to be had. Both parties were respectful and provoked thought.
As a spiritual person i always thought religion limits the mind.. i was very wrong.. we are all sinners doesn’t matter how spiritual or blessed you are, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit did wonders for me when it came to me in one of the deepest points in my life and i never looked back! I walk in love now everyday ❤
The holy spirit took away all the damage that was caused to me by my narcissistic parents..in Africa we have no information nor resources to deal with these problems..I was doomed and my set up was to drive myself to death..through the holy spirit I was freed from all these demons and GOD communicated to me exactly how I am seen and what I am on this earth to do...I mean people are spending millions of $ to be able to flee the mental illiness,madness that has caught up to them and still in vein..and for me the holy spirit just takes away all that..people do not understand the luxury and rare that it is we have Jesus Christ as our savior but also he is more than glad to show you the love OF GOD...I absolutely wish everyone this,I pain for people who are going through pain because I know the cure...I wish many people in rehabs and visiting therapists every week would visit east Africa and attend ADPR churches...these churches have people full of the holy spirit absolutely children of GOD very poor do nothing but worship and praise the LORD while doing many works that Jesus christ did at the time of Jerusalem...
Embarrassing
I think one could reason that like all things their happens to be various levels of understanding. It's truly much more of a simple concept that way too many make it out to be so complicated. We are made in the very Image and likeness of our creator. We as a created people so Loved by God had a falling out with God as we can see so many examples of whenever our children choose to not abide in our parental rules. We can see the very same Agape Love that is seen over and over with very patient parents of kids who act out in a rebellious nature towards any and all authority. Rules that are only designed to protect that which all loving parents place a very high value on. What Father would give his son a stone if he ask for a loaf of bread? Exactly why Jesus spoke in so many parable's hoping to send his message across to those in doubt by sharing in Truth all that he is and what he truly wants for us all. As parents we are blessed by the Holy Spirit to "Procreate" Life as a Man come together with a woman and unite as one with God the Holy Spirit. The Family is similar in nature to the concept of the Trinity, 3 separate in one; The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The very interesting aspect not many realize is that it says in the Bible that when a Man and Woman come together in Marriage, they become as one. and then the very eternal word of God as we know it as the Bible; Torah, and Gospels form the very inspired word of God. The Holy Scriptures in the first book describe the word as eternal and never ending. It also references the Christ as the eternal Word that transfigured into human Flesh and walked amongst us. We are created with specific design and purpose. Our all Loving and all merciful creator only wishes to have a personal relationship with us all in Truth and Love. We Glorify our creator by doing his will just as a proud parent sees his or her Daughter or Son abiding in them by doing good and the struggle of overcoming our true nature to do evil. This was very apparent throughout the entire Old Testament (Torah) of the many examples of man's constant failures from Abraham, Isaac, Moses, David, etc.. on into the time of Jesus's apostles Peter, Paul, etc.. All have fallen short of God's Glory. So it is with purpose that our all Loving God sent his only begotten Son Jesus the Christ into this world for the specific purpose to act as our Savior. The Hebrew meaning of his name describes this purpose. When we see our day to day struggles in this short life , its very easy to then understand the deeper teachings and meanings. We are all given free will to accept or reject this gift of Love and Truth. God will not force us into Loving him, although he truly wishes that all would come to him. We are to treat one another as you would want to be treated in return. How is that not understood? Imagine if everyone followed this idea? It would miraculously solve everyone's problems. Yet we instead ignore Love and Truth, and would rather seek out our own personal selfish desires without contemplating what our consequences may be and how our actions affect others. That by definition is simply being selfish. We are to be Humble in Christ, not with Pride. The Greeks divide Love into 3 main categories; Agape, Philia, Eros. The oldest written language known to mankind is no accident, its Hebrew, and also happens to be the most unique language of all others. It is the only language that can be interpreted in 3 specific ways. Coincidence? Or maybe the Trinity at work? We live in a finite world surely where nobody escapes a certain death. We measure our finite world in both Time and Space by Past , Present, and Future. Space by Length, Width, Depth. coincidence? their is that number 3 again. It remains all around us and we even see the Hebrew first three words written in the book of Genesis; "In The Beginning" (called the "Bereshit") . I would encourage all who are interested to dig deeper into the actual meaning of these 3 words, its quite amazing.
I mean cool that you are happy but you didn't really said anything about the point you where trying to make, how dos religion not limit the mind?
@@XxDrJewxX do you know religion before you claim it to limit the mind?? You sound very woke to me?? Such a philistine you are...read in the bible what happened to them..book mathew new testament
Joe really needs to have Lee Strobel on. He’s an atheist Chicago Tribune journalist who decided to prove Christianity was a myth. Then, as he investigated all the facts came to the conclusion Christ was real and became a Christian himself.
Reading his books “A Case for Christ” and “A Case for a Creator” turned me from an agnostic to a Christian. My life has been kinder, more caring, more peaceful and overall better for it.
Lee Strobel is a con artist
Love the book!!!
@@abaniko9 he’s a professor at my wife’s school I’d like if you could elaborate on why you think he’s a con artist
@@pacificpat1762 People don't start off as Atheist and most Christians wrongly define Atheism. A con artis convinces those who wont think critically for themselves to believe in something NOT proven and sell it as absolute fact. When in debate ALL religeous apologetic's never answer questions honestly from sceptics. They lean on innuendo and make many assertions that have no truth. Lee Strobel is one such person. He was never a member of the Atheist community and attempts to speak of the bible as actuall history when it's not. He was NEVER an Atheist and only uses that as a selling point for a bible that is historical fiction at best...No historical proof The bible is highly falable as history and even the 4 gospels are not honesly authored as is provable
Even if Jesus was real that still wouldn’t mean he was god 😒
It’s so much easier to be a skeptic. There’s no effort in being a skeptic. When you put in effort to disprove, it’s like the more it’s proven.
This is the stupidest thing I heard. You claim it is easier to think with your head then to turn off your brain. You think its harder to say ah yes lightning it was zeus then actually understanding electricity gtfo
Hi! As someone from a Soviet culture (now an immigrant in the USA) I believe that the resurrection was staged by the Romans, as explained in a popular book where I'm from - "The Gospel of Afranius"; like many others, I read it in childhood and never thought about this question again - until coming to the USA and noticing a stark contrast in the discussion of this question. What's wrong with that explanation? Also, I believe matter is eternal - it can only move and change but not appear from nowhere - seems like common sense to me, but apparently not here in the US, what's wrong with that?
One of the biggest proofs for me when I became a Christian is because God gave me a new heart that changed my attitude and perception of life.
Amen 🙏 that Is the whole proof and truth he gave me a new heart aswel 7months ago and people all around have noticed a huge change that's the fruits that the bible says they will know us by! God Bless brother 🙌 🙏
Biblical heart surgery 💀
Yes yes yes! My heart seemed hard until God took priority in my life. Excellent description!
Amen. We all are blind until we see.
So many people of other walks of faith feel the same way It kind of makes it confusing
His answers apologetically need a lot of sharpening, but he’s a newborn in the faith.
I’m happy that Joe always respects people’s beliefs.
Not a fan of the conclusion, but I’m very glad the world gets to hear about a rational person, doing his research and turning to Christ.
Exactly what I came hear to say, I think Joe is digging himself and hopefully eventually he'll bring an established Christian Theologian 🤯
No rational person is a christian LMAO
Lol I looked for god and got so far from the Abrahamic religions n god jus seem like we aren’t supposed to know bc I honestly feel better like I believe in Jesus but not in a religious way he is like a mystic to me but I think religion causes division it’s not necessarily wrong but the religious are to focused on separation and judgment Jesus loved the wicked literally murders n all so how were they on their way to hell if they were more worthy than the devote Jews or religious ppl
Joe lets every nutcase speak, doesn't mean he respects you, that's the way you do a podcast that works...invite these idiots and let them sprout BS and just letting them make a fool of themselves, this guy is on fire in that regard.
they weren't more "worthy"... they were just much closer to the kingdom in heaven than all the ones who own the kingdoms on earth... pride blinds the eyes. Murderers usually have huge feelings of shame, and Jesus forgives them, that is why they start to see the kingdom of Heaven sooner than a rich man who prides himself with all the earthly achievements and earthly power based on wealth. Important understanding: The power of God is not based on wealth! Even a homeless man can have the power of God! And Jesus as the wandering preacher is the best example. As he himself taught it: lead by example and deeds, not just by words as many of the high priests in their stone-masoned palaces do.@@theiceberg8249 Hope this helps your way!
There are around 300 prophecies that were written hundreds of years BEFORE he was born that Jesus fulfilled. Like this man recommends, there are many books that can support this in greater detail. Kudos to Joe for having an open mind. He asks great questions for which there are answers. Unfortunately he hasn't had those ppl on.
The Book of Enoch also mentions of his coming and that was thousands of years before his birth
The story of Jesus is repurposed myths from centuries earlier. It’s a marketing scam.
You realize that the authors of the new testament just used random “prophecies” from the old testament while creating Jesus Christ’ story right? Literally anyone could write a book “fulfilling prophecies”, I could write one tomorrow. Faith is just wishful thinking.
@@jakeoutrider7644 if you haven't found love you cannot find God.
@@jakeoutrider7644 bingo
I spent my entire adult life as an atheist. I started to look into and the Bible, specifically the Catholic Church, in order to debunk it.
I’m getting confirmed this coming Easter.
Congratulations 🙌
I bought a bible once to prove my college boyfriend wrong about Christianity. I told another boyfriend's very southern Christian father that I didn't believe in God and it almost gave him a heart attack. It took me until 35 years old to be humbled enough to finally see the truth. I'm so grateful every day for that.
You met the wall after your beauty dissapeared and you knew you needed to leach on somebody and no one better than a religious man
@@carlosdelsol76 lmao
@@carlosdelsol76 Sounds like you need help
@@officialtbhoopswomen behave very differently after their beauty disappears. He may very well be right 😂😂😂
Can someone explain what convinced you? How could the Bible do it
Faith is a gift. I'm so happy for this man, that he received what is freely given. It's never too late. God bless! ❤🙏🏻🕊️
Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
My testimony: Grew up hating Christianity from bad experience in church. At 13, I was old enough to make the choice of wether or not I still wanted to pursue church.. and I was like absolutely not... Felt freedom and liberated from church for the first time (so I thought)... My mother always prayed and never stopped praying for me. I rebelled hard. On Sunday mornings for example, when she would go to church, I'd go call friends to come over and we would snort coke and free based it, doing drugs and get high and drunk etc all before my mother would come back home from worship. As I got older and older I would study witchcraft, new age, clairvoyance and psychic readings... At age 27, I was obsessed with a girl and couldn't understand why I felt like such a strong hold over me over someone I barely even knew. I confined this to someone and all he said to me was, "oh, that's the devil trying to use lust to make you confused that it's love"... He walked away and leaving me to question the super natural (something I believed in to a certain extent). I'm outside smoking a cigarette one day and a woman comes up to me and asked how long I've been a smoker, I answered "since I was 13"... She asked if she could pray for me, for me to stop smoking permanently and I said sure but good luck trying to get me to kick it. After her prayer was done (we held hands-- of course), we went our separate ways. Later that day I went outside for a cigarette break and as I was about to put the cigarette in my mouth... There was this invisible pull. I was fighting with something I couldn't see trying to resist me from smoking. I surrendered and knew that earlier there was a prayer that took place and now this result was happening in real time. As I started to go to church and read the bible I was being attacked at night by some evil forces... One night (this is where it gets bizarrely scary), the devil (or Satan whatever it goes by) appeared right before me in the middle of the night. It was big, scary looking, it was wearing a long black cloth with a hoodie, teeth were sharp, nails were long and black, horns were like rams, smoke underneath it. It pointed at me and laughed and fade into the ceiling upwards. I screamed like I've never screamed before. I talked to a couple of christian pastors and I asked why is this happening to me and why didn't this happen to me before when I was agnostic or atheist, they all said this only happens when the devil knows that you are leaving his kingdom for the kingdom of god and he isn't going to let you go over that easily and yes God is allowing it to happen. When you use the name of Jesus Christ it gets scared and cowards out fast. I asked why this doesn't happen to atheist or agnostic or non Christians, and the answer was because the devil doesn't have to worry about them being he already has them. It was definitely like opening Pandora box. Today I love Jesus Christ and I worship him with all my heart. I tell you all to please accept his gift of salvation and ask him to come into your heart. Jesus is very real and another thing their are a lot of false Christians especially those aligned with politics, in other words not all that say their Christians are going to make it into heaven. Thank you for reading.
Facts. I have a similar experience. Never did coke lol. But I relate to being rebellious (out of lack of love at home). 💔 this just reminded me of things I was forgetting. And why I just made the shift back to Jesus christ. (Because i finally put together all that witchcraft, universe stuff is just satan luring you in with his tricks and deception.) I had the demon experience too. It was terrifying. I called on Jesus. It happened for a few nights. I let it pass. I'm slowly getting to peace. Thank you for sharing why that happened. I wanted to ask a Christian leader that, too. It's fresh for me. Went to church today for the first time in years. Elated to be back. The preacher wasnt perfect, but I still was blessed. And my boyfriend. We will church shop. ⛪️ praise God for bringing us both home. 🥲
Why do you guys always have to embellish your stories? Are you telling me that Jesus has time to stop you from smoking but just can't manage to save babies from being murdered? Why don't you say "hey God, go save some babies from being horrifically murdered. I'll work on quitting smoking myself. Babies should clearly be the priority"? Do you feel bad that God answered your prayer instead of saving babies?
@WatchMePlayEnergy can't speak for him. But don't be so quick to call ppl Liars. Lots of ppl have experiences like this where they were cured of addictions instantly. Self included. I remember thinking the same thing. I used to think "God doesn't exist because babies get raped by monsters"....its a good question you're asking. We humans cant answer these questions. God doesn't work on our time. But ask your questions to God in prayer and you will see him work. If you honestly want to understand something, seek God in earnest. Pray from the heart. You will get your prayers answered. Bless up.
@@watchmeplayenergy281 - Why bad things happen to good (or innocent) people- That is one of the biggest questions and the highest hurdle to overcome for people that truly desire to believe in God.
The answer, best there appears to be, is that God gave us free will. We get to choose whether we will serve God, or whether we want to follow our own desires and way. And since God can see the future and the past and everything in between, and since He created humans, He understands exactly how we are and react to any situation, and since He loves us, He wants the best for us and has given us the keys to how we will be the most happy, secure, loved, and useful- if we only follow His plan for our lives and choose His way according to His Book.
But so many of us choose to decide what WE think will make us happiest, and often, our choices as humans force pain on someone else, even if we didn't specifically choose to hurt that person or persons.
My choice to get drunk and then drive may kill someone. My choice to have s e x when I'm young before I'm married and then decide to abort will cause the death of a child and probably send me into depression and guilt. (And if I'm the boy/man involved and I force the mother of my child to abort, same feelings can be felt; also, it's an evil thing to force on someone.) If I choose to keep the child, I may be forcing the child into a life of poverty (granted, if there's plenty of love and enough food and warmth, the poverty most likely won't be realized by the child, and it certainly isn't the worst thing ever). If I choose to keep the child and then allow men or women into my space that aren't trustworthy, they may abuse the child, and even if I didn't realize that that would happen, my choice would have still resulted in a terrifying childhood for my child and trauma for life.
Bottom line, it's God allowing us choices and then us choosing foolishly that creates the evil in the world. Should God have forced all of us to follow His perfect plan for our lives instead?
It's worth meditating on that for a long while and studying it out in the Bible. There are Bible Concordances that can help with studying things like that.
@@TEWMUCH you're a liar too. Liking your own comment is a good example of your dishonesty.
@7:44 how can Joe prove that someone is not the child of God? Has Joe been able to disprove God‘s existence? Scientist like to jest, “ science exist, whether you believe in it or not.” Similarly, God exists, whether you believe or whether you can prove.
Almost my Dad's exact story. Even the same book. "Evidence that demands a verdict." He was a Hostile atheist trying to disprove the Bible to stop my Mom's Bible study group from meeting at our house 😆 He ended up leading that group and becoming a pastor a few years later! Evidence is there if you're sincerely seeking the truth.
Wow
That’s amazing and wonderful!!
If religious crosses your mind you are eventually going to be religious. I only think about it when someone brings it up. Guess I'm fahhhked
Yeah people tend to just ride the bandwagon. Society, media etc mocks GOD and Satan is the deceiver. People who just regurgitate scripture to justify their actions is just laziness in not doing research or searching for truth
@No Name rather listen to Jesus than no name. God could do whatever tf he wants , anything that comes from him is good. We literally have historical evidence backing story’s in the Bible and evidence Jesus existed. Your putting God within the small box of your puny insignificant brain. He could make angels looks like golden retrievers if he wanted. We’re still waiting for science to disprove it. Glory be to Jesus. Seek God
One of my aunts has cancer that’s spread everywhere, she is about to pass away and she was laying in bed looking really bad. The expression of death on her face, almost my entire family was present in her house and about 40 people prayed for her. 10 minutes later she wakes up with a smile on her face and was able to talk after being asleep the entire day. I don’t know if that’s coincidence but I really hope god is real
He is!!
I’ve heard too many stories about miracles to believe they’re all fake or tricks on the mind. Even if 1 miracle is unmistakably true, that’s sufficient to prove God exists.
Not to be mean but It happens a Lot that people before passing away get better without any explanation, but soon enough they pass anyways
@@josepazpas683 and God may have planned it that way.
Who in their right mind could believe in and worship a god who gave the green light to CHATTEL SLAVERY as the Bible god Yahweh did in Leviticus 25? The Bible has been used to justify slavery for centuries. Wake up! Christianity is evil!
I like the way he phrases things, you can tell he had an actual journey to religion and wasn’t raised with it. He describes these concepts on his own, and not in the copy paste, word for word way most Christians are essentially trained to do.
Truth is truth my friend no matter how it’s conveyed
Like me
That is true.However it is important if you believe in the truth or you are just reciting
Did you ever think that "most Christians" are quoting the Bible and maybe he doesn't know too much of it since it's new to him? There's nothing wrong with quoting the Word when describing the Word😂
@@jswhosoever4533Exactly 😂😂 like what? No one is regurgitating or copying anything. We literally quote the Bible & use scripture to back up what we say. LOL
Passionate agnostic here! The mystery is what makes me so happy. I don’t actually want to know, but I wouldn’t if I did. I don’t need faith because I’m filled with love and happiness from being right here right now and the fact that any of our conscious is a miracle in and of itself. I am in absolute awe and wonder every day waking up that anything exists at all
I spent like 20 years blasphemously railing against God. I had a change of heart and man.. life is good, God is great, and legit my depression cleared up that I dealt with for most of my life since my early teens.
Thank God
God doesn't exist. Grow up.
It isnt a god doing that it is the mindset shift you have undertaking. Give yourself some credit. But if believing in a god your pathway for that mindset then that’s good.
@@t0tallyz3n Hail yourself 🤝
You found a crutch. If it helps you, good, but don't thank God because he didn't do a thing.
Ignore the Hatethiest.
They are of the devil and will do anything to test your faith in God.
^^^^^These people are the ones God warns us about.
I too was like you and spent most of my life denying God and doing my best to turn people against him.
Until people like these find some kind of faith they will never understand what you are saying.
Their beliefs are rooted in pride.
They hold themselves above all others and God.
I love how real this is! Some theological errors but I love how this guy isn't exactly a "trained professional" but his passion is just so sincere! God is using the most unlikely, unexpected people to make such a big impact on the world, all through His love and His spirit 🔥
Been noticing that many people, including myself who was an atheist my whole life has had a revelation, and realising that God is real. End times.
@@aedaed7238 Oh same here. I was an atheist for the longest time in my life and then one day I started going to church. I don't know why I did, but I did and my life has been transformed. That was twelve years ago, has been a long journey and I have talked with people about Jesus in several different countries just in my travels, not missions trips. Now I have plans in the future to start a nonprofit organization and a Men's Ministry with the purpose of feeding the hungry. Without getting political, I feel like it's our duty as men to be providers, and if we can provide for ourselves, our families, our friends, we should be providing for others also. It's amazing how powerful the Holy Spirit can be and transform someone's life, never in my whole life did I think that my life would be going in this direction.
It truly is the end times. Reading these comments about how you guys found God is so encouraging. Jesus is so real. If you want more treasures in heaven, then you really need to go and preach the gospel. After witnessing so many miracles and visions, I HAD to become a missionary
@@aedaed7238 God is real!
@@CryptoChristopher I thought it was the end times back in the 1980s. Don't be disappointed if you're still here in 40 years.
You're not going anywhere
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I love hearing stories like this because as a Christian who believes this is the Truth it’s so satisfying to see others realize the same thing.
YUP.... n Curry came out with some Truth.....Good for him...
@@urdad9853 what did he do
Dude answered zero questions.
Believe* the same thing. Not realize. You can’t realize something if it can’t be proven, but you can believe in it.
@@CaptainRockoBD I mean sure but if it's the Truth then yeah you can realize it
“Building 7 didn’t collapse out of sympathy for building 1 and 2” 😂😂😂
I've been down a similar path. I was raised Christian, rebelled against it in my teens, was an atheist at first, but later on I was agnostic for many years. At some point I noticed certain patterns in my life. Then certain events in the world unfolded in such a way that they pointed to the importance of religion. Then certain things happened in my personal life and they seemed so coincidental as if a spirit had caused these things to happen and was trying to guide me in a particular direction. At some point I began to think that these patterns, certain events, and certain circumstances were all ways that God was trying to communicate, to try to bring me back to faith. Now I believe in God as a guiding spirit, who guides each and every one of us through this reality, a reality all created by him. He doesn't communicate the way how we human beings communicate to each other. Instead he communicates through revelation. Certain things that happen in our lives is God's way of communicating to us. He always tries to lead us in a positive direction, towards light, peace, and prosperity.
yes and this makes total sense when you consider the general inefficacy of direct verbal communications from human to human. experience is the best tool for teaching.
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I agree with what you are saying. Once you read the Bible and absorb what you read, it's hard, if not impossible to deny God exists. When you combine the Bible with your own spirituality and the signs, signals, dreams, etc., You realize God and Jesus talk to us on a daily basis. We just have to train our minds and focus on how the communications come to us. Once you do that, you open yourself up to a new existence that is directed by God
@@markmullins5473 no. It's only hard at first to deny God exists. Once you shed all the indoctrination it gets way easier. The first time I said fuck God I felt really naughty. Then I reminded myself that there is no God to strike me down for being a naughty boy. Once you really get rid of that fear that they hammered into you, Christianity is finally seen for the joke that it is. You really do spend Sunday mornings getting emotional about fictional characters in a book. It's like pretending that you hang out with Harry Potter and singing songs about how great he is. It's quite insane when you really take a good look at it.
You are on the right path thinking that God is a Spirit! Let me add to this. What is a spirit? A spirit is not physical matter or energy, it is abstract and meta physical yet affects the physical. What else is not physical but affects our reality? Our thoughts! John 1:1 states that in the beginning was the 'Word' and the Word was with God and the Word was God. Before you write the 'Word' you must think it. Science cannot tell you where your thoughts come from, you yourself cannot determine your next thought but it still comes. This is the breath of God that we all have and is also what it means when God says we were made in His image. God is the self existing one, the first and self existing Idea, we are an extension of that idea.
I still remember the day when I approached a church after 20 years, and sat there for 30 mins to give it a try. Cried like I child. Couldn't hold my tears. It was a big relief to be able to acknowledge all my sins to God. I felt understood, and loved by Him. He didn't judge me and I appreciated that.
I still remember the time i went to church and fell asleep in the pews cause it was boring af. To each their own
Completely same story, total relief coming to God
@@benjiowen8433 sure
@@ionevnknonymor that's terrible, I agree.
Same but that doesn't mean christians are right or that the book is the word of god. Just saying.
I believe it’s just a matter of time until Joe becomes a born again believer!
I’m glad that God brings believers to his show
joes not gonna believe in 1 of 345243523532425 magic books.
AMEN, he will come around. The seed is planted, pray for the water
@@EdBate we magically appeared from nothing. That book is great.
@@michaelb6510 so did god.
You should learn about the quantum world Schwinger effect and virtual particles. Things can appear from nothing and they do.
Amen. Between Jordan Peterson & this guy.
Raised Catholic and followed Christ by default. Turned atheist at 7 years old when my Nan died. 33 years old now, asked for God to find me and 2 weeks later he did.
@@cpurssey982 he found you? What happened? How did you know it was God, and what did he do?
That's Beautiful to hear my friend, cause when you know, You Know.
Much Blessing's, good Health to you n your's on your Journey.
In Jesus name,
AMEN. 💙✝️💙
This is one of the many reasons I like Joe Rogan. He allows ANYONE in his show and respects others views.
He’s a great interviewer
Unless they diss marijuana
I became a Christian after a therapy session. After receiving a revelation about repentance. I went it with a deep need to release everything that I was carrying all my life. I admitted my guilt, my anxieties, my fears and shame. I felt absolutely alone, even though there was a therapist, she was just paid to listen to me, but somehow I felt heard after listening to what I had to say. Like I had a connection through myself. It felt healing like never before. Being completely honest with yourself of the pain you carry. That's not something anyone made me do, it was my own decision. That got me interested in reading the bible and I’ve been a Christian ever since. Prayer is part of my life now and I treat it as vital as breath. Jesus says give me your burdens and I will give you my yoke. God Bless
Makes sense. Christianity literally revolves around (and attracts people who feel) guilt, shame, and fear. Perfect cult for you to follow
@@felipevaldez1135 LOL nah not bitter, I’m happy to tell the truth. If anything, I feel bad for cult followers.
@@HollerAtcherBoi and I feel bad for people who think they know, but really they’re lost.
@@RighteousWeaponry like religious people? LOL
@@felipevaldez1135 100% sure that all religions are manmade cults created to control how people think and behave
This is exactly what happened with me. I was atheist for 28 years. I finally decided I'd prove to myself there was no God and started to study the bible. Seven years of studying and I couldn't do it. I also studied the Quran and that was not at all the same. I'm now an effin christian .
You can't prove fairies and leprechauns don't exist either.
What made you an atheist?
Try having a look at the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus.
Christianity isn't blind faith, but faith based on evidence.
Yeaaa babyyyyy
How did you stop believing in Santa and the tooth fairy 🧚♀️?
I find people get hung up on the "prove he was the son of god" a bit too much. Regardless of wither he was or wasn't. He still existed and his teachings make sense in even just the be a kind person. Regardless of believing or being religious in general, if you just lived your life to the guidelines that Jesus did, I bet you would just be a happier person.
Finally. Someone bold for the faith.
I pray that I get it .... I'm lacking in that
Amen brother. Yee haw, git R dun an evrathin.
@@bryanjones14 nothing wrong with that. Once you let everyone know where you stand, they put on the masks.
I believe in god and I know he’s real, but I don’t hear him speak to me. Like when someone says “‘god spoke to me “ I’m like what do you mean? He never speaks to me
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EXACTLY 💯. Same thing happened here. 39 years athiest. 40 years old Born again Christian ✝️ ❤
God bless you. The skeptical ones like us can make a huge impact!!
@@codybarrier6295 YES!! Testimonies are so powerful especially when they include the steps a mind took to realize the Truth, all glory to Christ! God bless 🙏❤
Look into Islam ☪️
@@gicilo386 I looked briefly into Islam as well as Buddhism, Hinduism and Judaism, out of curiosity after I started digging into Christianity. I had a true personal encounter with Jesus Christ as an athiest, so I know he's my Lord & savior.
I do find the parallels between some of the Bible & the Quran interesting and I appreciate that you see Jesus as a high prophet. ❤ God is God & only He can judge us all.
Amen🙏🏻
You can tell Joe wasn't super comfortable with this convo but props to him for keeping on the topic and not steering away from it. I'm super glad Adam is a believer now!
Cus he's a freemason and he knows God is real
@@unskillfullymasterful hmm how do you conclude that he is a freemason? Idk why you would want to accuse him of that unless you yourself is a freemason and wanna downplay a true Christian believer..
Because he vocally just confessed that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and according to scripture thats the genuine faith that overcometh the world like unto how Jesus did
@Child Belong to Christ ain't that something, satan knows the Bible very well
@Child Belong to Christ if you don't know by now, Joe is flaky and he tends to just go with the flow and ends up saying things he doesn't really mean. I used to watch him all the time but I noticed that and stopped
@@unskillfullymasterful my bad I thought u referred to Adam who in this instance confessed that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, he might still be a bit confused about the full truth but I believe Jesus will reveal himself to him fully if he has begun the good work in him.. However, Joe literally debated that statement of Jesus being the Son of God, so my bad
2:00 Jamie pull up that one video of Jesus reincarnating please.
😂😂
Makes me think of Lee Strobel’s The Case for Christ. He set out to prove Christians wrong and became a Christian out of it. Incredible story.
Lee Strobel is not a good apologist.
@@Penname25 why not?
@@JavierRodriguez-jg8kc watch the movie and be the judge yourself. There will always be haters, no matter how accurate and helpful something is
@@LisapaigeC I did watch the movie and enjoyed it both times. I was asking why @achinth murali says he's not a good apologist.
@@JavierRodriguez-jg8kc don’t worry about him. Lee Strobel has helped many people.
I love to see Joe be so respectful with guests even when he doesn't agree with them .He really demonstrates how to use critical thinking and gets his point across with out offending the guest .of course the left handed chill cloud may have helped.
Yes I really appreciate that about him.
And I also pray that he truly converts to Jesus🙏🏽❤️
Worldly assumptions without due diligence are not critical thinking.
@@SjonnyBB Limits on your life aren't good, I hope he stays free of religion personally!
It's clear, though, that Joe is in disagreement.
@@CalebScott1991 What a ridiculous statement. Everyone has limits on their lives. Limits are good.
I had been non-religous my entire life and was quite the cynic when it came to religion. When my Grandfather died, it changed. He was dying from cancer and we were counting the days when we visited him in the hospital. On a thursday night, I prayed - and actually meant it for the first time ever - and asked god to give me a sign and that if there was a creator, to let my Grandfather pass peacefully the following day with his family around.
Sure enough, Friday came and he passed at 3:15 in the afternoon. It was absolutely a sign; the people in the room were my Aunty, Father and myself. I had left the room to get a sandwich and my Aunty had left 5 minutes later to go to the bathroom. My Grandfather died in the company of his favourite son (my Father). If you knew my Grandfather, you'd know he wouldn't have wanted to share his death with his grandson and daughter. So within that little 10 minute window while we were out, he shared his death with my father.
I could write a book about all of the little signs regarding his death but this was the most prominent. I have a complicated relationship with the creator, as I've turned my back on him previously. I have a lot of sins I must seek forgiveness for, and accept my karma from. All I know is that now, I am on a path, and that however distant I feel from our creator, I will inevitably wander towards him as I progress throughout my life.
Thank you for sharing 🙏🏻
This was very profound to read man. I would encourage you to think more on the Karma part of this as you seek Jesus further. We do not do good works because we want good to happen to us, but rather we do good works because Christ did the ultimate good work for us on the cross first. Good was done to us before we did anything good, and our good deeds spring from our gratitude towards Him. Praying for your journey :)
Theres a reason why so many have trust and put their in Jesus.
And theres a reason why HE has the Title as THE KING ETERNAL. THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA.
Beautiful, look into the Church that Christ founded, namely the Catholic Church. The sacrament of confession is beyond anything.
what if your granddad has NOT passed the following day like you prayed for....would that have proven to you that god does NOT exist?
Respectfully, I am always amazed at people who think like this....
why don't you do an experiment....why don't you pray everytime you want something....you know whats going to happen? sometimes you'll get what you prayed for, and sometimes you won't....
just like those of us who don't pray....just like people who carry around a rabbits foot or throw money into a wishing well....
Just give it a try a let us know the results....
I just dont believe any of these "I was once an athiest, trust me," Christian testimonials.
I love how joe isn’t just blowing off what the guys saying, he’s allowing him to make valid points and joe is just counteracting with his.
Yes.. yet again Joe shows us just how brilliant he is
Rofl. Got to love the Bible thumpers trying to pretend you can make a logical religious argument. People can believe what they want but the people who believe in Bigfoot always think they are making logical arguments.
Rofl what a loser above me
@@jessebarnett4205 Why are you atheists always so salty? Is it because your views are based purely on emotion and negative experiences? Doesn’t seem very logical to me.
@@Agent_4547 Rofl. What? First I fully support anyone’s right to believe how they want. Secondly how in the world is not being religious based off of emotion in ANY way? That claim is the most ludicrous thing I have ever heard. Lastly I am agnostic not atheist.
I was listening to the podcast and I loved listening to this man working things through. Was he able to answer Joe's rebuttals about Christianity? No, because he's a toddler Christian but he has figured out where it all begins....LOVE. Good for you Adam! Fight the good fight. We need it in this crumbling world.
Yes, it is very difficult to justify yourself and provide enough evidence to the doubtful mind when you are new to the faith.
Similar things could be said about me in regards of the covid religion, but I never joined that faith because it just became too clear too early that it is a fake religion and is meant to provide an alternativeI a replacement for the faith in God (with all the rituals and commandments included) in the end and especially for people who were just floating with nothing to believe in (atheists for example)!
Let's just hope love isn't served with more Crusades. Too much death in the name of God.
@@mt8474 you expect men to act perfect. Also the Crusades pale in comparison to what the left wing godless communist societies ‘achieved‘ in the 20th Century. About 100 million death‘ committed by atheists!
Honestly even as an infant in his faith there was something so raw and profound about how he answered questions. All praise and glory to God as Adam continues learning and using his platform to give the Gospel.
@@mt8474 Could say the same thing for anything
Raised Catholic, went atheist in HS, started self improvement in my late 20s studied and research works of Genevieve Behr end, Thomas Troward, etc, researched and studied Rudolf Steiner, and it led me back to Jesus. Praise him.
@No Name If he is still a Catholic, and remains one until he dies, you will both end up in hell if you remain in those two cults. Islam is a false teaching religion the same as Catholicism. Both mention the name of Jesus, but both also deny Him in their doctrine. And to deny Jesus Christ will bring condemnation.
@No Name Mohammed was born over 500 years after the death of Jesus, so I will immediately dismiss Islam.
@No Name homie no one else but Muslims call God Allah lol you are toxic my guy. Stop being a bully online that also counts against you when God will judge you if your good outweigh your bad.
@No Name why should I believe Mohammad who contradicts Moses theology of God? The God of Moses enters His creation, Allah doesn't. The God of Moses calls Israel and His people His children (spiritual not physically) and Mohammad says no one can even metaphorically say they are the spiritual children of Allah and Allah is a father to no one not even spiritually. Mohammad comes after not only contradicting the theology of Moses, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Isiah etc... But also the apostles and eye witnesses of Christ Jesus. So who's right, the one who came with a different Allah or Moses who writes that God was IN the pillar of cloud when He spoke to Aaron and Miriam. Daniel writes that in fire where Nebuchadnezzar threw Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego there was a fourth like the Son of God and confirmed it was actually God in the fire because a regular angel doesn't appear as the Son of God, this angel is none other than Christ Jesus, "Son of God" would be heresy to Mohammad. He contradicted everything that came before Him and brought a different Allah not the same God of Abraham and Moses or Daniel. You need to study their theology of God then you will come to the truth, Mohammad came with a contradicting message. These are only a few major differences between Mohammad and the prophets, there are plenty more.
Moses and the prophets all point to Yeshua the Son of God. Your truth is there, Mohammad couldn't even be fit to unstrap the sandals of Yeshua. Yeshua is Holy, follow his teachings not the man who created Mutah, disowned his step son after marrying his ex-wife, said that Allah promises an everlasting penis erection for sex with woman brought up from Sheol who know all the best pleasures, when Jesus teaches the complete opposite, there won't be sex in heaven nor marriage. Yet you ignore those teachings of Christ and His eye witness apostles but you believe someone who never met an apostle and came with a contradicting message. Mohammad is an attack on who God is! Stick to Jesus.
Dude made a new account so that he can went full reddit mode in the comment section
Faith, by definition, almost always implies certitude even where there is no evidence or proof. To ask a Christian why they believe is like asking a dog why it barks. It just does.