But in reality this happens every minute. For example. Parent speeds through a stoplight and gets a child killed. Who's at fault??? Parent does drugs and who gets affected by the sin of the parent. Use your brain. This girl I tell you.
@@bdazf150 A child being hurt by a neglectful parent is NOT the same thing as designing a legal system in which a parent committing a crime means a child is punished for it. I need you to try and use that tiny little peanut brain of yours
Its a shame humanity hasnt moved past its man made gods and religions. I appreciate you sharing your deconversion and your criticism of Christianity. Thank you for being a voice of reason!
There are currently _legally_ 5 times more slaves in the USA today‡ than all the slaves - in total - in the entire history of all of North America. .. But, you don't even care enough to know.. smh _[edited] to add :_ ‡ no. not the news agency. sorry lol
My parents definitely didn't deserve to be honored. You know what drives me crazy is people always say, "Did you look for your parents?" No one ever asks if my parents looked for me. Why is it my responsibility to search the world for my abusive parents who abandoned me and left me for dead as a kid? Is that a Christian thing? Because these people can't seem to fathom your parents can be bad people.
You deserve so much more than the life you were given. I admire you greatly for finding the strength to survive without abusive parents. You are absolutely correct, comments from Christians seem unable to comprehend the pain you have survived. I do not think they are being intentionally cruel people. Their religion is responsible for their abusive mindset. Until Christians stop being so vile, I can not forgive them. I wish you the very best for your future.
Your content is criminally undervalued by the algorithm gods. Your presentation is firm but not condescending. Delivery is that of chatting with an honest friend, which includes respect and vulnerability (from you and your viewers). I truly appreciate your commentary, experience and willingness to share.
my computer algorithm wont allow me to say mormon/Or g o d/ - recovering from LD$/FLD$/RLD$ and now CLD$. I found Kristie and hope to inspire others from the PTSD of religions of USA
I wish I'd had someone like you to talk to when I was a kid and questioning all this stuff. Every time I'd ask "why does it say this, how does this make sense" the Sunday School teacher would just have the whole class pray for me 😂
They pray for you because they, whether they realize it or not, know that if you're questioning religion in any way you're just one step shy of becoming an atheist. This terrifies them because they've had blind obedience hammered into their heads for so long. Religion requires people to not think in order for anyone to follow it.
@@immortalfrieza _This terrifies them because they've had blind obedience hammered into their heads for so long. Religion requires people to not think in order for anyone to follow it._ You should explain how you can read the minds of those who lived far away and years ago. It sounds like a superpower. How did you get it? Historians would pay you much for this ability.
@@williamkincaid3465 _ it's what happened to me when I brought up Dinosaurs_ If you haven't discussed it since then, your experience is too limited to be useful. One data point does not a conclusion make.
The bible was written by men for two purposes. Control of the masses, who were largely uneducated at the time, by those who were educated (the priests, or holy MEN) and the complete subdjucation of women. Once you view the bible through these lenses, it makes perfect sense.
I spent twelve years with the Jesuits, had religion classes three times a week, went to mass every day, had to get my "mass card" signed by the priest on Sundays (who would otherwise believe a Catholic boy?). I still remember tons of prayers in Latin ... I am now 77 and more atheist than Belzebuth. I like to love myself, my neighbor. I like to be helpful, generous, and kind... because I want to be so, not because an old vengeful and angry old fart told me so. And certainly not because a "know everything" priest or pastor (usually judgmental and intolerant) wants to organize my life, or my after life, telling me what is good or bad. It is pure religious schizophrenia. BTW. I am thanking God every day for being an atheist 🙂.
I was also 'raised by catholic monks'... when I saw the funny clip from Louis CK on what the catholic church is all about, it was like a documentary...
I got the same treatment from an overzealous mother who could not recognize contradictions in Catholic dogma because of her indoctrination. Despite the morning and evening prayers, the daily rosary recorded on a tape recorder when she was not there to check on us, 8 years of Catholic school, weekly confession and Mass, I managed to revive my disabled logic circuits and began retracing everything I had been told. It took 50 years but I no longer have any fear of heaven or hell and regard the Laws of Thermodynamics as my religion.
I am 100% with you and so happy to be myself, to judge myself, to practice beauty, generosity and kindness out my own volition. Now... if hell and paradise exist, I prefer hell... because of the company! BTW. I love and keep studying (on a daily basis) thermodynamics and quantum mechanics.It fascinates me, more so than the bible.@@JamesRichardWiley
> “Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. >And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time! > > But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money!” > > ― George Carlin
Some of the points you bring up, such as don't be jealous of others' possessions, but it's fine for me to be jealous, are likely the reason for the 11th commandment. "Do as I say, not as I do."
Envy is desiring something that does not belong to you. The jealousy that God states he is has to do with Him desiring something that is rightfully His. As the one who created us, He should deserve our gratitude and worship.
@@christophergibson7155 great post but maybe put this in the main thread so it will be more easily seen by everyone. I was just commenting on her humor(:
@@christophergibson7155Graven means engraved. Kristi was not wrong. I find it hard to imagine the ancient writer intended to mean anything close to “secular humanism.”
I think that one way to stop the Ten Commandments from being posted around courthouses and schools is easy. Require that if the Ten Commandments are posted, the entire text has to be posted. No editing.
@@okanudobassey9741 poorly educated people are authoritarian governments favourite while critical thinking is the worst thing for authoritarian governments
That's hilarious considering the cat number of theologians who claim their deity invented logic! It also sheds light on the bible's claim that god is not the author of confusion! 😂
I really want to know why the Ten Commandments doesn't say, "Thou shalt not cleave open the wombs of pregnant women with you swords." Oh, wait, it's because elsewhere, he told people conquering another people in his name to do exactly that, which was used as a specific excuse for Lebanese Christians who followed those words precisely when they attacked a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon (with the aid and support of Israeli soldiers) in the early 80s.
GOD love wars he do all these things.Said so himself. he gave life so he can take it when & how he wants..GOD also killed children because he's the Almighty
The references i can find are 2kings 8:12; 15:16; hosea 13:16; amos 1:13. None of them are god explicitly telling anyone to do it, though two of them are proclamations that it would happen, which could be interpreted as divine will.
"Do not steal". In Les Miserables, Jean Valjean, the main character, spent 19 years in prison doing hard labor after he stole a loaf of bread to feed his widowed sister's starving family. And then 15-ish more years as a fugitive accused of stealing again even though the priest had given him his silver valuables to pay his way through after his release. Totally messed up man.
@@craigsmith1443 do you know the themes in fiction reflect reality, right? it is not the same, but i'm from latin america and i once witnessed with my own eyes people beating up and almost linching a man after stealing, probably to feed himself or is family too, i saw the face of desperation directly in him.
@@crisvelundertale2159 _do you know the themes in fiction reflect reality, right?_ 'Reflecting' is not 'revealing.' Everything that happens in fiction is at the beliefs of the author, which reality never is, so, no, 'fiction' does not 'reflect' reality. It depends on it, but it bends it so much that it is not reliable. That's the reason fiction is argued. _i once witnessed with my own eyes people beating up and almost linching a man after stealing, probably to feed himself or is family too_ That was a mob. It was not a French policeman so without mercy that he commits suicide. Your equivalence is false, _Les Miserable_ is irrelevant. Now, what was it that you really wanted to say? Can you say it without talking about fiction?
Kristi, I don't want to distract from the topics you brought up here. You are incredibly intelligent, and I love hearing everything you speak about. Although I am not commenting on what you brought up, I did want to mention how much I appreciate your time and your vast knowledge. You're the person most Christian apologists fear the most. You don't allow yourself to be distracted, and you're a bottomless well of knowledge, which truly makes them expose their one-trick-ponies skillset. Thank you.
Understanding the real meaning to "Don't take the lord's name in vain" changed my mind on so many things, and really opened my eyes to grifting evangelists.
I would prefer "do not exploit your fellow man or woman," which is what the Gathas of Zarathustra allude to. "Paid" workers in the global south are treated worse than slaves in the bible, which is really saying something.
Hey Kristi, I love this and the comparison with the Tenets of the Satanic Temple. It showed an awesome contrast. A different interpretation of "Don't take the Lord's name in Vain:" In another context, "in vain" means for no reason, purpose or end." I'm thinking in movies, the trope of someone dying and the hero says, "He shall not have died in Vain," like they will make the death meaningful. When they talk about not taking the Lord's name in Vain, they kind of mean don't use it loosely or without meaning, use it respectfully. I've never heard this tale and I thought it was amazing. Thanks for sharing! Gina
Something I always struggled to understand, even when I was still a practicing Catholic, was how there'd be so many other things that were considered sins that aren't listed in the 10 Commandments. The explanation I was given was that they somehow fit in under one of the 10 Commandments and/or were mentioned elsewhere in the Bible as being sins. For instance I was told that swearing is a sin, and "Thou Shall not swear" is obviously not one of the 10, and I was also told that "giving myself satisfaction" (I dunno if il allowed to use the actual word on UA-cam) was a sin and not only that not it's a MORTAL sin. Which to those that don't know, is a sin so bad that if you die without confessing to it and doing your penance for it then you're going straight to help regardless of what else You've done in your life. I honestly dunno if "self satisfaction" really is a mortal sin or not, but that's what I was told so I'd feel super guilty about it and want to confess to it asap all while feeling shame about even confessing it. I was also told that taking communion with a mortal sin was also a mortal sin, which is something I'd often do because I didn't want my family knowing I had some something "bad enough" to preclude me from communion. Also about the 1st Commandment about not having any other gods, I was told that it didn't just mean to literally not worship other gods but to also make sure that you put God above everything else in your life. Because if you give anything else more importance in your life then God then you've essentially made that your god. A common example I was given was the pursuit of wealth, if you care more about making money than God then you've made money your new god.
The funny thing is, the reason masturbation/sleeping with gay people was considered a sin is because they were weirdly obsessed with semen. They acted like it was worth more than gold. They weren't exactly educated so maybe they didn't know men basically have an infinite quantity of the stuff so they acted you had to make every ounce count. There were laws in some places forbidding sleeping with a "barren" woman or a woman on her period because then your precious precious man fluid would go to waste. LOL! As for the first commandment, they lied about that. They pretend like Yahweh didn't originate from some minor warlord storm god in a pantheon of other gods. Yahweh never was the only god. He even had a wife at one point who got written out of the lore because they wanted to make the religious text to benefit men and dominate over women. I once asked my mom about why if one of the 10 Commandments is "Thou shall not kill" then why do Christians go to war and kill other people? Her response was simply, "It doesn't count in times of war." LOL! Not much of a commandment if you can just break it whenever you feel like it. I was never religious but recently looking back into Christianity, I find it hilarious how Yahweh breaks several commandments himself. No killing? Uhhhh, EPIC FAIL. No lying? FAIL. No adultery? He DID impregnate a married woman so.....FAIL!
I absolutely love yout channel. Between you and Mindshift. You guys keep me sane. I am surrounded by religious fundamentalists everywhere here in West Texas. It reminds me there are some sane people out there!
The PTSD growing up in Christianity (mormonism) have me paying close attention to pressures and suicide rates. Not to mention mass killing within families. So grateful for Kristie. Shes saving lives. We're all human obey the laws of our own lands & stay low
Kristi, this is one of your best videos. I agree with you completely and I really think more people should listen to this. You are extremely intelligent and a great speaker. I even showed this to my father who thought the 10 Commandments were great. He said, “OK, she convinced me. I was wrong”!!! Thank you so much for what you are doing. I can’t express how much I appreciate your channel. 😊
_Kristi, this is one of your best videos_ Oh dear, I am convinced that it's one of her worst. She got everything wrong. _He said, “OK, she convinced me. I was wrong”!!_ You had him watch this instead of rereading the Ten Commandments for himself? Instead of reading them together? This is Cliff Notes for the Biased.
I grew up Seventh-Day Adventist here in Mississippi, and we would recite the 4th commandment every Saturday(which we believed was the sabbath). When i tell you i lived a deprived childhood where you literally couldnt do anything on the sabbath or you would be breaking it and sinning. I look back and now wonder why would an eternal god of the universe even care about a day of the week and what we did on it? Smh
You have issue with your religion and/or parents who indoctrinated you. Seek God's Truth and Wisdom in all earnesty and you will be given. ....so many ppl are just too lazy to seek the truth so they just bash their adulterated interpretation of God and open their hearts and minds to Devil worshipers like this(@jezebelvibes) one. ... she's telling you who/what she is... believe her.
I’m glad you questioned your beliefs. It’s important for us to not blindly follow what we have been told but to question why we believe this. I’m Presbyterian, and we do not only rest on the Sabbath. I believe it’s an Old Testament law that Jesus has fulfilled for us since He gives us rest.
@@chadhardy35 I understand, and I’m sorry you feel like you lived a deprived childhood because of the church you were raised in and the rules you were told you had to follow. To me, it’s obvious that God doesn’t expect us to live perfect lives because we sin daily and He made it where we are saved through faith and not actions. However, I don’t think that means that He doesn’t expect us to try our best to do right by Him and to do right by others, which I think is why he made those first 3 rules “about Him.” If we can abide by those, then everything else should fall into place.
Has anybody done a "person on the street"-style bit where they give people one of the TST tenets and asked "which of the 10 commandments is this?" I expect no more than 5% of people would know they weren't from the bible. That might go up to 25% if you were literally polling people in a church parking lot.
There’s some clips of people being asked to recite the Ten Commandments and they fail. One was a politician demanding the TC be exposed on government property. I can’t remember the details but I remember what a fool he looked when he couldn’t go beyond seven in random order.
Well, ok. I guess then that your ignorance of quantum electrodynamics makes QED false. The physics world would like to know this. Tell them. Or your argument here is a kind of Appeal to the People fallacy: 'They don't know it, so it's false.'
@@steveswangler6373 There's an even better video you ought to see called "Ayaan Hirsi Ali Says Christianity Is SUPERIOR to Atheism? And That Dawkins Is Christian?: ua-cam.com/video/g9WS6LC2CM8/v-deo.html
_When Jenna Ellis read her guilty plea statement in court, she used the dreaded phrase, "as a Christian"._ OK, so? False claims of innocence abound in prison, too, or in corrupt governments. It's a human desire to lie to escape responsibility. So she lied. Now what?
Yes he gave the commandant of Thou shalt not kill and then right after that orders the murderer of 3,000 people because they worship a golden calf probably the god Apis. To put that in perspective nearly 3,000 Americans died on 9/11.
@vadouis-rt3of if we are being honest, most scholars and historians say The Exodus never took place, and also, there's been many human Exodus out of Africa considering modern-day humans evolved there first.
I think honor is often times confused with obey. My parents used to say honor therefore you have to obey and that just didn't quite fit. I think you can honor someone while disagreeing with them.
@@smidlee7747 We all fall into that category at times unfortunately. Sometimes we have to balance being polite and civil with being genuine. It's definitely a balancing act, but genuine love wins out if you focus on it by forgetting your ego and focusing on humility and charity.
Right! It’s like have a respectful debate. You don’t have to agree with what the other person is saying, but you also don’t have to scream your point at them
@@smidlee7747I really like the used car dealer analogy that drives the point home quite well. That's the reason I keep my old fixer uppers. At least I'm not making payments on something I gotta work on, on top of it.
Let’s talk about the Bible describing the earth as a disc, with the sun, moon, and all the stars lying within it, and the heavens above. Wouldn’t the words of the creator get the shape of the earth right?
yes. and the g0d cannot create Earth anyway. the g0d starts in the void. an ALL-creating g0d. First, he (he?) has to create space. Problematic enough, since we have never seen anything space-less. But fine. Then the g0d has to get bored with the void, to be motivated to create. But he still has not created time. So he never reaches the moment where he starts to create time. the g0d is a pile of nonsense.
@@charmolypi999The bible is fricking clear enough though. If you read the Bible in an unbiased manner you’ll notice this god’s inconsistency and cruelty
@@mmww4 That's an interesting claim. How would you know if you are reading the Bible in an unbiased manner? What methodology do you use to conclude your interpretation is unbiased? It seems you are simply unaware of your bias to reach the worst possible conclusion about what the Scriptures teach because it would be an affront to your self-perception. If you are forming your own interpretation of Scripture's "inconsistency and cruelty" then you are explicitly creating a straw-man argument. Which is precisely what this channel does ad nauseam.
The second commandment only covers carving? Metalworking is okay, then. Or carpentry. Or even LEGO bricks! My kid has enough of those floating around to make a very colorful graven image.
The second commandment, and insistence upon the ten, is particularly amusing when the centerpiece of a church altar is almost always either a graven image of a cross or even Jesus on the cross. Let alone the myriad paintings and stained glass windows depicting Jesus and apostles. Apparently the ten commandments are "do as we say, not as we do" type laws.
My church didn't have this. The pictures of Jesus and the cross was viewed as a "innovation" just like indoor plumbing and air conditioning. We did eventually get indoor plumbing.
I do belive that religions use to have their functionality in the pat when we did not have the answers of many questions. Now they are only businesses runned by some people who even do not know the basics what they are in favor.
A long long time ago. Star Jones on the View responded to an email I sent regarding homosexuality in the Bible… she said it was wrong according to the Bible. I responded, “well, according to the Bible, you should still be a slave.“ She never replied.
@@vadouis-rt3of idk I burnt my last bible at the satanic black mass last full moon 😂😂 I also couldn’t care less. I’m no bible scholar and neither are you.
I so wish I had the braincells to be able to articulate myself half this well. Kristi, a thousand times thank you for all of your continued work. Keep it up!
In the Egyptian texts 42 laws of ma'at, some of the 10 commandments are in it but worded a little different, instead of thou shalt not it says I did not... wayyyy before Christianity
@@jimgillert20 no that is not part of the laws of Ma'at... you need to do better research. What you found that in is the positive affirmations that they changed the negative confessions of the law from thousands of years ago into recently by priests. That had nothing to do with the law from thousands of years ago.
The most significant concern I share, along with numerous children, is the practice of circumcision, which many of us experience daily. It involves subjecting perfectly healthy infants to this procedure before they can even comprehend their own identity. This is deeply disturbing. If I had known my parents would choose such an action for me, I might have hesitated to want to be born to them and that's one thing I can never forgive them for. Such people do not deserve parenthood.
Hello, just a thought, I am so glad that you have stepped forward to make these videos. I am a 74yr old man who has spent 45yrs de-constructing all the religious teachings of my first 35yrs. You do have clarity of thought regarding this subject that I have struggled with most of my life.. I have two resources for you to consider: Paul Wallis, The Eden Conspiracy, and Bert Ehrman, Miss- quoting The Bible... Please keep doing these videos!!! Thank you.
The Tanakh (Old Testament) is 100% copied from Pagan myth and then corrupted. Ovid's Metamorphoses was a source of many bible stories. This POS has the Roman God IU Piter as its supreme god. The bible is purely Roman and was designed for a minority to control the great majority.
I always wondered about the Catholic faith creating sculptures of the Virgin Mary then bowing down and praying to it or through it. Is that not akin to creating a sculpture and bowing down to it?
I didn’t understand her point on that with the priests and Christian leaders. I don’t believe they do it for personal gain (if they’re doing it for the right reasons).
I really enjoy watching your videos! Someone recently sent me a video talking about decoding the Torah. What is your take on the so-called codes off the first five books in the Torah? Thank you!
You would think god should've had "Thou shalt not have slaves" in there somewhere. I'm sure that is more important than quite a few commandmants, or maybe god should've had 11 commandments. But I guess it wasn't important enough to make the list. That's been a problem and still is. Also, in Jewish tradition the Sabbath begins on Friday evening and ends on Saturday evening. Therefore the christian tradition of taking Sunday off and calling Sunday the Sabbath is blatantly breaking the commandment. oh my...sin But I guess we'll just ask for forgiveness on this one. How convenient.
@@jezebelvibes I’ve been deconstructing for 20 years. Coming from the Pentecostal Denomination where there are rigid and rough rules,it’s been a journey back to myself.🙏💕
I recommend everyone to read Arthashastra by Chanakya 3 BCE this book tells how to apply logic , politics , economics , warfare and human psychology. I also recommend Bhagwat Gita to people who read the Bible and please try to notice the difference.
I like how George Carlin deconstructed the commandments down to " just don't be a dick" and the flying spaghetti monster's " I'd really rather you didn't"
I don't think it's productive to call it the Flying Spaghetti Monster. There's no need for that. All you're doing is going out of your way to demean people
@@MidwestFarmToys maybe you should look into the flying spaghetti monster the movement takes all the good parts of mainstream religions an makes the better. Celebrate the Sabbath if you can , just try to be a good person, and the FSM version of heaven has a beer volcano and a stripper factory.
Imagine foaming at the mouth and ppl are saying your possessed by a demon attacking them when you're really just having a epileptic seizure. Can't imagine what ppl thought these things were.
The commands seem to be written by a 6 year old bully, who started writing his playground rules, then forced those he knew, to then help him with the rest of the list, because it simply wasn't long enough, and wanted to seem like a good writer. ☮
@@jezebelvibes Do you know what translation Kristi uses when she quotes the Bible? I just commented on her "God's Love" video and want to use the same translation during my deconstruction.
If you study the context of the Ten Commandants, they were meant to apply only within the community they were given to (the Israelites). The Ten Commandments had no applicability in their dealings with people outside of that community that the Israelites might come into contact with or had to deal with. Much like today's secular laws versus foreign relations--Laws made by the U.S. Congress and the state legislatures apply within the U.S. but do not apply outside the U.S. except to the extent the U.S. has entered into international treaties and protocols. Thus, the president of the U.S. can order drone strikes that kill dozens of people, can order assassinations and the overthrow of governments, and the U.S. can invade other countries, kill and incarcerate their people, and destroy their property, all at will, and it is no violation of the law. In the case of Native Americans, we could steal their land, destroy their property, and commit genocide against them, and it was no violation. Christians later hijacked the Ten Commandments, claiming they apply to all people, but still readily violating them along the lines just stated.
@@18471902 That's not entirely true the ten commandments, are just the general commands part of the covenant God made with Noah's family in Genesis 9, and this was an everlasting covenant for all of humanity. And in Genesis 12 when God made his covenant with Abraham, he intended all families of the earth to be blessed through his seed and there were many Egyptians who left Egypt with Israel. Then according to Exodus 12 foreigners were to observe the same law as the native born, and Isaiah 49 tells Israel their mission is to be a light to the nations. So no this was not intended to only be for the Israelites, this is a common argument made by Christian Identitarians and Hebrew Israelites, but it is not accurate.
In the most extreme Muslim fundamentalist places this is adhered to. Life under the Taleban, ISIS, and to some extent Saudi Arabia, all had / have parts of this in place.
Love your page. You're always clear and concise and ask all the right questions. Yes, it's all about fear and control. Sad that while we're so technologically advanced, we're still such a primitive species intellectually and emotionally.
I just stumbled upon your work. Liked subscribed and hit the bell. Great job. Thank you for your time and efforts. This stuff is not easy. Editing alone was enough to make me tap out just a few videos into my UA-camr attempt. Congrats.
Fun fact: The entire concept of 'The 'TEN' Commandments" is a later invention, because you'll notice that the commandments aren't actually numbered in the text. Moreover, none of the scrolls that were edited together into what we now call 'The Bible' were written in chapters with verses. And to top it all off, ancient Hebrew had no punctuation marks. So it's entirely possible that what we call 'Commandments 6-9' are all actually clauses of a single sentence, split up into separate commandments to round the number up to an even 10: "You shall not kill, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal (from,) 'Nor' shall you bear false witness against your neighbour." Second Fun Fact: "Bear False Witness" doesn't mean lying, it means 'Commit Perjury.' Speaking of not explaining what a sin actually is, you'd think that an omniscient God would spend literally 'ANY' time at all explaining the exact meaning of "Take The Lord's Name In Vain" when it's supposedly #TheUnforgivableSin which automatically condemns us to Hell so completely that not even accepting Christ in our Hearts can save us. (Yet another massive extrapolation of the absolute nothing that is actually explained in the Bible and on which different denominations of Christianity all violently disagree.) Third Fun Fact: As you indicated yourself in the video, while giving Israelites a day off may sound benevolent, it's not actually a 'Day Off' at all! Instead, it's literally a dictator commanding his subjects to take an entire day out of every week to thank and praise him for letting them live, or he will kill them! And in the end, all of this is merely dancing around the fundamental point that what we call "The 10 Commandments" were never intended to be the defining moral code of all people of all time. Because even if we say that there are ten of them, (which there aren't,) they are still only 10 of the 613 Jewish Laws listed in what Christians call "The Old Testament" which are all equally important! ...That's right, according to these laws, never eating shellfish, getting a tattoo or wearing mixed fabrics is just as important as never murdering anyone! (Unless you're stoning any rape victim who doesn't scream loud enough, your neighbour for working on the Sabbath, etc, etc, etc.) Because ultimately, these were the terms of the Canaanite God Of War, Storms & Metal Work's 'Contract' (Covenant) with the Israelites; promising them protection from the invasions and natural disasters that would be inflicted upon them by the Gods of other tribes and nations such as Baal, Moloch & The Egyptian Gods (all of which are addressed as being real in the Bible) in exchange for sole worship, total obedience and burnt offerings. (It Was Literally A Protection Racket!) Indeed, this is why (what we know as) "The First 4 Commandments" are devoted entirely to demanding sole worship. And therefore, why the Book Of Judges consists entirely of the Israelites breaking his laws, worshipping other Gods, being punished for it and God raising up a new 'Judge' (Tribal Leader) to try to lift his chosen people out of sin before giving up on the whole, doomed system and imposing a Monarchy. (My my! What an astounding co-ink-i-dink that the Israelite Kings who commissioned the compilation, editing and redaction of the books in question had a vested political interest in portraying the old, Tribal system as a blasphemous trainwreck and the Monarchy as the divinely ordained saviour of the people from the War & Storm God's wrath!) 😅
15:58 That response is actually kinda correct. Women were the property of their husbands or fathers, so rape would be a property crime against the owner. I point this out clear that it's EVEN WORSE than Kristi suggests.
Love you're video's kristi the first few commandments were made by a very jealous god i thought jealousy one of the deadly sins religion is one big contradiction interesting video
It's simply amazing. . Watching the entire world of people having no idea what they do. . It is like a man who is sitting at the table saying, "give me more potatoes please". . And more potatoes are served to him. . And one day he says, "more potatoes please". . And there is no more left to serve. . So he has no idea what to do. . He doesn't understand why there is no more. . This generation describes things of law, as though it is a functional perfection. . It believes, "if we just do these things, God will be with us". . Without ever seeing that death itself is the sin. . That even if you are perfect in all that you do according to the law. . You still die. .
Sometimes our honour and love for our parents is shaped by their sin. My father is a serial adulterer who abandoned his family, and his sin has stolen from me the ways I should be able to honour him. There are instances where loving and honouring my parents looks like not being in the same place as them; because emotions will flare, one of us says something hurtful, and everything is made worse. Even then, I can still pray for them. It should be our hope and prayer that they would realize how their sin has hurt others, throw themselves at God's mercy, and make amends where they can. A final point on God's wrath and love, iniquity to the third and fourth generation is referring to the tendency of sin to produce more sin. If we consider my above example, my father's actions produced so much bitterness and rage in my mother and myself. If i didn't reflect on and deal with it, that bitterness could manifest in sinning against any number of people, including my wife and children. But if we love the Lord, his love extends to the thousandth generation Deut 5:10, 7:9. Or to be more blunt, his love endures forever Psalm 136. Hopefully that was helpful, it's certainly a tough question. God's peace
Ily, and I love this video. This is the first I've seen from you. I was a Christian for 20+ years and moved on to other spiritual traditions. So to make a long story shorter I kinda love academic scholarship, and reading the Bible and trying to actually understand these passages as a historical thing. The juxtaposition of the 10 commandments and Satanism was amazing. Ty
There's a great example of this in Jonathan Lock's 'Rape of the Lock': 'On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss, and infidels adore.'
23:13 ChatGPT and I reworded the Seven Tenets into simpler terms. I find they’re easier to swallow for the religious. Don’t be a Jerk or Some Guidelines for Life **Be kind and understanding to everyone, using your head and your heart. **Stand up for what's right, even if it means going against the crowd or challenging the rules. **Respect yourself and your body. Your choices should be yours alone. **Respect other people's freedoms, even if you don't agree with them. Treat others the way you want to be treated - better yet, the way they want to be treated. **Base your beliefs on facts and science. Don't ignore the truth just because it's inconvenient. **We all mess up sometimes. When you make a mistake, own up to it and try to make things better. **Remember these ideas are meant to help you be a better person. Let kindness, wisdom, and fairness be your guide in everything you do.
For me, "God" or call him/that how ever you want, have nothing to do with ANY Religion. Religions are created by People, God is something Humans are not capable to ever understand.
As a Satanist I appreciate the representation. Great video!🤘 Every modern criticism of the ten commandments should be accompanied by George Carlin's take.
The first commandment can still be relevant if you take it as “God is love; prioritize love over all other motivations”. Like if you’re trying to decide how to respond to something, and you have a loving option and a jealous option, you should always choose the loving option. I can’t think of a way that the second commandment could make sense today though 😂 That one is just gonna have to be content with being a historical artifact!
The legendary comedian George Carlin did his own deconstruction of the 10 Commandments (the Catholic interpretation). His thoughts are more R-rated (of course, it's George Carlin), but his thinking lines up a lot with yours, Kristi. He did that piece in one of his comedy specials about 30 years ago; it's worth checking out.
As usual great observations, Kristi! To me it seems they switched the contents of the two: The Ten Commandments, and The Satanic Temple Tenets(for the most part)! We are such blind followers and some have capitalized on it! Why isn’t anyone speaking up? Is no one reading these commandments and tenets? Why is everyone asleep?God, why don’t You intervene!
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Blaming and punishing children for the sins of their parents is the most vile form of primativism.
I don't know how someone can be all just and all merciful if they're punishing children for the actions of their parents
But in reality this happens every minute. For example. Parent speeds through a stoplight and gets a child killed. Who's at fault??? Parent does drugs and who gets affected by the sin of the parent. Use your brain. This girl I tell you.
@@bdazf150 Are you high right now?
@@bdazf150 A child being hurt by a neglectful parent is NOT the same thing as designing a legal system in which a parent committing a crime means a child is punished for it. I need you to try and use that tiny little peanut brain of yours
@bdazf150 What does it have to do with a deity that's supposed to be all good and just. But he seems to be a sadist and has a fetish for blood.
Its a shame humanity hasnt moved past its man made gods and religions. I appreciate you sharing your deconversion and your criticism of Christianity. Thank you for being a voice of reason!
The masses always need a god to follow and an enemy in common to destroy
People are going to worship something.
I was trying but then I had interaction with an angel and was shown signs and given a mission 😄 I was given proof Jesus Christ is God.
"Thou shall not enslave thy neighbor or anyone else" was one of my favorite commandments. Oh wait🤔
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I'd rather ask my neighbor for help and pay them then enslave them, but that's just me.
@@OragansDAristilde_TheChristian Why is it dangerous. Is god's ego so fragile that it can't take some constructive criticism?
There are currently _legally_ 5 times more slaves in the USA today‡ than all the slaves - in total - in the entire history of all of North America.
.. But, you don't even care enough to know.. smh
_[edited] to add :_ ‡ no. not the news agency. sorry lol
Should try reading 13A.. It's shorter than most UA-cam comments.. 😂
I have one commandment: If you can help, help; if you cannot help, don’t hurt.
YES!!!
this encompasses everything, from theft to rape and murder and everything in between. It's awesome.
That’s already in the Bible lol
Your not very good at actually respecting what the Bible actually says
@@Gregheffley1287still he is a better person then your god
My parents definitely didn't deserve to be honored. You know what drives me crazy is people always say, "Did you look for your parents?" No one ever asks if my parents looked for me. Why is it my responsibility to search the world for my abusive parents who abandoned me and left me for dead as a kid? Is that a Christian thing? Because these people can't seem to fathom your parents can be bad people.
@@vadouis-rt3of He's been absent for 2,000 years, but go off I guess.
Sorry to hear about your parents. I hope you had good adoptive parents.
@@vadouis-rt3of How sweet your words. How useless they are to a child alone. How cruel you sound.
@@leyrua Please be so kind as to explain what you mean. I do not understand what you are trying to say. Much appreciated, thank you.
You deserve so much more than the life you were given. I admire you greatly for finding the strength to survive without abusive parents. You are absolutely correct, comments from Christians seem unable to comprehend the pain you have survived. I do not think they are being intentionally cruel people. Their religion is responsible for their abusive mindset. Until Christians stop being so vile, I can not forgive them. I wish you the very best for your future.
Your content is criminally undervalued by the algorithm gods. Your presentation is firm but not condescending. Delivery is that of chatting with an honest friend, which includes respect and vulnerability (from you and your viewers). I truly appreciate your commentary, experience and willingness to share.
Thank you so much ☺️ that means a lot!
Have to agree 👍 💯
my computer algorithm wont allow me to say mormon/Or g o d/ - recovering from LD$/FLD$/RLD$ and now CLD$. I found Kristie and hope to inspire others from the PTSD of religions of USA
Completely agree. I watch these like a friend just came over to have a cup of coffee and talk about “stuff”.
Awe - I loved this- Many Thanks
I wish I'd had someone like you to talk to when I was a kid and questioning all this stuff. Every time I'd ask "why does it say this, how does this make sense" the Sunday School teacher would just have the whole class pray for me 😂
They pray for you because they, whether they realize it or not, know that if you're questioning religion in any way you're just one step shy of becoming an atheist. This terrifies them because they've had blind obedience hammered into their heads for so long. Religion requires people to not think in order for anyone to follow it.
Yeah it's 100% a shame tactic, next step is shunning @fieldspring5329
@fieldspring5329 it's what happened to me when I brought up Dinosaurs.. Good grief that blew things up.
@@immortalfrieza _This terrifies them because they've had blind obedience hammered into their heads for so long. Religion requires people to not think in order for anyone to follow it._
You should explain how you can read the minds of those who lived far away and years ago. It sounds like a superpower. How did you get it? Historians would pay you much for this ability.
@@williamkincaid3465 _ it's what happened to me when I brought up Dinosaurs_
If you haven't discussed it since then, your experience is too limited to be useful. One data point does not a conclusion make.
The bible was written by men for two purposes. Control of the masses, who were largely uneducated at the time, by those who were educated (the priests, or holy MEN) and the complete subdjucation of women. Once you view the bible through these lenses, it makes perfect sense.
Back then women were considered property of their husband, and treated worse than slaves.
THANK YOU!!!
I spent twelve years with the Jesuits, had religion classes three times a week, went to mass every day, had to get my "mass card" signed by the priest on Sundays (who would otherwise believe a Catholic boy?). I still remember tons of prayers in Latin ... I am now 77 and more atheist than Belzebuth. I like to love myself, my neighbor. I like to be helpful, generous, and kind... because I want to be so, not because an old vengeful and angry old fart told me so. And certainly not because a "know everything" priest or pastor (usually judgmental and intolerant) wants to organize my life, or my after life, telling me what is good or bad. It is pure religious schizophrenia. BTW. I am thanking God every day for being an atheist 🙂.
Lol damn. I went to Catholic school and I had to get my card signed every Sunday too
I was also 'raised by catholic monks'... when I saw the funny clip from Louis CK on what the catholic church is all about, it was like a documentary...
@@vadouis-rt3of Its an expression, do try and keep up
I got the same treatment from an overzealous mother who could not recognize contradictions in Catholic dogma because of her indoctrination. Despite the morning and evening prayers, the daily rosary recorded on a tape recorder when she was not there to check on us, 8 years of Catholic school, weekly confession and Mass, I managed to revive my disabled logic circuits and began retracing everything I had been told. It took 50 years but I no longer have any fear of heaven or hell and regard the Laws of Thermodynamics as my religion.
I am 100% with you and so happy to be myself, to judge myself, to practice beauty, generosity and kindness out my own volition. Now... if hell and paradise exist, I prefer hell... because of the company! BTW. I love and keep studying (on a daily basis) thermodynamics and quantum mechanics.It fascinates me, more so than the bible.@@JamesRichardWiley
George Carlin broke this down pretty effectively once also. Great job Kristi! Keep it up.
Thou shall keep thy religion to thyself lol
Wasn't it "Don't be an asshole"?
George Carlin was my first thought too !
@@helen5118 SAME!
> “Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do.
>And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time!
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> But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money!”
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> ― George Carlin
Some of the points you bring up, such as don't be jealous of others' possessions, but it's fine for me to be jealous, are likely the reason for the 11th commandment. "Do as I say, not as I do."
Envy is desiring something that does not belong to you.
The jealousy that God states he is has to do with Him desiring something that is rightfully His. As the one who created us, He should deserve our gratitude and worship.
“No carving for you.” “Don’t carve things.” Your inflection here literally made me lol😂
@@christophergibson7155 great post but maybe put this in the main thread so it will be more easily seen by everyone. I was just commenting on her humor(:
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Kindergartener Christopath trying to teach adults. My boi just get lost and stop making an a$$ol of yourself.
@@christophergibson7155Graven means engraved. Kristi was not wrong. I find it hard to imagine the ancient writer intended to mean anything close to “secular humanism.”
@@christophergibson7155 ok
I think that one way to stop the Ten Commandments from being posted around courthouses and schools is easy. Require that if the Ten Commandments are posted, the entire text has to be posted. No editing.
Or post the "correct" set with the bit about not boiling a baby goat in its mother's milk.
It is the government's endorsement of a religion, pure and simple.
Please support the Freedom From Religion's action fund!
I had an apologist try to tell me that logic doesn't exist because atheists invented it 😂
"I love the poorly educated" = apologists.
@@okanudobassey9741 “It’s not a crime if the president or god did it”
- the not-authoritarians, supposedly 😂 lol
@@okanudobassey9741 poorly educated people are authoritarian governments favourite while critical thinking is the worst thing for authoritarian governments
That's hilarious considering the cat number of theologians who claim their deity invented logic!
It also sheds light on the bible's claim that god is not the author of confusion! 😂
We created both our own god and logic, but only one is actually beneficial, smart and true
I really want to know why the Ten Commandments doesn't say, "Thou shalt not cleave open the wombs of pregnant women with you swords." Oh, wait, it's because elsewhere, he told people conquering another people in his name to do exactly that, which was used as a specific excuse for Lebanese Christians who followed those words precisely when they attacked a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon (with the aid and support of Israeli soldiers) in the early 80s.
GOD love wars he do all these things.Said so himself. he gave life so he can take it when & how he wants..GOD also killed children because he's the Almighty
The references i can find are 2kings 8:12; 15:16; hosea 13:16; amos 1:13. None of them are god explicitly telling anyone to do it, though two of them are proclamations that it would happen, which could be interpreted as divine will.
Here here and bravo to you. As a former Christian and free thinker I think you nailed it. Thank you.
you touched on all of the points that I was going to bring pretty much
#1 the golden rule
*do not harm a child
*no rape
*no slavery
You must be kidding. There will be no more griftians should that become the norm.
"Do not steal". In Les Miserables, Jean Valjean, the main character, spent 19 years in prison doing hard labor after he stole a loaf of bread to feed his widowed sister's starving family. And then 15-ish more years as a fugitive accused of stealing again even though the priest had given him his silver valuables to pay his way through after his release. Totally messed up man.
You do know that _Les Miserables_ is fiction, right?
@@craigsmith1443 do you know the themes in fiction reflect reality, right? it is not the same, but i'm from latin america and i once witnessed with my own eyes people beating up and almost linching a man after stealing, probably to feed himself or is family too, i saw the face of desperation directly in him.
@@crisvelundertale2159 _do you know the themes in fiction reflect reality, right?_
'Reflecting' is not 'revealing.' Everything that happens in fiction is at the beliefs of the author, which reality never is, so, no, 'fiction' does not 'reflect' reality. It depends on it, but it bends it so much that it is not reliable. That's the reason fiction is argued.
_i once witnessed with my own eyes people beating up and almost linching a man after stealing, probably to feed himself or is family too_
That was a mob. It was not a French policeman so without mercy that he commits suicide. Your equivalence is false, _Les Miserable_ is irrelevant.
Now, what was it that you really wanted to say? Can you say it without talking about fiction?
@@francelaferriere6106 _So is the Buybull_
That is an ignorant troll's comment. Say something substantive and true.
Kristi, I don't want to distract from the topics you brought up here. You are incredibly intelligent, and I love hearing everything you speak about. Although I am not commenting on what you brought up, I did want to mention how much I appreciate your time and your vast knowledge. You're the person most Christian apologists fear the most. You don't allow yourself to be distracted, and you're a bottomless well of knowledge, which truly makes them expose their one-trick-ponies skillset. Thank you.
Understanding the real meaning to "Don't take the lord's name in vain" changed my mind on so many things, and really opened my eyes to grifting evangelists.
In mormonreligion a simple emoji - omg ~ Is a Serious Offense
Every religion has a set of these and they usually just recycle from the ones that come before.
Jesus loves you wake up ✝️
It says nothing about slavery or rape, but you better not use God's name in vain!
Priorities.
I would prefer "do not exploit your fellow man or woman," which is what the Gathas of Zarathustra allude to. "Paid" workers in the global south are treated worse than slaves in the bible, which is really saying something.
Rape counts as sexual immorality.
@@thedude9941 But that is vague.
@@TheMilitantMazdakite I would disagree
Hey Kristi, I love this and the comparison with the Tenets of the Satanic Temple. It showed an awesome contrast.
A different interpretation of "Don't take the Lord's name in Vain:" In another context, "in vain" means for no reason, purpose or end." I'm thinking in movies, the trope of someone dying and the hero says, "He shall not have died in Vain," like they will make the death meaningful. When they talk about not taking the Lord's name in Vain, they kind of mean don't use it loosely or without meaning, use it respectfully.
I've never heard this tale and I thought it was amazing. Thanks for sharing!
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Yes Yahweh is more like a Intergalactic 2-year-old going through the terrible twos.
Exactly.
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There is no such thing as a sinner. That fabricated lie is only found in corrupted literature.
@@Josieb4008LOVE THIS COMMENT SO MUCH!!!
That's more or less what early Christians (gnostics) believed. They thought Jesus represented the real God and that Yahweh was deluded or lying
Maybe he is like a cosmic Donald Trump
Something I always struggled to understand, even when I was still a practicing Catholic, was how there'd be so many other things that were considered sins that aren't listed in the 10 Commandments.
The explanation I was given was that they somehow fit in under one of the 10 Commandments and/or were mentioned elsewhere in the Bible as being sins.
For instance I was told that swearing is a sin, and "Thou Shall not swear" is obviously not one of the 10, and I was also told that "giving myself satisfaction" (I dunno if il allowed to use the actual word on UA-cam) was a sin and not only that not it's a MORTAL sin.
Which to those that don't know, is a sin so bad that if you die without confessing to it and doing your penance for it then you're going straight to help regardless of what else You've done in your life. I honestly dunno if "self satisfaction" really is a mortal sin or not, but that's what I was told so I'd feel super guilty about it and want to confess to it asap all while feeling shame about even confessing it.
I was also told that taking communion with a mortal sin was also a mortal sin, which is something I'd often do because I didn't want my family knowing I had some something "bad enough" to preclude me from communion.
Also about the 1st Commandment about not having any other gods, I was told that it didn't just mean to literally not worship other gods but to also make sure that you put God above everything else in your life. Because if you give anything else more importance in your life then God then you've essentially made that your god. A common example I was given was the pursuit of wealth, if you care more about making money than God then you've made money your new god.
Yes, you'r allowed to use the word masturbation on UA-cam.
The funny thing is, the reason masturbation/sleeping with gay people was considered a sin is because they were weirdly obsessed with semen. They acted like it was worth more than gold. They weren't exactly educated so maybe they didn't know men basically have an infinite quantity of the stuff so they acted you had to make every ounce count. There were laws in some places forbidding sleeping with a "barren" woman or a woman on her period because then your precious precious man fluid would go to waste. LOL!
As for the first commandment, they lied about that. They pretend like Yahweh didn't originate from some minor warlord storm god in a pantheon of other gods. Yahweh never was the only god. He even had a wife at one point who got written out of the lore because they wanted to make the religious text to benefit men and dominate over women.
I once asked my mom about why if one of the 10 Commandments is "Thou shall not kill" then why do Christians go to war and kill other people? Her response was simply, "It doesn't count in times of war." LOL! Not much of a commandment if you can just break it whenever you feel like it.
I was never religious but recently looking back into Christianity, I find it hilarious how Yahweh breaks several commandments himself. No killing? Uhhhh, EPIC FAIL. No lying? FAIL. No adultery? He DID impregnate a married woman so.....FAIL!
I absolutely love yout channel. Between you and Mindshift. You guys keep me sane. I am surrounded by religious fundamentalists everywhere here in West Texas. It reminds me there are some sane people out there!
The PTSD growing up in Christianity (mormonism) have me paying close attention to pressures and suicide rates. Not to mention mass killing within families. So grateful for Kristie. Shes saving lives. We're all human obey the laws of our own lands & stay low
_It reminds me there are some sane people out there!_
I hope that you find them one day.
Kristi, this is one of your best videos. I agree with you completely and I really think more people should listen to this. You are extremely intelligent and a great speaker. I even showed this to my father who thought the 10 Commandments were great. He said, “OK, she convinced me. I was wrong”!!! Thank you so much for what you are doing. I can’t express how much I appreciate your channel. 😊
_Kristi, this is one of your best videos_
Oh dear, I am convinced that it's one of her worst. She got everything wrong.
_He said, “OK, she convinced me. I was wrong”!!_
You had him watch this instead of rereading the Ten Commandments for himself? Instead of reading them together? This is Cliff Notes for the Biased.
Why did I never think of these things when I was a Christian… we weren’t allowed to think outside the box!!!
I grew up Seventh-Day Adventist here in Mississippi, and we would recite the 4th commandment every Saturday(which we believed was the sabbath). When i tell you i lived a deprived childhood where you literally couldnt do anything on the sabbath or you would be breaking it and sinning. I look back and now wonder why would an eternal god of the universe even care about a day of the week and what we did on it? Smh
You have issue with your religion and/or parents who indoctrinated you. Seek God's Truth and Wisdom in all earnesty and you will be given. ....so many ppl are just too lazy to seek the truth so they just bash their adulterated interpretation of God and open their hearts and minds to Devil worshipers like this(@jezebelvibes) one. ... she's telling you who/what she is... believe her.
I’m so sorry, I’m just coming out of Christianity to Hebrew roots to believing in something else & that a bunch of people wrote a Bible.
I’m glad you questioned your beliefs. It’s important for us to not blindly follow what we have been told but to question why we believe this.
I’m Presbyterian, and we do not only rest on the Sabbath. I believe it’s an Old Testament law that Jesus has fulfilled for us since He gives us rest.
@@brookec8837 i dont really believe in any of those things now.
@@chadhardy35 I understand, and I’m sorry you feel like you lived a deprived childhood because of the church you were raised in and the rules you were told you had to follow.
To me, it’s obvious that God doesn’t expect us to live perfect lives because we sin daily and He made it where we are saved through faith and not actions. However, I don’t think that means that He doesn’t expect us to try our best to do right by Him and to do right by others, which I think is why he made those first 3 rules “about Him.” If we can abide by those, then everything else should fall into place.
Has anybody done a "person on the street"-style bit where they give people one of the TST tenets and asked "which of the 10 commandments is this?" I expect no more than 5% of people would know they weren't from the bible. That might go up to 25% if you were literally polling people in a church parking lot.
lol...that would be fun.
There’s some clips of people being asked to recite the Ten Commandments and they fail. One was a politician demanding the TC be exposed on government property. I can’t remember the details but I remember what a fool he looked when he couldn’t go beyond seven in random order.
actually in the church parking lot i wouldnt expect much difference.
Well, ok. I guess then that your ignorance of quantum electrodynamics makes QED false. The physics world would like to know this. Tell them.
Or your argument here is a kind of Appeal to the People fallacy: 'They don't know it, so it's false.'
@craigsmith1443 My reason for wanting such a thing is 100% as "point and laugh" material, not ammo for some idiotic attempt to disprove their beliefs.
HERE ARE FIFTEE-!!
**stone tablet fell and broke**
TEN!! TEN COMMANDMENTS!!
Brilliant! You’ve helped me so much get past My psychological trauma from over 50 years out Christianity!
I’m not exaggerating btw!
I’ve never heard someone go through the Ten Commandments this way I loved it, thanks!
Kristi did do a great job, also look for Christopher Hitchens re-writing the ten commandments.
@@steveswangler6373 Neither one of them understood the Ten Commandments, but if you like hearing preaching to the choir, go ahead.
The devil always attempts to distort God's Word. Prophecy is coming to pass....Satan will lead soooooo many fools to hell.
@@steveswangler6373 There's an even better video you ought to see called "Ayaan Hirsi Ali Says Christianity Is SUPERIOR to Atheism? And That Dawkins Is Christian?: ua-cam.com/video/g9WS6LC2CM8/v-deo.html
When Jenna Ellis read her guilty plea statement in court, she used the dreaded phrase, "as a Christian".
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Thanks for this video, Kristi!
_When Jenna Ellis read her guilty plea statement in court, she used the dreaded phrase, "as a Christian"._
OK, so? False claims of innocence abound in prison, too, or in corrupt governments. It's a human desire to lie to escape responsibility. So she lied. Now what?
Love your programming, Kristi.
Yes he gave the commandant of Thou shalt not kill and then right after that orders the murderer of 3,000 people because they worship a golden calf probably the god Apis. To put that in perspective nearly 3,000 Americans died on 9/11.
You know, since Yahweh was a polytheistic god at first, he need not be omnibenevolent. Just ask an Orthodox Jew.
@vadouis-rt3of if we are being honest, most scholars and historians say The Exodus never took place, and also, there's been many human Exodus out of Africa considering modern-day humans evolved there first.
@@TheMilitantMazdakite I know one thing I'm not going to ever worship a monster like that
@@grapeshot Not as the bible depicts, but it is likely based on the Canaanite's return to Canaan after they spent a few centuries ravaging Egypt.
@@TheMilitantMazdakite traffic was back and forth. The Sinai acts as a land bridge
I think honor is often times confused with obey. My parents used to say honor therefore you have to obey and that just didn't quite fit. I think you can honor someone while disagreeing with them.
@@smidlee7747 We all fall into that category at times unfortunately. Sometimes we have to balance being polite and civil with being genuine. It's definitely a balancing act, but genuine love wins out if you focus on it by forgetting your ego and focusing on humility and charity.
Right! It’s like have a respectful debate.
You don’t have to agree with what the other person is saying, but you also don’t have to scream your point at them
@@smidlee7747I really like the used car dealer analogy that drives the point home quite well. That's the reason I keep my old fixer uppers. At least I'm not making payments on something I gotta work on, on top of it.
This is extremely reasonable! Thanks for making this presentation!
Enjoying this as always! Keep these videos coming❤❤❤
Let’s talk about the Bible describing the earth as a disc, with the sun, moon, and all the stars lying within it, and the heavens above. Wouldn’t the words of the creator get the shape of the earth right?
yes. and the g0d cannot create Earth anyway. the g0d starts in the void. an ALL-creating g0d. First, he (he?) has to create space. Problematic enough, since we have never seen anything space-less. But fine. Then the g0d has to get bored with the void, to be motivated to create. But he still has not created time. So he never reaches the moment where he starts to create time.
the g0d is a pile of nonsense.
Not if they didn't want people to know the truth.
With Genesis makes it clear that they don't
I just found my newest favorite channel, I love how you break down all the verses and explain what it actually means .
Agree, short and clear. It's another good chanel on similar topics, truthswift. I love both 😊
But you're fooling yourself, this isn't truth. This is more twisted than challah bread
Explains what she *thinks* it means. Important distinction.
@@charmolypi999The bible is fricking clear enough though. If you read the Bible in an unbiased manner you’ll notice this god’s inconsistency and cruelty
@@mmww4 That's an interesting claim. How would you know if you are reading the Bible in an unbiased manner? What methodology do you use to conclude your interpretation is unbiased?
It seems you are simply unaware of your bias to reach the worst possible conclusion about what the Scriptures teach because it would be an affront to your self-perception.
If you are forming your own interpretation of Scripture's "inconsistency and cruelty" then you are explicitly creating a straw-man argument. Which is precisely what this channel does ad nauseam.
The second commandment only covers carving? Metalworking is okay, then. Or carpentry. Or even LEGO bricks! My kid has enough of those floating around to make a very colorful graven image.
@@christophergibson7155
Who's this guy? Hired mercenary Christopath sponsored by Ray Crumbfort, Kenneth Copeland and others.
The second commandment, and insistence upon the ten, is particularly amusing when the centerpiece of a church altar is almost always either a graven image of a cross or even Jesus on the cross. Let alone the myriad paintings and stained glass windows depicting Jesus and apostles.
Apparently the ten commandments are "do as we say, not as we do" type laws.
My church didn't have this. The pictures of Jesus and the cross was viewed as a "innovation" just like indoor plumbing and air conditioning. We did eventually get indoor plumbing.
I do belive that religions use to have their functionality in the pat when we did not have the answers of many questions. Now they are only businesses runned by some people who even do not know the basics what they are in favor.
A long long time ago. Star Jones on the View responded to an email I sent regarding homosexuality in the Bible… she said it was wrong according to the Bible.
I responded, “well, according to the Bible, you should still be a slave.“ She never replied.
Most Black Democrat party supporters are christians..obviously,they're fckd in the head and are conservative.
@@vadouis-rt3ofnot of slavery, at least in this life. “I did not come to turn man against man”
@@vadouis-rt3of idk I burnt my last bible at the satanic black mass last full moon 😂😂 I also couldn’t care less. I’m no bible scholar and neither are you.
@@vadouis-rt3of get bent. God isn’t real and if he was he’d be a douchebag
The clean version of George Carlin of stand up. 😊thanks
I so wish I had the braincells to be able to articulate myself half this well. Kristi, a thousand times thank you for all of your continued work. Keep it up!
Don't be lost or fooled.. she's a devil worshiper.
Well done, Kristi. This was an instant classic.
As are all hers !
George Carlin did an hilarious bit on the 10 commandments.
I love that you brought up the Satanic Temple tenets. I was fortunately introduced to them a few months ago but it blew my mind when I read them.
In the Egyptian texts 42 laws of ma'at, some of the 10 commandments are in it but worded a little different, instead of thou shalt not it says I did not... wayyyy before Christianity
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The law of MAAT says crazy things like "I spread joy!"
@@jimgillert20 no that is not part of the laws of Ma'at... you need to do better research. What you found that in is the positive affirmations that they changed the negative confessions of the law from thousands of years ago into recently by priests. That had nothing to do with the law from thousands of years ago.
The most significant concern I share, along with numerous children, is the practice of circumcision, which many of us experience daily. It involves subjecting perfectly healthy infants to this procedure before they can even comprehend their own identity. This is deeply disturbing. If I had known my parents would choose such an action for me, I might have hesitated to want to be born to them and that's one thing I can never forgive them for.
Such people do not deserve parenthood.
I don’t know about you, but most of the people that criticize the religious ritual of circuncision is in favor of abortion🤷🏻♂️
Hello, just a thought, I am so glad that you have stepped forward to make these videos. I am a 74yr old man who has spent 45yrs de-constructing all the religious teachings of my first 35yrs. You do have clarity of thought regarding this subject that I have struggled with most of my life..
I have two resources for you to consider: Paul Wallis, The Eden Conspiracy, and Bert Ehrman, Miss- quoting The Bible... Please keep doing these videos!!! Thank you.
I was pleasantly surprised to hear you compare the 10 Commandments to the 7 tenants of The Satanic Temple, how awesome!
I love the way you broke it down.... your speaking the questions I always asked myself....loved this 🙏🏾🙏🏾
I’m learning about the seven principles of Ma’at, and they seem far more useful then the 10 commandments.
The Tanakh (Old Testament) is 100% copied from Pagan myth and then corrupted. Ovid's Metamorphoses was a source of many bible stories.
This POS has the Roman God IU Piter as its supreme god. The bible is purely Roman and was designed for a minority to control the great majority.
Thanks for the new learning/ideas !
I always wondered about the Catholic faith creating sculptures of the Virgin Mary then bowing down and praying to it or through it. Is that not akin to creating a sculpture and bowing down to it?
the perfect takedown of the TEN COMMANDMents i ever saw was by George Carlin.
Thank you for the video.
I loved your analysis on taking the Lord’s name in vain. I had never thought about it that way
I didn’t understand her point on that with the priests and Christian leaders.
I don’t believe they do it for personal gain (if they’re doing it for the right reasons).
@@brookec8837 I agree with you. I think most religious leaders do it because they believe in what they are doing.
Miss K, you're the best!
You have a great channel, thank you!
I really appreciate that!
I really enjoy watching your videos!
Someone recently sent me a video talking about decoding the Torah.
What is your take on the so-called codes off the first five books in the Torah?
Thank you!
You would think god should've had "Thou shalt not have slaves" in there somewhere. I'm sure that is more important than quite a few commandmants, or maybe god should've had 11 commandments. But I guess it wasn't important enough to make the list. That's been a problem and still is.
Also, in Jewish tradition the Sabbath begins on Friday evening and ends on Saturday evening. Therefore the christian tradition of taking Sunday off and calling Sunday the Sabbath is blatantly breaking the commandment. oh my...sin But I guess we'll just ask for forgiveness on this one. How convenient.
He left two versions of the ten commandments and then hundreds more. Not one condemns slavery.
Just found your channel. Your commentary is wonderful ❤
Happy to have you here 😁
@@jezebelvibes I’ve been deconstructing for 20 years. Coming from the Pentecostal Denomination where there are rigid and rough rules,it’s been a journey back to myself.🙏💕
Wishing you all the best on that journey. It isn't easy but it's always worth it.
Keep up the good work Kristi.
I recommend everyone to read Arthashastra by Chanakya 3 BCE this book tells how to apply logic , politics , economics , warfare and human psychology.
I also recommend Bhagwat Gita to people who read the Bible and please try to notice the difference.
Always glad to find people that question things.
I think questioning your beliefs is healthy. You either find out why you believe something or you realize that you need to dig into the subject more
I like how George Carlin deconstructed the commandments down to " just don't be a dick" and the flying spaghetti monster's " I'd really rather you didn't"
I don't think it's productive to call it the Flying Spaghetti Monster. There's no need for that. All you're doing is going out of your way to demean people
@@MidwestFarmToys maybe you should look into the flying spaghetti monster the movement takes all the good parts of mainstream religions an makes the better. Celebrate the Sabbath if you can , just try to be a good person, and the FSM version of heaven has a beer volcano and a stripper factory.
Please do also a video debunking sorcery and devil possessions etc as well so that it will be a complete debunking of everything supernatural
Imagine foaming at the mouth and ppl are saying your possessed by a demon attacking them when you're really just having a epileptic seizure. Can't imagine what ppl thought these things were.
Ex-JW here. Awesome video. Religion/death cult/Christianity smackdown 🥊
Christianity is a life cult.... Quantity and length of life over quality of life, always
The commands seem to be written by a 6 year old bully, who started writing his playground rules, then forced those he knew, to then help him with the rest of the list, because it simply wasn't long enough, and wanted to seem like a good writer. ☮
Finally I found a person that have the same point of view like me about the Bible and religions
Always interesting and eye-opening. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching!
@@jezebelvibes Do you know what translation Kristi uses when she quotes the Bible? I just commented on her "God's Love" video and want to use the same translation during my deconstruction.
Taking other peoples lands, farms, vineyards. vineyards, etc is most definitely stealing
See, that's what I thought! 😄🫠
Apparently when God says you can do it, people are allowed to do all sorts of horrible things
According to the Bible land doesn't belong to people, it belongs to God and he can evict anyone at any time.
If you study the context of the Ten Commandants, they were meant to apply only within the community they were given to (the Israelites). The Ten Commandments had no applicability in their dealings with people outside of that community that the Israelites might come into contact with or had to deal with. Much like today's secular laws versus foreign relations--Laws made by the U.S. Congress and the state legislatures apply within the U.S. but do not apply outside the U.S. except to the extent the U.S. has entered into international treaties and protocols. Thus, the president of the U.S. can order drone strikes that kill dozens of people, can order assassinations and the overthrow of governments, and the U.S. can invade other countries, kill and incarcerate their people, and destroy their property, all at will, and it is no violation of the law. In the case of Native Americans, we could steal their land, destroy their property, and commit genocide against them, and it was no violation. Christians later hijacked the Ten Commandments, claiming they apply to all people, but still readily violating them along the lines just stated.
@@18471902 That's not entirely true the ten commandments, are just the general commands part of the covenant God made with Noah's family in Genesis 9, and this was an everlasting covenant for all of humanity. And in Genesis 12 when God made his covenant with Abraham, he intended all families of the earth to be blessed through his seed and there were many Egyptians who left Egypt with Israel.
Then according to Exodus 12 foreigners were to observe the same law as the native born, and Isaiah 49 tells Israel their mission is to be a light to the nations. So no this was not intended to only be for the Israelites, this is a common argument made by Christian Identitarians and Hebrew Israelites, but it is not accurate.
“Thou shall show respect for other people with thy words and deeds” would have been so much better than most of the Ten Commandments
So, no movies, no paintings, no drawings, no stained glass, no artwork on ceilings…😊
No artwork on ceilings by a GAY guy......
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If Yahweh was not your God, then green light on any paintings by gay guys!
In the most extreme Muslim fundamentalist places this is adhered to. Life under the Taleban, ISIS, and to some extent Saudi Arabia, all had / have parts of this in place.
@@christophergibson7155 who’s the one true god? Vishnu?
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Christopath's paymaster.
Love your page. You're always clear and concise and ask all the right questions. Yes, it's all about fear and control. Sad that while we're so technologically advanced, we're still such a primitive species intellectually and emotionally.
I just stumbled upon your work. Liked subscribed and hit the bell. Great job. Thank you for your time and efforts. This stuff is not easy. Editing alone was enough to make me tap out just a few videos into my UA-camr attempt. Congrats.
Fun fact: The entire concept of 'The 'TEN' Commandments" is a later invention, because you'll notice that the commandments aren't actually numbered in the text. Moreover, none of the scrolls that were edited together into what we now call 'The Bible' were written in chapters with verses. And to top it all off, ancient Hebrew had no punctuation marks. So it's entirely possible that what we call 'Commandments 6-9' are all actually clauses of a single sentence, split up into separate commandments to round the number up to an even 10:
"You shall not kill, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal (from,) 'Nor' shall you bear false witness against your neighbour."
Second Fun Fact: "Bear False Witness" doesn't mean lying, it means 'Commit Perjury.'
Speaking of not explaining what a sin actually is, you'd think that an omniscient God would spend literally 'ANY' time at all explaining the exact meaning of "Take The Lord's Name In Vain" when it's supposedly #TheUnforgivableSin which automatically condemns us to Hell so completely that not even accepting Christ in our Hearts can save us. (Yet another massive extrapolation of the absolute nothing that is actually explained in the Bible and on which different denominations of Christianity all violently disagree.)
Third Fun Fact: As you indicated yourself in the video, while giving Israelites a day off may sound benevolent, it's not actually a 'Day Off' at all! Instead, it's literally a dictator commanding his subjects to take an entire day out of every week to thank and praise him for letting them live, or he will kill them!
And in the end, all of this is merely dancing around the fundamental point that what we call "The 10 Commandments" were never intended to be the defining moral code of all people of all time. Because even if we say that there are ten of them, (which there aren't,) they are still only 10 of the 613 Jewish Laws listed in what Christians call "The Old Testament" which are all equally important! ...That's right, according to these laws, never eating shellfish, getting a tattoo or wearing mixed fabrics is just as important as never murdering anyone! (Unless you're stoning any rape victim who doesn't scream loud enough, your neighbour for working on the Sabbath, etc, etc, etc.)
Because ultimately, these were the terms of the Canaanite God Of War, Storms & Metal Work's 'Contract' (Covenant) with the Israelites; promising them protection from the invasions and natural disasters that would be inflicted upon them by the Gods of other tribes and nations such as Baal, Moloch & The Egyptian Gods (all of which are addressed as being real in the Bible) in exchange for sole worship, total obedience and burnt offerings. (It Was Literally A Protection Racket!)
Indeed, this is why (what we know as) "The First 4 Commandments" are devoted entirely to demanding sole worship. And therefore, why the Book Of Judges consists entirely of the Israelites breaking his laws, worshipping other Gods, being punished for it and God raising up a new 'Judge' (Tribal Leader) to try to lift his chosen people out of sin before giving up on the whole, doomed system and imposing a Monarchy. (My my! What an astounding co-ink-i-dink that the Israelite Kings who commissioned the compilation, editing and redaction of the books in question had a vested political interest in portraying the old, Tribal system as a blasphemous trainwreck and the Monarchy as the divinely ordained saviour of the people from the War & Storm God's wrath!) 😅
Thank you for doing this many need to hear it.
15:58 That response is actually kinda correct. Women were the property of their husbands or fathers, so rape would be a property crime against the owner. I point this out clear that it's EVEN WORSE than Kristi suggests.
Love you're video's kristi the first few commandments were made by a very jealous god i thought jealousy one of the deadly sins religion is one big contradiction interesting video
It's simply amazing. .
Watching the entire world of people having no idea what they do. .
It is like a man who is sitting at the table saying, "give me more potatoes please". . And more potatoes are served to him. . And one day he says, "more potatoes please". . And there is no more left to serve. . So he has no idea what to do. . He doesn't understand why there is no more. .
This generation describes things of law, as though it is a functional perfection. . It believes, "if we just do these things, God will be with us". . Without ever seeing that death itself is the sin. . That even if you are perfect in all that you do according to the law. . You still die. .
Sometimes our honour and love for our parents is shaped by their sin. My father is a serial adulterer who abandoned his family, and his sin has stolen from me the ways I should be able to honour him.
There are instances where loving and honouring my parents looks like not being in the same place as them; because emotions will flare, one of us says something hurtful, and everything is made worse. Even then, I can still pray for them. It should be our hope and prayer that they would realize how their sin has hurt others, throw themselves at God's mercy, and make amends where they can.
A final point on God's wrath and love, iniquity to the third and fourth generation is referring to the tendency of sin to produce more sin. If we consider my above example, my father's actions produced so much bitterness and rage in my mother and myself. If i didn't reflect on and deal with it, that bitterness could manifest in sinning against any number of people, including my wife and children. But if we love the Lord, his love extends to the thousandth generation Deut 5:10, 7:9. Or to be more blunt, his love endures forever Psalm 136.
Hopefully that was helpful, it's certainly a tough question.
God's peace
But he is a "loving" God. 😅😂
Ily, and I love this video. This is the first I've seen from you. I was a Christian for 20+ years and moved on to other spiritual traditions. So to make a long story shorter I kinda love academic scholarship, and reading the Bible and trying to actually understand these passages as a historical thing. The juxtaposition of the 10 commandments and Satanism was amazing. Ty
For anyone owning, or wearing a Crucifix: You are breaking the Second Commandment.
It is more an appreciation of the lower case letter "t"
@@aussie405 Excellent. And the naked man is only sunbathing, he isn't Jesus.
There's a great example of this in Jonathan Lock's 'Rape of the Lock':
'On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore,
Which Jews might kiss, and infidels adore.'
23:13 ChatGPT and I reworded the Seven Tenets into simpler terms. I find they’re easier to swallow for the religious.
Don’t be a Jerk
or
Some Guidelines for Life
**Be kind and understanding to everyone, using your head and your heart.
**Stand up for what's right, even if it means going against the crowd or challenging the rules.
**Respect yourself and your body. Your choices should be yours alone.
**Respect other people's freedoms, even if you don't agree with them. Treat others the way you want to be treated - better yet, the way they want to be treated.
**Base your beliefs on facts and science. Don't ignore the truth just because it's inconvenient.
**We all mess up sometimes. When you make a mistake, own up to it and try to make things better.
**Remember these ideas are meant to help you be a better person. Let kindness, wisdom, and fairness be your guide in everything you do.
I love it when you have a new video...because Satan has invaded my brain. I need an exorcist.
This was a great analysis of the ten commandments of the Christian bible.
My new favorite channel. Thank you so much!!!
1. I'm a jealous god.
10. Don't be jealous.
God holds humanity on a higher standard than himself. 😂
Your analysis is perfect! No words.
It says don't covet. Which is something a lot deeper.
My mother tried to kill me multiple times...I don't honor her and will not forgive her.
For me, "God" or call him/that how ever you want, have nothing to do with ANY Religion.
Religions are created by People, God is something Humans are not capable to ever understand.
As a Satanist I appreciate the representation. Great video!🤘
Every modern criticism of the ten commandments should be accompanied by George Carlin's take.
The first commandment can still be relevant if you take it as “God is love; prioritize love over all other motivations”. Like if you’re trying to decide how to respond to something, and you have a loving option and a jealous option, you should always choose the loving option.
I can’t think of a way that the second commandment could make sense today though 😂 That one is just gonna have to be content with being a historical artifact!
Thank you for your videos. I am christian and I do have some explanations to some things, but some things I wonder about just like you do.
God acknowledges oher gods in the bible. That is the reason for his first one. Gr8! Peace ☮💜Love
The legendary comedian George Carlin did his own deconstruction of the 10 Commandments (the Catholic interpretation). His thoughts are more R-rated (of course, it's George Carlin), but his thinking lines up a lot with yours, Kristi. He did that piece in one of his comedy specials about 30 years ago; it's worth checking out.
As usual great observations, Kristi! To me it seems they switched the contents of the two: The Ten Commandments, and The Satanic Temple Tenets(for the most part)! We are such blind followers and some have capitalized on it! Why isn’t anyone speaking up? Is no one reading these commandments and tenets? Why is everyone asleep?God, why don’t You intervene!