Atheist Reaches SHOCKING Conclusion After 5 YEARS of Studying World Religions
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- Justin Brooks, a successful entrepreneur, set out to prove Christianity wrong. First, as an atheist, he wanted to engage in a thorough study of the world religions to ensure that he wasn’t missing out on anything.
Over 5 years of study of world religions to include: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Shintoism, and Paganism led him to the one True God.
[Excerpts in this video are from this article authored by Justin Brook: Atheist Spends 5 Years Studying World Religions And Becomes a Baptized Christian Evangelist - / atheist-spends-5-years... ]
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Welcome, this is the testimony of Justin Brooks. This is the 41st atheism to Christianity testimony in this series! Approaching 3,000,000+ views.
Original source is medium.com and linked in the description. I don't agree with all of his comparisons of other religions in comparison to the true faith in Christ.
The true difference with Christianity is that we recognize our fallen (sinful nature) , recognize the one true Holy God became flesh, dwelt among us, died on a cross in accordance with scripture, resurrected from the dead, appeared to many.
By his wounds we are healed.
Anyway, I don't have to agree with all of someone's views to rejoice in another soul calling Jesus Lord.
@@AspiringChristian As someone said. Christianity just completed Judaism ( I think Judaism came first to bring Christ and hence Christianity)
Thanks for your video
@@renierramirez9534Indeed it did. Thank you for stopping by and commenting!
@@AspiringChristian why did you feel you HAD TO disprove Christianity? What put a chip on your shoulder towards God? I've studied the religions of the world myself. I've read most of their holy books. I've invested 2 decades of my life learning about God, history and religion. Tell me why you are mad at God.
@@AbesUA-camYou’re going to want to contact the original author of this testimony for any follow up questions medium.com/@justinbrooke/atheist-spends-5-years-studying-world-religions-and-becomes-a-baptized-christian-evangelist-3cfa5b1072f0
Love your articulation and story, cungratz on realising the truth! I'm glad to hear your heart was not fully hardened at the end :)
This has been my walk as well. Grew up without religion, was an atheist until my 30’s, couldn’t answer questions the “dumb” Christians asked. When I began researching, I realized how wrong I was.
Evidence convinced me. The Holy Spirit convicted me. Christ redeemed me. ALL glory to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
“When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, ‘Who is this?’ The crowds replied, ‘This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.’” Matthew 21:10-11
“They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.” NIV Matthew 21:46
Jesus said “Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown.” Luke 4:24
The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. Acts 3:13
“One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.” Luke 6:12
“And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, ‘My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.’” Matthew 26:39
“They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Sit here while I pray.’” Mark 14:32
Jesus was speaking in Aramaic and was a Muslim (a person that totally submitted to Allah) and he prayed to Allah. Go to any Aramaic Online Dictionary and type the word “God”. You will be shocked to see it’s “Allah”. Jesus NEVER said anywhere in the Bible “I am God” or “Worship me.
Amen and amen.
Islam has nothing do with Christianity or Judaism, because it contracts everything in the Torah and Gospels.
I agree! Plus, Jesus truly died. Was truly risen.
However, I posted the testimony, because he ultimately comes to faith in Christ.
Al means god Lah is name of arabic ancient moon god
In the early years of islam, the Christians considered it a corruption of their religion.
As for me, I consider it to be a religion that woships satan, it even says allah is "the best of deceivers".
Not only that, more importantly it contradicts ITSELF.
They are all abrahamic faiths.
Yep, it's the old "prove Christianity wrong" path to proving Christianity is true. He's not the first to come to salvation that way. Welcome to the family! All glory to God!
Amen! It’s a classic path: CS Lewis, Josh McDowell, and Lee Strobel all came to faith in Christ while trying to prove Christianity wrong!
'when will enough evidence be enough'. Exactly. As soon as he said he sought to prove Christianity wrong, I thought, 'good luck with that' :) Nice testimony, thank you so much for making it available.
Buddhism is NOT a religion, but a practice.
Hinduism has over 300 million gods and it is mysticism
ONLY ONE GOD came to earth and PROVED whom he is - Jesus Christ
Amen!
Amen 😊
for Hinduism... I read a comment somewhere that Hinduism is actually consisted of those FALLEN ANGEL who came down to earth then create their own religion... not sure is that true or false...
“When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, ‘Who is this?’ The crowds replied, ‘This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.’” Matthew 21:10-11
“They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.” NIV Matthew 21:46
Jesus said “Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown.” Luke 4:24
The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. Acts 3:13
“One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.” Luke 6:12
“And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, ‘My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.’” Matthew 26:39
“They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Sit here while I pray.’” Mark 14:32
Jesus was speaking in Aramaic and was a Muslim (a person that totally submitted to Allah) and he prayed to Allah. Go to any Aramaic Online Dictionary and type the word “God”. You will be shocked to see it’s “Allah”. Jesus NEVER said anywhere in the Bible “I am God” or “Worship me.
@@herneyse11 Jesus straight up said he is God my dude
Someone in church once said the more he learns, the more he sees Christianity as the oldest religion and Judaism as the 2000 year old religion. The more i learn, the more i agree. The Old Testament is constantly pointing to Christ from beginning to end, and it is Judaism that ignores it and pretends to be something else.
As a former lifelong atheist who spent years listening to atheists, i now attend the Orthodox church. If you haven't, i recommend you check it out and the history. I haven't been to many different churches, but they all feel sterile and empty. The Orthodox feels like home.
Tradition isn’t authoritative though. We should stick to just scripture or “sola scriptura”. Following traditions could tempt one to live as a spiritual pharasiee. Religion is fake, reality is a relationship with Christ, don’t you think?
Every true believer knows you cannot separate Judaism and Christianity. That’s our Bible. Old Testament and New Testament. Christ fulfilled the Law and then came the new covenant in which Jeremiah 31 speaks of. Christ Jesus is the end of the Law for Righteousness. He is the total Word of God.
@@elijahi4795 modern Judaism (Rabbinic) isn't anything to do with the Tanakh, or the law of Moses, the Talmud is their primary book, and its just as evil and wrong as any paganism.
True Judaism became Christianity, because Christ (the Messiah) came.
Abraham saw Jesus Christ at the Tree of Mamre episode. He had a meal with the Lord and two angels, they all appeared as men to Abraham.
Abraham is Christian. It’s always been Christianity; the faith was just made clearer when Jesus Christ came into the world through Mary to live as we do and to conquer the Devil and Hades through His death and Resurrection.
Jesus is the Destroyer of Gods
@@MadRedCarnelian
You're right.
Modern judaism is rabbinic judaism that hails from pharisaism. John 8 conversation of Jesus with them and most impotantly Marc 7 and Matthew 23 tells us explicitely that they teach their traditions (Talmud) and usurp Moses chair (The pristhood was always the Levites)
We were warned against their teaching (leaven). This warning, christianity hasn't pay attention. And today the christian happily lump the people and the faith into names, which if you were to adress Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Samuel and David by them they wouldn't answer. Because they're foreign to them. Jew and judaism are confusing terms.
All Hebrews are not israélites. Abraham and all his sons are Hebrew. That makes Isaac Hebrew as well as his son Jacob.
Then Jacob's name became Israël. That doesn't make Isaac and Abraham israélites.
He got 12 sons who later became the 12 tribes under the name Israël/Jacob. All this time they're not jews.
Because we're made to understand that jew IS short for Judah. If that's the case (hardly, but that's another topic) then jew shoul apply to this tribe exclusively. We've to remember that Judah IS Judah, Siméon and 1/2 Benjamin, and the Levites.
James 1 -1 greets the tribes by their respective parricularity : the Lost tribes of Ephraim (or Israël for the northern kingdom) and the dispersed of Judah (southern kingdom)
He could have said to all the jews, but didn't. And also the translators could'nt mess with this very precise identification of the tribes, like they did elsewhere in the new testament.
Their status hasn't changed since then, they're still to be regathered by Jesus at His second coming, from the corners of the earth. That's scriptures, and no Propaganda can change prophecy, ever.
@MadRedCarnelian
Then you don't know anything about Rabinic Judaism ir Judaism at all. Torah is the word of God for them. They know it better than you since it's their culture and heritage. Drasha are literally made from the weekly torah portion.
Judaism didn't become Christianity. They were jews who believed Jesus was the Messiah. Instead, Christianity became gentile, ridding its Jewish roots
@@mattd398Rabbinic Judaism is mostly from Rabbi Akiva, a Greek Proslyte, and contains paganism.
Christianity is not Gentile at all, you're thinking of Catholicism.
Do you know which portion of the Tanakh is always skipping in Rabbinic synagogues? Isaiah 53.
Rabbinic Jidaism rejects the prophesied and promised Messiah, and denies the Son of God (psalm2) who is the Son of Man (Daniel 7) and so is antichrist, full stop. They would be like the Hebrews who didn't put the blood of the Lamb on their doorways in the Exodus. If you don't follow YHVH, your Judaism is false, and exists genetically only. Like pigs seem kosher on the outside but inwardly do not chew the cud (meditate upon and digest the Word) and so are unclean.
The things I have said are true; if you don't know about them that speaks to your ignorance, not mine.
Peace, and Blessings to you, and your Houses ❤🙏🔥
After many years of secular humanism, I went on a similar journey. I simply wanted to be a good person, but I wanted to be certain of what “good” means. My upbringing was strongly anti-Christian, so I started looking into anything else, including Jainism, Mormonism, and Scientology, as well as all the bases covered here. In the end, like you, I was surprised to find that many of my preconceived notions of Christianity had been distorted and that Christianity was indeed the one true religion established by God himself. However, I still needed to reconcile all the denominational divisions that currently exist within it: If Jesus established only one Church, why do different congregations contradict each other? When I finally squared that circle, I was dumbfounded. Out of ignorance, we are all material heretics to some degree, but there is only one true source of light. Keep searching with an open mind, my friend, and perhaps one day you will find it.
@@palyddon I believe it’s deeper than that…I believe the enemy has infiltrated the church with his minions, therefore causing deception which takes people away from the truth, the whole truth. It’s heartbreaking to me. Also, reading The Word is the only way to truly know The Lord, his will and his rules. I’m glad the enemy will pay for what he’s done. I’m so grateful for The Lord’s mercy, grace and patience and that he didn’t let me die in my sin. Maranatha!
Thank you for sharing your journey! If you’re new here, I wanted to let you know that on my channel page there’s a convenient and awesome playlist. This video is part of a series on atheist converts to Christianity. 41 testimonies deep!
@@palyddon I believe the complexity of the different denominations comes down to the fact that Christians can become hung up on certain parts of the Bible- Calvinism, fruits of the spirit, etc. It’s a result of the hardness of our hearts to want to get stuck on these ideologies. When really, He calls us to go and make disciples. There are many things we won’t know for sure, and that’s okay. It doesn’t mean that God isn’t good!!! He definitely is. As long as we turn from our sins to embrace a relationship with Him that’s all that matters. ❤️
I believe that God knows this- and one day He will reveal the answers to us. Yes- it’s important to interpret the Bible with wisdom- but I don’t think we will have everything figured out either.
Similar journey for me. The evidence didn't matter until I let go of my ego and began being open to the possibility of being wrong. There is a reason the bible mentions humbling yourself over and over.
Similar journey. It was C.S. Lewis finally tipped me over. My prayer was, "Ok, I'm yours. Please, just don't scare me to death..." That was about 30 years ago. Glad you found Him, brother...
His conviction and response after the sermon at the church he was invited to really left me chuckling. The last couple minutes of the testimony to summarize truely are the highlight.
I've been through a similar thing. Grew up Catholic, became an Atheist around 2011 when the movement was huge- I thought religious people were idiots, despite knowing very little about religion, and treating UA-cam Atheists like all-knowing geniuses. Then, as I got older, I actually opened my mind. I wanted to find a religion that fit with my worldviews and my beliefs. Eventually, I ended up back at Christianity and I couldn't be happier.
Good Job. Excellent work on many levels!
Thanks! Many more testimonies are featured in a convenient playlist on my channel page “41 Atheist Converts to Christianity”
Such a thorough and systematic approach to the question! Also 100 of testimonies tells that it should be influential. A very needed channel, thanks!
This is good thanks for the content .. GOD Bless
Great to hear from you again! Thanks for your continued encouragement. GOD Bless!
I've loved this video, and the icing on the cake is the fact that you haven't used any background music. Thanks! 🙏
Atheism = broken heart and disconnected soul :(
I kind of did the same thing you did - although I didn't put in nearly as much research as you - I read the Bagavad Gita, the Koran and the Bible, at first it was only to prove that this God thing is all nonsense. At the end, I came to the completely rational and logical conclusion that Jesus was raised from the dead and if God truly is real, then it's the one from the Bible.
Sounds like my journey too. Hi brother.
Buddha ☸ was a Hindu 🕉. Yet, he created Buddhism. He removed worship, thereby creating a philosophy rather than a religion.
Hinduism led to Jainism. Hinduism + Islam ☪️ = Sikhism.
Centuries later, Jesus was Jewish ✡. He founded Christianity ✝️. Then, people spun off. The root of Christianity is The Catholic Church ⛪.
Good 👍 you did a daunting exercise in disproving Christianity. This is an indirect way to get to Christianity! 🤯
Shalom. Sharing. Back in late 1968, 69 I was looking for Truth not religion. I knew there was a Creator. Just wanted to know Who He was. Guess where it lead me. Christianity. John 3 : 16 😊
Amen and Amen - - - fear not! All that can be will be saved!
The author of the video doesn't appear to have done any research about the religions he claimed to study for 5 years.
Messianic Judaism and Christianity are the only religions that lead to GOD.
This is refreshing. Thank you so much, for not beeing dogmatic about religion. Also, I find myself well respresented and respected. I would consider myself as a "true atheist". I do not claim, science has all the answers. It could even be impossible (See Gödel's incompleteness theorem). There are many questions that (currently) cannot be answered scientifically: "What triggered the big bang?", or "Was the universe created deliberately to have humans in it?" or "Are there other universes, possibly with other laws of nature?". Those questions can only be answered by religion or debated philosophically. If you like to answer them with religion and it makes you happy, then choose one that fits your instincts (One that resonates with you). I myself will stick to my favorite moto: "I'd rather have questions that cannot be answered, than answers that cannot be questioned"
I became a Christian and a studier of Christianity over 50 years ago. I still have questions that won't be answered until after I die. You are still allowed to question everything, but there are good answers for the essential things.
Everyone has got the HOLY SPIRIT, so it's very simple!
A prayer does not make you saved it is faith and knowing Jesus!
Good summary. It’s really about who you trust/believe in. Not just what. If Jesus rose from the dead, was seen by many different people,and later ascended to heaven bodily-not to ignore the many miracles He completed and the prophecies He fulfilled; I’d listen to Him.
Read "Case for Christ", where Pulitzer winner Lee Stroebel did the same thing when he got mad his wife converted to Christianity. Lee's now a pastor.
God doesn't need man to act, but he prefers doing so to give us a purpose and to resonate more with us. There is a Christian Church united and consistent from the beginning, look it up!
Really great effort. I'd just like to highlight some points :
1. Buddhism and Taoism : what you've described is pure or classical beliefs in these 2 religions.
2. In reality in Asia, Buddhism and Taoism have become syncretistic... Especially in believing in and worshiping deities.
3. Things get more confused when you throw the Chinese Heavenly King (forgot the term) into the mix. He's a kind of Zeus or Odin for Chinese deities (not in specific powers attributed to him, but just his position in the pantheon). Kuan Yin appeals to both Buddhists and Taoists.
Classical religions of all kinds are great. But to see for real, need to see real worshippers. Also most Islam outside of the Middle East is folk Islam.
Great to hear that God has spoken to you though.
welcome home brother!
Tao is best pronounced Dow. Taoism correlates well with neuroscience: the verbal brain circuits ( mainly dominant hemisphere) create a narrative about "what really exists" and generates categories in which to hold dissected pieces of reality and then cling to the belief that this system IS reality. But, no! The Greater Realty exists outside whatever the verbal mind thinks it is.
"The way which can be spoken of (put into words) is not the Eternal Way."
Every human shoud understanfd this essential truth.
All mispronunciations are my own and not reflective of the education of the author of the original testimony medium.com/@justinbrooke/atheist-spends-5-years-studying-world-religions-and-becomes-a-baptized-christian-evangelist-3cfa5b1072f0
Christ is King ✝️
Sadly, the world's religions are part of this world, involving themselves in the political and military establishments of the nations. Whereas Jesus said that his followers are no part of this world. John 17:16. They are neutral and consist of an international united peaceful brotherhood. These are the true Christians. Wouldn't you want to be part of a truly peaceful people or at least get to know them better?
I always say if someone wants to try to disprove the existence of God and therefore Christ, go for it, because when they fail Jesus is waiting at the end of that path.
For Christianity, my only questions are which one? The Orthodoxy? Mormons? Catholics? Protestanism? Evangelicals? Pantecosta? Adventist? Baptism? Which one?
@@edwardemo1952 a good starting point for researching those denominations is what parts of the Bible do they consider to be „not important“ or „not binding for us today“ and than study the Bible what it has to say about that.
Praise God!!
The beauty of Christ, whichever or whatever way yoh look his message has all the answers. Genius or fool ,God can be your everything. ❤
When I hear of 'enlightenment', I know that Jesus Christ is the Light of the World. Everything that comes from humans is tainted by our collective and individual brokenness. So, I place all my faith in Christ. It is the only reasonable thing to do.
Every Christian I know would gladly give anyone who asks a Bible. I just gave one of my coworkers one. God’s word is the most precious gift you could ever give, and the soul of one lost person is worth more than all the Bible’s I have ever owned. 😊
I doubt most people in general "live like a Christian"
Paganism has been around since Old Testament BAAL worship etc.
Truth is what I do where I eat and pay bills - in the REAL world. ;)
Great!
What does an ant know of the universe? It thinks it knows everything.
A welcome to you, a new brother in Christ, the Christ our Saviour, who has set us all free from death, sin and evil. God bless you as you journey evermore towards God the Father and God the Son, led by God the Holy Spirit, who lives within you.
This path echoes my own, and with similar conclusions. The one disagreement I have with the statements made here have to do with science. The statements made show a bit of misunderstanding of how science works (while also suffering from lack of clarity: science, scientific theories, and scientists are all conflated, referring to all of these with the word "science"). So let's fix this. Scientists, based on observations, come up with theories to explain the observations. At the moment a theory is conceived, it fits all pertinent observations, past and current (if it didn't, the theory would be rejected immediately) and--this is important--PURPORTS TO EXPLAIN FUTURE OBSERVATIONS. Thus, a theory sticks around, unchanged, until someone makes an observation that the theory can't explain. At that point the theory is either revised in some way or discarded completely. That is the process we call 'science'. Indeed, it is something we each do naturally, every day. I still agree with the conclusion that science is not the answer, but not because of any flaw in science. It just isn't applicable to spiritual questions.
What about Judaism or Islam? I was really anticipating what you where going to say about those two religions.
12 : 20 .... " You simply just need to pray to Jesus to be your Saviour and love him "
Acts 16 : 30 - 31 .....Sirs , what must I do to be saved ? And they said , BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST , AND THOU SHALT BE SAVED .... John 3 : 16 - 18 Ephesians 2 : 8 - 9 John 6 : 40 1 Corinthians 15 : 1- 4 etc etc Believe , no prayer required for salvation .
5 years? Wow 🙂
“When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, ‘Who is this?’ The crowds replied, ‘This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.’” Matthew 21:10-11
“They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.” NIV Matthew 21:46
Jesus said “Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown.” Luke 4:24
The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. Acts 3:13
“One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.” Luke 6:12
“And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, ‘My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.’” Matthew 26:39
“They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Sit here while I pray.’” Mark 14:32
Jesus was speaking in Aramaic and was a Muslim (a person that totally submitted to Allah) and he prayed to Allah. Go to any Aramaic Online Dictionary and type the word “God”. You will be shocked to see it’s “Allah”. Jesus NEVER said anywhere in the Bible “I am God” or “Worship me.
Jesus never said anywhere that He wasn’t God. Did he?
I know this rhetoric game. Because Jesus never used the exact phrase “I am God” , but rather … told someone their sins were forgiven(which only God can do), stated “Before Abraham was, I am” which led to the Jewish scholars picking up stones to stone him ( because it was obvious he was claiming divinity in that statement)
But alas, I know this is a semantic game. Only the exact phrase will do. Where is the exact quote where Jesus says “I am not God”
@@AspiringChristian How come Moses never mention about Him, if He was before Ibrahim.
Different schools of Buddhism definitely have beliefs in gods and saints and hell and such. But Buddhism is highly syncretic with Hinduism and other Eastern religions. I don't know if there exists a kind of "pure" Buddhism that boils down just to the common core of Buddhist teaching.
I don't think the Buddhist philosophy is compatible with Christianity. Its emphasis on spiritual liberation by means of renunciation of desire, ultimately in pursuit of "enlightenment" is very reminiscent of Gnosticism. Christianity has a special and unique place among the world's religions - it cherishes both body and spirit as God-given. The resurrection is bodily, not just being a spirit in heaven. And the body is not a bad thing, nor are its desires. Asceticism is optional in most Christian denominations, usually only clergy or monks practice this kind of self-denial. And even the motivation behind Asceticism in Christianity is usually different than simply punishing or neglecting the body for the spirit's sake. Rather, it is a way of practicing worship bodily, it is a way of recruiting one's whole self into worship. Or in the case of celibate priests, it's a kind of mystical marriage, or simply a way to devote oneself entirely to God.
Despite your deep research you still got it wrong. In judaism it's not only a Torah. In judaism we have the Torah , the prophets , the writings known as Tanakh. Then we have the Talmud.
What im worried of christianity is which one of numerous sect is the trfue christian religion. Unless all the different sects devide which one them i cannot be assured of paradise.
AMEN
Atheits are ignorants who think they know it all. This is the summary of this video.
The true church is people who have worshipped Jesus and have same heart soul mind .they also love there brother and sisters in Christ .they live it became sinless 😊
Commenting as I watch:
Christianity, Judiasm, and Isl@m all teach that Adam, the 1st man, was God's initial contact on earth, not Abraham, but I do understand what you mean by that statement.
Father Adam and his wife Eve were the first Christians. So was Noah and his family. Apostasy brought forth the rest of the belief systems. The Lord God Jehovah was born in the flesh and named Jesus who is the Christ, Messiah, Savior of mankind. He preformed the "atonement". We are made clean through his sacrifice br accepting him, by faith, repentance, baptism, and recieving the Gift of the Holy Spirit. Apostasy through the centuries caused God to correct and Restore his true Church on the earth. We number about 18 million world wide with a missionary force of 72,000 spreading the Restored Christianity. We believe "everyone" is saved from death by Jesus's resurection. Spirtitual death he saves when we do our part to follow him. Even the athiest will attain "a heaven (telestial) "in the resurrection when everyone ( no one excluded) is resurected. Can you guess who we are?
You never mentions Islam though? Like why you didn't choose it? I'm Christian btw...just interested in what refutes you had
The parallels between all the world's belief system is not new. The Perennialists saw this too 600 years ago.
Since everyone largely believes the same thing, but they simply express and verbalize it differently in language the bickering between philosophies is nothing more than negotiation of linguistic practices.
The bickering is over whose vocabulary/concepts/traditions we ought to use when we talk about; and worship our shared metaphysic.
Amen
Athiesm I NOT a religion!
Acts 4:12 - Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
John 14:6 - Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
You have to ask yourself what was Noah's religion as he must have preceded all other religions. Noah is real as every single culture (numbered in the 100's) has a story about Noah and the flood that covered the earth.
Science and God are one and the same. Science didn’t get things wrong… humans did. There are observable laws in Science and to have law, you need a law giver. The one who wrote each strand of code in my DNA is that law giver… His name is Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
Yes we know about the 500 that witnessed Jesus after crucifying. I think it would have been wonderful if you just read the Bible. It has all the answers but I understand why. Bless you and yours
I jokingly ask people regularly "how many commandments are there.." and most jump on the wagon and say 10!!!!!(which in essence is true) when i answer 11 you can see the jaws drop😂😂😂offcourse there are only 10 commandment! BUT....THE QUESTION REMAINS.... IS Jesus christ God. If your answer is yes then what comesc of Jesus giving us "... a new commandment i give unto thee. That thou shall love one-another.... Good one isnt it? If you
say 10 thats fine, no problem if you think that it is now 11(be carefull) in essense you would be right too. The point is..... This question made many people read their Bible😂😂😂😮Job done😊!!!
Did you really read all those books? I am impressed. I long to be able to do that.
Daily.dive.disciple here. 😅
Creation is about the plan of salvation. In the beginning, darkness covered the Abyss, Earth, or Hell. Adam, the son of God (Luk 3:38 NABO), the Christ, wields the fiery sword on the day of judgment (sacrifice) and is made to be sin; descending into the Abyss. As the rider Death, on the Pale Green horse, he rises up from the Abyss with all of Hades at his heel (resurrection).
there are, to be sure, many Gods and many Lords, yet for us there is one God, the Father, (1Co 8:5-6 NABO)
The Lord God will give him the throne of David his Father (Luk 1:32 NABO)
Blessed is the kingdom of our Father David that is to come! (Mar 11:10 NABO)
Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to his God and Father (1Co 15:24 NABO)
I am the root and offspring of David, the bright Morning Star. (Rev 22:16 NABO)
I found it easier to understand the Bible than to understand worldviews on the Bible. Vegetation was created before the sun and the moon. You're broccoli!
First thing you have to do is define what each religion means with the terms they use. Methodology is poor.
God Bless.
I have a question.
If you came to the conclusion that "Hinduism" was the same thing as Christianity expressed in a different way, how did you come to the conclusion that Christianity is "the one true religion". Considering the necessity of believing fantastic miracles in Christianity vs. something that's, as you say, expressing the same thing without such exclusive doctrine. It seems logical that it would be the contrary, or at least a perennialism.
Did you watch the last few minutes?
@@AspiringChristian I hadn't, but it doesn't entirely answer my question.
Let me ask this way: what necessitates Jesus if another religion expresses the same thing?
I ask because I'm exploring the same things, however, I've come to the opposite conclusion. Coming to the views of Advaita Vedanta. Disagreements about historical evidence aside, I can't reconcile the bodily resurrection or substitutionary atonement with my understanding of God. They're seemingly incoherent unless taken entirely symbolically.
Theism: God as transcendent
Panentheism: God as both transcendent and immanent
Pantheism: God as immanent
Theism and Pantheism in my view are incoherent because they bind God to time. Theism creates a dualism between material reality and God, putting God in relation to something else. Pantheism similarly puts God inside time as the physical universe (and I would argue that none of the supposed pantheistic systems are actually pantheistic, but panentheistic).
That leaves Panentheism, where God is both outside experience as beyond time, and within experience. I think this is Biblical. Now, if what's experience of God is the Word (Logos) as part of the natural order, what exactly does Jesus death accomplish? If there was no access to the Word prior, then I think that contradicts the function of reality.
This Logos is clearly expressed in Doaism as the Dao, and Hinduism as Vishnu, so it seems clear to me that it's experienced without Jesus.
Thought it's ever so easy to follow the wrong path in your own Hinduism? Christianity has the One Way, not separated into chalk and cheese strands as I see the Hindu gods. Shiva, Vishu, Lakshmi, Saraswati are all very nice, but there are also gods of destruction?
you had a lot of information, that was not germane to your topic...and never really stated what brought on this search, nor the result of your quest....
Everything I learned about Cannon and Scripture and how it was put together and the ideas and concepts in it has lead me to become a Nones, nothing in particular. I know I am not alone in this. But I hope your final choice makes you happy. The channel that most influenced me at the start is very old it is called Evid3nc3. It made sense to me on my journey. And life is a Journey constantly changing all the time. Life is changing all the time.
if this man thinks that the other religions with their moral codes are in fact preaching the same thing more or ;less( see him say so throughout this video) as Christianity
he does NOT know what Christianity is
so he puts the resurrection of Christ on top of a programme for self improvement? he has still forsaken Christ for the law.
i have disliked this vid, not NOT as an atheist or unbeliever
You didn't talk about Islam. If you can be happy with and satisfied to have all these thousands of versions of bible, then you are not likely to be amazed with the Qur'an, the only one version of it, memorized by millions cover to cover. That the creator is ONLY ONE and HE owns the heavens and the earth and that there is a judgement day which will decide the fate of every human being including jesus PBUH. Doesn't it make sense that God can, if he had wanted, could have forgiven everyone simply by saying "you are forgiven". Why should he send his son (does He need a son, in the first place) and sacrifice him for sins he didn't commit? Isn't it a greater sin to kill someone for someone else' crimes? Hope you would be following your research with sincerity and honesty with an earnest and open mind and conclude that Islam is the true religion.
Poor guy, looks like you never meet Jesus ...
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Is this an AI voice? This sounds crazy I don’t like it
Christianity is the only true religion that has Savour Lord Jesus Christ. While we were sinners Christ died for us Rom 5:8, God came down to make His name known to His enemies and cause the nations to quake before Him Isaiah 64:3, Psalm 113:6, being in a very nature of God, He humble Himself and took the very nature of a servant Philippines 2 6, The only GodMan who lay down His life for His friends and rose Himself from the dead John 10:17-18. He is the Only true living God 1 John 5 20 evidence by many miracles recorded in the Book and He is the only One that is coming to judge the world 2 Timothy 4 1. Kiss the Son lest He be angry and you be destroyed in your way for His wrath can flare in a moment Psalm 2:12
Anyone can believe in Christ, but to be a follower of Christ is to obey His commands and that includes listening to His catholic Church.
"Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me."- Luke 10:16 -Jesus to the apostles who were the co-founders of the Catholic Church.
In the Book of Acts, it is clear as day that there was a central authority that all Christians listened to and that authority is what would later come to be known as the Catholic Church.
Look at the writings of the Early Christians (sometimes called the Church Fathers) and compare what they believed to what you believe.
But did you study Islam? The Quran tells us the Jesus was NOT crucified.
Mathew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2nd Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Phillipians, Collisions & more all tell us he was truly crucified. Truly resurrected. Truly appeared to his disciples.
We are all fallen sinners. No one is good, but God. By his wounds we are healed! Trust in Jesus, Pray 🙏 for forgiveness and forgive others, Accept The Lord into your heart. Live in eternity with him!
@@AspiringChristian So the Quran is a lie?
@@User58747 U sound like u are a sincere Muslim. I do really like how Muslims have great respect for Jesus… that’s wonderful. But I am sad that they reject what he says in the Bible because they feel it is corrupted.
I am no Bible expert, but my understanding is that Sam Shamoun is an expert in both the Bible and the Koran. Listen to these videos in the privacy of your own home and see what u think. Tell me if u think they are fair. Do they indicate truth?
Answering Islam’s common objections to Christianity by Sam Shamoun.
28 minutes.
ua-cam.com/video/2xZ0KSWaDGY/v-deo.htmlsi=hE1-hFroAizQU6Yl.
Islamic terrorist leader converts to Christianity after seeing a vision of Jesus. 3 minutes.
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Welcome to Christianity. Now that you've come to the true God, you'll need to start learning about the history of the Church, the early Fathers and the Apostolic succession. Doing so, you'll also learn that outside of the "true" Church of Jesus Christ there is no salvation. This will probably and painfully take you to the inevitable truth, that the Church of Jesus Christ is not only to read the Bible and believe in Jesus. Satan also believed in Christ, but you'll need much more than that and to "trust" the savior within the Church He founded, and that is only one, the Catholic Church. No other Christian denomination, cult, rite or Protestantism branch can claim that, and never will. Don't trust me? I suggest you start here... they were all strongly anti-Catholics:
Stephen K. Ray
Crossing the Tiber: Evangelical Protestants Discover the Historical Church
Joe Heschmeyer
The Early Church Was the Catholic Church
Jimmy Akin
The Fathers Know Best: Your Essential Guide to the Teachings of the Early Church
Trent Horn
The Case for Catholicism: Answers to Classic and Contemporary Protestant Objections
Good luck and God bless.
He does not "need" to do anything. The catholic church has one major defect: Original Sin ! It does not "resonate" with me. I think it is a method of exercising power. I am an atheist, but I wish for the sake of all christians, that they would ditch the concept: You can only sin against others, or you can sin against yourself. Sinning against God is impossible. God is just too great to take things personally. So forgiveness can only be given by the one you have sinned against, or by yourself. Christianity is supposed to uplift your spirit, not to throw you into the dirt, just to pick you up again afterwards. Its a psychological trick called "intermittend reinforcement".
So u welcome someone to Christianity then tell him about Roman Catholism...
True Christianity is based on the true church consisting of true born again Spirit filled believers, the body of which Jesus Christ Himself is the head. In this Jesus has done everything needed to get saved from bondage, did everything to make a way for us to have a personal relationship with our Father, only the dcver try to add to that in order to keep people in bondage, exactly what Roman Catholism is.
@@jenshellwig2574, u don't understand the meaning of original sin, the reason why u have a problem with it. Original sin is just words used to describe what happened with the fall of Adam and how it effect all of his descendants.
First u have to understand that God created Adam in His image and likeness, to be His son and to rule the earth with God, even lived with God in God's garden. When Adam chose to believe the dcver and reject God's warning, Adam lost his sonship and authority to rule (satan took that), got separated from God, his spirit "died", fallen into satan's bondage (satan having a claim on his life), the beginning of death etc.
As descendants of Adam we are all born into this fallen state, born into bondage, born to live in satan's nature (the true meaning of sin), no way out.
This is exactly why Yehovah manifested as man as Yehoshua (Yehovah-saviour) to do exactly that....
A Christian is one who is born again in the Spirit . Once saved always saved . No works required for salvation .....Acts 16 : 30 - 31 ....Sirs , what must I do to be saved ? And they said , BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST , AND THOU SHALT BE SAVED .....
@@jenshellwig2574 Has someone told you about eastern Orthodoxy?
So, he remain uneducated.
Ironic that he described you, no?
What I find peculiar is that this person claims to mostly have been an atheist and that he knows atheism well, but then (in my opinion) goes on mislabeling atheism.
There’s a promise in the Bible (Jeremiah 29:13) where God promises that if you search for Him with your whole heart, you will surely find Him!
That’s EXACTLY what you did and that’s EXACTLY why you found Him, even though you seem to have started out from an atheist point of view most of your life.
We are now approaching 2000 years since Christ’s First Coming. He will Return soon! First in the clouds ☁️ for the Rapture and probably 7 years later after the Tribulation TO THE GROUND for the Millennium Kingdom!
You will be lucky to escape the Tribulation!! 😊
Technically you are a low level Christian right now, Catholicism and Orthodoxy go back to the beginning, so if you ever feel the need to discover the continuation of The Temple and the Apostolic tradition you know where to look bro
Low-level Christian? I've never heard of such term before. "Low-level" as of what exactly? Do you mind explain it?
@@ianbuick8946 low on sacrements, no saints, no Eucharist, no Mary, no devine Liturgy
@@universalflamethrower6342 I see. Low emphasis on liturgy, rituals, sacraments. Definitely not low level Christian. Are those rituals necessary for salvation?
@@ianbuick8946 bro, where did you get your Christianity, Luther? I must have totally missed he was one of the 12 Apostels
@@universalflamethrower6342 Okay then enlighten me. Are those necessary for salvation?
@Aspiring Christian
7:08 .... Yes, Atheism *IS* a religion. Hence the -ism, the capitalization and the central tenet of faith that there is no God despite all of the evidence for His existence.
Conclusion: I was right. God doesn't exist