The Tri-Omni God creates many paradoxes for Christians that can't be overcome logically. Being a very logical thinker myself this is pretty much the key reason I say I'm an Agnostic-Atheist. I'm agnostic to the possibility that there is any possible God. I'm atheist to the Abrahamic God. He simply cannot exist given the traits they attribute to him. He is a logical impossibility as he is described. See the Epicurean Paradox if you want to understand why.
@@SpectralDarko Add in the "Which one" question, and there will be inconsistencies. But what if the "Forbidden One" is actually THE truth that is being desperately covered up by mankind? When you feed an idea (I saw that Adam and God artwork many times... but someone pointed out that the "God" side is inside a human brain), it grows stronger. Relinquish it with power... and you lose control of yourself and your life. "Starve" it, however... the idea perishes, and you are liberated from its control. It looks easier said than done, but courage and change demand action. Factors can hinder or slow your progress of starving this thought crime, but someone (I found it in the comments, but in some videos) pointed out that only in solitude and self-reflection in isolation will break this brainwashing...
Yes, its both liberating and also is a sense of relief....that's there's no sadistic god out there who gives little kids cancer, among other tragedies.
The thing about omnicience is that God is witness to every horror that happens in the world, from trafficked children, to the rape and torture of countless women, and yet he does nothing about it. If an omniscient god exists, he is either unwilling or unable to prevent immense suffering of the highest order, if not both at the same time. Neither option makes him a god worthy of worship.
These are the main reasons I left Christianity. If anything, it proves there is no god, or at the very least, a god who tapped out after creation. This channel has helped me so much.
Ah yes... The classic Problem of Evil. If people claim their prayers are answered, then why is it that they are still stuck in their own poverty? If they claim miracles exist, then why does it not happen to the next person? That or it is a gamble of entropy and chance that some person changes their lives and they become better onwards... or the opposite and they suffer more. And if such a god exists... then there is a chance we are all dead by the moment it shows up... or we will pull a God of War and kill it... only to realize that this senseless violence changes nothing, but brews more war amongst ourselves. And as some people say... "Your 'God' is a sadist."
Christians have excused away the problem of evil, or problem of excessive suffering. The excuses aren't very good. But anytime you bring this up they have a reason ready. Probably because this is the most damning evidence against the tri-omni deity they worship.
@@AdamKlownzinger The stench of denying all accountability is stronger in the believer than it is for a non-believer... And it is the most disgusting thing religion has conceived in the psyche...
@@LARADEKA Ok explain I believe in the Lord Almighty so how do I deny accountability I understand I'm a wretched sinner not worthy of God's love I understand I am a disgusting waste of sinful desires and evil flesh
@@ynmghost2903 it's about the ability to escape the allegedly-righteous judgement of the god by using blood magic to fool the court into seeing Jesus instead of you. Therefore the law doesn't apply to you, because you already have immunity. If you're covered by Jesus's ritual, there is no consequence for your sins so you can sin as much as you want. Depending on the sect you might have to list them and apologise for them afterwards to retain your immunity, but you're still outside your god's law. Of course, this doesn't apply to all sects. For example some think that acting badly can lose the immunity, that it's only a pardon rather than an immunity... but in that case, sin as much as you want then get baptised on your deathbed. Another idea is that it's not based on behaviour, just on who their god decided in advance would be sent where... in that case, sin as much as you want since that's not what the judgment is based on. Etcetera.
your cult goes on about how THE MASS MURDER OF WOMAN CHILDREN, ANIMALS PEDO, RAPIST SLAVEVER REST OF THAT 800,000 WORD EVIL BOOK HAS TO HAVE JUSTICE YET ALL OF YOU GET A PARDON HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WHAT EVIL CULT
No, that is a human condition. It does not 'apply more' to any group or category. Those who deny it cause the problems they know we need to address and change but don't because we can't until we admit the origin of them: _The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either -- but right through every human heart_ (Alexander Solzhenitsyn). the believer begins to counter and change that when he faces it in his own heart. The atheist does when he begins to follow Christ, the first step toward changing our world by changing ourselves. We all want to sin. Only Christ can change that.
The worst part of it all is that, when I was a Christian, I loved the idea that God was always watching. I was so deep in the Christian rabbit hole that I couldn't see how damaging this was until I got out. So glad I did. So glad I did.
@@MindShift-BrandonSame it was Covid that made me leave The Christian Faith. The Covid Mandates and the fact church pastors embraced them made me leave.
@@dylanc4376 The breaking point was when my family stopped listening to me, and started asserting what THEY need instead of what *I* need. 2 decades of pointless worship. I will not spend another 2 decades more. And I will have no prayer to anyone... I pray to no one, because who needs to pray when YOU are the one in control of your life? As in, you are what you make of your present time.
When I was a christian, I struggled continually with the concept of god's omniscience / god's silence. He knew every action, every thought? And sat on his throne in judgment of me? I would scramble to please him, simpering in my prayers, trying to appear as a pleasing child in front of an angry parent. I would try to improve. (it was really my thought life that was the problem. On the outside I was such a good girl) But there was no feedback. How am I doing? Silence. Am I in your good graces? Silence. Every now and then, my out of control brain would shout HEY! I ASKED YOU A FAIR QUESTION! ARE YOU DEAF OR JUST TOO BUSY? Then I would realize the horrible sin of that thought, and I would repent, repent, repent. The idea of god ruined my childhood. I'm glad it's over, but wish I could have my childhood back to live in a more sane mindset.
The childhood that was stripped of us all... because of the indoctrination we never consented to. Now I am in a state of apostasy, trying to rekindle this freedom of inner exploration and introspection of my being. Moving on from the past is... a challenge for me. How can you move on if everything repeats itself? How can I move on if history repeats itself? Just because I learned my lessons and grew stronger from my mistakes... does it justify my hatred towards what has happened to me, and the only reason I am so hostile to everything is because I wanted to protect myself and others from the atrocious fate that befell on me before? In simple words: I wish not of this indoctrination on anyone, not even for a child. None of us consented to this, so we should be left the way we are... and developed a very healthy childhood... where we could explore our interests as we please. It disgusts me that the practices are still widely accepted as "mandatory", even to the family bloodline. Oops, there goes my incoming hatred towards my own brood.
God does not ignore evil but allows it for reasons tied to free will, the existence of Satan, and His ultimate plan for redemption. Rather than "pawning it off," God actively works through human history to confront and defeat evil, culminating in Jesus’ sacrifice and the promise of a restored creation. While the full answers may remain a mystery, the Bible emphasizes God's love, justice, and desire for a restored relationship with humanity.
@@iiamklein6 Repeating dogmatic answers you were taught by the church won't make them make actual sense or make them true anymore than a Scientologist doing the same thing with what they've been taught , or a Muslim, or a ...
Especially when it's from different authors over several thousand years. It's like the SCP Foundation. It had a coherent universe at first but as more people added their own 2 cents, the quality dropped and it became less coherent.
@@Colddirector I'd say you could definitely apply the "wheat and chaff situation" to the Bible. There are some helpful passages in there-- you just have to pick them out from the fearmongering crap.
My aunt is very religious and people seek her out for prayer. She has just finished her chemo from breast cancer and is suffering several more extreme health problems. But God,as she says. " He is testing me." First she said she was going through cancer for someone else. The mental gymnastics she goes through to hold on to her beliefs are astounding. I wanted to ask why did God just heal her. Better yet why was she so afraid to die if she wanted to be with God so bad. But I know she would hate me for those observations and questions
'As a kid' is an important consideration. But you are no longer a 'kid.' Now you can know: _When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways. Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love._
As a kid, I was terrified that I was going to hell because I loved my parents more than I loved god. As an adult, I went through hell seeing the proof that my parents loved god more than they loved me.
@@carmenschubert5001 How was your life? Did you parents love you? Did you love your parents? If so, then the problem wasn't with the concept of hell but rather our response to it, a common problem with any concept.
@craigsmith1443 I don't see the difference - I was taught how to respond to the concept of hell by people who believed in the concept before I could even understand the concept. I never had a chance to evaluate the concept and thus decide how to react to it until I was a rational adult. Are you saying that, as a 4 year old, I should have understood the concept differently to my parents and church and thus be able to respond differently to it? When you have been indoctrinated from birth on how to respond, it actually doesn't matter what the academic concept is.
@craigsmith1443 As a teen, I was in an abusive relationship, and I was told that I had to stay in the relationship because we had slept together, and in the eyes of god we were married. Leaving the relationship would be considered a divorce by god, and I would go to hell. From 14 years old, for 6 six years, I lived in hell. I now have epilepsy from frequently and long term brain trauma. That is the price I paid (not my parents) for my parents putting their love of god before their love of me. So, I don't really care if the concept of hell or people's response to it is the problem.
This is how i felt about being a teacher but live streamed for all parents to see during 2020. Even when i did nothing wrong i knew i was being watched and judged all day.
This was something that kept me awake at night when I was a believer. 1984 made me realize how terrifying the thought is that big brother is always watching. Thought crime is truly a terrifying method of control.
And how Winston actually loved Big Brother after being in room 101. He really did. How was it different from the fear of hell? Did Winston have free will? So do we?
I don't remember how I stumbled upon your channel, but it's powerfully insightful. Simple to grasp yet with such awe-inspiring depth and clarity of thought. You're a gem, Brandon.
Luckily no one is perfect perfection is boring if heaven is supposed to be this perfect world we humans would be bored of it super easily not to mention worshipping a maniacal god for all time makes heaven and hell sound equally as bad I would rather god send me back and make me immortal good thing god does not exist and no one has been able to prove otherwise
I'm glad you're covering this. Someone told me when I was a kid yes God even knows our thoughts. This set me up for a life of severe OCD, thought monitoring.
A doctrine does not cause OCD. Don't blame a doctrine for what it cannot do. The 'antidote' for OCD is cognitive behavioral therapy and exposure and response therapy, perhaps with medication, not abandoning truth.
@@markhaunert5029 especially since it’s written by different people with different viewpoints it’s like trying to put together a puzzle with puzzle pieces from different sets
It's all about control. What better way to manipulate literally every aspect of someone's life? I lived a good chunk of my life believing that god was watching and judging everything I did or thought. I had NO freedom at all. I felt like a failure in his eyes more often than not, especially when I hit puberty. Talk about a whole new realm of shame. I did "bad" things firmly believing that god was watching, but good luck stopping the raging hormones... I was so saturated with self self loathing and self hate that I just eventually felt like I was created to be a failure in gods eyes. I begged forgiveness for every single "sin" but never felt forgiven. At some point in my late teens I began to just give up. How many times do you ask forgiveness and feel sincere? I struggled with self-control and fell into depression, feeling like I was doomed to fail god my whole life and then burn forever. I was convinced of this for years while still praying and believing. I began to think it through logically later on, I was sick of gods silence and my depression. God didn't answer me, he didn't help, he did literally nothing. I began to entertain the idea that maybe this was wrong, just maybe this god was imaginary. It began my journey through deconversion long before I had ever heard of the word. It was a direct result of gods omniscience that I found my way out of christianity. The omni qualities of god make him impossible without major mental manipulation. Good video.
While it did get mentioned a few times, I want to emphasize a point that was mostly said offhandedly: The alternative to "you shouldn't have to feel ashamed for every thought that passes through your head" is NOT "you should act on every thought that passes through your head". That is another extreme, and a far more dangerous one. The correct answer is to aim closer to the middle. You shouldn't act on any stray harmful or inconsiderate thought that comes to you, but once you've decided "I don't think I'll act on that thought", that's IT. You've solved the entire problem. You have little to no control over the thoughts that pop into your head, but you DO control which ones you feed and strengthen, and which you let starve. Of course, if the thoughts you'd prefer not to act on are particularly intense and it's giving you difficulty, it's probably a good idea to talk to a mental health professional about it, as there is likely a deeper issue that can be recognized and dealt with that will help calm those thoughts over time. There are hundreds of variations on this, all with their own unique solutions, so there's no shortcut to success for this issue. The sooner you start, the sooner you're healed. And when it comes to these sorts of thoughts, even if this sort of God _did_ exist, someone who understood humanity and valued good deeds would watch you have a bad thought, deliberately ignore it, and go about your day being a good person, and he'd be proud of you for it. Resisting temptation is good, right? When the serpent (with legs) suggested that Eve should eat from the tree, her sin wasn't "having a snake tell her to do it", was it? It was going through with it that was sinful. Not the temptation itself, but the act of giving in. Would God have had a problem if Eve had told him no? I sincerely doubt it. Even though the thought was definitely in her head, by virtue of being asked to consider it. It's your actions, not your thoughts, that determine your worth. (of course, there are a whole lot of problems with this story, but it serves as a good example when taken at face value, as presented by believers) So whether God exists or not, your responsibility is to pick and choose the thoughts that you act on, and ignore the ones that would lead to harm. And once you've done that, you can stand tall, not being ashamed of the thoughts that you discarded along the way, but proud that you chose not to give them any sway.
Yup. One of the most foreign thoughts at the start of my deconversion was that I wasn't inherently evil. I'm just inherantly...here. human. Trying. Good at some things, bad at others. When I started tackling the control tactic of thought crimes, now that I was free of inherent evil, I could look at bad/intrusive thoughts for what they were. Instead of them being a manifestation of my evil, a sin unto themselves, they are just my brain running a simulation. I can thing of the most horrible, heinous scenario, but if I NEVER do it, never bring it to fruition, the simulation is OVER, and I am not evil for having had or resolved it. ACTIONS are what matters. If I made that heinous scenario reality, then I am bad by CHOICE, not by nature What makes it bad? What's the moral code that decides that without a God? If I don't want it done to me, it's probably bad. I don't want to be hurt, stabbed, assaulted, called names, stolen from, the list goes on. I don't want these things because they damage me in some way. The same is true of others. When I gather in a group of people, and we all don't do things we don't like done to us, we can come together and build things greater than ourselves AND be happy individually doing it That contributes to the species doing well in balance between the whole and the indavidual. I deconverted because dropping the sky man made things start to WORK, no matter where I looked. No contradictions, fully findable explanations. And I can look for more answers without shame
Yup. One of the most foreign thoughts at the start of my deconversion was that I wasn't inherently evil. I'm just inherantly...here. human. Trying. Good at some things, bad at others. When I started tackling the control tactic of thought crimes, now that I was free of inherent evil, I could look at bad/intrusive thoughts for what they were. Instead of them being a manifestation of my evil, a sin unto themselves, they are just my brain running a simulation. I can thing of the most horrible, heinous scenario, but if I NEVER do it, never bring it to fruition, the simulation is OVER, and I am not evil for having had or resolved it. ACTIONS are what matters. If I made that heinous scenario reality, then I am bad by CHOICE, not by nature What makes it bad? What's the moral code that decides that without a God? If I don't want it done to me, it's probably bad. I don't want to be hurt, stabbed, assaulted, called names, stolen from, the list goes on. I don't want these things because they damage me in some way. The same is true of others. When I gather in a group of people, and we all don't do things we don't like done to us, we can come together and build things greater than ourselves AND be happy individually doing it That contributes to the species doing well in balance between the whole and the indavidual. I deconverted because dropping the sky man made things start to WORK, no matter where I looked. No contradictions, fully findable explanations. And I can look for more answers without shame
@@dflaming1371 This is a beautiful comment, thank you so much for sharing it. Whether it's a lifelong atheist or a former christian, the result is the same: This is the mindset where things finally make sense, details clicking together into one cohesive explanation, instead of answers to one question constantly conflicting with answers to another. And despite what people so fervently claim, morality does not disappear, it actually improves slightly. Because now you're no longer forced to consider harmless actions bad or defend the harmful actions of God or church leaders. You can finally start to work on making things better for everyone, not just for one small group. I'm glad to hear you were able to discover this for yourself. (Also, your comment accidentally sent twice, you might want to remove one of the copies)
Having the "thought police" in your head only brings about guilt for doing that which may come naturally or thinking something that you have no control over. Having an omniscient being knowing everything negates freewill. There are simply no choices to make if it's predetermined.
On that note. Charging somebody for thought crime is inherently immoral. But the god of the bible didnt know about psychology and evolution of our brain, so yeah... What they did know is that everybody has bad thoughts at some point and that this is a good way of guilt tripping people, ecspecially if you sell a way to absolve them.
Absolution... is not easy. If you wish to absolve people, you must absolve yourself. Not everyone deserves forgiveness. But you can forgive yourself. Unless you are incapable of this self-redemption.
@LARADEKA Who says that I want to absolve people? Why doesn't everyone deserve forgiveness? The only person I need to worry about is myself. Besides, 99% of the time that's only what EVERYONE thinks about, regardless of what you believe.
As always, great job exploring the implications of these Christian ideas. I've seen videos of North Koreans taking about the Kim dynasty with such praise and devotion, and is horrifyingly similar to how Christians talk about God. How I used to talk; how you'd talk when you think you're being watched by the tyrant.
YES, exactly this. And he knows & sees everything, yet he can't hear our prayers unless we beg, plead, go on a 30 day hunger fast, and grovel to get his attention. Like a parent who puts spy cameras everywhere to watch the kids, but they are absent and have zero contact with the same kids.
I love this, especially for people questioning their faith walk. As we get further away from the control and manipulation, we can see this stuff with ease. I always imagine the man behind the curtain- once he's exposed the sparkle comes off and he loses all control.
Brandon, there is no doubt in my mind that THIS video is one of, if not THE, best ones you have created on your channel. I have saved many of your videos, but this one has the top spot on my list. There's too much for me to say about how valuable and insightful it is to anyone who actually dares to THINK these things through, but you, my friend, have opened my eyes and mind in ways I never thought I could or would. Every time you went on to the next subject element, my automatic reflex was a constant nodding of my head - it just continued throughout the entirety of the video. You covered each and every issue I have found myself wrestling with internally. Thanks to you, my mind is in a perpetual state of thought - "Until next time, KEEP THINKING". My appreciation and respect.
Thanks Brandon, this video is like therapy, not a day goes by that I don't consider how being raised in church / religion has had profound and long lasting negative side effects for me, both mental & emotional. Like peeling back the layers of an onion, it just keeps going. Again, thanks for helping people see the truth about this stuff, you ROCK !
Related, sort of, one of my favs: resist the devil and he will flee from you. For how long? 5 mins? A day? Forever? How much resistance is necessary? How long must one persist in that resistance; is it immediate? Do you have to resist for a whole day before he flees? A week? How did Job do with that? No matter how much and how often the Christian resists, the devil returns to tempt and to attempt to steal, kill and destroy. Anyway, another great video as always. Thanks for sounding these arguments out so clearly.
@@MindShift-Brandon Of course, man. I break this all down in my series (which I'm currently editing) on religious trauma. I site your work in my 10-video series, esp your Pastor Baptizes Toddlers In The Holy Spirit video. I specifically also hone in on Matthew 12:43-45, which is highly problematic and trauma-inducing. I also focus on the absurdity of demon possession and exorcism. But yeah, use it. Can't wait to hear how you break it down!
I found a loophole for the lust in my heart to dissuage guilt. When I would see someone and lust 'in my heart,' I would turn it around to praise for god's beautiful creation. God hates this one trick!
Someone at the Mennonite church I attended had a miscarriage and something I heard said was that maybe that baby was going to be evil. First, why create the baby in the first place then, did God not realize until how many weeks the miscarriage happened? Also, that's sick to tell a mother who just lost her baby that her baby was probably evil.
THEY ARE EVIL, NOT THAT EVIL IS REAL, CULT THEY HAVE SO MUCH HATE, EVIL AND THINK THEY ARE SPECIAL TO BE HONEST THEY HAVE TO ADMITT THEIR MONSTER IS A RAPIST, PEDO MASS BABY, PREGNANT WOMAN MURDER, SLAVEVER SO HAVE TO ACT LIKE HIM THE LOVING PART FOR MOST IS A PSY OP EXPOSE THAT BOOK AND THEIR FRAUD THEY SHOW FANGS
And you definitely wouldn't lock them in the basement and set the house on fire if they upset you, which is exactly what the parent figure of God is allegedly going to do to his unwanted children. There is no amount of hand-waiving that can get rid of that simple truth, if God is indeed our father, he actually has an obligation to take care of us, especially when he does not agree with us or is upset by us. Parents in this world aren't allowed to just nope-out on their kids if they feel like it, so why should we give God such a pass? The worst part is that all believers that are good parents and are intellectually honest know that they are better parents than God could ever be.
Damn, Brandon! I don't think that there has ever been a video to perfectly encapsulate the anxiety that "good Christians" must feel on a near daily basis... until now. I have never believed in any kind of God, but as someone who has consistently struggled with issues of self-esteem and self-worth, I can only imagine how much worse that would be if I thought I had a creator and that they were constantly being disappointed by my "failure" to be perfect. Then the shame would give way to frustration as I came to realize that if I'm doing something wrong, it is only by that creators design. I don't understand how a person could hold to convictions like this when it not only makes so little sense, but that it makes you feel... unworthy. Cognitive dissonance is a hell of a drug.
After watching this, i made alot of connections with how felt about my actions and thoughts with God and how I felt with my father and with dating. Alot of the feelings of shame and dread from doing something wrong back when I was religious was couples with the berating and beating from my father. It lead me to always question myself; question why I mess up so often, why im not like my siblings, or how i could never live up to my parent's expectations, let alone God. This feeling bled into my attitude towards dating; that constant feeling of lonliness coupled with the fear of being percieved as a creepy or desperate guy. I am thankful that I found this channel, as well as other similar ones, as young as i did, 21 y/o. At least i dont have to worry about burning in hell just because I thought a girl was hot or can't perfectly manage housework.
Dzięki za ten materiał. Trafiasz w punkt. Życie pod wszechwiedzącym okiem było pełne strachu i zwątpienia. Wszystko poddane było analizie prowadzącej do konkluzji, że jestem do niczego, że zawodzę boga, bliskich, siebie. Uwolnienie się od tego jest oczyszczające. I wcale nagle nie "grzeszę" więcej, przeciwnie, widzę ludzi inaczej, widzę ich smutek, osamotnienie, niemoc. Może nie zawsze mi się udaje, ale staram się nie krzywdzić innych, ani też siebie.Postępuję dobrze, bo chcę, a nie dlatego, że bóg tego ode mnie oczekuje, a do tego szykuje karę gdy nie będę posłuszna.
"It was so hard not to put a VPN sponsorship here." 😆🤣😂 And yet, that made your point perfectly! I'm serious when I say that your Sunday "sermons" are so much better than any one that I heard from a pulpit!
Seriously though , this is one of your best videos and not for the jokey takes in my other comments. This one really punches holes deep into the biblical narratives as understood through the fundamental principals of Christian ideology. A true shattering of the illusionary myth of Bible God. 👍
The fact that any of us actually thought this was real....... it's funny how arrogant theists are constantly pointing at Orwell's 1984, and yet cannot see, how much worse their God is! Excellent topic as usual.
@@mattirealm I read 1984 when I was deconstructing and it really seemed to me to be about religion but needed to be disguised because of the times it was written. I was fully convinced. 🤔 It fits so well.
Yes to your point on how everyone selectively deciding when God is present with them or not! That was a crack in my own deconstruction; that I didn’t think that Christians really believed this thing based on their mindsets and behaviors. They don’t really believe in hell bc they’re not urgently evangelizing. They don’t really believe in heaven bc they’re always so distraught at funerals instead of celebratory (not to mention they do everything in their power to stay alive on earth even though they believe they would go to a “better place” if they just let go). They don’t actually believe God is with them at all times. God conveniently disappears when they have sex, take showers, and participate in things that they know God wouldn’t promote or approve of!
Brandon, Well, after 2 horrible weeks and soon to be living under a facist, regime, living here in MI, I've come back to your channel. My feelings haven't changed, I'm still scared, being 68 with a disabled wife and no kids. But i found i missed your company and wisdom. You do such an excellent job with your content and presentation and i need friends, now more than ever. So I'm back. I'll look to Kristi to share my need of how to survive and cope in this new brutal landscape in the US, since she has gone now in a direction i feel someone had to do. Since i was unable to figure out how to get out of being your Patreon, I will continue on with my $10 per month, supporting you. I'm mentally unsettled these days and found that it helps, watching you all..I fear things in our Country will get worse, a lot worse, and not sure it will get better, but i hope to at least survive. Dreams? Those are gone. Hope? I don't have much right now. But im watching here again. Thats something a week ago, i wouldn't have thought possible. Take good care of yourself and your family. Mark in MI
@@markmckeen5124 Hate to break it to ya but it's been like that for awhile. Secondly, it's never been explained to me how that is a positive or negative thing.
Missed opportunity for the Eye of Sauron in the thumbnail haha! "The Harm" segment was very well spoken. Honestly, it put words to much of my experience/feelings that I haven't been able to pin down well on my own.
It kind of feels like there's two things going on here on a psychological - today I'm in a spiritual-but-not-religious mood so bear with me. One is God as the internalised voice of parents, the church, the bible, society, whatever. Getting some privacy from _that_ presence is pretty much vital. The other idea is of the witness consciousness, of the true self that's everyone's true self, basically whatever it is that people wax lyrical about whenever they've done a lot of meditation and want to eff about the ineffable experiences associated with sitting very still for a long time. That seems more liveable with. The first seems like a recipe for repression, the second for inner openness. Disentangling the two took some work in my case though, and I don't think I'm entirely done.
God being All-knowing means he sees all the sufferings in the world right now & long before they were gonna happen, & knew how to solve them but he instead decided to watch & do nothing.
My Jahovahs witnesses friend's mom threw out his entire blue ray collection 3 totes full some movies were rated R. His mom ended up choking her granddaughter and losing custody because she didn't have a safe outlet to get rid of aggression, she should have watched the movies she threw out.
Just don't get caught, lol. I have witnessed the atrocities of reality-deniers... no matter what belief you follow... A painful truth, not even I can avoid.
@@warriorofthelord4142 It makes sense that God sees all. What doesn't make sense is that he sees evil, chooses not to intervene, and 🤬 angers himself instead.
I’ve always found that ‘Elf On The Shelf’ uncomfortable, as well Churches should have vats of mustard available for the pretzels believers twist themselves into to justify the inaction of their God
I don't get why christians think their god is omniscient. Their holy book clearly shows he is not. He has minions spying for him, but he himself is not omniscient.
Right? But I guess it's a weird plot line that they HAVE to believe. They are forcing themselves to ignore the contradictions, otherwise all of it falls paart.
The idea that god sees all, knows all, all the time even knowing what we are thinking and feeling exposes what a minster such a god would be. Kristi mentioned Gabriel Hernandez awhile back. What kind of all powerful, omniscient being would sit by watching this child suffer for years, non-stop, knowing no only what horrific suffering the child is enduring but what the boy is thinking and feeling? What the adults who tortured him are thinking? What those who knew but chose to do nothing are thinking? Every second of every day of this child's short, tortured life, sitting there observing and doing nothing. No person with an ounce of compassion can say this is ok or even praiseworthy because...god's plan, can't know his ways...doesn't change how cruel and vile this is.
I can’t even think about this little boy’s fear, pain, and despair and I’m just a human. How could you claim to be an all-powerful GOD and just sit and watch and do nothing. Apparently he have no compassion yet Jesus taught that you are to compassionate as your Father is compassionate. No, no he is not.
The reason a parent offering their child celery or pizza is not a good analogy for God, is because it is not true that the parent knew that the child was going to choose Pizza. The parents assumed the child was going to choose pizza, the parent believed the child was going to choose pizza, the parent expected the child to choose Pizza. But he didn't know that the child would choose Pizza, there actually existed a non-zero chance that the child would choose the celery. God KNOWS what you're going to do. He doesn't just suspect. He knows for a fact. There is literally a 0% chance that you will do anything other than what God knows you will do, and if it is impossible for you to have done otherwise, then your will is not free
What surprising is Christians don’t know the three tenets of God. All it can barely fulfill them. You can’t be all knowing, create the paragon of evil, Satan, and act surprised and angry after we start sinning because it let him run amuck. I’ll grant God, all-knowing, but all benevolent, no way. Unless you remove its omnipotence. Absolute power corrupts absolutely, and God is no exception to that truth.
@@warriorofthelord4142that’s an odd non sequitur? Are you implying that an all-powerful, all-knowing, all-loving, all-consuming creator of all things isn’t chiefly responsible for everything?
@@warriorofthelord4142 Nice admission, so he didn't know what they were going to do with the Earth and couldn't stop them from doing it? God sounds more and more like the invention of nearly illiterate bronze age shepherds every time one of his believers takes power and agency away from him.
The best thing that ever happened to me when I retired was the realization that I was no longer under someone else's supervision. I was no longer being watched and judged. That I would never again hear the dreaded phrase "Can I see you in my office for a minute." It was like a burden lifted off of me. I had people tell me, "you look so much more relaxed now."
U are helping me convert away from a religion that has drowned me in shame since a child! Christianity is sooo harmful it took so much from me 😢I could've developed my reasoning instead my energy went into the ether NOT ME
christendumb2, got me to BAIL THIS CARP in 1 1/2 hour video on how EVIL ywh isn't inerrant, or his book that it I BAILED THE UTTER EVIL is just an extra that I found out in rest of his videos
"Fear often makes people give up their freedoms." I mean. In the 9/11 case you were specifically talking about - no one "gave up" their freedoms. They were just taken. We didn't vote for the PATRIOT Act or consciously consent to the mass surveillance state that has been established in the U.S.
13:34 I would say that it either contradicts God being all knowing or all loving That’s a big part of the issue while discussing these topics with people. You have to get so into the weeds with semantics and half the time people don’t know or having investigated the things they claim to. And you’re right, it’s as if they are bowing down and thanking the supreme leader. It hurts seeing people close to you like that
Matthew 10:29 says not a single sparrow falls without this loving Father noticing it. It doesn’t say He intervenes in any way. He doesn’t prevent the little sparrow from falling, or catch it. He doesn’t even cushion the blow, or protect it from predators. This “loving Father” has watched every incident of child abuse, every rape, every murder, and does NOTHING! He just watches!
If the result of “sin” is depravity and death. Why would an all powerful God give us free will? This implies that God is bound to something.. he can’t do EVERYTHING and it is very obvious through our personal experiences, science, and contradictions in Christianity
The BIBLE exposes Satan the Devil as the Father of LIES and Murderer of Human beings as written in John 8: 44 and ATHEISM and RELIGIONS are clearly being used by the Father of LIES and Murderer of human beings to trick, deceive, and murder human beings because the claim of Atheists that GOD doesn't exist and the Unbiblical teachings and doctrines of Religions about "hellfire", "Armageddon", "Trinity", "afterlife", "immortality of the souls", "rapture", and "reincarnation" are the kind of Satanic LIES, tricks and deceits that bring dishonor, disgrace, shame, and will definitely cause the downfall and ETERNAL DEATHS of Atheists, Jehovah's Witnesses, SDAs, Mormons, Catholics, Baptists, Methodists, Born Again Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and fanatics of all kinds of Religions. The BIBLE reveals the TRUTH that the CREATOR and JESUS CHRIST are opposed and against ATHEISM and ALL KINDS of RELIGIONS simply because the loving, kind, and merciful Creator's favor and reward of ETERNAL LIFE and existence on earth without sufferings, pains, griefs, sickness, and death as written in Revelation 21: 3, 4 is NOT for Atheists, Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and fanatics of all kinds of Religions but ONLY for LOVING, KIND, RESPECTFUL, and SUBMISSIVE persons on earth who honor and obey Jesus Christ as their loving, kind, and merciful Master and Heavenly King in their obedience to what's written in Matthew 28: 18 and the teachings of Jesus Christ about the "Kingdom of God" and "Resurrection of the Dead" written in Luke 4: 43 and John 11: 25, 26 are naturally NOT for Atheists, Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and fanatics of Religions too but ONLY for LOVING, KIND, RESPECTFUL, and SUBMISSIVE persons on earth who died recently and thousands of years ago like Abel, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Job, Naomi, Ruth, King David, Jesus Christ's Followers and disciples, and many others who are all worthy and deserving of being RESURRECTED back to life in the right and proper time so they can happily and abundantly live and exist on earth forever as submissive and obedient subjects of the "KINGDOM of GOD" and fully enjoy the eternal love, kindness, goodness, generosities, compassions, favors, and blessings of the Creator and his Christ for eternity under the loving and kind rulership, guidance, and protection of Jesus Christ as the Creator's Chosen King and Ruler of the heavens and the earth as written in Revelation 11: 15.
Thank you so much for this video. A wonderful example of this omniscience concept, is the Watcher on What If? The only way for the Watcher’s power to be held in check is that they take an oath that they will never interfere. Of course, as the series villain gets more powerful, in order to save the multiverse, the Watcher finally decides the interfere. But I think God’s “ watcher” status is worse because he will do absolutely nothing to stop the worst evils.
Brandon, it seems like a lot of Christian UA-camrs have been going in on a different abrahamic belief. They tend to point out the leader of this movement married a 6-year-old. I know it's not UA-cam friendly, but we could talk about how loving children is not spoken against in the Bible. I don't know how one would go about this, but considering everything the church has been through recently, it seems like this problem has kind of disappeared lately. It's still a big problem.
@@MindShift-Brandon I was watching some slavery apologetic video last week, and he just skipped over the verse when God gives them directions on how to sell their daughter into sex slavery. It was on the screen for like 5 minutes when he was talking about the verse directly before it. And then there's the war bride, a few other UA-camrs like Sergeant skeptic have taken this on. It's more UA-cam friendly because it's implied but not explicitly stated that they are underage, whereas the other abrahamic prophet was very specific about the age of his wife.
The detrimental effects of religion on humanity far outweigh the good. I keep going back to the fact the problems we face everyday were examined from Socrates to Thomas Paine and yet we have biblical literalists in high positions of power. Pure insanity.
Great expose! I was even more troubled that my dead relatives were "watching me from Heaven" Brrr!! If that is the case how will I ever be able to face them when the time comes??
This was a very powerful video. Thank you so much for just making it plain Brandon. Who can refute the double-edged sword that has omniscience would be ? It’s all about living in the grey and recognizing your shadow and embracing it. Sparks true introspection that will allow you to use it to your advantage controlling emotions instead of them controlling you. It’s all about balance in the end . It’s not hard to be a good person if you truly want to be one. As always loved today’s topic and video. Good job Brandon !! I love you friend !!🫶🏾🫶🏾 Hope all is well with you and your lovely family of yours. Stay strong , love . 🙂👍🏾
Christian Apologists be like: The slave has no need to know what their master/owner is up to, rather only to concern themselves with whatever their Master has commanded them to do(under duress of course)🙄
Psalm 33;15 also mentions he fashions the hearts of them all.Also Jesus was human :The Bad Jesus by Hector Avalos.And Jesus still being human in time and space has to share in. our ignorance or not really vicarious intercessor
Love it. Every time I watch your videos, I get angry. Not at you, you've made perfect sense with every video I've watched. But I get so angry when I realize how much of my identity, sanity and peace of mind was taking from me since childhood because I was indoctrinated into this religion without my consent...
I feel you there. However, I am finding joy in the journey of truly discovering myself, in the opportunity of self discovery being a conscious and life long event that I get to change, choose, unlock and find. Most people don't undertake it. Sone people cut the journey short by scrambling to a "goal" and stopping there, "becoming what they want" and going no further. I greatly enjoy that I get to ask questions the whole time I am here Instead of being miserable until the goal of heaven is reached, I finally have peace and wonder now, moment to moment
I feel you there. However, I am finding joy in the journey of truly discovering myself, in the opportunity of self discovery being a conscious and life long event that I get to change, choose, unlock and find. Most people don't undertake it. Sone people cut the journey short by scrambling to a "goal" and stopping there, "becoming what they want" and going no further. I greatly enjoy that I get to ask questions the whole time I am here Instead of being miserable until the goal of heaven is reached, I finally have peace and wonder now, moment to moment
watch the ywh dupe asking ZOMBIE BRAT to make her go, it's so funny HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA IN THE NAME JC PLEASE ALLOW MY WIFE TO, YOU GET THE IDEA THEN THEY HAVE SHAME THAT THEYDIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FAITH HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
@@attackhelicopter-up3dh she'd just say something along the line of "because I said so."(Because I'm me and you're you, & according to all the puny-minded tyrants who came before her, she is a higher class of being than you who isn't to be questioned.) They're really quite monolithic in that sense.
READ HER THIS EVIL BOOK OF RAPING WOMAN CHILDREN SLAVERY LAWS MURDERING WOMAN CHILDREN EATING YOUR KIDS STONING WOMAN CHILDREN THERE IS 800,000 WORDS OF THIS INERRANT EVIL BOOK MAKE HER READ IT, OR YOU READ IT TO HER
Thanks for watching today
The Tri-Omni God creates many paradoxes for Christians that can't be overcome logically. Being a very logical thinker myself this is pretty much the key reason I say I'm an Agnostic-Atheist. I'm agnostic to the possibility that there is any possible God. I'm atheist to the Abrahamic God. He simply cannot exist given the traits they attribute to him. He is a logical impossibility as he is described. See the Epicurean Paradox if you want to understand why.
@@rokkitserjunwell said!
@@MindShift-Brandon such a journey.
Genesis: where are they?
Modern day: knows my every thought before I think it.
Great job Brandon, Stallion Mang!
This creeped me out so bad as a small kid
God’s version of 'free will' is like a buffet with one dish: you can choose whatever you want, as long as it's the one thing He’s serving.
@@SpectralDarko Add in the "Which one" question, and there will be inconsistencies.
But what if the "Forbidden One" is actually THE truth that is being desperately covered up by mankind? When you feed an idea (I saw that Adam and God artwork many times... but someone pointed out that the "God" side is inside a human brain), it grows stronger.
Relinquish it with power... and you lose control of yourself and your life.
"Starve" it, however... the idea perishes, and you are liberated from its control. It looks easier said than done, but courage and change demand action. Factors can hinder or slow your progress of starving this thought crime, but someone (I found it in the comments, but in some videos) pointed out that only in solitude and self-reflection in isolation will break this brainwashing...
And no one would actually choose hell. "You send yourself to hell!"
Excellent simile.
heavens, no. We are offered everything. We can choose whatever we want. We simply need to be honest enough to admit that the consequences are just.
@@craigsmith1443 Disingenuous. No one would pick anything that resulted in hell and you know it.
No longer believing that God is seeing and judging my every thought is one of the greatest freedoms of deconverting that I’ve experienced.
Only you are your own critique.
The power of your own self and intuition, combined with reasoning... can be powerful.
Use it responsibly.
@@jon.skeptischism I 100% agree with you.
Yes, its both liberating and also is a sense of relief....that's there's no sadistic god out there who gives little kids cancer, among other tragedies.
Which is the every day fallacy
100% of you stopped believing on the count that he SOUNDS EVIL. "God can't be evil."
Oh yes. He can, and very much is.
Hell yeah
The thing about omnicience is that God is witness to every horror that happens in the world, from trafficked children, to the rape and torture of countless women, and yet he does nothing about it. If an omniscient god exists, he is either unwilling or unable to prevent immense suffering of the highest order, if not both at the same time. Neither option makes him a god worthy of worship.
100%!
These are the main reasons I left Christianity. If anything, it proves there is no god, or at the very least, a god who tapped out after creation. This channel has helped me so much.
Ah yes...
The classic Problem of Evil.
If people claim their prayers are answered, then why is it that they are still stuck in their own poverty? If they claim miracles exist, then why does it not happen to the next person?
That or it is a gamble of entropy and chance that some person changes their lives and they become better onwards... or the opposite and they suffer more.
And if such a god exists... then there is a chance we are all dead by the moment it shows up... or we will pull a God of War and kill it... only to realize that this senseless violence changes nothing, but brews more war amongst ourselves.
And as some people say...
"Your 'God' is a sadist."
Christians have excused away the problem of evil, or problem of excessive suffering. The excuses aren't very good. But anytime you bring this up they have a reason ready. Probably because this is the most damning evidence against the tri-omni deity they worship.
Excellent
Good point about how basically the “y’all just wanna sin” thing applies more to the believer than the non-believer.
@@AdamKlownzinger The stench of denying all accountability is stronger in the believer than it is for a non-believer...
And it is the most disgusting thing religion has conceived in the psyche...
@@LARADEKA Ok explain I believe in the Lord Almighty so how do I deny accountability I understand I'm a wretched sinner not worthy of God's love I understand I am a disgusting waste of sinful desires and evil flesh
@@ynmghost2903 it's about the ability to escape the allegedly-righteous judgement of the god by using blood magic to fool the court into seeing Jesus instead of you. Therefore the law doesn't apply to you, because you already have immunity. If you're covered by Jesus's ritual, there is no consequence for your sins so you can sin as much as you want. Depending on the sect you might have to list them and apologise for them afterwards to retain your immunity, but you're still outside your god's law.
Of course, this doesn't apply to all sects. For example some think that acting badly can lose the immunity, that it's only a pardon rather than an immunity... but in that case, sin as much as you want then get baptised on your deathbed. Another idea is that it's not based on behaviour, just on who their god decided in advance would be sent where... in that case, sin as much as you want since that's not what the judgment is based on. Etcetera.
your cult goes on about how THE MASS MURDER OF WOMAN CHILDREN, ANIMALS
PEDO, RAPIST
SLAVEVER
REST OF THAT 800,000 WORD EVIL BOOK
HAS TO HAVE JUSTICE
YET ALL OF YOU GET A PARDON
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
WHAT EVIL CULT
No, that is a human condition. It does not 'apply more' to any group or category. Those who deny it cause the problems they know we need to address and change but don't because we can't until we admit the origin of them: _The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either -- but right through every human heart_ (Alexander Solzhenitsyn).
the believer begins to counter and change that when he faces it in his own heart. The atheist does when he begins to follow Christ, the first step toward changing our world by changing ourselves. We all want to sin. Only Christ can change that.
The worst part of it all is that, when I was a Christian, I loved the idea that God was always watching. I was so deep in the Christian rabbit hole that I couldn't see how damaging this was until I got out. So glad I did. So glad I did.
For sure!
@@MindShift-BrandonSame it was Covid that made me leave The Christian Faith. The Covid Mandates and the fact church pastors embraced them made me leave.
@@dylanc4376 The breaking point was when my family stopped listening to me, and started asserting what THEY need instead of what *I* need.
2 decades of pointless worship. I will not spend another 2 decades more.
And I will have no prayer to anyone...
I pray to no one, because who needs to pray when YOU are the one in control of your life? As in, you are what you make of your present time.
I’m glad you got out too :)
why shouldn't they accept them?@@Joshua-vg2kg
When I was a christian, I struggled continually with the concept of god's omniscience / god's silence. He knew every action, every thought? And sat on his throne in judgment of me? I would scramble to please him, simpering in my prayers, trying to appear as a pleasing child in front of an angry parent. I would try to improve. (it was really my thought life that was the problem. On the outside I was such a good girl) But there was no feedback. How am I doing? Silence. Am I in your good graces? Silence. Every now and then, my out of control brain would shout HEY! I ASKED YOU A FAIR QUESTION! ARE YOU DEAF OR JUST TOO BUSY? Then I would realize the horrible sin of that thought, and I would repent, repent, repent. The idea of god ruined my childhood. I'm glad it's over, but wish I could have my childhood back to live in a more sane mindset.
exactly this! thanks for sharing.
The childhood that was stripped of us all... because of the indoctrination we never consented to.
Now I am in a state of apostasy, trying to rekindle this freedom of inner exploration and introspection of my being. Moving on from the past is... a challenge for me. How can you move on if everything repeats itself?
How can I move on if history repeats itself? Just because I learned my lessons and grew stronger from my mistakes... does it justify my hatred towards what has happened to me, and the only reason I am so hostile to everything is because I wanted to protect myself and others from the atrocious fate that befell on me before?
In simple words: I wish not of this indoctrination on anyone, not even for a child. None of us consented to this, so we should be left the way we are... and developed a very healthy childhood... where we could explore our interests as we please.
It disgusts me that the practices are still widely accepted as "mandatory", even to the family bloodline. Oops, there goes my incoming hatred towards my own brood.
Same, same.
I struggled with the silence as well. I’d just say god doesn’t answer when he sees my number and just ignores my voicemail.
@@DebbieCarter-pw7rf Your answer made me laugh. I'm glad your sense of humor stayed intact.🙂
I often wondered why god refuses to take responsibility for the things he claims to hate. Rather pawning it off on to humankind and satan.
@@MarkMiller-gt5tu
The abrahamic gods are bumbling responsibility shifters. Who ceaselessly gaslight and scapegoat their believers.
God does not ignore evil but allows it for reasons tied to free will, the existence of Satan, and His ultimate plan for redemption. Rather than "pawning it off," God actively works through human history to confront and defeat evil, culminating in Jesus’ sacrifice and the promise of a restored creation. While the full answers may remain a mystery, the Bible emphasizes God's love, justice, and desire for a restored relationship with humanity.
@@iiamklein6
Repeating dogmatic answers you were taught by the church won't make them make actual sense or make them true
anymore than a Scientologist doing the same thing with what they've been taught , or a Muslim, or a ...
@@iiamklein6 The old testament makes everything you just said a lie.
@@iiamklein6"justice" is the opposite of someone else taking the blame...
All the contradictions make SOOO MUCH sense when you see it from the perspective of a poorly written/conceived work of human authored Fiction.
Indeed!
Especially when it's from different authors over several thousand years. It's like the SCP Foundation. It had a coherent universe at first but as more people added their own 2 cents, the quality dropped and it became less coherent.
@@suicune2001Or it was never meant to be together in the first place
@@suicune2001Nah there are a ton of banger SCP articles even today, though it very much is a “wheat and chaff” situation.
@@Colddirector I'd say you could definitely apply the "wheat and chaff situation" to the Bible. There are some helpful passages in there-- you just have to pick them out from the fearmongering crap.
My aunt is very religious and people seek her out for prayer. She has just finished her chemo from breast cancer and is suffering several more extreme health problems. But God,as she says. " He is testing me." First she said she was going through cancer for someone else. The mental gymnastics she goes through to hold on to her beliefs are astounding. I wanted to ask why did God just heal her. Better yet why was she so afraid to die if she wanted to be with God so bad. But I know she would hate me for those observations and questions
100%! Tuesdays vid is on this actually
I hope she makes a full recovery
I was raised in a believer family and the amout of fear, anxiety and guilt I got from taking this literally as a kid is astronomical
'As a kid' is an important consideration. But you are no longer a 'kid.' Now you can know:
_When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways. Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love._
As a kid, I was terrified that I was going to hell because I loved my parents more than I loved god.
As an adult, I went through hell seeing the proof that my parents loved god more than they loved me.
@@carmenschubert5001 How was your life? Did you parents love you? Did you love your parents? If so, then the problem wasn't with the concept of hell but rather our response to it, a common problem with any concept.
@craigsmith1443 I don't see the difference - I was taught how to respond to the concept of hell by people who believed in the concept before I could even understand the concept. I never had a chance to evaluate the concept and thus decide how to react to it until I was a rational adult. Are you saying that, as a 4 year old, I should have understood the concept differently to my parents and church and thus be able to respond differently to it? When you have been indoctrinated from birth on how to respond, it actually doesn't matter what the academic concept is.
@craigsmith1443 As a teen, I was in an abusive relationship, and I was told that I had to stay in the relationship because we had slept together, and in the eyes of god we were married. Leaving the relationship would be considered a divorce by god, and I would go to hell. From 14 years old, for 6 six years, I lived in hell. I now have epilepsy from frequently and long term brain trauma. That is the price I paid (not my parents) for my parents putting their love of god before their love of me. So, I don't really care if the concept of hell or people's response to it is the problem.
It took me years to get rid of the all-seeing eye. What a relief!
THAT'S REALLY THE RULERS, LIKE ON THE DOLLAR.
THEY CREATED THIS EVIL CRAP
AND USE IT TO CONTROL US
This is how i felt about being a teacher but live streamed for all parents to see during 2020. Even when i did nothing wrong i knew i was being watched and judged all day.
oh man, i bet! that would be so tough.
@ makes you think twice about sneezing/ fixing your hair too long/ or cracking a joke.
Wow powerful comment. I don’t know why but that hit me right in the feels. Hope you are well.
@@kevinvaters2526 i have a video about it on my page
This was something that kept me awake at night when I was a believer. 1984 made me realize how terrifying the thought is that big brother is always watching. Thought crime is truly a terrifying method of control.
And how Winston actually loved Big Brother after being in room 101. He really did. How was it different from the fear of hell? Did Winston have free will? So do we?
@ Exactly, it’s a must read in my mind.
Exactly. I'm glad I'm not the only one to see how much Christianity and 1984 have in common.
One of your best. Standing ovation, Mr. B.
Thank you much, sir!
I don't remember how I stumbled upon your channel, but it's powerfully insightful. Simple to grasp yet with such awe-inspiring depth and clarity of thought. You're a gem, Brandon.
oh man, thanks so much for that!
christendumb2 woke me with 1/2 hour video. About how EVIL YWH BOOK ISN'T INERRANT
I BAILED
he can show you so much more
A childhood spent in religion absolutely made me a perfectionist.
I tried and it made me go crazy almost cuz I'd fail at being perfect 😅
Luckily no one is perfect perfection is boring if heaven is supposed to be this perfect world we humans would be bored of it super easily not to mention worshipping a maniacal god for all time makes heaven and hell sound equally as bad I would rather god send me back and make me immortal good thing god does not exist and no one has been able to prove otherwise
Perfection is overrated! Just being who we are is good enough.
@@QuestionThingsUseLogic hell yeah
@@Ashy_Slashy3 😊😊😊 and we're born good enough too.
I'm glad you're covering this. Someone told me when I was a kid yes God even knows our thoughts. This set me up for a life of severe OCD, thought monitoring.
A doctrine does not cause OCD. Don't blame a doctrine for what it cannot do.
The 'antidote' for OCD is cognitive behavioral therapy and exposure and response therapy, perhaps with medication, not abandoning truth.
Dear Brandon. Honestly I think the bible is fairly easy to dismantle but you truly get to another level that's so impressive. Thank you for your work.
Appreciate that, Mark!
The Bible is Satan's book.
@@markhaunert5029 especially since it’s written by different people with different viewpoints it’s like trying to put together a puzzle with puzzle pieces from different sets
@PokemonRules333 i know right. Listening to preachers reminds me of those over complicated game boards.
@@markhaunert5029 and a really bad dnd session
Man, I was expecting you to go "and that's why I use *insert VPN company here*".
Was the perfect lead in.
it was hard not to lol!
LOL!
I thought the same thing!
@@iluvtacos1231 perfect opportunity
LMAO perfect
It's all about control. What better way to manipulate literally every aspect of someone's life? I lived a good chunk of my life believing that god was watching and judging everything I did or thought. I had NO freedom at all. I felt like a failure in his eyes more often than not, especially when I hit puberty. Talk about a whole new realm of shame. I did "bad" things firmly believing that god was watching, but good luck stopping the raging hormones... I was so saturated with self self loathing and self hate that I just eventually felt like I was created to be a failure in gods eyes. I begged forgiveness for every single "sin" but never felt forgiven. At some point in my late teens I began to just give up. How many times do you ask forgiveness and feel sincere? I struggled with self-control and fell into depression, feeling like I was doomed to fail god my whole life and then burn forever. I was convinced of this for years while still praying and believing. I began to think it through logically later on, I was sick of gods silence and my depression. God didn't answer me, he didn't help, he did literally nothing. I began to entertain the idea that maybe this was wrong, just maybe this god was imaginary. It began my journey through deconversion long before I had ever heard of the word. It was a direct result of gods omniscience that I found my way out of christianity. The omni qualities of god make him impossible without major mental manipulation. Good video.
so well said, thanks for sharing!
So good! I hate hate hate being watched!
While it did get mentioned a few times, I want to emphasize a point that was mostly said offhandedly: The alternative to "you shouldn't have to feel ashamed for every thought that passes through your head" is NOT "you should act on every thought that passes through your head". That is another extreme, and a far more dangerous one. The correct answer is to aim closer to the middle. You shouldn't act on any stray harmful or inconsiderate thought that comes to you, but once you've decided "I don't think I'll act on that thought", that's IT. You've solved the entire problem. You have little to no control over the thoughts that pop into your head, but you DO control which ones you feed and strengthen, and which you let starve.
Of course, if the thoughts you'd prefer not to act on are particularly intense and it's giving you difficulty, it's probably a good idea to talk to a mental health professional about it, as there is likely a deeper issue that can be recognized and dealt with that will help calm those thoughts over time. There are hundreds of variations on this, all with their own unique solutions, so there's no shortcut to success for this issue. The sooner you start, the sooner you're healed.
And when it comes to these sorts of thoughts, even if this sort of God _did_ exist, someone who understood humanity and valued good deeds would watch you have a bad thought, deliberately ignore it, and go about your day being a good person, and he'd be proud of you for it. Resisting temptation is good, right? When the serpent (with legs) suggested that Eve should eat from the tree, her sin wasn't "having a snake tell her to do it", was it? It was going through with it that was sinful. Not the temptation itself, but the act of giving in. Would God have had a problem if Eve had told him no? I sincerely doubt it. Even though the thought was definitely in her head, by virtue of being asked to consider it. It's your actions, not your thoughts, that determine your worth.
(of course, there are a whole lot of problems with this story, but it serves as a good example when taken at face value, as presented by believers)
So whether God exists or not, your responsibility is to pick and choose the thoughts that you act on, and ignore the ones that would lead to harm. And once you've done that, you can stand tall, not being ashamed of the thoughts that you discarded along the way, but proud that you chose not to give them any sway.
Yup. One of the most foreign thoughts at the start of my deconversion was that I wasn't inherently evil. I'm just inherantly...here. human. Trying. Good at some things, bad at others.
When I started tackling the control tactic of thought crimes, now that I was free of inherent evil, I could look at bad/intrusive thoughts for what they were. Instead of them being a manifestation of my evil, a sin unto themselves, they are just my brain running a simulation.
I can thing of the most horrible, heinous scenario, but if I NEVER do it, never bring it to fruition, the simulation is OVER, and I am not evil for having had or resolved it.
ACTIONS are what matters.
If I made that heinous scenario reality, then I am bad by CHOICE, not by nature
What makes it bad? What's the moral code that decides that without a God?
If I don't want it done to me, it's probably bad. I don't want to be hurt, stabbed, assaulted, called names, stolen from, the list goes on. I don't want these things because they damage me in some way. The same is true of others.
When I gather in a group of people, and we all don't do things we don't like done to us, we can come together and build things greater than ourselves AND be happy individually doing it
That contributes to the species doing well in balance between the whole and the indavidual.
I deconverted because dropping the sky man made things start to WORK, no matter where I looked. No contradictions, fully findable explanations. And I can look for more answers without shame
Yup. One of the most foreign thoughts at the start of my deconversion was that I wasn't inherently evil. I'm just inherantly...here. human. Trying. Good at some things, bad at others.
When I started tackling the control tactic of thought crimes, now that I was free of inherent evil, I could look at bad/intrusive thoughts for what they were. Instead of them being a manifestation of my evil, a sin unto themselves, they are just my brain running a simulation.
I can thing of the most horrible, heinous scenario, but if I NEVER do it, never bring it to fruition, the simulation is OVER, and I am not evil for having had or resolved it.
ACTIONS are what matters.
If I made that heinous scenario reality, then I am bad by CHOICE, not by nature
What makes it bad? What's the moral code that decides that without a God?
If I don't want it done to me, it's probably bad. I don't want to be hurt, stabbed, assaulted, called names, stolen from, the list goes on. I don't want these things because they damage me in some way. The same is true of others.
When I gather in a group of people, and we all don't do things we don't like done to us, we can come together and build things greater than ourselves AND be happy individually doing it
That contributes to the species doing well in balance between the whole and the indavidual.
I deconverted because dropping the sky man made things start to WORK, no matter where I looked. No contradictions, fully findable explanations. And I can look for more answers without shame
@@dflaming1371 This is a beautiful comment, thank you so much for sharing it. Whether it's a lifelong atheist or a former christian, the result is the same: This is the mindset where things finally make sense, details clicking together into one cohesive explanation, instead of answers to one question constantly conflicting with answers to another.
And despite what people so fervently claim, morality does not disappear, it actually improves slightly. Because now you're no longer forced to consider harmless actions bad or defend the harmful actions of God or church leaders. You can finally start to work on making things better for everyone, not just for one small group. I'm glad to hear you were able to discover this for yourself.
(Also, your comment accidentally sent twice, you might want to remove one of the copies)
Having the "thought police" in your head only brings about guilt for doing that which may come naturally or thinking something that you have no control over. Having an omniscient being knowing everything negates freewill. There are simply no choices to make if it's predetermined.
Theists really over-reached when they started applying platonic "omni-" properties to their gods. Solves some problems but creates a whole bunch more.
On that note. Charging somebody for thought crime is inherently immoral. But the god of the bible didnt know about psychology and evolution of our brain, so yeah...
What they did know is that everybody has bad thoughts at some point and that this is a good way of guilt tripping people, ecspecially if you sell a way to absolve them.
Absolution... is not easy.
If you wish to absolve people, you must absolve yourself.
Not everyone deserves forgiveness. But you can forgive yourself.
Unless you are incapable of this self-redemption.
@LARADEKA Who says that I want to absolve people? Why doesn't everyone deserve forgiveness? The only person I need to worry about is myself.
Besides, 99% of the time that's only what EVERYONE thinks about, regardless of what you believe.
@@CatDaddyGuitar You... have a point there.
Now take care of yourself. It is worth more than every speck of the cosmos.
As always, great job exploring the implications of these Christian ideas.
I've seen videos of North Koreans taking about the Kim dynasty with such praise and devotion, and is horrifyingly similar to how Christians talk about God. How I used to talk; how you'd talk when you think you're being watched by the tyrant.
Exactly! And thank you
He knows he could drop mana from heaven for the ten thousand children who starve to death DAILY. He just doesn't care.
YES, exactly this. And he knows & sees everything, yet he can't hear our prayers unless we beg, plead, go on a 30 day hunger fast, and grovel to get his attention. Like a parent who puts spy cameras everywhere to watch the kids, but they are absent and have zero contact with the same kids.
@@KatMo7121 LOL, YES, and that is best part !
25,000 people
As stated was 50,000,
OR ANY SKY MONSTER
Can you IMAGINE LOVING THE MONSTER THAT MADE THIS WORLD, TO BE WITH THAT THING
I MEAN REALLY
THAT'S ANY MONSTER
YE STATES ASK HIM FOR ANYTHING.
YET THEY CLAIM YOU HAVE FW
HOW ANY OF THAT WORK
BRAINWASHED TARDS
I love this, especially for people questioning their faith walk. As we get further away from the control and manipulation, we can see this stuff with ease.
I always imagine the man behind the curtain- once he's exposed the sparkle comes off and he loses all control.
Exactly that!
Brandon, there is no doubt in my mind that THIS video is one of, if not THE, best ones you have created on your channel. I have saved many of your videos, but this one has the top spot on my list. There's too much for me to say about how valuable and insightful it is to anyone who actually dares to THINK these things through, but you, my friend, have opened my eyes and mind in ways I never thought I could or would. Every time you went on to the next subject element, my automatic reflex was a constant nodding of my head - it just continued throughout the entirety of the video. You covered each and every issue I have found myself wrestling with internally. Thanks to you, my mind is in a perpetual state of thought - "Until next time, KEEP THINKING". My appreciation and respect.
Glad to help vocalize what was already in your head! Thanks for all the love!
Thanks for your intelligent thoughts about the god who can read everyone’s thoughts. You made many great points.
The end of this video about not knowing yourself really resonates with me.
Religion crushes authenticity
Thanks Brandon, this video is like therapy, not a day goes by that I don't consider how being raised in church / religion has had profound and long lasting negative side effects for me, both mental & emotional. Like peeling back the layers of an onion, it just keeps going. Again, thanks for helping people see the truth about this stuff, you ROCK !
My pleasure. Always seeing new layers myself!
Related, sort of, one of my favs: resist the devil and he will flee from you. For how long? 5 mins? A day? Forever? How much resistance is necessary? How long must one persist in that resistance; is it immediate? Do you have to resist for a whole day before he flees? A week? How did Job do with that? No matter how much and how often the Christian resists, the devil returns to tempt and to attempt to steal, kill and destroy. Anyway, another great video as always. Thanks for sounding these arguments out so clearly.
Oh man. May i steal this for a video?
@@MindShift-Brandon Of course, man. I break this all down in my series (which I'm currently editing) on religious trauma. I site your work in my 10-video series, esp your Pastor Baptizes Toddlers In The Holy Spirit video. I specifically also hone in on Matthew 12:43-45, which is highly problematic and trauma-inducing. I also focus on the absurdity of demon possession and exorcism. But yeah, use it. Can't wait to hear how you break it down!
Great video Brandon. Don’t really have anything to add. So I’m just gonna comment for the all knowing all seeing omnipresent UA-cam algorithm.
Thanks so much!
I found a loophole for the lust in my heart to dissuage guilt. When I would see someone and lust 'in my heart,' I would turn it around to praise for god's beautiful creation. God hates this one trick!
Oh damn 😂😂😂
MINE IS I SAY I AM SORRY TO ZOMBIE EUNUCH BRAT
NOW NEW SINS
Someone at the Mennonite church I attended had a miscarriage and something I heard said was that maybe that baby was going to be evil. First, why create the baby in the first place then, did God not realize until how many weeks the miscarriage happened? Also, that's sick to tell a mother who just lost her baby that her baby was probably evil.
THEY ARE EVIL, NOT THAT EVIL IS REAL, CULT
THEY HAVE SO MUCH HATE, EVIL
AND THINK THEY ARE SPECIAL
TO BE HONEST THEY HAVE TO ADMITT THEIR MONSTER IS
A RAPIST, PEDO
MASS BABY, PREGNANT WOMAN MURDER, SLAVEVER
SO HAVE TO ACT LIKE HIM
THE LOVING PART FOR MOST IS A PSY OP
EXPOSE THAT BOOK AND THEIR FRAUD THEY SHOW FANGS
HEY THEIR GAWD IS EVIL, SO ARE THEY.
@@CaliforniaSurfer-gc2xv They're just brainwashed by evil ideas.
If I had a child, I would love them without conditions nor spreading in their mind things that make them hate themselves.
And you definitely wouldn't lock them in the basement and set the house on fire if they upset you, which is exactly what the parent figure of God is allegedly going to do to his unwanted children.
There is no amount of hand-waiving that can get rid of that simple truth, if God is indeed our father, he actually has an obligation to take care of us, especially when he does not agree with us or is upset by us.
Parents in this world aren't allowed to just nope-out on their kids if they feel like it, so why should we give God such a pass? The worst part is that all believers that are good parents and are intellectually honest know that they are better parents than God could ever be.
Another excellent video. You always know to add an extra layer to topics. Love it.
Lovely to hear. Thank you!
I wouldn't want to go a week without listening to your channel. Extremely well thought out, great work!
Too kind!
Damn, Brandon! I don't think that there has ever been a video to perfectly encapsulate the anxiety that "good Christians" must feel on a near daily basis... until now. I have never believed in any kind of God, but as someone who has consistently struggled with issues of self-esteem and self-worth, I can only imagine how much worse that would be if I thought I had a creator and that they were constantly being disappointed by my "failure" to be perfect. Then the shame would give way to frustration as I came to realize that if I'm doing something wrong, it is only by that creators design. I don't understand how a person could hold to convictions like this when it not only makes so little sense, but that it makes you feel... unworthy. Cognitive dissonance is a hell of a drug.
Appreciate that so much!
After watching this, i made alot of connections with how felt about my actions and thoughts with God and how I felt with my father and with dating.
Alot of the feelings of shame and dread from doing something wrong back when I was religious was couples with the berating and beating from my father.
It lead me to always question myself; question why I mess up so often, why im not like my siblings, or how i could never live up to my parent's expectations, let alone God. This feeling bled into my attitude towards dating; that constant feeling of lonliness coupled with the fear of being percieved as a creepy or desperate guy.
I am thankful that I found this channel, as well as other similar ones, as young as i did, 21 y/o. At least i dont have to worry about burning in hell just because I thought a girl was hot or can't perfectly manage housework.
sorry to hear about the thumb you were under, but yes so happy you have made it out and so early!
“God works with a carrot and a stick, the morality of a 5-year-old”
Very well said
Thanks for not adding a VPN sponsorship in this video 🙂
Dzięki za ten materiał. Trafiasz w punkt. Życie pod wszechwiedzącym okiem było pełne strachu i zwątpienia. Wszystko poddane było analizie prowadzącej do konkluzji, że jestem do niczego, że zawodzę boga, bliskich, siebie. Uwolnienie się od tego jest oczyszczające. I wcale nagle nie "grzeszę" więcej, przeciwnie, widzę ludzi inaczej, widzę ich smutek, osamotnienie, niemoc. Może nie zawsze mi się udaje, ale staram się nie krzywdzić innych, ani też siebie.Postępuję dobrze, bo chcę, a nie dlatego, że bóg tego ode mnie oczekuje, a do tego szykuje karę gdy nie będę posłuszna.
"It was so hard not to put a VPN sponsorship here." 😆🤣😂 And yet, that made your point perfectly! I'm serious when I say that your Sunday "sermons" are so much better than any one that I heard from a pulpit!
Seriously though , this is one of your best videos and not for the jokey takes in my other comments. This one really punches holes deep into the biblical narratives as understood through the fundamental principals of Christian ideology.
A true shattering of the illusionary myth of Bible God. 👍
Appreciate that man!
The fact that any of us actually thought this was real....... it's funny how arrogant theists are constantly pointing at Orwell's 1984, and yet cannot see, how much worse their God is! Excellent topic as usual.
Indeed, and thanks!
@@mattirealm
I read 1984 when I was deconstructing and it really seemed to me to be about religion but needed to be disguised because
of the times it was written.
I was fully convinced. 🤔
It fits so well.
Really needed to see this video today man
Glad to have helped!
Yes to your point on how everyone selectively deciding when God is present with them or not! That was a crack in my own deconstruction; that I didn’t think that Christians really believed this thing based on their mindsets and behaviors. They don’t really believe in hell bc they’re not urgently evangelizing. They don’t really believe in heaven bc they’re always so distraught at funerals instead of celebratory (not to mention they do everything in their power to stay alive on earth even though they believe they would go to a “better place” if they just let go). They don’t actually believe God is with them at all times.
God conveniently disappears when they have sex, take showers, and participate in things that they know God wouldn’t promote or approve of!
so much dissonance!
Exactly
I dont believe this God was ever good, thanks to you. I'm glad you could enlighten me, Brandon. Keep doing your work, my man!
Brandon,
Well, after 2 horrible weeks and soon to be living under a facist, regime, living here in MI, I've come back to your channel. My feelings haven't changed, I'm still scared, being 68 with a disabled wife and no kids. But i found i missed your company and wisdom. You do such an excellent job with your content and presentation and i need friends, now more than ever. So I'm back. I'll look to Kristi to share my need of how to survive and cope in this new brutal landscape in the US, since she has gone now in a direction i feel someone had to do. Since i was unable to figure out how to get out of being your Patreon, I will continue on with my $10 per month, supporting you. I'm mentally unsettled these days and found that it helps, watching you all..I fear things in our Country will get worse, a lot worse, and not sure it will get better, but i hope to at least survive. Dreams? Those are gone. Hope? I don't have much right now. But im watching here again. Thats something a week ago, i wouldn't have thought possible.
Take good care of yourself and your family.
Mark in MI
Scared of what exactly? Please be precise.
@@mightiestalone9851
The fact that my Country is now a facist, 1 Branch Govt. Nation. Our 250 yr democracy is over.
@@markmckeen5124 Hate to break it to ya but it's been like that for awhile. Secondly, it's never been explained to me how that is a positive or negative thing.
This was probably your best video yet. Man, it just keeps on getting better!
Hey thanks so much!
From Sunday school, I heard so many times “God is watching you”. I feel like my moral system never had grown until I threw out the belief.
That is cowards way
@@warriorofthelord4142if you wondered why the saying there’s no hate like Christian love exists, go look in the mirror
Missed opportunity for the Eye of Sauron in the thumbnail haha!
"The Harm" segment was very well spoken. Honestly, it put words to much of my experience/feelings that I haven't been able to pin down well on my own.
One of the best videos thus far. Ironically, the same inventors of the omniscient god are the ones implementing total surveillance today.
Yes i didnt want to get too political but the irony there is amazing and thank you!
It kind of feels like there's two things going on here on a psychological - today I'm in a spiritual-but-not-religious mood so bear with me. One is God as the internalised voice of parents, the church, the bible, society, whatever. Getting some privacy from _that_ presence is pretty much vital. The other idea is of the witness consciousness, of the true self that's everyone's true self, basically whatever it is that people wax lyrical about whenever they've done a lot of meditation and want to eff about the ineffable experiences associated with sitting very still for a long time. That seems more liveable with. The first seems like a recipe for repression, the second for inner openness. Disentangling the two took some work in my case though, and I don't think I'm entirely done.
Thanks!
Appreciate that!
This is a perfect example of why I sponsor you and will continue to do so while I have the ability
Appreciate that so much, man!
❤❤
Wow, what a great video. You're so good at dissecting these topics and getting your message across. You have a talent for it.
God being All-knowing means he sees all the sufferings in the world right now & long before they were gonna happen, & knew how to solve them but he instead decided to watch & do nothing.
& Judge you!
I had so many excuses for that, when I was still a believer. But now I see, how problematic it is.
right. There's just no honest way to justify this. Zero. None. Not effing possible.
1000%!
@@sauron69447 But he struck down those guys for touching the Arc of the Covenant. 😀
Bravo Brandon fantastic video brilliant. Thank you. HOME RUN BROTHER.
Thanks so much!
My Jahovahs witnesses friend's mom threw out his entire blue ray collection 3 totes full some movies were rated R. His mom ended up choking her granddaughter and losing custody because she didn't have a safe outlet to get rid of aggression, she should have watched the movies she threw out.
Suppressed feelings are no joke!
Awesome video Brandon. Great breakdown. U got a great talent
I leave late for church so I can listen to this on the way...😮
Uh oh 😂 slippery slope... Throw your hands in the air on your way down the slide into reality!!
@@CatDaddyGuitarlol
Just don't get caught, lol.
I have witnessed the atrocities of reality-deniers... no matter what belief you follow...
A painful truth, not even I can avoid.
He sees all
@@warriorofthelord4142 It makes sense that God sees all. What doesn't make sense is that he sees evil, chooses not to intervene, and 🤬 angers himself instead.
I’ve always found that ‘Elf On The Shelf’ uncomfortable, as well
Churches should have vats of mustard available for the pretzels believers twist themselves into to justify the inaction of their God
Thank you Brandon, loved this video. When i listen i always think how i never noticed it. Are we hypnotized??😁😁
Lol indoctrination is a hell of a thing! And thanks
I was bracing for impact expecting a VPN ad at the start of the video lol. UA-cam has ruined me
Another great video!
Thanks so much!
I don't get why christians think their god is omniscient. Their holy book clearly shows he is not. He has minions spying for him, but he himself is not omniscient.
Right? But I guess it's a weird plot line that they HAVE to believe. They are forcing themselves to ignore the contradictions, otherwise all of it falls paart.
HE IS A DING DONG
IN HIS NOT INERRANT BOOK
THE 100,000s OF ERRORS
THE PLAGIARISM
AND ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL THE EVIL
I loved this and had a good laugh at your various analogies.
The idea that god sees all, knows all, all the time even knowing what we are thinking and feeling exposes what a minster such a god would be. Kristi mentioned Gabriel Hernandez awhile back. What kind of all powerful, omniscient being would sit by watching this child suffer for years, non-stop, knowing no only what horrific suffering the child is enduring but what the boy is thinking and feeling? What the adults who tortured him are thinking? What those who knew but chose to do nothing are thinking? Every second of every day of this child's short, tortured life, sitting there observing and doing nothing. No person with an ounce of compassion can say this is ok or even praiseworthy because...god's plan, can't know his ways...doesn't change how cruel and vile this is.
Yes!! Its simply inexcusable
I can’t even think about this little boy’s fear, pain, and despair and I’m just a human. How could you claim to be an all-powerful GOD and just sit and watch and do nothing. Apparently he have no compassion yet Jesus taught that you are to compassionate as your Father is compassionate. No, no he is not.
Excellent Brandon!
Thank you!
The reason a parent offering their child celery or pizza is not a good analogy for God, is because it is not true that the parent knew that the child was going to choose Pizza. The parents assumed the child was going to choose pizza, the parent believed the child was going to choose pizza, the parent expected the child to choose Pizza. But he didn't know that the child would choose Pizza, there actually existed a non-zero chance that the child would choose the celery. God KNOWS what you're going to do. He doesn't just suspect. He knows for a fact. There is literally a 0% chance that you will do anything other than what God knows you will do, and if it is impossible for you to have done otherwise, then your will is not free
Very well put!
What surprising is Christians don’t know the three tenets of God.
All it can barely fulfill them. You can’t be all knowing, create the paragon of evil, Satan, and act surprised and angry after we start sinning because it let him run amuck.
I’ll grant God, all-knowing, but all benevolent, no way. Unless you remove its omnipotence.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely, and God is no exception to that truth.
A maximally powerful creator is maximally responsible for every single thing that has ever been and will ever be
And who will judge Him?
hands down!
@@warriorofthelord4142that’s an odd non sequitur? Are you implying that an all-powerful, all-knowing, all-loving, all-consuming creator of all things isn’t chiefly responsible for everything?
@@AdamKlownzinger Those who He gave Earth are
@@warriorofthelord4142 Nice admission, so he didn't know what they were going to do with the Earth and couldn't stop them from doing it?
God sounds more and more like the invention of nearly illiterate bronze age shepherds every time one of his believers takes power and agency away from him.
The best thing that ever happened to me when I retired was the realization that I was no longer under someone else's supervision. I was no longer being watched and judged. That I would never again hear the dreaded phrase "Can I see you in my office for a minute." It was like a burden lifted off of me. I had people tell me, "you look so much more relaxed now."
U are helping me convert away from a religion that has drowned me in shame since a child! Christianity is sooo harmful it took so much from me 😢I could've developed my reasoning instead my energy went into the ether NOT ME
christendumb2, got me to BAIL THIS CARP
in 1 1/2 hour video on how EVIL ywh isn't inerrant, or his book
that it I BAILED
THE UTTER EVIL is just an extra that I found out in rest of his videos
What an interesting topic!
Thanks for watching!
"Fear often makes people give up their freedoms." I mean. In the 9/11 case you were specifically talking about - no one "gave up" their freedoms. They were just taken. We didn't vote for the PATRIOT Act or consciously consent to the mass surveillance state that has been established in the U.S.
true, but also there wasnt all that much push back either. thats more what i mean, in the same way christians defend their god doing it.
13:34 I would say that it either contradicts God being all knowing or all loving
That’s a big part of the issue while discussing these topics with people. You have to get so into the weeds with semantics and half the time people don’t know or having investigated the things they claim to.
And you’re right, it’s as if they are bowing down and thanking the supreme leader. It hurts seeing people close to you like that
Matthew 10:29 says not a single sparrow falls without this loving Father noticing it. It doesn’t say He intervenes in any way. He doesn’t prevent the little sparrow from falling, or catch it. He doesn’t even cushion the blow, or protect it from predators. This “loving Father” has watched every incident of child abuse, every rape, every murder, and does NOTHING! He just watches!
yes! its simply terrible!
Same with starving children.
@ Same with every atrocity ever committed, and every incident of pain to every creature. Having that God is like having no God.
I have an idea for what god does when he watches a child being SAed but I am not going to write it here.
Sounds like The Watcher in Marvel Comics.
If the result of “sin” is depravity and death. Why would an all powerful God give us free will? This implies that God is bound to something.. he can’t do EVERYTHING and it is very obvious through our personal experiences, science, and contradictions in Christianity
The BIBLE exposes Satan the Devil as the Father of LIES and Murderer of Human beings as written in John 8: 44
and
ATHEISM and RELIGIONS are clearly being used by the Father of LIES and Murderer of human beings to trick, deceive, and murder human beings
because
the claim of Atheists that GOD doesn't exist and the Unbiblical teachings and doctrines of Religions about "hellfire", "Armageddon", "Trinity", "afterlife", "immortality of the souls", "rapture", and "reincarnation"
are
the kind of Satanic LIES, tricks and deceits
that
bring dishonor, disgrace, shame, and will definitely cause the downfall and ETERNAL DEATHS
of
Atheists, Jehovah's Witnesses, SDAs, Mormons, Catholics, Baptists, Methodists, Born Again Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and fanatics of all kinds of Religions.
The BIBLE reveals the TRUTH
that
the CREATOR and JESUS CHRIST are opposed and against ATHEISM and ALL KINDS of RELIGIONS
simply because
the loving, kind, and merciful Creator's favor and reward of ETERNAL LIFE and existence on earth without sufferings, pains, griefs, sickness, and death as written in Revelation 21: 3, 4
is
NOT for Atheists, Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and fanatics of all kinds of Religions
but
ONLY for LOVING, KIND, RESPECTFUL, and SUBMISSIVE persons on earth
who
honor and obey Jesus Christ as their loving, kind, and merciful Master and Heavenly King in their obedience to what's written in Matthew 28: 18
and
the teachings of Jesus Christ about the "Kingdom of God" and "Resurrection of the Dead" written in Luke 4: 43 and John 11: 25, 26
are
naturally NOT for Atheists, Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and fanatics of Religions too
but
ONLY for LOVING, KIND, RESPECTFUL, and SUBMISSIVE persons on earth
who
died recently and thousands of years ago like Abel, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Job, Naomi, Ruth, King David, Jesus Christ's Followers and disciples, and many others
who
are all worthy and deserving of being RESURRECTED back to life in the right and proper time so they can happily and abundantly live and exist on earth forever as submissive and obedient subjects of the "KINGDOM of GOD"
and
fully enjoy the eternal love, kindness, goodness, generosities, compassions, favors, and blessings of the Creator and his Christ for eternity under the loving and kind rulership, guidance, and protection of Jesus Christ as the Creator's Chosen King and Ruler of the heavens and the earth as written in Revelation 11: 15.
Thank you for what you are doing by articulating the harm of Christianity. Sooooo much harm.
Thanks, Bill!
Thank you so much for this video. A wonderful example of this omniscience concept, is the Watcher on What If? The only way for the Watcher’s power to be held in check is that they take an oath that they will never interfere. Of course, as the series villain gets more powerful, in order to save the multiverse, the Watcher finally decides the interfere.
But I think God’s “ watcher” status is worse because he will do absolutely nothing to stop the worst evils.
Brandon, it seems like a lot of Christian UA-camrs have been going in on a different abrahamic belief. They tend to point out the leader of this movement married a 6-year-old. I know it's not UA-cam friendly, but we could talk about how loving children is not spoken against in the Bible.
I don't know how one would go about this, but considering everything the church has been through recently, it seems like this problem has kind of disappeared lately. It's still a big problem.
i have brought this up a few times but never as its own video. thanks.
@@MindShift-Brandon I was watching some slavery apologetic video last week, and he just skipped over the verse when God gives them directions on how to sell their daughter into sex slavery. It was on the screen for like 5 minutes when he was talking about the verse directly before it.
And then there's the war bride, a few other UA-camrs like Sergeant skeptic have taken this on. It's more UA-cam friendly because it's implied but not explicitly stated that they are underage, whereas the other abrahamic prophet was very specific about the age of his wife.
Really good video. I am always amazed at the foolishness I believed when I was in the insanity of Christianity. I am so glad to be free of it.
ME TOO
I THANKS christendumb2. took me 1 1/2 hour video to BAIL this EVIL CULT
all he had to show me is that evil ywh isn't inerrant, nor is hid book
The detrimental effects of religion on humanity far outweigh the good. I keep going back to the fact the problems we face everyday were examined from Socrates to Thomas Paine and yet we have biblical literalists in high positions of power. Pure insanity.
Great expose! I was even more troubled that my dead relatives were "watching me from Heaven" Brrr!! If that is the case how will I ever be able to face them when the time comes??
Early gang! how are we doing today?
Oh & Brandon I'm sorry for not tuning in last BTB my wi-fi was acting crazy.
Blame it on the "Lord of the air" 😂😂
@CatDaddyGuitar he didn't want me tuning in I had to wrestle the bastard!
Feeling okay, coffee before me, exciting watching the video (together with the little kitten which lives with me since yesterday 😊)
@SeekingTruth2023 good to hear, & nice of you to take care of the kitten!
All good here - it's Sunday, there's coffee, and a new Brandon video 👍 Hope your wifi is sane again!
so far, this is my favorite video since you finished with the canonical Bible content.
Early to class. 😎 Morning Professor Brandon! 🍎✏️📚
Poor Tony 😔
Morning, my friend
Oh no...Tony!
Hey man!
@@MindShift-BrandonHey dude. Thanks for the video as always!
This was a very powerful video. Thank you so much for just making it plain Brandon. Who can refute the double-edged sword that has omniscience would be ? It’s all about living in the grey and recognizing your shadow and embracing it. Sparks true introspection that will allow you to use it to your advantage controlling emotions instead of them controlling you. It’s all about balance in the end . It’s not hard to be a good person if you truly want to be one. As always loved today’s topic and video. Good job Brandon !! I love you friend !!🫶🏾🫶🏾 Hope all is well with you and your lovely family of yours. Stay strong , love . 🙂👍🏾
So very kind. Really appreciate this!
Christian Apologists be like:
The slave has no need to know what their master/owner is up to, rather only to concern themselves with whatever their Master has commanded them to do(under duress of course)🙄
Oh man.. how can i express my gratitude to you! You are really something special in intellectual and intelligent sense.
"God bless you 😂"
❤❤❤❤
Incredibly kind. Thanks so much for that!
All knowing yet does nothing when he see evil doing
Psalm 33;15 also mentions he fashions the hearts of them all.Also Jesus was human :The Bad Jesus by Hector Avalos.And Jesus still being human in time and space has to share in. our ignorance or not really vicarious intercessor
Love it. Every time I watch your videos, I get angry. Not at you, you've made perfect sense with every video I've watched. But I get so angry when I realize how much of my identity, sanity and peace of mind was taking from me since childhood because I was indoctrinated into this religion without my consent...
I feel you there. However, I am finding joy in the journey of truly discovering myself, in the opportunity of self discovery being a conscious and life long event that I get to change, choose, unlock and find.
Most people don't undertake it. Sone people cut the journey short by scrambling to a "goal" and stopping there, "becoming what they want" and going no further.
I greatly enjoy that I get to ask questions the whole time I am here
Instead of being miserable until the goal of heaven is reached, I finally have peace and wonder now, moment to moment
I feel you there. However, I am finding joy in the journey of truly discovering myself, in the opportunity of self discovery being a conscious and life long event that I get to change, choose, unlock and find.
Most people don't undertake it. Sone people cut the journey short by scrambling to a "goal" and stopping there, "becoming what they want" and going no further.
I greatly enjoy that I get to ask questions the whole time I am here
Instead of being miserable until the goal of heaven is reached, I finally have peace and wonder now, moment to moment
The Rockwell song “Somebody’s Watching Me” comes to mind.
OH THE 80s
Loved that Music Video
*God is always watching and will always be with you*
Me: *on the toliet*: 👁👄👁
@joshuaChetty-r9g well, that makes it difficult if I want to "wax the weasel."
😂😂😂
Martin Luther allegedly did a lot of his theological thinking on the toilet. Don't know if that's true, but he definitely was a "potty mouth."
watch the ywh dupe asking ZOMBIE BRAT to make her go, it's so funny
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
IN THE NAME JC PLEASE ALLOW MY WIFE TO, YOU GET THE IDEA
THEN THEY HAVE SHAME THAT THEYDIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FAITH
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
The best thing about no longer believing is knowing that nobody is reading every bad thought that pops into my head.
Help im going to chruch grandma's making me im 19
Just got back and now on my way to a man's quior
Force u grandma to worship lord krischna. when she say she will not do that,Ask why she forces you to worship yahweh.
@@attackhelicopter-up3dh she'd just say something along the line of "because I said so."(Because I'm me and you're you, & according to all the puny-minded tyrants who came before her, she is a higher class of being than you who isn't to be questioned.) They're really quite monolithic in that sense.
Commit to our Lord and Savior, the ATHEISM-
Wait, better one: Turn to philosophy. Keep a critical mind.
Pretend to be a nun in training
READ HER THIS EVIL BOOK
OF RAPING WOMAN CHILDREN
SLAVERY LAWS
MURDERING WOMAN CHILDREN
EATING YOUR KIDS
STONING WOMAN CHILDREN
THERE IS 800,000 WORDS OF THIS INERRANT EVIL BOOK
MAKE HER READ IT, OR YOU READ IT TO HER