His weakness is when he claims that the Bible doesn't say homosexuality is an abomination. He argued that the Bible is against the inserter, when the Bible clearly says both men must be put to death and it is their own fault.
@francmittelo6731 You make a good point. With that being said, however, doesn't the Bible have a tendency to eliminate (kill) all those involved and even those looselyassociated? For example, there is that passage in the old testament where a guy steals loot after a battle and the whole family is killed. There's also the killing of the first born in Egypt. Additionally, women in a same sex relationship are not addressed so I think it's more complicated and less straightforward than you point out.
@@chrish22h93 There is a Biblical law against male homosexuality. It is a ruling given by Adonai to Moses. It is not a story. The examples you gave are not relevant. Female homosexuality is not clearly stated, but from the law we can extrapolate to women. The same way we say God created humans in his image. If we were being pedantic then we could argue that God created men in his image, and he created women in a different way.
@@francmittelo6731the Bible doesn't say that, but one of the times the punishment is mentioned in the text does. Another (earlier) time, the one he mentioned is proscribed.
Thank you again Dan for these reasonable corrections. With false claims like this young man did on homosexuality and marriage, those fundamentalist christians destroyed a lot young gays and lesbian lives.
As if Dan the Tic Toc scholar here isn't conjoined to power, you know woke capital and the entire state apparatus which has legally mandated submission to LGBTQIA ideology. Give me a break.
"truth to power" What are you talking about? You do know that every single state in the United States minimally approves of homosexual acts at 50% of those polled, right? Your position is the power.
@@fireinthesky2333lol, bro thinks that the majority of people tolerating your existence is power, as opposed to pointing out how gay people are still disproportionately over-represented when talking about poverty, over-represented when talking about violent crime, still targeted by bigots in politics, etc.
@@thomaswillard6267 Heh heh Lil Rugrat here turns brain off and spouts dumb platitudes never having actually "thought" about any of the relevant subject matter. Poverty over-representation: the slight asymmetry is mostly explained by a lag in marriage benefit "rights," but the mere slight asymmetry alone doesn't explain itself. For example, the disconnect could be because there's a long established higher prevalence of mental illness among LGBTQIA'ers (depression, anxiety, borderline personality disorders, etc). Of course, by far and away the greatest predictor of poverty in America is single motherhood. A clear amelioration here would be to attempt achieving minimal single motherhood but that would buck up against Lil Rugrat's feminist narrative so more women get to be poor. I am woman hear me... at the Food Stamp office! As for cultural power, every major global corporation almost without exception fully backs LGBTIA'ism. Credit lenders like Wells Fargo even have percentage rate cuts predicated on meeting diversity quotas. Saved Black Rock hundreds of millions. Now, Black Rock will then use all those rainbow powered dollars to turn around and buy up entire towns, and immediately rent hike those already economically suffering but hey the Lil Rugrats of the world can sleep tight because they "support diversity."
I don't know what I find so fascinating about these videos of yours where (even the smallest measure of) the righteous anger shows forth. It's oddly therapeutic-I think-to see somebody so clearly and intellectually taking on all these hateful fools. I don't really do the commenting thing very often, but I just thought I'd add my voice to the many who already agree: your content here is much-appreciated, and it's something of a nice rock in times like these, where so much feels nebulous and irregular. Keep it up, good doctor.
Great to see Dan stepping sway from his usual polite stance to confront the lies of evil people with truth and facts. i never to cease to be amazed how the history of Christianity is one of people using a religion which seems to preach peace, love and inclusion, to spread hatred, division and death.
A helpful analogy of the "Genesis Marriage" verse: "At one point, your parents drive you around, until one day, you grow up, get your own license and get your own car." Does that mean that you must keep that car for the rest of your life, that you can't own other cars, as many as you can afford, or even the conditions under which you can get rid of your car? The biblical passage there is *descriptive*, not *definitive*, it says nothing about how weddings work, what the terms are, nor does it say what does NOT count (it doesn't actually deny same sex marriage). It's not even describing a marriage, technically, so much as how guys hook up with women, whether they actually *marry* them or not, a one-night stand works fits that verse just as well!
Fireinthesky....I'm a Christian (but of course all conservative Christians would insist that I'm not a Christian at all....which bothers me not in the least).
@@Dalekzilla You are on a much better path being a moderate than a fundamentalist according to psychology: In moderation, religious and spiritual practices can be great for a person’s life and mental well-being. But religious fundamentalism-which refers to the belief in the absolute authority of a religious text or leaders-is almost never good for an individual. This is primarily because fundamentalism discourages any logical reasoning or scientific evidence that challenges its scripture, making it inherently maladaptive.
Ericreed....Totally agree. Actually, I realized long ago that logical, rational thinking was the ONLY real hope for the Human Race....but I have come to realize that it is unlikely in the extreme that Humanity will ever embrace this philosophy. Look at what's happening in the U.S. right now.....a large percentage of our population celebrating cruelty, bigotry, and fascism. As Linus (Peanuts) once remarked after speaking sacrilege against The Great Pumpkin....."We're doomed...."
@@Dalekzilla Don't give up as religious fundamentalism is on the decline in most developed countries, including the US. Indoctrination of kids using false assertions based on presuppositions without evidence is why it's taking longer to go away.
These doofs should have these rebuttals played on their church big screens so that all the congregations may see just how off base they are in their self-serving "interpretations."
Every time I see people thrusting their dogmas onto others in what always looks to serve a self righteous motive I am reminded of Matthew 6, it may not be wholly accurate in a contextual view but I think it serves well in reminding Christians the importance of piety, forgiveness and effectively minding your own business. As always Dan eloquently put and informative.
Hi Dan, I really like the content you put out. I am a nurse anesthesiologist and throughout my career I have taken care of many jehovah’s witnesses in my career who decline to receive blood products/transfusions even in critical life saving situations. I have taken care of a few trauma patients who spent days in critical condition and some died from traumatic blood loss that we likely could have otherwise saved and had a full recovery. On the JW official website they say They believe that it is God’s will to “abstain from blood” citing (Genesis 9:4; Leviticus 17:10; Deuteronomy 12:23; Acts 15:28,29) I searched through your video history to see if you have addressed this in the past and as far as I can see you have not. If you could post a video on the subject or even respond directly on what expert consensus is on that subject I would really appreciate it. Thanks, Mark
This is a excellent piece which tells us exactly what we need to know. Sadly, there are those who will shut their ears to this because it doesn't sit well with their predudiced view of the world. I'm an atheist myself and believe that if god did exist he wouldn't be concerning himself with micro management of peoples sex lives. He certainly wouldn't be delegating the job to these self appointed deputies.
This was really interesting and informative. I need to look into the abortion issue more, as I've been pretty uninformed on historical perspectives on the topic.
If only there was a Dan for every religious belief out there and to breakdown the text. What a journey has it been for me, starting as a Baptist, non demonational, Atheist, to a black hebrew israelite and back an Atheist lol. I must say the antisemitic cult i was in most definitely gave me a lot of knowledge of the bible and books being pseudo books which left so many holes and questions. Dan Mcclellan has definitely helped out a lot and also Dr. Michael Heiser. This information needs to be heard by the black community.
Can I ask how you become a Hebrew Israelite and got out of it? I watched a coworker go from being a generally nice guy who got along with everyone to being fired for being hateful, violent, and anti-Semitic. It was wild and I always wondered how he was exposed.
@xerk2945 It starts off with you being in the sunday churches and understanding a little of the bible. Then you come across street preachers yelling antisemitic stuff and wonder why because its odd for my people to have this behavior towards the Jews, telling us that our heritage was stolen and that the reason our captivity came about was because of our ancestors disobeying the commandments of God, so they use the bible. Going to verses such as Deuteronomy 28 or Genesis 10 to show that the so called African Americans were the biblical hebrew israelites that were cursed. This will lead many into the cult. It will have certain groups among the cult hate every nation, and promote one nation supremacy over all people. I think zionist is the proper term for this. Then you had another group that believed all people are equal and that the bible was for all people. This led me into doing deep thinking, it felt like Christianity all over again with so many denominations which divided people. Dans videos covered a lot of things i use to believe in and I see just how wrong and laughable a lot of my beliefs were.
Thank you so much. The distortion of Christian teachings for political ambition and inducing mass psychosis and authoritarian control is abhorrent to me as a lover of the Spirit.
Always glad to see Dan weigh in. He offers a lot of nice correctives and resources. I do not doubt that there were differences of opinion among the philosophers about when the soul enters the body, or even (maybe) what the soul was. Epicurus and Lucretius after him, both of them materialists and as close to having a "scientific view" as you can find in ancient philosophy, had a decidedly different view on this from Plato. I wish Dan would cite some sources from these philosophers and more explicitly connect the dots from those sources on this question as he does with the biblical texts. And to my mind, Dan may be engaging in some "progressive-friendly" selections of Jesus texts. Yes, Jesus did emphasize "the weightier matters of the law," but Dan seems to be abstracting this from the Matthew text in doing so. Liberal and progressive biblical citation strategies tend to emphasize these texts. But they also ignore (or at least de-emphasize) the nastier parts of Jesus's pronouncements, as when Jesus compares (in Luke) God's treatment of people like that of a master to a slave, who will "beat" or "lash" the servants according to how well they performed compared to how well they understood their master's instructions or "will." Maybe Jesus is not as laudable under analysis as some like to think. What I see is progressives citing texts conservatives do not, and conservatives citing texts progressives do not. Both strategies seem to have the same weaknesses insofar as there is plenty to qualify heavily or undermine each group's rhetorical goals (of which Dan is keenly aware and often points to). I am saying that Jesus may not be particularly congenial either to American progressivism or to conservatism when taken all together in the texts as we have them. Maybe Dan can speak more to this. After watching, enjoying, and benefiting from a lot of Dan's content, I fully believe he has the integrity to see this and fully acknowledge it. I have a great deal of respect for Dan's work and his mission. He's much needed.
The beauty of the Jesus myth and its foundational texts is that, with careful cherry-picking, they can be used to defend just about any position on just about any issue, whether theological, moral, teleological, cosmological, philosophical, or political. I will die completely baffled by the notion that this myth and its supporting texts have anything meaningful or useful to say to anyone about anything.
@@digitaljanus Either way, something that comes from the physical body of a male doesn't contain female chromosomes. So, either the first instance of human sexual congress was between two men or a person with male chromosomes can be a female. Talk about woke.
I know you probably won't see this, but as a gay kid who is now 38 who felt attacked by the religion I grew up in, this is so helpful to me. I love this. I knew at a young age something was wrong and that what I was being fed was propaganda. I appreciate that you are making it so clear when you speak.
You should also note that the Didache does explicitly forbid murdering a child by abortion. That book is not in the biblical canon, but it is older than much of the New Testament and a better guide to what early Christians thought than later writings by men like Augustine.
@@vmonk2 It is not older than all of the new testament, but is definitely older than Revelation, some epistles of dubious authorship, and probably older that a couple of the gospels.
Religion should be a mercy, a grace a kindness, at the least. Never a cudgel to beat down and oppress or to delineate the "chosen" from the lesser. What is wrong with people like that? That's rhetorical, btw, I know there's probably quite a list
"or to delineate the "chosen" from the lesser." That's odd, because acting as a social identity marker is a primary function of religion. All religions make a claim, explicit or implicit, that they have the most correct understanding of reality. Otherwise, people wouldn't be so married to the dogmas and conceits of their religion. "What is wrong with people like that?" You say this is rhetorical, but the rest of your post kinda suggests you've missed the mark at least a little. If you're going to validate the concept of religion, you're going to have to accept that the project of religion is fundamentally exclusive in nature. Which means you're going to have to accept that where some, such as yourself, will prefer to downplay the exclusivity. Others are going to embrace it. The prescriptions you suggest at the start of your post are just that, suggestions. You're still validating all of the things which the guy in the video is relying on to arrive at his conclusions.
joining...isn't the first marriage Spirit Breathed into the dust formed into what was made the Living soul in the Presence of The Breather, And What might be moisture therein...
The tree of knowledge in the middle of the garden is like a computer with internet access in the living room. God says don’t look at pornography while I’m away or I will kill you. You search for pornography and…
And absolutely nothing happens since god is made up……. Instead we have Republicans doing what parents should be doing. Taking our rights away all for the safety of children that they don’t care about…..
If this verse is about marrage and specifically defining marrage to be sin free only between if it is between 1 man and 1 woman it leads to some disturbing questions. When the Bible tells of the many wives and concubines of kings David and Solomon is it showing the sin of poligamy or showing us how great and blessed they were? Look at Job. When God restores Job and gives him many wives is God causing him to sin? If so is it a reward for him being faithful? At one time this verse was used to show that divorce and remarrage was a sin. I haven't seen this sin mentioned by evangelicals in years.
What about the Samaritan Torah? I've read that its version of a verse which in the Jewish Torah only forbids marrying two sisters at the same time instead forbids taking any two women as wives at the same time. I haven't been able to find the original text to check that for myself though.
Nice. Somewhere round 4:35 you start giving kind of insight in your dogmatics, drawn from your unterstanding of the scripture. What I really like about it: (1) It's drawn from the scripture, not from politics. (2) It takes the law with a grain of gospel.
Have you done a video on Hell yet. That seems to be a topic of abundant misconception and controversy. If you have, I'd like to see it. And if you haven't made one yet. I will be looking forward to it.
Christianity consists of people making up a god that is not really presented in the biblical text. A god who isn't there. Making god more moral and loving than what the bible actually says about it.
The Didache gives some insight to Christian views and practice… You shall not commit adultery." You shall not be sexually perverse." You shall not be sexually promiscuous." Or “thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not corrupt boys, thou shalt not commit fornication.” And: “You shall not murder a child by abortion, nor kill a child at birth.” “thou shalt not slay a child by abortion, nor what is begotten shall thou destroy.” Yes, while the exact point of personhood is not explicit in the Scripture or early views of the church. I think the early writings like the Didache speaking against abortion gives a pretty negative stance on the practice as a whole. It does equate the practice to murder. Secondly, the sexual ethic perpetuated and promoted in the Didache echoes the writing of Paul to the early churches. As for a Christian the ideal was celabate singleness or heterosexual monogamous marriage. The goal- is to be as much like Christ as possible. I agree, love, justice, and mercy are all tennets of the Christian faith and should be ideals to be exemplified and practiced. Those outside the Christian faith are in the hands of God, we cannot expect them to abide by Christian ideals. However, those claiming the Name of Christ should be in full submission to His teachings.
Hi Dan. Is your book going to be available in electronic form? I am *very* interested in reading it but importing books to Brazil can be quite expensive due to shipping. Thanks and subscribed :)
I always question women made of the rib of Adam. If every embryo starts out female and then, the y chromosome kicks in for male. How does that relate to women coming from the rib of man? Just curious. It seems this writtwn book takes sides through history depending on who wants to dominate
@4:11 You never directly address the content creator's claim that Jesus is the only way to be saved. In all three synoptic Gospels, Jesus is asked how one may attain eternal life, and his instruction is to "obey the commandments" (which the rich man was already doing) and "sell all you possess and give to the poor" (which the rich man is unwilling to do). Dude here is like the rich man; he's not keen on doing the actual hard things that Jesus asks of his followers.
The sell all your possessions thing never made sense to me. If everyone is meant to obey and sell their things, who has money or items left to trade with? Who's going to buy anything if you're supposed to own nothing? Who's poor when everyone owns nothing? I'm guessing that's just the looney logic of an apocalyptic hippie who didn't expect the world to continue after he was gone
@@psyokyou might find your answer in Matthew 6:28-30, see God's care of lillies. But as a background, Christ states that he has come for the lost sheep of Israel (Matthew 10:5-6) not gentiles. Considering that Christ compared gentiles to dogs and unworthy of "children's bread", logically it would seem those left to toil would be gentiles (Matthew 15:21-28 and Mark 7:24-30.)
@@psyok I could very well be wrong, but it seems to me that Jesus was saying this not as a universal requisite for salvation, but rather as a test for this particular individual (and a sort of mirror for everyone else). You see, "good" people (who obey all the commands) still have something that stands in the way of their relationship to Jesus/God. In this man's case, it was his possessions. He wasn't willing to give them up, because they meant more to him than a Christ-like life. That was this individual's test. It wasn't his possessions, though; it was his attitude toward them, and it echoes the command given to Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. He was willing to do so, and God recognized that willingness to obey, and provided a substitute sacrifice. This illustration shows up in the miracle of the loaves and fishes, as well. The boy was willing to give up his food, with the result that more was provided. In other words, it's not the actual giving up worldly possessions, but rather the willingness to do so if they stand in the way of spiritual fulfillment.
ONE of the biggest problems with 'Christianity' on a whole is the belief that the bible is the WORD of GOD and THAT IS NOT THE CASE. Rather, WITHIN the bible can be found the WORDS OF GOD and subsequently SCRIPTURES. Even so, scripture must be parse through the lens of context and failure to do so is what has largely contributed to the HORRIBLY AMAZING fact of 47000 'Christian' denominations in the world to date.
@maklelan Psalm 82 in the Bible describes a world with multiple gods. Romans 2:15, They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them. (written about people of other religions) Matthew 19, 16 Someone came to Jesus with this question: “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?” 17 “Why ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. But to answer your question-if you want to receive eternal life, keep the commandments.” 18 “Which ones?” the man asked. And Jesus replied: “‘You must not murder (taught by pagans). You must not commit adultery (taught by pagans). You must not steal (taught by pagans). You must not testify falsely (taught by pagans). 19 Honor your father and mother (taught by pagans, to a point). Love your neighbor as yourself. (taught by pagans, to a point)’ (Notice how “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” ..., “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.” ..., “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.”...., and “Thou shalt not covet.”.... are NOT mentioned as requirements, PER JESUS?) Deuteronomy 32:8, When the Elyon apportioned the nations, when he divided humankind, he fixed the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the bene elohim which numbered in 70. Elyon is the creator god of the Canaanites. One of his kids is El Shaddai (who was worshipped all the way until Moses). El Shaddai had a wife named Asherah and they had 70 kids. One of them named Yahweh. Your thoughts?
Some of the evidence jesus is satan is his breaking of the god parts of the commandments. No other god became jesus is god. No graven image became the cross. Sabbath got cancelled. Thy shall not covet became jesus coveting God's kingdom and people which ties to revelation and jesus calling himself the morning star and taking a 1/3 of the stars (people) with him when he falls. As far as i know there's no biblical evidence arch angel michael is jesus, its all conjecture. So biblically the armaggedon war will be micheal vs jesus the great deceiver. The trinity is a symbolism of cerberus. Truly the word salad used to validate the trinity is pure satanic deceitfulness. Christianity has become the deceiver of nations. Christ is the anti-god king. As per Daniel, the evil king who sets up his tent between the holy mountain (god) and the holy sea (the people) and says "none shall get to god except through me". With that the connection of god to its people is shattered. None worship god, none obey god as king, none obey god's law. Satan rules the earth.
I have a challenge whether you agree or disagree with him do some research with a study Bible cross reference. If you believe his right you'll be able to quote sources. If you believe he's wrong the same applies.
Thank you for telling . Christians that the church is never above God. It's about the trinity. God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Not about your beliefs.
If I remeber well that "unicors" are a species of goats or something like that, which was either mistranslated or people had a poor perception about it and turn it into a mythical creature. Like Panda bears and Gorillas wete mythical creatures in the past, but people find out that they are real
@@gilgamesh7652 That seems plausible, but that proves how vital original context is. Too many interpret the Bible on the surface as if it was written yesteraday, and I think Dan does a great job giving such context :)
Look, Ma! Another graduate from the "Aron Ra" school of biblical hermeneutics! "The Bible" does no't "state that donkeys talk." There is one single story in which a donkey appears to speak after having been beaten. Since everybody knows that donkeys don't talk -even the ancient Israelites - there quite obviously is something else going on here besides a purely factual-literal description of historical events.
If you look at the CONTEXT of "the sermon on the mount", Jesus was referring to the nation of Israel being a light unto the non-Jewish nations of the world [read Matt 5:1 (Jesus is speaking to crowd, and his Jewish disciples), then Matt 5:13-20, then Isaiah 49:1-26, but especially v. 6). And so, in context, the hill is a reference to the city of Jerusalem, and the Beith HaMiqdash (the Temple) in Matt 5:14-20). And Jesus was also demanding that Jews remain Torah Observant, but he was also aware that with Greek / Roman influences, many Jews were beginning to go off the derekh (the path), and so he said that he was only sent to save "the lost sheep of Israel" (Matt 15:24). Which hearkens back to prophetic messages, and other writings within the Tanakh (aka: the Hebrew Scriptures). For example: - Psa 119:176, I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands. - Jer 50:6, “My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray and caused them to roam on the mountains. They wandered over mountain and hill and forgot their own resting place. - Isa 49:6, he says: “It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.” Jesus also agreed with the Jewish opinion of the day that Gentiles were considered to be dogs (Matthew 15:22-28).
@@Alex-ne6fm First, Luke is a different gospel entirely, and it's narratives do NOT change the opinions / the stories expressed in Matthew. And Dr. McClellan has made numerous videos about the error of "univocality" when reading the Tanakh (aka: Hebrew Scriptures), and/or the New Testament. Second, regarding Israelite / Jewish identity after the political split of the [edit: United monarchy of Saul, David, and Solomon], "Jews" not only included the tribe of Judah, but the tribe of Benjamin, and Dan who remained loyal to the house of David after the Kingdom of Israel was divided into the Northern, and Southern kingdoms. The capitol of the Northern Kingdom became Samaria. Hence the animosity between the Jews (of the southern kingdom), and the Israelites of the northern kingdom which naturally included their Samaritan Israelite cousins. Third, another big divide between the Israelites of Samaria (aka: Samaritan Israelites) and Jews, was the Samaritan insistence that Mount Gerizim was the historical holy site of the Israelites. However, it's a way more complicated than that, as this article goes into a bit more detail, www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/daily-life-and-practice/the-samaritan-schism/ Therefore, in all likelihood, "the Samaritan" although despised by Jews in Luke's gospel would NOT have been considered a 'Gentile dog'. Rather, someone that 'the Jews' would not normally associate with at that time in the NT narrative because of the North / South split. Here's one video explaining who the Samaritan Israelites are, and their ancient history, and why a difference between Samaritan Israelites and the rest of the religious Jewish world exists today. ua-cam.com/video/tRrFrx8-wEg/v-deo.html Having said all that, today, [edit: "in censuses, the Israeli government classifies the Samaritans to be "a distinct religious community", and the Chief Rabbinate of Israel "classifies them to be ethnic Jews, i.e., Israelites"]. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritans. Here is another article about Samaritans in the Times of Israel, www.timesofisrael.com/film-projects-spotlight-on-israels-tiny-samaritan-community-fighting-for-its-future/ Bottom Line: Samaritans have lived in the land of Israel / Palestine for at least 3,000 years. They were Israelites then, and they are Israelites now.
Love it when people are like "the bible says *insert policy positions of ronald Reagan*"
Bingo!
I love this guy! As an atheist (and former Christian) all I’ve ever wanted was someone to tell the truth about this subject, and Dan is the man.
His weakness is when he claims that the Bible doesn't say homosexuality is an abomination.
He argued that the Bible is against the inserter, when the Bible clearly says both men must be put to death and it is their own fault.
@francmittelo6731 You make a good point. With that being said, however, doesn't the Bible have a tendency to eliminate (kill) all those involved and even those looselyassociated? For example, there is that passage in the old testament where a guy steals loot after a battle and the whole family is killed. There's also the killing of the first born in Egypt. Additionally, women in a same sex relationship are not addressed so I think it's more complicated and less straightforward than you point out.
@@chrish22h93
There is a Biblical law against male homosexuality.
It is a ruling given by Adonai to Moses.
It is not a story.
The examples you gave are not relevant.
Female homosexuality is not clearly stated, but from the law we can extrapolate to women.
The same way we say God created humans in his image.
If we were being pedantic then we could argue that God created men in his image, and he created women in a different way.
@@francmittelo6731the Bible doesn't say that, but one of the times the punishment is mentioned in the text does. Another (earlier) time, the one he mentioned is proscribed.
@@francmittelo6731 What book and what version are you reading this from?
Thank you again Dan for these reasonable corrections.
With false claims like this young man did on homosexuality and marriage, those fundamentalist christians destroyed a lot young gays and lesbian lives.
Amen. Very well said. Jesus also never sought out political authority in this world. In fact he said his Kingdom was no part of the world.
As if Dan the Tic Toc scholar here isn't conjoined to power, you know woke capital and the entire state apparatus which has legally mandated submission to LGBTQIA ideology. Give me a break.
A lesson we all could heed, including Dan.
For now.
Please don’t ever stop speaking truth to power Dan! Your videos are a spark of hope in the darkness of ignorance!
"truth to power" What are you talking about? You do know that every single state in the United States minimally approves of homosexual acts at 50% of those polled, right? Your position is the power.
@@fireinthesky2333lol, bro thinks that the majority of people tolerating your existence is power, as opposed to pointing out how gay people are still disproportionately over-represented when talking about poverty, over-represented when talking about violent crime, still targeted by bigots in politics, etc.
@@thomaswillard6267 Heh heh Lil Rugrat here turns brain off and spouts dumb platitudes never having actually "thought" about any of the relevant subject matter. Poverty over-representation: the slight asymmetry is mostly explained by a lag in marriage benefit "rights," but the mere slight asymmetry alone doesn't explain itself. For example, the disconnect could be because there's a long established higher prevalence of mental illness among LGBTQIA'ers (depression, anxiety, borderline personality disorders, etc). Of course, by far and away the greatest predictor of poverty in America is single motherhood. A clear amelioration here would be to attempt achieving minimal single motherhood but that would buck up against Lil Rugrat's feminist narrative so more women get to be poor. I am woman hear me... at the Food Stamp office! As for cultural power, every major global corporation almost without exception fully backs LGBTIA'ism. Credit lenders like Wells Fargo even have percentage rate cuts predicated on meeting diversity quotas. Saved Black Rock hundreds of millions. Now, Black Rock will then use all those rainbow powered dollars to turn around and buy up entire towns, and immediately rent hike those already economically suffering but hey the Lil Rugrats of the world can sleep tight because they "support diversity."
I don't know what I find so fascinating about these videos of yours where (even the smallest measure of) the righteous anger shows forth. It's oddly therapeutic-I think-to see somebody so clearly and intellectually taking on all these hateful fools. I don't really do the commenting thing very often, but I just thought I'd add my voice to the many who already agree: your content here is much-appreciated, and it's something of a nice rock in times like these, where so much feels nebulous and irregular.
Keep it up, good doctor.
Great to see Dan stepping sway from his usual polite stance to confront the lies of evil people with truth and facts.
i never to cease to be amazed how the history of Christianity is one of people using a religion which seems to preach peace, love and inclusion, to spread hatred, division and death.
Thanks for this…these last seven days are going to be brutal
The "ta-DA" sounded extra salty.
Just about to comment on that as well, but you beat me to it.
Knockout blow. The spiderman fit was a post-KO taunt.
If I could like this particular video more than one time- I would.
A helpful analogy of the "Genesis Marriage" verse: "At one point, your parents drive you around, until one day, you grow up, get your own license and get your own car." Does that mean that you must keep that car for the rest of your life, that you can't own other cars, as many as you can afford, or even the conditions under which you can get rid of your car? The biblical passage there is *descriptive*, not *definitive*, it says nothing about how weddings work, what the terms are, nor does it say what does NOT count (it doesn't actually deny same sex marriage). It's not even describing a marriage, technically, so much as how guys hook up with women, whether they actually *marry* them or not, a one-night stand works fits that verse just as well!
What the hell does that analogy have to do with anything said in this video, or even remotely explains Gen 2:24?
@@jamescummings6703lol😂 You so funny. Or willfully obtuse.
@@Dave.O And you're just plain retarded.
@@Dave.O You meant you're. One thing for sure is you're willfully retarded.
Love listening to you Dan. Always great to hear a voice of reason and thought v overinflated egos
And the absolute self-righteousness
Dan, my affection for your articulate and confident takes is boundless. Thank you for what you do.
What a breath of fresh air you are, Dan! Thank you for existing.
Oh hell YES, Dan!!!!!!! DIRECT HIT!!!!!!!!! This is why I love you so dearly. Fantastic!
Are you a Christian or an atheist, I'm curious.
Fireinthesky....I'm a Christian (but of course all conservative Christians would insist that I'm not a Christian at all....which bothers me not in the least).
@@Dalekzilla You are on a much better path being a moderate than a fundamentalist according to psychology: In moderation, religious and spiritual practices can be great for a person’s life and mental well-being. But religious fundamentalism-which refers to the belief in the absolute authority of a religious text or leaders-is almost never good for an individual. This is primarily because fundamentalism discourages any logical reasoning or scientific evidence that challenges its scripture, making it inherently maladaptive.
Ericreed....Totally agree. Actually, I realized long ago that logical, rational thinking was the ONLY real hope for the Human Race....but I have come to realize that it is unlikely in the extreme that Humanity will ever embrace this philosophy. Look at what's happening in the U.S. right now.....a large percentage of our population celebrating cruelty, bigotry, and fascism. As Linus (Peanuts) once remarked after speaking sacrilege against The Great Pumpkin....."We're doomed...."
@@Dalekzilla Don't give up as religious fundamentalism is on the decline in most developed countries, including the US. Indoctrination of kids using false assertions based on presuppositions without evidence is why it's taking longer to go away.
These doofs should have these rebuttals played on their church big screens so that all the congregations may see just how off base they are in their self-serving "interpretations."
Every time I see people thrusting their dogmas onto others in what always looks to serve a self righteous motive I am reminded of Matthew 6, it may not be wholly accurate in a contextual view but I think it serves well in reminding Christians the importance of piety, forgiveness and effectively minding your own business.
As always Dan eloquently put and informative.
Thank you!! Your Bible knowledge and straight forward response to these overworn talking points helps me feel sane. I will be buying your book!
Hi Dan,
I really like the content you put out. I am a nurse anesthesiologist and throughout my career I have taken care of many jehovah’s witnesses in my career who decline to receive blood products/transfusions even in critical life saving situations. I have taken care of a few trauma patients who spent days in critical condition and some died from traumatic blood loss that we likely could have otherwise saved and had a full recovery. On the JW official website they say They believe that it is God’s will to “abstain from blood” citing (Genesis 9:4; Leviticus 17:10; Deuteronomy 12:23; Acts 15:28,29) I searched through your video history to see if you have addressed this in the past and as far as I can see you have not. If you could post a video on the subject or even respond directly on what expert consensus is on that subject I would really appreciate it.
Thanks,
Mark
WOW! Sorry I didn’t find your channel sooner. Different delivery from Dr Robbins but love how you make your points. Thank you
This is a excellent piece which tells us exactly what we need to know. Sadly, there are those who will shut their ears to this because it doesn't sit well with their predudiced view of the world. I'm an atheist myself and believe that if god did exist he wouldn't be concerning himself with micro management of peoples sex lives. He certainly wouldn't be delegating the job to these self appointed deputies.
Oh oh he is back, the scholar historian and political activist!!!
Thank you. Absolutely wonderful.
Thanks Dan. ❤
Thank you Dan for your much needed clarity.
Especially when Christians don’t read the Bible or even know what’s in it.
Dan wore me down...i've started rewatching old cartoons from the 80's and 90's 😖
Speak the real Gospel, bro. 💪🏼💪🏽💪🏾💪🏿🎯 We appreciate you and your knowledge so much. Keep it coming and expose these lies with the real truth.
I love these dudes that just make up stuff and don't even TRY to cite scripture
What was made up?
@@jamescummings6703 The entire video that Dan is responding to
@@spinchsprimkle6541 Ahhhh I see.
I can't quote the times I've heard, "Oh it's in there. You just read it. It's in there."
This was really interesting and informative. I need to look into the abortion issue more, as I've been pretty uninformed on historical perspectives on the topic.
I know know they don't, but I've always wondered if these kinds of people even hear themselves when they talk.
If only there was a Dan for every religious belief out there and to breakdown the text. What a journey has it been for me, starting as a Baptist, non demonational, Atheist, to a black hebrew israelite and back an Atheist lol. I must say the antisemitic cult i was in most definitely gave me a lot of knowledge of the bible and books being pseudo books which left so many holes and questions. Dan Mcclellan has definitely helped out a lot and also Dr. Michael Heiser. This information needs to be heard by the black community.
Can I ask how you become a Hebrew Israelite and got out of it? I watched a coworker go from being a generally nice guy who got along with everyone to being fired for being hateful, violent, and anti-Semitic. It was wild and I always wondered how he was exposed.
@xerk2945 It starts off with you being in the sunday churches and understanding a little of the bible. Then you come across street preachers yelling antisemitic stuff and wonder why because its odd for my people to have this behavior towards the Jews, telling us that our heritage was stolen and that the reason our captivity came about was because of our ancestors disobeying the commandments of God, so they use the bible. Going to verses such as Deuteronomy 28 or Genesis 10 to show that the so called African Americans were the biblical hebrew israelites that were cursed. This will lead many into the cult. It will have certain groups among the cult hate every nation, and promote one nation supremacy over all people. I think zionist is the proper term for this. Then you had another group that believed all people are equal and that the bible was for all people. This led me into doing deep thinking, it felt like Christianity all over again with so many denominations which divided people. Dans videos covered a lot of things i use to believe in and I see just how wrong and laughable a lot of my beliefs were.
Thank you. You are braver than I am
❤❤❤❤❤ thanks Dan!!!
Brother McClellan, thanks for elucidating and emphasizing the weighter matters. You're spot on.
That was AWESOME, Dan!👍😜
Thank you so much. The distortion of Christian teachings for political ambition and inducing mass psychosis and authoritarian control is abhorrent to me as a lover of the Spirit.
So excited for the book!
Aww yeah! Bring it, Dan!
good behavior is feeding the seed that is every word of GOD...GETTING TO RECOGNISE EMMANUEL BEING, GOD WITH US...
Amazing response
Bravo! Bring it, Dan!
I love you, Dan McClellan.
So much truth in such a short video... Can't wait for the book!
I'd love to see what happens when a Jehovah's Witness rings Dan's doorbell.
All right, let's see it ! 😅
Oh, to be a fly on that wall.
If they have a do not visit list, biblical scholars are probably on it.
I am buying the book.
Always glad to see Dan weigh in. He offers a lot of nice correctives and resources. I do not doubt that there were differences of opinion among the philosophers about when the soul enters the body, or even (maybe) what the soul was. Epicurus and Lucretius after him, both of them materialists and as close to having a "scientific view" as you can find in ancient philosophy, had a decidedly different view on this from Plato. I wish Dan would cite some sources from these philosophers and more explicitly connect the dots from those sources on this question as he does with the biblical texts.
And to my mind, Dan may be engaging in some "progressive-friendly" selections of Jesus texts. Yes, Jesus did emphasize "the weightier matters of the law," but Dan seems to be abstracting this from the Matthew text in doing so. Liberal and progressive biblical citation strategies tend to emphasize these texts. But they also ignore (or at least de-emphasize) the nastier parts of Jesus's pronouncements, as when Jesus compares (in Luke) God's treatment of people like that of a master to a slave, who will "beat" or "lash" the servants according to how well they performed compared to how well they understood their master's instructions or "will." Maybe Jesus is not as laudable under analysis as some like to think.
What I see is progressives citing texts conservatives do not, and conservatives citing texts progressives do not. Both strategies seem to have the same weaknesses insofar as there is plenty to qualify heavily or undermine each group's rhetorical goals (of which Dan is keenly aware and often points to).
I am saying that Jesus may not be particularly congenial either to American progressivism or to conservatism when taken all together in the texts as we have them. Maybe Dan can speak more to this. After watching, enjoying, and benefiting from a lot of Dan's content, I fully believe he has the integrity to see this and fully acknowledge it. I have a great deal of respect for Dan's work and his mission. He's much needed.
Everyone has to negotiate with the texts
The beauty of the Jesus myth and its foundational texts is that, with careful cherry-picking, they can be used to defend just about any position on just about any issue, whether theological, moral, teleological, cosmological, philosophical, or political.
I will die completely baffled by the notion that this myth and its supporting texts have anything meaningful or useful to say to anyone about anything.
Just bought your book! It will come almost in time for my birthday
Ooh! A book!
6:01-6:08 That’s a good book right there.
Bravo!
Love your takes, Dan! I also happen to agree with the majority of them. 😁
Brilliantly put as usual tks Dan
Thank you.
If you really think about it, Eve was made from one of Adam's rib. So, in a way, Adam did it with a chunk of man meat.
Not his rib, his side.
@@digitaljanusStill man meat, though.
@@digitaljanus Either way, something that comes from the physical body of a male doesn't contain female chromosomes. So, either the first instance of human sexual congress was between two men or a person with male chromosomes can be a female. Talk about woke.
@@digitaljanus"side"
I know you probably won't see this, but as a gay kid who is now 38 who felt attacked by the religion I grew up in, this is so helpful to me. I love this. I knew at a young age something was wrong and that what I was being fed was propaganda. I appreciate that you are making it so clear when you speak.
Dan is superb. Another atheist and former Christian.
So good
"I am that I am." ---Yahwey "I yam what I yam." ---Popeye
Awesome video
Has someone already started a drinking game for every time Dan says the phrase "rightwing authoritarian identity politics" in his videos? Just me?
Faith is in the Seed .
Dang Dan stop being so right!
Dan on🔥. My favorite Dan.
You should also note that the Didache does explicitly forbid murdering a child by abortion. That book is not in the biblical canon, but it is older than much of the New Testament and a better guide to what early Christians thought than later writings by men like Augustine.
It is not older than the NT. Do your research
@@vmonk2 It is not older than all of the new testament, but is definitely older than Revelation, some epistles of dubious authorship, and probably older that a couple of the gospels.
essentially, even if he were right, which he isn't, he'd still not be doing his part _and_ is even smug about it
Religion should be a mercy, a grace a kindness, at the least.
Never a cudgel to beat down and oppress or to delineate the "chosen" from the lesser.
What is wrong with people like that? That's rhetorical, btw, I know there's probably quite a list
"or to delineate the "chosen" from the lesser." That's odd, because acting as a social identity marker is a primary function of religion. All religions make a claim, explicit or implicit, that they have the most correct understanding of reality. Otherwise, people wouldn't be so married to the dogmas and conceits of their religion.
"What is wrong with people like that?" You say this is rhetorical, but the rest of your post kinda suggests you've missed the mark at least a little. If you're going to validate the concept of religion, you're going to have to accept that the project of religion is fundamentally exclusive in nature. Which means you're going to have to accept that where some, such as yourself, will prefer to downplay the exclusivity. Others are going to embrace it. The prescriptions you suggest at the start of your post are just that, suggestions. You're still validating all of the things which the guy in the video is relying on to arrive at his conclusions.
The Bible definitely appeals to people who have a Barney the dinosaur expectation of life
Flawless victory 😅
Ugh, I thought I'd succeeded in forgetting Barney the Dinosaur existed, since my children are all grown up, but you just reminded me. Thanks a lot.
@dansaber4427 I don't get this, can someone please explain it to me
@@masiloful it might be best to just see a few moments of the show
What's your problem with Barney?
My baby leaped in my wife’s womb and I am an Atheist.
Do you have any recommended resources on the phrase “one flesh” relating to forming new kinship units?
Mark 10:8, Matthew 19:6
I love your vids
joining...isn't the first marriage Spirit Breathed into the dust formed into what was made the Living soul in the Presence of The Breather, And What might be moisture therein...
The tree of knowledge in the middle of the garden is like a computer with internet access in the living room. God says don’t look at pornography while I’m away or I will kill you. You search for pornography and…
And absolutely nothing happens since god is made up…….
Instead we have Republicans doing what parents should be doing. Taking our rights away all for the safety of children that they don’t care about…..
If this verse is about marrage and specifically defining marrage to be sin free only between if it is between 1 man and 1 woman it leads to some disturbing questions.
When the Bible tells of the many wives and concubines of kings David and Solomon is it showing the sin of poligamy or showing us how great and blessed they were?
Look at Job. When God restores Job and gives him many wives is God causing him to sin? If so is it a reward for him being faithful?
At one time this verse was used to show that divorce and remarrage was a sin. I haven't seen this sin mentioned by evangelicals in years.
Blessed are the cheesemakers?
What about the Samaritan Torah? I've read that its version of a verse which in the Jewish Torah only forbids marrying two sisters at the same time instead forbids taking any two women as wives at the same time. I haven't been able to find the original text to check that for myself though.
Nice. Somewhere round 4:35 you start giving kind of insight in your dogmatics, drawn from your unterstanding of the scripture. What I really like about it: (1) It's drawn from the scripture, not from politics. (2) It takes the law with a grain of gospel.
Have you done a video on Hell yet. That seems to be a topic of abundant misconception and controversy. If you have, I'd like to see it. And if you haven't made one yet. I will be looking forward to it.
I thought Jesus said “blessed are the cheesemakers”
Christianity consists of people making up a god that is not really presented in the biblical text. A god who isn't there. Making god more moral and loving than what the bible actually says about it.
Which is why they continually lie….. all for their make believe….
People are trying to project modern day humanistic values back to Bible a sort of post rationalization
Its called "presentism."
The Didache gives some insight to Christian views and practice…
You shall not commit adultery."
You shall not be sexually perverse."
You shall not be sexually promiscuous."
Or
“thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not corrupt boys, thou shalt not commit fornication.”
And:
“You shall not murder a child by abortion, nor kill a child at birth.”
“thou shalt not slay a child by abortion, nor what is begotten shall thou destroy.”
Yes, while the exact point of personhood is not explicit in the Scripture or early views of the church. I think the early writings like the Didache speaking against abortion gives a pretty negative stance on the practice as a whole. It does equate the practice to murder.
Secondly, the sexual ethic perpetuated and promoted in the Didache echoes the writing of Paul to the early churches. As for a Christian the ideal was celabate singleness or heterosexual monogamous marriage. The goal- is to be as much like Christ as possible.
I agree, love, justice, and mercy are all tennets of the Christian faith and should be ideals to be exemplified and practiced. Those outside the Christian faith are in the hands of God, we cannot expect them to abide by Christian ideals. However, those claiming the Name of Christ should be in full submission to His teachings.
Hi Dan. Is your book going to be available in electronic form? I am *very* interested in reading it but importing books to Brazil can be quite expensive due to shipping. Thanks and subscribed :)
Yes! It's available for preorder on Kindle and Apple Book and will be available on other ebook platforms.
I always question women made of the rib of Adam. If every embryo starts out female and then, the y chromosome kicks in for male. How does that relate to women coming from the rib of man? Just curious. It seems this writtwn book takes sides through history depending on who wants to dominate
There is Lev 18:22 that prohibits men sleeping with men as with a woman. A deduction can be made that homosexuality is biblically wrong.
@4:11 You never directly address the content creator's claim that Jesus is the only way to be saved. In all three synoptic Gospels, Jesus is asked how one may attain eternal life, and his instruction is to "obey the commandments" (which the rich man was already doing) and "sell all you possess and give to the poor" (which the rich man is unwilling to do). Dude here is like the rich man; he's not keen on doing the actual hard things that Jesus asks of his followers.
Exactly. Many were saved without Jesus. Jesus also taught to pray to God to be be forgiven (Lords prayer)
The sell all your possessions thing never made sense to me. If everyone is meant to obey and sell their things, who has money or items left to trade with?
Who's going to buy anything if you're supposed to own nothing? Who's poor when everyone owns nothing?
I'm guessing that's just the looney logic of an apocalyptic hippie who didn't expect the world to continue after he was gone
@@psyok to the poor. Even today, the majority is not Xtian.
@@psyokyou might find your answer in Matthew 6:28-30, see God's care of lillies.
But as a background, Christ states that he has come for the lost sheep of Israel (Matthew 10:5-6) not gentiles.
Considering that Christ compared gentiles to dogs and unworthy of "children's bread", logically it would seem those left to toil would be gentiles (Matthew 15:21-28 and Mark 7:24-30.)
@@psyok I could very well be wrong, but it seems to me that Jesus was saying this not as a universal requisite for salvation, but rather as a test for this particular individual (and a sort of mirror for everyone else). You see, "good" people (who obey all the commands) still have something that stands in the way of their relationship to Jesus/God. In this man's case, it was his possessions. He wasn't willing to give them up, because they meant more to him than a Christ-like life. That was this individual's test. It wasn't his possessions, though; it was his attitude toward them, and it echoes the command given to Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. He was willing to do so, and God recognized that willingness to obey, and provided a substitute sacrifice. This illustration shows up in the miracle of the loaves and fishes, as well. The boy was willing to give up his food, with the result that more was provided. In other words, it's not the actual giving up worldly possessions, but rather the willingness to do so if they stand in the way of spiritual fulfillment.
ONE of the biggest problems with 'Christianity' on a whole is the belief that the bible is the WORD of GOD and THAT IS NOT THE CASE. Rather, WITHIN the bible can be found the WORDS OF GOD and subsequently SCRIPTURES. Even so, scripture must be parse through the lens of context and failure to do so is what has largely contributed to the HORRIBLY AMAZING fact of 47000 'Christian' denominations in the world to date.
@maklelan
Psalm 82 in the Bible describes a world with multiple gods.
Romans 2:15, They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them. (written about people of other religions)
Matthew 19, 16 Someone came to Jesus with this question: “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?”
17 “Why ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. But to answer your question-if you want to receive eternal life, keep the commandments.”
18 “Which ones?” the man asked.
And Jesus replied: “‘You must not murder (taught by pagans). You must not commit adultery (taught by pagans). You must not steal (taught by pagans). You must not testify falsely (taught by pagans). 19 Honor your father and mother (taught by pagans, to a point). Love your neighbor as yourself. (taught by pagans, to a point)’
(Notice how “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” ..., “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.” ..., “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.”...., and “Thou shalt not covet.”.... are NOT mentioned as requirements, PER JESUS?)
Deuteronomy 32:8, When the Elyon apportioned the nations, when he divided humankind, he fixed the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the bene elohim which numbered in 70. Elyon is the creator god of the Canaanites. One of his kids is El Shaddai (who was worshipped all the way until Moses). El Shaddai had a wife named Asherah and they had 70 kids. One of them named Yahweh.
Your thoughts?
Some of the evidence jesus is satan is his breaking of the god parts of the commandments. No other god became jesus is god. No graven image became the cross. Sabbath got cancelled. Thy shall not covet became jesus coveting God's kingdom and people which ties to revelation and jesus calling himself the morning star and taking a 1/3 of the stars (people) with him when he falls.
As far as i know there's no biblical evidence arch angel michael is jesus, its all conjecture. So biblically the armaggedon war will be micheal vs jesus the great deceiver. The trinity is a symbolism of cerberus. Truly the word salad used to validate the trinity is pure satanic deceitfulness.
Christianity has become the deceiver of nations. Christ is the anti-god king. As per Daniel, the evil king who sets up his tent between the holy mountain (god) and the holy sea (the people) and says "none shall get to god except through me". With that the connection of god to its people is shattered. None worship god, none obey god as king, none obey god's law. Satan rules the earth.
So does “they shall become one flesh just refer to the sex act”?
Genesis 2:24
Probably.
For marriage, aren't they referencing something Jesus said?
Absolutely perfect.
Lean cadanced, and elegant.
A chef's kiss. 🤌
Absolutely Laughable ❤
I have a challenge whether you agree or disagree with him do some research with a study Bible cross reference. If you believe his right you'll be able to quote sources. If you believe he's wrong the same applies.
Why doesn’t this guy debate another Bible scholar? Highly suspicious when a guy just Cherry picks Tik toks without a chance for rebuttal
Thank you for telling . Christians that the church is never above God. It's about the trinity. God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Not about your beliefs.
The Bible also states that donkeys talk and that uniqorns are real, so lets shape reality from that.
If I remeber well that "unicors" are a species of goats or something like that, which was either mistranslated or people had a poor perception about it and turn it into a mythical creature.
Like Panda bears and Gorillas wete mythical creatures in the past, but people find out that they are real
@@gilgamesh7652 That seems plausible, but that proves how vital original context is. Too many interpret the Bible on the surface as if it was written yesteraday, and I think Dan does a great job giving such context :)
@@gilgamesh7652I mean it still claims that sea dragons, angels, demons and chimeras exist so it's probably not as good as it's made out to be.
Look, Ma! Another graduate from the "Aron Ra" school of biblical hermeneutics!
"The Bible" does no't "state that donkeys talk." There is one single story in which a donkey appears to speak after having been beaten. Since everybody knows that donkeys don't talk -even the ancient Israelites - there quite obviously is something else going on here besides a purely factual-literal description of historical events.
Unicorns are real, we just call them rhinoceroses.
Trying to translate “Ta-da” into Hebrew . . . . . . . . . . .
He even starts off not even addressing the comment to which he is "responding"
I disagree with you on the numbers 5 11 but it's not a big deal
If you look at the CONTEXT of "the sermon on the mount", Jesus was referring to the nation of Israel being a light unto the non-Jewish nations of the world [read Matt 5:1 (Jesus is speaking to crowd, and his Jewish disciples), then Matt 5:13-20, then Isaiah 49:1-26, but especially v. 6).
And so, in context, the hill is a reference to the city of Jerusalem, and the Beith HaMiqdash (the Temple) in Matt 5:14-20). And Jesus was also demanding that Jews remain Torah Observant, but he was also aware that with Greek / Roman influences, many Jews were beginning to go off the derekh (the path), and so he said that he was only sent to save "the lost sheep of Israel" (Matt 15:24).
Which hearkens back to prophetic messages, and other writings within the Tanakh (aka: the Hebrew Scriptures). For example:
- Psa 119:176, I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands.
- Jer 50:6, “My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray and caused them to roam on the mountains. They wandered over mountain and hill and forgot their own resting place.
- Isa 49:6, he says: “It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.”
Jesus also agreed with the Jewish opinion of the day that Gentiles were considered to be dogs (Matthew 15:22-28).
And yet who is it that is assured a place in heaven according to Jesus's parable of the good Samaritan?
@@Alex-ne6fm First, Luke is a different gospel entirely, and it's narratives do NOT change the opinions / the stories expressed in Matthew.
And Dr. McClellan has made numerous videos about the error of "univocality" when reading the Tanakh (aka: Hebrew Scriptures), and/or the New Testament.
Second, regarding Israelite / Jewish identity after the political split of the [edit: United monarchy of Saul, David, and Solomon], "Jews" not only included the tribe of Judah, but the tribe of Benjamin, and Dan who remained loyal to the house of David after the Kingdom of Israel was divided into the Northern, and Southern kingdoms.
The capitol of the Northern Kingdom became Samaria. Hence the animosity between the Jews (of the southern kingdom), and the Israelites of the northern kingdom which naturally included their Samaritan Israelite cousins.
Third, another big divide between the Israelites of Samaria (aka: Samaritan Israelites) and Jews, was the Samaritan insistence that Mount Gerizim was the historical holy site of the Israelites.
However, it's a way more complicated than that, as this article goes into a bit more detail, www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/daily-life-and-practice/the-samaritan-schism/
Therefore, in all likelihood, "the Samaritan" although despised by Jews in Luke's gospel would NOT have been considered a 'Gentile dog'. Rather, someone that 'the Jews' would not normally associate with at that time in the NT narrative because of the North / South split.
Here's one video explaining who the Samaritan Israelites are, and their ancient history, and why a difference between Samaritan Israelites and the rest of the religious Jewish world exists today. ua-cam.com/video/tRrFrx8-wEg/v-deo.html
Having said all that, today, [edit: "in censuses, the Israeli government classifies the Samaritans to be "a distinct religious community", and the Chief Rabbinate of Israel "classifies them to be ethnic Jews, i.e., Israelites"]. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritans.
Here is another article about Samaritans in the Times of Israel, www.timesofisrael.com/film-projects-spotlight-on-israels-tiny-samaritan-community-fighting-for-its-future/
Bottom Line: Samaritans have lived in the land of Israel / Palestine for at least 3,000 years. They were Israelites then, and they are Israelites now.