Welcome! Source of content is linked in the description. Atheists convert series now with 1.1+ MILLION views and counting! We’re on a journey to 100 atheism to Christianity testimonies this year! I know the audio has some quallity issues. It did in the original as well. But the journey is worth bearing thru those for!
@RichMizenko - how ignorant can you be. Who compiled the Bible ? What was the ONLY Christian church for over 1500 years? You subscribe to Sola Fide and Sola scriptura. Those are theological/biblical interpretations neither right nor wrong. But you claim YOUR way is right? Catholics are just another Christian denomination, they accept Jesus as savior. I’m sure you “ Christian ‘’ church is also a denomination. Based on you closed mindedness, I’m assuming Southern Baptist. No where do Jesus stare that if it is not in the Bible that it doesn’t exist. He just gave us the Bible as a guide. Quit being so ignorant and close minded. Think about it, The Bible (New Testament )you quote from, who compiled ? I’m not even Catholic, just educated. Actually attended a Mennonite College. Quit spouting evangelical born again American version of Christianity as the absolute. Only God is the absolute. Last I checked you are not Him.
@@krm1248 "Who compiled the Bible ?" The Holy Spirit moving among men? Notice the New Testament was written by the Jews , the inspired scripture came out of Israel and no where does it mention the gentile church can overrule Jewish scriptures , Jesus apostles who were all Jews including Paul and Barbarous the apostles to the gentiles. Also we know there were other churches who were NOT part of the Roman church like the Ethiopian church who suffered through persecution by the Muslims. The Ethiopian church opened Luther eyes to realize God had other believers that had nothing to do with the Roman church. I do agree Protestant have made many of the same mistakes as the Catholics in thinking they are the only ones.
@RichMizenko The catholic church doesn't teach that you need good works to get to heaven but most Catholics will argue that you do because they don't know better. They will argue that you need to be baptized as a baby by getting water sprinkled on you and this is because they're so misinformed and don't really learn the bible, they just know what takes place in the Catholic church. I'd rather not follow a religion structured by today's people and priests that claim they have some kind of special authority to forgive sin when they don't. Their structure and unbiblical rituals makes it a religion that keeps people from following Jesus. Catholics are proud of their religion and many don't even know the gospel.
I know of way too many Catholics that have their prayers answered by God for that generalization to be some sort of truism like the law of gravity. I personally don't agree with some things that the Catholic Curch holds to. But I'd never in a million years put myself in the role of God as their judge. They believe the fundemental core of Christianity - that Yeshua is God manifesting in human form, living a righteous life and suffering mightily, unjustly and horrifically tortured and exectuted, rose from the dead in three days, appeared in bodily form to his followers, and in a special manner to Saul of Tarsus, that his death was sacrificial on behalf of the human race, and that by believing in Him, in His resurrection, that we are reunited to Him as his holy children. Deity, death, resurrection are the foundational stones of the good news - it's in the creedal proclamations prior to any written Christen text - the first Christians proclaimed those creeds and these were orally transmiited until finally embedded in Paul's epistles, the gospels, and Acts. (Modern scholarship has gleaned out these pre-literary creeds.) Catholics hold to those foundational elements, as does any Christian that is sincere in their adherence to the Lord. Do those foundational elements get entangled with other things? Probably. A proliferation of denominations suggest it happens a lot. God is a God of grace. We see that proclaimed in the Hebrew Bible and in the New Testament. For we to come along and proscribe God's grace with some manner of exactitide and absolutism is being pretensious. We are the created creature with a soul, but we are not God.
@@smidlee7747jesus said, when two or three gather in my name, i will be there. God is not limited by church or denomination, but in every society, culture and nation he has his chosen disciples. As one man had also pondered this question, and believe his denomination to be the most correct, and then ne had a dream. Where he arrived at the gates of hell and asked the gate keeper if there were people of various denominations there, for example, baptist, methodist,presbyterian, etc.. and the gate keeper answered positively, that there were indeed people of different church roots there, including from nis own church. Then he went to the gates of heaven and asked the gatekeeper there whether people from his denomination were there, and the gatekeeper responded negatively, he was surprised and started asking about all the denominations he could think of, but the gatekeeper kept shaking his head ‘no’ He was astounded and finally asked, but who is in Heaven? To which the gatekeeper replied, “Only those who’ve been washed in the blood of the Lamb” That’s a reference to Revelations 7:14
Lee Strobel’s “A Case for Christ “ turned me back to my faith. He’s published many other books based in Christianity. One of which is “The Case for Miracles “, which Lee wrote as he wanted to research if God still performed miracles. It’s a phenomenal read. The movie “ The Case for Christ “ is very well done & I actually saw that prior to reading the book. Lee Strobel is a phenomenal speaker, researcher, author and a strong advocate and true man of God !! 🙏🏻✝️❤️
That book was also a turning point for me. Helped me realize there was a rational and intellectual side of Christianity and the existence of a creator.
@@fiftyten84 Amen to that and the realization of only needing faith forgiveness and salvation !! Lee Strobel is a thorough researcher and more importantly pragmatic so that when Presented with all the evidence of Jesus that initially he didn’t want to see. Amen
I was a Christian when I read Stroebels books. The part that got my attention was the person that admitted there was NOT good evidence to justify atheism, he just didn’t want to believe in God.
Although I was never able to have any children, I related to what she said about her childbirth. I was invited by a friend to her home birth, and there was such a sense of quiet, peace, and palpable Holiness in that room when her tiny baby boy was born, it blew me away……that was a couple of years before I became a real Christian.
the first century Christian text, the Didichae, shows us that Christians from the very beginning designated both the fetus in the womb and the new born child as innately precious. In the section on ethics and morality it list the act of abortion and the act of infanticide as among the ways leading to death (i.e., eternal spiritual death) - that these are things that are immoral for Christians. They made a point of listing out things that were being practised in their surrounding Hellenistic society, but that were immoral and against Christ. It's perfectly obvious that nothing has changed in the least as there are still those that murder the fetus in the womb and some of them advocate for infanticide. While there are still Christians that proclaim the sanctity of new human life both in the womb and newly born.
Hmm. I was in the room for all my kids births and I never noticed quiet, peace - Especially my first born at which my wife had to have a emergency C section, ( and I was in the surgery room for that too.) and there was no quiet and peace for the next 25 yrs.
As a seeking agnostic, thank you for this channel! Please keep it up, it is right up my alley. Helpful, fascinating, and thought provoking hearing these journeys that closely mirror what I am going through.
If you are seeking I encourage you to take up a meditation and prayer practice. I believe you will learn to know with your heart and not just your mind. I was atheist, and though I was not not seeking God, I found him when I began to open myself up through prayer. He had been there all along. Now I am so grateful for my relationship with God the Father.
I'm currently writing a book called "Just One Test," where there's a split in the scientistic community over conducting just one test to find God. The split occurs when those who call themselves scientists don't want to conduct the test because they've already made up their mind on reality. Yet, those who do the test, such as this woman in the video, find God.
@TrevoltIV When atheists ask for proof of God I will tell them check out your fingernails. Really check them out, and you will find them to be miraculous proof of God. Atheism thrives on partial knowledge and huge leaps of conjectures.
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.” You cannot bear fruit unto God until you partake of the death of The Son of God, and abide in him as The True Vine. Denying oneself, laying aside the will of the flesh, taking up your cross daily and following Christ is the only way.
I was at UT Austin from 72 to 81. An absolutely secular hedonistic totally self absorbed culture. Which I was part of. Thankfully some years later the Holy Spirit came and got me! Thank the Lord.
Wasn't expecting it to cut off so abruptly. Anyway, the book she mentions reminds me somewhat of "Person of Interest" by J. Warner Wallace. Written by someone who was an atheist and a cold case homicide detective, who investigated the gospels and the Bible using the method he used in those homicide cases. It's a unique examination of the evidences of Jesus and the resurrection. I highly recommend it, whether you're a non-believer or a believer.. I'm not, or wasn't, even a reader when I decided to get that book. Outside of the Bible, it was the first book I ever bought.
Wow! Amazing testimony. It's amazing once the foundations of atheist thinking (based on survival 0f the fittest) cracks , and we realize our nature isn't to kill the weak or the poor, then we realize how valuable life is, and that the Source of Love is real and greater than atheist inconsistencies and selfish thinking.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:29 🎓 *Jennifer Fulwier's upbringing emphasized seeking truth and questioning assumptions, leading her to atheism during her college years.* 01:11 🤔 *Fulwier criticizes the lack of historical and philosophical depth among some atheists, citing misconceptions about the origins of belief in God.* 03:01 🧠 *She challenges the atheist perspective on morality, questioning whether evolutionary principles can provide a solid basis for ethical behavior.* 04:36 👶 *Fulwier's perspective shifted after the birth of her child, prompting her to reassess atheism's explanations for the value of life and the source of love.* 07:11 📚 *Fulwier's curiosity about Christianity was sparked by encountering "The Case for Christ" in a bookstore, despite her previous skepticism toward religion.* 09:15 💡 *Fulwier reflects on the explosive growth of Christianity in first-century Palestine, prompted by the resurrection of Jesus, as described in "The Case for Christ."* Made with HARPA AI
I never understood why there was such a rift between science and christianity. God created everything. That's why it works out the way it does. God created science. Why do we have to keep questioning it? Maybe I'm too simplistic but I was told the stories in the Bible as a child and they just made sense to me.
I think because those in "science community" tend to get tunnel-visioned on "scientific, empirical evidence" where they have to do experiments to prove a hypothesis because if not then their conclusion is not valid. At least according to academic rules. You cant do that with history, and non-material things like the mind, spiritual, which are actually lots of things. Some of them got caught up in arrogance that "science" can explain everything when its not, and its a matter of time until it can "scientifically prove" something. Try asking them if they believe any past figures like Newton, Einstein, or heck one of their favorite misquoted Darwin. They will have faith (believe in) that those people exist and yet they cannot "scientifically prove" it with experiment. One of my favorite short quote to illustrate why those 2 is compatible, "science explain how, God explain why". I think I butchered it from John Lennox lol
Following Rene Descartes meditation Category 1: Minds I exist and I am a mind. Therefore Minds exist. Category 2: Matter I have feelings. These feelings originate from sensors in what I call my body. The sensors are receptive to stimulation from events created from within my body and from events created from outside my body. The stuff that bring about these events I shall categorise as matter. Thus my body is also made of matter. Therefore Matter exists. Category 3: Space My body needs space and matter in general needs space. Matter can exist only in space. Therefore space must exist. Category 4: Time My body needs time to change and matter in general needs time for change. Matter can change only in time. Therefore time must exist. From the above observation I conclude that these 4 categories permeate each other and exist equally with none more abstract or less abstract than another. Now to the question of the origin of these categories Could it be that any one or more of these categories can be made from any one or more of the remaining categories? Could these categories transform from one to another? Matter needs space and time for its existence, therefore without space and time matter will not exist as such matter could not have been the origin of space and time. From physics it has been observed that space and time can give rise to matter spontaneously. As such matter maybe a result of a localised change to space and time. So then could space and time be the origin of everything else? Again from the theory of the Big Bang all space, time and matter originated from this singular event. Therefore space and time could not alone have brought about the other categories. Since the big bang was an event, could it be that all things are made from events? Where there is space, time and matter there is always an event. There can be no space , time or matter without events. In an instant all of space and the matter is nothing more or nothing less than a set of events. So then space, time and matter is one and the same as a set of simultaneous events from one instant to the next. From this observation the 4 categories can be reduced to 2 categories Category 1 : Minds Category 2 : Events Now then can minds exist without events. We know that simultaneous events give rise to feeling in minds. We know from special relativity simultaneous events cannot give rise to anything physical or material. Therefore feelings cannot be physical or material. Now as feelings are a part of minds we must conclude minds are not physical. Now can the mind exist without feelings OR does feelings create the mind, that is one and the same as the mind? If feeling create the mind then as feelings are created by events then space, time and matter which we have concluded is the same as events, must also have feeling and thus be one and the same as a mind. Thus we would need to conclude a rock has a mind or is part of a mind to the same extent that my brain is a mind or is part of a mind. This conclusion is not palatable as such let’s consider the OTHER alternative Now if a mind can exist without feeling then we also know that the mind can create events. (e.g throw a rock, move a finger) So then given that the mind can create events then the big bang (The Event) could have originated from The Mind in order to evoke feelings in other minds. These other minds may have also been created by The Mind. philpapers.org/rec/DESCAS philpapers.org/rec/DESETD
Matter and energy cannot be created nor destroyed, therefore no matter nor energy would’ve existed to do the causing. Consequently, whatever did cause the universe to exist, would need to be immaterial and exist beyond time and space! Genesis 1: 1 God creates time space and matter! The KILLER is, Entropy! Entropy is somewhat opposite of evolution and why did this come into the universe if everything’s getting better? Genesis 2:17 says death came into the universe through the first sin! First two chapters of the Bible not the 500th chapter or the thousandth chapter; explain what evolutionists have not explained; and no other worldview EXPLAINS ENTROPY -The 2nd LAW AT ALL, let alone the first law of thermodynamics! So the Bible explains how matter, space, time, entropy, and energy get here; Right out the gate! DNA does not auto encrypt, it did not write itself the code writer is outside of the code. 3300 billion lines of computer code in 1 humans DNA genome, would fill the Grand Canyon 50 times of Books, let alone plant and animal DNA and it did not write itself! One person‘s DNA could stretch to the sun and back 61 times! Psalm 139:16 “in my members you have written many books“. John 21:25 “I suppose everything Jesus did the world will not have enough room for the Books, telling of it“! God made matter and energy, a.k.a., the first law of thermodynamics and DNA, pointing to himself; pointing to an outside source beyond the realm of the universe; that these things were made there! Job 38:35 “were you there when I created the lightnings and they say ‘here we are!”’ This is God talking to Job! 3300 years later, James Maxwell discovers that light rays and electricity are two forms of the same thing! The Bible Predicted telecommunications
No observation of " big bang " = assumption = theory. Nothing can be created from nil. Contradicts laws of physics. Frequency vibration and energy. Is this definition of light? Creation of space and matter requires an unbelievable and perfectly well organized amount of information ...and as quantum physics debunks materialism...I guess you have the answer...
Here is what we need to do to heal our nation: 1.) Humble ourselves before almighty God 2.) Pray and Seek God’s face 3.) Turn from our wicked ways. 2 Chronicles 7:14 If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, THEN I will hear from heaven and forgive their sins and heal their land. We desperately need God’s help and guidance! 🙏🇺🇸 Peace, grace, love and understanding be with you all :-)
This marvelous passage of Scripture you have cited first teaches me that I must be humble so that I can seek His face in prayer. From the next phrase in the passage, I find I must turn from my wicked ways. It is then that He will hear my prayer from Heaven and forgive my sin. This means to me that I will have to confess my wicked sins when I humble myself and pray. After this He will hear from Heaven, forgive my sins and heal the land. So, with this basis, my prayer will contain the confession of the greatest sin of our land. At the same time, I will confess the greatest sin of the church in our land. This is one in the same sin. In turn, not perceiving this is why there has been no healing of the land, despite the offering of untold billions of prayers, going back to World War II, that have requested such a healing. Heavenly Father, I admit that our greatest unconfessed sin is that we have replaced holiness with human rights as our guiding moral principle in everyday life and government. I now request that Your living church will confess and turn away from this great sin. I then request that the church lead the entire land to confess this great sin so that our land may be healed. In the name of My Savior, Jesus of Nazareth, Amen. I am convinced that unless the church repents, the land will not repent. It is the stubborn pride of unrepentance that is preventing the church from seeing and confessing our sin and bringing the healing of the land. It is the stubborn pride of the church that prevents the church from seeing that the human right doctrine is the means by which Christian civilization has been dismantled. The fruit of our eighty years of unrepentant prayers is that we have given rebirth to the most despised anti-civilization of history -- that of Sodom and Gomorrah -- while the church now prays on without any repentance from, or confession of the great sin of the land.
I agree with everything she said except right at the end when she mentions first century Palestine.. Jesus didn't live in Palestine. That name is a misnomer, it was called Judea and Samaria in the first century.
To be fair The Byzantine Empire wasn't called that when it existed. It was simply the Roman Empire. The Jews were not called Jews in the 1st century either. I understand what you meant but I don't think she is making a political statement that Jesus was a Palestinian but only referring to the more modern name of the area.
I can't believe someone would suggest in a book that a pig has more value then a human being, a human that will eclipse the pig over and over and over again in "cognitive function" and this information is recieved face value, s.m.h..
In that one thing she told about is it not just a bit odd that the cognitive ability of an adult pig was used as the comparison point with the cognitive ability of a newborn human; shouldn't the logical equal comparison be newborn pig to newborn human?
True. To which, one could add my usual challenge to Atheists: ''Name 10 atheist international charity organizations.'' When they can't, I make it easy for them: ''Name one''.
Haha, that cutoff was a bit abrupt. Good speech, though. And having been friends with many atheists and agnostics over the years, I can appreciate that she challenged the stuff she believed in an intellectually honest way.
One thing I'd like to point out as well is that as society has moved further and further from Christianity we are seemingly doing less and less scientifically. Not that break throughs aren't still happening, but they have become almost entirely politically based scientific research grants rather than doing science for the improvement to the human condition. I am deeply worried about the future of our country if those who lead us cannot repent.
This professor that you can’t remember his name, and justifiable so, equates value of life with intelligent complexity; does this mean when he starts his cognitive decline that we have every right to put two in the back of his head, because after all the prof whose name we cannot speak would be ok with it. This IS atheistic thinking, it is NOT of God, NOT of life and NOT of creative reasoning.
Wise testimony. History is chock-full of instances where people have decided they know best and set up codes to live by based on their notions of morality. History is also chock-full of stories of the innocent people who have suffered and died under such systems. In the end, we all decide to go our own way and follow our own moral compass or we decide to try and live by the rules set-forth by God. As C.S. Lewis put it: “There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, in the end, 'Thy will be done.' All that are in Hell, choose it. Without that self-choice there could be no Hell."
In asking for proof of the existence of God, in the very questions lies the answer. Ask your self what is it about a proof that makes it so great? A proof is great becouse it does not depend on the time, place or person that gives it. A proof exist even if it has never been spoken. Therefore where do they exist and were they created? If you believe proofs were not created then you believe the proofs are eternal. So then the proofs are your God. If you believe the proofs have a creator then that creator is God. PS:It takes a mind/intelligence to understand a proof so can a proofs exist with no Mind or is a Mind essential for the existence of proof?
I know a catholic priest who was brought up atheist. I was at his ordination, and so were his parents. Because although they weren't believers, their attitude was that this was obviously very important and significant to their son so of course they would be there.
Her testimony reminds me of 1 Timothy 2:15 where Paul writes in regards to women: "Yet she will be saved through childbearing-if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control."
The woman speaker also unknowingly highlights a simple truth. It is very, very important to be a good father to your children as hers clearly was. Praise the Lord our Savior Jesus Christ, with God the Father in unity with the Holy Spirit!
The battle of our spirit and mind. How so many just dispel the miraculous of life, of us. How in 9 months the amazing creation of you and me. To think that is random is crazy.
She summarizes pretty much what I see is the problem with modern Atheists. And if I were an Atheist I would reject all morals but still live according to them as if found them pleasent.
She’s also hilarious. I watched some of her stand up after coming across her testimony. If she were still in atheist she’d likely be one of the biggest names in comedy!
It's not enough to say that one should seek truth and question everything, It's that there's a lens by which we naturally reason from and question things from that isn't necessarily true, So by having that place as the starting point to begin with and question everything from that point may create a type of prison in which a person believes his stance is rational but May actually be opposing the truth precisely because it's questioning it rather than merely asking questions about it. There's a difference between asking questions and questioning things. Questioning something implies some type of opposition or resistance to the alternative, a defensive way of questioning. Asking questions is different in that it's wanting to know more and explore other ideas, and this is necessary at times because some things can only be understood through making decisions rather than waiting to be completely informed before acting on it. In this way, a person can get in his own way by questioning things. This is one of the issues with agnosticism or atheism that I can tell.
@@RossNixon I give you an example I've experience from atheist. They will reject the resurrection for example because the gospel were written decades after the event. On the surface it sounds like an intellectual problem but when I dig deeper they will reveal they believe human evolution without question. I pointed out they reject the gospel which was written decades after the events where there were those who claimed they saw the risen Christ yet accepted human evolution which was written million of years after the so call event where no one have ever witnessed no matter how smart they are. Can you imagine standing before God claiming you reject the gospel because it was written decades later but accepted human evolution written 5 million years after it suppose to happen? You have to dig a little deeper to learn it's not an intellectual problem but a heart issue. Notice how many atheist online believes in human evolution and the universe which can not see, hear, speak, feel or reason created creatures that can without question
I am curious about why, as a Christian, she refers to Israel as Palastine, the name given by the Roman government as an insult to the people of Israel. I would use God's name for it rather than the Roman's.
She has a YT channel linked in the description. You could ask her! But the quote is from a scholar quoted in Lee Strobels book so it’s prob best to ask him if you’re very curious
I think you are reading in too much in her statement as I don't think she is making a political statement but only referring to a more modern name of the area. The same way the Byzantine Empire was never refer to that name while it existed but as the Roman Empire. We say the Viking invaded York city when it wasn't name York when the Viking invaded. Christianity after all does use the symbol of a cross which Romans used to executed people. The early church didn't use the cross to represent the church while the Romans were still crucifying people.
Ur of the Chaldees. They had gods AND explanations, and were a prosperous, shadow-of-Babylon place. Abram didn't find another God to follow, because he was looking for better explanations. He didn't go looking for God; God befriended him, and he received the friendship of God, and believed God. Abraham believed God, and it was accounted unto him for righteousness.
Other gods were sacrificing people to show devotion, and they stayed dead, that’s counter evidence they were the God of righteousness and eternal life. The God that can raise to life the righteous and pure is evidence of truth.
"First century Palestine" did not exist. Palestine was a name given by the Romans in AD135 to blot out the Jewish name for an area as part of their punishment for the failed Jewish revolt. It was named Palestine after the Philistines who were the longtime enemy of Jews and hailed from what is now called Gaza. So, no there was no Palestine in the first century, the name came from the Romans as a way to persecute Jews, and there has never been a country by that name or king or currency etc.
That’s your take away from this video? That’s pretty sad. Jesus is redeeming this woman, a former atheist, and your concern is that when she was paraphrasing someone else she used the word “Palestine”. Certainly there was a much more important topic being discussed here, so sorry you missed it.
It was called Palestine because it's the Greek name for the land of Israel. Not Philistia. "Pales" means wrestling in Greek, the same root as the word Isra-el
@@alanwaibel7488 Because she's redeeming we should cut her some slack? If you're going to discuss something especially in a presentation - Do your research and get your facts straight - otherwise you lose credibility.
That video is on a Catholic channel so do we know if she’s actually a Christian or is she a Catholic? Hopefully people don’t think they’re one and the same because there’s lots of important differences that matter a great deal to one’s salvation and walk with God. Obviously it’s fantastic she is an ex-atheist and now knows Jesus Christ is Lord but the ritualistic religiousity of Catholicism isn’t good and nearly all Catholics don’t know what it means to be born again. I’ve seen Ray Comfort ask soooo many and the majority are absolutely clueless what it means. Great video anyway. She’s clearly a very intelligent woman and Im so glad she now follows Jesus 🙏
I do believe Catholics are Christian. Do they hold differences from Protestants? Absolutely. Do Protestants have differences from Orthodox? Absolutely. What makes one Christian? Acknowledging that Jesus is the risen Son of God(And God incarnate) - That God is triune(Father, Son, Holy Spirit) - That they recognize that only Jesus blood can wash away their sins. That they must turn to Jesus as Their Lord! & Repent (Turn away from sin) That they accept the indwelling of The Holy Spirit which leads them on a life of sanctification where they will not be perfect until being caught up, but will but will be remarkably different than they were when they chased pursuits of the flesh. That they believe the 66-72 books of The Bible(depending on the canon you use) represent the inspired word of God. I’m here to unite and not divide. Are there people who call themselves Catholic. Protestant, orthodox who are not really saved? Absolutely. But I’ll let The Lord judge! As for me, I’ll focus on my relationship with him rather than picking apart someone else’s.
Catholics ARE Christians, in the fullness of the Faith, once and for all given to the Saints, Because the Bible is a CATHOLIC book, nothing in Holy Scripture can contradict anything the Catholic Church definitely Declares. The Catholic Church (with the Orthodox) is the only Christianity that is direct from Jesus and the Apostles. The Catholic Church is NOT a Denomination, if anything we are Pre-Denominational
Catholics are Christians!!! Like most big institutional churches there are a lot of people in it who have very little idea about Christianity. You get that in a lot of churches
"Thoughts" and The concept of God Usage of the word "Thought" in this post is taken to mean anything that is part of a humans conscious experience. Under this definition a sound heard is a thought as much the thoughts going to solve a mathematical puzzle. Based on the above definition it can be said that all of humanities knowledge consist of "thoughts". For anything to be known by a human it must become a "thought". In the context of such a definition of "thoughts" The set of all "thoughts" would fit the concept of God. If you accept Mathematical Platonism then God would exist The concept of God entails a single entity that has the following properties Wisdom: The set of all thoughts will contain the perfect answer to every possible question Infinitude: The set of all thoughts will have an infinite amount of thoughts Sovereignty: There can be no thought that is not an element of the set of thoughts Omniscience:The set of all thought is all knowing as it contains all thoughts.
I was appreciating the talk all the way up untill the final point, and I don't by any means blame the speaker. The excerpt from Lee Strobel's "A Case for Christ" (which I have not read), in which a protestant thought leader is promoting this idea that the 1st century Jews who came to follow the resurrected Christ abandoned their Jewish herritage in favor of a new religion. This is patently false and you will find no evidence of this in the New Testament. Even Paul still refers to himself as a Jew and Pharisee. The truth of what Jesus did is far beyond the scope of religion, it leads us to an understanding of a greater reality, i.e., the spiritual world being much greater and real than our own physical reality. In order to see how the 1st century believers lived (because unlike more modern traditions, lifestyle is unequivocally linked to observant Jewish practice) it's better to look not on what they might say of themselves, but how those of opposing opinion would say about them. The consensus was that that those who followed Jesus were a part of a rogue sect of Judaism and they were referred to as the "People of the Way." Their children were still circumcized on the 8th day, they continued to keep the Sabbath and observe the rest of the festivals in the Jewish calendar, as well as the same dietary laws. They continued to be fully Jewish in expression, through and through. We can see this by how the apostles discussed the inclusion of the non-jewish "converts" who did not convert to Judaism but believed in the message of the gospel and were receiving the holy Spirit as were also the Jewish believers. They were very aware as not to shock the gentiles, culturally by putting up on them a bunch of restrictions that the Jewish people enjoy, so they chose carefully only a few which were all interlinked, much in the way their own Laws were presented. There was an eventual breaking away from the Jewish leadership by the gentiles believers -- it became unpopular with them to be treated in a similarly persecuted fashion as their Jewish counterparts. They struck a deal with the Roman authority that if they were to break off communication with the Jewish leadership, but retain their belief in Jesus, they could be once again treated as non-jewish and go about their lives in Roman society enjoying all the benefits (mainly, they wouldn't be taxed to the same extent as the Jews). This is how the great split seemingly occurred. So we can see that the Jews did not cease being Jews in the least bit. After all, Jesus was the Jewish Messiah long promised in the old covenant. He came as a Jew, lived as a Jew, and died as many Jews did in the first century.
I know she is only reading a quote, but it would be good and more accurate if people, notably Christian theologians etc stop saying 'first century Palestine', because it wasn't until the following century that term was used.
This is the 2nd comedian I posted a video on, the other was Jeff Allen. In the mainstream comedy world you’re absolutely correct, most seem to be atheists.
I'm glad that she can now say she is Christian but she really needs to be born again and believe that every word of the Bible is true and there was no such thing as first century Palestine and that the god of Abraham Isaac and Jacob is the god of Israel and of the whole Earth
God bless her for finding the truth but holding these people up high as examples is like having a family member who smokes and is an alcoholic. We try and try and try to help them yet they reject US. Then one day someone somewhere opens their eyes and we are supposed to praise them when they never listened to their own family that loves them.
I get what you’re saying, but Jesus gave a similar parable, speaking about the prodigal son. If a member of your family finds a way to break free from a self-destructive cycle, and you find it more important to question them why rather than celebrate their freedom, that honestly says more about your attitude than anything else.
I was a prodigal son. Plus, isn’t the point of the cross that we’re all wretched broken sinners who couldn’t approach righteousness without Christ? Testimonies are powerful.
@@AspiringChristian You are the Sun? Yes testimonies are great. We are sinners. Wretched and broken, some maybe. I pray that you turned your life around as you say and God bless you for that.
@@AspiringChristian Kind one I did not judge. I simply pointed out an example. I wished blessings on her. Let me relate a story I think you will understand. I found this nice church who for the first time I saw him preach and teach. Big Church. I got to know the pastor well and he explained to me that he used to be a biker and even desecrated a church one day. Of course he gave his life to God and was a powerful speaker. A smaller man. When he told me this story he asked if I felt his story was better that he was bad and now good or if he had just been good all along. I told him I think good from the start is best but that he had a story to tell. He said yes he had a story but he had to beg more for his forgiveness because of the bad things he did before and no one could tell him different at that time. He recently passed away and I miss him dearly and I love the word he put in me to bring me closer to God. Amen.
I'm a lifelong atheist and see nothing wrong with someone coming to believe something they didn't believe before, after critical analysis. I might not agree with your conclusions, but at least you weren't indoctrinated into it as a child and I hope you wont indoctrinate your own children (if you have children.) You came to it without being indoctrinated after all. Right?
And many more with no Bible, media, churches, support, under oppressive regimes, with laws designed to dissuade or intimidate, imprison or kill. It's a pretty naive view to think children sat there being spoon-fed Genesis by keen parents. Frankly, I've never met one in over 40 years. Maybe I move in the wrong circles (?)
My two cents is that parents raise their children according to their values, and they do this when the children don't have the capacity to understand and reason through adult concepts because they have no experience. Its the parents job to teach their kids these things. It isn't indoctrination. Its parenting, and all parents do it in one way or another.
As a Christian myself, I personally know Christians who were raised many different ways. One of my husband's closest friends was not just raised as an atheist, but raised to believe anyone who believed in God/was a Christian was to be laughed at/mocked. He used to make fun of Christians, and now he loves the Lord and God is completely changing his life. My former pastor was raised Muslim and was disowned by his family for becoming a Christian. He gave up everything to follow Jesus. I know people who were raised in the new age who have converted. Raised with no religion of any sort. And some who were raised in the church. Christians come from all walks of life. A few of the women in my Bible study were drug addicts and alcoholics before becoming Christian and the Lord has completely changed their lives. Being taken to church as a kid is not indoctrination lol. If you as the parents are believers, going to church is a big part of that. Serving and honoring the Lord is a huge part of your life. What are you supposed to do? Leave your kids home alone while you're at church every week? Parents all have a right to raise their children how they want and in whatever religious tradition (or lack thereof) that they belong to. If you truly believe with your whole heart that something is the truth, wouldn't you teach that to your kids? And I know many people who were raised Christian, but have chosen not to follow Jesus. At the end of the day, we all have a choice. No one is forcing anyone.... in fact the Bible is very clear that you can't force anyone to believe. Our job as Christians is to share the Gospel. That's it. After that each individual makes their own choice.
Jesus is Lord God Almighty clothed in unsinful humanity and He is the author of *eternal life* to all who trust Him alone for salvation. Jesus paid for all the sins of all the world at the cross (past, present, and future). That payment is put to your account when you have believed on Christ alone for salvation. *This means that saving repentance is realizing that you are a sinner deserving of God's just punishment in Hell and turn (repent) from whatever you trusted in before, if indeed you trusted in anything; to trusting in the person and finished work of Christ alone for salvation.*
If Atheists think WHEN PEOPLE CANT EXPLAIN SCIENCE THEY BELIEVE IN GOD.... Pharoah who Built Pyramids: Hold by Cup Astrologer who wrote Zodiac understanding of Stars: Take my Glass Archemedies, Aryabhatta: What the Heck?😂😂😂
Welcome! Source of content is linked in the description. Atheists convert series now with 1.1+ MILLION views and counting! We’re on a journey to 100 atheism to Christianity testimonies this year!
I know the audio has some quallity issues. It did in the original as well. But the journey is worth bearing thru those for!
@RichMizenko - how ignorant can you be. Who compiled the Bible ? What was the ONLY Christian church for over 1500 years? You subscribe to Sola Fide and Sola scriptura. Those are theological/biblical interpretations neither right nor wrong. But you claim YOUR way is right? Catholics are just another Christian denomination, they accept Jesus as savior. I’m sure you “ Christian ‘’ church is also a denomination. Based on you closed mindedness, I’m assuming Southern Baptist. No where do Jesus stare that if it is not in the Bible that it doesn’t exist. He just gave us the Bible as a guide. Quit being so ignorant and close minded. Think about it, The Bible (New Testament )you quote from, who compiled ? I’m not even Catholic, just educated. Actually attended a Mennonite College. Quit spouting evangelical born again American version of Christianity as the absolute. Only God is the absolute. Last I checked you are not Him.
@@krm1248 "Who compiled the Bible ?"
The Holy Spirit moving among men? Notice the New Testament was written by the Jews , the inspired scripture came out of Israel and no where does it mention the gentile church can overrule Jewish scriptures , Jesus apostles who were all Jews including Paul and Barbarous the apostles to the gentiles.
Also we know there were other churches who were NOT part of the Roman church like the Ethiopian church who suffered through persecution by the Muslims. The Ethiopian church opened Luther eyes to realize God had other believers that had nothing to do with the Roman church.
I do agree Protestant have made many of the same mistakes as the Catholics in thinking they are the only ones.
@RichMizenko The catholic church doesn't teach that you need good works to get to heaven but most Catholics will argue that you do because they don't know better. They will argue that you need to be baptized as a baby by getting water sprinkled on you and this is because they're so misinformed and don't really learn the bible, they just know what takes place in the Catholic church. I'd rather not follow a religion structured by today's people and priests that claim they have some kind of special authority to forgive sin when they don't. Their structure and unbiblical rituals makes it a religion that keeps people from following Jesus. Catholics are proud of their religion and many don't even know the gospel.
I know of way too many Catholics that have their prayers answered by God for that generalization to be some sort of truism like the law of gravity.
I personally don't agree with some things that the Catholic Curch holds to. But I'd never in a million years put myself in the role of God as their judge.
They believe the fundemental core of Christianity - that Yeshua is God manifesting in human form, living a righteous life and suffering mightily, unjustly and horrifically tortured and exectuted, rose from the dead in three days, appeared in bodily form to his followers, and in a special manner to Saul of Tarsus, that his death was sacrificial on behalf of the human race, and that by believing in Him, in His resurrection, that we are reunited to Him as his holy children.
Deity, death, resurrection are the foundational stones of the good news - it's in the creedal proclamations prior to any written Christen text - the first Christians proclaimed those creeds and these were orally transmiited until finally embedded in Paul's epistles, the gospels, and Acts. (Modern scholarship has gleaned out these pre-literary creeds.)
Catholics hold to those foundational elements, as does any Christian that is sincere in their adherence to the Lord.
Do those foundational elements get entangled with other things? Probably. A proliferation of denominations suggest it happens a lot. God is a God of grace. We see that proclaimed in the Hebrew Bible and in the New Testament.
For we to come along and proscribe God's grace with some manner of exactitide and absolutism is being pretensious. We are the created creature with a soul, but we are not God.
@@smidlee7747jesus said, when two or three gather in my name, i will be there.
God is not limited by church or denomination, but in every society, culture and nation he has his chosen disciples.
As one man had also pondered this question, and believe his denomination to be the most correct, and then ne had a dream.
Where he arrived at the gates of hell and asked the gate keeper if there were people of various denominations there, for example, baptist, methodist,presbyterian, etc.. and the gate keeper answered positively, that there were indeed people of different church roots there, including from nis own church.
Then he went to the gates of heaven and asked the gatekeeper there whether people from his denomination were there, and the gatekeeper responded negatively, he was surprised and started asking about all the denominations he could think of, but the gatekeeper kept shaking his head ‘no’
He was astounded and finally asked, but who is in Heaven? To which the gatekeeper replied, “Only those who’ve been washed in the blood of the Lamb”
That’s a reference to Revelations 7:14
Lee Strobel’s “A Case for Christ “ turned me back to my faith. He’s published many other books based in Christianity. One of which is “The Case for Miracles “, which Lee wrote as he wanted to
research if God still performed miracles. It’s a phenomenal read. The movie “ The Case for Christ “ is very well done & I actually saw
that prior to reading the book. Lee Strobel is a phenomenal speaker, researcher, author and
a strong advocate and true man
of God !! 🙏🏻✝️❤️
He helped me ground my faith and frame questions on faith.
That book was also a turning point for me. Helped me realize there was a rational and intellectual side of Christianity and the existence of a creator.
@@fiftyten84 Amen to that and the realization of only needing faith forgiveness and salvation !! Lee Strobel
is a thorough researcher and more
importantly pragmatic so that when
Presented with all the evidence of Jesus
that initially he didn’t want to see. Amen
Lee Stroble would be a good read for an honest atheist.
I was a Christian when I read Stroebels books. The part that got my attention was the person that admitted there was NOT good evidence to justify atheism, he just didn’t want to believe in God.
Although I was never able to have any children, I related to what she said about her childbirth. I was invited by a friend to her home birth, and there was such a sense of quiet, peace, and palpable Holiness in that room when her tiny baby boy was born, it blew me away……that was a couple of years before I became a real Christian.
the first century Christian text, the Didichae, shows us that Christians from the very beginning designated both the fetus in the womb and the new born child as innately precious. In the section on ethics and morality it list the act of abortion and the act of infanticide as among the ways leading to death (i.e., eternal spiritual death) - that these are things that are immoral for Christians.
They made a point of listing out things that were being practised in their surrounding Hellenistic society, but that were immoral and against Christ.
It's perfectly obvious that nothing has changed in the least as there are still those that murder the fetus in the womb and some of them advocate for infanticide. While there are still Christians that proclaim the sanctity of new human life both in the womb and newly born.
Hmm. I was in the room for all my kids births and I never noticed quiet, peace - Especially my first born at which my wife had to have a emergency C section, ( and I was in the surgery room for that too.) and there was no quiet and peace for the next 25 yrs.
As a seeking agnostic, thank you for this channel! Please keep it up, it is right up my alley. Helpful, fascinating, and thought provoking hearing these journeys that closely mirror what I am going through.
These encouraging words mean a lot! I’ll be continuing to put out two a week. I hope to hear more from you in the future.
If you are seeking I encourage you to take up a meditation and prayer practice. I believe you will learn to know with your heart and not just your mind. I was atheist, and though I was not not seeking God, I found him when I began to open myself up through prayer. He had been there all along. Now I am so grateful for my relationship with God the Father.
I'm currently writing a book called "Just One Test," where there's a split in the scientistic community over conducting just one test to find God.
The split occurs when those who call themselves scientists don't want to conduct the test because they've already made up their mind on reality.
Yet, those who do the test, such as this woman in the video, find God.
The value of a parent's beliefs and sayings to influence the ultimate decision children make about their identity and convictions is unparalleled.
The love you feel for your children is undeniable proof of God.
@@TrevoltIVLove it!
Good point!
@TrevoltIV When atheists ask for proof of God I will tell them check out your fingernails. Really check them out, and you will find them to be miraculous proof of God.
Atheism thrives on partial knowledge and huge leaps of conjectures.
We love...cuz God first loved us!
God's Only Son Permits Eternal Life!
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“Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.” You cannot bear fruit unto God until you partake
of the death of The Son of God, and abide in him as The True Vine. Denying oneself, laying aside the will of the flesh, taking up your cross daily and following Christ is the only way.
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Praise the Lord!❤
Thanks Michael. Truth is beautiful.
Great stuff right here
I was at UT Austin from 72 to 81. An absolutely secular hedonistic totally self absorbed culture. Which I was part of. Thankfully some years later the Holy Spirit came and got me! Thank the Lord.
I was a self absorbed college atheist who thought that I was so much smarter than everyone! Then the Holy Spirit got me. :)
Her story parallels mind, i grew knowing Jesus and did my research as an adult and realize he is the living god
Jesus Jesus precious Jesus, how I've proved him o'er and o'er.
And he's coming back soon!
I read the Case for Christ in prison. It was great!
I hope you are doing well. Stick with the Lord, and He will direct your path! Rejoice for the steps of a righteous man are ordered of God!
This was a good video. Thanks for sharing.
Wasn't expecting it to cut off so abruptly.
Anyway, the book she mentions reminds me somewhat of "Person of Interest" by J. Warner Wallace. Written by someone who was an atheist and a cold case homicide detective, who investigated the gospels and the Bible using the method he used in those homicide cases. It's a unique examination of the evidences of Jesus and the resurrection.
I highly recommend it, whether you're a non-believer or a believer.. I'm not, or wasn't, even a reader when I decided to get that book. Outside of the Bible, it was the first book I ever bought.
Source content always linked in the pinned comment and description. It’s from a one hour talk!
I have that book and another the author wrote - good reads for those that are on the journey to try and figure this out for themself
Strobel's books are great. I am a Catholic Christian and had been struggling with my faith until I read Strobel.
Happy to hear it!
Wow! Amazing testimony. It's amazing once the foundations of atheist thinking (based on survival 0f the fittest) cracks , and we realize our nature isn't to kill the weak or the poor, then we realize how valuable life is, and that the Source of Love is real and greater than atheist inconsistencies and selfish thinking.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:29 🎓 *Jennifer Fulwier's upbringing emphasized seeking truth and questioning assumptions, leading her to atheism during her college years.*
01:11 🤔 *Fulwier criticizes the lack of historical and philosophical depth among some atheists, citing misconceptions about the origins of belief in God.*
03:01 🧠 *She challenges the atheist perspective on morality, questioning whether evolutionary principles can provide a solid basis for ethical behavior.*
04:36 👶 *Fulwier's perspective shifted after the birth of her child, prompting her to reassess atheism's explanations for the value of life and the source of love.*
07:11 📚 *Fulwier's curiosity about Christianity was sparked by encountering "The Case for Christ" in a bookstore, despite her previous skepticism toward religion.*
09:15 💡 *Fulwier reflects on the explosive growth of Christianity in first-century Palestine, prompted by the resurrection of Jesus, as described in "The Case for Christ."*
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I never understood why there was such a rift between science and christianity. God created everything. That's why it works out the way it does. God created science. Why do we have to keep questioning it? Maybe I'm too simplistic but I was told the stories in the Bible as a child and they just made sense to me.
I think because those in "science community" tend to get tunnel-visioned on "scientific, empirical evidence" where they have to do experiments to prove a hypothesis because if not then their conclusion is not valid. At least according to academic rules.
You cant do that with history, and non-material things like the mind, spiritual, which are actually lots of things. Some of them got caught up in arrogance that "science" can explain everything when its not, and its a matter of time until it can "scientifically prove" something. Try asking them if they believe any past figures like Newton, Einstein, or heck one of their favorite misquoted Darwin. They will have faith (believe in) that those people exist and yet they cannot "scientifically prove" it with experiment.
One of my favorite short quote to illustrate why those 2 is compatible, "science explain how, God explain why". I think I butchered it from John Lennox lol
Opened this, as I thought it would be fun. Instead, it's about a journey she took, where moments of overwhelming truth rocked her ideological boat.
I wish the sound quality was better, I am struggling to be able to listen to this in one go. I have to take it in small chunks. Content is gold.
Following Rene Descartes meditation
Category 1: Minds
I exist and I am a mind. Therefore Minds exist.
Category 2: Matter
I have feelings. These feelings originate from sensors in what I call my body. The sensors are receptive to stimulation from events created from within my body and from events created from outside my body. The stuff that bring about these events I shall categorise as matter. Thus my body is also made of matter. Therefore Matter exists.
Category 3: Space
My body needs space and matter in general needs space. Matter can exist only in space. Therefore space must exist.
Category 4: Time
My body needs time to change and matter in general needs time for change. Matter can change only in time. Therefore time must exist.
From the above observation I conclude that these 4 categories permeate each other and exist equally with none more abstract or less abstract than another.
Now to the question of the origin of these categories
Could it be that any one or more of these categories can be made from any one or more of the remaining categories? Could these categories transform from one to another?
Matter needs space and time for its existence, therefore without space and time matter will not exist as such matter could not have been the origin of space and time.
From physics it has been observed that space and time can give rise to matter spontaneously. As such matter maybe a result of a localised change to space and time.
So then could space and time be the origin of everything else?
Again from the theory of the Big Bang all space, time and matter originated from this singular event. Therefore space and time could not alone have brought about the other categories.
Since the big bang was an event, could it be that all things are made from events?
Where there is space, time and matter there is always an event.
There can be no space , time or matter without events.
In an instant all of space and the matter is nothing more or nothing less than a set of events. So then space, time and matter is one and the same as a set of simultaneous events from one instant to the next.
From this observation the 4 categories can be reduced to 2 categories
Category 1 : Minds
Category 2 : Events
Now then can minds exist without events. We know that simultaneous events give rise to feeling in minds. We know from special relativity simultaneous events cannot give rise to anything physical or material. Therefore feelings cannot be physical or material. Now as feelings are a part of minds we must conclude minds are not physical.
Now can the mind exist without feelings OR does feelings create the mind, that is one and the same as the mind?
If feeling create the mind then as feelings are created by events then space, time and matter which we have concluded is the same as events, must also have feeling and thus be one and the same as a mind.
Thus we would need to conclude a rock has a mind or is part of a mind to the same extent that my brain is a mind or is part of a mind.
This conclusion is not palatable as such let’s consider the OTHER alternative
Now if a mind can exist without feeling then we also know that the mind can create events. (e.g throw a rock, move a finger)
So then given that the mind can create events then the big bang (The Event) could have originated from The Mind in order to evoke feelings in other minds.
These other minds may have also been created by The Mind.
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Matter and energy cannot be created nor destroyed, therefore no matter nor energy would’ve existed to do the causing. Consequently, whatever did cause the universe to exist, would need to be immaterial and exist beyond time and space! Genesis 1: 1 God creates time space and matter!
The KILLER is, Entropy! Entropy is somewhat opposite of evolution and why did this come into the universe if everything’s getting better? Genesis 2:17 says death came into the universe through the first sin!
First two chapters of the Bible not the 500th chapter or the thousandth chapter; explain what evolutionists have not explained; and no other worldview EXPLAINS ENTROPY -The 2nd LAW AT ALL, let alone the first law of thermodynamics!
So the Bible explains how matter, space, time, entropy, and energy get here; Right out the gate!
DNA does not auto encrypt, it did not write itself the code writer is outside of the code. 3300 billion lines of computer code in 1 humans DNA genome, would fill the Grand Canyon 50 times of Books, let alone plant and animal DNA and it did not write itself! One person‘s DNA could stretch to the sun and back 61 times! Psalm 139:16 “in my members you have written many books“.
John 21:25 “I suppose everything Jesus did the world will not have enough room for the Books, telling of it“!
God made matter and energy, a.k.a., the first law of thermodynamics and DNA, pointing to himself; pointing to an outside source beyond the realm of the universe; that these things were made there!
Job 38:35 “were you there when I created the lightnings and they say ‘here we are!”’ This is God talking to Job!
3300 years later, James Maxwell discovers that light rays and electricity are two forms of the same thing!
The Bible Predicted telecommunications
No observation of " big bang " = assumption = theory.
Nothing can be created from nil. Contradicts laws of physics.
Frequency vibration and energy. Is this definition of light? Creation of space and matter requires an unbelievable and perfectly well organized amount of information ...and as quantum physics debunks materialism...I guess you have the answer...
That last point is so compelling! 🎯
Here is what we need to do to heal our nation:
1.) Humble ourselves before almighty God
2.) Pray and Seek God’s face
3.) Turn from our wicked ways.
2 Chronicles 7:14
If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways,
THEN
I will hear from heaven and forgive their sins and heal their land.
We desperately need God’s help and guidance!
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Peace, grace, love and understanding be with you all :-)
This marvelous passage of Scripture you have cited first teaches me that I must be humble so that I can seek His face in prayer. From the next phrase in the passage, I find I must turn from my wicked ways. It is then that He will hear my prayer from Heaven and forgive my sin. This means to me that I will have to confess my wicked sins when I humble myself and pray. After this He will hear from Heaven, forgive my sins and heal the land. So, with this basis, my prayer will contain the confession of the greatest sin of our land. At the same time, I will confess the greatest sin of the church in our land. This is one in the same sin. In turn, not perceiving this is why there has been no healing of the land, despite the offering of untold billions of prayers, going back to World War II, that have requested such a healing. Heavenly Father, I admit that our greatest unconfessed sin is that we have replaced holiness with human rights as our guiding moral principle in everyday life and government. I now request that Your living church will confess and turn away from this great sin. I then request that the church lead the entire land to confess this great sin so that our land may be healed. In the name of My Savior, Jesus of Nazareth, Amen.
I am convinced that unless the church repents, the land will not repent. It is the stubborn pride of unrepentance that is preventing the church from seeing and confessing our sin and bringing the healing of the land. It is the stubborn pride of the church that prevents the church from seeing that the human right doctrine is the means by which Christian civilization has been dismantled. The fruit of our eighty years of unrepentant prayers is that we have given rebirth to the most despised anti-civilization of history -- that of Sodom and Gomorrah -- while the church now prays on without any repentance from, or confession of the great sin of the land.
Good talk
I agree with everything she said except right at the end when she mentions first century Palestine.. Jesus didn't live in Palestine. That name is a misnomer, it was called Judea and Samaria in the first century.
To be fair The Byzantine Empire wasn't called that when it existed. It was simply the Roman Empire. The Jews were not called Jews in the 1st century either.
I understand what you meant but I don't think she is making a political statement that Jesus was a Palestinian but only referring to the more modern name of the area.
I can't believe someone would suggest in a book that a pig has more value then a human being, a human that will eclipse the pig over and over and over again in "cognitive function" and this information is recieved face value, s.m.h..
She's right. Most atheists don't care what theists have to say, they're happy strawmanning and getting on with their assumptions.
In that one thing she told about is it not just a bit odd that the cognitive ability of an adult pig was used as the comparison point with the cognitive ability of a newborn human; shouldn't the logical equal comparison be newborn pig to newborn human?
Where are the atheist hospitals, orphanages, and atheist leper colonies?
True. To which, one could add my usual challenge to Atheists: ''Name 10 atheist international charity organizations.'' When they can't, I make it easy for them: ''Name one''.
Exactly.
Praise God for Lee Strobel!!!
The Lord has used him as an instrument to open many eyes!
Haha, that cutoff was a bit abrupt. Good speech, though. And having been friends with many atheists and agnostics over the years, I can appreciate that she challenged the stuff she believed in an intellectually honest way.
One thing I'd like to point out as well is that as society has moved further and further from Christianity we are seemingly doing less and less scientifically. Not that break throughs aren't still happening, but they have become almost entirely politically based scientific research grants rather than doing science for the improvement to the human condition. I am deeply worried about the future of our country if those who lead us cannot repent.
This professor that you can’t remember his name, and justifiable so, equates value of life with intelligent complexity; does this mean when he starts his cognitive decline that we have every right to put two in the back of his head, because after all the prof whose name we cannot speak would be ok with it. This IS atheistic thinking, it is NOT of God, NOT of life and NOT of creative reasoning.
Wise testimony. History is chock-full of instances where people have decided they know best and set up codes to live by based on their notions of morality. History is also chock-full of stories of the innocent people who have suffered and died under such systems. In the end, we all decide to go our own way and follow our own moral compass or we decide to try and live by the rules set-forth by God. As C.S. Lewis put it: “There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, in the end, 'Thy will be done.' All that are in Hell, choose it. Without that self-choice there could be no Hell."
I think the author who stated that pigs should be preferred to a little baby is Peter Singer.
J. Warner Wallace 👍
Funny enough, I have an ongoing series on Cold Case Christianity!
In asking for proof of the existence of God, in the very questions lies the answer.
Ask your self what is it about a proof that makes it so great?
A proof is great becouse it does not depend on the time, place or person that gives it. A proof exist even if it has never been spoken.
Therefore where do they exist and were they created?
If you believe proofs were not created then you believe the proofs are eternal. So then the proofs are your God.
If you believe the proofs have a creator then that creator is God.
PS:It takes a mind/intelligence to understand a proof so can a proofs exist with no Mind or is a Mind essential for the existence of proof?
I know a catholic priest who was brought up atheist. I was at his ordination, and so were his parents. Because although they weren't believers, their attitude was that this was obviously very important and significant to their son so of course they would be there.
Love has a name... Jesus. 🙂
His name is Jesus. His name is wonderful counselor, Almost God.
That’s a scripture and an awesome song by Jeremy Riddle 🎉
Even a puppy shows the miracle of God's wonderful love!
Her testimony reminds me of 1 Timothy 2:15 where Paul writes in regards to women: "Yet she will be saved through childbearing-if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control."
Fascinating connection. Thank you for sharing!
The woman speaker also unknowingly highlights a simple truth. It is very, very important to be a good father to your children as hers clearly was. Praise the Lord our Savior Jesus Christ, with God the Father in unity with the Holy Spirit!
The battle of our spirit and mind. How so many just dispel the miraculous of life, of us. How in 9 months the amazing creation of you and me. To think that is random is crazy.
She summarizes pretty much what I see is the problem with modern Atheists. And if I were an Atheist I would reject all morals but still live according to them as if found them pleasent.
She had a great dad
Fulwiler is well known on the Catholic speaker circuit
She’s also hilarious. I watched some of her stand up after coming across her testimony. If she were still in atheist she’d likely be one of the biggest names in comedy!
It's not enough to say that one should seek truth and question everything, It's that there's a lens by which we naturally reason from and question things from that isn't necessarily true, So by having that place as the starting point to begin with and question everything from that point may create a type of prison in which a person believes his stance is rational but May actually be opposing the truth precisely because it's questioning it rather than merely asking questions about it. There's a difference between asking questions and questioning things. Questioning something implies some type of opposition or resistance to the alternative, a defensive way of questioning. Asking questions is different in that it's wanting to know more and explore other ideas, and this is necessary at times because some things can only be understood through making decisions rather than waiting to be completely informed before acting on it. In this way, a person can get in his own way by questioning things. This is one of the issues with agnosticism or atheism that I can tell.
It is a heart issue. Not an intellectual issue.
Both for many people.
it should involve both
@@RossNixon I give you an example I've experience from atheist. They will reject the resurrection for example because the gospel were written decades after the event. On the surface it sounds like an intellectual problem but when I dig deeper they will reveal they believe human evolution without question. I pointed out they reject the gospel which was written decades after the events where there were those who claimed they saw the risen Christ yet accepted human evolution which was written million of years after the so call event where no one have ever witnessed no matter how smart they are.
Can you imagine standing before God claiming you reject the gospel because it was written decades later but accepted human evolution written 5 million years after it suppose to happen?
You have to dig a little deeper to learn it's not an intellectual problem but a heart issue. Notice how many atheist online believes in human evolution and the universe which can not see, hear, speak, feel or reason created creatures that can without question
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Are there no other recording or videos of this lady sharing her testimony?
Let me know what you find, her name is in the description 😎
I am curious about why, as a Christian, she refers to Israel as Palastine, the name given by the Roman government as an insult to the people of Israel. I would use God's name for it rather than the Roman's.
She has a YT channel linked in the description. You could ask her! But the quote is from a scholar quoted in Lee Strobels book so it’s prob best to ask him if you’re very curious
I think you are reading in too much in her statement as I don't think she is making a political statement but only referring to a more modern name of the area. The same way the Byzantine Empire was never refer to that name while it existed but as the Roman Empire. We say the Viking invaded York city when it wasn't name York when the Viking invaded. Christianity after all does use the symbol of a cross which Romans used to executed people. The early church didn't use the cross to represent the church while the Romans were still crucifying people.
As CS Lewis commented: "An atheist cannot be too careful about their reading."
Jesus Christ has risen from the dead.
Hallulujah!
Please come back and take us to our forever home.
I just want to go home! I’ll stay busy until then, with breathers here and there.
Is there a part 2? It just cut off
1 hour source video linked in pinned comment & description
Ur of the Chaldees. They had gods AND explanations, and were a prosperous, shadow-of-Babylon place. Abram didn't find another God to follow, because he was looking for better explanations. He didn't go looking for God; God befriended him, and he received the friendship of God, and believed God. Abraham believed God, and it was accounted unto him for righteousness.
Other gods were sacrificing people to show devotion, and they stayed dead, that’s counter evidence they were the God of righteousness and eternal life. The God that can raise to life the righteous and pure is evidence of truth.
God was at work in her. Good on her for searching. Her reward is great.
"First century Palestine" did not exist. Palestine was a name given by the Romans in AD135 to blot out the Jewish name for an area as part of their punishment for the failed Jewish revolt. It was named Palestine after the Philistines who were the longtime enemy of Jews and hailed from what is now called Gaza. So, no there was no Palestine in the first century, the name came from the Romans as a way to persecute Jews, and there has never been a country by that name or king or currency etc.
That’s your take away from this video? That’s pretty sad. Jesus is redeeming this woman, a former atheist, and your concern is that when she was paraphrasing someone else she used the word “Palestine”. Certainly there was a much more important topic being discussed here, so sorry you missed it.
@@alanwaibel7488indeed!
It was called Palestine because it's the Greek name for the land of Israel. Not Philistia. "Pales" means wrestling in Greek, the same root as the word Isra-el
@@alanwaibel7488 Because she's redeeming we should cut her some slack? If you're going to discuss something especially in a presentation - Do your research and get your facts straight - otherwise you lose credibility.
Praise God!
That video is on a Catholic channel so do we know if she’s actually a Christian or is she a Catholic? Hopefully people don’t think they’re one and the same because there’s lots of important differences that matter a great deal to one’s salvation and walk with God. Obviously it’s fantastic she is an ex-atheist and now knows Jesus Christ is Lord but the ritualistic religiousity of Catholicism isn’t good and nearly all Catholics don’t know what it means to be born again. I’ve seen Ray Comfort ask soooo many and the majority are absolutely clueless what it means. Great video anyway. She’s clearly a very intelligent woman and Im so glad she now follows Jesus 🙏
I do believe Catholics are Christian. Do they hold differences from Protestants? Absolutely. Do Protestants have differences from Orthodox? Absolutely.
What makes one Christian?
Acknowledging that Jesus is the risen Son of God(And God incarnate) - That God is triune(Father, Son, Holy Spirit) - That they recognize that only Jesus blood can wash away their sins. That they must turn to Jesus as Their Lord! & Repent (Turn away from sin) That they accept the indwelling of The Holy Spirit which leads them on a life of sanctification where they will not be perfect until being caught up, but will but will be remarkably different than they were when they chased pursuits of the flesh. That they believe the 66-72 books of The Bible(depending on the canon you use) represent the inspired word of God.
I’m here to unite and not divide. Are there people who call themselves Catholic. Protestant, orthodox who are not really saved? Absolutely. But I’ll let The Lord judge! As for me, I’ll focus on my relationship with him rather than picking apart someone else’s.
Catholics ARE Christians, in the fullness of the Faith, once and for all given to the Saints,
Because the Bible is a CATHOLIC book, nothing in Holy Scripture can contradict anything the Catholic Church definitely Declares.
The Catholic Church (with the Orthodox) is the only Christianity that is direct from Jesus and the Apostles.
The Catholic Church is NOT a Denomination, if anything we are Pre-Denominational
Catholics are Christians!!! Like most big institutional churches there are a lot of people in it who have very little idea about Christianity. You get that in a lot of churches
@@AspiringChristianwell said: it's not our job or ability to see their hearts: God does: people in cults R a different matter.
1 Corinthians 3:4-9
Christ did not start a new religion.
Atheism is often an early step on the path to Jesus.
"Thoughts" and The concept of God
Usage of the word "Thought" in this post is taken to mean anything that is part of a humans conscious experience. Under this definition a sound heard is a thought as much
the thoughts going to solve a mathematical puzzle.
Based on the above definition it can be said that all of humanities knowledge consist of "thoughts". For anything to be known by a human it must become a "thought".
In the context of such a definition of "thoughts"
The set of all "thoughts" would fit the concept of God. If you accept Mathematical Platonism then God would exist
The concept of God entails a single entity that has the following properties
Wisdom: The set of all thoughts will contain the perfect answer to every possible question
Infinitude: The set of all thoughts will have an infinite amount of thoughts
Sovereignty: There can be no thought that is not an element of the set of thoughts
Omniscience:The set of all thought is all knowing as it contains all thoughts.
I was appreciating the talk all the way up untill the final point, and I don't by any means blame the speaker. The excerpt from Lee Strobel's "A Case for Christ" (which I have not read), in which a protestant thought leader is promoting this idea that the 1st century Jews who came to follow the resurrected Christ abandoned their Jewish herritage in favor of a new religion. This is patently false and you will find no evidence of this in the New Testament. Even Paul still refers to himself as a Jew and Pharisee. The truth of what Jesus did is far beyond the scope of religion, it leads us to an understanding of a greater reality, i.e., the spiritual world being much greater and real than our own physical reality.
In order to see how the 1st century believers lived (because unlike more modern traditions, lifestyle is unequivocally linked to observant Jewish practice) it's better to look not on what they might say of themselves, but how those of opposing opinion would say about them. The consensus was that that those who followed Jesus were a part of a rogue sect of Judaism and they were referred to as the "People of the Way." Their children were still circumcized on the 8th day, they continued to keep the Sabbath and observe the rest of the festivals in the Jewish calendar, as well as the same dietary laws. They continued to be fully Jewish in expression, through and through. We can see this by how the apostles discussed the inclusion of the non-jewish "converts" who did not convert to Judaism but believed in the message of the gospel and were receiving the holy Spirit as were also the Jewish believers. They were very aware as not to shock the gentiles, culturally by putting up on them a bunch of restrictions that the Jewish people enjoy, so they chose carefully only a few which were all interlinked, much in the way their own Laws were presented.
There was an eventual breaking away from the Jewish leadership by the gentiles believers -- it became unpopular with them to be treated in a similarly persecuted fashion as their Jewish counterparts. They struck a deal with the Roman authority that if they were to break off communication with the Jewish leadership, but retain their belief in Jesus, they could be once again treated as non-jewish and go about their lives in Roman society enjoying all the benefits (mainly, they wouldn't be taxed to the same extent as the Jews). This is how the great split seemingly occurred.
So we can see that the Jews did not cease being Jews in the least bit. After all, Jesus was the Jewish Messiah long promised in the old covenant. He came as a Jew, lived as a Jew, and died as many Jews did in the first century.
I know she is only reading a quote, but it would be good and more accurate if people, notably Christian theologians etc stop saying 'first century Palestine', because it wasn't until the following century that term was used.
While the phase “atheist comedian” seems redundant at this point in time, thank you for posting this wonderful testimony.
This is the 2nd comedian I posted a video on, the other was Jeff Allen.
In the mainstream comedy world you’re absolutely correct, most seem to be atheists.
Evolution. Literally impossible.
Not a new religion, the continuation and fulfillment of the old Faith in God, as prophesied.
(Otherwise this is a great story.)
Initially the atheists do not believe that their souls are given by God!
Yup
How about the survival of the prettiest? 😁😁👍👍
Adults are more important than babies? Show me an adult who wasn't a baby.
I'm glad that she can now say she is Christian but she really needs to be born again and believe that every word of the Bible is true and there was no such thing as first century Palestine and that the god of Abraham Isaac and Jacob is the god of Israel and of the whole Earth
God bless her for finding the truth but holding these people up high as examples is like having a family member who smokes and is an alcoholic. We try and try and try to help them yet they reject US. Then one day someone somewhere opens their eyes and we are supposed to praise them when they never listened to their own family that loves them.
I get what you’re saying, but Jesus gave a similar parable, speaking about the prodigal son. If a member of your family finds a way to break free from a self-destructive cycle, and you find it more important to question them why rather than celebrate their freedom, that honestly says more about your attitude than anything else.
I was a prodigal son. Plus, isn’t the point of the cross that we’re all wretched broken sinners who couldn’t approach righteousness without Christ?
Testimonies are powerful.
@@AspiringChristian You are the Sun? Yes testimonies are great. We are sinners. Wretched and broken, some maybe. I pray that you turned your life around as you say and God bless you for that.
@@wondery6693I pray that all of us will be concerned with our own obedience to God over judging those who we do not know.
@@AspiringChristian Kind one I did not judge. I simply pointed out an example. I wished blessings on her.
Let me relate a story I think you will understand. I found this nice church who for the first time I saw him preach and teach. Big Church. I got to know the pastor well and he explained to me that he used to be a biker and even desecrated a church one day. Of course he gave his life to God and was a powerful speaker. A smaller man. When he told me this story he asked if I felt his story was better that he was bad and now good or if he had just been good all along. I told him I think good from the start is best but that he had a story to tell. He said yes he had a story but he had to beg more for his forgiveness because of the bad things he did before and no one could tell him different at that time. He recently passed away and I miss him dearly and I love the word he put in me to bring me closer to God. Amen.
Yep ... Liar, Lunatic or LORD. Can only be one. (Hint: It's LORD)
Link the rest of the talk.
See description and pinned comment, thanks!
I'm a lifelong atheist and see nothing wrong with someone coming to believe something they didn't believe before, after critical analysis. I might not agree with your conclusions, but at least you weren't indoctrinated into it as a child and I hope you wont indoctrinate your own children (if you have children.) You came to it without being indoctrinated after all. Right?
You might not realise there are many who come to Christ without a Christian upbringing.
And many more with no Bible, media, churches, support, under oppressive regimes, with laws designed to dissuade or intimidate, imprison or kill. It's a pretty naive view to think children sat there being spoon-fed Genesis by keen parents. Frankly, I've never met one in over 40 years. Maybe I move in the wrong circles (?)
My two cents is that parents raise their children according to their values, and they do this when the children don't have the capacity to understand and reason through adult concepts because they have no experience. Its the parents job to teach their kids these things. It isn't indoctrination. Its parenting, and all parents do it in one way or another.
As a Christian myself, I personally know Christians who were raised many different ways. One of my husband's closest friends was not just raised as an atheist, but raised to believe anyone who believed in God/was a Christian was to be laughed at/mocked. He used to make fun of Christians, and now he loves the Lord and God is completely changing his life. My former pastor was raised Muslim and was disowned by his family for becoming a Christian. He gave up everything to follow Jesus. I know people who were raised in the new age who have converted. Raised with no religion of any sort. And some who were raised in the church. Christians come from all walks of life. A few of the women in my Bible study were drug addicts and alcoholics before becoming Christian and the Lord has completely changed their lives.
Being taken to church as a kid is not indoctrination lol. If you as the parents are believers, going to church is a big part of that. Serving and honoring the Lord is a huge part of your life. What are you supposed to do? Leave your kids home alone while you're at church every week?
Parents all have a right to raise their children how they want and in whatever religious tradition (or lack thereof) that they belong to. If you truly believe with your whole heart that something is the truth, wouldn't you teach that to your kids? And I know many people who were raised Christian, but have chosen not to follow Jesus. At the end of the day, we all have a choice. No one is forcing anyone.... in fact the Bible is very clear that you can't force anyone to believe. Our job as Christians is to share the Gospel. That's it. After that each individual makes their own choice.
Newborn baby/ NEWBORN pig.
That’s quite different.
Btw the human will have a more promising future than a pig.
(But pigs are tasty)
Jesus is Lord God Almighty clothed in unsinful humanity and He is the author of *eternal life* to all who trust Him alone for salvation.
Jesus paid for all the sins of all the world at the cross (past, present, and future). That payment is put to your account when you have believed on Christ alone for salvation.
*This means that saving repentance is realizing that you are a sinner deserving of God's just punishment in Hell and turn (repent) from whatever you trusted in before, if indeed you trusted in anything; to trusting in the person and finished work of Christ alone for salvation.*
There’s two proofs of God.
Saints and Art.
Pope Benedict XVI
I am curious as to why you say that Pope Benedict XVI was a proof of God.
It’s not Palestine it’s Israel 😊
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If Atheists think
WHEN PEOPLE CANT EXPLAIN SCIENCE THEY BELIEVE IN GOD....
Pharoah who Built Pyramids: Hold by Cup
Astrologer who wrote Zodiac understanding of Stars: Take my Glass
Archemedies, Aryabhatta: What the Heck?😂😂😂