@@Logan912 haha i remember thinking this when i was a kid. i thought every christian came from a jew who at some point converted because i didn’t know about pagans. that being said of course, many people have at least some jewish ancestry.
Here I was thinking Conservative Zoomers were a myth and everyone now was a "Woke Leftist". TBH, people like you give this cynical Millennial a little hope for the future.
Ye and the only person I know who exhibits any actual characteristics of Christ as written in the bible is a bi leftist who actually cares about other people's wellbeing🤷♂️
It is, but that idea often gets misinterpreted, especially by leftists. To be kind and loving towards someone means that you accept them as a person, and recognize that they have value. This doesn't mean that you also need to accept every one of their BEHAVIORS. As a matter of fact, one of the most loving things you can do is to call out someone for sinful/immoral behavior. You're not judging them for the behavior, you're simply recognizing that the behavior isn't right, and since you want whats best for that person, you give them the constructive criticism necessary. Leftists have manipulated this into meaning "if you have an issue with any of the immoral, crappy things we're doing, then that means you arent being a good Christian. You people arent supposed to judge people". There is a difference between judging someone and recognizing when someone is doing wrong. Its similar to the difference between a police officer and a judge, the officer witnesses the crimes and arrests the person, then brings them before a judge to be judged.
I had some slight catholic values instilled into me by my grandmother as a child but my parents never really cared or went to church or anything. Now Im a conservative person in my 20s and am trying to find my own in society and christianity has such a draw to me. I am trying to study the bible and choose the type of church I would like to go to wisely as to further glorify God. Thank you for making these videos, it shows me I am not alone.
Go check out some churches, see what their beliefs are, and read the Bible (a lot of people like to start in Matthew). I would encourage you to ask a lot of questions, if they are a good church, they will answer them happily. And if you have a bad experience, please don't let that push you away from Christianity. We're all human and we're all messed up. Try a different church, and pray that they are firmer in their faith and love.
Hey, Im also a Jew who was really leftist but became a conservative christian. As I grow older i become more and more conservative. I live in Israel but I am in a art- school thing so everybody there leftist, like u said, in the religious aspect. I’m so happy that god had conquered my heart through the New Testament. As I’m writing this I don’t have a church but my belief in god is very strong. I really like your videos, especially this one, your story. Im still searching for a church and myself because it’s just different in Israel. I don’t have a local community. God bless you.
Very inspiring glow up story that I can relate to, went from a cynical, depressed, secular, left apologist to an actual functioning person, thanks for sharing man.
Interesting story, thanks for sharing. As an atheist who was raised by progressive christian parents going to a calvinist church and school in a secular country a lot of your story is surprisingly relateable. I also went through an anti-religious progressive phase in my teens, listening to the daily show every evening (with john steward back then), until I noticed other progressives blindly believing in some things I just couldn't believe (I remember the ridiculous rape allegations in the Atheism+ movement around 2013 as a clear turning point for me) and then gradually started questioning all of it. I don't really believe in anything supernatural myself, because I'm not interested in what I can't verify, but I respect it when Christians are theologically consistent in their beliefs, even if they go against the cultural grain.
This is my story almost exactly as well. I'm an atheist simply because I personally don't have enough evidence to believe. But there are plenty of atheist who embrace their anti-religion AS their religion. Zoomer calls them "Leftist" but that's just their preferred political affiliation. I'd call most of them "militant atheist".
"I'm not interested in what I can't verify" doesn't this leave you feeling dissatisfied with life? And the reality is that there are some things you can't verify without trying to experience them! This is actually the mentality I'm always trying to fight. The reality is that people don't understand the world nearly as well as they think. I've been disappointing in the quest for certainty enough times that I've come to the conclusion that being humble about what I believe is the best way. No more endless grasping for certainty that won't come! It's far better to accept that I don't know. In my case - I think it's better to have a little bit of faith.
@@jayrome007 I think Zoomer calls them leftists because he's referring to people who essentially worship the leftist ideology, regardless of their stated spiritual views -- I think primarily the LGBT group. There's a lot of overlap there with antitheism, but it's not exactly the same group. Antitheists are kind of hard to take seriously because they have _deep pathos_ in reaction to something they claim to not believe in... and when was the last time you met someone who made it his _mission in life_ to destroy all belief in the Easter Bunny? Or Wendigos, or elves? When have you ever met someone who gets frothing mad over an imaginary thing he doesn't believe in? But the feelings in the anti-theists are real, because they really do believe in God, otherwise they wouldn't be angry at him.
theologically consistent they believe the only way to enter the kingdom of god is to follow the leviticus laws but for some reason all of them wear mixed fabrics and the majority eat meat none of them own slaves which is commanded by god to do in what way are they consistent when even the orthodox catholics dnt even follow it
Brother, your story is beautiful and you are certainly not alone. The closer I move to Christ the more I realise my old Leftist ways of thinking are hollow. The love offered by the empire of shame is a mask thinly covering idolatry and self satisfaction. I pray for those whose existence is bound up in Earthly things, may they realise the true treasure which has been revealed.
In regard to the 76 genders thing, while I understand it’s obviously a hyperbolic statement, I don’t think that the Left and leftists (at least for the most part) actually believe in some of the stuff you see on those graphs where individuals believe they are foxes or whatever, rather I think that gender lies more on a spectrum as opposed to definitive ideals either way. For example, the people I know who are leftists/gender nonconforming individuals see it as being more “masculine” or “feminine,” and use pronouns accordingly. People who lie in the middle, then, use ‘they.’ Overall I don’t think that most leftists really believe that there are 76 genders but rather that each individuals’ gender is determined by complex neurological phenomena that occurs innately in their brain. Your gender is not a social construct, then, the same way your sex isn’t. It is widely predetermined. Just some food for thought as a left leaning person who lives in a VERY Left city and goes to a very right school. Great video!!
For the most part I think you’re right that most liberals don’t think there is literally 76 genders, but there are radical liberals out there that genuinely believe there are 76 genders
it's not "most" mate, *NO* leftists believe in 76 genders, as with most things that was a joke from places like 4chan that spread like wildfire and now everyone and their mom suddenly believes that lefties have 287439 pronouns and want litter boxes in bathrooms. it's all extremely obvious that it's not real to anyone even remotely knowledgeable about transgenderism/gender diversity in real life, subscribing to it regardless is extremely embarrassing
@@calebclark9114 actually, leftists believe there are 425775097 genders. This is because we add 3 more genders every time someone complains there are too many
70% of registered democrats openly prefer socialism over the free market, and over 50% believe that Children should be exposed to drag queen shows, and sexually explicit imagery. The sitting president of the United states and the DNC openly advocate for puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and even Transition surgery for Children regardless of their parents consenst.
@@moist_blue And you are clearly lacking in critical thinking skills. For example, do you Consider Abortion to be an act of Violence, and what are your thoughts on Transition surgery for children?
Your story reminds me a lot of CS Lewis's story. I am a confessional Lutheran who lives in the Midwest and I see conservative evangelicalism here starting to drift towards the left. I grew up in a conservative Wesleyan tradition and have been a christian my whole life. Sadly, I have watched all of my close conservative Christian friends gradually become woke neo-marxists. It would have happened to me and my wife too but we did our research and now attend our confessional Lutheran Church. So even though our Christian Midwest culture is not as far gone as what you would see on the East Coast it is a culture that is gradually becoming "progressive Christian." It's really sad to see. Like watching loved ones die.
@@coopergates9680 That is a bit of an assumption to make. Although it does have a decent chance of having some truth in it. To give an answer to your question: The main issue with people drifting left religiously is when they start putting Marxist principles and modern class and intersectional groups above the bible. Reducing it to myth giving up the idea it is true so that they can appear acceptable to Marxists. And maybe in an extreme case even denying the Gospel or core ideas like the Divinity of Christ. Presumably you are some form of anti-capitalist or communist from that comment. Generally, through the lens of communism, religion is simply viewed as a tool of the elites and capitalist class to control the people. Now there are cases of elites trying to use religion to control people. But, from that perspective, it cynically just views it as a tool of power. Despite seeking an earthly utopia in a communist paradise. With a religious fervor. Now, I don't know you, so I can't say what you think in those types of topics. I personally don't see an issue with people drifting in a direction that is anti-capitalist. But, even if they do, in today's political environment. to move towards the left any further than the center requires that you adopt positions that oppose the bible. Although, there are pragmatic arguments that the elements where the left are right and do good that outweighs the harm the cause. Similar ones apply on the right. There are many right-wing politicians who do very evil things and still try to manipulate Christians into voting for them. So, in practice the danger isn't so much in drifting away from supporting capitalism, but rather away from the bible and to identity politics focused Now I have met a couple communist anarchists who were surprisingly friendly towards Christians. They were more focused on intentionally building up local communities and limiting the power of the state. Working towards eventually abolishing it replacing it with a confederation of integrated communities who support their members individually.. They were definitely anti-capitalist. But they were much less concerned with traditional liberal things. And more with direct action that makes a positive difference. I think that Christians could be political allies with some of the left. But, the majority of them don't want Christians as allies and would prefer to focus on social issues in a way that doesn't really challenge capitalism. But, rather simply attempts to establish socialism by expanding the government, shifting the control of the society to newer elites currently in the Financial industry. And those that are firmly anti-capitalist. Are often(but not always), so ideological that people who have differences in opinions are viewed as against them, even if they are interested in working towards making society better. In my view the republicans represent the interests of the businessmen who are in the field of industry. Such as oil, what manufacturing is left, construction, domestic farming, etc. While the democrats primarily act for the financial elites who have some disagreements with the manufacturing elites. And so the choice for others is which of those elites visions is closer to what they want. Getting back to Christianity. The gospel isn't just about god loving people. But, rather how you need salvation. And that is freely offered from God. But radical regard for others on a level equal to even greater than ourselves is part of biblical teaching. And a standard that Christians aspire to. So there are many political issues like immigration, anti-war/military spending, support for the poor, support for the sick and old, fair treatment of workers,, forgiveness of excessive debts, anti-colonialism, anti-racism, etc. where the general outlook that people are instructed to take in the bible lines up much better with the American left than the American Right. Treatment of foreigners is also a particularly important issue that comes up in both the new and old testament a lot of times.
@@jonathanlochridge9462 Holy crap you fit a whole essay in here. Anyway, I find it intriguing that people have this notion that Christianity and far leftism are mutually exclusive. I'd be willing to bet that over 95% of Christians pick and choose which parts of the Bible they follow anyway, since if someone follows every bit of it, they will likely end up in prison. Left wing Methodists are happy with, for example, Matthew 19, talking about giving everything to the poor and how difficult it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God, while the MAGA extremists don't follow that at all and prefer bigoted and manipulative interpretations. While it's true that communist communities tend to be less religious, since communism is a philosophical matter, one could build religions around it and find aspects of existing religions that overlap with it. Ideally, leftism favors freedom of religion, as in everyone has the right to any faith or no faith, as long as it is not forced into law or on someone with another faith. As you know, the opposite combination also exists; Ayn Rand, Lew Rockwell, and other far right devout capitalists who are also atheist. They reject Gods as controlling authoritarian constructs.
your loved ones are pretty fucking based taking from the rich and giving to the poor is litterally what jesus was about being anything other than a neo marxist is not only cringe but against what the bible actually asks of christians if your conservative christians are becoming democratic socialists its probably because it aligns with their values and that of the bibles
Hi, I found you yesterday and you are everything I’ve been searching for. We have similar back grounds dealing with leaving leftism and researching to grow and learn. You’re helping me learn and I am thankful for you! ALSO AYE VIOLA TWINS
Consider yourself blessed brother (I know you already do). You found Christ in high school! I went through high school, college, and my job after college to discover the Good News, even when I had more than a few people around me guiding me towards Christ. I was stubborn, confused, and a hedonist. I consider myself blessed as well for discovering everything you mention here by the time I was 26. I’m 28 now and my faith grows stronger every month. God is also blessing me with abundance in my career that I know I don’t deserve. Without Him we are nothing, and I’ve never been happier.
I was raised culturally non-denominational and I'm almost sure that I received an efficacious baptism there, if I deconstructed anything it would have been continuationism (in the charismatic context), egalitarianism and then finally blind ecumenism went out the window and I am now a confessional Lutheran.
I'm a recent convert my conversion was in january and i'm am a bapthist and your videos + your way of teaching some themes is really helping me understand more about the faith, thank you for your hard work! PS: as a bapthist i forgive you for you critics videos 😂😂
I have also become Christian, your story is inspiring for me though. I have been raised Catholic in Poland (you basically have no other churches here), and in these churches there's a lot of really bad staff that priests don't want to fix for some reason. The fact that they are really idolizing authority and their positions, really put me off and I became atheist at age of 14/15. I have gone so liberal, that I have became anarchist. But after about 2 years of that I started researching about other denominations of Christianity (I don't know why, but only Christianity felt for me like true religion and many teaching in Catholicism didn't see just right for me. Mainly the aspect of Jesus dying for our sins, but we still have to do, or not commit deadly sin, if we don't want to go to heaven), in my history classes and some others we were told about 2 schisms, but it was treated like these people were heretics and we just left it like that. But yeah, I can tell that at 17 I fully believed that there is God, but I didn't know who he is. It took me a year to believe in Christianity, but I was really woke and weak Christian, I lived in sin (mainly fornication) didn't wanted to change, because "hey Jesus died for me and for my sins, so I can do whatever", well looking at me from now I see I was so stupid. To be honest, because God caused me to doubt my faith and if there really is a God, I started to research and most importantly I started to read my Bible (Thank God for that). Yeah about 1 or 2 months ago I truly became a new creation in Christ, I unfortunately don't have friends that are Christian, they are all agnostic/atheist or deist or some believe that there is God, but they don't know. I really try to evangelise them and teach them that God loves them and they should repent from their sins, but I see that the main problem with them is probably problem with their hearts, they have became, so closed to goodness that they cannot accept God. The best thing I can do for them is to pray for them to change (If you want you can pray for them too, I'd really appreciate that), I don't want to leave them because, I like them and I think I'm the only way they can find God, and their disbelief really only makes more Christian, because to argue with them I really have to have good and on the spot understanding of the word of God. Hope they will see the light. God bless you guys
Bruh my story is so similar to yours.. im currently 15 year old atheist, also from Poland. The mentality here is that you are either an atheist, catholic (90% of population) or some weirdo in between (aka any other denomination). My family never used to be too religious, my mum went to church, i used to beleive in God, although looking at that time, i often treated christianity like some more serious greek myth. Now i don't beleive mostly because of no good proof - most of them have been abolished many times or don't really prove christianity but the existance of "the first cause" or sth like that. Honestly Zoomer is someone i have never agreed and disagreed with so much.
It's cool to hear that you write music. I do too, honestly, though to be honest, I'm more into xenharmonic or microtonal Christian Hymns than anything else.
I’m a Christian in one of the hearts of leftism. New York. I’m still trying to find a church that teaches the gospel and they do exist. I found one because of what this guy taught me.
Hey I’m really happy I stumbled upon your channel! I’m impressed with how logical, empathetic, and mature you are in explaining things and telling your story, all while playing Minecraft! 😂 I hope you get to reach more and more people! God bless!
hey bro i just wanted to say that after hearing the music you make, youre actually really good. loving your videos and your music, could you make a playlist of your comps at some point?
Your entire view of leftism is based on what a bunch of highschoolers think. Maybe people of that age aren't exactly mature enough to properly represent an entire way of thinking.
so you think rich people shouldnt be taxxed more heavily and that poor people shouldnt be given more aid to your a conservative thats as far away from jesus as you could be Jesus said of the sheep, “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me” you realize those on the political left are for more supportive of social benefits and aiding those in poverty than those that are conservative right jesus demanded that his followers MEET the needs of the people not for his followers to pick and choose who they helped when a person has to have an abortion for whatever reason its not your fucking job to tell them its wrong its your fucking job as a christian to be there for that person regardless of your belief on the matter to do otherwise is to judge them dont judge others until you walk a mile in their shoes
@@amberharmsen2497 Ironically, you need to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes. Please stop thinking that you’re morally (and perhaps intellectually) superior and stop strawmanning the Bible. I recommend deleting Reddit and focus on actually learning the views of people you disagree with instead of regurgitating what everyone around you says. The Bible always said to give voluntarily, having your money stolen and given to someone else is not giving voluntarily.
I was raised in a christian home and Ive been christian since I was 7. I lost my faith at 13 when my grandparents died and I had a lot of horrible things happen to me. I felt abandoned, unloved. I felt like at every turn I let others down. So I grew a lot of hate and anger that sadly is still somewhat there to this day. Im 21 now and have regained my faith and its never been stronger. I dont think its wrong for a christian to date non christian so long as your end goal isnt marriage. And I dont believe its wrong to be with someone who doesnt share your beliefs, I see it as more the relationship will have a much much harder time truly flourishing. I believe its not my place to say that things like Gay marriage is wrong. I personally believe that its not what God intended but im never gonna condemn people for their actions. Thats between themselves and God. I dont support Gay marriage but I cant stop ya if thats what you are dead set on. I never try to talk people out of what theyre gonna do, cause more often than not its unsuccessful and it only drives a larger wedge between the two people. I only tell them how and what I believe in, why I believe it and that Im not going to try to stop them. Ive had conversations with people from all walks of life and most of the time theyre fine with me. There are a few exceptions but those are few and far between. Thats just my $0.02 on the matter though, take it for what you will
how do you know what god intended union in the bible does not mean marriage it means being together in partnership your not going to condemn people for things they arent in control of BUT gay people are just going to hell for something outside of their control and you feel that the only way they can enter the kingdom of god is to live a life of loneliness because you feel the need to gatekeep someone elses life your christian love is so fucking hypocritical its amazing like bro you dont even follow all of the leviticus laws which god says is the only way into heaven yet you judge gays for trying to be happy because your all loving god is selective make your religion make sense either god is all loving or hes an exclusive prick that allows people like hitler into heaven simply because they believe in god
@@amberharmsen2497 ok your point is what? Look man, ive had so many people tell me the same thing and my respons is this. What do you care? It doesnt affect your life at all. Id rather believe in something my entire life and die and find out theres nothing, rather than live believing in nothing and find out theres something after death
"America and the west" The left in America is very different to the left in Europe, both the left and the right in the USA seems like a religion to a lot of Europeans, while, at least where I live, the right seems much more like a religion than the left.
I'm Dutch and I disagree. The environmentalist progressive movement in The Netherlands is pretty much a secular religion, similar to the leftism in the USA. In the uni city where I live, a shockingly high number of college educated people live like Tibetan monks, afraid of harming all life and they act like the world is ending. And when you ask them to back up those beliefs with evidence or quantify how they think climate change will affect them personally, they can't because they don't think for themselves. A simple right-wing idea like closing the borders (which might be necessary at some point in the future) is more than something progressives disagree with politically. It violates their sacred religious principle of non-harm. To even suggest a thing that would consciously prioritize their own survival above that of others (especially if those others are "historically oppressed") as a last resort is offensive in these progressive circles.
@@sietsejohannes can you prove that closing borders is actually going to make a country safer/better? why is it a country like japan is far more comfortable opening its borders and allowing anyone to arrive including the usa but the usa is too afraid to let in 3rd world country citizens but more than ok with other first world countries its not a matter of crime its a matter of cultural hierarchy
what makes a theology good the bible says god never changes the bible also encourages christians to own slaves in the leviticus books in what way is christianity good?
Very interesting to hear this, as growing up Pentecostal I had more the opposite experience. In the sense that I had to be exposed to real leftist people as opposed to real Christian people.
unfortunately pentecostals are more religiously conservative than they are Christian in my research on pentecostal history there was just too much denial of historic distinctives and bunk authority claims for me to consider the bulk of them Christian. I am a confessional Lutheran because of the pentecostal poison that takes over almost all non-denominational churches.
@@amberharmsen2497 Either you can be a bad christian and a good leftist, or you can be a good christian and a bad leftist. Almost all of the policies that the bible supports are right of center.
@@memeboi6017 The Bible mostly supports conservative social policy, but the most you can get from it in terms of economic policy is that taxation is not theft and poverty will never completely go away. I am very economically conservative, but that's more because of logical contemplation on theories of economics rather than what the Bible says.
Recently Ive been feeling the pull to post something online about my faith, or maybe start trying to become one of those christian influencers that shares bible verses and talks about what God is speaking to them but i've generally been scared because I don't know how to answer the hate and questions I know would come into my comments if it got popular. This video has definitely built my confidence a little in that I could just start by putting my testimony out there, maybe post it over a minecraft video idk but it gave me hope, thank you!
I dont see an issue with leftist ideas and christianity - i fall into both categories. The last months i have been seeking a better connection to my spiritual side, but my issues with the catholic church are similar to my issues with leftists: People enforcing a monopoly on opinion, may it be justified or not, cause serious discomfort for me and i am not a person who can easily submit to worldly authoritiy. Thus, i get in conflict with other leftists, because i think cancel culture does more harm than good and i get in conflict with (some) christians, because i am Pro LGBT. It is hard for me to fit into the catholic church, just as i struggle among leftists, because i have a strong opinion on free speech. There is only one king and only one judge and that is Jesus Christ. This king did not need a crown, nor jewels or garments of silk to convince people he is divine. And i hope i use my life in a way i can one day stand before him without looking back in shame.
The first sentence is your first problem. You can't be pro lgbt and christian at the same time. You can't advocate for sin when you follow Jesus. Let's not sugarcoat it, that's blashemy. Tho catholics are pretty good at it. I hope you find the truth 🙏
@@AssadTheOne I hold no grudge against you, even though I cannot agree with you. Still, blasphemy is quite a big word and I would distance myself from that.
I agree that religion is more important than politics. I glad that you found such love from the Christians you met at music camp. I think it is a bit of a shame that leftism today is such a religion that the political side leaves no room for Christianity. The worldly Utopia they want isn't very feasible generally. But, the world could still be a lot better than it is. Overall, it is only more recently that non-marxist areas of the left became highly opposed to Christianity. But, yeah the majority of the leftist movement seems to hate apostates and those who are question how extreme they are pushing. It's interesting that you mentioned you switched your position on abortion due to logical rather than religious regions. A decent chunk of leftist values are compatible with Christianity in my view, but the actual policies and end goal are so different that they have placed themselves into opposition against Christians. Abortion, etc. But the religious nature of Marxism has shined through when it has taken power. Despite many Russian Christians sympathizing with the plight of the poor and advocating for significant changes to live and society. Most notably Leo Tolstoy. The communist state actively chose to make itself into the object of their religion. Actively taught atheism. And only allowed churches which actively supported their atheist propaganda efforts to "survive" in public. Actively persecuting and imprisoning pastors on a widespread level. There are some interesting catholic socialist groups that didn't go anywhere near as bad. But, we still haven't seen that good results. The story is really inspiring. But, there are many political issues where I think Christianity is more aligned with the left than the right. But, that doesn't matter much. Because they for the most part aren't willing to allow any heretics from their hyper-radical push towards their utopia. So regardless of how much we care for equality or social justice in general. As long as we view the bible as inspired and use it's standards. Then we will be viewed as unacceptable by a significant chunk of the left. It was also interesting to hear you still care about environmentalism. I personally think on the political front that is pretty important. Although, abortion, assisted suicides, and the death penalty are more important. Since human life comes first. there is a significant impact to human life by other issues. Both the affect of abortion outstrips those. Fortunately major strides have been made there. So, other areas where human lives are effected significantly are areas for active improvement beyond just resisting the left. Since if the only thing those in the right does is resist change then many of the criticisms of the left become more valid. It would be nice if we actually had more than a 2 party system. but, that isn't likely to ever change.
awww yes putting your trust in something that has no evidence for its existance versus the thing that exists that objectively makes the world better IF you participate in it
I am a Christian, and I consider myself left wing but to me all that means is that the government should spend money to help the middle class and poor with healthcare and education, rather than on weapons and destruction. We already get taxed, and it is always better for our wealth to go to investing in our population. It is sad to see left wingers forgetting these ideas, in favor or extreme left wing social ideology.
I am also Left-wing and Christian myself and i absolutely agree with everything you said, especially your last sentence, most modern Socialists completely forgot Socialism actually stands for, and think "its when you love Sexual Minorities and hate White people" or something like that, and sometimes, i am ashamed to call myself Left wing because of them, because i am strongly against that wokeism/political corectness and they make us normal Leftists look bad.
I have a lot of interest in theology, and I was wondering how you learnt more about God. From a low church background especially, it's quite hard to gain complex theological principles. Any advice?
I grew up in a christian community so I can't give very good advice if you don't have that. Our local youth group tackles a lot of these topics that have helped me grow but some people cannot have that. There is a lot of good channels out there like Wendigoons early stuff and I listen to some radio programs as well.
A few book recommendations - Understanding Theology by R.T. Kendall is a great book for understanding different theological positions and it was written by a well-respected pastor from a low-church Charismatic position. It's easy enough to understand and covers a lot of stuff. Incomparable by Andrew Wilson is also really great from a devotional standpoint as it focuses on the different names and attributes of God found in the Bible and it helps with taking theology from just head knowledge into worship. Lastly, Chasing the Dragon by Jackie Pullinger or Appointment in Jerusalem by Derrick and Lydia Prince to read account of powerful moves of God through people in more modern times, as testimony of what God does informs better theology.
There's a great theologist from out here in Brazil Augustus Nicodemus and in one of his teachings he said a thing that stuck in my head "When you're in a cult or any group that is'nt in the right path you will be struck with a doubt that will only end after you enter the path of the Lord". The class was about cults but i think it can be use to any form of group or culture
Hello, interested agnostic here. I'd interested to hear more details on why you believe it's better to grow up cultural Christianity rather than cultural non-Christianity. Obviously some cultures come to mind very quickly that I'm very glad I didn't grow up in, but then I think of this image comparing the subways in NYC vs Japan which was not culturally Christian but I think I would have appreciated to live in.
I guess I'm still a "leftist" In the old school way. But I never really felt like leaving my Catholocism. As a teenager I was into atheism etc but as I grew older and nature I became much more religious and realised how much cultural and philosophical impact Christianity had
atheism isnt something your into because its not a religion or a belief atheism is a lack of belief based on seeking objective truths about life rather than subjective beliefs that cant be proven
what impacts does christianity have on cultural norms and morality that arent the result of different values resulting from cultural evolution coexisting in 1 given place
Slightly older than you at the ripe age of 28 lol but I am also a leftist turned Christian. Grew up in south Florida where everyone is liberal (unlike the rest of the state) & I resonate so much when you said you praise God for redeeming you from something the total opposite. God saved me from feminism/ lgbt lifestyle. Now I’m a married mother. Just found your channel and love it! I am trying to learn about the different denominations and understand where I “fit”.
As a leftist. Your friends and the people who indoctrinated you into seeing Christians as homophobic and overly conservative were wrong, you say we don’t accept any opinion even slightly different from our own but I do, I agreed with a lot of things you said here. I’m a feminist but not radically feminist, I am gender-fluid and don’t believe there are 76 genders (but only because I don’t think gender should be listed so explicitly), but I’m also a strong believer in socialism. I think just like the leftists you grew up around who generalised Christians to be homophobic and overly conservative, you now generalise leftists to be uncompromising and overly radical. This is bad in the same way that your childhood indoctrination was bad. I really hope you see what I mean, and I hope even more that you, or any one replies to explain their view on this, whether we have similar views or not.
For me it was the other way around. I was raised by Christians, but became a leftist to rebel. I was a leftist and atheist for years, until the 2020 Election happened. For the 4 years trump was president I hated him, but one of my friends put me onto Infowars. I was anti establishment but I thought Alex Jones was nuts, but then he kept talking about Jesus over and over again. I took another look at Christianity but from a right wing logical world view, it made more and more sense. Then slowly it turned into full blown Christian Conservatism but with small progressive bursts. I don’t want humanity to stagnate but we are just running off of a cliff.
you realize the traditionalism conservatives push for the 60s era aka nuclear family dynamic is the reason why mental health exists in the capacity it currently does among the older generation right? alex jones can talk about jesus all he wants but if hes gonna harass school shooting survivors saying it never happened is that something a christian would do???? the answer should be obvious NO we can also look towards common evangelical conservatives like marjorie taylor green who is racist and hates immigrants regardless of legal status and is anti semitic are these people actually christians or are they using a religion to gain favor because they are losing in the polls via popular vote and have been since bush
I wouldn't necessarily call leftism or any other political or social ideology a religion per se. I would say that a subset of it could indeed have a religious character. I think this distinction is important to avoid overgeneralizing and oversimplifying. Besides that, great video, and it's nice to hear your conversion story. God bless you.
it's not really an oversimplification. They have an origin myth (abiogenesis, evolution), an end-times story (climate change), original sin (white guilt), they have an accounting of sin (carbon footprint), they have sacred cows in the form of gay or trans people (or minorities). In fact, the "minority" is the cornerstone of their moral system. I think it's actually more complicated to see it as something other than a religion.
@@josephbrandenburg4373 Calling leftism a religion because "white guilt is their original sin" is one of the most disconnected from reality takes I've ever heard on the internet. Of course it's a gross oversimplification. Anyone having a belief about how the universe came to be is religious now? No, any belief in anything isn't a religion. Neither the left nor the right is a religion. Religion is a belief system characterized by faith and worship, usually in supernatural entities. Trying to equivocate faith-based belief systems and current political opinions as one in the same is just.. delusional. They can go hand-in-hand, like we see on the right and its connections to Christianity, but going as far to project your own relationship with religion and political beliefs onto a largely secular group is what I'm calling unhinged.
Intessting that the Trump election made leftist kinda show there faces. My English teacher one day after the election wined about it and wanted us to wine with her about it. I found it kinda excessive, in retrospect it was weird. Oh and I'm from Germany, so at this point I had no connections and was not intressted in us politics whatsoever
I may not agree with you on a lot of things but I've always admired how you stayed strong in your faith in the Lord. Wirh you growing up as leftist, I can only imagine how hard it must be. God bless you always brother, and keep strong and growing in the faith! 🙏
One thing I will say is that the concept of original does not outright disprove free will. The Eastern Orthodox church also has a different conception of ancestral sin than the Western/Catholic descendant churches
I’m really impressed how you can discuss such deep topics while playing Minecraft. You sir, are high IQ, no doubt about it. Might even be a genius. I can’t multitask at all. I have a hard time explaining things even when I’m just talking.
I found your channel just a week ago and I find your channel, ideology, and story fascinating. I come from basically the opposite side of the pond, I consider myself a Leftist from a political and social standpoint as well as an atheist. I have no problem with christians or religion in general. I even respect much of what jesus teaches and the messages christians send, I dont call myself christain though on the basis that I dont believe in god and dont go to church. As a Leftist i'd like to say that the ignorant bullies you described as leftists dont speak for me, or many others. Anyone who would ostracize another innocent human being for their faith is no leftist. I may respectfully disagree with some christians views on things like homosexuality, but discrimination against christians isnt justified. I'd argue that those from your highschool were simply ignorant, immature kids who let the people around them do their thinking for them. Their bigotry doesn't stem from real "leftist ideology."
Now i am 100% not your target audience as you'd probably consider me a 'woke leftist', but i still find this story incredibly fascinating. First things first, i grew up in a typical conservative Christian family. Throughout middle/early high school i was super into Trump and other conservation icons of the mid 2010s. I attended church every Sunday with my family. You know the drill. However during 2020, i couldn't attend church for obvious reasons and my social circle from church disappeared with it (i didn't use social media much during this time). As a result, i began exploring more social groups and ended up in some more left leaning groups. Just like how Christans were portrayed to you as monsters, i was consuming a lot of media that portrayed the left as these pink haired, screaming maniacs that hated everyone that disagreed with them. But when these notions were broken by my new left leaning friends, i started to question my old way of life and beliefs. Fast forward to recently, and this might seem very strange, but i've actually rejoined my old church. One of the reasons is that i've realized that i used to have very extreme beliefs about 'the other side' was because of my lack of interaction with those people. Now there's obviously people on the left who are quite extremist in their views. I've seen people argue that say, if you are pro-choice, you cannot associate with somebody who is pro-life as they are oppossed to a human right. However, i feel that by having these exclusionary attitudes, we prevent ourselves from fully understanding why each of us hold the beliefs we do, which leads to violent conflict and polarization. I can see being accepted into the Midwestern Christian camp made a huge impact on you. Then your leftist former friends excluding you once you expressed any sort of disagreement further gave you more reason to seek community with Christian circles. But didn't Jesus Christ treat even those who were considered impure with kindness? Or what about Matthew 5:43-48 where Jesus teaches us to literally love our enemies? I believe that we should be respectful of each others beliefs, so long as they don't impede on each others' agency.
im in the same boat you are im what he considers "woke leftist" as well and its funny he sees that as bad when jesus was actually much in favor of calling out oppression and unjust behavior of others something that never happens in conservatism but very frequently in leftist circles god created everyone in his image aka unique and mysterious this includes trans and intersex people to judge gods creation is to judge god himself im not a theist i simply point out the beliefs of theists and be like what about this ive been in theism since i was 7 i left after Lutheran confirmation (partly because i was persecuted and abused by the church because i am trans the "holy pastors" couldnt handle that i was one of their gods creations) i left at 15 and became an atheist and still am at 21
Thank you for sharing this! Eventhough I am a Catholic who's in the center / leaning conservative, I absolutely agree with you that no matter what side you are on the "others" are ofte portrayed in a very seldomly true light. Of course there are extreme cases like you mentioned, but they occur everywhere! Basically what I'm trying to say is going out and connecting with people different from you is never a bad idea :)
As a European progressive, I do say I feel in particular the American culture to be generally more of a domineering nature. I grew up in a Christian household, but with a cluster of developmental disorders that effectively left me somewhere in the middle of American Leftism and Christianity. I have grievances with both for opposite reasons. Mostly about the nature of sin and practise of faith on the Christian side and on the leftist side the complete denouncement of all tradition. I think it's called being a "fence sitter" there. But I'd disagree.
The word culture derives from the Latin word "cultura" meaning "agriculture" or "cultivation" which then came to refer to education and finally the educated "cultural" part of society. Cult shares this root, but derives from it's meaning "to labour" which became "to worship" then to the modern definition.
I had a Catholic upbringing but I become agnostic and leftist. I'm still materialist, and in europe (most) leftism isn't so degenerate: so for the moment I'm not going back on my decision on faith. However your videos are really refreshing man, I like them a lot. I would say you are doing... Well... God's work (!) but please don't get god complex because of this, or should I say don't fall in Pride. Kudos!
damn that last part about girl hits home, having witnessed similiar process of my close friend going from traditional catholic to whatever type of leftist she is now couple of days ago, essentialy going against me for what i belive is right, the pronouns, hair dyeing, female empowerment... Maybe some people are just predestined to fail?
@@j8246 I agree, that's why I love it. Whenever I hear someone who claims to be Christian calls themselves a "liberal," I just think "Oh so you have no idea what you're talking about."
Never thought I'd be listening about Christ through minecraft youtube videos. Thanks man
He needs to give 4D miner a shot. Never been interested in Original Minecraft but that other game is a nice kick off
😂 I've honestly been struggling to find a game to play again and boom here I am. I'm bout to build a 1:1 scale of Jerusalem I think
The Lord works in mysterious ways 😂
98% of the viewrs be like
You've got to meet the people where they're at, eh?
I love how many of our Jewish brothers are coming to faith.
I guess if you really think about it though, we were all Jewish at least at some point in our lineage.
yessir. beautiful
@@Logan912 No.
@@Logan912 haha i remember thinking this when i was a kid. i thought every christian came from a jew who at some point converted because i didn’t know about pagans. that being said of course, many people have at least some jewish ancestry.
@@bloocheeseformaboi881 I mean, if you believe The Bible to be infallible then yes. Everyone who's alive today would be a decedent of Noah.
As a fellow Christian Zoomer, it's always great to hear how God is still working and redeeming no matter what other people think.
Here I was thinking Conservative Zoomers were a myth and everyone now was a "Woke Leftist". TBH, people like you give this cynical Millennial a little hope for the future.
Hallelujah!
I love how the best way to reach people is by just being a kind loving Christian
Yea unfortunately dont see a lot of kind loving ones these days
Ye and the only person I know who exhibits any actual characteristics of Christ as written in the bible is a bi leftist who actually cares about other people's wellbeing🤷♂️
@@jpspillz9218you don’t have to. There are always groups with good and bad people. I say that as a Catholic Christian.
@@Thatproverbsguy astonishing how you missed the point
It is, but that idea often gets misinterpreted, especially by leftists. To be kind and loving towards someone means that you accept them as a person, and recognize that they have value. This doesn't mean that you also need to accept every one of their BEHAVIORS. As a matter of fact, one of the most loving things you can do is to call out someone for sinful/immoral behavior. You're not judging them for the behavior, you're simply recognizing that the behavior isn't right, and since you want whats best for that person, you give them the constructive criticism necessary.
Leftists have manipulated this into meaning "if you have an issue with any of the immoral, crappy things we're doing, then that means you arent being a good Christian. You people arent supposed to judge people".
There is a difference between judging someone and recognizing when someone is doing wrong. Its similar to the difference between a police officer and a judge, the officer witnesses the crimes and arrests the person, then brings them before a judge to be judged.
I had some slight catholic values instilled into me by my grandmother as a child but my parents never really cared or went to church or anything. Now Im a conservative person in my 20s and am trying to find my own in society and christianity has such a draw to me. I am trying to study the bible and choose the type of church I would like to go to wisely as to further glorify God. Thank you for making these videos, it shows me I am not alone.
Go check out some churches, see what their beliefs are, and read the Bible (a lot of people like to start in Matthew). I would encourage you to ask a lot of questions, if they are a good church, they will answer them happily. And if you have a bad experience, please don't let that push you away from Christianity. We're all human and we're all messed up. Try a different church, and pray that they are firmer in their faith and love.
Come to the Catholic Church
Submit to Rome
@@PHIKrieger no Protestantism is vulnerable to liberalism
Come to the church established by Jesus Christ
“I was particularly passionate about the environment” as he demolishes a beach
Humans rahhhh
Hey, Im also a Jew who was really leftist but became a conservative christian. As I grow older i become more and more conservative. I live in Israel but I am in a art- school thing so everybody there leftist, like u said, in the religious aspect. I’m so happy that god had conquered my heart through the New Testament. As I’m writing this I don’t have a church but my belief in god is very strong. I really like your videos, especially this one, your story. Im still searching for a church and myself because it’s just different in Israel. I don’t have a local community. God bless you.
God bless you ❤
What made you convert? Because Jews consider Christianity as idol worship
There are a growing number of Messianic Synagogues in Israel. Try to find one near you! ☺
so you think the rich should keep their money and not enter the kingdom of god
thats very loving of you for being a christian
Your message is awesome. Love you brother, God bless you
I love that you are using a style of video that appeals to secular people to share your testimony. 👊
Cool testimony, thanks for sharing! Really enjoyed hearing your story.
I only really agree with one third of what this guy says, but its quite interesting to hear his perspective.
Same
Very inspiring glow up story that I can relate to, went from a cynical, depressed, secular, left apologist to an actual functioning person, thanks for sharing man.
Interesting story, thanks for sharing. As an atheist who was raised by progressive christian parents going to a calvinist church and school in a secular country a lot of your story is surprisingly relateable. I also went through an anti-religious progressive phase in my teens, listening to the daily show every evening (with john steward back then), until I noticed other progressives blindly believing in some things I just couldn't believe (I remember the ridiculous rape allegations in the Atheism+ movement around 2013 as a clear turning point for me) and then gradually started questioning all of it.
I don't really believe in anything supernatural myself, because I'm not interested in what I can't verify, but I respect it when Christians are theologically consistent in their beliefs, even if they go against the cultural grain.
This is my story almost exactly as well. I'm an atheist simply because I personally don't have enough evidence to believe. But there are plenty of atheist who embrace their anti-religion AS their religion. Zoomer calls them "Leftist" but that's just their preferred political affiliation. I'd call most of them "militant atheist".
"I'm not interested in what I can't verify" doesn't this leave you feeling dissatisfied with life? And the reality is that there are some things you can't verify without trying to experience them!
This is actually the mentality I'm always trying to fight. The reality is that people don't understand the world nearly as well as they think. I've been disappointing in the quest for certainty enough times that I've come to the conclusion that being humble about what I believe is the best way. No more endless grasping for certainty that won't come! It's far better to accept that I don't know. In my case - I think it's better to have a little bit of faith.
@@jayrome007 I think Zoomer calls them leftists because he's referring to people who essentially worship the leftist ideology, regardless of their stated spiritual views -- I think primarily the LGBT group. There's a lot of overlap there with antitheism, but it's not exactly the same group. Antitheists are kind of hard to take seriously because they have _deep pathos_ in reaction to something they claim to not believe in... and when was the last time you met someone who made it his _mission in life_ to destroy all belief in the Easter Bunny? Or Wendigos, or elves? When have you ever met someone who gets frothing mad over an imaginary thing he doesn't believe in? But the feelings in the anti-theists are real, because they really do believe in God, otherwise they wouldn't be angry at him.
@@jayrome007 I can give you evidence
theologically consistent
they believe the only way to enter the kingdom of god is to follow the leviticus laws
but for some reason all of them wear mixed fabrics and the majority eat meat
none of them own slaves which is commanded by god to do
in what way are they consistent when even the orthodox catholics dnt even follow it
I think there are far more of us young Christians than we think. Take heart brothers and sisters. We aren’t alone.
Love these videos, but can you PLEASE fill in those creeper holes outside your house?
I also LOVE the alpha/omega frieze on your church.
Brother, your story is beautiful and you are certainly not alone. The closer I move to Christ the more I realise my old Leftist ways of thinking are hollow. The love offered by the empire of shame is a mask thinly covering idolatry and self satisfaction. I pray for those whose existence is bound up in Earthly things, may they realise the true treasure which has been revealed.
what made leftism hollow can you go into detail
What about your faith in Christ disposes you against leftism?
Can we point out he is actually a pretty good builder
In regard to the 76 genders thing, while I understand it’s obviously a hyperbolic statement, I don’t think that the Left and leftists (at least for the most part) actually believe in some of the stuff you see on those graphs where individuals believe they are foxes or whatever, rather I think that gender lies more on a spectrum as opposed to definitive ideals either way. For example, the people I know who are leftists/gender nonconforming individuals see it as being more “masculine” or “feminine,” and use pronouns accordingly. People who lie in the middle, then, use ‘they.’ Overall I don’t think that most leftists really believe that there are 76 genders but rather that each individuals’ gender is determined by complex neurological phenomena that occurs innately in their brain. Your gender is not a social construct, then, the same way your sex isn’t. It is widely predetermined. Just some food for thought as a left leaning person who lives in a VERY Left city and goes to a very right school.
Great video!!
For the most part I think you’re right that most liberals don’t think there is literally 76 genders, but there are radical liberals out there that genuinely believe there are 76 genders
As a trans person you are pretty bang-on
it's not "most" mate, *NO* leftists believe in 76 genders, as with most things that was a joke from places like 4chan that spread like wildfire and now everyone and their mom suddenly believes that lefties have 287439 pronouns and want litter boxes in bathrooms. it's all extremely obvious that it's not real to anyone even remotely knowledgeable about transgenderism/gender diversity in real life, subscribing to it regardless is extremely embarrassing
@@calebclark9114 actually, leftists believe there are 425775097 genders. This is because we add 3 more genders every time someone complains there are too many
70% of registered democrats openly prefer socialism over the free market, and over 50% believe that Children should be exposed to drag queen shows, and sexually explicit imagery.
The sitting president of the United states and the DNC openly advocate for puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and even Transition surgery for Children regardless of their parents consenst.
I found your channel through Ruslan. Even though I’m a Baptist from the south, I’ve become fascinated by this series lol.
Waiiit didn’t realize there was a Ruslan connection here lol. What did Ruslan say?
@@elkellenhabla he reacted to his video on church history
It’s okay to be conservative or liberal,so long as you’re not a radical extremist and you’re not hurting anyone.
"it's ok to have beliefs, as long as you don't actually do anything."
@@floridaman318 literally said not hurting anyone,if your beliefs push you towards violence all the time then you most likely require more wisdom.
@@moist_blue That depends on what you consider to be "violence".
@@strafe155 VIOLENCE IS VIOLENCE you are weird
@@moist_blue And you are clearly lacking in critical thinking skills.
For example, do you Consider Abortion to be an act of Violence, and what are your thoughts on Transition surgery for children?
Wow that was amazing brother! God bless you in your journey!
More young people need to watch this, thank you for sharing your story with us.
I didn’t realize how young you are. God bless, man, and thank you for sharing!
Your story reminds me a lot of CS Lewis's story. I am a confessional Lutheran who lives in the Midwest and I see conservative evangelicalism here starting to drift towards the left. I grew up in a conservative Wesleyan tradition and have been a christian my whole life. Sadly, I have watched all of my close conservative Christian friends gradually become woke neo-marxists. It would have happened to me and my wife too but we did our research and now attend our confessional Lutheran Church. So even though our Christian Midwest culture is not as far gone as what you would see on the East Coast it is a culture that is gradually becoming "progressive Christian." It's really sad to see. Like watching loved ones die.
You're another capitalist apologist, or what's so bad about your peeps drifting left?
@@coopergates9680 That is a bit of an assumption to make. Although it does have a decent chance of having some truth in it.
To give an answer to your question:
The main issue with people drifting left religiously is when they start putting Marxist principles and modern class and intersectional groups above the bible. Reducing it to myth giving up the idea it is true so that they can appear acceptable to Marxists. And maybe in an extreme case even denying the Gospel or core ideas like the Divinity of Christ.
Presumably you are some form of anti-capitalist or communist from that comment.
Generally, through the lens of communism, religion is simply viewed as a tool of the elites and capitalist class to control the people.
Now there are cases of elites trying to use religion to control people.
But, from that perspective, it cynically just views it as a tool of power. Despite seeking an earthly utopia in a communist paradise. With a religious fervor.
Now, I don't know you, so I can't say what you think in those types of topics.
I personally don't see an issue with people drifting in a direction that is anti-capitalist. But, even if they do, in today's political environment. to move towards the left any further than the center requires that you adopt positions that oppose the bible. Although, there are pragmatic arguments that the elements where the left are right and do good that outweighs the harm the cause. Similar ones apply on the right. There are many right-wing politicians who do very evil things and still try to manipulate Christians into voting for them. So, in practice the danger isn't so much in drifting away from supporting capitalism, but rather away from the bible and to identity politics focused
Now I have met a couple communist anarchists who were surprisingly friendly towards Christians. They were more focused on intentionally building up local communities and limiting the power of the state. Working towards eventually abolishing it replacing it with a confederation of integrated communities who support their members individually.. They were definitely anti-capitalist. But they were much less concerned with traditional liberal things. And more with direct action that makes a positive difference.
I think that Christians could be political allies with some of the left. But, the majority of them don't want Christians as allies and would prefer to focus on social issues in a way that doesn't really challenge capitalism. But, rather simply attempts to establish socialism by expanding the government, shifting the control of the society to newer elites currently in the Financial industry. And those that are firmly anti-capitalist. Are often(but not always), so ideological that people who have differences in opinions are viewed as against them, even if they are interested in working towards making society better.
In my view the republicans represent the interests of the businessmen who are in the field of industry. Such as oil, what manufacturing is left, construction, domestic farming, etc.
While the democrats primarily act for the financial elites who have some disagreements with the manufacturing elites. And so the choice for others is which of those elites visions is closer to what they want.
Getting back to Christianity. The gospel isn't just about god loving people. But, rather how you need salvation. And that is freely offered from God. But radical regard for others on a level equal to even greater than ourselves is part of biblical teaching. And a standard that Christians aspire to.
So there are many political issues like immigration, anti-war/military spending, support for the poor, support for the sick and old, fair treatment of workers,, forgiveness of excessive debts, anti-colonialism, anti-racism, etc. where the general outlook that people are instructed to take in the bible lines up much better with the American left than the American Right.
Treatment of foreigners is also a particularly important issue that comes up in both the new and old testament a lot of times.
@@jonathanlochridge9462 Holy crap you fit a whole essay in here. Anyway, I find it intriguing that people have this notion that Christianity and far leftism are mutually exclusive. I'd be willing to bet that over 95% of Christians pick and choose which parts of the Bible they follow anyway, since if someone follows every bit of it, they will likely end up in prison.
Left wing Methodists are happy with, for example, Matthew 19, talking about giving everything to the poor and how difficult it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God, while the MAGA extremists don't follow that at all and prefer bigoted and manipulative interpretations.
While it's true that communist communities tend to be less religious, since communism is a philosophical matter, one could build religions around it and find aspects of existing religions that overlap with it. Ideally, leftism favors freedom of religion, as in everyone has the right to any faith or no faith, as long as it is not forced into law or on someone with another faith.
As you know, the opposite combination also exists; Ayn Rand, Lew Rockwell, and other far right devout capitalists who are also atheist. They reject Gods as controlling authoritarian constructs.
your loved ones are pretty fucking based
taking from the rich and giving to the poor is litterally what jesus was about being anything other than a neo marxist is not only cringe but against what the bible actually asks of christians
if your conservative christians are becoming democratic socialists its probably because it aligns with their values and that of the bibles
Dude you are awesome, praise God He opened your eyes!
This guy is living my dream. Talking Christ while playing Minecraft.
Hi, I found you yesterday and you are everything I’ve been searching for. We have similar back grounds dealing with leaving leftism and researching to grow and learn. You’re helping me learn and I am thankful for you! ALSO AYE VIOLA TWINS
Same I also went to a left leaning school and play viola :D
Drawn to the faith because of the love you saw in those who followed The Way. I love it.
Consider yourself blessed brother (I know you already do). You found Christ in high school! I went through high school, college, and my job after college to discover the Good News, even when I had more than a few people around me guiding me towards Christ. I was stubborn, confused, and a hedonist. I consider myself blessed as well for discovering everything you mention here by the time I was 26. I’m 28 now and my faith grows stronger every month. God is also blessing me with abundance in my career that I know I don’t deserve. Without Him we are nothing, and I’ve never been happier.
I think this is your best video so far. Its a really interesting story and as a Christian, I'm happy your here.
I was raised culturally non-denominational and I'm almost sure that I received an efficacious baptism there, if I deconstructed anything it would have been continuationism (in the charismatic context), egalitarianism and then finally blind ecumenism went out the window and I am now a confessional Lutheran.
I'm a recent convert my conversion was in january and i'm am a bapthist and your videos + your way of teaching some themes is really helping me understand more about the faith, thank you for your hard work! PS: as a bapthist i forgive you for you critics videos 😂😂
Nice man
I have also become Christian, your story is inspiring for me though. I have been raised Catholic in Poland (you basically have no other churches here), and in these churches there's a lot of really bad staff that priests don't want to fix for some reason. The fact that they are really idolizing authority and their positions, really put me off and I became atheist at age of 14/15. I have gone so liberal, that I have became anarchist. But after about 2 years of that I started researching about other denominations of Christianity (I don't know why, but only Christianity felt for me like true religion and many teaching in Catholicism didn't see just right for me. Mainly the aspect of Jesus dying for our sins, but we still have to do, or not commit deadly sin, if we don't want to go to heaven), in my history classes and some others we were told about 2 schisms, but it was treated like these people were heretics and we just left it like that. But yeah, I can tell that at 17 I fully believed that there is God, but I didn't know who he is. It took me a year to believe in Christianity, but I was really woke and weak Christian, I lived in sin (mainly fornication) didn't wanted to change, because "hey Jesus died for me and for my sins, so I can do whatever", well looking at me from now I see I was so stupid. To be honest, because God caused me to doubt my faith and if there really is a God, I started to research and most importantly I started to read my Bible (Thank God for that). Yeah about 1 or 2 months ago I truly became a new creation in Christ, I unfortunately don't have friends that are Christian, they are all agnostic/atheist or deist or some believe that there is God, but they don't know. I really try to evangelise them and teach them that God loves them and they should repent from their sins, but I see that the main problem with them is probably problem with their hearts, they have became, so closed to goodness that they cannot accept God. The best thing I can do for them is to pray for them to change (If you want you can pray for them too, I'd really appreciate that), I don't want to leave them because, I like them and I think I'm the only way they can find God, and their disbelief really only makes more Christian, because to argue with them I really have to have good and on the spot understanding of the word of God. Hope they will see the light. God bless you guys
Best wishes to you. I hope you can find a reformed or at least evangelical church there - I know that they are probably pretty uncommon.
Bruh my story is so similar to yours.. im currently 15 year old atheist, also from Poland. The mentality here is that you are either an atheist, catholic (90% of population) or some weirdo in between (aka any other denomination). My family never used to be too religious, my mum went to church, i used to beleive in God, although looking at that time, i often treated christianity like some more serious greek myth. Now i don't beleive mostly because of no good proof - most of them have been abolished many times or don't really prove christianity but the existance of "the first cause" or sth like that. Honestly Zoomer is someone i have never agreed and disagreed with so much.
It's cool to hear that you write music. I do too, honestly, though to be honest, I'm more into xenharmonic or microtonal Christian Hymns than anything else.
I’m a Christian in one of the hearts of leftism. New York. I’m still trying to find a church that teaches the gospel and they do exist. I found one because of what this guy taught me.
Praise God brother. I relate to your experience. Mine was similar in many ways. Praise God, Amen.
Hey I’m really happy I stumbled upon your channel! I’m impressed with how logical, empathetic, and mature you are in explaining things and telling your story, all while playing Minecraft! 😂 I hope you get to reach more and more people! God bless!
you are the most epic cristian i've ever seen may God be with you!
hey bro i just wanted to say that after hearing the music you make, youre actually really good. loving your videos and your music, could you make a playlist of your comps at some point?
Your entire view of leftism is based on what a bunch of highschoolers think. Maybe people of that age aren't exactly mature enough to properly represent an entire way of thinking.
This resonates so much with me. Very similar to my story.
It sounds like your journey was almost identical to mine. Dominus vobiscum, frater.
Hey! I used to be super far left too, before Christ came and changed me!! Now I’m His forever 💗
so you think rich people shouldnt be taxxed more heavily
and that poor people shouldnt be given more aid to
your a conservative thats as far away from jesus as you could be
Jesus said of the sheep, “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me”
you realize those on the political left are for more supportive of social benefits and aiding those in poverty than those that are conservative right
jesus demanded that his followers MEET the needs of the people not for his followers to pick and choose who they helped
when a person has to have an abortion for whatever reason its not your fucking job to tell them its wrong its your fucking job as a christian to be there for that person regardless of your belief on the matter to do otherwise is to judge them
dont judge others until you walk a mile in their shoes
I'm happy to hear that! God bless you, my brother in Christ 😊🙏🏻
Same for me. I used to be in a very lost and sad place before I converted to Catholicism. ✝️
@@amberharmsen2497 Ironically, you need to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes. Please stop thinking that you’re morally (and perhaps intellectually) superior and stop strawmanning the Bible. I recommend deleting Reddit and focus on actually learning the views of people you disagree with instead of regurgitating what everyone around you says. The Bible always said to give voluntarily, having your money stolen and given to someone else is not giving voluntarily.
I was raised in a christian home and Ive been christian since I was 7. I lost my faith at 13 when my grandparents died and I had a lot of horrible things happen to me. I felt abandoned, unloved. I felt like at every turn I let others down. So I grew a lot of hate and anger that sadly is still somewhat there to this day. Im 21 now and have regained my faith and its never been stronger. I dont think its wrong for a christian to date non christian so long as your end goal isnt marriage. And I dont believe its wrong to be with someone who doesnt share your beliefs, I see it as more the relationship will have a much much harder time truly flourishing. I believe its not my place to say that things like Gay marriage is wrong. I personally believe that its not what God intended but im never gonna condemn people for their actions. Thats between themselves and God. I dont support Gay marriage but I cant stop ya if thats what you are dead set on. I never try to talk people out of what theyre gonna do, cause more often than not its unsuccessful and it only drives a larger wedge between the two people. I only tell them how and what I believe in, why I believe it and that Im not going to try to stop them. Ive had conversations with people from all walks of life and most of the time theyre fine with me. There are a few exceptions but those are few and far between. Thats just my $0.02 on the matter though, take it for what you will
most people would actually go to therapy instead of believing in things that cant be proven
how do you know what god intended
union in the bible does not mean marriage it means being together in partnership
your not going to condemn people for things they arent in control of BUT gay people are just going to hell for something outside of their control
and you feel that the only way they can enter the kingdom of god is to live a life of loneliness because you feel the need to gatekeep someone elses life
your christian love is so fucking hypocritical its amazing like bro you dont even follow all of the leviticus laws which god says is the only way into heaven
yet you judge gays for trying to be happy because your all loving god is selective make your religion make sense
either god is all loving or hes an exclusive prick that allows people like hitler into heaven simply because they believe in god
@@amberharmsen2497 ok your point is what? Look man, ive had so many people tell me the same thing and my respons is this. What do you care? It doesnt affect your life at all. Id rather believe in something my entire life and die and find out theres nothing, rather than live believing in nothing and find out theres something after death
Love watching your videos keep up the great work
"America and the west" The left in America is very different to the left in Europe, both the left and the right in the USA seems like a religion to a lot of Europeans, while, at least where I live, the right seems much more like a religion than the left.
I'm Dutch and I disagree. The environmentalist progressive movement in The Netherlands is pretty much a secular religion, similar to the leftism in the USA. In the uni city where I live, a shockingly high number of college educated people live like Tibetan monks, afraid of harming all life and they act like the world is ending. And when you ask them to back up those beliefs with evidence or quantify how they think climate change will affect them personally, they can't because they don't think for themselves.
A simple right-wing idea like closing the borders (which might be necessary at some point in the future) is more than something progressives disagree with politically. It violates their sacred religious principle of non-harm. To even suggest a thing that would consciously prioritize their own survival above that of others (especially if those others are "historically oppressed") as a last resort is offensive in these progressive circles.
Wdym Europe has been completely corrupted by liberalism
If that's the case, then you clearly haven't been paying much attention to politics, or simply believe everything that you see on TV.
@@sietsejohannes can you prove that closing borders is actually going to make a country safer/better?
why is it a country like japan is far more comfortable opening its borders and allowing anyone to arrive including the usa
but the usa is too afraid to let in 3rd world country citizens but more than ok with other first world countries
its not a matter of crime its a matter of cultural hierarchy
This was a properly inspiring story. Thank you.
It's amazing how you grasped a good theology so quickly. Hold strong.
what makes a theology good
the bible says god never changes
the bible also encourages christians to own slaves in the leviticus books in what way is christianity good?
@@amberharmsen2497 I can tell that you have never read the Bible. I hope you do. God bless.
Very interesting to hear this, as growing up Pentecostal I had more the opposite experience. In the sense that I had to be exposed to real leftist people as opposed to real Christian people.
unfortunately pentecostals are more religiously conservative than they are Christian in my research on pentecostal history there was just too much denial of historic distinctives and bunk authority claims for me to consider the bulk of them Christian. I am a confessional Lutheran because of the pentecostal poison that takes over almost all non-denominational churches.
So you left the faith?
@@memeboi6017 you can be christian and be a leftist
@@amberharmsen2497 Either you can be a bad christian and a good leftist, or you can be a good christian and a bad leftist.
Almost all of the policies that the bible supports are right of center.
@@memeboi6017 The Bible mostly supports conservative social policy, but the most you can get from it in terms of economic policy is that taxation is not theft and poverty will never completely go away. I am very economically conservative, but that's more because of logical contemplation on theories of economics rather than what the Bible says.
Recently Ive been feeling the pull to post something online about my faith, or maybe start trying to become one of those christian influencers that shares bible verses and talks about what God is speaking to them but i've generally been scared because I don't know how to answer the hate and questions I know would come into my comments if it got popular. This video has definitely built my confidence a little in that I could just start by putting my testimony out there, maybe post it over a minecraft video idk but it gave me hope, thank you!
Cradle catholic here 💁🏽♀️ I love your channel!
Best Christian content for me on UA-cam. Love your ministry.
I dont see an issue with leftist ideas and christianity - i fall into both categories.
The last months i have been seeking a better connection to my spiritual side, but my issues with the catholic church are similar to my issues with leftists:
People enforcing a monopoly on opinion, may it be justified or not, cause serious discomfort for me and i am not a person who can easily submit to worldly authoritiy.
Thus, i get in conflict with other leftists, because i think cancel culture does more harm than good and i get in conflict with (some) christians, because i am Pro LGBT.
It is hard for me to fit into the catholic church, just as i struggle among leftists, because i have a strong opinion on free speech.
There is only one king and only one judge and that is Jesus Christ. This king did not need a crown, nor jewels or garments of silk to convince people he is divine.
And i hope i use my life in a way i can one day stand before him without looking back in shame.
The first sentence is your first problem. You can't be pro lgbt and christian at the same time. You can't advocate for sin when you follow Jesus. Let's not sugarcoat it, that's blashemy. Tho catholics are pretty good at it. I hope you find the truth 🙏
@@AssadTheOne I hold no grudge against you, even though I cannot agree with you. Still, blasphemy is quite a big word and I would distance myself from that.
Good video dude - I'm not sure if you've covered this in a previous vid but I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on liberation theology?
this is great, thanks for sharing your story
This was really inspiring. Thank you
Dude! Brother this is so awesome! 🎉
Bro thanks for your content. your education is part of what saved me!!!
What a great story! Thanks for sharing!
P.S. Someday you should play TotK.
Your channel is a huge W.
You have an amazing story. I pray you stay with God and that your faith grow stronger and stronger every day.
faith is a belief that has no evidence
I agree that religion is more important than politics.
I glad that you found such love from the Christians you met at music camp.
I think it is a bit of a shame that leftism today is such a religion that the political side leaves no room for Christianity.
The worldly Utopia they want isn't very feasible generally.
But, the world could still be a lot better than it is.
Overall, it is only more recently that non-marxist areas of the left became highly opposed to Christianity.
But, yeah the majority of the leftist movement seems to hate apostates and those who are question how extreme they are pushing.
It's interesting that you mentioned you switched your position on abortion due to logical rather than religious regions.
A decent chunk of leftist values are compatible with Christianity in my view, but the actual policies and end goal are so different that they have placed themselves into opposition against Christians.
Abortion, etc.
But the religious nature of Marxism has shined through when it has taken power.
Despite many Russian Christians sympathizing with the plight of the poor and advocating for significant changes to live and society. Most notably Leo Tolstoy. The communist state actively chose to make itself into the object of their religion. Actively taught atheism. And only allowed churches which actively supported their atheist propaganda efforts to "survive" in public. Actively persecuting and imprisoning pastors on a widespread level.
There are some interesting catholic socialist groups that didn't go anywhere near as bad. But, we still haven't seen that good results.
The story is really inspiring.
But, there are many political issues where I think Christianity is more aligned with the left than the right. But, that doesn't matter much. Because they for the most part aren't willing to allow any heretics from their hyper-radical push towards their utopia.
So regardless of how much we care for equality or social justice in general. As long as we view the bible as inspired and use it's standards. Then we will be viewed as unacceptable by a significant chunk of the left.
It was also interesting to hear you still care about environmentalism.
I personally think on the political front that is pretty important.
Although, abortion, assisted suicides, and the death penalty are more important. Since human life comes first.
there is a significant impact to human life by other issues. Both the affect of abortion outstrips those. Fortunately major strides have been made there. So, other areas where human lives are effected significantly are areas for active improvement beyond just resisting the left.
Since if the only thing those in the right does is resist change then many of the criticisms of the left become more valid.
It would be nice if we actually had more than a 2 party system.
but, that isn't likely to ever change.
awww yes putting your trust in something that has no evidence for its existance versus the thing that exists that objectively makes the world better IF you participate in it
OMG CHRISTIAN MINECRAFT! THIS IS MY TYPE OF PARTYYY
gender insanity and mandates drove me away from the left too. i really loved your video
I am a Christian, and I consider myself left wing but to me all that means is that the government should spend money to help the middle class and poor with healthcare and education, rather than on weapons and destruction. We already get taxed, and it is always better for our wealth to go to investing in our population. It is sad to see left wingers forgetting these ideas, in favor or extreme left wing social ideology.
I am also Left-wing and Christian myself and i absolutely agree with everything you said, especially your last sentence, most modern Socialists completely forgot Socialism actually stands for, and think "its when you love Sexual Minorities and hate White people" or something like that, and sometimes, i am ashamed to call myself Left wing because of them, because i am strongly against that wokeism/political corectness and they make us normal Leftists look bad.
I have a lot of interest in theology, and I was wondering how you learnt more about God. From a low church background especially, it's quite hard to gain complex theological principles. Any advice?
I grew up in a christian community so I can't give very good advice if you don't have that. Our local youth group tackles a lot of these topics that have helped me grow but some people cannot have that. There is a lot of good channels out there like Wendigoons early stuff and I listen to some radio programs as well.
A few book recommendations - Understanding Theology by R.T. Kendall is a great book for understanding different theological positions and it was written by a well-respected pastor from a low-church Charismatic position. It's easy enough to understand and covers a lot of stuff.
Incomparable by Andrew Wilson is also really great from a devotional standpoint as it focuses on the different names and attributes of God found in the Bible and it helps with taking theology from just head knowledge into worship.
Lastly, Chasing the Dragon by Jackie Pullinger or Appointment in Jerusalem by Derrick and Lydia Prince to read account of powerful moves of God through people in more modern times, as testimony of what God does informs better theology.
@@TimothyCrawford305 Thank you! I'll definitely have a look at a few of those
i have advice realize all theism is based on logical fallacies and impossibilities/contradictions then dont be a theist
There's a great theologist from out here in Brazil Augustus Nicodemus and in one of his teachings he said a thing that stuck in my head "When you're in a cult or any group that is'nt in the right path you will be struck with a doubt that will only end after you enter the path of the Lord". The class was about cults but i think it can be use to any form of group or culture
religion is litterally a cult though
Love your testimony and story. Might want to add that Christian’s are pretty heavily split 50/50 on free will
This FPS is heretical 😂
Honestly this explains some of the comments I've gotten on the internet
Hello, interested agnostic here.
I'd interested to hear more details on why you believe it's better to grow up cultural Christianity rather than cultural non-Christianity. Obviously some cultures come to mind very quickly that I'm very glad I didn't grow up in, but then I think of this image comparing the subways in NYC vs Japan which was not culturally Christian but I think I would have appreciated to live in.
I guess I'm still a "leftist" In the old school way. But I never really felt like leaving my Catholocism. As a teenager I was into atheism etc but as I grew older and nature I became much more religious and realised how much cultural and philosophical impact Christianity had
atheism isnt something your into because its not a religion or a belief
atheism is a lack of belief based on seeking objective truths about life rather than subjective beliefs that cant be proven
what impacts does christianity have on cultural norms and morality that arent the result of different values resulting from cultural evolution coexisting in 1 given place
God bless and help us
Slightly older than you at the ripe age of 28 lol but I am also a leftist turned Christian. Grew up in south Florida where everyone is liberal (unlike the rest of the state) & I resonate so much when you said you praise God for redeeming you from something the total opposite. God saved me from feminism/ lgbt lifestyle. Now I’m a married mother. Just found your channel and love it! I am trying to learn about the different denominations and understand where I “fit”.
As a leftist. Your friends and the people who indoctrinated you into seeing Christians as homophobic and overly conservative were wrong, you say we don’t accept any opinion even slightly different from our own but I do, I agreed with a lot of things you said here. I’m a feminist but not radically feminist, I am gender-fluid and don’t believe there are 76 genders (but only because I don’t think gender should be listed so explicitly), but I’m also a strong believer in socialism. I think just like the leftists you grew up around who generalised Christians to be homophobic and overly conservative, you now generalise leftists to be uncompromising and overly radical. This is bad in the same way that your childhood indoctrination was bad. I really hope you see what I mean, and I hope even more that you, or any one replies to explain their view on this, whether we have similar views or not.
funniest video ive ever seen, keep up the bit!
At first I thought this was a troll channel. I’m glad I was wrong, thank you for speaking on these issues.
For me it was the other way around.
I was raised by Christians, but became a leftist to rebel.
I was a leftist and atheist for years, until the 2020 Election happened.
For the 4 years trump was president I hated him, but one of my friends put me onto Infowars.
I was anti establishment but I thought Alex Jones was nuts, but then he kept talking about Jesus over and over again.
I took another look at Christianity but from a right wing logical world view, it made more and more sense.
Then slowly it turned into full blown Christian Conservatism but with small progressive bursts.
I don’t want humanity to stagnate but we are just running off of a cliff.
you realize the traditionalism conservatives push for the 60s era aka nuclear family dynamic is the reason why mental health exists in the capacity it currently does among the older generation right?
alex jones can talk about jesus all he wants but if hes gonna harass school shooting survivors saying it never happened is that something a christian would do????
the answer should be obvious NO
we can also look towards common evangelical conservatives like marjorie taylor green who is racist and hates immigrants regardless of legal status and is anti semitic
are these people actually christians or are they using a religion to gain favor because they are losing in the polls via popular vote and have been since bush
I wouldn't necessarily call leftism or any other political or social ideology a religion per se. I would say that a subset of it could indeed have a religious character. I think this distinction is important to avoid overgeneralizing and oversimplifying. Besides that, great video, and it's nice to hear your conversion story. God bless you.
it's not really an oversimplification. They have an origin myth (abiogenesis, evolution), an end-times story (climate change), original sin (white guilt), they have an accounting of sin (carbon footprint), they have sacred cows in the form of gay or trans people (or minorities). In fact, the "minority" is the cornerstone of their moral system. I think it's actually more complicated to see it as something other than a religion.
@@josephbrandenburg4373 This is one of the most unhinged comparisons I've ever read.
@@LucolanYT yet you didn't deny or counter a single point I made?
@@josephbrandenburg4373 Calling leftism a religion because "white guilt is their original sin" is one of the most disconnected from reality takes I've ever heard on the internet. Of course it's a gross oversimplification.
Anyone having a belief about how the universe came to be is religious now?
No, any belief in anything isn't a religion. Neither the left nor the right is a religion. Religion is a belief system characterized by faith and worship, usually in supernatural entities.
Trying to equivocate faith-based belief systems and current political opinions as one in the same is just.. delusional.
They can go hand-in-hand, like we see on the right and its connections to Christianity, but going as far to project your own relationship with religion and political beliefs onto a largely secular group is what I'm calling unhinged.
@@LucolanYT you think that dedicating a month and numerous parades to a rainbow colored flag isn't a form of worship? You're calling _me_ delusional?
Intessting that the Trump election made leftist kinda show there faces. My English teacher one day after the election wined about it and wanted us to wine with her about it. I found it kinda excessive, in retrospect it was weird. Oh and I'm from Germany, so at this point I had no connections and was not intressted in us politics whatsoever
I may not agree with you on a lot of things but I've always admired how you stayed strong in your faith in the Lord. Wirh you growing up as leftist, I can only imagine how hard it must be. God bless you always brother, and keep strong and growing in the faith! 🙏
One thing I will say is that the concept of original does not outright disprove free will. The Eastern Orthodox church also has a different conception of ancestral sin than the Western/Catholic descendant churches
Thanks for sharing your testimony! Have you looked into Messianic Judaism? 😎
why would he all religion cant be proven and relies on circular logic and fallacies
Oh. I think I get the charismatic movement a bit more. It captures some of the appreciation of mystery that's lacking elsewhere.
I’m really impressed how you can discuss such deep topics while playing Minecraft. You sir, are high IQ, no doubt about it. Might even be a genius. I can’t multitask at all. I have a hard time explaining things even when I’m just talking.
I found your channel just a week ago and I find your channel, ideology, and story fascinating.
I come from basically the opposite side of the pond, I consider myself a Leftist from a political and social standpoint as well as an atheist.
I have no problem with christians or religion in general. I even respect much of what jesus teaches and the messages christians send, I dont call myself christain though on the basis that I dont believe in god and dont go to church.
As a Leftist i'd like to say that the ignorant bullies you described as leftists dont speak for me, or many others. Anyone who would ostracize another innocent human being for their faith is no leftist. I may respectfully disagree with some christians views on things like homosexuality, but discrimination against christians isnt justified.
I'd argue that those from your highschool were simply ignorant, immature kids who let the people around them do their thinking for them. Their bigotry doesn't stem from real "leftist ideology."
Now i am 100% not your target audience as you'd probably consider me a 'woke leftist', but i still find this story incredibly fascinating.
First things first, i grew up in a typical conservative Christian family. Throughout middle/early high school i was super into Trump and other conservation icons of the mid 2010s. I attended church every Sunday with my family. You know the drill.
However during 2020, i couldn't attend church for obvious reasons and my social circle from church disappeared with it (i didn't use social media much during this time). As a result, i began exploring more social groups and ended up in some more left leaning groups. Just like how Christans were portrayed to you as monsters, i was consuming a lot of media that portrayed the left as these pink haired, screaming maniacs that hated everyone that disagreed with them. But when these notions were broken by my new left leaning friends, i started to question my old way of life and beliefs.
Fast forward to recently, and this might seem very strange, but i've actually rejoined my old church. One of the reasons is that i've realized that i used to have very extreme beliefs about 'the other side' was because of my lack of interaction with those people.
Now there's obviously people on the left who are quite extremist in their views. I've seen people argue that say, if you are pro-choice, you cannot associate with somebody who is pro-life as they are oppossed to a human right. However, i feel that by having these exclusionary attitudes, we prevent ourselves from fully understanding why each of us hold the beliefs we do, which leads to violent conflict and polarization.
I can see being accepted into the Midwestern Christian camp made a huge impact on you. Then your leftist former friends excluding you once you expressed any sort of disagreement further gave you more reason to seek community with Christian circles.
But didn't Jesus Christ treat even those who were considered impure with kindness? Or what about Matthew 5:43-48 where Jesus teaches us to literally love our enemies?
I believe that we should be respectful of each others beliefs, so long as they don't impede on each others' agency.
im in the same boat you are im what he considers "woke leftist" as well and its funny he sees that as bad when jesus was actually much in favor of calling out oppression and unjust behavior of others something that never happens in conservatism but very frequently in leftist circles
god created everyone in his image aka unique and mysterious
this includes trans and intersex people
to judge gods creation is to judge god himself
im not a theist i simply point out the beliefs of theists and be like what about this
ive been in theism since i was 7 i left after Lutheran confirmation (partly because i was persecuted and abused by the church because i am trans the "holy pastors" couldnt handle that i was one of their gods creations) i left at 15 and became an atheist and still am at 21
Thank you for sharing this! Eventhough I am a Catholic who's in the center / leaning conservative, I absolutely agree with you that no matter what side you are on the "others" are ofte portrayed in a very seldomly true light. Of course there are extreme cases like you mentioned, but they occur everywhere! Basically what I'm trying to say is going out and connecting with people different from you is never a bad idea :)
As a European progressive, I do say I feel in particular the American culture to be generally more of a domineering nature.
I grew up in a Christian household, but with a cluster of developmental disorders that effectively left me somewhere in the middle of American Leftism and Christianity.
I have grievances with both for opposite reasons. Mostly about the nature of sin and practise of faith on the Christian side and on the leftist side the complete denouncement of all tradition.
I think it's called being a "fence sitter" there. But I'd disagree.
11:53 NOT THE STAR WARS REFERENCE 🤣
The word culture derives from the Latin word "cultura" meaning "agriculture" or "cultivation" which then came to refer to education and finally the educated "cultural" part of society. Cult shares this root, but derives from it's meaning "to labour" which became "to worship" then to the modern definition.
> "I'm a musician"
> Plays viola
This is a very interesting story. I'm personally a non-denominational Christian. I've got a lot of Baptist beliefs though, I guess.
You said you are in college right now. What is your major?
Thanks for sharing your journey brother.
I had like the same journey brother ❤✝️
Culture does not come from the word cult , comes from the latin word 'Colere' and that means 'to cultivate' .
How did this go with your parents and the rest of your family?
I had a Catholic upbringing but I become agnostic and leftist.
I'm still materialist, and in europe (most) leftism isn't so degenerate: so for the moment I'm not going back on my decision on faith.
However your videos are really refreshing man, I like them a lot.
I would say you are doing... Well... God's work (!) but please don't get god complex because of this, or should I say don't fall in Pride.
Kudos!
damn that last part about girl hits home, having witnessed similiar process of my close friend going from traditional catholic to whatever type of leftist she is now couple of days ago, essentialy going against me for what i belive is right, the pronouns, hair dyeing, female empowerment... Maybe some people are just predestined to fail?
@redeemedzoomer6053 Which summer camp? Epic?
I love how the title suggests that the 2 cannot coincide.
They can't
@@j8246 I agree, that's why I love it.
Whenever I hear someone who claims to be Christian calls themselves a "liberal," I just think "Oh so you have no idea what you're talking about."