my quick testimony started with a question that I asked myself and that question was : " i refuse to believe that the militaries and politicians of this world are the highest authority in all existence, who is the highest authority? " Eventually I received the answer, God is Love and Jesus Christ the Son of God is the highest authority, and I'm His disciple.
He is the greatest! My question that led me to Christ was one actually in the Bible. My English teacher told us about how Jesus' condemnation came about and when he quoted "what is truth?" I knew I had to find the answer, and that answer is Jesus
Exactly, I had alot of doubts about God’s reputation so I prayed to God to show me the truth and wisdom to lower the doubt I have about him. So he gave me a video introducing me to this gentlemen named Cliffe Knechtle. And Cliffe has made me get closer to God with signifcantly less doubt now. All praise to God ❤
Its gotta be so upsetting to someone trying to stump cliffe when he comes back with “yes!! I love your line of thinking thank you”. Great job boys keep it up!
One of the ways I know Jesus really touched my heart is the moment I stopped hating certain people in my life. It was literally an overnight transformation. It’s crazy because sometimes my mind wants to trick me into starting to hate those individuals again but my heart will no longer allow me to. I made peace with every single person I held a grudge on and I mean it sincerely. Thank you Jesus 🙏
I love when Stuart goes off on historicity @ 22:00 min in. How we brought James into it was beautiful. I use that evidence in some of my encounters as well, but picked up new ammo. Thank you!
@@Theo_Skeptomai The eyewitness accounts of the four Gospels. Now, "God I think," before you go on trying to endlessly debate me on the reliability of the Gospels, I have a question for you. What is your end goal in this debate?
@@Theo_Skeptomai That's a complex question, because IF there is a personal spiritual deity, it's impossible to scientifically measure the connection people have with Him. However, I do believe that logical and rational arguments can be made for both the theist and atheist position. In my life, I find the theistic position more reliable and justifiable. I appreciate the answer you gave. Why do you wish to demonstrate the justification of an atheistic faith?
@@Theo_Skeptomai You believe that the atheistic position is withholding acknowledgement of the supernatural until sufficient evidence is provided, correct?
That Diana of ephesus was so interesting. Thank you for bringing that up! I absolutely love ephesians, but understanding more context is always so cool.
I pray schools will change and people will review why our youth are being educated that Israel is the oppressor and the Palestinians are oppressed. Taking God outta schools and the Pledge of Allegiance has only hurt our country. Im thankful knowing that you gentleman are trying to fill that void. I witness, but im researching and studying so I can be a better witness. I will always give my testimony and tell people how much God has done for me. But I wanna be prepared and be able to answer more questions. Praise God. He saved even me❤🕊️👑 JESUS CHRIST ❤'S 🫵
Cliff I absolutely love your responses to these questions. Wish I had a better memory so I could talk to people this way if I get asked questions. Awesome job 👍🙏🔥👏
@@Odiseusthelegend Why would you think that such a question would "sound" like either of those two things? I mean... WHAT are you calling "stereotypical American thinking"?
Subjective human beings decide based upon an agreed upon set of ethics what we deem to be morally good and morally bad. Some of us can do this without the unnecessary step of adding a supernatural deity into the mix. Any other questions? By the way, if there were such a thing as objective Morality, it would exist regardless of whether or not there was or was not a deity.
@@RobertSmith-gx3mi Great, so it is subjective then. So when a person like Hitler comes along and says it is good to kill all the jews then that has just as much value of your opinion that he cannot. In history, humans decided that it was a moral right to own slaves. So according to you that was not objectively evil. You just were born in a different time period and decided you now have the correct idea of what is good and evil. What a bunch of nonsense. I don't know who you think you are that you can just decide what is good and evil for other people while the psychopath doesn't get the option to decide that killing is good without losing his freedom. If your idea of morality is really subjective then that just makes you evil for thinking you are above other people.
@JB-ku7uz I agree. I do not believe there is objective morality nor do I believe in the existence of objective moral law giver. If you do believe in an objective moral law giver and objective morality, I will respect your subjective opinion on the matter.
@@RobertSmith-gx3mi there’s a massive problem to that however. We can flat out change society’s morality either quickly or in a generation or 2. America is now a perfect example of a society’s morality failing. We are now giving children the same drugs we give to prisoners who are charged with either CP or R and renamed them as “puberty blockers”. Another there was a story of a man who simply cracked his fingers the usual way, and someone saw that and called it a “white suprematists” symbol. The man’s life was literally ruined because of it. Another is people who aren’t doing anything with their life because of mental disorders/issues should we let them live? In mein kampf, one of the arguments was “remove all resources to the non-desirables, and give it all to the people who are healthy.” A lot of people believe in that today. Heck even others are saying “if you disagree with that statement, then it’s harassment/hate speech. I will never trust society because it has massive amounts of problems with it. Just look at the 10 years of America after the late 2000s. They decided to make one of the greatest experiments in the west, remove Christianity, and change it with atheism. How well is that going? Watch David wood’s on about Atheism I think you’ll like it.
@JB-ku7uz Where is the entire list of objectively moral Good and objectively moral bad things that you follow I'd like to take a look at this list for myself. Do you believe that if a group of people Worship a character from a book that is alleged to have suffocated to death most life on this planet with a great flood those people are objectively morally good or objectively morally bad For worshipping something that murdered that many people?
Wow cliffe! U must b so proud of your big boy.. God bless 🙌 in Jesus name, amen... (sory 4 calling u a boy brutha) love ❤️ your faith, God bless u 2 and all ur family and friends, amen...
13:30 how do explain the transfer of information? Consciousness Mind v brain A spiritual v the physical The word (intelligence) made flesh. God is not infinite. Eternal? Sure. Nostic gospel. Mormon
I found that part interesting too, but unlike you, I didn't hear them advocate for egalitarianism. What I did hear was "be careful." The texts are addressing different things. I think Cliff is right on the money talking about women abusing their newly found spiritual freedom by possibly getting chaotic in worship... but then later Cliff says there's a time and a place for a woman to serve in the church: and prophesying appears to be one of them. What is prophesying? Speaking the Word of God in truth. We English speakers tend to only think of prophesy in terms of fortune telling where one person has secret knowledge that no one else has, but when we say things like "Jesus will come again to judge the living and the dead"... that is a prophesy that is found in God's Word. When we speak those words we are foretelling a future that God has told to us. It's not a secret known only to use, and it does tell the future, but only because God has revealed that part of it already. We can also study other books such as 1st and 2nd Timothy as well as the life of Jesus. Who were Jesus closets followers and teachers after his ascension? The 12 Disciples (minus Judas)... all of whom were men. Who were the deacons appointed in the Church of Acts? 7 men of true faith. Who were all the foremost leaders of God's people in the Old Testament? Almost without fail, men. One example only I can think of: Deborah the Judge and possibly Miriam the sister of Moses acting as a praise leader. If it were God's plan to have women regularly serving in the office of the pastoral ministry, teaching from the front of the church, we'd see some very clear text regarding it. Instead we see many passages granting roles to each sex: men as leaders and teachers; women as nurturers and supporters. Both have a role to fulfill, and in many ways both are hard-wired genetically to be better at one role. Doesn't mean that CAN'T do the other role, and women do sometimes step up when men fail, such as a family where the man doesn't go to church but the woman goes and takes the children. However, for optimal success, we ought do what our physical design and the Word of God say: and the two of those are in agreement. True, we see figures like Phoebe and Lydia mentioned in the NT, but they are the exception and not the rule. Generally speaking, we must go with the rule rather than argue from the exception. Might there be a time and place where a woman can and should by God's design teach men? I won't totally rule out the possibility, but we're not going to use two example where it DID happen to contradict the hundreds of times it DIDN'T happen. It would certainly be a highly unusual circumstance and one where absolute caution would be necessary. Too often we see "progressive" churches headed by women and/or the lead pastor is heavily influenced by a woman. That's not to denigrate women. Women are wonderful servants of Christ. It's simply to speak the Word of God as it was spoken to us rather than alter it to fit modern sensibilities.
@sidwhiting665 yeah you just advocated for the complimentarian view (men and woman have certain roles) but I've listened to cliffe for a few years he wouldn't squarely fit egalitarian but leans more that way
Thank you Cliff, son and Team! I am so grateful and enriched with these discussions. 21:30 Joseph Smith fell as a prophet, but let’s not mock the Plates, because I’m still waiting for proof that the Book of Mormon is not true based on its content. The Isaiah translation errors found in the Book of Mormon match the original KJV’s, and they were included on purpose since that was the gold standard for Protestants and God knows all. Looking at the Urim and Thummim in a hat, actually makes sense. Joseph Smith was innocent at one point, but failed with the sins of man like polygamy, and trusting others like Sydney Rigdon.
There are base physical pleasures and there are higher relational and spiritual pleasures. Neither are inherently bad. But the former should not come at the expense of the latter.
*I'm 71 now and have read only the exact same copy of the King James Bible my church gave me in 1961. (This does not mean I was a King James onlyist but now I'm glad I never read any others or I might not have noticed the changes as quickly.) I had memorized many scriptures from it through the years. Then in 2014 I started seeing changes in it that I couldn't explain. I have an exceptional memory, for instance I can draw a detailed picture of my baby stroller. I had never owned a computer or heard of the "Mandela Effect" back then. But after being given my first computer in 2016, I finally found out why I had been noticing all of the oddities that I couldn't explain. I then started diligently studying what should actually be called the ''Daniel 7:25 Effect''. That's where God said He would give the antichrist the power to "change times and laws'' which we now know meant (history and scripture plus laws of physics). We're seeing many end times prophecies being fulfilled SUPERNATURALLY! This is some of the "lying signs and wonders" that God told us He would give the AC power to perform which would even deceive His very elect, if it were possible in 2nd Thessalonians chapter two!* *God said in the end of days, (NOW!) that He would send us a famine for hearing His word in Amos **8:11** and that He would give the antichrist the ability to do this in Daniel 7:25. In Daniel 12:4 & 12:9 He told him to seal his book until the end days. He told John **_not_** to seal his book because the end time is at hand in Revelation 22:10. One of the Greek definitions of seal in Strongs concordance is “to protect from Satan”. He also told us to write His words in our hearts, which meant memorize, if not word for word at least the essence of what was written, because He knew this was going to happen.* *God commanded us to "prove all things", and people **_better_** obey Him, especially on this subject. I urge you to research this. There are many Brothers and Sisters making videos about the changes with more proof of what was originally written and I have lots more about this in my playlist 👉 which can be found by typing in ( proof of bible change residue junkie )* 👈 *I've continued to study scripture and have grown MUCH closer to Jesus by learning what Satan has been changing. Soon Amos **8:12** will be fulfilled too, and the only way it can happen is by not being able to see these videos that document what used to be written in our bibles.* *_May God bless all who read this with eyes to see this incredible faith strengthener, and how close we are to our Saviour's return!!!!_* ❤✝️💪 *P.S. After people have taken all of the required 💉's, they will apply a quantum dot invisible tattoo to their head or hand, but anyone who has had just one has a bluetooth mac # that can be read by any smart phone and when you walk through the deal at an airport they know if you have it. The no buying or selling is happening incrementally and will be complete when cash is abolished and worship can be defined as "to fear, obey and trust in someone or something" which is what they are doing with the Beast System and the Image of the Beast, (NWO and TV!). They also now have triple helix DNA, are no longer human and if they have children they won't be human either! Yes, this absolutely is it, and👉 if you write me at the address on my about page👈 I'll send you 15 **_shocking_** films that will PROVE it to anyone who has the courage to watch them.*
Excellent comment lots of food for thought thank you for taking the time to write this. Could you tell me of the 15 films you were speaking of in the last sentence of your comment?
Paul is referring to the Genesis when God cursed Eve with pain in childbearing (Genesis 3:16), not to a Gnostic cult. This can be inferred from the previous two verses: _For Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor._ (1 Timothy 2:13-14) The child bearing most likely refers to being born again. In other words, she will be saved by being born again, if she indeed continues in faith and proves herself to be a true believer (even though she was deceived first): _Yet she will be saved through childbearing-if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control._ (1 Timothy 2:15)
Stuart said "when Paul got knocked off that horse." Wasn't Paul in a carriage of some kind? And wasn't it Martin Luther who was on a horse and got struck by lightning?
I'm living because i have a desire to live, and I'm living to help those around me who are not as fortunate as me, I don't believe we are born with a specific purpose, as a child I can't ever recall my parents telling me "your purpose in life is . . . .. " Think about it ronwan, if you happened to be born in India and raised as a Hindu, what would you're purpose in life be? .. to worship the Hindu God? Or, think about those North American Indian tribes who lived on the American continent long before white Christians ever even heard of America, what was their purpose in life?
@@ronwan1408 you didnt answer my question about people who are born in places where they either worship other Gods or lived on a continent before white Christians came along. What is their purpose ronwan?
@@bonnie43uk Because without a creator or anyone who is the standard of morality then it’s all just a matter of opinion. I’ve said this to you many times already.
Thank you for these great videos! I, too, think it is so important to "have a reason for the hope that is in us" (1 Peter 3 :) I liked the line of reasoning that was given for evidences and witnesses. I wanted to share that many of the claims made about Paul and the apostles in this video around minute 20, though claimed here to not be, are actually also true of Joseph Smith and the restoration of Christ's authority and apostleship to the world through living witnesses of the risen Christ. One of the points made about the apostle's witnesses was that even his family and friends stayed by his witness. This is actually true of the prophet Joseph Smith as well. One brief example of this is Liberty Jail. Another is Carthage. Others are his own family. Additional others are the 11 witnesses and women witnesses of the restoration of Christ's original church. Even those who were antagonistic to Christ's Restored Church later in their lives, including all the witnesses of The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ, remained true to their witness. Amazingly, not one of the eleven, and more, denied the veracity of it, even at gunpoint/near death for a many of them. This is a video describing this in more detail. (youtube wouldn't allow me to multiple links so I am attaching a google drive link as a reply to this that has a link to all these references below) It was mentioned that there are not evidences for the other elements of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' history, such as archeological and textual. These articles and websites actually have several: The Book of Mormon itself is a very important, a keystone, evidence to consider. The purpose of the book is to invite all to come unto Jesus Christ and is yet another witness that God speaks to us today through prophets, ancient and new. "A Case for the Book of Mormon," is another source that has some crucial points to consider. This is a speech that summarizes some of the main points of that. Ezekiel 37:15-28 describes a sign act in which the prophet Ezekiel is instructed by God to write on two sticks, one for Judah and one for Joseph, and then join them together into one stick. We see that today.
I also wanted to, in this paragraph, briefly clarify the idea about men being able to own their own planet. :) That is perhaps an idea that has floated around, but it certainly wouldn't just apply to men if it is true - owning a planet for men or women maybe is something we can do someday (I don’t know exactly how that works after this life 😊) but it isn’t central, nor even really mentioned in our doctrine...it especially isn't emphasized nor taught at church. Our doctrine is centered in Jesus Christ. Becoming like God is our eternal potential, as children of a loving Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother. We believe that men and women are “created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny.” - The Family: A Proclamation to the World. Because we believe in God, The Father, and God, our Heavenly Mother, we believe women can become like God! And even become a god! We believe we can become even as our Heavenly Parents. This is a quote about that (from the talk in the link) with some questions: "And why not possible? Do not all Christian churches advocate Christlike behavior? Is that not what the Sermon on the Mount is all about? If it is blasphemous to think we can become as God, then at what point is it not blasphemous to become like God-90 percent, 50 percent, 1 percent? Is it more Christian to seek partial godhood than total godhood? Are we invited to walk the path of godhood-to “be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect”-with no possibility of ever reaching the destination? "As we better understand our potential destiny, our level of self-worth and confidence and motivation is greatly heightened." - Elder Tad R. Callister (A "Seventy" in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) We deeply honor and revere women and womanhood. :) My wife is so inspiring and amazing to me! and I love her not just to 'death do we part,' but for all eternity. We are “sealed” in a marriage covenant beyond this mortal life through the resurrection, by authority from God that has been restored in our day. Authority directly from Peter, James, and John physically given on June 1st, 1829. Additional keys were restored through Elijah, Elias, and Moses in our day. That authority and Abrahamic promise is such a blessing to both of us, in our marriage covenant, and also in our other covenants, such as baptism. These are similar to those Peter, James, and John received on the Mount of Transfiguration. (We receive these ordinances in the temple today...an "endowment," or in other words, a preparation to see and eventually live with God, establishing His Kingdom on the Earth). My wife is an equal partner in our marriage and in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She likewise has power given to her from God, priesthood power, to do the work God has given her in this life. This is an article about our honor of womanhood from a woman leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Relief Society, the woman’s/sisterhood group within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is one of the oldest and largest (I have heard that at one point is was the largest if it still isn't) women’s organization in the world (7 million strong in 188 countries). Just this month, $55 million tithing donations have gone to aid 12 million children and 2.7 women through the Relief Society. As detailed in the 2023 summary, “Caring for Those in Need,” the Church’s 4,119 humanitarian projects blessed people in 191 countries and territories! That is so inspiring to me. And it excites me to hear about the aid other churches and organizations give as well to help those in need. 6.2 billion hours of service were given just this year to help individuals in 191 countries. $1.36 billion tithing in donations to aid in relief to those suffering. The Relief Society flourishes because women are empowered to even become as God is, as heirs of Godhood: our Father and our Mother in Heaven. In regards to Joseph Smith and his character, there are 27 Volumes of history about his life, known as The Joseph Smith Papers. There are many other helpful sources for learning about his role in God's plan for His children in this dispensation of time, the "fulness of times" (see Revelation 14). See "Saints" and "Rough Stone Rolling" to name a couple more. Because he is a prophet similar to those of old, testifying of Jesus Christ, I have listened to every recorded teaching that Joseph has taught, in addition to every word of the Bible, and all that I can find: words of those that have seen Jesus Christ and strive to become more like him. Like ancient apostles and prophets: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Paul, Peter, James, John…much evil is spoken about them. Much good as well. These individuals testify of God. Many of them have seen God (they are witnesses of Jesus Christ). If any is curious about Joseph Smith and his character, I would invite you to likewise read his words and all the accounts of his life. We have a unique position nowadays to look at historical documents and see perspectives about Joseph that even people in his day couldn’t see. We have the accounts of many of his contemporaries. These are a few resources that could help in that search. I can’t do that work for you (others will try to :), but I can at least offer the witness that has come from my work and study over 25 years, reading The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ 52 times and investigating it inside and out, as well as the historical documents and evidences. I felt it could be helpful for me to say here too, that we do not worship Mormon, nor do we worship Joseph Smith, nor any ancient prophet, like Abraham, Peter, Adam, Noah, etc. We have a prophet today too (Russell M. Nelson), but we are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and love, honor, and worship Him, Jesus Christ. We are so much in awe that He has restored the authority and keys to gather Israel (“we who wrestle with God”, and those that "Let God Prevail) in these last days to prepare the world for the second coming of Jesus Christ. I hope this is helpful, and by no means do I hold any contempt against you nor what has been said in this video about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is common to misunderstand what we believe. I just wanted to share my witness of Jesus Christ and how close I have felt to Him through my own study of both the Bible, The Book of Mormon, and words of apostles and prophets, ancient and modern. The ancient keys to God's authority through Jesus Christ are restored today! God has come, He speaks, and continues to. Jesus Christ revealed Himself in 1820 to restore His ancient church through modern prophets. He visits "his servants, the prophets" in Houses of the Lord (temples) across the globe (soon to be over 350 and counting). "Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets." - Amos 3:7. He speaks today as He did anciently. This witness I share has come through studying this line of priesthood revelation (God’s prophets) and the priesthood line of revelation (my own reasoning and revelations that have come through The Spirit). Together, these have helped me gradually become more aligned with God and day by day, help me to become like my Father in Heaven, and my wife, like our Mother in Heaven, who loves us each so much! ( I realize these are bold claims. Feel free to text or email me with any thoughts or questions about this, sorry I didn't realize it would become so long of a response! If you have read this far, you are a trooper . My contact: 479-200-6212 BrandynYoung8@gmail.com ) I want to thank you for all the time and effort you put in to creating these faith-inspiring videos and for your well-reasoned belief in God! I highly value your work and these videos. I love the admonition of Paul to “gather together in one all things in Christ" (Ephesians 1), and I too am so grateful to be saved by His Amazing Grace. I wish you the best in the continuance of inviting others to come unto our Savior.
This comment ^ but with links included (UA-cam wouldn't allow me to put hyperlinks into the reply) docs.google.com/document/d/1aYWN2zKWme1U72hJgMjULIZJ6wtgzVePuHV5OwPDthE/edit?usp=sharing
I made a google doc with this original comment ^ which had links included (it wouldn't allow me to put them into the reply), and tried posting that as well, but with no success. For those references, feel free to reach out. :) God bless, Brandyn
PRAY THAT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE IN THESE VIDEOS AND THINGS AND THIS VIDEO AND THING AND ALL OF THESE PEOPLE AND UA-camRS AND FAMOUS PEOPLE AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS UA-cam CHANNEL AND ALL OF THESE UA-cam CHANNELS AND ALL OF THESE PEOPLES FAMILIES AND FRIENDS REPENT AND FOLLOW JESUS CHRIST.✝✝✝
There are tens of thousands of Christian missions around the world that feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, and take care of the poor. So I wondered how many atheist missions I could find on the Internet. I typed in atheist missions and guess how many came up? Zip. I tried to search words, “atheist feed the poor” nothing. I wonder why that is?
if you type into a search engine "non Christian charities", you will find quite a few major charities. These are secular non religious charities. I donate to Oxfam every month, they are one of the biggest charities in the UK, check them out.
@@bonnie43uk Non Christian charities doesn’t mean atheist. I’m asking for an ATHEIST LED charitable organization not agnostics or a few atheists here & there who donate to charities.
Darkness is not created. Rather it is the absence of light. John 8:12 ; John 9:5 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Cliffe expresses his incredulity that rationality cant come from non-rationality but doesnt explain why and also believes rationality just exists eternally for no reason in god.
@warriorgp4640 he's accepting that the rational mind of God exists eternally, without cause, and without evidence. Yet he's rejecting the idea that conciousness is an emergent property of unconscious matter and energy which is the theory that has made all of the advancements in nuerology, psychology, biology, medicine, etc... he doesn't explain why he rejects the theory that makes all the testable predictions
I've listened to John Lennox also... he debated all the top well known athiets...Proffessor Dawkins is one as well as Hitchens... you should check him out if you haven't already! 🤔
I'd love to hear more on where they believe the darkness comes from, if not from (or at least permitted by) God, as our creator. Can anyone link a video?
Genesis chapter 1 states that God created the heavens and the earth. It then states after God created the Earth, darkness was over the face of earth (this is referring to lack of photons, not evil. Darkness, as you can see here, was already on the face of the earth when the world was created). Genesis then goes on to say "and He said let there be light and He separated the light from the darkness, calling light day and darkness night". Notice God said "let there be light", He did not say "let there be light and darkness". The creation of light, in this context, is the sun. That's why we have daylight and nighttime. Does the sun not cause day? Does the light from the sun not get rid of shadows and brighten a dark room? When the Earth rotates away from the sun, does everything around you not become dark? Hence, God did not create this darkness, it is simply the absence of photons. Darkness is literally nothingness. The darkness God also did not create was the darkness known as evil. It is called darkness because evil likes to hide where there is no light. Why? Because it is void of the light that God created that exposes its agenda. Darkness is the opposite of the light, and the devil does everything that is opposite of God, which is the light He created. Light is associated with life (photosynthesis, beauty, vibrancy, colorful, lively, etc.) Darkness is associated with death because it's void of life (light). Evil spirits are deprived of God Spirit (life) so they dwell in darkness where it is associated with death.
@@Theo_Skeptomai are you asserting that because I explained what the Bible says that I am claiming truth?! We are not about to go down this path. If you wanna have a philosophical or religious debate there are plenty of UA-cam debates with Frank Turek, James Tour, Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, etc. etc. I'm a commenter and nothing else.
@@Theo_Skeptomai We aren't about to start now a road of trampling on belief systems. The 1st amendment guarantees people the freedom of speech, press AND religion. Simply respect mine and I'll respect your beliefs. You aren't hurting me and I'm not hurting you.
@@Theo_Skeptomai Of course you're gonna keep it going. I saw that coming a mile away. I answerrd the way I answered because it was the more appropriate response. Let's be real here, as I wasn'y born yesterday and I also have these "debates" with you UA-camrs ALL the time. It ends the exact same way EVERY time! If I say yes, I do believe it's truth, you'll then try to corner the debate. If I say "no" I don't believe this, then you'll say "well, why did you say XYZ". If I choose not to respond you'll then say "I see he has no answer for a simple question". If I answer in such a way I have already, you'll then say "it was a simple question". If I answer your question appropriately, you won't interpret it correctly, as you will misinterpret it, like you have already, so the debate will continue. There is no right or wrong answer here, it ends in nothing more than prolonged pointless strawman debates with no end in sight. Even after this comment here, you'll come back and say "it's not that serious to write all that" or "I'm not about to read a novel". But now that I've got you here, you may instead say "dude, you're crazy". If not that then a 😂 emoji because you know I'm right. Go ahead, let's see you bob around my response. I'm waiting.
@@Theo_Skeptomai There are different schools of thought on the nature of Evil. For instance some hold that Evil is not a thing unto itself but merely the absence of Good, as Cold is merely the absence of Heat. Another school of thought is that Evil is a more tangible thing other than merely the absence of Good. The truth of the matter is certainly over my head.
@@jonathonfrazier6622 My aunt Lisa can define good and evil and classify them without the necessity of a “higher power” What you’re saying is she doesn’t have an objective justification Anyone can define good and evil without necessarily requiring an objective justification Understand? Secondly My aunt Lisa can be absolutely correct about what is good or evil therefore an objective justification is not necessary to know what is truly good or what is evil
hi sir cliffe i would like to asked about the 10% offer to god and give it to the house of god but until now i don't know where church i will offer it or can i give it to who needs as a offer to god
i think paul brings such controversial topics that seem strange in the way that some things don’t seem wrong but he still declares them as law or something. that’s the only struggle i’m having with the bible rn and considering that it’s new testament
hi sir cliffe i would like to asked about the 10% offer to god and give it to the house of god but until now i don't know where church i will offer it or can i give it to who needs as a offer to god.
Morality necessitates God. If something is declared evil, it logically assumes good exists, necessitating moral law to differentiate good/evil, necessitating moral law giver (the triune God); there’s no meaningful morality from a godless worldview of an unguided/blind/pitiless/indifferent universe (R.Dawkins) born from chance/chaos/nothingness/unknown/stardust (C.Sagan) where a rock in the road is as valuable as a person, made from the same theoretical primordial material......
"Matter cannot be created nor destroyed" so how was it created in the first place? How and why did the big bang happen? These things dont just happen. God causes it
Cliffe my name is jacob and im a newly born Christian. I want to do research. I have no paster that likes evidence like you. Please i would love to talk to you or your son. Not a debate but for an advice on how to do research
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In the beginning of this video Cliffe acknowledges some athiests live for pleasures like loving others but then asks why we wouldnt unalive ourselves.... because we live for pleasure. How is he confused about this? He just answered his own question.
@@spooky6902 "to live for joy and love experienced with others is shallow and selfish? That is one of the pleasures I live for" WHY tho does it have any meaning if we're in a godless worldview of an unguided/blind/pitiless/indifferent universe (R.Dawkins) born from chance/chaos/nothingness/unknown/stardust (C.Sagan) where a rock in the road is as valuable as a person, made from the same theoretical primordial material?
@robmc120 Love and joy is subjectively more valuable to me than a rock even though there's no such thing as objective value. Just like how apples subjectively taste better to me than raspberries even though there's no objectively taste.
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Animals do. Animals find meaning in just existing. Explain this phenomenon. Schools is for profit. Money. Education or educating yourself is for not being taken advantage of by the crooks of the world and learning how to survive. Why survive? Because we are programmed too. Unfortunately, we have to work in modern society to survive. We don’t hunt and gather anymore. Why help others? Because we are social creatures. We can use other aspects of our minds like learning rather than just looking or hunting for food.
Evolution is a process of gradual change that takes place over many generations, during which species of animals, plants, or insects slowly change some of their physical characteristics. ... the evolution of plants and animals. Cliff and his son should take science class when they visit a college or university or at least use Google like I just did.
"Evolution is a process of gradual change that takes place over many generations" Adaptation is gradual change within kind/species as Genesis 1 has said from God's infallible word, macro-evo is theoretical unproven, unscientific nonsense faith of fallible men
But NOBODY takes issue with the fact that there is much variation within living things or that speciation occurs. But what you don't have is any kind of fundamental change into, period. What we actually observe are neutral and deleterious changes (some of which can be beneficial under special conditions), but no novel traits or information arises. Evolution in the Darwinian sense is a belief-a religion; it is NOT science. All the little changes we actually observe add up only to death. Net loss ≠ novel gains. And the single most essential element in living things is... information. And in 100% of empirical experience, we discover that the only source of complex, coded, specialized information, is... a mind. Chemicals don't produce information. Chemicals can produce patterns, but not information like what we discover in 'the Book of Life', also known as DNA.
From what I understand, if I'm refering to the same story. John had asked the man, a reductionist, at his table to explain the symbiotic relationship between five letters on the menu "STEAK". Each letter is a symbol that has information behind it. Where did the symbol originally get its information, and its relationship to the other symbols. He was showing that at the beginning their must be more than matter and energy. And where does information come from. From a Mind. That was my take on it.
Hey Cliffe and Stuart, ive been interested in the 1000 year millennium and from my understanding Christ has not come to reign for 1000 years but some people say it has already happened. What are your thoughts? Maybe you can help me out, Thank you God bless yall.
You don't. Just as Christ said to his disciples that no one comes to him unless God draws them. And as God has said, he will draw all men unto him, but this does not negate the will of one who is against him, such individuals will not heed the call. Every person that has come to God did not come to him on their own or based on another. You do the work that you feel to do in your heart as led by God, but never look at it as though you have any power to bring anyone to Christ or else you may end up as a problem for many who "would" have answered but felt pressured or something else by you. Simply treat it as Christ told his followers. He told them to go from door to door and any home that did not heed and welcome them, simply wipe the dust from their feet and move on.
Stuart makes a valid point that if your parents were alcoholics you are way more prone to become an alcoholic, and if your mother was bi polar, you are way more prone to become bi polar. The same could also be said about belief/religion, .. Stuart himself is a prime example in that his father is a Christian apologist street preacher.. like father like son, a chip off the old block.
This isn’t entirely true. You can be raised to be a Catholic but it doesn’t mean you’ll end up being one. So this notion that people are mainly religious because they were “programmed” since their youth is false.
@@ronwan1408 Yes indeed, we are in agreement, I was raised a Catholic, and, like many of my fellow catholics i went to school with, we've ditched our faith and went on a different path, my best schoolfriend died last year of an incurable disease, I lost contact with him for many years in his later life, I found out at his funeral that he became a Jehova's witness, whereas I became a non believer. Is it your belief that he was not a Christian? It's not a dead set certainty that you retain the faith that you were raised in, but it's a good bet in deeply religious countries like Pakistan or Portugal, you'll be a Muslim or a Catholic, the more the religion has a grip on power and influence of that country, the more the people will believe in the main religion of that country. The internet and scientific knowledge has led people away from the church. Kids today can find stuff out for themselves at the touch of a button.
@@bonnie43uk The likely hood of those countries being Muslim is high, yes, because their house teaches that doctrine but there’s no assurance that they will stay Muslim so again, we can’t say that people are being brainwashed into believing something. When you research the religion of Jehova Witness, much like Roman Catholicism & Mormonism etc; you’ll see that those doctrines are not reliable as being sound doctrine.
@@bonnie43uk Did you know that the Bible also predicted that in the last days there will be a great falling away from God? That’s exactly what is happening now at an alarming rate & although the rest of world, primarily atheist, are looking at this as some sort of “victory,” it’s actually all just proving end times prophecy to be true.
@@bonnie43uk I’m going to ask you a very simple question…. What would happen to us if the sun was a little too far back or a little too close to the earth? Same for the moon.
Thank you Cliffe. I been debating an atheist on YT for a few days and this person is willing and wants to know there is a God but keeps going back to "needs proof" and that I deny modern science. Your wording Cliffe or (Ian's) on science is beautiful but not everything is science based was awesome!
@@josuemolina1003 Last message he sent me... Note: Atheist thinks science can measure morality.. . "Yes, science can answer that. At this point im just bored because you refuse to learn modern science… not my job to teach it to you…" My responds was around the lines of cliffe's . Cliffes words help me reply because sometimes Its hard to articulate and bring out my points but again its something I believe too.
@@vincentkrych2158 ooo this is a pretty deep point in an area im not to familiar with. But I believe humans define their idea of morality based on the societal values put into place in their country at that time. For example we can see live examples of this by whats considered normal in one countries and what is considered immoral in an another country. Lets even take a look back through history in ww2 for example with Germany. How did hitler accomplish his goals? How did he convince the german people to do inhumane things to jews. This is due to humans flawed perception of their own morality. The point im trying to make human morality is always fluctuating while the morality defined by God is good and has stayed good for all these generations that have passed. I rather trust the morality of my God than the morality of an always changing morality.
@@josuemolina1003Exactly, Morals cannot come from society. Well if can but like you said, Humans understanding is always changing, Its not absolute. What is wrong to others is right to us. You cant have that. 100/100 killing is morality wrong.
Yea I can it sad because evolution didn't make her have a happy and normal life like other people born more fortunate, I can judge it based off that. It's more effed up if God made her that way on purpose. Why would he do that?
@@tree777tree3 the way I would respond to that is we all live in a world where unfairness occurs abundantly. Obviously some people are born less advantageous than others physically. However I don't think that should necessarily means that the value of that person's life is any lesser than someone who is perhaps physically more able
I'm not saying her life doesn't have value I'm saying why would God purposely make someone like that. Like why aren't we all like really good looking and no health affects. That would make me think of yea there is a god if it was like that seeing this stuff makes me think evolution. Like how is this person supposed to even repent or acknowledge anything about Jesus she can't. And if certain people can't do that doesn't it mean the whole things fake
my quick testimony started with a question that I asked myself and that question was : " i refuse to believe that the militaries and politicians of this world are the highest authority in all existence, who is the highest authority? " Eventually I received the answer, God is Love and Jesus Christ the Son of God is the highest authority, and I'm His disciple.
Amen!
He is the greatest! My question that led me to Christ was one actually in the Bible. My English teacher told us about how Jesus' condemnation came about and when he quoted "what is truth?" I knew I had to find the answer, and that answer is Jesus
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Cliff has helped me so much in my walk with Christ!
Exactly, I had alot of doubts about God’s reputation so I prayed to God to show me the truth and wisdom to lower the doubt I have about him. So he gave me a video introducing me to this gentlemen named Cliffe Knechtle. And Cliffe has made me get closer to God with signifcantly less doubt now. All praise to God ❤
I can listen to yall talk forever
about thirty seconds is long enough for me
thirty minutes u meant
cliff is one of the most relatable preachers ever. Thank god with cliff ❤🎉
Its gotta be so upsetting to someone trying to stump cliffe when he comes back with “yes!! I love your line of thinking thank you”. Great job boys keep it up!
One of the ways I know Jesus really touched my heart is the moment I stopped hating certain people in my life. It was literally an overnight transformation. It’s crazy because sometimes my mind wants to trick me into starting to hate those individuals again but my heart will no longer allow me to. I made peace with every single person I held a grudge on and I mean it sincerely. Thank you Jesus 🙏
God bless this man. God bless Connecticut.
I love when Stuart goes off on historicity @ 22:00 min in. How we brought James into it was beautiful. I use that evidence in some of my encounters as well, but picked up new ammo. Thank you!
& archaeologically
Like... Are you asking for archeological evidence of Jesus' existence? @@Theo_Skeptomai
@@Theo_Skeptomai The eyewitness accounts of the four Gospels.
Now, "God I think," before you go on trying to endlessly debate me on the reliability of the Gospels, I have a question for you. What is your end goal in this debate?
@@Theo_Skeptomai That's a complex question, because IF there is a personal spiritual deity, it's impossible to scientifically measure the connection people have with Him. However, I do believe that logical and rational arguments can be made for both the theist and atheist position. In my life, I find the theistic position more reliable and justifiable.
I appreciate the answer you gave. Why do you wish to demonstrate the justification of an atheistic faith?
@@Theo_Skeptomai You believe that the atheistic position is withholding acknowledgement of the supernatural until sufficient evidence is provided, correct?
That Diana of ephesus was so interesting. Thank you for bringing that up! I absolutely love ephesians, but understanding more context is always so cool.
Son and Father, the dream tag team for the LORD preaching spreading the message for the people. Hallelujah ❤
I pray schools will change and people will review why our youth are being educated that Israel is the oppressor and the Palestinians are oppressed. Taking God outta schools and the Pledge of Allegiance has only hurt our country. Im thankful knowing that you gentleman are trying to fill that void. I witness, but im researching and studying so I can be a better witness. I will always give my testimony and tell people how much God has done for me. But I wanna be prepared and be able to answer more questions. Praise God. He saved even me❤🕊️👑
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Awesome 👌 👏. God bless 🙏 🙌.
Bless you and our Everlasting Father and his Son Jesus Christ our Saviour who is coming soon, Glory to God 🙏
God loves you, as well as his Son and Spirit. Never forget that 🙏
Love this. I used to go to university of North Florida to do evangelism. Had several good conversations there.
Cliff I absolutely love your responses to these questions. Wish I had a better memory so I could talk to people this way if I get asked questions. Awesome job 👍🙏🔥👏
Love seeing the students taking selfies with Cliffe!
Excellent content, thank you.
Watching from Pakistan
Not to sound racist or stereotypical American thinking but how Is Christianity viewed by people in Pakistan that aren’t Christian?
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Why would you think that such a question would "sound" like either of those two things? I mean... WHAT are you calling "stereotypical American thinking"?
@@Odiseusthelegendwatch Sam shamoun
Debate Muslims for it
Praying for my Brothers and Sisters in Christ, that live in Pakistan.
The alert starting going off at 0:36 and Stuart looked at the camera like 😁👍📱
Clifee and Stuary helped me understand everything so much. My brothers, God bless you❤️❤️✝️
"If there is NO moral GIVER, then WHO will set the STANDARDS for MORALITY"
Subjective human beings decide based upon an agreed upon set of ethics what we deem to be morally good and morally bad. Some of us can do this without the unnecessary step of adding a supernatural deity into the mix.
Any other questions?
By the way, if there were such a thing as objective Morality, it would exist regardless of whether or not there was or was not a deity.
@@RobertSmith-gx3mi Great, so it is subjective then. So when a person like Hitler comes along and says it is good to kill all the jews then that has just as much value of your opinion that he cannot.
In history, humans decided that it was a moral right to own slaves. So according to you that was not objectively evil. You just were born in a different time period and decided you now have the correct idea of what is good and evil. What a bunch of nonsense.
I don't know who you think you are that you can just decide what is good and evil for other people while the psychopath doesn't get the option to decide that killing is good without losing his freedom. If your idea of morality is really subjective then that just makes you evil for thinking you are above other people.
@JB-ku7uz I agree. I do not believe there is objective morality nor do I believe in the existence of objective moral law giver.
If you do believe in an objective moral law giver and objective morality, I will respect your subjective opinion on the matter.
@@RobertSmith-gx3mi there’s a massive problem to that however. We can flat out change society’s morality either quickly or in a generation or 2. America is now a perfect example of a society’s morality failing. We are now giving children the same drugs we give to prisoners who are charged with either CP or R and renamed them as “puberty blockers”. Another there was a story of a man who simply cracked his fingers the usual way, and someone saw that and called it a “white suprematists” symbol. The man’s life was literally ruined because of it. Another is people who aren’t doing anything with their life because of mental disorders/issues should we let them live? In mein kampf, one of the arguments was “remove all resources to the non-desirables, and give it all to the people who are healthy.” A lot of people believe in that today. Heck even others are saying “if you disagree with that statement, then it’s harassment/hate speech. I will never trust society because it has massive amounts of problems with it. Just look at the 10 years of America after the late 2000s. They decided to make one of the greatest experiments in the west, remove Christianity, and change it with atheism. How well is that going? Watch David wood’s on about Atheism I think you’ll like it.
@JB-ku7uz Where is the entire list of objectively moral Good and objectively moral bad things that you follow I'd like to take a look at this list for myself.
Do you believe that if a group of people Worship a character from a book that is alleged to have suffocated to death most life on this planet with a great flood those people are objectively morally good or objectively morally bad
For worshipping something that murdered that many people?
God bless you
Yes Amen because Jesus Christ and Our heavenly Father are always number 1 . We have them in our lives life is full of meaning.
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I got to visit his church in New Canaan. Awesome. Love these guys.
Thank you😊
Comparing sin to alcoholism is pure genius
So perfect 👌
This group is very respectful
Grate preach. Christal clear. Bible
God bless you clif
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hi cliffe and Stuart! Not sure if you’d see this message, but we’d love to have you over here on UPenn and Drexel’s campus!!
Who agree jesus is king of king👇
Me
Watch Sam shamoun debate with Muslim fascination 😊
Jesus is King of Kings and LORD of Lords!
Cliffe and Stuart Rock!
I don’t know what I like more…. When they are talking to Christians or when they are talking to nonbelievers 🤷🏿♂️…..🗣️ I LOVE IT ALL🙌🏾👆🏾🙏🏾
Please come to UCF -University of Central Florida!!!! And I’d love to know where you post your schedule for colleges you are showing up to
1:46 BRO COOKED 😤😤😤🙏🙏🙏
Wow cliffe! U must b so proud of your big boy.. God bless 🙌 in Jesus name, amen... (sory 4 calling u a boy brutha) love ❤️ your faith, God bless u 2 and all ur family and friends, amen...
This video changed my life
Can you change me ? . , i have serious question
13:30 how do explain the transfer of information?
Consciousness
Mind v brain
A spiritual v the physical
The word (intelligence) made flesh.
God is not infinite. Eternal? Sure.
Nostic gospel.
Mormon
I'm not on board with Cliffe and Stuart's egalitarian view of church governance but still love them for their amazing work
I found that part interesting too, but unlike you, I didn't hear them advocate for egalitarianism. What I did hear was "be careful."
The texts are addressing different things. I think Cliff is right on the money talking about women abusing their newly found spiritual freedom by possibly getting chaotic in worship... but then later Cliff says there's a time and a place for a woman to serve in the church: and prophesying appears to be one of them.
What is prophesying? Speaking the Word of God in truth. We English speakers tend to only think of prophesy in terms of fortune telling where one person has secret knowledge that no one else has, but when we say things like "Jesus will come again to judge the living and the dead"... that is a prophesy that is found in God's Word. When we speak those words we are foretelling a future that God has told to us. It's not a secret known only to use, and it does tell the future, but only because God has revealed that part of it already.
We can also study other books such as 1st and 2nd Timothy as well as the life of Jesus. Who were Jesus closets followers and teachers after his ascension? The 12 Disciples (minus Judas)... all of whom were men.
Who were the deacons appointed in the Church of Acts? 7 men of true faith.
Who were all the foremost leaders of God's people in the Old Testament? Almost without fail, men. One example only I can think of: Deborah the Judge and possibly Miriam the sister of Moses acting as a praise leader.
If it were God's plan to have women regularly serving in the office of the pastoral ministry, teaching from the front of the church, we'd see some very clear text regarding it. Instead we see many passages granting roles to each sex: men as leaders and teachers; women as nurturers and supporters. Both have a role to fulfill, and in many ways both are hard-wired genetically to be better at one role. Doesn't mean that CAN'T do the other role, and women do sometimes step up when men fail, such as a family where the man doesn't go to church but the woman goes and takes the children. However, for optimal success, we ought do what our physical design and the Word of God say: and the two of those are in agreement.
True, we see figures like Phoebe and Lydia mentioned in the NT, but they are the exception and not the rule. Generally speaking, we must go with the rule rather than argue from the exception. Might there be a time and place where a woman can and should by God's design teach men? I won't totally rule out the possibility, but we're not going to use two example where it DID happen to contradict the hundreds of times it DIDN'T happen. It would certainly be a highly unusual circumstance and one where absolute caution would be necessary. Too often we see "progressive" churches headed by women and/or the lead pastor is heavily influenced by a woman. That's not to denigrate women. Women are wonderful servants of Christ. It's simply to speak the Word of God as it was spoken to us rather than alter it to fit modern sensibilities.
@sidwhiting665 yeah you just advocated for the complimentarian view (men and woman have certain roles) but I've listened to cliffe for a few years he wouldn't squarely fit egalitarian but leans more that way
bro these guys are so smart idk how they aren’t more famous
It’s just Christian apologetic sophistry
Nothing the Greeks haven’t destroyed hundreds of years ago
@@jasonnoble7302 what are you talking about ☠️☠️☠️
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I love when they tag team😂🙌🏾👆🏾🙏🏾
Thank you Cliff, son and Team! I am so grateful and enriched with these discussions.
21:30 Joseph Smith fell as a prophet, but let’s not mock the Plates, because I’m still waiting for proof that the Book of Mormon is not true based on its content.
The Isaiah translation errors found in the Book of Mormon match the original KJV’s, and they were included on purpose since that was the gold standard for Protestants and God knows all.
Looking at the Urim and Thummim in a hat, actually makes sense. Joseph Smith was innocent at one point, but failed with the sins of man like polygamy, and trusting others like Sydney Rigdon.
love these videos!!! keep up the good work. please look into the Catholic Faith though. It is the true church Jesus created imo
Yes
There are base physical pleasures and there are higher relational and spiritual pleasures. Neither are inherently bad. But the former should not come at the expense of the latter.
*I'm 71 now and have read only the exact same copy of the King James Bible my church gave me in 1961. (This does not mean I was a King James onlyist but now I'm glad I never read any others or I might not have noticed the changes as quickly.) I had memorized many scriptures from it through the years. Then in 2014 I started seeing changes in it that I couldn't explain. I have an exceptional memory, for instance I can draw a detailed picture of my baby stroller. I had never owned a computer or heard of the "Mandela Effect" back then. But after being given my first computer in 2016, I finally found out why I had been noticing all of the oddities that I couldn't explain. I then started diligently studying what should actually be called the ''Daniel 7:25 Effect''. That's where God said He would give the antichrist the power to "change times and laws'' which we now know meant (history and scripture plus laws of physics). We're seeing many end times prophecies being fulfilled SUPERNATURALLY! This is some of the "lying signs and wonders" that God told us He would give the AC power to perform which would even deceive His very elect, if it were possible in 2nd Thessalonians chapter two!*
*God said in the end of days, (NOW!) that He would send us a famine for hearing His word in Amos **8:11** and that He would give the antichrist the ability to do this in Daniel 7:25. In Daniel 12:4 & 12:9 He told him to seal his book until the end days. He told John **_not_** to seal his book because the end time is at hand in Revelation 22:10. One of the Greek definitions of seal in Strongs concordance is “to protect from Satan”. He also told us to write His words in our hearts, which meant memorize, if not word for word at least the essence of what was written, because He knew this was going to happen.*
*God commanded us to "prove all things", and people **_better_** obey Him, especially on this subject. I urge you to research this. There are many Brothers and Sisters making videos about the changes with more proof of what was originally written and I have lots more about this in my playlist 👉 which can be found by typing in ( proof of bible change residue junkie )* 👈
*I've continued to study scripture and have grown MUCH closer to Jesus by learning what Satan has been changing. Soon Amos **8:12** will be fulfilled too, and the only way it can happen is by not being able to see these videos that document what used to be written in our bibles.*
*_May God bless all who read this with eyes to see this incredible faith strengthener, and how close we are to our Saviour's return!!!!_*
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*P.S. After people have taken all of the required 💉's, they will apply a quantum dot invisible tattoo to their head or hand, but anyone who has had just one has a bluetooth mac # that can be read by any smart phone and when you walk through the deal at an airport they know if you have it. The no buying or selling is happening incrementally and will be complete when cash is abolished and worship can be defined as "to fear, obey and trust in someone or something" which is what they are doing with the Beast System and the Image of the Beast, (NWO and TV!). They also now have triple helix DNA, are no longer human and if they have children they won't be human either! Yes, this absolutely is it, and👉 if you write me at the address on my about page👈 I'll send you 15 **_shocking_** films that will PROVE it to anyone who has the courage to watch them.*
Praise YHWH!
@@deprogrammershepherd1234Amen!
Excellent comment lots of food for thought thank you for taking the time to write this. Could you tell me of the 15 films you were speaking of in the last sentence of your comment?
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*I can only if you do what I said.*
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Been trying to get these two to come to my college for a while now. Hope they respond! Sent Stuart an email today and on Feb 1st
I loved 7:11 that was a perfect example at the moment.
Can’t wait to see cliff hits 400 k
Boom just happened
2:33-3:14 , 18:44-19:37
Hey @askcliffe! Please can you add scripture that supports the guidelines to define a Christian @18:50. Thank you!
God is good 🙏🏼
There can't be a concept of right and wrong without a concept of value, and there can't be a concept of value unless we were created with a purpose.
Paul is referring to the Genesis when God cursed Eve with pain in childbearing (Genesis 3:16), not to a Gnostic cult. This can be inferred from the previous two verses:
_For Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor._ (1 Timothy 2:13-14)
The child bearing most likely refers to being born again. In other words, she will be saved by being born again, if she indeed continues in faith and proves herself to be a true believer (even though she was deceived first):
_Yet she will be saved through childbearing-if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control._ (1 Timothy 2:15)
Stuart said "when Paul got knocked off that horse." Wasn't Paul in a carriage of some kind? And wasn't it Martin Luther who was on a horse and got struck by lightning?
Mr.Cliff I like your son standing next to you.Thank you, jesus.
Very good point by Cliff here. If there is no God what are you living for & who says that whatever purpose you choose is the correct one?
I'm living because i have a desire to live, and I'm living to help those around me who are not as fortunate as me, I don't believe we are born with a specific purpose, as a child I can't ever recall my parents telling me "your purpose in life is . . . .. " Think about it ronwan, if you happened to be born in India and raised as a Hindu, what would you're purpose in life be? .. to worship the Hindu God? Or, think about those North American Indian tribes who lived on the American continent long before white Christians ever even heard of America, what was their purpose in life?
@@bonnie43uk And since there is no God, according to your world view, how do we know that what you’re living for is morally acceptable?
@@ronwan1408 ????, how is it morally acceptable for me to help people less fortunate than me? that makes no sense.
@@ronwan1408 you didnt answer my question about people who are born in places where they either worship other Gods or lived on a continent before white Christians came along. What is their purpose ronwan?
@@bonnie43uk Because without a creator or anyone who is the standard of morality then it’s all just a matter of opinion. I’ve said this to you many times already.
Thank you for these great videos! I, too, think it is so important to "have a reason for the hope that is in us" (1 Peter 3 :) I liked the line of reasoning that was given for evidences and witnesses.
I wanted to share that many of the claims made about Paul and the apostles in this video around minute 20, though claimed here to not be, are actually also true of Joseph Smith and the restoration of Christ's authority and apostleship to the world through living witnesses of the risen Christ. One of the points made about the apostle's witnesses was that even his family and friends stayed by his witness. This is actually true of the prophet Joseph Smith as well. One brief example of this is Liberty Jail. Another is Carthage. Others are his own family. Additional others are the 11 witnesses and women witnesses of the restoration of Christ's original church. Even those who were antagonistic to Christ's Restored Church later in their lives, including all the witnesses of The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ, remained true to their witness. Amazingly, not one of the eleven, and more, denied the veracity of it, even at gunpoint/near death for a many of them. This is a video describing this in more detail. (youtube wouldn't allow me to multiple links so I am attaching a google drive link as a reply to this that has a link to all these references below)
It was mentioned that there are not evidences for the other elements of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' history, such as archeological and textual. These articles and websites actually have several:
The Book of Mormon itself is a very important, a keystone, evidence to consider. The purpose of the book is to invite all to come unto Jesus Christ and is yet another witness that God speaks to us today through prophets, ancient and new. "A Case for the Book of Mormon," is another source that has some crucial points to consider. This is a speech that summarizes some of the main points of that. Ezekiel 37:15-28 describes a sign act in which the prophet Ezekiel is instructed by God to write on two sticks, one for Judah and one for Joseph, and then join them together into one stick. We see that today.
I also wanted to, in this paragraph, briefly clarify the idea about men being able to own their own planet. :) That is perhaps an idea that has floated around, but it certainly wouldn't just apply to men if it is true - owning a planet for men or women maybe is something we can do someday (I don’t know exactly how that works after this life 😊) but it isn’t central, nor even really mentioned in our doctrine...it especially isn't emphasized nor taught at church. Our doctrine is centered in Jesus Christ. Becoming like God is our eternal potential, as children of a loving Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother. We believe that men and women are “created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny.” - The Family: A Proclamation to the World.
Because we believe in God, The Father, and God, our Heavenly Mother, we believe women can become like God! And even become a god! We believe we can become even as our Heavenly Parents. This is a quote about that (from the talk in the link) with some questions: "And why not possible? Do not all Christian churches advocate Christlike behavior? Is that not what the Sermon on the Mount is all about? If it is blasphemous to think we can become as God, then at what point is it not blasphemous to become like God-90 percent, 50 percent, 1 percent? Is it more Christian to seek partial godhood than total godhood? Are we invited to walk the path of godhood-to “be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect”-with no possibility of ever reaching the destination?
"As we better understand our potential destiny, our level of self-worth and confidence and motivation is greatly heightened." - Elder Tad R. Callister (A "Seventy" in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
We deeply honor and revere women and womanhood. :) My wife is so inspiring and amazing to me! and I love her not just to 'death do we part,' but for all eternity. We are “sealed” in a marriage covenant beyond this mortal life through the resurrection, by authority from God that has been restored in our day. Authority directly from Peter, James, and John physically given on June 1st, 1829. Additional keys were restored through Elijah, Elias, and Moses in our day. That authority and Abrahamic promise is such a blessing to both of us, in our marriage covenant, and also in our other covenants, such as baptism. These are similar to those Peter, James, and John received on the Mount of Transfiguration. (We receive these ordinances in the temple today...an "endowment," or in other words, a preparation to see and eventually live with God, establishing His Kingdom on the Earth). My wife is an equal partner in our marriage and in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She likewise has power given to her from God, priesthood power, to do the work God has given her in this life.
This is an article about our honor of womanhood from a woman leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The Relief Society, the woman’s/sisterhood group within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is one of the oldest and largest (I have heard that at one point is was the largest if it still isn't) women’s organization in the world (7 million strong in 188 countries). Just this month, $55 million tithing donations have gone to aid 12 million children and 2.7 women through the Relief Society. As detailed in the 2023 summary, “Caring for Those in Need,” the Church’s 4,119 humanitarian projects blessed people in 191 countries and territories! That is so inspiring to me. And it excites me to hear about the aid other churches and organizations give as well to help those in need. 6.2 billion hours of service were given just this year to help individuals in 191 countries. $1.36 billion tithing in donations to aid in relief to those suffering. The Relief Society flourishes because women are empowered to even become as God is, as heirs of Godhood: our Father and our Mother in Heaven.
In regards to Joseph Smith and his character, there are 27 Volumes of history about his life, known as The Joseph Smith Papers. There are many other helpful sources for learning about his role in God's plan for His children in this dispensation of time, the "fulness of times" (see Revelation 14). See "Saints" and "Rough Stone Rolling" to name a couple more. Because he is a prophet similar to those of old, testifying of Jesus Christ, I have listened to every recorded teaching that Joseph has taught, in addition to every word of the Bible, and all that I can find: words of those that have seen Jesus Christ and strive to become more like him. Like ancient apostles and prophets: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Paul, Peter, James, John…much evil is spoken about them. Much good as well. These individuals testify of God. Many of them have seen God (they are witnesses of Jesus Christ). If any is curious about Joseph Smith and his character, I would invite you to likewise read his words and all the accounts of his life. We have a unique position nowadays to look at historical documents and see perspectives about Joseph that even people in his day couldn’t see. We have the accounts of many of his contemporaries. These are a few resources that could help in that search.
I can’t do that work for you (others will try to :), but I can at least offer the witness that has come from my work and study over 25 years, reading The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ 52 times and investigating it inside and out, as well as the historical documents and evidences.
I felt it could be helpful for me to say here too, that we do not worship Mormon, nor do we worship Joseph Smith, nor any ancient prophet, like Abraham, Peter, Adam, Noah, etc. We have a prophet today too (Russell M. Nelson), but we are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and love, honor, and worship Him, Jesus Christ.
We are so much in awe that He has restored the authority and keys to gather Israel (“we who wrestle with God”, and those that "Let God Prevail) in these last days to prepare the world for the second coming of Jesus Christ.
I hope this is helpful, and by no means do I hold any contempt against you nor what has been said in this video about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is common to misunderstand what we believe. I just wanted to share my witness of Jesus Christ and how close I have felt to Him through my own study of both the Bible, The Book of Mormon, and words of apostles and prophets, ancient and modern.
The ancient keys to God's authority through Jesus Christ are restored today! God has come, He speaks, and continues to. Jesus Christ revealed Himself in 1820 to restore His ancient church through modern prophets. He visits "his servants, the prophets" in Houses of the Lord (temples) across the globe (soon to be over 350 and counting). "Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets." - Amos 3:7. He speaks today as He did anciently. This witness I share has come through studying this line of priesthood revelation (God’s prophets) and the priesthood line of revelation (my own reasoning and revelations that have come through The Spirit).
Together, these have helped me gradually become more aligned with God and day by day, help me to become like my Father in Heaven, and my wife, like our Mother in Heaven, who loves us each so much! ( I realize these are bold claims. Feel free to text or email me with any thoughts or questions about this, sorry I didn't realize it would become so long of a response! If you have read this far, you are a trooper
. My contact: 479-200-6212 BrandynYoung8@gmail.com )
I want to thank you for all the time and effort you put in to creating these faith-inspiring videos and for your well-reasoned belief in God! I highly value your work and these videos. I love the admonition of Paul to “gather together in one all things in Christ" (Ephesians 1), and I too am so grateful to be saved by His Amazing Grace. I wish you the best in the continuance of inviting others to come unto our Savior.
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God bless,
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PRAY THAT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE IN THESE VIDEOS AND THINGS AND THIS VIDEO AND THING AND ALL OF THESE PEOPLE AND UA-camRS AND FAMOUS PEOPLE AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS UA-cam CHANNEL AND ALL OF THESE UA-cam CHANNELS AND ALL OF THESE PEOPLES FAMILIES AND FRIENDS REPENT AND FOLLOW JESUS CHRIST.✝✝✝
There are tens of thousands of Christian missions around the world that feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, and take care of the poor. So I wondered how many atheist missions I could find on the Internet. I typed in atheist missions and guess how many came up? Zip. I tried to search words, “atheist feed the poor” nothing. I wonder why that is?
theyre too busy TELLING people how good they are, lol
Yes and yes to both answers here!!!
if you type into a search engine "non Christian charities", you will find quite a few major charities. These are secular non religious charities. I donate to Oxfam every month, they are one of the biggest charities in the UK, check them out.
@@bonnie43uk Non Christian charities doesn’t mean atheist. I’m asking for an ATHEIST LED charitable organization not agnostics or a few atheists here & there who donate to charities.
@@Theo_Skeptomai Who cares?? My question is name me an Atheist led charity. If you can’t do that then leave this chat as well.
@8:13 oh he spittin.
Darkness is not created. Rather it is the absence of light.
John 8:12 ; John 9:5
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Life is not about pleasure but avoiding boredom.
Cliffe expresses his incredulity that rationality cant come from non-rationality but doesnt explain why and also believes rationality just exists eternally for no reason in god.
@warriorgp4640 he's accepting that the rational mind of God exists eternally, without cause, and without evidence. Yet he's rejecting the idea that conciousness is an emergent property of unconscious matter and energy which is the theory that has made all of the advancements in nuerology, psychology, biology, medicine, etc... he doesn't explain why he rejects the theory that makes all the testable predictions
I've listened to John Lennox also... he debated all the top well known athiets...Proffessor Dawkins is one as well as Hitchens... you should check him out if you haven't already! 🤔
Is Cliffe still preaching? I want to hear there own doubts they have.
I'd love to hear more on where they believe the darkness comes from, if not from (or at least permitted by) God, as our creator. Can anyone link a video?
#whoosh@@Theo_Skeptomai
Genesis chapter 1 states that God created the heavens and the earth. It then states after God created the Earth, darkness was over the face of earth (this is referring to lack of photons, not evil. Darkness, as you can see here, was already on the face of the earth when the world was created). Genesis then goes on to say "and He said let there be light and He separated the light from the darkness, calling light day and darkness night". Notice God said "let there be light", He did not say "let there be light and darkness". The creation of light, in this context, is the sun. That's why we have daylight and nighttime. Does the sun not cause day? Does the light from the sun not get rid of shadows and brighten a dark room? When the Earth rotates away from the sun, does everything around you not become dark? Hence, God did not create this darkness, it is simply the absence of photons. Darkness is literally nothingness.
The darkness God also did not create was the darkness known as evil. It is called darkness because evil likes to hide where there is no light. Why? Because it is void of the light that God created that exposes its agenda. Darkness is the opposite of the light, and the devil does everything that is opposite of God, which is the light He created. Light is associated with life (photosynthesis, beauty, vibrancy, colorful, lively, etc.) Darkness is associated with death because it's void of life (light). Evil spirits are deprived of God Spirit (life) so they dwell in darkness where it is associated with death.
@@Theo_Skeptomai are you asserting that because I explained what the Bible says that I am claiming truth?! We are not about to go down this path. If you wanna have a philosophical or religious debate there are plenty of UA-cam debates with Frank Turek, James Tour, Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, etc. etc. I'm a commenter and nothing else.
@@Theo_Skeptomai We aren't about to start now a road of trampling on belief systems. The 1st amendment guarantees people the freedom of speech, press AND religion. Simply respect mine and I'll respect your beliefs. You aren't hurting me and I'm not hurting you.
@@Theo_Skeptomai Of course you're gonna keep it going. I saw that coming a mile away. I answerrd the way I answered because it was the more appropriate response. Let's be real here, as I wasn'y born yesterday and I also have these "debates" with you UA-camrs ALL the time. It ends the exact same way EVERY time! If I say yes, I do believe it's truth, you'll then try to corner the debate. If I say "no" I don't believe this, then you'll say "well, why did you say XYZ". If I choose not to respond you'll then say "I see he has no answer for a simple question". If I answer in such a way I have already, you'll then say "it was a simple question". If I answer your question appropriately, you won't interpret it correctly, as you will misinterpret it, like you have already, so the debate will continue. There is no right or wrong answer here, it ends in nothing more than prolonged pointless strawman debates with no end in sight. Even after this comment here, you'll come back and say "it's not that serious to write all that" or "I'm not about to read a novel". But now that I've got you here, you may instead say "dude, you're crazy". If not that then a 😂 emoji because you know I'm right. Go ahead, let's see you bob around my response. I'm waiting.
Good and Evil require a Higher Being to classify the two. However the existance of Good and Evil in no way argues against the reality of evolution.
@@Theo_Skeptomai There are different schools of thought on the nature of Evil. For instance some hold that Evil is not a thing unto itself but merely the absence of Good, as Cold is merely the absence of Heat. Another school of thought is that Evil is a more tangible thing other than merely the absence of Good. The truth of the matter is certainly over my head.
Wrong
@@jasonnoble7302 Please explain.
@@Theo_Skeptomai I cannot. There is no consensus on the matter and I am wise enough not to speak above my understanding.
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My aunt Lisa can define good and evil and classify them without the necessity of a “higher power”
What you’re saying is she doesn’t have an objective justification
Anyone can define good and evil without necessarily requiring an objective justification
Understand?
Secondly
My aunt Lisa can be absolutely correct about what is good or evil therefore an objective justification is not necessary to know what is truly good or what is evil
hi sir cliffe i would like to asked about the 10% offer to god and give it to the house of god but until now i don't know where church i will offer it or can i give it to who needs as a offer to god
i think paul brings such controversial topics that seem strange in the way that some things don’t seem wrong but he still declares them as law or something. that’s the only struggle i’m having with the bible rn and considering that it’s new testament
hi sir cliffe i would like to asked about the 10% offer to god and give it to the house of god but until now i don't know where church i will offer it or can i give it to who needs as a offer to god.
Cliff how come sometimes I feel like jesus is not there is that a trick from the devil or is god testing me I wanna know because im scared
It's a trick from the devil
@@PhantommJ thanks
Morality necessitates God. If something is declared evil, it logically assumes good exists, necessitating moral law to differentiate good/evil, necessitating moral law giver (the triune God); there’s no meaningful morality from a godless worldview of an unguided/blind/pitiless/indifferent universe (R.Dawkins) born from chance/chaos/nothingness/unknown/stardust (C.Sagan) where a rock in the road is as valuable as a person, made from the same theoretical primordial material......
Top notch answer from Cliff and start N.
Yeah..,
How’s that ?
God brought that women in the wheelchair just right in time
I'm convinced He did. Subtle persuasion, just enough to make someone think. But not so much to break the mystery.
Amazing
@@souzajustin19dThat's ridiculous
"Matter cannot be created nor destroyed" so how was it created in the first place? How and why did the big bang happen? These things dont just happen. God causes it
Cliffe my name is jacob and im a newly born Christian. I want to do research. I have no paster that likes evidence like you. Please i would love to talk to you or your son. Not a debate but for an advice on how to do research
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I got ya…
I am arab Christian,that is how we deal with Muslim arab here in Middle East,
Please watch a brother Christian helping up his name is
Sam shamoun debate Muslim and atheist
Video titled
( proving the trinity in old testament to a Muslim (dialogue) Sam shamoun
Call Sam shamoun he will break the scripture for you like he did for me
What does cliff say about lent? Something a lot of people participate in, but for someone that’s not quite sure. What is lent?
In the beginning of this video Cliffe acknowledges some athiests live for pleasures like loving others but then asks why we wouldnt unalive ourselves.... because we live for pleasure. How is he confused about this? He just answered his own question.
He's pointing out its a shallow selfish reason......just like "unaliving"
@@robmc120 to live for joy and love experienced with others is shallow and selfish? That is one of the pleasures I live for
@@spooky6902 "to live for joy and love experienced with others is shallow and selfish? That is one of the pleasures I live for"
WHY tho does it have any meaning if we're in a godless worldview of an unguided/blind/pitiless/indifferent universe (R.Dawkins) born from chance/chaos/nothingness/unknown/stardust (C.Sagan) where a rock in the road is as valuable as a person, made from the same theoretical primordial material?
@robmc120 Love and joy is subjectively more valuable to me than a rock even though there's no such thing as objective value. Just like how apples subjectively taste better to me than raspberries even though there's no objectively taste.
8:29 I’m sorry but I was looking at the background the whole time 😭
nice
whoever recorded this video shot this shit incredibly
Would it be considered blasphemous if they practiced science as a religious person in biblical Israel?
I have a question is it sin to listen to music that has cussing like ice cube and I trying to be Christin and turn to god more and be a better kid
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I got ya…
I am arab Christian,that is how we deal with Muslim arab here in Middle East,
Please watch a brother Christian helping up his name is
Sam shamoun debate Muslim and atheist
Video titled
( proving the trinity in old testament to a Muslim (dialogue) Sam shamoun
Can you talk about universalism
Yes..
Check this channel
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I got ya…
I am arab Christian,that is how we deal with Muslim arab here in Middle East,
Please watch a brother Christian helping up his name is
Sam shamoun debate Muslim and atheist
Video titled
( proving the trinity in old testament to a Muslim (dialogue) Sam shamoun
@@Aesthetic-Zagreb-noorNo-fe5pi u misleading
@@seven-in2je how come?
Animals do. Animals find meaning in just existing. Explain this phenomenon.
Schools is for profit. Money.
Education or educating yourself is for not being taken advantage of by the crooks of the world and learning how to survive. Why survive? Because we are programmed too. Unfortunately, we have to work in modern society to survive. We don’t hunt and gather anymore.
Why help others? Because we are social creatures. We can use other aspects of our minds like learning rather than just looking or hunting for food.
And why created human beings to be social creatures?
Evolution is a process of gradual change that takes place over many generations, during which species of animals, plants, or insects slowly change some of their physical characteristics. ... the evolution of plants and animals. Cliff and his son should take science class when they visit a college or university or at least use Google like I just did.
"Evolution is a process of gradual change that takes place over many generations"
Adaptation is gradual change within kind/species as Genesis 1 has said from God's infallible word, macro-evo is theoretical unproven, unscientific nonsense faith of fallible men
But NOBODY takes issue with the fact that there is much variation within living things or that speciation occurs. But what you don't have is any kind of fundamental change into, period. What we actually observe are neutral and deleterious changes (some of which can be beneficial under special conditions), but no novel traits or information arises. Evolution in the Darwinian sense is a belief-a religion; it is NOT science. All the little changes we actually observe add up only to death. Net loss ≠ novel gains. And the single most essential element in living things is... information. And in 100% of empirical experience, we discover that the only source of complex, coded, specialized information, is... a mind. Chemicals don't produce information. Chemicals can produce patterns, but not information like what we discover in 'the Book of Life', also known as DNA.
Evolved from primordial soup.....waiting on my brick to become a human......
@@7enty7en83
Just add water and wait for about 20 million years! 🤣
@@jessebryant9233 Noted ✏️
Can anyone explain the John Lennox conversation 13:31?
Watch 'Unlocking the Mystery of Life' by Illustra Media, he explains in that film.
From what I understand, if I'm refering to the same story. John had asked the man, a reductionist, at his table to explain the symbiotic relationship between five letters on the menu "STEAK". Each letter is a symbol that has information behind it. Where did the symbol originally get its information, and its relationship to the other symbols. He was showing that at the beginning their must be more than matter and energy. And where does information come from. From a Mind. That was my take on it.
Hey Cliffe and Stuart, ive been interested in the 1000 year millennium and from my understanding Christ has not come to reign for 1000 years but some people say it has already happened. What are your thoughts? Maybe you can help me out, Thank you God bless yall.
The 1000 year reign of Christ is after Jesus comes back. Jesus has not come back yet so it can't have happened.
This is to the young female. I hope you read this. Jesus is Eternal he has no beginning and no end because he is God!
I would love to see a debate between Cliffe and Neil deGrasse Tyson.
@askcliffe Outside of prayer and living a life of “light” and example towards the world, how do you bring your non-believing friends to Christ?
You don't. Just as Christ said to his disciples that no one comes to him unless God draws them. And as God has said, he will draw all men unto him, but this does not negate the will of one who is against him, such individuals will not heed the call. Every person that has come to God did not come to him on their own or based on another. You do the work that you feel to do in your heart as led by God, but never look at it as though you have any power to bring anyone to Christ or else you may end up as a problem for many who "would" have answered but felt pressured or something else by you. Simply treat it as Christ told his followers. He told them to go from door to door and any home that did not heed and welcome them, simply wipe the dust from their feet and move on.
Stuart makes a valid point that if your parents were alcoholics you are way more prone to become an alcoholic, and if your mother was bi polar, you are way more prone to become bi polar. The same could also be said about belief/religion, .. Stuart himself is a prime example in that his father is a Christian apologist street preacher.. like father like son, a chip off the old block.
This isn’t entirely true. You can be raised to be a Catholic but it doesn’t mean you’ll end up being one. So this notion that people are mainly religious because they were “programmed” since their youth is false.
@@ronwan1408 Yes indeed, we are in agreement, I was raised a Catholic, and, like many of my fellow catholics i went to school with, we've ditched our faith and went on a different path, my best schoolfriend died last year of an incurable disease, I lost contact with him for many years in his later life, I found out at his funeral that he became a Jehova's witness, whereas I became a non believer. Is it your belief that he was not a Christian?
It's not a dead set certainty that you retain the faith that you were raised in, but it's a good bet in deeply religious countries like Pakistan or Portugal, you'll be a Muslim or a Catholic, the more the religion has a grip on power and influence of that country, the more the people will believe in the main religion of that country. The internet and scientific knowledge has led people away from the church. Kids today can find stuff out for themselves at the touch of a button.
@@bonnie43uk The likely hood of those countries being Muslim is high, yes, because their house teaches that doctrine but there’s no assurance that they will stay Muslim so again, we can’t say that people are being brainwashed into believing something.
When you research the religion of Jehova Witness, much like Roman Catholicism & Mormonism etc; you’ll see that those doctrines are not reliable as being sound doctrine.
@@bonnie43uk Did you know that the Bible also predicted that in the last days there will be a great falling away from God? That’s exactly what is happening now at an alarming rate & although the rest of world, primarily atheist, are looking at this as some sort of “victory,” it’s actually all just proving end times prophecy to be true.
@@bonnie43uk I’m going to ask you a very simple question…. What would happen to us if the sun was a little too far back or a little too close to the earth? Same for the moon.
Thank you Cliffe. I been debating an atheist on YT for a few days and this person is willing and wants to know there is a God but keeps going back to "needs proof" and that I deny modern science. Your wording Cliffe or (Ian's) on science is beautiful but not everything is science based was awesome!
i’ll be happy to help you come up with some answers let me know the questions he asks and we can come up with an answer together :)
@@josuemolina1003 Last message he sent me...
Note: Atheist thinks science can measure morality..
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"Yes, science can answer that. At this point im just bored because you refuse to learn modern science… not my job to teach it to you…"
My responds was around the lines of cliffe's . Cliffes words help me reply because sometimes Its hard to articulate and bring out my points but again its something I believe too.
@@vincentkrych2158 ooo this is a pretty deep point in an area im not to familiar with. But I believe humans define their idea of morality based on the societal values put into place in their country at that time. For example we can see live examples of this by whats considered normal in one countries and what is considered immoral in an another country. Lets even take a look back through history in ww2 for example with Germany. How did hitler accomplish his goals? How did he convince the german people to do inhumane things to jews. This is due to humans flawed perception of their own morality. The point im trying to make human morality is always fluctuating while the morality defined by God is good and has stayed good for all these generations that have passed. I rather trust the morality of my God than the morality of an always changing morality.
@@vincentkrych2158 by the way I believe you can believe in science as well as God. Science is just humans trying to comprehend what God created.
@@josuemolina1003Exactly, Morals cannot come from society. Well if can but like you said, Humans understanding is always changing, Its not absolute. What is wrong to others is right to us. You cant have that. 100/100 killing is morality wrong.
7:15 see this stuff makes me believe there's no God. Why would he make a person like that? There's no answer
Seems more like evolution when I see stuff like that
@@tree777tree3 but still :- as a ATHEIST you can't say thay is wrong.
Yea I can it sad because evolution didn't make her have a happy and normal life like other people born more fortunate, I can judge it based off that. It's more effed up if God made her that way on purpose. Why would he do that?
@@tree777tree3 the way I would respond to that is we all live in a world where unfairness occurs abundantly. Obviously some people are born less advantageous than others physically. However I don't think that should necessarily means that the value of that person's life is any lesser than someone who is perhaps physically more able
I'm not saying her life doesn't have value I'm saying why would God purposely make someone like that. Like why aren't we all like really good looking and no health affects. That would make me think of yea there is a god if it was like that seeing this stuff makes me think evolution. Like how is this person supposed to even repent or acknowledge anything about Jesus she can't. And if certain people can't do that doesn't it mean the whole things fake
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It’s also funny how patient and kind they are but immediately get ostracized when they get frustrated bc someone’s tripling down on a logical fallacy🤣
Cornell is the one Ivy League school that was not started by missionaries
Cornell also accepts evolution as scientific fact.
@@bonnie43uk believing fallible man over the infallible God
@@bonnie43uk Yes, they suffer from blind faith unfortunately.