God: Don't kill anyone, especially not those of your own faith! Medieval Christians: Hold my communion wine

@mgread51

5 жыл бұрын

Heretic

@LovedandTheLover

5 жыл бұрын

@@mgread51 thank you ^_^

@Sparkle8205

5 жыл бұрын

God: Me dammit guys! You did the one thing I told you not to do! You're all going to end up like Adam and Eve!

@BabyBells231

5 жыл бұрын

*God:* You had _one_ job

@swahi2702

5 жыл бұрын

@@tuna5618 I see where we get out murderous intent from

"Being happy all the time is less important than being good to people" Quality life lessons with Blue, everyone

"Two counties that fight over and over and should kiss already" As a German living near the french border, i felt that.

@gingermcgingin1733

4 жыл бұрын

Isn't England basically the lovechild of the two?

@samrevlej9331

4 жыл бұрын

We love you too, maudits Allemands. Honestly, I think we can all agree - the Napoleonic wars, the War of 1870 and both World Wars were enough. We can peacefully live as neighbors, right? Except for the sandals with socks. That had to go.

@xxthemasterx3407

4 жыл бұрын

@@samrevlej9331 Noooo...not the sandals with socks. Thats the last bit of national pride and identity that history left us poor Germans. ;-) (On a serious note, I still don´t know how this whole topic became a thing)

@samrevlej9331

4 жыл бұрын

@@xxthemasterx3407 I thought your national identity and pride were beer and BMWs. I don't know, I guess it was nagging at me subconsciously and it came out during my rant 😅.

@xxthemasterx3407

4 жыл бұрын

@@samrevlej9331 The thing is, beer and cars are not really unique, the socks and sandals thing on the other hand is a kind of unique feature. And I think you understood me wrong, I completly understand why this stereotype exists, I just don´t understand why just we Germans do that and nobody else. By the way, if a German tells you that Germans have stopped caring about national pride because of what happened in the last century, just say that German engineering is overrated and that German beer is worse than American beer and you have made yourself an enemy for live. Have fun 😜

13:45 They totally forgot what Jesus told to Peter when he cut the ear of that soldier with a sword: "Those who live by the sword, die by the sword."

@xintimidate

2 жыл бұрын

Well yes and no. Theres more context as to why Jesus told Peter that. For one he didnt want Peter to go to prison or worse dead, which is another reason Jesus made him reject him. Jesus actually tells people if you dont have a weapon sell your things until you can afford one.

@thekingofsomewhere

2 жыл бұрын

@@xintimidate And there's context for that phrase too. Right after He told _the apostles_ (them specifically) to purchase swords, He gave the reason why: so that when He was arrested and found among a group of dudes carrying weapons, a prophecy would be fulfilled which says that the Messiah would be "numbered among transgressors". He says as much Himself in Luke 22:37.

@user-in1yw9ty5t

Жыл бұрын

divad as you can see here. everything has a context.

@divad7137

Жыл бұрын

@@user-in1yw9ty5t nice

@faith1614

Жыл бұрын

@@thekingofsomewhere but regardless if the disciples had weapons or not they WERENT his transgressors in fact his defenders so that interpretation makes no sense.

As a christian i must admit that merging the church and the state will NEVER be a good idea, you can never give any institution that much power.

@jonathansteppig4116

4 жыл бұрын

They shouldn't be the same thing but the people in secular position, or anyone for that matter, should be pursuing truth, and find what is good/true/beautiful/ect. This should especially include religion, since that will shape the core of a person's beliefs and goals. The problem is many people don't consider others' arguments without an entire salt shaker. This isn't just with religion either. So many people won't take the time to consider a differing view/belief/argument/ect and consider what part they don't agree with. When one does, one can affirm their own belief and have a counter argument for the opposing side. OR they can find they don't have an answer better than their peers. In this situation one can search for an answer from the authority on the matter, in the case of religion the codified teachings of their faith, or find you may be wrong. Most of the time being wrong is not a bad thing. If you don't take a disagreement as a personal attack on your very being, it's a lot easier. Sorry for this going on so long, I like to talk about this sort of stuff and debate in general. If you're going to say something you might as well say it all.

@sflaningam7680

4 жыл бұрын

@@jonathansteppig4116 This brings the story of the blind wise men and the elephant to mind.

@stlouisix3

4 жыл бұрын

Church & State cannot be separated; that's heretical. Go to Vaticancatholic.com's KZread channel for proof of the Catholic faith!

@LighthawkTenchi

4 жыл бұрын

More to the point, we cannot expect people who do not believe as we do to act as we do. We cannot legislate morality, that must be up to our faith.

@sflaningam7680

4 жыл бұрын

@@stlouisix3 Were you not paying attention to the video? The man who came to be known as Jesus, along with his disciples, were about practicing their faith on their own terms and not joining it with Rome's government mandated Pax Deorum. They did this partially because they based their faith on Judaism, which had been a sheltered, temple faith. This was what ticked off the Romans so much: Christ wouldn't add his new church to their state, making it impossible for them to have every deity in the empire on their side. Your Bible contains a line by Christ stating "render unto Caesar that which is owed to Caesar and render unto God that which is owed to God" If anything, you're being the heretic here, as is every other Vatican authoritarian who's tried to impose theocratic rule.

I can't believe he forgot the part where Saint Nicholas (i.e. Santa Claus) punched Arius ( 6:50 ) in the face during the council of Nicea and called him a heretic.

@farajaraf

6 жыл бұрын

Dylan Chouinard is dat real

@qwellen7521

5 жыл бұрын

Once you accept that the council of Nicaea was a bunch of fanboys arguing about the the technicalities of E.U, Christianity history kinda look ridiculous.

@raj23x70

4 жыл бұрын

That never happened apperntly

@weirdone6966

4 жыл бұрын

Alexander Kolchak it did have faith, and if someone try’s to tell you it didn’t happen that way, call them a heretic and beat the love of god into them.

@BlackEpyon

4 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas. Have a knuckle sandwich! xD

As a Christian myself, this is a great lens through which to see many of the errors that we often fall into, throughout history and certianly continuing into the present day; thank you!

@salah777

2 жыл бұрын

you as a christian read the history of terrorism of christianity the worst bloody religion on earth

@gresh1134

2 жыл бұрын

@@salah777 I'm sorry,, but that's not exactly what I see. All I see is a long string of people who filed to live up to the teachings they proclaimed to believe in. The bad stand out more than the good, and it's all just further evidence to me of the fallenness of humanity and the need for salvation 🤷‍♂️

@kingofcards9516

2 жыл бұрын

@@salah777 just going to forget about old Islam huh?

@salah777

2 жыл бұрын

@@gresh1134 the christian pagan god send bears to kill children 2 Kings 2:23-24 23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. 24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

@gresh1134

2 жыл бұрын

@@salah777 Just to note - "young children" is a bad translation there, a fault of the KJV. Many modern translations use "boys" and the Hebrew word just means young male - a group of teenagers makes more sense in this context 🤷‍♂️

Crying because I’ve never seen someone give such an impartial yet still warm and passionate view of what I believe in. Lots of negativity tends to surround people of faith and to see someone just be neutral and even positive about it is very refreshing. I know this video is really old but it still made my day. Thanks

Blue, why must you post this 3 hours after my Christianity exam

@amandastinson1612

7 жыл бұрын

Mya Basrai LOL oh no that legit sucks!

@DaytonaRoadster

7 жыл бұрын

honestly if you are westerner and dont know the basic history of Christianity, no school is going to help you. Its a huge part of our vastly successful, and superior (yes superior) Western Culture. If you are not a westerner...then yes i could see you needing help.

@amandastinson1612

7 жыл бұрын

Brass 'n Barrels Firearms Channel right because schools aren't for teaching information you don't know or something. That would be stupid!

@soslothful

7 жыл бұрын

Are basic writing skills part of your school's curriculum?

@shiron222

7 жыл бұрын

Cuz Trololol-lololol-lololololol~!

As both a Christian and a fan of history let me just say thank you for this amazing video. Love the history lesson and for pointing out problems of the past and present. The visual aid also was very helpful.

@salah777

2 жыл бұрын

Christianity is paganism rewatch the video

@timothywyatt72

2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonymoss7049 ahhhhh, nuance. What’s that? Lol

@anthonymoss4383

Жыл бұрын

@Leon lionhardt You must not have understood what I said.

@chillmemes5865

8 ай бұрын

@@salah777Oops! I didn’t know I was worshipping a pagan god, guess I have to wear a bird’s nest over my head now :D

@WiseAsSerpentsHarmlessAsDoves

5 ай бұрын

​@@salah777you clearly have not understood a thing in this video😅

I'm definitely late to this party, but I just wanted to say, I don't know if you're a Christian or not, but as someone that personally follows Christ, thank you for your intelligent, thoughtful, and peaceful explanation of the history of my faith.

@ferrusmanus184

2 жыл бұрын

EXATLY. Unbiased videos on Christianity are super rare amd worth their weight in gold.

@isaactrockman4417

2 жыл бұрын

@@ferrusmanus184 how much do videos weigh?

@therogueblade915

Жыл бұрын

@@isaactrockman4417 How much does a server rack weigh?

@RyanHReviews

Жыл бұрын

I caution against learning the History of Christianity from Secular-perspectived YT videos.

@RyanHReviews

Жыл бұрын

@@ferrusmanus184 There is really no such thing as non-bias unless you mean completely in accordance with the Truth, to be fair, some are intentionally slanted, biased, or otherwise deceptive. Not trying to be a know-it-all or anything. Just something to be aware of. Have a blessed day.

So you're telling me that the whole conflict of Christianity was a series of wars over headcanons?

@Giganfan2k1

3 жыл бұрын

I mean yes? If you want some fun stuff look into Anabaptists.

@simonakatsman974

3 жыл бұрын

That's pretty much it. People take their head-canons very seriously, especially since there's so much at stake. Like what happen after you die, and who is the ruler of the universe. But yeah- murdering people over that is fucking ridiculous especially since even if you win the war, it doesn't necessary mean that you are right

@Giganfan2k1

3 жыл бұрын

@@simonakatsman974 clearly the axiom "might makes right". XD

@TheRogueEmpire

3 жыл бұрын

@@simonakatsman974 i take my head canon very seriously. thats why there was no dead space 3 and mass effect 3 ended with shepard hitting the button and killing all the reapers and going off to live with his love interest.

@ysabelskylar6544

3 жыл бұрын

Uh. Yes?

Fun fact. Florida doesnt know what winter is.

@sgt.krakatoa1093

4 жыл бұрын

Whats a florida?

@nukclear2741

4 жыл бұрын

@@sgt.krakatoa1093 WHAT IS STALIN? WHAT IS MAO? WHAT IS ALL OF THIS? WHAT IS VENEZUELA?

@sgt.krakatoa1093

4 жыл бұрын

?

@EveryThingGirl238

4 жыл бұрын

Having several family from Florida, and I can say this is true. They complained when it was 60 in their neck of the woods. It was below freezing here in VA, and I told them I'd kill for the weather they had XD

@Dragonian05

4 жыл бұрын

Winter holds no power here!!

What a video on religion specifically Christianity and the comments aren’t a huge dumpster fire?

@Hawkatana

5 жыл бұрын

There's always the possibility that the toxic comments were privatised. KZread has a habit of doing that.

@ShermTank7272

4 жыл бұрын

Don’t jinx it...

@michiganpride389

4 жыл бұрын

Well... I mean... the muslims didnt watch it

@raspite3195

4 жыл бұрын

@@michiganpride389 yea fuck you

@MandyGBX

4 жыл бұрын

I'm shocked as well

I *love* that someone didn't blame faith and God for wars and other conflicts, but actually explained how humans in all of their wisdom can ruin everything.

@joshstack34

29 күн бұрын

That’s a gross oversimplification. History’s a lot more nuanced than “people are bad”.

Someone: "Do ya'll think Jar-Jar Binks was a Sith Lord?" [30 Years War ensues]

@ilcondottierocartografo6770

2 жыл бұрын

lmfao

@LightBusterX

5 ай бұрын

Jar Jar Binks is too happy to be a sith lord and it won't fill in the timeline anyway. But that he is force sensitive and skilled enough in it to not be found out, that I'll believe.

Romans: Conquest, wars, imperialism. Jesus: "No pls" Christianity is formed. Christianity: Conquest, wars, imperialism

@sgt.krakatoa1093

4 жыл бұрын

Sadly

@Morgan_of_the_Maxilla

4 жыл бұрын

Teal Marjira That’s not what imperialism is

@brickjayjr.studio3264

4 жыл бұрын

Morgan Quiles what is it then lol

@SStupendous

4 жыл бұрын

@@brickjayjr.studio3264 Imperialism is a policy or ideology of extending a country's rule over foreign nations, often by military force or by gaining political and economic control of other areas. That's completely different, so keep it quiet

@Morgan_of_the_Maxilla

4 жыл бұрын

Brick jay jr. Studio Imperialism is not defined simply by the expansion of borders, it’s defined by finance capital’s rule and how it extends inevitably out of the borders of a nation and into another for the sake of extracting a greater amount of profits. If it was simply about growing borders, then Germany reuniting with East Germany would be “imperialist” for reuniting with their people. Or the Soviet Union would be “imperialist” for taking back the Polish territory that Poland had stolen from the Eastern bloc in the first place.

As a Christian theology major, this is a pretty good overview of why it all went the ways it did. I love things like this that explore why things happen, and I'd say you're pretty spot-on. Another tiny thing that probably contributes a lot to the fierce debates within Christianity is that one little verse, "all Scripture is breathed by God and to be used for teaching, rebuking, and correcting." But yeah, there's a big difference between shouting numbers at each other with books attached and killing someone for it.

@andrewfeldmann2146

7 жыл бұрын

Sam Morehead y major in that

@rainmorehead4251

7 жыл бұрын

Andrew Feldmann Well, when God tells you to do something, you don't just say no. :b

@andrewfeldmann2146

7 жыл бұрын

Kk good luck 2 you

@rainmorehead4251

7 жыл бұрын

Many thanks, and the same to you!

@reachcole514

6 жыл бұрын

Sam Morehead you should admit yourself to a psych ward then.

I can tell you kicked ass on any college level thesis. You have a great spend and emphasis on the importance of your points. You make great videos man. Worthy subscription from me.

16:06 "And by the turn of the 18th centuary there was a huge outbreak of religious toleration" *Gáire as gaeilge* (laughs in Irish)

@TrueRomancer04

3 жыл бұрын

I came here to try to mention this, but didn't feel qualified as someone who didn't live it. The Troubles probably needs its own video.

@lizardlegend42

3 жыл бұрын

@@TrueRomancer04 although Blue does have a seething hatred of modern history lol. His summary of Irish history he did a while ago was pretty good though at covering the older stuff

@Joseph-do9nz

2 жыл бұрын

The poor Irish Catholics. As an Indian Catholic, I can only imagine the persecution they faced Most of the Hindu and Muslim rulers here were historically very kind to us Catholics, so its disheartening to see that Catholics were still discriminated against in the "very Christian" west Although, the Anglican belief was born due to secular beliefs (the desire to divorce and murder) winning over religions ones, so looking back, I can't say I'm surprised.

@lizardlegend42

2 жыл бұрын

@@Joseph-do9nz That last paragraph frankly comes off like the sectarian bigotry that caused so much pain during the troubles. The British didn't subjigate us because protestant is inherently evil or any bullshit like that, we were subjigated because we were different. If we were Protestant and they were Catholic it likely would've gone the same way. In fact it did actually. During the British invasions of the early Tudor period, Henry VIII had the full endorsement of the Pope. You see at that time Ireland had its own unique form of Catholicism that didn't recognise the pope. Ironically before he turned protestant, the Pope actually called him a "Great defenfer of faith"

I just wanted to thank you for the respectful tone you took for the religion. You have a definite historical and intellectually informative tone but never spoke directly ill of the religion or doctrine itself. It was the same way with your Judaism video and I think that's really great so thank you!

@BlackEpyon

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, there's plenty of ill to speak of Christianity, it just wasn't the focus of this video.

@BlackEpyon

4 жыл бұрын

@Ethan One of Christ's teachings (In Matthew 5:18) was that the laws of the Old Testament were not to be ignored or subverted until two conditions are met, 1) heaven and earth pass away (which clearly hasn't happened yet) and 2) until "all is fulfilled." The latter condition is open to interpretation, but the former is quite unambiguous. So if Christians are out killing gays and people who work on weekends, then I'm sorry to say that they're "doing it right," and you'd be "called the least in heaven" to NOT commit these atrocities. But hey, who cares if you get called "least in heaven" as long as you get to heaven, amirite?

@BlackEpyon

4 жыл бұрын

@Ethan That does not negate the facts that 1) the first condition still applies regardless, and 2) homosexuality and working on weekends still carries capital punishment by stoning (not "death" in the hereafter"), whether you agree that his "laws" are righteous or not. Christ's supposed sacrifice and redemption does not provide any context that removes Christians of the imposed obligations of that verse. I am not changing the meaning of that statement, this is literally what it implies.

@BlackEpyon

4 жыл бұрын

​@Ethan Are you reading between the lines while ignoring the lines? You can take the "new covenant" and interpret it to mean "until all is accomplished," and theologically, that works just fine, but what does "until heaven and earth pass away" mean if heaven and earth are still here? This isn't just some social taboo here. Leviticus 20:13 "If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; *they shall surely be put to death* ; their blood is upon them." Now, since you're refusing to acknowledge the ramifications, let me spell it out in black and white. Matthew 5:17 *Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets.* I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them. 18 For I tell you truly, *until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law* until everything is accomplished. 19 So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.… This means, plain and simple, that if you call yourself a "follower of Christ," you are disobeying your Lord if you refuse to obey that law, or try to convince somebody else, as you are attempting to do now, that it's not as bad as it seems. It IS. This is an order for capital punishment, and it is still in effect.

@BlackEpyon

4 жыл бұрын

​@Ethan "Besides, you should interpret the words of Jesus the way the Apostles did. " Why not interpret them as *Jesus* did, since he's obviously the authority here?

Ah yes. Jesus' most famous phrase, "Give a hoot, don't pollute."

@nocturne2029

7 жыл бұрын

I loved that part of sunday school

@alexramey2062

6 жыл бұрын

"I'm Jesus, I speak for the trees!"

@weldin

6 жыл бұрын

"Only you can prevent the sieging of Jerusalem" - Jesus, 33 AD

@CharlesUrban

5 жыл бұрын

*IT IS WRITTEN.*

@MrSuperbeast92

5 жыл бұрын

@@alexramey2062 You mean "I speak *From* a tree." ?

Blue, my respect for you is ENORMOUS. Not necessarily because of your understanding of history, not necessarily because of your presentation style, but because I honestly can't tell, from your videos on religion, whether you're religious or not. That is a level of objectivity that most scholars can only dream of achieving in regards to this topic. I mean, I know you're an atheist because I saw your College Hell video. But my point is that no indication of bias can be seen in your videos about religion, and that is AWESOME.

(This is an old video so you may not see this but still) As a Roman Catholic, I was really pleased to see such a well done and respectful video. You researched it well. Thank you for that, Blue! It would be cool to see you make videos on the lives of historically significant Catholic saints. They’re really interesting subjects that you may like.

You were kinder than I expected, and your comment at the end captured most of the heart of the gospels. I'm used to being bashed by non-religious folk. You were different. Thank you.

@lizardlegend42

4 жыл бұрын

I always like to seperate the history of a thing from the thing itself. I personally do not think Christianity is in any way true and frankly find it a little rediculous. That doesn't mean I can't appreciate the history of probably the biggest driving force of post-Rome Europe in a respectful way sticking purely to the facts

@PeeperSnail

4 жыл бұрын

@@lizardlegend42 What a back-handed compliment.

@IC79

4 жыл бұрын

Alma Martinez Eh not really. If you aren't a Christian? Then you, by definition, don't believe in Christianity. So it's not out there to say that a non-Christian finds Christianity as a religion lacking in some way.

@rogeliovaldez9689

4 жыл бұрын

well, he did justify the Roman's treatment of Christianity 3:59 basically what he says is the Romans did wrong but did so for what they believed as an understandably good reason. killing others for holding on to their beliefs should never be the answer even if it's the same religion.

@calebmorgan6328

4 жыл бұрын

@@rogeliovaldez9689 I know I'm reviving an old comment, but he wasn't so much justifying it so much as explaining their reasoning behind it. It's like how people talk about how the Nazis rose to power. Most people agree that the party itself was absolutely horrible, but we can still explain how that came to be a thing without trying to justify it.

"Give a hoot, don't pollute", the new slogan of Christianity Seriously though, great video Blue!

@varegogothi803

5 жыл бұрын

"Don't do drugs." Moses spoke to a burning bush.

@HilalTor

4 жыл бұрын

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“Think of any pagan god. There was probably a mystery cult dedicated to them.” *Amaterasu*

@JaelinBezel

3 жыл бұрын

*Psyche*

@yaruqadishi8326

3 жыл бұрын

No.

@MagklJellyBeanPastelLucidDream

2 жыл бұрын

I made a drawing with that name.

@yaruqadishi8326

2 жыл бұрын

Amaterasu is a Shinto God not a Pagan God from the West World.

@moritamikamikara3879

2 жыл бұрын

@@yaruqadishi8326 Most people just use Pagan to mean Polytheistic, which shinto is. So Eh, close enough as far as I'm concerned.

As a bible-thumpin' baptist/nondemoninational/generic-protestant, I approve of this message. And yeah, I'm totally stealing "whatever floats your ark". Also, what a beautifully objective and balanced exploration of the good, the bad, and the ugly side of my faith. Mazel tov!

If you can't beat em, pretend like they don't exist. Trust me, it drives them _insane_ if you're constantly asking "who are you?" when they try to talk to you

@bobbobson5595

6 жыл бұрын

Homestuck Obsessor Feigned dementia for the win!

@giovannaalfaroklein1272

5 жыл бұрын

Homestuck Obsessor N1C3LY SPOK3N, SOLLUX 👅

@user-yn2ct2ie9m

5 жыл бұрын

turning the other cheek means fighting for peace and not being reactionary. For peace not for the victory. Fight for good, do not fight for your ego

@1496Rose

5 жыл бұрын

Selective memory for the win.

@sflaningam7680

4 жыл бұрын

Ignore the fights that aren't worth it. Don't have to be Christian to see the wisdom in that.

As a theologian, I have to say that you did an excellent job, Blue. Bravo.

@avemaria4788

2 жыл бұрын

Self proclaimed theologian?

@turnage_michael

Жыл бұрын

It wasn't Jewish enough.

Judaism had its shared ethnic background and cultural traditions, so their debates had basically no stakes. Nothing anybody said in a synagogue would change anybody's eternal destination. However, Christians have no preset ethnicity or culture, so we tend to be much more insecure about who's saved and who isn't. I think that's why our disagreements are so heated.

@goldengun9970

2 жыл бұрын

Yes Cchristianity and the church painted themselves into many corners when developing their religion

@SrValeriolete

2 жыл бұрын

Except when what they said was against the tradition, or if you starting telling people you're the messiah

Jesus coming here and telling us to love each other and we fighting over how he told that.

@Unikdb

3 ай бұрын

But 📌 John 8:24 If you do not believe that I am he (the God), you will indeed die in your sins.” 📌Matthew 10 I (Jesus) haven’t come to send peace on earth or to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, the daughter against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law. He who loves father/mother/children more than me (the God, Jesus) is not worthy of me: give off bad impression

As a Christian I thought the "float your ark" joke was hilarious too.

Sweden: "We wanted to defend the Protestant Princes!" France: "Oh yeah?" Sweden: "Yeah!" France: "Sure you didn't just fancy kicking some German ass! That's why we were there." England: "That's actually what appealed to us too..."

@emiljosefsson9149

5 жыл бұрын

Is this the 30 Year War?

@DragonSpaceGames

5 жыл бұрын

Emil Josefsson It's from a sketch about the Treaty of Westphalia, so yes

@emiljosefsson9149

5 жыл бұрын

I recognize that name. Was it the treaty that officially ended the war?

@a.morphous66

5 жыл бұрын

Emil Josefsson Yes it was.

@emiljosefsson9149

5 жыл бұрын

Well, how about that.

14:55 For me, as a Christian, convening with by fellow Christians and debating the meaning of those texts is a form of worship too. Those Jews knew what the good stuff is.

As a Christian, I thank you for this presentation. It was...fair and well articulated. You have my respects for it.

God; Thou shall not kill. You got it? Christians; (*Literally have wars about religions*) God; Ah come on man, that is one of the 10 things I told you not to do!

@aaroncohen2700

6 жыл бұрын

Landon Draws yeah but everyone kills people

@SuperHipsterGamer

6 жыл бұрын

Thou shall not kill is a bad translation. Thou shall not murder is far more correct, which brings in cultures, laws and traditions into the discussion for when it's appropriate. Plus christianity was never oblivious to the problems of violence in christianity. Thousands ancient texts were written on that dilemma alone. Augustine is a prime example of that.

@TheSpeep

5 жыл бұрын

Well, when your genocidal god tells you killing is wrong, that is kinda hypocritical so you cant really blame them for not listening there... i think it was more along the lines of God: Dont kill people. Christians: But what about that time where you killed all those people? God: ...

@SuperHipsterGamer

5 жыл бұрын

The idea of a hypocritical god wasn't foreign to the Romans. The Roman pantheon didn't have trouble acknowledging that the gods were assholes. The problem came from the huge cultural cliff between the aristocratic and militaristic culture of the roman empire, and the egalitarian pacifistic christian cultures. The period from the first sightings of christian cults to the rise of medieval christian dogmas saw a massive amount of theological debate and huge political events that with the slightest bit of variance could have produced an entirely different christian religion than what came out of Rome.

@JimEwing516

5 жыл бұрын

The problem goes back to the Roman emperor Constantine's moment of inspiration, "In Hoc Signo Vinces", or in this sign conquer. Christian soldiers only date back to the 4th century. Constantine only actually converted when he was dying.

I too thought the "go float your ark" joke was hilarious. I'm a HUGE fan of Overly Sarcastic Productions. Bravi!! Please keep 'em coming!!!! (Edited to correct a typo.)

I've been a Christian for my whole life with close contact to explanations about The Trinity, but this made me understand it more than any preacher ever did. Awesome video.

I think this is my favorite OSP video. Gets to the core of what matters most without getting bogged down in specific details.

I'm a bit late to the party, but if you see this, there may be something interesting in it for you! Relates to the point you made early in the video about the growth of Christianity and prosecution. I recently graduated university, and one of the courses I took towards the end when all my major reqs were done and I just needed misc credits was a course on religion as it applies to World Politics. I thought this was going to be a class to sleep during, but the professor held a fascinating perspective on how religions subconsciously appeal to people. There are a whole bunch of aspects to this, but one the most important was the ratio between personal sacrifice and the benefits of membership. For example, some religions have high barriers for entry, but also many benefits one joined. Think Amish; they require members to forgo a modern life in exchange for insanely strong community ties. On the other hand, many religions have a broad appeal and low barriers for entry, and are successful this way. However, personal sacrifice has a greater scope of effect than just the person who is doing the sacrificing. If outsiders see that certain members of their community are willing to pay a high price (in some cases, even their life!) in order to continue to follow their beliefs, this will raise the value of the religion in the eyes of the outsiders. So Christianity, which has a strong culture of self-sacrifice, was doubly benefited by their subjugation. There were also some interesting points made about the fundamental differences between Christians and Pagans at the time and how Christians had higher survival rates through the plagues that fell on Rome over the next few decades after the death of Christ, and how people took that to be divine protection, but I can't be bothered to find my notes on the stuff. The Romans were just brutal enough to raise the value of Christianity, but not brutal enough to wipe it out. This is why the best way to wipe out any movement is to quietly disappear important people and spread misinformation than to brutally crackdown. Fighting fire with fire never works.

I would've loved to see Blue get into how the New World changed and shaped Christianity, but that would probably require another video in and of itself. Very fascinating video, not just from the well-constructed history, but the tasteful commentary on the recurring themes and issues. This is quickly becoming one of my favorite KZread channels :D

@jeffhoward162

5 жыл бұрын

Yah, it sure changed and shaped the people who already lived here...into corpses and rape victims.

@Joseph-do9nz

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffhoward162 Lmao, lets not act like atheists were any better -Chinese massacres of religious people -the current atheist CCP regieme genociding Muslims -the sub Saharan atheist dictatorships which regularly went after priests -the Mexican atheist government that systematically killed Christians -the whole of fucking USSR -nazis massacring Catholic priests who tried to save Jews (this is a tricky one. They were massacred because Hitler, an atheist, gave the order. However, unlike the previous examples, the Nazi movement was a secular movement, and wasn't related to atheism apart from their leader) -North Korea, and the Kim regime (somehow millions of Buddhists and Christians disappeared after the atheist regime came into power. Not suspicious huh?) need I go on?

@chickenwarriorr

2 жыл бұрын

@@Joseph-do9nz So atheists = communism? YES MY COMRADS FOR SCIENCE WE STRIVE *USSR THEME INTENFIES*

@josesandoval1440

2 жыл бұрын

@@Joseph-do9nz 70 years of atheist oppression vs 3000 years of Christian oppression need I go on

@sushantmanandhar1387

2 жыл бұрын

@@Joseph-do9nz "Our holy book told us not to murder, rape or steal but oh no, we used flimsy excuses of racial, religious and ethnic superiority to do those crimes anyway. Quick, point to the worst of a group who has no singular guiding principle lest the omniscient flying spaghetti monster notice and send us to hell"

This was an incredible synopsis of history. Great work taking on such a touchy topic and handling it so perfectly!

blue: "whatever flotes your arc man." me: chokes on air and falls into fits of laughter. blue: well I thought that joke was hilarious.

13:34 Huh... Sounds alot like... *THE COMMENT SECTION*

@JakubWojciechowski933

4 жыл бұрын

Not here, not today

Honestly, I would like to see a video about the history of Hinduism and Buddhism.

@yayjuiws4224

6 жыл бұрын

GoldenTide Dem 3 million Hindu gods, and the Jesus of the east

@PurushNahiMahaPurush

5 жыл бұрын

@@yayjuiws4224 "Jesus of the east" Wasn't Jesus from "the east"? Middle East to be specific.

@monacles

5 жыл бұрын

It would be extremely hard for Hinduism mostly because Hinduism isn't really one religion but a huge blanket of religions that agree on the existence of certain gods. (Though it may actually be is easy and it may just be my pakistani muslim bias against them) As for Buddhism, It would be really interesting. Past Siddhartha Guatima (I think that was his name before changing it to Buddha), I really don't know much about Buddhism, or why it was in essence banished from its homeland of India and Nepal. While we are on the subject, a video on Jainism and Sikhism would be cool too. Jains are typically mistaken for Hindus and Sikhs are generally mistaken for Muslims even though both are greatly different from their misunderstood counterparts.

@shakey2023

5 жыл бұрын

I agree with you to say man Buddhism would be pretty easy because we have pretty good records of how it started and where it ended up and it's a very interesting story to see chall from India to China Hinduism on the other hand would be incredibly difficult to do because there's a lot of history in Hinduism that isn't entirely understood because it was such an old religion And it's not even one religion it's more like a series of religions that just kind of cooperated but I think it would be an interesting challenge

@tomasvrabec1845

4 жыл бұрын

@@shakey2023 The beauty of Hinduism is that you can have a belief in a certain god while it does not interfere with believe of a different kind of god of your neighbour. Many such Gods, like in Roman pantheon, merge but many remain separate and thus they have many many Gods. If I remember correctly there is a belief within Hinduism that every person has God like a guardian angel to keep them company.

Honestly, I don't know why I expected anything but such a respectful and informative video. Awesome job, Blue!

Loved the Gregorian chanting in the background ❤️

5:35 - The different audiences for the different gospels angle is one I hadn't heard before. Neat!

Constantine's "In this sign conquer" really threw a wrench into the works, giving rise to the strange idea of Christian soldiers, and eventually leading to the crusades.

I appreciate your respectful yet brutally honest take on this topic. Love your stuff Blue!

i wanna say i think most of the time you do a spectacular job of compacting the relevant topical information of these vids and you almost never miss a beat on distinguishing the various prevailing narratives about said events however disparate

...how did you not mention the whole "oh, and Santa maaaay have pimp-slapped Arius at the Council of Nicea" thing at the end there? Do you just have superhuman self control?

Stayed for the knowledge, and Gregorian choir. Great video.

That's what I love about Archbishop Sheen's television show regarding the ending. I think what sold me on the whole religion was your statement at the end which Sheen said to just let people believe what they want to believe and at the end of the day there's truths in every belief and in order to get together, we have to dig them up. Basically... "UNDERSTANDING" lmao. He was also known for supporting protestants. It's a very old show, but a lot of stuff he says is relevant. It's so cool reading about saints and seeing that "four gospel" thingy expanded upon. Another reason was hearing a priest recently outright say "don't focus on what other people think of God... That's THEIR business". Thanks for the video.

"Being happy all the time is less important than being good to people"

yeah a couple things i wanna add as i've gone to intense Christian school's with theology and philosophy classes and i attend Greek Orthodox Church and i'm working on converting (but i'm still only a high school senior so my knowledge isn't quite all encompassing…) so: 1) Arias and the Trinitarian vs. non-Trinitarianism was a huge deal back in the day, so in a big get together at the Council of Nicea, they hammered out the Nicean Creed, a 3 paragraph~ long creed pretty much outlining the framework of Christianity. we say every now and again in church. It included establishing that the Trinity is indeed the correct way to go, and that Jesus was fully divine and fully human (more on that later). In school we were taught that the Trinity is made up 3 distinct but harmonious beings that exist independently but also dependently in a way thats sort of beyond human understanding. i spent 3 years studying that stuff just to reach the "ur human u can't QUITE get it ever." the course pretty much got prefaced with "LOL GOOD LUCK", anyways. also they kicked Arias out (i think they killed him?) 2) according to the Father of my church, Jesus was born on December 25th (or January 7th in the Greek calender) and we know this because the Jews kept über careful track of dates, and that habit transfered over to the Church which transfered to the Greek Orthodox, and the Greek Orthodox's kept almost all their traditions largely intact for a thousand years, like using the Greek Calender, as they were pretty much in stasis under the Ottoman Turks until like the 19th century. i don't take Father Joseph's word as serious as, like let's say, verified historical documents, but i mean he did study years to reach his position and bas constantly been doing research on the history of the Church his life so…food for thought? 3) The question of Jesus' divinity and humanity is something my school also spent a lot of time on, and the answer we arrive at is basically: Jesus was fully human, but didn't have the pesky Natural Sin as He wasn't born of a man and a woman, just a virgin and the Holy Spirit. He was also fully divine, giving Him the power to resist sin inhumanely well. so, He could've sinned, if He so choose to, hence the temptations in the desert, but He just didn't. 4) my Ethics class this year is focusing on the ethics and morals surrounding Christianity (so i've been reading a lot of Kant and C.S. Lewis…) and the base conclusion we come to at the end of every single discussion is: at the core of the Gospels, is an ideal way to live regardless of whether or not you believe in God or even objective morality. turn the other cheek, do unto others…, help the poor as they're always be here, etc. etc.. It's all great, fascinating stuff. 4) also we learned some FUCKED UP ways the romans killed the christians. a small list: tied down and covered in lard/wax stuff to be human candles for Nero's garden, wrapped in Lady Gaga-esque meat suits and tossed into an arena with lion or wild dogs, drowned in bigs vats of burning oil, and then the tamer stuff like crucifixions, poison, limbs broken and left out in the middle nowhere, eyes gouged out, etc etc. 5) my church choir warms up with chants like you used in the background. once they get in tune, it's worth waking up extra early to hear. welp, that's all i can recall from memory. sorry if i skewed some facts as i wrote this all from memory. it'd be cool some more learned Greek Orthodox Christians can help me out here. love the videos Blue! you're really good about summarising huge events into these relatively short videos, and you pretty much include all the core events. now it's back to math homework for me.

@hades2596

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that helpful addition, and good luck on that math homework. It warms my heart to see someone taking time out of their day to put more knowledge into the world like you just did. Also, *technically* speaking, I was raised Greek Orthodox too back when I was young.

@finnChitwood

7 жыл бұрын

OSP Blue oh cool! i was raised pentacostal, but in the past 2 years i have been working to convert but i havent began to study greek…

@gemmagantny7538

7 жыл бұрын

Faith Chitwood oh my gosh that brought me back to Fr. Timothy's classes (he study theology the 7years he was in the seminary and also a few years before that) good luck in converting

@PASH3227

6 жыл бұрын

I LOVE what you are saying about Jesus and his humanity vs. divinity. In all honesty we could argue for hours on weather Jesus was able to sin and both sides are valid. I agree Jesus was able to sin, but chose not to, and Jesus was DEFINITELY human, like when he got frustrated with the merchants in front of the temple.

@jameslillie5445

6 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you've got this stuff down pretty good :) respect man. I don't believe that they did kill Arias though. They banished him and he used the opportunity to spread his influence until the Arians eventually got the upper hand for awhile. Extra Credits has a great video series about it. kzread.info/dash/bejne/d2WOvMd8dKqueqg.html

One of the very best, and one of the most unbiased, explanations of Christianity ever. Thank you for being both honest and comprehensive about the whole history of Christianity. You nailed it very well.

Excellent video. Though accurate and chronologically correct, your slight jabs and light humor was excellent.

By far the best summary of church history I’ve watched...even though it misses a lot. I’d love to discuss with you the importance of Augustine and Aquinas and how their theology impacted the trajectory of church history.

@avroarchitect1793

Жыл бұрын

It is hard to quickly summarise around 2000 years of history with all the detail it really deserves. From the politics, to the theological disputes.

"He suffered through it, and so can we". Beautiful.

Surprisingly accurate and objective considering the Great Schism is seen from the Latin perspective. What’s more likely... 4 Churches leaving Rome, or Rome leaving the rest of the pentarchy?

@38-jishjilson89

4 жыл бұрын

Alexandria and Antioch (i.e the Oriental Orthodox churches) had already left the pentarchy after the Council of Chalcedon. So the 1054 schism was basically Rome Vs Constantinople.

@niklastjitra1323

3 жыл бұрын

The 10 tribes left Judah and Jerusalem.

@777Justin

3 жыл бұрын

You're thinking about the Coptic church in Egypt (not Alexandrian) and the Syriac church in...well, Syria (not Antiochian). Copts and Syriacs are Oriental Orthodox.

I know this is an old video but, thank you for taking a neutral yet respectful lens on the subject! I don't see that very often. I also learned a few new things about where/how my religion originated. I'm not anywhere near a scholar on roman history. Thanks Blue!

Hey Blue. From what I remember from my theology, Saint Nick has two major things that lead to what he became today: The whole presents thing refers back to his youth, when human trafficking was legal. It was illegal for one to buy off another's debt, allowing loan sharks to charge outrageous interest so they could fund their sex slave businesses. Having a reality check, a young Nick took his father's money/his allowance and snuck bags of gold in the back windows of people's houses (as, again, legality was an issue). However, there were occasions where Nick found that the guard and loan shark arrived early, so he'd drop the bag down the chimney as not to get caught. Now we have presents rather than slavery gold. The second one was how he dressed, but for that, we need to look at his early adulthood. Becoming a priest, Father Nicholas was sent to manage the church in a poor town. As children would often be found mutilated by Wolves at the edge of town, one of his duties was to pray over them (funeral style). However, in doing so, he discovered that not all the children were dead and that the townsfolk would leave their sick children there because they were too poor to get medicine and feed everyone. So, in the dead of night, Father Nicholas and his nuns went out and claimed all the abandoned children left alive and turned his church into an orphanage, while (imagine) never once holding the parents responsible or preventing them from seeing their kids. Fast forward a few years, now Bishop Nicholas was on his way to Rome, being called for potential popehood. Wearing the customary red gown, he was on his way when he met with a prison warden, a loan shark Nick fought against as a child. He had a career change due to human trafficking being illegal, and made up bogus charges to lock Bishop Nicholas up to fulfill a grudge, though never reporting it to avoid a release date. When the children of his orphanage grew up, they revolted against the prison, exposing the Warden's corruption and freeing their second father, now dressed in a red gown, laced in white, with a long white beard. These are the reasons St. Nicholas became a patron saint of children and generosity. And to remind future generations never to fear doing the right thing, he became a symbol for a celebration that, until atheism stole it in a more direct way that they have accused Catholics of doing, meant "The birth of a new hope"

@long-hair-dont-care88.

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

As a bible-believing Christian, when I opened this video I was like "Okay, here is another secular uniformed over-generalized agenda-infused rail against Christianity." But you sir surprised me. This was a very fair and thoughtful summary of the spread of Christianity; not attacking the beliefs. but not excusing wrongs done in the name of said belief at the same time.

@ryanwelp3905

5 жыл бұрын

does it matter?

@goranvuksa1220

5 жыл бұрын

Rayan Welp, according to your image, I would say Orthodox. But yes, it does matter.

@craeted

5 жыл бұрын

@F.u.c.k Go.ogl.e My goodness.... you are a sad sad little person. Even by listening to Blue at the end of the video, Christianity has done waaay more good than bad my guy. Basic research says that the brain naturally focuses on the bad than the good. Everything people strongly believe in lead into war; sooo many people died because of money; but we always forget that money did way more good than bad. Socialism is a beautiful concept, but always fails because of people's actions with it. Are you going to say that fighting for rights (slavery, racism, etc) is bad because people died for it? You're sad self is just hostile to the possibility of a higher being, and according to math and science, it's not irrational to believe that a higher being exists. You say that we're sheep blinded by lies, but if religion is meant top trick us, they're doing good by tricking us (billions of people are 'tricked' into thinking that their actions have consequences, which would make you act better to all) heres a parable: A sheep with no divine or moral rules would understandably do whatever it wants; as well as having existential thoughts like they're meaningless compared to the massive scale of time in the universe. But a "blinded" sheep who believes that it may get to go to a bigger barn after it dies would try to act good (LITERALLY COMMON SENSE MY NINJA). - now replace blinded with hopeful, sheep with person, and a bigger barn with heaven.

@SerGio-mw9pc

5 жыл бұрын

I was also think the same thing.. Until I realise, well, this video is fair enough..

@rikardotsamsiyu

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, it was really good. I, myself, am atheist but the common disparaging attitude internet atheists divulge against Christianity gets really old. It's refreshing to see someone who isn't Christian yet can take an objective look at the religion.

I am a sedevacantist Catholic and I just wanted to say thank you for not hating on Christianity in this video and keeping it fact based

@neutronpixie6106

6 жыл бұрын

Your hypocracy is astounding. Religion and facts are polar opposites.

@thehungarywaffleinc.7775

6 жыл бұрын

Neutron Pixie don’t be the big gay

@tylergonzales8946

5 жыл бұрын

Roman Catholic myself, and I have to agree with your comment with just keeping it factual

@lindaschreifels9889

5 жыл бұрын

Neutron Pixie HISTORICAL fact, sir or ma’am.

@endrankluvsda4loko172

5 жыл бұрын

boooo!

15:11 as a Catholic it’s really a shame that we Christians aren’t unified in this manner and don’t debate/analyze the texts or allow for different interpretations(or at least nowadays different interpretations to be part of the same one religious group). This is one of the reasons I always enjoy learning about the wisdom of other faiths as every faith has much wisdom Anyone can learn from even if the faiths are fundamentally different

@spotlight8802

2 жыл бұрын

Its made up theology full of contradictions and foolish and irrational doctrins, you will understand this if you have an open mind and look inward into you yourself. It Promoted blind belief, hatred towards other theologies to which history is a silent spectator. Foundations are so week, it can't unify itself, forget about unifying the world.. Diversity is the nature of universe and you can't go against it.. Abrahamic religions do not understand this basic principle.

FINALLY. I am so happy, finally a historian who isn't dissing my religion. Not only is he respectful but actually understands my religion better then some Christians I know, so... yeah, good job!

Blue! Is there any chance of you doing this for Hinduism? That would be fascinating

This was excellent, you two deserve a lot more credit

Great video, mate! Your script is awesome

Just a little note; I love blues voice, I hated it at first because I was so used to red but holy hell (puns intended), he has such a calming and levelheaded voice. Depending on time of day he’s very good at teaching and very good at teaching and calming me to sleep. It’s interesting but I love it all the same. And I thank him and red for teaching me all they have.

I'm Catholic man and this is spot on stuff, I love you videos and amazing job!

but im australian so it's summer

@augustinedaudu9203

6 жыл бұрын

poor benor it's summer for almost everyone, and even in the northern hemisphere, summer doesn't officially end until 2 weeks from now

@miguelfrancescohogar7501

6 жыл бұрын

He stated "in the northern hemisphere."

@zephyr9750

6 жыл бұрын

not that Australia really has winter

@PhaenyBirb

5 жыл бұрын

muffy It's Always Sunny in [AUSTRAILIA]

@andrewrawlings5220

5 жыл бұрын

No he didn't. He said 'If your a Westerner'.

As a die-hard christian, and history nerd.......this is a freaking awesome video

France: Whoa there, Eastern Europe, you guys alright? Eastern Europe in unison: We dont want to talk about it

9:20 Byzantium, calling venice, a little scamp... No way this turns out bad for the greeks...

When you live near the equator :( I have never seen snow in my entire life

@dominicguye8058

5 жыл бұрын

🤯 So weird! It snows every year during the winter where I live. A lot. Frequently during the spring and fall too. Where do you live? What's it like to have never seen snow before?

@ManiacalBlueberry

4 жыл бұрын

@@dominicguye8058 it's hot af

@wezzco_br8169

4 жыл бұрын

I have never seen too

@lisamedla

3 жыл бұрын

he inserted a picture of it there but honestly I live a stone throw away from the equator so snow I see only on the mountain caps and media if that counts.

@flickcentergaming680

3 жыл бұрын

Ice, but powdery.

A couple of years late to this party, but great video. Love the Ensemble Organum background.

I'd like to add a few things about Martin Luther. First, it was never an official practice of the Church to *sell* indulgences. An indulgence is an act performed for the remission of temporal sin. This has to be in conjunction with the Sacrament of Penance, ie what we Catholics call confession. An indulgence is only good if you go to confession, go to Mass, and receive the other sacraments. The Catholic Church has never taught that an indulgence removes time from your debt in purgatory. That's actually a little outside of her jurisdiction, contrary to popular belief, but that didn't stop unscrupulous ne'er-do-wells from selling bits of fake relics to gullible fools who were too afraid of death and too lazy to make up for their actions on their own. Second, I will give credit where credit is due and say that Martin Luther was right in some cases. The biggest thorn in Germany around the time was paying taxes to the Church for the construction of churches in Italy. It was perfectly justifiable for the German Christians to protest because their money was going to churches most of them would never see. Third, Martin Luther's influence damaged Christianity. He never reformed anything and probably made matters worse. The whole point of Christianity was to have one, unified, universal Church. It's not really just a 'matter of opinion,' if your opinion causes approximately 30,000+ divisions 500 years later. Martin Luther was stubborn, arrogant, and had the support of German princes with their own political and personal reasons to leaven the Church of Rome. Luther got away with a lot of things because of this support. He turned Christianity on its head rather than reform anything from within. Francis of Assisi and others before Luther were far more successful and didn't start their own break away church. Luther allowed a German noble to marry a much younger girl, commit bigamy, and lie to subjects about it. Luther was anti-intellectual, contradictory, vulgar, and anti-semitic. Not to mention, he excited German princes and nobles to slaughter peasants in the numerous revolts that were instigated by Luther when he practically invited them to interpret the bible for themselves and stir trouble with the nobles. And then Luther had the audacity to be shocked when all of the new churches started popping up on his account. There was indeed, sadly, corruption, but none of his early writings make much noise of it after his trip to Rome and only later when he was rallying for his distinct congregation did Luther make a big hoopla over them. Fourth, the bible was available in other languages even in the time of Luther. We have fragments of gospels in Old English by Bede the Venerable (mid-700's). Cyril and Methodius had a translation in Old Slavonic (9th century). There's also pieces of Old High German also in the mid-700's. It wasn't that bible was banned from the common folk. Education became sorely lacking after the fall of Rome and most people couldn't read. They couldn't read their own language, let alone Latin. Bibles were also made out of very expensive material prior to the printing press. It cost a village to make one bible. Problems happened people who took up translating things without Church approval. You can translate it, but you have to get Church approval and they make sure everything is green-lit. Otherwise you'll get lost in the confusion of translation and re-interpretation. Like how Martin tried to gut much of the bible, including but not limited to: Ruth, the Ten Commandments, Esther, Jonah, Job, Ecclesiates, Letter to the Hebrews, and James, all on Luther's personal opinion and he would hear nothing about counterarguments to his objections to these books and letters.

@alaska4939

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting. I’ll have to look more in to Luther. I don’t know to much about him.

This is a pretty good overview of Christianity and all but, why only in Europe? Didn't Christianity reach Africa before reaching Northern Europe? Plus the fact that it started in the Middle East.

@davidking6242

7 жыл бұрын

Chris Ramsey yeah Ethiopia was a Christian nation way before any European was

@davidking6242

7 жыл бұрын

Chris Ramsey and Coptic Christianity was rampant in eastern Africa in modern Sudan and Egypt

@myohmy9000

7 жыл бұрын

kwadwo baidoo yeah, and even before Constantine (who in my opinion takes most of the credit)

@Heiryuu

6 жыл бұрын

I'll admit I don't hear much about Ethiopian Christianity. Did they keep good records? If they did I'd love to read about it.

@happyliltree

6 жыл бұрын

Heiryuu, great question! I would suggest checking out Coptic history in egypt. Copts have been around since the early church and have rich history through many many empires. Another sect to check out is the apostle Thomas' missionary journey to India. This branch also remained active through hundreds of years. :) Happy researching!

That joke was hilarious

@fleecemanjenkins6648

7 жыл бұрын

As a person named Noah who has been subjected to 18 years of Ark jokes... No. Just, no.

@namingisdifficult408

6 жыл бұрын

Amin Agreed

@gunterg7309

6 жыл бұрын

Fleece if it's a problem why don't you sail away... sorry

@fleecemanjenkins6648

6 жыл бұрын

@weldin

6 жыл бұрын

Hey Fleece, don't be mad. You're *knot* a *ferry* rude guy!

I don't care that I'm sooooo late to this party This was GREAT. Very, VERY well done!

Very informative (I have to watch this a few more times.) You are very well spoken

Christians: we must not kill, but love everyone Christians spreading their religion during the medieval times: hey, nice mosque you have there Would be a shame *if someone raided it*

@emperorofwends8875

3 жыл бұрын

Few hundred years before that: that a nice church theare whoud be shame if somebody buld a mosque over it

@bartdickman2231

3 жыл бұрын

You lack understanding and history events with this comment

@thesenate5913

3 жыл бұрын

@@bartdickman2231 oh i forgot Every religion did this Not just christianity I just picked christianity because it fits with the video Spare me from your keyboard crusade and have a good day

@emperorofwends8875

3 жыл бұрын

@@bartdickman2231 IT says you are a heretyk

@bartdickman2231

3 жыл бұрын

If there is objectivity, something is good and something is bad regardless of space, time and people. Christianity is objectively correct, all that is spoken about in the Bible occured in space and time. It fought against poisonous religions like Islam, they spread intellectual poison and corrupt societies with their ideology. You don't think from this point of view because you don't know what christianity is, don't rely on videos like this for a Catechesis!

As being Lutheran I ofen foud the older versions of cristian beliefs sometimes wierd, but the most interest to me is Orthodox cause its my grand mothers religion. And I enjoy ofen Chatolic chants for the chalming effect when I meditating.

@Yurikon3

5 жыл бұрын

I think it might be cause Paul had to deal with Greek philosophy of the time which was indeed a bit confusing. I must admit that out of the all denominations I find Orthodoxy the most balanced in its dealing with mystery and practicality but I think all denominations might have it right in some things, but lack in others. Folks keep bashing Chatolism but I think it arises mostly from "flesh", pettiness or something. I don't believe in sanctity of Pope, but as a system it seems to have an understanding about the grandness of God and also of important of unity to certain degree. I think there are more proper ways to judge people than their beliefs. It is the fruit of their beliefs which usually reveal weaknesses in actions.

I really enjoyed the constant chanting in the background.

It was the soundtrack that did it for me. Nice overview Blue. Definitely not too preachy😉...now could we get another order of that unleavened bread? Same as before with the sauce, cheese & pepperoni. This totally going to catch on!

"What is it about this word. What does it mean?" WELL EVERYBODY SAID! ABOUT THE BIRD!

@mrkraffbs9583

3 жыл бұрын

Bird has always been. Since the beginning God was the bird. And the bird is the word. AWELLAWELLABIRDBIRDBIRD.BIRDISTHEWORD

As a Catholic I really do appreciate this. To give some further explanation about certain things (on a video 2 years old sorry), The Catholic church has a council for exegesis, which means to pull out the meaning of the bible, and once an agreement is made, it becomes a part of the doctrine of the Church (most if not all of this has already been done). Each person is encouraged to read the bible, and interpret it and apply it to their own lives. As long as it doesn't contradict the Church's doctrine (formed by centuries of councils), each person can interpret the bible for himself. Also, the whole selling of indulgences thing was horrendously miscommunicated at the time of Martin Luther, which understandably led to the 95 theses. The practice of indulgences means that, with 3 prerequisites met, a certain action can be done to lessen the time in purgatory, them being: confession, receiving the Eucharist, and saying prayers for the intentions of the Pope, all to be done within 8 days of each other. THEN an action, such as spending time in adoration, or at the time of Martin Luther, contributing to the support of the Church, could be done to lessen the time in purgatory. Again, this concept was very misunderstood by many Catholics and clergy at the time, and the selling of indulgences was widespread. TL;DR: As long as you don't contradict established church doctrine as a catholic you're good to interpret the bible, and indulgences aren't supposed to be sold, and the clergy and people at the time didn't completely understand what the practice was supposed to be.

Again, thank you, I'm glad I found OSP.

Let's face it though: Christmas just isn't the same without the roaring hearth, hot chocolate, and the ambience of a winter gathering. Unless you live outside the realm of winter (ie Australia, etc), in which case nevermind.

Christianity (as an umbrella term) kiiiiinda got messed up right about when it became a political power. Christ was kinda "dude, stop trying to make me a king, already! I don't care about that crap!" and instead more about "y'all are really messed up and need to recognize that, but I gotcha covered (no, really. Literally. Don't freak out!) Stick with me, kid and I can show you how to not be a jerkface." He also had some HARSH (and kinda metal) words for the religious authorities. It wasn't so much them having different interpretations, as them having different interpretations when it suited them specifically (and screwing everyone over with stuff like various temple taxes and sabbatical add-ons, but actively found loopholes for themselves).

@Doriesep6622

6 жыл бұрын

He told disciples to kill all against him

@miskakopperoinen8408

6 жыл бұрын

His words to Simon in the Getsemane garden kinda go against it. Simon drew a dagger (Some translations mention a sword, but I'm a bit dubious that a poor civilian fisherman would have owned one, whereas literally everybody would have had a dagger or a knife, and a fisherman would well have had a large one that would even have approached a seax in size.) and struck one of the people that had come to arrest Jesus, but Jesus stopped him, healed the wounded guy and told Simon that 'He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword'. I'd like your citation for the bit where Jesus encourages his disciples to go on a murderous rampage, and I can provide citation for the aforementioned bit if necessary. Jesus said that ''he who is not with me, is against me', but that is not quite synonymous with 'murder the living sunlight out of them'.

@timg5603

6 жыл бұрын

Miska Kopperoinen more than likely theyre refering to 'i did not come to bring peace but a sword' which every athiest uses to show jesus preached violence while ignoring the next verse where he goes on to explain the sword will be against his followers and that their own family will go against them (son against father, daughter against mother, etc etc)

@miskakopperoinen8408

6 жыл бұрын

Ah, that explains it. Got to love out-of-context citations. To be fair though, Christianity is not the only thing that suffers from it. Politicians, other religious texts (Qu'ran being the obvious prime example, but others such as Asatru are subject to that as well) and perhaps most bafflingly, scientists all suffer from varying degrees of that kind of stuff. Brings to mind a comic strip handling exactly that issue, I'll leave a link. www. smbc-comics .com/comics/20090830.gif

@Yurikon3

5 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, it is common syndrome of taking one verse outside of context. I think it is always sometimes more holier to see Atheist and Christian actually calmly researching The Bible without bit-size arguments. At least in those occasions people tend to become wiser. Another problem which a bit irks me is to try reflect some events or people to modern equivalents without proper reason or context. For example equaling OT's "godless" to modern atheist is far-fetched cause most of the ancients believed in certain forces and these forces drove or encouraged acts. Gods were usually also those who made judgements about person's acts. So if one's personal judge had twisted view of justice, expect them to do some bad stuff. Modern atheist's are most likely ready to approve most of the moral guidelines and are more baffled about some irksome interpretations which even most Christians are irked. Or simply atheists have trouble to believe in something which they cannot see and exactly prove, which in sense is not unhealthy approach, even Bible commends people who have open minds to ideas expressed but still make sure they hold some salt in them. I think Biblical "belief" of the ancients was more nuanced than just believing in entity A or B. It seemed to also be interested in what kind of deity is one actually following. Accept cruel god, become cruel person. Accept too permissive god, become too permissive. Accept fair and balanced god, become balanced person. I think it is not waste of time for atheist to figure out the character of God from The Bible, even if they don't have actual belief cause it might transform them. And if they ever meet God, at least they can agree with His terms.

Me at the start of this video: Neat, I'm gonna learn some things. Me, at the end of this video: My brain has been assaulted by the most ultimate weapon of all... philosophy. (Philosophy's just really confusing, man).

This is one of the best videos I have ever seen, would love to have a transcript

Excellent video! It’s a great introductory piece for the history of Christianity. That said, I would recommend viewers to go further than here, as there’s many things that are simplified for times sake. Can’t cover it all in 20 minutes, can we folks? God bless y’all! Great work on the video!

When John said “the Word” he was using that in reference to Jesus as well

Damn... as a christian I so totally agree with this, what a great summary. That bit at the end was also so true, great work blue.

You make a great job explaining history

Nice touch with the Gregorian chants in the background.