The whole *punishment for seeking knowledge* always bothered me.. even when I was a kid.

@lionheartmerrill1069

Жыл бұрын

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge

@Mari_Oh

Жыл бұрын

I'm gonna be such an Eve about this, LMAO, but, yeah, I always wondered why God wouldn't want people to have knowledge in the Garden. ...and why he would even put the tree there in the first place, but I digress. Of course as an adult, I realized "God" didn't do any of that. The story is a creation myth, not dissimilar from all of the world's other creation myths, in which primitive people try to explain why we are here and why things are aa they are. No actual God involved.

@lionheartmerrill1069

Жыл бұрын

@@Mari_Oh thought I'd add this to your belief that the Garden of Eden is a fairy tale although IMO/belief it's a reality. The tree of the knowledge of good & evil is symbolism for the serpent/satan in human form. He "beguiled" Eve, Genesis 3:13 KJV Old Testament Hebrew translation beguiled=morally to seduce. 2Corinthians11:3 KJV New Testament Greek beguiled=to seduce wholly. We're not talking about eating apples here. The fact of the matter is Abel is Adam's son & Cain is satan's son. Cain can't be found in Adam's generations/genealogy Biblically. Shocking but Truth.

@karlfausek7299

Жыл бұрын

@@Mari_Oh Clueless! God loves you anyway. Peace and Love!

@kel2880

Жыл бұрын

@@karlfausek7299 so explain it, karl.

Before any religious dogma is taught to children, critical thinking should be learned so that the students won't fall prey to any indoctrination of any kind.

@SellOrFail

Жыл бұрын

Tell that to the republican party who is currently banning books lol

@CtDDtC1919

Жыл бұрын

Any dogma. Universities are indoctrination grounds for the same reason. After leaving the Christian faith, I started to deconstruct other areas of thought control. Political affiliation was the next big controlling factor. I was Liberal, but when I was able to see that the Left was every bit as oppressive of free thinking as the Right, I made the decision to no longer allow predefined thought structures to control my me. I saw time and again how ANY affiliation requires you to willingly go down a checklist of "What I believe" just like the religions do. Being a free thinker is a very unpopular place to be. I get bashed by the Christians, the Liberals, and the Conservatives alike. I'm pretty sure my statement about the University indoctrination grounds will get some backlash.

@A-non-theist

11 ай бұрын

​@@SellOrFail What books are they banning?

@CB66941

11 ай бұрын

That unfortunately goes against several religions, especially Christianity, which proclaimed "not to lean on your own understanding, but in everything, acknowledge God." It is blatantly disinterested in making people think for themselves outside of scripture.

@A-non-theist

11 ай бұрын

@@CB66941 Religions = Poisons for the brain!!

"Satan" in the garden of eden story is actually Prometheus from the Greek myth, who gave knowledge and fire to the humans out of empathy, which pissed off Zeus.

@colepuleo6809

10 ай бұрын

Thank You!

@andrewdowns3673

2 ай бұрын

Oh man, that's exactly it!!!

i grew up gay while going to conservative evangelical church. i struggle so much with obsessive thoughts about hell and life / god in general. watching your videos is one of the only things that helps me feel better when im feeling anxious 🧡🧡

@tracyavent-costanza346

10 ай бұрын

did you eventually stop beating yourself up about being as the gods most likely made you?

@charlesmiller8107

4 ай бұрын

@@tracyavent-costanza346 God didn't make anybody because God don't exist. Nature made you and you should praise Nature before she strikes you down.

Knowledge is the forbidden fruit.

Knowledge is the pathway to freedom. Well-spoken and insightful argument here! ✌❤

@AJPemberton

Жыл бұрын

and doubt the pathway to knowledge.

@ianalan4367

11 ай бұрын

Unfortunately her ‘knowledge’ is a somewhat false if not mileadung interpretation of what Christianity actually claims.

@AJPemberton

11 ай бұрын

@@ianalan4367 unfortunately, what Christianity claims depends on what denomination you are and what time period you are in. But if you take what the bible states at face value, it's a pretty mixed bag.

@karlfausek7299

11 ай бұрын

@@ianalan4367 Proverbs 1:7 (KJV) 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. Peace and love!

@man-yp1gb

11 ай бұрын

​@@karlfausek7299 blind obedience to a imaginary autocratic sky daddy.

Absolutely brilliant! I could never have said it better … I’ll be listening to this one over and over again.

@andrewferg8737

Жыл бұрын

"and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever their itching ears want to hear" (2 Timothy 4)

@peterblock6964

Жыл бұрын

Definitely, @@andrewferg8737, and most especially true for right wing Christianity in the United States.

@eprd313

10 ай бұрын

​@@andrewferg8737that's exactly why parents should avoid sending their kids to Sunday school or religious institutions.

@andrewferg8737

10 ай бұрын

@@eprd313 "parents should avoid sending their kids to Sunday school or religious institutions"--- "some of the Party members sometimes interfere with our all-out deployment of anti-religious propaganda. If such members of the Party are expelled, then it is very good, because such members have no place in the ranks of our Party" (Joseph Stalin 1927) In the USSR religious schools were closed, church publications were prohibited, and more than 85,000 Orthodox priests were shot to death just in 1937 alone. Beware what you wish for. Soviet Union deaths --- 61,911,000

Well said babes, knowledge IS power, imagine a life without knowledge !

@andrewdowns3673

2 ай бұрын

That's being a fundamental christian, evangelical Christian, or creationist believer. Heck, just look at how much they refuse basic science. They think Scientific Theory is Theory and denounce nearly all science unless it directly benefits them.

I SO appreciate your thoughts! I am in the process of deconstructing and it's so freeing. Your confrontation of the Bible puts everything eloquently onto words that my brain has been thinking, plus presenting ideas I never even thought of. Thank you 🙏

@jezebelvibes

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to freedom! Sending you all the best wishes on your deconstruction journey 😁 thanks so much for your kind words and support.

@Mar-dk3mp

Жыл бұрын

@@jezebelvibes which freedom? So you are free but other people are not, which are the majority, are slaves?? Since when alone godless people who are obsessed with God are free and others are not... The bitter truth is that you not any free, but rether obsessed

@Mar-dk3mp

Жыл бұрын

@@jezebelvibes Christians refused Science? Another godless lies from someone who have nothing to offer to us, to herself or the world... As the christians had build modern science, when you were not even existed... Is there anything true or worth to be listen from your alone godless lier??

@georgekustner3440

11 ай бұрын

@@jezebelvibes you have a very warped idea about God. There is no such thing as a Christian God. God is. You personify God That is a very immature understanding. You are rather irrational, when you discuss Christianity.

@Isaac-hm6ih

11 ай бұрын

​@georgekustner3440 So are you arguing that the god depicted by the kind of christianity she talks about is the same as all other gods everyone has ever suggested? It sounds to me like you're assuming some specific god to be true, and then assuming she's talking about that one. I think it would help if you can clarify the specific god you're talking about.

Great vids. *Religion* doesn't teach you *how* to think, it only teaches you *what* to think. *'Knowledge'* has *never* been encouraged since the whole *"garden" fable.*

@tracyavent-costanza346

10 ай бұрын

nor has the PURSUIT of knowledge been encouraged either, since it just means you don't believe the right things in the first place.

@daydays12

9 ай бұрын

Nicely put!

@Debs1212

9 ай бұрын

Religion only teaches/indoctrinates one into being obedient sheep slaves.

Very, very insightful. You articulated yourself extremely well. My goodness, you have me rethinking even more my reason for leaving Christianity.

@adrianquinonez6667

Жыл бұрын

Do not be deceived many people can take scripture out of context because u can not just read scripture and think u know what it means scripture must also be studied to understanding what it means it takes a life long teaching because something is learned about scripture all the time to those who see the Lord. Keep in mind scripture isn’t saying if u have knowledge u will go to hell it’s saying once u have knowledge of good and evil once u know who Christ is and what sin is they u no longer have an excuse to live in sin. U have the knowledge to know sin is a soul killer and that Christ is the way out of eternal death. Man has laws that u think are common sense to obey yet so does God. so why is it ok to obey man’s laws but not God’s laws? When God is higher then man.

@adrianquinonez6667

Жыл бұрын

And so u know all sins can be forgiven except one that one sin is cursing Gods name.

@iaminevitable_

Жыл бұрын

@@adrianquinonez6667 yeah… no. 👋🏽

@roberte4132

Жыл бұрын

She know what she doing. She knows the Scripture very well and how to use a verse to build her dissertation . Sad!

@Cuffsmaster

Жыл бұрын

@@adrianquinonez6667 No it does not take a life long study to realize all the supernatural events claimed in the bible are laughable. You are using smoke and mirrors to hide how simple the bible is and how easy it is to dismissed the bible with cause.

Reasoning carries you away from the propaganda be it religious or political.

Please don’t stop sharing your voice! You have brought me so much understanding & peace in my journey of deconstructing and understanding my past Harmful beliefs.

@daydays12

9 ай бұрын

I am happy for you. Kristi is doing good work.

I remember my dad telling me a story when I was a young kid. Like 6 or 7 years old. He told me that there was a time when man was trying to build this tower to reach the heavens to be with god. God wasn't happy with this so he destroyed it and then made it so that everyone spoke different languages so they couldn't come together to build the tower again. Even at the age of seven, I was confused that god wouldn't want the people he created to be with him and further more, he divided them when he says that we should love our brothers and sisters. Love our neighbors. It just seems that god wants the opposite of what he supposedly tells people. He says he wants us to seek him out and and love him but he doesn't want us to be with him. He wants us to love each other but divides us with language.

@kenhoyer8601

Жыл бұрын

I think the lesson in the Tower of Babel was that God was pissed that they didn’t realize the path to heaven was spiritual and not physical. I guess a hard lesson.

@Cuffsmaster

Жыл бұрын

@@kenhoyer8601 the Tower of Babel stroy is a myth intended to brainwash. It works on many

@Mari_Oh

Жыл бұрын

Your young mind recognized the illogical nature of the story. Modern Ameican evangelicals take an ancient myth, clearly created by primitive people to explain why people speak different languages, and try to interpret it literally. They even demand that you must believe it literally-or else!

@Cuffsmaster

Жыл бұрын

@@Mari_Oh Once you start examining the illogical myths of the bible the thing just unravels and you see the lies laid out before you.

@patbrumph6769

Жыл бұрын

Great point.

I had always thought that "blasphemy against the Holy Ghost" was nothing more than saying something derogatory about the Holy Ghost. At about the age of 13 I thought I had done just that and it plunged me into several years of extreme anxiety. This later proved to be one of two events that were pivotal in my loss of faith. The other event was meeting people whom I had been taught believed damnable heresy. I was shocked to find out that they thought the same about me and my Methodism. And we each used God's infallible and inerrant word, the bible, to prove each other wrong. Then I began to understand that it could all be bunk. I felt a huge relief in that maybe hell did not exist. Maybe God didn't either. Nor heaven. That allowed me to think seriously about my faith for the first time. My faith rapidly fell away after that meeting.

@thomaskalbfus2005

11 ай бұрын

And now you can look forward to dying and turning into a corpse and rotting away, how wonderful! I don't see there is much that is great about atheism, you're still going to die and there is nothing you can do about it, whether there is an afterlife or not! So does believing in an afterlife that is not there make one any worse off in life than he would be if he did not believe in that? I tend to distrust organized religion, but I'm not sure that God does not exist! I think the Universe could very well be infinite with no end or beginning. in an infinite universe the probability of everything is 1 somewhere in the Universe it exists, even God!

@rolandwatts3218

11 ай бұрын

@@thomaskalbfus2005 //And now you can look forward to dying and turning into a corpse and rotting away, how wonderful! // Well I don't look forward to death as in wanting to die. There is too much about life I enjoy, even at the age of 73. However, once I am dead I don't think I will be worrying about it any more than I worried about not being alive well before birth. Did you worry about your non-existence, say, a hundred years ago? //... you're still going to die and there is nothing you can do about it, whether there is an afterlife or not! // Correct. It's a no brainer to make that claim, right? //So does believing in an afterlife that is not there make one any worse off in life than he would be if he did not believe in that?// I think it depends. Surveys tend to show that theists have more well being than non theists. However, the surveys tend to be crude and even worse for theists, they show that some theists (e.g. Jews, Mormons and Muslims) are better off than other theists (e.g. Protestant Christians) and the latter are not much better than non theists. Those surveys also show that non theists still don't do too badly anyway. They leave room for a lot of non theists to do better than all theists. //... but I'm not sure that God does not exist!// As an atheist I accept that Gods and gods do not exist. However I also know that I cannot prove this, and indeed I could be wrong. //I think the Universe could very well be infinite with no end or beginning. ...// That is a possibility. //... in an infinite universe the probability of everything is 1 somewhere in the Universe it exists, even God!// What about the Christian God, the Jewish God, the Hindu God, the deistic God, the pagan gods, Allah, etc?

@thomaskalbfus2005

11 ай бұрын

@@rolandwatts3218 yeah, those too, they might not be here though. In an infinite Universe, there is someone else who has my memories and my thoughts and who thinks he is me, there is a very small probability that a duplicate of me will exist in a particular location but in an infinite universe the existence of such a person is physically possible, that might be a kind of after life, because when I die, in an infinite Universe, then somewhere an duplicate of me will experience an afterlife, he will have my memories by sheer coincidence and he will have my memories of dying, and he will conclude that he is living an afterlife, and then he will die, and someone else, another duplicate will have his memories and mine, having experienced death twice in his memories and he will live his life and then he will die, and so it goes. There is no soul in this kind of afterlife, it is all based on an improbable coincidence that is brought to life by an infinite universe. I have no memory of a previous life, as its more probable not to have one than to have one. I figure when I die, I might just close my eyes and see if I have any thoughts after that and where would I be then, and under what circumstances that would be. I don't think I can experience non-existence, but somewhere in the Universe they may be a person who swears he was me and he just died, and that person could exist in the past of the future, it does not matter in an eternal-infinite universe, as time has no meaning. A Universe that is infinite and eternal cannot really ever change. There are parts that are different, and if you go somewhere else, you could find yourself in the past or the future, the Universe could appear young in some regions and very old in others.

@rolandwatts3218

11 ай бұрын

@@thomaskalbfus2005 //I don't think I can experience non-existence, ...// My problem with trying to imagine non existence is that when I do try, my eye-balls still seem to be there. I simply cannot get rid of my consciousness in order to imagine what it could be like without it.

@thomaskalbfus2005

11 ай бұрын

@@rolandwatts3218 I once was sedated for an operation, it was unlike going to sleep, suddenly the operation was finished, I did not experience the time inbetween, but my body did.

Great insight! When I started questioning the church teachings, I felt horrible. I felt like I was "blaspheming the Holy Spirit" for simply questioning things that didn't make sense and contradictions. I prayed every day that god would see and understand my heart and forgive me if I was wrong for wanting answers. Thankfully, I am past that now. I am more at peace than I ever was in the church. I am not an atheist, but I understand why and how so many exchristains become atheist (not sure where I fit). I know the teachings we were all taught about the Bible are not exactly true. Certainly it should not be taken literally. Thanks for your videos!

My compliments, Kristi, you are an outstanding narrator. Your delivery is impecable, and I share your sentiments to the core for I too went through that journey of discovery that made me open my eyes. Your views are spot-on and you are a superb public speaker. Well done!

@daydays12

9 ай бұрын

And well done to you Roberto. I agree so much with what you say about Kristi. She is doing good work.

EXACTLY!!! Those that want to control you don't want you to have power. It's just like a controlling man in a relationship or narcissistic parent.

Thank you for being a thinker💯👊🏾

@colepuleo6809

10 ай бұрын

Diddo

Great analysis, Kristi. You might also have mentioned John 8:32 "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free".

@sundayoliver3147

Жыл бұрын

Yes. There are truths in every great myth. And generally propaganda in every great myth, too.

@colepuleo6809

10 ай бұрын

Yeah the bible enslaves and takes away freedoms more than it could ever set anyone free. I grew up with a conservative Christian, authoritarian dad. And the only reason I'm about to get a tattoo is because he's against it. I'm tired of being told what I can and cannot do.

@allgood6760

3 ай бұрын

Truth is truth.. Dalai Lama says don't settle for less than logic and experience and to avoid extremes and I agree with him

You're right !!! You have opened the eyes of many of us, and hopefully, many more.

Ha, good analysis! I'm a lifelong atheist, so not deconstructing myself, but listening to you is giving me additional insights into how the theistic institutions and meme complexes work.

@thomaskalbfus2005

10 ай бұрын

This is like someone who believes his spouse is cheating on him, does he want to believe this? No, but the evidence is leading to this conclusion. Just because one believes X, doesn't mean he wants to believe X. Belief is not always a form of wish fulfillment. The mistake is often made that just because one is an atheist, that he wants to be an atheist. One does not choose one's beliefs if one wishes to believe that which is true, even if he doesn't like it, as not believing it does not make it go away! I don't see the point of critiquing the Bible or trying to find inconsistencies in it, lets just keep in mind that it was written by a bunch of people with differing agendas.

@davidchess1985

10 ай бұрын

@@thomaskalbfus2005 I think the point of this part of Kristi's content is to let people know, when they are starting to suspect what you say, that the bible is just a human-written book, that they aren't alone, and lots of other people think the same thing.

@thomaskalbfus2005

10 ай бұрын

@@davidchess1985 much of the philosophy of that book is not bad however, I can't disagree with the Golden Rule for instance, treat others as you would have others treat you.

@davidchess1985

10 ай бұрын

@@thomaskalbfus2005 Sure. That's not exactly unique to the bible, though! The weird parts are like "the only way god can resist punishing you eternally is if you accept that he sacrificed himself to himself in order not to have to punish you eternally". Christianity's kind of a weird religion that way, really; most religions are much simpler, like "God wants you to praise him and give his priests money and not kill people at random, and if follow those rules he won't smite you". :)

@thomaskalbfus2005

10 ай бұрын

@@davidchess1985 Christianity is derived from Judaism, so is Islam, they did not invent God out of whole cloth. They had to work with what was already there. I disagree with religions that put people into uniforms, such as what Hasidic Jews wear. I disagree with religions that tell you what food you can eat. Christianity loosened those Jewish restrictions. I like turn the other cheek, although I don't always practise it. I don't like when Christians come up with exceptions to the commandment, thou shalt not kill. I disagree with the notion that God put some people on Earth so others can kill them in a holy war. Jews celebrate Passover, which is where God punishes the Pharaoh for not freeing the Hebrews by killing every Egyptian first born son, rather than just killing the Pharaoh himself,

Where I live, pastors and churches encourage parents to either enroll their kids in church-run schools or homeschool their children so that the knowledge that the church fears won’t be part of their lives.

Great video. It seems people usually *accept religion* because of *feelings and emotions.* And it is usually because of *intellect and critical thinking,* that they most likely will eventually *deconstruct from that religion.* Your Friendly Atheist :-)

I'm loving the long-form content 😀

Wow Kristy. This video is so powerful. You are so courageous. Keep these videos coming...you are setting people free.

This really is one of your best videos but they are all wonderful. You are doing such good work with your soft, gentle, understanding approach, with incisive grounded reasoning.. I loved when you said " God's greatest enemy is knowledge" and argued that statement so well..Brilliant!

@jezebelvibes

9 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊

I've been following you on tiktok for a while I'm so glad you started a KZread channel I love your videos they're well thought out and well spoken

Kristi, this may be your best talk yet (and I’ve been following you on TT for quite a while!) You articulate your thoughts incredibly well. The message in this video is perfect. Thank you.

@JasonHarris777

11 ай бұрын

Amen.lol.Yes Kristi is awesome!!!

I couldn't have said it better👏👏👏

I never understood what was the purpose of putting the tree of knowledge in the garden in the first place. Why didn't God just not do that? Wouldn't it had made more sense to keep the garden pure and leave out any possible corruption?

@jezebelvibes

Жыл бұрын

I think it would have! If heaven is going to be eternal bliss without suffering or sin, regardless of whether people have free will or not- why not just start everything out that way? Why not give people that eternal bliss before making them suffer through a "fallen" world and risk their eternal soul. It makes god seem cruel, not kind.

@mrfabulous4640

Жыл бұрын

The purpose of the tree is to see if Adam and Eve were happy to live by faith in God (as their head covering) or if they wanted to live by their own autonomy (apart from God’s headship/leading).

@jezebelvibes

Жыл бұрын

@@mrfabulous4640 why would god even give them that choice if the alternative choice is eternal bliss for them and their descendants? you can argue free will, but the bible explicitly states multiple times there is no free choice with god (romans 9, Proverbs 19:21). And if heaven is eternal bliss without suffering and there is no free will, there never needed to be free will. if there is free will, then that means people in heaven will be able to cause a rebellion. and that doesn't sit in the plans laid out in the bible.

@mrfabulous4640

Жыл бұрын

@@jezebelvibes There are lots of possible answers (and a lot of them are compatible being true simultaneously). One possible answer: God created all things perfect but not perfected. A perfected being is a being that resists temptation and is hardened into perfection. Adam failed and became an imperfect being. The Gospel is for imperfect beings to be made perfect (and become perfected). The epistle of Hebrews teaches the Lord (who was perfect) was perfected through His suffering. It would be ontologically impossible for God to create a perfected being, if a perfected being is by definition a perfect being that resists temptation. God could at most create perfect beings-which I believe is what He did.

@jezebelvibes

Жыл бұрын

@@mrfabulous4640 you made many assumptions that could never possibly be proven or demonstrated. If god is all powerful and all knowing, he is capable of creating a world where free will and a lack of suffering exists. and he certainly won't discourage knowledge or put his creation in harm's way with a forbidden tree. That's ridiculous.

Thank you for sharing! You are so eloquent.

Another fantastic and insightful video. Thank you for making all of these; and keep on doing what you're doing.

Think about what kind of world we would have if people donated to science and social programs instead of churches.

@jezebelvibes

Жыл бұрын

We can dream 🥰

@homo_sapiens_sapien1149

Жыл бұрын

A better humanity, no doubt 🥰✌️

@ABHISUE838

Жыл бұрын

Whats your problem with donating Church. There are people who Donates For Science (Creationism) some of the greatest Scientist like Issac Newton, Galileo Galilee were Christians

@christophergibson7155

Жыл бұрын

That would not change the root problem. It would still be a selfish and sinful world.

@ABHISUE838

Жыл бұрын

@@christophergibson7155 yea

You are very intelligent and are able to think critically about these claims. ❤ your content

@raysalmon6566

10 ай бұрын

she missed the whole point

When the plan demic catch phrase was "trust the science" I was amazed and saddened at how many people blindly believed what someone told them to believe. Ive become so aware of statements by religious leaders, scientists, retailers and even consumers making product reviews making unsubstantiated claims and outright lies. I utilize "follow the money" and "who gets the power/contol" in my decisions about beliefs. Im very grateful for Kristi's calm and thought provoking videos.

👏🏽🙌🏽👏🏽🙌🏽👏🏽🙌🏽 love your content! Thank you! Keep it up 😁

Yes, you did a great job about this! Thank you 🫶

Truth is a measurement of character. If someone of good character will seek and find truth. and the ones who hate truth is my enemy.

Thank you sooo much for this enlightening video Kristi

You’ve done a GREAT job of explaining and you’re so right! Thank you!❤️

the quality of ur videos are just getting better and beter, and the editing too, just amazing

Superbly and succinctly said, Kristi!

I resonate with your experience, coming from a Southern Baptist background. I also grew up Southern Baptist, and I am currently converting to Catholicism. The Catholic Church doesn’t fear or discourage the seeking of knowledge. In Catholicism, one is encouraged to study church history, learn from where their faith originated, and understand how the holy scriptures came to be. There are many who left evangelicalism for atheism, and then came back to God through conversion to Catholicism. So much of what you talk about here is your reasoning for leaving American evangelical Protestantism, which has very little basis in historical Christianity and yes, is largely ignorant of history. Catholicism makes so much more logical sense, Or even Eastern Orthodoxy which is basically the other side of the same coin. I will pray for you to give God a second chance ❤️ Also- the gnostics weren’t just about finding God by seeking him through knowledge. The reason they were condemned as heresy is because they believed they had a special “secret knowledge” unavailable to others, that is how they attained salvation. They also believed that everything physical was evil and only the spirit was good. Among other beliefs that were far from the orthodox Christianity.

Beautifully said ! Knowledge is Power !!

Kristi, you have rapidly become one of my favorite atheist channels, along with +Mindshift and +ichapod. So glad I found you. I deconstructed and deconverted in my late 20s and early 30s, so coming up on 20 years ago. “Back when I was your age,” (said in a grumpy middle-aged man’s voice 😂), we didn’t have anything like KZread, and it was so much harder to find information or discussions like yours. Kids these days (yes, I’m laughing at myself for saying that, knowing that I’m turning into my Dad) are so fortunate to have resources like you, whether on TikTok, IG, FB, KZread, etc. Keep up the good work!

@dogwalker666

10 ай бұрын

Try Paulogea and Gutsick Gibbon.

@tracyavent-costanza346

10 ай бұрын

i remember a buddy at work, with whom I would frequently kick around aspects of philosophy. He would often say something like "...well, when get to be my age..." then stop and say "...oh yeah, you are."

@CharlesPayet

10 ай бұрын

@@dogwalker666 been following Paulogia for a couple years and found Erika early this year. Love both of them!

@dogwalker666

9 ай бұрын

@@CharlesPayet cool 😎👍🏻

I absolutely love this video Kristi, I can relate to so much of it too. You’ve also managed to verbalise many of issues I’ve had regarding religion

Thank you for the time that you took to break this down and present it to us. I’ve been deconstructed and a skeptic for a while now but the way that you presented this it’s blowing my mind. Thank you.

Insightful. Very well said.

You *have* done a great job articulating it. Bravo

This vid was very uplifting and informative, excellent content.

Another great video. Keep them coming. 😄

Extremely well articulated; thank you!

@jezebelvibes

11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Wow. Thanks you for connecting the dots about the role of knowledge-getting plays in the Xian faith. It's an interesting take that it's the unforgivable sin. I'm such a cynic - I've always believed it was just something the church founders threw in there to keep us on our toes. The fear of accidentally committing the unforgivable sin leads congregants to follow their leaders without question.

@jezebelvibes

10 ай бұрын

It took me so long to get there but once you see it, you can't un-see it

Great points, Kristi!!

Great explanation!

You make some very very good points, you're a very knowledgeable girl. 👍

Well said Kristi.

Kristi, you are a modern day hero. Please keep up the good work! I'm very grateful to you.

Well done Kristi - keep up the good work - truth is preferable to fantasy and BS.

Brilliantly articulated, Kristi! The late Carl Sagan would surely have awarded two thumbs up to these insights - undoubted pearls of wisdom for proud display in the porticoes of posterity 👍👍

Your logic is impeccable, Captain. 🖖

That was a very interesting video. Thank you for that.

LOVE your content 👌🏻👌🏻

@colepuleo6809

10 ай бұрын

Me too!

Had my notification on Kristi 👍 Keep doing these videos👍

@jezebelvibes

Жыл бұрын

thanks so much for your support!

@aishaahmed3611

Жыл бұрын

@@jezebelvibes thank you Kristi!! Religion has become habit for some us, even when you said when you were no longer Christian you still believed in him, from our daily habits to where we spend our energy & time and we feel the loss of everytime we've spent on faith/ believe that's we were eventually not going to believe in,it's hard deconstructing, I no longer practice my old religion different than Christianity but your content is the best & is viewed by many different ppl from different religions. & you've articulated your thoughts very well, thank you.

@FamilyIsGone

Жыл бұрын

​@@aishaahmed3611 meanwhile the world only getting worse and worse

Thank you as usual you're great

thankyou for sharing your knowledge , it is so helpful to understanding what the hxxx happened to those of us questioning this.

Your critical thinking abilities are brilliant. I love how you can break-down the complexities of the Bible's stories and beliefs and explain them in the most simplest [because it's full of your truth and honesty] way.

@davidkoury7097

6 ай бұрын

LOL!

Love your channel, love your videos! You’re doing a great job! Keep it up!

@jezebelvibes

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@colepuleo6809

10 ай бұрын

I love all her video's so much.

Very insightful and inspiring. I always wondered why some people, especially religious people, didn’t believe in knowledge. This video helped me to understand why.

Gnosticism was a breath of clean, fresh air. Other interesting "heresies" that flourished in Europe before the reformation were also conveniently removed but happily not forgotten. Another cool video Kristi!

I love your content

Please never stop

@jezebelvibes

Жыл бұрын

Never ever!

Great job Kristi!

I like your points of view and the arguments you make for honesty and love, which is not given by churches or the bible, Thank you for being you Keep this up it's wonderful. PLEASE DO NOT STOP YOUR TALKS AS YOUR SUPPORTING MANY OF US

Like yourself I too grew up in church. A lot that I was taught did not work, which led me to frustration, disappointment, and heartbreak. That I'm not loved by God. Either he has abandoned me, or im not good enough for him, Though I have not totally let go of my faith, I'm seriously searching for the truth.

@alexwhite2330

10 ай бұрын

I won't tell you to go either way (belief or unbelief), but please don't come HERE for understanding ANYTHING in or about the Bible. Kristi is Biblically illiterate and ignorant, and I don't say that as an attack on HER but as a warning to YOU, should you feel the need to heed it.

@garyheydenrych8114

10 ай бұрын

@alexwhite2330 I gave it a good deal of thought. I was almost deceived. I'll throw my lot wjth Jesus.

@alexwhite2330

10 ай бұрын

@@garyheydenrych8114 ❤🙏🙏🙏❤

If there's a sin that Jesus can't mediate forgiveness for....then He didn't totally conquer sin, now did He?!

You are absolutely brilliant❤

I never understood how the knowledge of good and evil is something bad. We should do the good things and avoid the evil. So we need to know what's good and what's evil.

@alexwhite2330

10 ай бұрын

It's NOT (it wasn't) bad. Kristi is ignorant.

Amazing all the Xian comments. Guess they feel compelled. Great video…I’m an old man fan boy

@wheat3226

Жыл бұрын

They are losing the knowledge race. You tube is the devil.

Excellent video!!!

Kristi Burke - I so much like your channel and appreciate your words of truth and knowledge . ◕‿◕❤

Exactly! Christianity HATES when people try to gain knowledge and use it to think for themselves. There's a sad irony to the whole thing too. Jesus was trying to reform his own faith community with the knowledge and wisdom he gained during his travels east. He was that time's equivalent to a progressive, left-wing, couch-surfing hippy. He gave out free health care, he didn't charge for his sermons, he basically ran a food bank with the whole loves & fishes thing, and he talked about loving and accepting people who were marginalized and different. He was rebelling against the conservative ideology of his time, and he was executed because he dared to go against authority. After he died, what was left of the old Roman Empire commandeered his teachings and made him the symbol of their fascist religion. It is my firm belief that Jesus is in the ether flipping tables because of what people have done using him as an excuse.

It would help so much if it had actually been told in the Bible what it was. It's like the abomination of desolation. Nobody knows what it is.

@WildandFree4

Жыл бұрын

They don't really know what anything is when there are 45,000 different flavours of this 'religion'.

@lionheartmerrill1069

Жыл бұрын

@ Chiricahua Apache It is in the Bible, Luke 12:10,11,12 KJV. It has to do with not letting the Holy Spirit speak through those of the 7000(Romans 11:4 KJV)very elect in the synagogue of satan. I drove a 1960 Chevrolet Apache Milktruck for 30 years as a Home Delivery Milkman.

Great, keep on going

When the message is false, but the profits are real, the truth becomes enemy number one.

Pastors and priests don’t want you to question. Questioning makes them very uncomfortable. Not because it’s an affront to their god, but because it threatens business. They will use any tactic to keep butts in pews.

You really have the knowledge to tell right from wrong concerning Christianity. I consider you are a great thinker. 👍🎀 We Humanists love to watch more videos from you. Many thanks 🌷

@Mar-dk3mp

Жыл бұрын

Humanity is a concept born into Christianity.... So we were the first Humanits when you godless people did not even exist. We are Humanits and Believer in God, you are just an Humanits and a godless alone person without are real comunity

@alexwhite2330

10 ай бұрын

As great of a thinker she is, that's ALL she does it "think." She does ZERO studying... Everything she says is tainted with ignorance because of this.

@Mar-dk3mp

10 ай бұрын

@@alexwhite2330 well atheism lead to nothing and they really think God to exist care about what those modern fools think or believe 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂

Great knowledge more power to you goddess.

Great content by the way 😊

Look at the show Handmaids Tale... because of the religious dogma this is where its going to lead because at the end of the day they are sheep and will just follow

@christophergibson7155

Жыл бұрын

Religion does not bring life. (It's mankind's idea of how to get to God.) Jesus said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life, no one comes to the Father, except through Me." (John 14:6) Repent, turn around, have a change of mind and heart toward sin and self. Then totally trust Jesus to save you. He is ever so faithful !

@alieninthecaribbean

Жыл бұрын

Yup. Religious fanatics are scary with their total ability to categorize some humans as evil and deserving of the most inhumane treatment possible. But then, look at who they believe. If your diety is Yahweh, and you can find ways around your basic human empathy to justify the atrocious things that deity did, you can justify almost anything.

It says that any words against the spirit cannot be forgiven and for the past 2 week my mind has been having intrusive or obsessive thoughts and I been panicking about it and now I’m so stressed out my lips are like uncontrollable and I feel really gulity of this sin I want this sin to like be forgotten and it makes me regret learning about it

@briannavlopez

Жыл бұрын

I'm going through the same thing. The fact that your scared, shows that you haven't done it. The pharisees did not care at all. Their hearts were hardened. But you care that shows you have a soft heart still.

@wheat3226

Жыл бұрын

@@briannavlopez So, if I'm worried about a sin I might have committed, I haven't committed it. Yeah.....I like that. Just worry all the time then.

@sarahm6575

Жыл бұрын

Hi there! I too used to suffer with those incredibly intrusive thoughts. It was after years of these intrusive thoughts that I realized I had OCD. I then learned about Scrupulosity. This is a subtype of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) involving religious or moral obsessions. All that to say, you are not alone and you haven’t done anything wrong my friend :) We cannot help how our brains are wired and that can be very frustrating and scary at times. But I just want you to know that you are not alone and you haven’t done anything wrong. It may help to seek out someone to talk to that specializes in OCD/intrusive thoughts. There is no shame in that :) Good luck and I wish you all the peace of mind :)

@sundayoliver3147

Жыл бұрын

@@wheat3226 The origin of the word "sin" means "missing the mark" -- in archery. So if you take that meaning, all sin is is an error. And "repent" just means "turn the other direction". So if you take off the heavy emotional weight Christianity has put on this, all it means is: if you recognize you make a mistake, take another path. I totally get the worry, because I was brought up with that whole heavy emotional weight, too, but that heaviness actually has no part in redemption; it's just stuck energy that keeps us from taking that new path and moving ahead.

@johnalexir7634

10 ай бұрын

@@sundayoliver3147 Well said. Good to see it in a straightforward, objective way like this, free from the negative emotion, fear and other nonsense that keeps people agonizing over themsevles and prevents them from moving forward.

I like the way you explain the thinking of the bible. I thank you.

Yes, you did a great job

*Religion thrives* on people's *emotions.*

@sundayoliver3147

Жыл бұрын

Like a kind of succubus.

@razony

10 ай бұрын

And their fears. Fear is one of the cornerstones of Christianity. They got people to believe out of fear. One of the reasons 'they' created Hell, Satan, Demons, Devils, Judgement... Believe or ELSE!

@johnalexir7634

10 ай бұрын

Mostly fear and other negative emotions, as that's the most effective way to control the masses.

Great videos Kristi. Very well done. Your Friendly Atheist :-)

Great content thank you

Love your Tiktok content and glad I found your KZread 🤘😎🤘

I would have guessed “being left handed” because I was born that way and I cannot undo it 😉

@scottgrohs5940

11 ай бұрын

Preach it, my sinister sibling!

Stole this from another user: Christianity; The popular belief that a celestial Jewish baby who is also his own father, born from a virgin mother, died for three days so that he could ascend to heaven on a cloud and then make you live forever only if you symbolically eat his flesh, drink his blood and telepathically tell him you accept him as your lord & master so he can remove an evil force from your spiritual being that is present in all humanity because an immoral woman made from a man's rib was hoodwinked by a talking reptile possessed by an malicious angel to secretly eat forbidden fruit from a magical tree. Sounds perfectlv plausible…