David Newton
David Newton
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Hey there! I'm a recent Atheist convert from evangelical Christianity. I live in Arkansas, USA so as you can imagine the rest of my family and community is very religious. For a living, I drive a semi truck for Walmart's private fleet. This channel's main purpose is still to be determined.
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Don't go from one false belief system to another in evolution. Neither make any sense. Darwin even admitted that he doesn't know.
LOL. Once you found Viced Rhino and Paulogia, your doom was sealed. 😁 My path was similar to Paul's, in that it was learning how we got the Pentateuch, and the gospels, that caused me to walk away from my faith. But it wasn't Ken Ham that first opened the door to be able to make those discoveries. Rather, it was Henry Morris with his book, The Genesis Flood. I was already familiar with plate tectonics, so I instantly rejected everything he had to say about young earth creationism when he claimed that marine fossils on mountains "proved" the flood.
Dude, you don't need plate tectonics to know that Genesis 6 is a fairytale. ;-)
Come home ☦️
My wife found out 2 years ago, no shamma lamma ding dong since then !!
KZread allows normal but very intelligent folks to speak the truth!
Atheism is a terrible choice.
It's not a choice. All people are born atheists. They are being made into theists by the stupid choices their parents make. ;-)
This video did not pay off for you. You have not grown at all.
Time to wake up my friend and use that brain God gave you! Jesus saves sinners like you and I! Time to get a new gig atheists!
What does Jesus save you from, though? The wrath of Jesus? That's exactly how the Mafia operates. ;-)
Jesus died to save you from your sins and to restore your relationship with the Father. It’s time to truly to become born again by the Spirit of God. Please Repent and turn from your sins and let Christ wash you clean and come and be His disciple. Hell enlarges daily, please let Him save you
And there is the silly person on the internet who threatens everybody with his invisible friend. ;-)
Vengeance belongs to who?❔❔❔❓
Vengeance doesn't belong to anybody. It's just a self-destructive concept that has never worked for anybody.
Really interesting.
you were never a christian. hebrews 10:39
I bet that must have felt really good. ;-)
Should be call my destructionstory - how I ruined my future
You don't have a future. ;-)
Its an interesting topic. Because.... actually there is no debate on is god real? Or Christianity true. Because its totally valid to say that its unlikely to be true. Why ? Wouldn't we have reached a consensus if its so easy to know? We would. But we haven't. Not even that. We have multiple religions that claims the truth. They cant be all true. Not even that if we just have Christianity. Even they split in many groups. Not even that... When we try to reach out if they know its real...you will always boil down to the answer "no". The last answer is every fucking time....." I have faith". Wow . So we established already that you can take anything on faith so its an invalid wasy to truth. So far this is not convincing for me.... because maybe it just isn't convincing if my only option is to just buy it on faith. We use different standards for evaluate zhe truth of claims...we do everyday. Atheists and belivers alike.... But on this topic some switch protects the believe from the same critique. I noticed this on my self years ago. The more i studied the topic, the more i realised that belivers do the same thing here.and worse . I was part if it. So i deconverted. I know that people are not likely to overcome this stage. Because of a thing called the" backfire effect". Interesting mechanism that we humans have. So jeah.😊 That was a journey
My deconstruction began when 2 things occurred, first was taking a religious history class thought from an academic perspective where I began to learn what kind of text the Bible really is (a compilation of books of completely different genres, most of which have gone through multiple language translations and scores of copying/transcribing, each instance of which there is evidence of mistakes/blatant edits made by the transcriber/translator). The second event was the modern movement of Christian nationalism in the US where blatant cherry picking of Bible verses were used as justification for new bills and laws that would suppress different groups of people and benefit the rich/white/male/cis-het. The combination of these things led me to question how a religious text so far removed from its original version could ever be used as any kind authoritative justification for policy making, which led me to question how it could be used as an authoritative justification for any of my political positions, of for the way I go about living life, or how I think, or who I talk to, etc. I ultimately came to the position that the Bible just wasn’t suitable to act as an authoritative text to dictate the way I or anyone else should live, sure it has some wisdom that you could take inspiration from but it’s no different than any other religions’ holy/sacred texts.
Or you just could have read the bible. That it's not a homogeneous book written by an infinitely intelligent mind should have been obvious by the time you hit on the talking donkey. ;-)
I deconstructed after 28 yrs as a Catholic. I wasn’t seeing the things taught in the Bible first hand, so I quit. What reconstructed my interest in Christianity is meeting Jesus in my Dream. He had piercing blue eyes, and a smirk on his face as if he knew everything in which he did! I was made completely whole in my dream, and experienced no negativity or sufferings that we experience in this world. He opens the door in my dream and I entered! I’m now still a Christian because of it, plus he reveals himself to me as no one on this planet can. After that dream, I started learning scriptures accurately and that’s the key! The verse in question is 2 Timothy 2:15-17. “Study to show yourselves approved before God” So what would happen if he approved or disapproved of your study of his nature? I believe because I’ve been on both sides. When you interpret scriptures accurately, he acknowledges you and reveals himself just like he revealed himself to Moses or Elijah, but when you miss the mark, then nothing happens and that’s what I experienced for 28yrs, a relationship with people vs a tangible relationship with God.
I am sorry to hear that you are having hallucinations. Are you getting medical help with that?
@@lepidoptera9337 Sorry, but with no disrespect. You didn’t seem to have read what I’ve written.
@@justintran3265 You wrote that you are hallucinating a dead man.
You can not die without knowing the Holocaust nazi happened after Spinoza discovered the nature of God, that I have rediscovered. Reality is for everyone the same, whoever discovers the true God wins. At the end of the day the only that matters is to discover the true God because any life is infinitely shorter than eternity. If Spinoza and I are right eternal hell is for atheists and religious people because the mind and your life with your experiences is eternal, a perfect present from God to God. How would you feel if you discovered Allah doesn't exist and you have been deceived with a lie that looks like a lie?, how would you feel if this feeling was for eternity?. How would you feel if you were muslim after discovering you have deprived yourself all your life of a nice and refreshing beer because you trusted people who deceived you? How would you feel after discovering praying 5 times a day is foolish behavior because Allah doesn't exist?. The truth is atheism is a logical fallacy that assumes God is the religious idea of the creator of the creation to conclude wrongly no creator exists because a particular idea of God doesn’t exist. Atheism is a logical fallacy that assumes God is "sky daddy" to conclude wrongly no creator exists because a particular idea of God doesn’t exist. Atheists are right because the idea of "sky daddy" is absurd and ridiculous and they are also wrong because God exists and the creator of the universe is literally everything that exist. God created self because from nothing can not be created something. The reason religious people believe the nonsense they believe is because they don't know God is necessary. If religious people knew God exists they would take seriously their decisions in life and they would not believe "just in case" or because their parents believe. To end the war the discovery that atheism is a logical fallacy has to be news. To end Islam you have to ask for proof that the Quran was memorized. How do muslims know the Quran was memorized if they don't test the claim?. Trust me. Thank you.
Are you getting help with that? ;-)
Wow, you are actually really good at talking to the camera, sticking to what you had planned and not wonder off into tangents👍 Hope life is treating you and your family well😊😊
I got the ref before I read the info😄
God is WOKE. If you disagree,you get Cancelled, Forever, ever,ever, ever
Wonderful story! I admire your courage and intellectual curiosity. Indeed, Rhett's deconversion story is beautifully told too. Good to hear that your marriage hasn't been destroyed by your new insights. I hope all has continued to go well. Thanks for sharing.
Christians can't even agree with themselves on what the Bible means. Get ten different Christians and you'll get ten different versions of the Bible and each one has the truth. In the beginning you'll get ten different versions of what in the beginning means.
Many people simply refuse to believe that God loves the world so much that He sent his only begotten son to this world that the souls of whoever believe in Him will be born again, gain salvation and have eternal life.
What would you do with eternal life? You didn't even manage to become an intelligent person in this one. :-)
@@lepidoptera9337 Eternal life is a loving and peaceful environment for our soul on earth and heaven as well!
@@sulongenjop7436 I don't sense a soul where you are. I am only sensing a very silly person.
@@lepidoptera9337 look like you are silly too for not sensing yr own soul!
@@sulongenjop7436 I don't have a soul. I have a mind. Unlike yours mine is working. If god exists, then he gave you a faulty one. ;-)
Congrats on finding the courage to use the brain your creator bestowed upon your shoulders. I bet at some point in your evolution you also replaced a confederate-flag window shade with truth-loving standard american usa flag :)
Congrats on using the brain your creator gave you to walk away from your creator. There I fixed it for you.
Hey ex muslim here! I also listen to Ear Biscuits and deconstructed a year after them. At the time of theit first video i was holding onto islam with my molar teeth. I was increasingly becoming anxious but tried to reestablish my iman(faith) until i just couldnt. I love this new chapter in my life. Leaving islam and religion behind has been the best thing i have ever done in my life! Im still dealing with religious trauma and finslly just told my mom a week ago (after ramadan of course) but its really my dad that i still havent told.
Dont believe everything you see on UTUBE. Not even yourself
What are we not supposed to believe here?
@@jaceking5938 Someone once said, " I think, therefore I am". You can believe that. But real atheism says consciousness is an illusion. The only real reality are atoms. And atoms don't think.
@@Joe-bx4wn seriously what the he'll is up with people lately and making up their own definitions to words. That's not what atheism means. Be a serious person.
@@jaceking5938 Atoms are serious.They constitute your brain/ consciousness. Different arrangement of atoms, different person. The formation of atoms in an amphibian are different from yours. Thus, the consciousness of varied species will be different
@Joe-bx4wn I'm aware atoms exist but they behave a lot differently in different contexts, this is pretty apparent if you observe anything at all. Boiling everything in the world down to the simplest component and trying to explain everything under that framework is madness. No different than what a theist does really.
15 Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him. 2 And the Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, “This Man [a]receives sinners and eats with them.” 3 So He spoke this parable to them, saying: 4 “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’ 7 I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine [b]just persons who need no repentance.
God loves you is like saying your unconscious loves you. Lol
Jesus Died for you to live and love one another
Jesus saved my life many time in my life and every time something happens he is there ! God does love us and he is in all our live look around the evidence is everywhere !
makes me really happy that you made it through Shapiro and Peterson to the other side! not everyone does! you have a strong mind.
You ever tried the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints?
What a wonderful, balanced intelligent and humble person you are. Thank you for this.
As an atheist, I’ve always viewed religion as ignorant men “making shit up" attempting to control the simple minded based on delusions of "magical sky fairies” through an immoral, divisive, hypocritical, bullshit, theology ripping-off billions of tax-free dollars from the gullible.
did you ever read the bible
@@sallymay4178 Sure did; it's why I'm an atheist. It's the most immoral, divisive, hypocritical, book of fairytale bullshit ever written. Not to mention the pseudo-science thrown in {Genesis} by unknown, ignorant authors who had the total science knowledge of a preschooler. To be perfectly honest, exposing any child under the age of eighteen to this immoral, religious garbage is akin to mental, emotional and intellectual child abuse.
I'd like deconversionists to try a little experiment. If you watch over many dozens of these stories (and there are that many now), you hear the phrase. "I told so and so (theists) that I no longer believed in Christianity and they were shocked" - and this is said with gravitas by all, you know, with deeply felt emotion and seriousness. Now, replace the word "Christianity" with "Harry Potter" and say it again. You know, "I told so and so that I no longer believed in Harry Potter and they were all shocked!" LOL I mean, come on! You can't be serious! It's so funny. That an entire generation takes themselves so seriously over a total fantasy trip. It's not rocket science! Religion is a fantasy! I mean, come on, a seven year old should be able to figure that out. I did.
no matter how you hide from God or try to not believe in him you know there he is ! God made you and he loves you
What an egotistical jacker!
15 Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. 18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would [no doubt] have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. (1 John 2:15-19, KJV)
Love this! Always think, always check sources, always validate, always move forward 😊
Evolution is nothing but an “evil illusion”, sad you put your faith on this junk / pseudo science. Monkeys do not evolve into human beings, just take a look at their hair and canine teeth, they are animals and animals do not turn into human beings which are created in the image of God. Let alone evolutionary biology cannot explain how one living cell came into existence and life appeared, a bunch of chemicals never come to life, no matter how many lab experiments are conducted. You need more faith to believe in evolution than to believe in God, you are a religious fanatic that has put his trust in the false teaching of evolution. Romans 1:20 clearly teaches that the creation of the world and the creator God are self evident, you do not need a biology degree or biological knowledge to know evolution is a lie of the devil. Sad you fell for it, and have decided to worship pseudoscience instead of God, there is no evidence for evolution, zero, zip.
Evolutionary biologists admit it themselves that they cannot scientifically explain life, and most of them now say that DNA and the first living cell were brought to earth by aliens. This just tells you that these idolaters would rather believe in aliens than in God, they have faith in aliens and they disguise themselves as scientists. Shame on these pseudo scientists, which never found the lost chain of evolution either. The theory of evolution is as scientific as witchcraft.
Do you believe in the Eden story?
Welcome to logic and rationality!😊
Alan Watts was a former priest and left the faith!
When you look at countless "why I left Christianity" testimonials, some clear patterns emerge. The main one is that Christianity promotes the creation of communities in society that live in their own echo chamber. This causes psychological stunting of the individuals in that community. It is when individuals of that community start broadening their search for knowledge (belatedly), that they begin to encounter alternative models of reality. When this happens, those individuals that have latent cognitive capacity and mental flexibility begin to question their beliefs. This starts the deconversion process, and the road to psychological integration. Because Christianity fundamentally creates mentally compartmentalized brains. Contrary to what it professes, Christianity is anti-spiritual. Spiritual does not mean prostrating oneself before sacred icons, or meditating in caves. Spirituality mean psychological integration and free flowing psychic energy. This can only be achieved by integrating unconscious content into consciousness, i.e., the process of psychological integration. Thus, you will find that ALL those who leave Christianity are less mentally compartmentalized and more psychologically integrated. Individuals who are not aware of the mechanics of this simply perceive themselves as feeling mentally healthier. Much more can be said about the work that this involves, but I will leave it here. Suffice to say that atheist are not perfect human beings, but they are further developed on the road to psychological integration and brain maturity.
thx for doing this video 💖 I'm so glad that I also got out of it many yrs ago. #exvangelical #GoodWithoutGod
So let me see if I got this straight. You were a Christian for many years but now you have become enlightened and realize you were wrong? Maybe you're wrong again? Your track record isn't so good at this point???
Great video. I was brought up nominally a Christian but at about 9 years old I realised I don't believe the theological claims so obviously spent my life as an atheist. I find deconversion stories fascinating as I want to know what people believe and more importantly why. Most telling is that most deconversion stories show the person looking for the truth of their beliefs with intellectual honesty and a willingness to follow where the facts or evidence leads... which is to atheism. The apologists never acknowledge this process, it's always... you were never a true Christian or you just want to sin (which makes absolutely no sense... only a moron would make that claim) or most telling... you do actually believe in God you just deny it. All these arguments just prove that the apologists are themselves dishonest. Glad you made it out and hope you and your family are doing well. Thanks for telling your story. Another great deconversion series of videos is by Evid3nce. Worth a watch.
How about the science of Mathematics: for a man to fulfill 8 bible prophecies out of his control the probability is 1 in 10^17 -> cover the earth's surface with pennies - pick the correct one. To fulfill 48 prophecies the probability is 1 in 10^157. To understand the magnitude of this number, imagine filling a solid ball with that many electrons. It now can fill the universe many times over (10^27 over...). Mark one electron, blindfold a man, send him out to find that one electron on the very first try. Jesus fulfilled over 300 prophecies. _"To the extent, then, that we know this blindfolded man cannot pick out the marked electron, we know that the Bible is inspired. This is not merely evidence. It is proof of the Bible's inspiration by God--proof so definite that the universe is not large enough to hold the evidence."_ Professor Peter W. Stoner, Chairman of the Departments of Mathematics and Astronomy at Pasadena City College
Do you know of the simbolism of Abraham and Issac?
How can the bible be taken seriously. A talking snake, a 900 year old man in a big boat, 6000 year old earth, hundreds of fishes and loaves popping up from nowhere, a preacher coming back from the dead. I could go on and on. It's hilarious. The bible goes a long way, especially if it's drop kicked straight into the bin !!!
I think you are confused about Christianity
It's impossible for a rational person to believe the idiotic stories in the Bible. I really tried to believe them but reality got in the way.
Pascals wager is the weakest religious argument ever made. Incredibly easy to dismantle if you think about it for more than 2 seconds