Theology, apologetics, and Christian worldview, the KZread channel of Randal Rauser (aka The Tentative Apologist) has it all! For more, visit randalrauser.com.
I am now a 53-year-old man who grew up in the church having a very similar experience to you, but I am having major life difficulties, living with the traumas of my childhood, and these very beliefs that you are talking about… How were you able to integrate these traumas so that they don’t seem to overtake overshadow your life, keeping you from being able to live and function as a healthy adult?
@mysteryshrimp2 сағат бұрын
I remember my youth pastor using the unadulterated story of Ehud as an example of God using an unexpected source for his early justice/will.
@swiftsea62253 сағат бұрын
Hey, Dr. Rauser, although I agree with you that people who ban books that are too sexual or violent, without taking a look at the Bible is hypocritical, as a Christian and a writer, I think that some books ought to be banned. You stated that the Bible has NC-17 rated material, therefore with the critics line of reasoning it should be banned. I disagree. Under obscenity laws in the US, the work taken as a whole must appeal to the prurient interest, and lack serious literary, artistic, political and scientific value and the average person must find it to be sexually offensive. If the work in question meets all three, then the government has the right to declare to be obscene and ban it. Now, I’m not just saying, that I find work offensive, therefore it should be banned. I have done studying in which writers, have written works of fictional CP. And these works can cause indirect harm towards real children, and most of these people are abusive themselves. Philip R. Greaves II, self-published a book on Amazon trying to normalize pedophilia, but Amazon quickly banned his book and he was charged with obscenity. Lastly, Thomas Alan Arthur ran a website in which he encouraged predators to submit fictional stories of children and infants be abused and murdered. Eventually, the FBI shut down his website and he was charged with obscenity. However, in the past he had sexually abused a child and a woman who he was living with and recorded it. All in all, I agree that we shouldn’t ban books that contain some offensive content. But if books or other type of content, contains material that’s sexually offensive, especially towards children, even if it’s fictional, it ought to be banned, since the evidence shows that adults who produce this content are predators themselves and/or are encouraging unlawful activity through their obscene content.
@reddhedds5 сағат бұрын
Key phrase “comes into focus“. This is a lot of impressive word salad, butlacks wisdom. It also lacks understanding in the apostles teaching. Most of his questions are easily answered. There are rarely binary options. Green versus blue dress is an issue of modesty of the heart Coke versus Pepsi is a false binary, should you drink either if your body is a temple. Are we even monotheist is a legitimate question, not that we aren’t Trinitarian, but recognizing the Bible says there are other gods, but our definitions must be adherent to biblical definitions. The apostles and our Lord teach the Bible is one story with many authors inspired by God, the spirit. This video has the appearance and sound of wisdom, but only has the ability to confuse.
@karenspivey32035 сағат бұрын
The Bible makes "Game of Thrones" look tame by comparison.
@inquisitiveferret56904 сағат бұрын
That's a huge stretch.
@EnglishMike5 сағат бұрын
If you ban all the curated books that might contain material a bunch of conservative prudes find "objectively objectionable" I wonder where young minds will turn to in order to satisfy their innate curiosity? Social media and the internet, of course, where you can find real life graphic images of extreme violence (especially from the frontlines of Gaza or Ukraine) and hard core pornography in about ten seconds flat, much of which is presented shorn of any original context and repurposed as entertainment and titillation. At least those banned books (which are already curated by publishers and librarians) seek to explore difficult and potentially shocking issues in a thoughtful and age appropriate way. If the kids don't encounter them in books then they're going to be completely unprepared for what awaits them online. Sure, states like Texas are attempting to restrict access to some objectionable content but (a) it's only for sites that are 1/3rd pornography or more, which doesn't include the likes or Twitter and Reddit -- and there's no ban on sites showing people being blown to bits or being decapitated, etc. and (b) most free porn sites steal their content from paid porn sites and care nothing about age restriction laws. So it might take kids all of an extra 10 seconds to find what they're looking for.
@EnglishMike6 сағат бұрын
What Children's Bible Stories book is complete without the story of a wrathful God drowning countless millions of men, woman, and children by destroying everything on the face of the Earth? I know mine included it.
@AaronGardner986 сағат бұрын
The Bible is not a children’s book. Of course, it is not a book at all, but that’s another matter. Thank you, Randal, for being a voice of reason in a culture that needs it.
@semidemiurge6 сағат бұрын
It is irresponsible for an adult to present the Bible to children as anything but another book of mythology. To insist that it is the word of a god and to be taken very seriously is child abuse. It is not seen as child abuse by most people today, but I strongly suspect that is will be in 100 years.
@inquisitiveferret56904 сағат бұрын
Agree to disagree. That's why we have freedom of religion, at least in the states. So long as the theocrats don't succeed this election. Also to your hundred years prediction. Probably not. Take a page from Voltaire on that matter.
@erikedmundson907020 сағат бұрын
He considers scripture as authoritative and thus is quoting the idea of scripture that “new” things which challenge the original gospel are of the devil…he’s is in-doctrine-giving
@erikedmundson907020 сағат бұрын
You do know you actually just proved his comment… and literally said we need to disagree or call some things in scripture wrong… and did it after completely straw manning some of the Psalms
@forevergrasping23 сағат бұрын
This is thought-provoking. Excellent points. I suppose I am happy to pick and choose. I like the idea that humans are created in the image of God, and have inherent value; I like the idea that the material world is good; that God is love, that nonadaptive behavior tends to result in tragic consequences, etc... but yes, while these are elements of my "worldview" and I can support them with scripture, it is obvious only parts of the bible uphold these things.
@danhoff440123 сағат бұрын
"Biblical" just means whatever the theologian in question wants it to mean.
@robertwheeler1158Күн бұрын
Boy, is this ever a confusing video! How in the world is he defining the term "worldview"? And I assume he's coming at this from a liberal, mainline Protestant viewpoint, that accepts the higher criticism of the Bible, and adds reason to Scripture as the basis for faith. The classic, traditional Protestant view is that of "sola Scriptura." The Bible is a revelation from God himself, and therefore is supreme in all matters of faith. Later theologians could argue and debate endlessly, but in the end, only the Bible is authoritative.
@pamarksКүн бұрын
YES YES YES. Great video. Glad to see protestants affirming this.
@yqafreeКүн бұрын
I don't observe the old testament for anything but critical analysis. The new testament still requires it but it's far more pure to what it was originally by comparison
@marycorbett1744Күн бұрын
Hello and thanks! Ordered 2 of your books this week.
@Kenji17171Күн бұрын
Which ones?
@AJM310Күн бұрын
I wholeheartedly agree with you: the majority of Christians today aren't aware and, thus, don't respect the diversity and ancient contexts of the Bible (and so, they aren't aware of the Biblical worldviews, in the plural); so, instead of trying to develop a coherent Christian worldview for today, they only cherry-pick the parts of the Bible that already agree with their (either conservative or liberal) views (e.g. thinking that Jesus was either a pro-Trump American or a LGBTQIA+ activist, when he really was a Jewish eschatological prophet but, lo and behold, I guess the latter view isn't very popular nowadays among Christians because of one simple reason: what do you do with an eschatological prophet?). When we Christians aren't aware of our history, we fail to honor God. Thanks for all your videos, Randal, your videos always help me rethink my views as a Christian.
@karenspivey3203Күн бұрын
Great video!
@Kenji17171Күн бұрын
If Bible presents different worlviews regarding God and afterlife which contradict with each other, how can we find truth on these issues?
@DanielWesleyKCKКүн бұрын
The Wesleyan Quadrilateral is a great starting point for religious epistemology that doesn't insist on affirming any kind of biblical inerrancy.
@byrondickensКүн бұрын
Anglicanism/ Episcopalianism teaches that faith and theology rest on the three legs of scripture, tradition and reason..
@tzastin23 сағат бұрын
death is sleep until the resurrection, most of the verses that seem to teach otherwise are translation and context problem... Death, Resurrection, Immortality by Joseph E Kirk
@DanielWesleyKCK23 сағат бұрын
Or, more likely, the bible just isn't univocal on the question.
@tzastin23 сағат бұрын
@@DanielWesleyKCK Possible, but bible translations and a "assumption of what is canon" is the beginning of a delusion, truth should come over what is "bible"
@maureentrovato7493Күн бұрын
Of course, we humans must do exactly what you say, not objectify or dehumanize other humans who are created in the image of God as much as we are. Yes, love your neighbor as yourself….but…we are not God. God as author of all humanity, When His commands, if usurped by us as indicative of God’s condoning us to do something like that under our own judgement would be a hideous interpretation of the Canaanite event in the OT. The fact that we are not privy to the justification of every command God has articulated. God, as leader of his chosen people during the time of the OT is a completely different circumstance relatable only to His specifically chosen people of that time. Once the purposes of the triune God are revealed in His son, Jesus, we now are experiencing another layer in what will be God’s ultimate justification of his intent to permanently defeat not only death but the evil that has brought death into the world by way of corrupting God’s beloved creation, made in his own image, us, humans.
@oldmovieman75502 күн бұрын
Gods law is higher than man’s, abortion is murder
@truthwins94592 күн бұрын
Watch the WLC vs Sam Harris debate.
@Noemie2915 күн бұрын
I wish it was true. But I lost my soul. Its gone. The devil grabbed my back and told me I should have been careful he owns me now. 3 years I cannot feel my soul. Cannot have real sorrow in my heart. Seared conscience, hard heart, no soul. I also dreamed about being sucked in hell. Volcanoes and lava. Worms eating my face.... I miss my soul wish I had lived differently.
@livingbranches7779 күн бұрын
I remember reading Psalm 133 (MT) when I was wrestling with this issue. That at least gave ne hope I don't need to know everything. Im learning to recognize where I am without knowledge and leave it with God for now.
@DavidAdediran9 күн бұрын
The claim that Canaanites are abominable people has to be one of the worst side effects of apologetics. Nevermind the fact that the Israelites did everything that they claim the Canaanites did.
@jenniferhunter40749 күн бұрын
1. Does popularity of a concept correlate to the truth of said concept? Just because humanity envisions gods or devils or the Loch Ness Monster exists would not make their existences true. Even if the entire world has some version of god belief, that doesn't specify that any one belief is true. After all, religions make a claim about our reality. That specific gods exist whatever that means. But does that mean that the Christians were liars in 10 AD but were truth tellers in 1500 AD in Europe? (I'm ignoring other world religions.) Isn't that laughable? A truth about reality that can change. In contrast, we humans figured out certain truths about our reality such as a spherical earth. All any human has to do is run that test again, and they'll come up either accepting the evidence or engage in some story telling to explain why the results did not go as predicted. Looking at you flat earthers. And isn't the god belief just a aberration/signal noise from our pattern detection agency instinct? The instinct that lets us attribute agency to grass rustling rather than wind? (I mean, it's just a theory but a scientific theory is far more compelling than a random "Hey, god didit" explanation.) 2. As to the way that region of the world is highly correlated with the type of religion shows the parochial nature of religion and is a testament to humanity's ability to imagine. After all, we are all humans so our ancestors made up stories to explain things. It is in sharp contrast to the sciences where we do not teach the law of gravity in Europe but we teach a different explanation for this observed phenomenon in another region of the world. The world teaches the same equation and explain the same way using their language because humanity, spanning the globe, were convinced by the evidence and reasoning supporting the law and theory of gravity. In fact, they could test it and test it and test it and the results kept on supporting that law and theory. 3. I have a smart friend and he's religious? There is a theory about how we think and it is basically compartmentalization. Your friend is very smart and very mathy I suppose given he's probably an astrophysicist. But what does that have to do with his religion? Does your friend invoke a god when he writes those scientific papers? Or does he list red shifts and gravitational waves and how celestial bodies move to infer that there is something that we have not measured but we can observe the effects of. He may be religious, but he's not religious when he's doing science. It's no different from how I'm "nice" at work but I'm not that "nice" in other social locations. That's just three points. Otherwise, this comment would get too long. I usually find your thinking to be better. Even the game of semantics where you chose to muddle how humans communicate were not up to par. When I say it's raining cats and dogs, I'm not meaning literally. How we humans use our language isn't a gotcha. We are coding more information and sometimes, it's not literal. Our language use can be imprecise because meaning and text do not always correspond. Our language use is complex just like how our species complicates everything in the social arena. How else do you think we came up with "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"?
@ptt397511 күн бұрын
Pretty much everyone who believes in hell believes that they are better than the others who deserve to go there. For instance, the girl in the video presumes that she is better than the devil, and probably Hitler and millions of other people. It would be an interesting discussion with her to find out where her cut off point is where there might be a person who she is Not better than. So a necessary prerequisite for believing in hell is Pharisaism. It’s always those bad people never me.
@Rosa0101010112 күн бұрын
Abortion is demonic
@thomasmccray151712 күн бұрын
Wait, wait , wait should we not test the spirit and know the truth? First get born again and you will be a new person. Your knowledge is just that and from the tree of knowledge. Follow thou me
@piesho15 күн бұрын
"Can You Be Gay and Christian?" Yes. I know a lot of them.
@piesho15 күн бұрын
"Damned" as in nobody is going to buy it? I don't think so. Other than that, I cannot think of another way.
@stevenalexander777616 күн бұрын
This makes you seem very childish and self-important.
@MikeKaz0216 күн бұрын
As a Progressive Christian, what is your stance on homosexuality? In defense of “What Do You Meme,” I’m sure he is speaking from his experiences in progressive churches, as someone who actually attended them and knew many progressive believers. I attended a Unitarian church before joining an evangelical church that uses biblical scriptures, so I am very familiar with how a large group of progressive Christians think and believe. Unfortunately, they don’t follow the scriptures. None of them do. I believe that when “What Do You Meme” talks about love, he is referring to the concept of “love is love,” which condones homosexuality. However, I believe homosexuality is a sin. What is your response to that?
@Kenji1717116 күн бұрын
Thank you so much. This was really helpful. I also deal with health issues and idea of heaven gives me so much hope. Thanks...
@nicolemiller831416 күн бұрын
This guy is just looking for likes😂.. pathetic
@aosidh17 күн бұрын
What does it say about god that he would invent such a pointless, barbaric system?
@johnelliott585917 күн бұрын
The fundamentalist will claim that god is the source of absolute morals and that humanistic relative morals are "evil" . (since we arrive at them in our fallen nature). Of course to maintain this absolutely good morality, they have to come to the conclusion that genocide can be a good thing since god does it. Do moral values get any more relative or arbitrary than that?
@ManlyServant19 күн бұрын
because the evilness isnt just about shooting pistol,its human decision itself,its freewill,and he allowed freewill to act evil because he already made them anyway,had he know it that it would be as bad as it is,he would not have made us at all,its even said in bible he repented from Making Humans,how could a repenting God keep making it anyway
@jdwalters948920 күн бұрын
What do you make of the possibility that this person is not a full-on prophet but just had a brief precognitive vision? Such things are widely attested in history.
@nicolemiller831416 күн бұрын
This guy is grasping for straws
@HillbillyRefrigeration21 күн бұрын
Claim Christianity, and protect evil? Makes sense 👍
@SamuelHereAmI21 күн бұрын
Anyone ever consider that the antichrist would actually have a false antichrist BEFORE he comes to 'save' us.. This could be the Trumps, Obamas, Popes of the world... I will say I have had concerns and questions about Brandon from Last Days.. I have liatened to him for about a year, maybe less. .. One thing I will say is He was praying and claimed someone watching was having horrible night terrors for weeks.. He then proceeded to instruct to Annoint aoil in The Name of Jesus Christ. At the point of listening, I had been having night terrors multiple times a night for about 4 5 weeks.. I followed the instruction with the oil. I ended up taking a very peaceful nap before going to my 2nd job.. That night I had the most restful, healing sleep. I have not had night terrors since.. That was in December '23. Even though that personal experience I had would lead me to believe Brandon is credible.. I have always considered he is some free mason or occultist remote viewer.. Similar to The Simpsons prophecies. Also, Brandon was a custodian at Kenneth Copeland's MegaChurch. I hope he is not some sinister plant from the enemy... However, I do not underestimate the enemy. JESUS CHRIST THE WAY THE TRUTH THE LIFE
@worshiphim7321 күн бұрын
This gentleman speaking is a false prophet folks. I would be even bold to say, if anyone that is reading what I'm writing does not vote for Trump? You are not a Christian period! Woe to you sir for speaking against a prophet of God! You would do well to listen to the Holy Spirit before you find yourself weighed and wanting...
@kirkmarshall679021 күн бұрын
Come on dude… I cant even watch this to the end
@shayalynn21 күн бұрын
I think prophets (Hebrew word is nabi) are misunderstood. They are not diviners nor are they psychics. They are simply a spokesperson who is sent in the name of the LORD and is authorized by Him to deliver a message; he or she is only a servant. They are not supposed to accept any reward. Accepting money was usually a sign of a false prophet. Also, prophecies were understood by looking at the word of God, not by private interpretation. Spiritual things are compared with spiritual things. Think of Aaron the brother of Moses who was assigned to be a prophet (nabi) and Moses to appear as a god (elohim) infront of Pharaoh. Aaron was the spokesman, the mouthpiece of what God said to speak. They were a prophet because they were anointed with the Holy Spirit from God (but previously the Spirit would only come upon them and go I suppose). We do see other circumstances where certain prophets were given the permission from God to do call certain things down, such as Elijah the prophet who said that there would be a 3 and 1/2 year famine until “the word from his mouth” declared otherwise. All of these being significant typology of the two witnesses described in the book of Zechariah and the book of Revelation. God has given us the authority through Jesus Christ, and we are likewise anointed witnesses who are sent in His name. We are told that the Spirit of prophecy is the testimony of Jesus Christ. That means when we speak about the testimony of Jesus, we are witnessing to the truth, and we are thus in a way prophesying, especially when we are able to look in the Old Testament and connect it with the New. It’s just the difference on how people typically view prophets of the past that it’s usually misunderstood.
@Vaughinski21 күн бұрын
The dude literally said the bullet came so close to his head that his ear drum burst. If this is a false prophet who else could possibly be a TRUE one?
@peacefulpatriots21 күн бұрын
close, isn't prophecy
@Vaughinski21 күн бұрын
@@peacefulpatriots yeah.. so tell me how this isn’t a prophecy. If it isn’t then I simply will hope that the assumed false prophet repents of his sin. But I have yet to false prophecy.
@peacefulpatriots20 күн бұрын
@@Vaughinski prophecy isn't like horseshoes, or hand grenades. God is perfect, and so are His prophecies. Had the dude said Trump would have been hit, I would definitely give it more credence
@peacefulpatriots20 күн бұрын
@@Vaughinski Did you see Trump drop to his knees and preach about Jesus? Not a prophecy, therefore.
@Vaughinski20 күн бұрын
@@peacefulpatriots that’s not what the guy who claimed to prophecy the attempt said though. From what I recall the man said the trump fell to his knees and prayed and was reborn in that moment.
@Breakdowns0421 күн бұрын
OK, but we have tests that can help us deduce who the mother would be today. They didn’t have that back then, so they had to use what they did have. I agree that the bluff was wrong, but it does make sense.
@TrueAnarkii21 күн бұрын
Well have you been watching what she has been doing. If no one points out she is a vile human being then she will continue to get away with lying deceptive political tactics. The world is not all white and he is just speaking the truth as harsh at as it is. Nancy is EVIL.
@EB4JC77721 күн бұрын
He was just in the know and given certain information, too many Christians falling for the Trump trap..
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You need to make more vids about A.I.Genesis
I am now a 53-year-old man who grew up in the church having a very similar experience to you, but I am having major life difficulties, living with the traumas of my childhood, and these very beliefs that you are talking about… How were you able to integrate these traumas so that they don’t seem to overtake overshadow your life, keeping you from being able to live and function as a healthy adult?
I remember my youth pastor using the unadulterated story of Ehud as an example of God using an unexpected source for his early justice/will.
Hey, Dr. Rauser, although I agree with you that people who ban books that are too sexual or violent, without taking a look at the Bible is hypocritical, as a Christian and a writer, I think that some books ought to be banned. You stated that the Bible has NC-17 rated material, therefore with the critics line of reasoning it should be banned. I disagree. Under obscenity laws in the US, the work taken as a whole must appeal to the prurient interest, and lack serious literary, artistic, political and scientific value and the average person must find it to be sexually offensive. If the work in question meets all three, then the government has the right to declare to be obscene and ban it. Now, I’m not just saying, that I find work offensive, therefore it should be banned. I have done studying in which writers, have written works of fictional CP. And these works can cause indirect harm towards real children, and most of these people are abusive themselves. Philip R. Greaves II, self-published a book on Amazon trying to normalize pedophilia, but Amazon quickly banned his book and he was charged with obscenity. Lastly, Thomas Alan Arthur ran a website in which he encouraged predators to submit fictional stories of children and infants be abused and murdered. Eventually, the FBI shut down his website and he was charged with obscenity. However, in the past he had sexually abused a child and a woman who he was living with and recorded it. All in all, I agree that we shouldn’t ban books that contain some offensive content. But if books or other type of content, contains material that’s sexually offensive, especially towards children, even if it’s fictional, it ought to be banned, since the evidence shows that adults who produce this content are predators themselves and/or are encouraging unlawful activity through their obscene content.
Key phrase “comes into focus“. This is a lot of impressive word salad, butlacks wisdom. It also lacks understanding in the apostles teaching. Most of his questions are easily answered. There are rarely binary options. Green versus blue dress is an issue of modesty of the heart Coke versus Pepsi is a false binary, should you drink either if your body is a temple. Are we even monotheist is a legitimate question, not that we aren’t Trinitarian, but recognizing the Bible says there are other gods, but our definitions must be adherent to biblical definitions. The apostles and our Lord teach the Bible is one story with many authors inspired by God, the spirit. This video has the appearance and sound of wisdom, but only has the ability to confuse.
The Bible makes "Game of Thrones" look tame by comparison.
That's a huge stretch.
If you ban all the curated books that might contain material a bunch of conservative prudes find "objectively objectionable" I wonder where young minds will turn to in order to satisfy their innate curiosity? Social media and the internet, of course, where you can find real life graphic images of extreme violence (especially from the frontlines of Gaza or Ukraine) and hard core pornography in about ten seconds flat, much of which is presented shorn of any original context and repurposed as entertainment and titillation. At least those banned books (which are already curated by publishers and librarians) seek to explore difficult and potentially shocking issues in a thoughtful and age appropriate way. If the kids don't encounter them in books then they're going to be completely unprepared for what awaits them online. Sure, states like Texas are attempting to restrict access to some objectionable content but (a) it's only for sites that are 1/3rd pornography or more, which doesn't include the likes or Twitter and Reddit -- and there's no ban on sites showing people being blown to bits or being decapitated, etc. and (b) most free porn sites steal their content from paid porn sites and care nothing about age restriction laws. So it might take kids all of an extra 10 seconds to find what they're looking for.
What Children's Bible Stories book is complete without the story of a wrathful God drowning countless millions of men, woman, and children by destroying everything on the face of the Earth? I know mine included it.
The Bible is not a children’s book. Of course, it is not a book at all, but that’s another matter. Thank you, Randal, for being a voice of reason in a culture that needs it.
It is irresponsible for an adult to present the Bible to children as anything but another book of mythology. To insist that it is the word of a god and to be taken very seriously is child abuse. It is not seen as child abuse by most people today, but I strongly suspect that is will be in 100 years.
Agree to disagree. That's why we have freedom of religion, at least in the states. So long as the theocrats don't succeed this election. Also to your hundred years prediction. Probably not. Take a page from Voltaire on that matter.
He considers scripture as authoritative and thus is quoting the idea of scripture that “new” things which challenge the original gospel are of the devil…he’s is in-doctrine-giving
You do know you actually just proved his comment… and literally said we need to disagree or call some things in scripture wrong… and did it after completely straw manning some of the Psalms
This is thought-provoking. Excellent points. I suppose I am happy to pick and choose. I like the idea that humans are created in the image of God, and have inherent value; I like the idea that the material world is good; that God is love, that nonadaptive behavior tends to result in tragic consequences, etc... but yes, while these are elements of my "worldview" and I can support them with scripture, it is obvious only parts of the bible uphold these things.
"Biblical" just means whatever the theologian in question wants it to mean.
Boy, is this ever a confusing video! How in the world is he defining the term "worldview"? And I assume he's coming at this from a liberal, mainline Protestant viewpoint, that accepts the higher criticism of the Bible, and adds reason to Scripture as the basis for faith. The classic, traditional Protestant view is that of "sola Scriptura." The Bible is a revelation from God himself, and therefore is supreme in all matters of faith. Later theologians could argue and debate endlessly, but in the end, only the Bible is authoritative.
YES YES YES. Great video. Glad to see protestants affirming this.
I don't observe the old testament for anything but critical analysis. The new testament still requires it but it's far more pure to what it was originally by comparison
Hello and thanks! Ordered 2 of your books this week.
Which ones?
I wholeheartedly agree with you: the majority of Christians today aren't aware and, thus, don't respect the diversity and ancient contexts of the Bible (and so, they aren't aware of the Biblical worldviews, in the plural); so, instead of trying to develop a coherent Christian worldview for today, they only cherry-pick the parts of the Bible that already agree with their (either conservative or liberal) views (e.g. thinking that Jesus was either a pro-Trump American or a LGBTQIA+ activist, when he really was a Jewish eschatological prophet but, lo and behold, I guess the latter view isn't very popular nowadays among Christians because of one simple reason: what do you do with an eschatological prophet?). When we Christians aren't aware of our history, we fail to honor God. Thanks for all your videos, Randal, your videos always help me rethink my views as a Christian.
Great video!
If Bible presents different worlviews regarding God and afterlife which contradict with each other, how can we find truth on these issues?
The Wesleyan Quadrilateral is a great starting point for religious epistemology that doesn't insist on affirming any kind of biblical inerrancy.
Anglicanism/ Episcopalianism teaches that faith and theology rest on the three legs of scripture, tradition and reason..
death is sleep until the resurrection, most of the verses that seem to teach otherwise are translation and context problem... Death, Resurrection, Immortality by Joseph E Kirk
Or, more likely, the bible just isn't univocal on the question.
@@DanielWesleyKCK Possible, but bible translations and a "assumption of what is canon" is the beginning of a delusion, truth should come over what is "bible"
Of course, we humans must do exactly what you say, not objectify or dehumanize other humans who are created in the image of God as much as we are. Yes, love your neighbor as yourself….but…we are not God. God as author of all humanity, When His commands, if usurped by us as indicative of God’s condoning us to do something like that under our own judgement would be a hideous interpretation of the Canaanite event in the OT. The fact that we are not privy to the justification of every command God has articulated. God, as leader of his chosen people during the time of the OT is a completely different circumstance relatable only to His specifically chosen people of that time. Once the purposes of the triune God are revealed in His son, Jesus, we now are experiencing another layer in what will be God’s ultimate justification of his intent to permanently defeat not only death but the evil that has brought death into the world by way of corrupting God’s beloved creation, made in his own image, us, humans.
Gods law is higher than man’s, abortion is murder
Watch the WLC vs Sam Harris debate.
I wish it was true. But I lost my soul. Its gone. The devil grabbed my back and told me I should have been careful he owns me now. 3 years I cannot feel my soul. Cannot have real sorrow in my heart. Seared conscience, hard heart, no soul. I also dreamed about being sucked in hell. Volcanoes and lava. Worms eating my face.... I miss my soul wish I had lived differently.
I remember reading Psalm 133 (MT) when I was wrestling with this issue. That at least gave ne hope I don't need to know everything. Im learning to recognize where I am without knowledge and leave it with God for now.
The claim that Canaanites are abominable people has to be one of the worst side effects of apologetics. Nevermind the fact that the Israelites did everything that they claim the Canaanites did.
1. Does popularity of a concept correlate to the truth of said concept? Just because humanity envisions gods or devils or the Loch Ness Monster exists would not make their existences true. Even if the entire world has some version of god belief, that doesn't specify that any one belief is true. After all, religions make a claim about our reality. That specific gods exist whatever that means. But does that mean that the Christians were liars in 10 AD but were truth tellers in 1500 AD in Europe? (I'm ignoring other world religions.) Isn't that laughable? A truth about reality that can change. In contrast, we humans figured out certain truths about our reality such as a spherical earth. All any human has to do is run that test again, and they'll come up either accepting the evidence or engage in some story telling to explain why the results did not go as predicted. Looking at you flat earthers. And isn't the god belief just a aberration/signal noise from our pattern detection agency instinct? The instinct that lets us attribute agency to grass rustling rather than wind? (I mean, it's just a theory but a scientific theory is far more compelling than a random "Hey, god didit" explanation.) 2. As to the way that region of the world is highly correlated with the type of religion shows the parochial nature of religion and is a testament to humanity's ability to imagine. After all, we are all humans so our ancestors made up stories to explain things. It is in sharp contrast to the sciences where we do not teach the law of gravity in Europe but we teach a different explanation for this observed phenomenon in another region of the world. The world teaches the same equation and explain the same way using their language because humanity, spanning the globe, were convinced by the evidence and reasoning supporting the law and theory of gravity. In fact, they could test it and test it and test it and the results kept on supporting that law and theory. 3. I have a smart friend and he's religious? There is a theory about how we think and it is basically compartmentalization. Your friend is very smart and very mathy I suppose given he's probably an astrophysicist. But what does that have to do with his religion? Does your friend invoke a god when he writes those scientific papers? Or does he list red shifts and gravitational waves and how celestial bodies move to infer that there is something that we have not measured but we can observe the effects of. He may be religious, but he's not religious when he's doing science. It's no different from how I'm "nice" at work but I'm not that "nice" in other social locations. That's just three points. Otherwise, this comment would get too long. I usually find your thinking to be better. Even the game of semantics where you chose to muddle how humans communicate were not up to par. When I say it's raining cats and dogs, I'm not meaning literally. How we humans use our language isn't a gotcha. We are coding more information and sometimes, it's not literal. Our language use can be imprecise because meaning and text do not always correspond. Our language use is complex just like how our species complicates everything in the social arena. How else do you think we came up with "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"?
Pretty much everyone who believes in hell believes that they are better than the others who deserve to go there. For instance, the girl in the video presumes that she is better than the devil, and probably Hitler and millions of other people. It would be an interesting discussion with her to find out where her cut off point is where there might be a person who she is Not better than. So a necessary prerequisite for believing in hell is Pharisaism. It’s always those bad people never me.
Abortion is demonic
Wait, wait , wait should we not test the spirit and know the truth? First get born again and you will be a new person. Your knowledge is just that and from the tree of knowledge. Follow thou me
"Can You Be Gay and Christian?" Yes. I know a lot of them.
"Damned" as in nobody is going to buy it? I don't think so. Other than that, I cannot think of another way.
This makes you seem very childish and self-important.
As a Progressive Christian, what is your stance on homosexuality? In defense of “What Do You Meme,” I’m sure he is speaking from his experiences in progressive churches, as someone who actually attended them and knew many progressive believers. I attended a Unitarian church before joining an evangelical church that uses biblical scriptures, so I am very familiar with how a large group of progressive Christians think and believe. Unfortunately, they don’t follow the scriptures. None of them do. I believe that when “What Do You Meme” talks about love, he is referring to the concept of “love is love,” which condones homosexuality. However, I believe homosexuality is a sin. What is your response to that?
Thank you so much. This was really helpful. I also deal with health issues and idea of heaven gives me so much hope. Thanks...
This guy is just looking for likes😂.. pathetic
What does it say about god that he would invent such a pointless, barbaric system?
The fundamentalist will claim that god is the source of absolute morals and that humanistic relative morals are "evil" . (since we arrive at them in our fallen nature). Of course to maintain this absolutely good morality, they have to come to the conclusion that genocide can be a good thing since god does it. Do moral values get any more relative or arbitrary than that?
because the evilness isnt just about shooting pistol,its human decision itself,its freewill,and he allowed freewill to act evil because he already made them anyway,had he know it that it would be as bad as it is,he would not have made us at all,its even said in bible he repented from Making Humans,how could a repenting God keep making it anyway
What do you make of the possibility that this person is not a full-on prophet but just had a brief precognitive vision? Such things are widely attested in history.
This guy is grasping for straws
Claim Christianity, and protect evil? Makes sense 👍
Anyone ever consider that the antichrist would actually have a false antichrist BEFORE he comes to 'save' us.. This could be the Trumps, Obamas, Popes of the world... I will say I have had concerns and questions about Brandon from Last Days.. I have liatened to him for about a year, maybe less. .. One thing I will say is He was praying and claimed someone watching was having horrible night terrors for weeks.. He then proceeded to instruct to Annoint aoil in The Name of Jesus Christ. At the point of listening, I had been having night terrors multiple times a night for about 4 5 weeks.. I followed the instruction with the oil. I ended up taking a very peaceful nap before going to my 2nd job.. That night I had the most restful, healing sleep. I have not had night terrors since.. That was in December '23. Even though that personal experience I had would lead me to believe Brandon is credible.. I have always considered he is some free mason or occultist remote viewer.. Similar to The Simpsons prophecies. Also, Brandon was a custodian at Kenneth Copeland's MegaChurch. I hope he is not some sinister plant from the enemy... However, I do not underestimate the enemy. JESUS CHRIST THE WAY THE TRUTH THE LIFE
This gentleman speaking is a false prophet folks. I would be even bold to say, if anyone that is reading what I'm writing does not vote for Trump? You are not a Christian period! Woe to you sir for speaking against a prophet of God! You would do well to listen to the Holy Spirit before you find yourself weighed and wanting...
Come on dude… I cant even watch this to the end
I think prophets (Hebrew word is nabi) are misunderstood. They are not diviners nor are they psychics. They are simply a spokesperson who is sent in the name of the LORD and is authorized by Him to deliver a message; he or she is only a servant. They are not supposed to accept any reward. Accepting money was usually a sign of a false prophet. Also, prophecies were understood by looking at the word of God, not by private interpretation. Spiritual things are compared with spiritual things. Think of Aaron the brother of Moses who was assigned to be a prophet (nabi) and Moses to appear as a god (elohim) infront of Pharaoh. Aaron was the spokesman, the mouthpiece of what God said to speak. They were a prophet because they were anointed with the Holy Spirit from God (but previously the Spirit would only come upon them and go I suppose). We do see other circumstances where certain prophets were given the permission from God to do call certain things down, such as Elijah the prophet who said that there would be a 3 and 1/2 year famine until “the word from his mouth” declared otherwise. All of these being significant typology of the two witnesses described in the book of Zechariah and the book of Revelation. God has given us the authority through Jesus Christ, and we are likewise anointed witnesses who are sent in His name. We are told that the Spirit of prophecy is the testimony of Jesus Christ. That means when we speak about the testimony of Jesus, we are witnessing to the truth, and we are thus in a way prophesying, especially when we are able to look in the Old Testament and connect it with the New. It’s just the difference on how people typically view prophets of the past that it’s usually misunderstood.
The dude literally said the bullet came so close to his head that his ear drum burst. If this is a false prophet who else could possibly be a TRUE one?
close, isn't prophecy
@@peacefulpatriots yeah.. so tell me how this isn’t a prophecy. If it isn’t then I simply will hope that the assumed false prophet repents of his sin. But I have yet to false prophecy.
@@Vaughinski prophecy isn't like horseshoes, or hand grenades. God is perfect, and so are His prophecies. Had the dude said Trump would have been hit, I would definitely give it more credence
@@Vaughinski Did you see Trump drop to his knees and preach about Jesus? Not a prophecy, therefore.
@@peacefulpatriots that’s not what the guy who claimed to prophecy the attempt said though. From what I recall the man said the trump fell to his knees and prayed and was reborn in that moment.
OK, but we have tests that can help us deduce who the mother would be today. They didn’t have that back then, so they had to use what they did have. I agree that the bluff was wrong, but it does make sense.
Well have you been watching what she has been doing. If no one points out she is a vile human being then she will continue to get away with lying deceptive political tactics. The world is not all white and he is just speaking the truth as harsh at as it is. Nancy is EVIL.
He was just in the know and given certain information, too many Christians falling for the Trump trap..