@xSweetlyxBrokenx No. He's definitely a believer of Christ, but having a mother who is a Sufi, a dad who is a Jew, and an uncle who is a Buddhist, he realizes that Christianity is not the only way into God. God is beyond our understanding and ritualistic practices, and beyond any particular religion. God is of the heart, not of the conceptual understanding of our mental processes. A universalist? No. An accepter of others' beliefs? Yes. Thus, he's a true follower of Christ.
@AZ0960036 have you read all the lyrics he has written? or interviews? their guitarist admitted him believing in universalism so. And Christ didn't accept others beliefs, He accepted THEM. If Christ did accept others beliefs then He wouldn't have said "I am the way, the TRUTH, and the life, no man comes to the Father except through Me."....so i'm not sure what kind of "christian" you think He is, but following Christ is believing there is only ONE way to God, and that is through Christ...
@xSweetlyxBrokenx My precious brother (or sister), if this begins to turn into an argument than we both fail to worship God. My stance, perhaps I am wrong, is that you nor I know what it means to be a "Christian." I've read all of his lyrics, have seen every interview I could find and his brother claims that he sees that God is beyond Christianity, Aaron has admitted that himself. I'm going to make this into two comments to try and convey what I'm saying. If one's salvation lies in the
@xSweetlyxBrokenx mental assertion of what one "believes" then we are all damned. Christ is more than a concept that we can mentally assert in our minds, He is the King of our hearts. Say, for example, a man who believed in Christ all his life, suddenly had a doubt, and said "maybe Christ isn't God?" and in that moment he was struck dead in some freak accident. Would he go to hell? Christ is more than a concept to believe in, He is more than a religion to practice. He is our very blood.
@AZ0960036 i understand what you are saying about about God being someone we can never fully understand, but the true meaning of a Christian is being a "little Christ" a Christ follower. But if someone believes there's more than one way to get to God besides Jesus, then there is something wrong, that's all I'm saying...
@xSweetlyxBrokenx I value your opinion. I, however, find it sad if people believe that non-Christians are destined for hell. What if you are raised in another faith and you find your heart rejoices within that particular set of beliefs? How can we force them to be Christians? I believe it is our responsibility as Christians to love everyone, and not force them to be converted. We should want them to be better people, not simply adherers of our faith.
@AZ0960036 I'm not saying to force any beliefs on anybody, I just spent 2 months doing outreach and loving people as God has called us to do. But, if you believe in something else, someone else, of another faith that isn't God, then it isn't God who they are rejoicing with in their heart. The only point I will end this in before it becomes an argument is that you can't say you are a Christian and believe that Christ isn't the only way to God, period, Christ said it, not me.
@xSweetlyxBrokenx I understand where you're coming from. I, however, have a question: You follow the logic that if you don't believe in Jesus, you don't believe in God? So, God only presents Himself to those who accept what He did for them through the man of Christ?
@AZ0960036 I dont follow a logic, I follow what is clearly given about who Christ is and who He is with God, and as God. I never said God only shows himself to those who only believe in Him, He shows himself to every person every single day, just a matter of whether they choose to or not. Jesus is clearly the Son of God, but He is God, He stated that when He said "Just as the Father and I are one...". So before you question my faith, get the facts where I do, the Bible.
@xSweetlyxBrokenx Woah. Woah. Woah. I'm not questioning your faith. I have read the Bible, excluding some letters written by Paul. However, I believe God can be defined by Christ but not confined to Him. God is the same God in all the major religious traditions varying on the purity of the worshiper's heart. God is not inclusive, He is worshiped in spirit and truth, not the words we choose to say.
God bless you, regardless of where our beliefs differ.
@AZ0960036 oh yea I totally agree with you on that, all of it. dont worry im not like trying to say im right your wrong or im better youre not kind of thing, great discussion and it is always encouraging to talk with a brother or sister who is passionate and strong on what they believe :)
im the young man aaron was talking to. i helped them load up their gear after the earth house show and asked him a few questions about religion. i didnt know it was being filmed but i remember some of what he said if anyone has a specific question to something he was saying feel free to ask and i'll help as best i can remember.
@simpleheartedskater I'd definitely like to know some of the stuff he said. He's a brilliant man. It'd be nice just to hear a summary of what he said.
im the young man aaron was talking to. i helped them load up their gear after the earth house show and asked him a few questions about religion. i didnt know it was being filmed but i remember some of what he said if anyone has a specific question to something he was saying feel free to ask and i'll help as best i can remember.
If you have all the dialog already it might be a lot easier and quicker to just copy and paste into the description and then you wont have to bother with finding the right program, but none the less I do appreciate the upload.
I was standing right next to this guy filming! Hearing Aaron speak was amazing, one of my favorite things that he said was: "A Christian shoemaker doesn't make shoes with crosses all over them, he just makes really good shoes. And when we do whatever it is we do to the best of our abilities, with sincerity, it speaks so much more than getting on stage with arrogance, and superiority, and a judgemental attitude, and saying 'by the way this is all for Jesus'" (slightly paraphrased)
@DeathofBabylon Once I learn how to do subtitles [[which programs to use, how to use them, all of that]] I'll work on decyphering what he's saying and then put them back up with subtitles.
@rawker617 Wow, brother...or sister, whichever you may be. That would surely be great, but do you really feel like doing all that? If so, that's great. If not, that's okay too. Peace be with you.
hyperventilates....HOW did you get this "interview"????? thank you for posting it!!!!! I want to meet him so much and doubt I would three coherent words out:) so it is awesome to see this here!
couple of questions: do you have parts 2 and 3?? Who is the girl standing next to the guy who looks uninterested to be hearing pearls of wisdom from Aaron Weiss????
@RussianDivas Woahh, someeone watched this? Well I was at a show downtown Indianapolis and it was at a church. My friend Savannah was the girl next to me, she's the reason we were out there. She really wanted to get a picture with him so we went around back and waited. [[Every band has to load up somewhere, it's always in the back. Remember that. =] ]] So as we waited he was talking and I just started recording. I apologize I don't have 2 and 3 up yet, I'll get 'em up ASAP.
@RussianDivas I was really hoping to get subtitles for this but you need certain programs and what not, I'll mess with it later and do my best to get it up sometime. Thanks for watching and God bless!
@RussianDivas Oh, and the kid, I dunno. But he was kind of annoying 'cause my friend had to go and she wanted to talk to Aaron but the kid kept asking questions which was another 7 minute answer.
he is sadly a universalist now....
xSweetlyxBrokenx 1 year ago
@xSweetlyxBrokenx No. He's definitely a believer of Christ, but having a mother who is a Sufi, a dad who is a Jew, and an uncle who is a Buddhist, he realizes that Christianity is not the only way into God. God is beyond our understanding and ritualistic practices, and beyond any particular religion. God is of the heart, not of the conceptual understanding of our mental processes. A universalist? No. An accepter of others' beliefs? Yes. Thus, he's a true follower of Christ.
AZ0960036 10 months ago
@AZ0960036 have you read all the lyrics he has written? or interviews? their guitarist admitted him believing in universalism so. And Christ didn't accept others beliefs, He accepted THEM. If Christ did accept others beliefs then He wouldn't have said "I am the way, the TRUTH, and the life, no man comes to the Father except through Me."....so i'm not sure what kind of "christian" you think He is, but following Christ is believing there is only ONE way to God, and that is through Christ...
xSweetlyxBrokenx 10 months ago
@xSweetlyxBrokenx My precious brother (or sister), if this begins to turn into an argument than we both fail to worship God. My stance, perhaps I am wrong, is that you nor I know what it means to be a "Christian." I've read all of his lyrics, have seen every interview I could find and his brother claims that he sees that God is beyond Christianity, Aaron has admitted that himself. I'm going to make this into two comments to try and convey what I'm saying. If one's salvation lies in the
AZ0960036 10 months ago
@xSweetlyxBrokenx mental assertion of what one "believes" then we are all damned. Christ is more than a concept that we can mentally assert in our minds, He is the King of our hearts. Say, for example, a man who believed in Christ all his life, suddenly had a doubt, and said "maybe Christ isn't God?" and in that moment he was struck dead in some freak accident. Would he go to hell? Christ is more than a concept to believe in, He is more than a religion to practice. He is our very blood.
AZ0960036 10 months ago
@AZ0960036 i understand what you are saying about about God being someone we can never fully understand, but the true meaning of a Christian is being a "little Christ" a Christ follower. But if someone believes there's more than one way to get to God besides Jesus, then there is something wrong, that's all I'm saying...
xSweetlyxBrokenx 10 months ago
@xSweetlyxBrokenx I value your opinion. I, however, find it sad if people believe that non-Christians are destined for hell. What if you are raised in another faith and you find your heart rejoices within that particular set of beliefs? How can we force them to be Christians? I believe it is our responsibility as Christians to love everyone, and not force them to be converted. We should want them to be better people, not simply adherers of our faith.
AZ0960036 10 months ago
@AZ0960036 I'm not saying to force any beliefs on anybody, I just spent 2 months doing outreach and loving people as God has called us to do. But, if you believe in something else, someone else, of another faith that isn't God, then it isn't God who they are rejoicing with in their heart. The only point I will end this in before it becomes an argument is that you can't say you are a Christian and believe that Christ isn't the only way to God, period, Christ said it, not me.
xSweetlyxBrokenx 10 months ago
@xSweetlyxBrokenx I understand where you're coming from. I, however, have a question: You follow the logic that if you don't believe in Jesus, you don't believe in God? So, God only presents Himself to those who accept what He did for them through the man of Christ?
AZ0960036 6 months ago
@AZ0960036 I dont follow a logic, I follow what is clearly given about who Christ is and who He is with God, and as God. I never said God only shows himself to those who only believe in Him, He shows himself to every person every single day, just a matter of whether they choose to or not. Jesus is clearly the Son of God, but He is God, He stated that when He said "Just as the Father and I are one...". So before you question my faith, get the facts where I do, the Bible.
xSweetlyxBrokenx 6 months ago
@xSweetlyxBrokenx Woah. Woah. Woah. I'm not questioning your faith. I have read the Bible, excluding some letters written by Paul. However, I believe God can be defined by Christ but not confined to Him. God is the same God in all the major religious traditions varying on the purity of the worshiper's heart. God is not inclusive, He is worshiped in spirit and truth, not the words we choose to say.
God bless you, regardless of where our beliefs differ.
AZ0960036 5 months ago
@AZ0960036 oh yea I totally agree with you on that, all of it. dont worry im not like trying to say im right your wrong or im better youre not kind of thing, great discussion and it is always encouraging to talk with a brother or sister who is passionate and strong on what they believe :)
God Bless You too Sir :)
xSweetlyxBrokenx 5 months ago
im the young man aaron was talking to. i helped them load up their gear after the earth house show and asked him a few questions about religion. i didnt know it was being filmed but i remember some of what he said if anyone has a specific question to something he was saying feel free to ask and i'll help as best i can remember.
simpleheartedskater 1 year ago
@simpleheartedskater I'd definitely like to know some of the stuff he said. He's a brilliant man. It'd be nice just to hear a summary of what he said.
rck9129 1 year ago
im the young man aaron was talking to. i helped them load up their gear after the earth house show and asked him a few questions about religion. i didnt know it was being filmed but i remember some of what he said if anyone has a specific question to something he was saying feel free to ask and i'll help as best i can remember.
simpleheartedskater 1 year ago
If you have all the dialog already it might be a lot easier and quicker to just copy and paste into the description and then you wont have to bother with finding the right program, but none the less I do appreciate the upload.
rawrock24 1 year ago
@rawrock24 Oh! Good idea. I'll do that this weekend.
rawker617 1 year ago
@rawker617 ....Did you do this yet? Or are you just bluffing?
AZ0960036 6 months ago
I was standing right next to this guy filming! Hearing Aaron speak was amazing, one of my favorite things that he said was: "A Christian shoemaker doesn't make shoes with crosses all over them, he just makes really good shoes. And when we do whatever it is we do to the best of our abilities, with sincerity, it speaks so much more than getting on stage with arrogance, and superiority, and a judgemental attitude, and saying 'by the way this is all for Jesus'" (slightly paraphrased)
Undignified00 1 year ago
Okay, brother. Well, when you do this, if you could inform me in some fashion it would be beyond appreciated. Thanks a lot. God bless.
DeathofBabylon 1 year ago
I wish I could hear all that he was saying. I'm sure it is worth hearing.
DeathofBabylon 1 year ago
@DeathofBabylon Once I learn how to do subtitles [[which programs to use, how to use them, all of that]] I'll work on decyphering what he's saying and then put them back up with subtitles.
rawker617 1 year ago
@rawker617 Wow, brother...or sister, whichever you may be. That would surely be great, but do you really feel like doing all that? If so, that's great. If not, that's okay too. Peace be with you.
DeathofBabylon 1 year ago
@DeathofBabylon His words are amazing. I want to benefit everyone else even if it is a hassle. It's a pleasure to serve.
rawker617 1 year ago
@DeathofBabylon Brother. =]
rawker617 1 year ago
hyperventilates....HOW did you get this "interview"????? thank you for posting it!!!!! I want to meet him so much and doubt I would three coherent words out:) so it is awesome to see this here!
couple of questions: do you have parts 2 and 3?? Who is the girl standing next to the guy who looks uninterested to be hearing pearls of wisdom from Aaron Weiss????
FYI - its Weiss, not Geiss:)
RussianDivas 1 year ago
@RussianDivas Woahh, someeone watched this? Well I was at a show downtown Indianapolis and it was at a church. My friend Savannah was the girl next to me, she's the reason we were out there. She really wanted to get a picture with him so we went around back and waited. [[Every band has to load up somewhere, it's always in the back. Remember that. =] ]] So as we waited he was talking and I just started recording. I apologize I don't have 2 and 3 up yet, I'll get 'em up ASAP.
rawker617 1 year ago
@RussianDivas I was really hoping to get subtitles for this but you need certain programs and what not, I'll mess with it later and do my best to get it up sometime. Thanks for watching and God bless!
rawker617 1 year ago
@RussianDivas Oh, and the kid, I dunno. But he was kind of annoying 'cause my friend had to go and she wanted to talk to Aaron but the kid kept asking questions which was another 7 minute answer.
rawker617 1 year ago