i can not believe the anger I see in you dude.Dude just leave people who have faith alone.make comedy videos sick of you guys trying to be smart.it's boring.
realize that our interpretation is not only insufficient but by believing it as gospel truth it dumbs us down from discovering the kinds truths that can truly transform our hearts and minds in ways you could never fathom.
In a nutshell. it is not religion that is a problem but the interpretation we give it and we have over 50,000 versions. Unfortunately and among so many versions no one realizes that the interpretation we give the bible largely determines what we get out of it and I'd say not much considering the the way we are right now. A true spiritual awakening transcends ALL interpretations ALL categories of thought. So I see no point in arguing. Instead we should....
100% you R true. I am Muslim & when I lived in US for studying I was shoked when I saw People killing,raping,cheating & they still say Christ will frgave us!!!
And now these same people are demonizing gays for Jesus! The websites of the Family Research Council, American Family Association, Focus on the family, Traditional Vaues Coalition, Concerned Women for America, Westboro (ugh) Baptist Church, National Organization for Marriage, etc., etc., will give you an eyeful!
Supporting any one view of reality does not automatically make one immune to logical fallacy.
I of course do not view myself as a "true" anything, mainly because I understand the fallacy in doing so. You are still the one who made the claim, and in doing so, committed the fallacy.
Its the world's largest religion, the most prominent in affecting my life in my country, and is the religion that I personally was indoctrinated into as a child.
I'm not saying Christianity is the worst of the monotheistic desert religions - that particular award is won by Islam.
man you might be getting worked up over nothing. Not that mans Christianity hasn't blown like you say, but because the other guy is probably just egging you on. If he isn't pulling your chain, then why waste any energy debating such a dumb guy?
To top it off you made a video about it, I watched it, and in the end you wasted both our time. Now I am commenting, and that is just making it all much, much worse. In fact now that I think about it, I am the biggest sucker of all.
Hmmmm. Would make a good book or short story. Alternate world where this is the case. Reminds me of something Philip K Dick would have written. Pretty damn radical skewing of the reality.
I happen to be a christian, and I'm skeptical of what you're responder said. It's pretty clear that corrupt people have used all forms of religion to force their agenda.
However, I make sure that i keep an open mind.
The problem isn't religion; the problem is some certain people who are religious that twist things to fit their own view.
It's human behavior that we're witnessing.
It's a shame that people decide that God can't be real because some ill informed people made God look bad to them
To a point (and in a wholly snarky way) I agree with you. This is indeed all the product of human behaviour.
The problem is that ancient customs of human thought have been writ large in texts considered "holy" by those who are unwilling to read them for what they are instead of what they wish them to be. The Bible is the product of humanity, not divine benevolence; this is why the OT is full of divine murder and why the NT insists that forgiveness requires a violent human sacrifice.
You say that "certain people who are religious twist things to fit their own view", but given the pretty colours in which moderate religionists attempt to paint the abject horrors of the holy books this seems hypocritical. Perhaps it is you who twists things to fit your own view?
If this leads you to goodness then hurrah, but don't try to insist that a book which tells you to stone homosexuals to death in one chapter and love thy neighbour the next cannot *possibly* be at fault.
Sol, you got it all wrong man. Christianity does encourage skepticism...of everything that isn't dogmatically forced down the throats and into the brains of naive children. Christianity is alive today because of skepticism, because if people weren't skeptical of every shred of evidence contradicting them, christianity would be dead now.
Fuck my brain is trying to work that out, but I think it's hemorrhaging.
If they never cherry pick... has he ever GONE to church before?! That's ALL they do, in order to give a nice ego-serving message and the daily dose of jebus to help them survive until next sunday.
its true that some verses imply that you should be skeptical and test things but most talk about how faith is the important thing which is pretty much the opposite of skepticism.
I see where you're going with this 932016, but do not negate the fact that scriptures do stress skepticism, we are the only religion that has ever encouraged this. We are open about our beliefs and we expect the same from others, we answer questions and we try to hold to our beliefs in all things. This is because we are strong, enriched by the Holy Spirit, some Christians try to blind themselves from certain "evidences" that claim to disprove the Bible but usually the evidence supports the Bible
Then why does your religion require faith and to believe things within its own system? You're speaking from both sides of your mouth. can't have it both ways.
The fact remains that the core of christian teachings are about faith. Faith is the opposite of skepticism.
The bible mentions thinking about your beliefs and taking what is good (plus a few other verses probably) but its basically a token gesture since the main message is the complete opposite to rational thought and skepticism.
What you are doing is cherry picking. You cannot have it both ways.
the nickname in RL is Smart, I have no idea how the warlord became a part of the name to be perfectly honest. If anything, i "pwned" him, however I do not want to act like I am better than him, as this is no debate and neither of us can express our views properly. I'm replying to comments posed by users, they had questions, and I believe I have answered them well. You could be mature about this matter mrbobsevil, as you're not involved.
So you pwned him how? By retreating to quote a book that is unproven and contradictory? You really should change your user name. I thought lying is a bad thing in your belief system.
I had 1000 characters ready in response, but I think due to your response, I'd rather not rebuttal. You act like Christian history is entirely the Catholic Church, you can't blame all Christians for our history, especially when we're not all even Catholics. The Church ruined Christianity, period.
As for the true Scotsman fallacy, I did no such thing, if you claim to be Christian, you have to accept the Bible, and since Paul wrote essentially the whole New Testament you,
you have to accept when he writes to test everything, until it is proven. Once proven (as the Bible is, and Archaeology and Astronomy is proving it monthly). then you can not bring it into question anymore. Once something is fact, you can not change it and downscale it to a theory or even a myth. I know that Christians as a whole are not united, but there are :"good" Christians who cherry pick no verses, any claim that I make can be supported by at least five verses. I promise.
In Malachi 2:16, God says he hates divorce. But for me and in later passages in scripture, if there is marital unfaithfulness then a divorce is acceptable.
Overall, the Bible is against divorce, marriage is sacred, a gift, it is not a legal contract and marriages are to last for all eternity. It's not a secular legal contract signed by two adults as society paints it today.
Doesn't that look like a contradiction to you? That some parts of the Bible say that divorce is adultery and therefore punishable by death, and some say it's only permissible in certain circumstances? Does it worry you at all that the "certain circumstances" CHANGE?
For example, if an unbelieving partner chooses to leave, can you divorce them? Corinthians says yes, everywhere else says no.
Not to be mean, I'd just like to know, have you read the entire Bible?
You're committing no true Scotsman by claiming Catholics are not Christians. They're one of the older denominations of Christianity. Are you that blind or that delusional?
Christian history (until 1520, anyway) IS almost entirely the Catholic Church! The first Christianity was basically Catholicism, and the Orthodox split from them in 1054, but they generally didn't kill people for giving the wrong answer to the god question, so they don't show up in the history books much.
Arguing with a person like that is like viewing a reflection of mirror from another mirror. It's a never ending vortex of irrationality that turns in on itself; a vortex which contains all the contradictions ever uttered. Stare into it too long and you can lose yourself in that frame of mind. Next thing you know you've become a YouTube 9/11 Truther, a door-to-door Mormon, a town hall rally psycho, or the kind of person who makes 'Disaster Movie' number one at the box office.
Every Christian cherry picks or ignores verses, every single one. The majority of Christians even ignore the golden rule, it would be nice if some more of them cherry picked that one.
First and foremost, it is a text that has several books. It is not chapter-by-chapter, therefore of course some verses "work" more than others, but not because the excluded ones don't work or don't fit, but because they are not 100% to the subject. I realize that many Christians are lost, and do not even know the Bible they claim to have read, but cherry picking is not something I have ever done. I admit I'd have to look through and see what verses fit, I don't know them by heart.
Ok, put the following into the correct and specific subjects. I would have put them into the subject of finding a wife.
Find an attractive prisoner of war, bring her home, shave her head, trim her nails, and give her new clothes. Then she's yours. - (Deuteronomy 21:11-13)
Find a prostitute and marry her. - (Hosea 1:1-3)
Go to a party and hide. When the women come out to dance, grab one and carry her off to be your wife. - Benjaminites (Judges 21:19-25)
1. This is an explanation of a crime under Mosaic Law, God is saying you can take someone from another culture and marry her.
2. You have taken the verse and corrupted it. The Lord says "Go, take to yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry; for the land commits flagrant harlotry, FORSAKING the Lord." In the verse, we are talking about God abandoning Israel to be taken over by the Assyrians. But keeping Judah from harm.
1. I didn't know you must shave people's heads in interracial marriages. You're delusional. When you take someone prisoner, they're beneath you. Shaving head forcefully is a demeaning action.
2.You have no idea wtf you're talking about.
3. With god performing miracles all over it's a lawless time? Damn your god is beyond useless. So anytime anyone is unruly you kill them all? Is that what your religion teaches?
Your videos always make excellent points. I completely agree with you. The only thing is, I suspect that the reason that the religious get mad at you is probably because you are a bit condecending... But if I were in your position, I bet I'd be p'oed at all the religious bull too.
From what i hear the church repeats the same verses every year which makes up about 20-50% of the bible in mass. I don't know how many read the entire bible but i don't think a large majority have read the entire thing cover to cover. If they had they would be aware of luzl such as some sodomites chase some angels to rape them who hide in a house. when they demand the man let them out he gives the, his 16 year old virgin daughters instead
Its been a while since i happened across that one bored in religious education classes. i think they then had to hide in the mountains from the sodomites and the daughters go bored so they got their father drunk and raped him. But I don't remember anyone quoting that one. i guess it doesn't make a good moral lesson
that would be lot, and in God's eyes he was a good man & righteous. However the reason for doing what they did is a bit hard to understand, and clearly wrong, however do consider that in a short time, they saw the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, and so in my opinion, fearing the death of civilization and the human race, they committed Incest. Obviously, a disgusting act, but recorded nonetheless.
I don't see how that justifies it at all. Plus your god is magical and could have easily stopped it. Before you preach freewill bs, he already didn't allow it in the OT by intervening over and over with humankind. If your god is real, he's a douche.
Thats the one. I wish i had posted my comments on the previous video now. Iv been doing allot of exploration this year in personal development and growth. theres a good chunk on identifying the characteristics of ego and the identification between it and the higher self or You. I got distracted by this video being put up.
How much of the bible is actually recited en mass?
I went to an all saints primary school which meant we had to go to compulsury events around Christmas Easter and harvest. All i remember is turning around and seeing these drone like faces almost like there in a trance.
Oh i highly recommend Steve Pavlinas graduating from christianity blog article.
The object of the article wasn't to dis empower religion but to show the areas of growth you may of already gained from it and how to remove those dis empowering and ego based parts.
Christians cherry-picking verses is why there were the Crusades, several violent Inquisitions, and even the entire Protestant Reformation, and then the formation of multiple denominations of Protestantism, not to mention several religious wars fought between Christians.
You would have to be sucking down Grade A moron juice to think that Christianity, Islam and Judaism don't pick and choose the verses that support whatever the hell they want to believe.
John 20:29: "Blessed are those who have NOT seen and yet have believed"
Also
Matthew 18:3-4: "Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven"
Both of these statements, as well as numerous others, refute the obvious lie that Christianity promotes skepticism. Quite the contrary. Christianity advocates credulity as the highest virtue.
I don't see the downside of health care. All those people who say that it's wrong, well I'd like to see them get sick, while not being able to afford insurance. That might change their mind.
Yeah, I just don't trust the America Government. I know that might sound..., paranoid or whatever. But it sounds to good to be true, and I don't want nation health care to put my insurer outta business. I'm all for helping other people, but I feel the bigger the government the bigger the problems.
At least it seems here. We'll see
I'm very aware of insurance companies screwing people, and all that.
But the government is really good at screwing people to so... My political ideology tells..
Me that governments bad, and to keep it as simple as possible.
But my Democrat Mr. Lefty is saying we need to help these people. But i don't like the idea of giving The American Government say over my health care. Because eventually private insurers are going to die away.. 10, 15, 20 years how ever long it takes. It's going to happen though, I'm a little concerned about that.
Not to be insensitive, but what are you actually worried about the government DOING? It's not like a politician's going to be mandating that you take sedatives. Many doctors actually already prefer medicare to independent insurers.
And there will ALWAYS be private insurers, because there will always be people willing to pay for it. People said the same thing as an argument against public education, and many decades later, there are still private schools.
Christianity encourages selective skepticism; anything except Christianity should be doubted. It's a way of preserving Christianity. Doublethink.
Paul encourages you to be totally subservient to the king/law not skeptical. The Wesbro baptist Church never cherry picks; or are they not "true" Christians? Slave owners weren't really cherry picking ;P
You can justify anything with the Bible; every time it tells you that X is good in one verse and bad in another, there is a moral "contradiction".
People are historically poor at actually following the teachings of Christianity. People often fail to follow its teachings and even add to its teachings ideas which are not there.
Regardless at how poor people are at following what the Bible says, it does not change the fact that the Bible does say in 1 Thess 5:21 "Test everything. Hold on to the good."
Christians failing to follow that teaching does not negate the fact that it is one of our teachings.
i can not believe the anger I see in you dude.Dude just leave people who have faith alone.make comedy videos sick of you guys trying to be smart.it's boring.
Erstaunliche8Jungen 4 months ago
look at all the bongs
clcs13 10 months ago
realize that our interpretation is not only insufficient but by believing it as gospel truth it dumbs us down from discovering the kinds truths that can truly transform our hearts and minds in ways you could never fathom.
GnosisMan50 1 year ago
In a nutshell. it is not religion that is a problem but the interpretation we give it and we have over 50,000 versions. Unfortunately and among so many versions no one realizes that the interpretation we give the bible largely determines what we get out of it and I'd say not much considering the the way we are right now. A true spiritual awakening transcends ALL interpretations ALL categories of thought. So I see no point in arguing. Instead we should....
GnosisMan50 1 year ago
Christians NEVER cherry pick verses?!!!!? Ha ha ha, umm they all do.
...because many Christians have turned the Holy Bible into swiss cheese.
Jadee116 1 year ago
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You are smart and funny... but incorrect.
fortruth8989 2 years ago
HAIL ZENU
beeka111 2 years ago
100% you R true. I am Muslim & when I lived in US for studying I was shoked when I saw People killing,raping,cheating & they still say Christ will frgave us!!!
k1k1kf 2 years ago
And now these same people are demonizing gays for Jesus! The websites of the Family Research Council, American Family Association, Focus on the family, Traditional Vaues Coalition, Concerned Women for America, Westboro (ugh) Baptist Church, National Organization for Marriage, etc., etc., will give you an eyeful!
EdM021 2 years ago
Supporting any one view of reality does not automatically make one immune to logical fallacy.
I of course do not view myself as a "true" anything, mainly because I understand the fallacy in doing so. You are still the one who made the claim, and in doing so, committed the fallacy.
SolRosenberg84 2 years ago
I've covered this quite a few times.
Its the world's largest religion, the most prominent in affecting my life in my country, and is the religion that I personally was indoctrinated into as a child.
I'm not saying Christianity is the worst of the monotheistic desert religions - that particular award is won by Islam.
SolRosenberg84 2 years ago
>I am a true Christian.
Google "true Scotsman fallacy". Right now.
SolRosenberg84 2 years ago
man you might be getting worked up over nothing. Not that mans Christianity hasn't blown like you say, but because the other guy is probably just egging you on. If he isn't pulling your chain, then why waste any energy debating such a dumb guy?
To top it off you made a video about it, I watched it, and in the end you wasted both our time. Now I am commenting, and that is just making it all much, much worse. In fact now that I think about it, I am the biggest sucker of all.
SQUIDMACK 2 years ago
Are you TheAmazingAtheist son?
evanescent25 2 years ago
Do you think the earth is the centre of the universe?
SolRosenberg84 2 years ago
i like Religion
well the good traits dont do sins
WookhieManJoe 2 years ago
Jesus can lick my Scrotum. But you're hot. You can do so too! ;)
ofelixdacat 2 years ago
When I herad that christianity teaches skepticism, I lmao.
skills2gunz 2 years ago
Christianity encourages [irrational] scepticism towards the theory of evolution.
Look, I made it work!
iPhap 2 years ago 5
thanks for being intellectual. can you tag this with intellectual? lol
Deadcat323 2 years ago
that was not a smart warlock.
zoidburg002 2 years ago
Wow... just.... wow.
Andee02L 2 years ago
MOST RELIGION IS EVIL AND SO IS MONEY
Gabriolus 2 years ago
Christians give migrant workers a run for their money when it comes to picking fruit. :)
saxmanchiro 2 years ago 2
Hmmmm. Would make a good book or short story. Alternate world where this is the case. Reminds me of something Philip K Dick would have written. Pretty damn radical skewing of the reality.
creationofself 2 years ago
this guy just screams /b/tard xD
DisforDubby 2 years ago
"xtians never cherry pick verses" LMFAO!!!!
agnosticman77 2 years ago 2
I happen to be a christian, and I'm skeptical of what you're responder said. It's pretty clear that corrupt people have used all forms of religion to force their agenda.
However, I make sure that i keep an open mind.
The problem isn't religion; the problem is some certain people who are religious that twist things to fit their own view.
It's human behavior that we're witnessing.
It's a shame that people decide that God can't be real because some ill informed people made God look bad to them
xenoneo 2 years ago
xenoneo:
To a point (and in a wholly snarky way) I agree with you. This is indeed all the product of human behaviour.
The problem is that ancient customs of human thought have been writ large in texts considered "holy" by those who are unwilling to read them for what they are instead of what they wish them to be. The Bible is the product of humanity, not divine benevolence; this is why the OT is full of divine murder and why the NT insists that forgiveness requires a violent human sacrifice.
BrianTheGoldfish 2 years ago
You say that "certain people who are religious twist things to fit their own view", but given the pretty colours in which moderate religionists attempt to paint the abject horrors of the holy books this seems hypocritical. Perhaps it is you who twists things to fit your own view?
If this leads you to goodness then hurrah, but don't try to insist that a book which tells you to stone homosexuals to death in one chapter and love thy neighbour the next cannot *possibly* be at fault.
BrianTheGoldfish 2 years ago
Could you be open minded about the existence of god or the correctness of your religious choice? This isn't rhetorical - it's genuine.
tinkabella83 2 years ago
@tinkabella83
The short answer is yes, and I think it would be wrong not to explore all possibilities, personally. :)
xenoneo 2 years ago
@xenoneo
So what led you to believe (if you do) that you've picked the "right" answer? Looking at other faiths led me out of religion.
tinkabella83 2 years ago
Was that a Gurren Lagann reference at the end? XD
UsagiJun 2 years ago
Sol, you got it all wrong man. Christianity does encourage skepticism...of everything that isn't dogmatically forced down the throats and into the brains of naive children. Christianity is alive today because of skepticism, because if people weren't skeptical of every shred of evidence contradicting them, christianity would be dead now.
BornInAsphodelMeadow 2 years ago 2
This video makes me lol. "christians don't cherry-pick". HAHAHAH
You would be a really good actor.
ridthedelusional 2 years ago
I like cookies.
Krensharpaw 2 years ago
Christians never cherry pick verses.....
Fuck my brain is trying to work that out, but I think it's hemorrhaging.
If they never cherry pick... has he ever GONE to church before?! That's ALL they do, in order to give a nice ego-serving message and the daily dose of jebus to help them survive until next sunday.
ShwaNerd 2 years ago 2
Careful, you might sprain your brain.
TETSUno1 2 years ago
I cannot believe he just say "Row Row Fight the Powa." ... Funny shit.
joegt123 2 years ago 2
Or he's a troll.
But the alternate dimension hypothesis is much more entertaining :D.
CBGB42 2 years ago 2
ure like jim carrey in this one sol. lol
its true that some verses imply that you should be skeptical and test things but most talk about how faith is the important thing which is pretty much the opposite of skepticism.
932016 2 years ago
I see where you're going with this 932016, but do not negate the fact that scriptures do stress skepticism, we are the only religion that has ever encouraged this. We are open about our beliefs and we expect the same from others, we answer questions and we try to hold to our beliefs in all things. This is because we are strong, enriched by the Holy Spirit, some Christians try to blind themselves from certain "evidences" that claim to disprove the Bible but usually the evidence supports the Bible
smartwarlord 2 years ago
Please cite these scriptures.
jesterspace 2 years ago
Then why does your religion require faith and to believe things within its own system? You're speaking from both sides of your mouth. can't have it both ways.
a012345 2 years ago 2
The fact remains that the core of christian teachings are about faith. Faith is the opposite of skepticism.
The bible mentions thinking about your beliefs and taking what is good (plus a few other verses probably) but its basically a token gesture since the main message is the complete opposite to rational thought and skepticism.
What you are doing is cherry picking. You cannot have it both ways.
932016 2 years ago 2
My name is Smartwarlord! I am butt-hurt because solrosenberg84 was able to pwn me just from quoting things I said.
I am now posting on his video every 5 minutes in a futile effort to redeem myselft. I have failed. :sadface:
mrbobsevil 2 years ago
the nickname in RL is Smart, I have no idea how the warlord became a part of the name to be perfectly honest. If anything, i "pwned" him, however I do not want to act like I am better than him, as this is no debate and neither of us can express our views properly. I'm replying to comments posed by users, they had questions, and I believe I have answered them well. You could be mature about this matter mrbobsevil, as you're not involved.
smartwarlord 2 years ago
So you pwned him how? By retreating to quote a book that is unproven and contradictory? You really should change your user name. I thought lying is a bad thing in your belief system.
a012345 2 years ago
I'm famous now.
I had 1000 characters ready in response, but I think due to your response, I'd rather not rebuttal. You act like Christian history is entirely the Catholic Church, you can't blame all Christians for our history, especially when we're not all even Catholics. The Church ruined Christianity, period.
As for the true Scotsman fallacy, I did no such thing, if you claim to be Christian, you have to accept the Bible, and since Paul wrote essentially the whole New Testament you,
cont.
smartwarlord 2 years ago
you have to accept when he writes to test everything, until it is proven. Once proven (as the Bible is, and Archaeology and Astronomy is proving it monthly). then you can not bring it into question anymore. Once something is fact, you can not change it and downscale it to a theory or even a myth. I know that Christians as a whole are not united, but there are :"good" Christians who cherry pick no verses, any claim that I make can be supported by at least five verses. I promise.
smartwarlord 2 years ago
What is the Bible's stance on whether or not divorce is permissible?
wanderingivie 2 years ago
In Malachi 2:16, God says he hates divorce. But for me and in later passages in scripture, if there is marital unfaithfulness then a divorce is acceptable.
Overall, the Bible is against divorce, marriage is sacred, a gift, it is not a legal contract and marriages are to last for all eternity. It's not a secular legal contract signed by two adults as society paints it today.
smartwarlord 2 years ago
Doesn't that look like a contradiction to you? That some parts of the Bible say that divorce is adultery and therefore punishable by death, and some say it's only permissible in certain circumstances? Does it worry you at all that the "certain circumstances" CHANGE?
For example, if an unbelieving partner chooses to leave, can you divorce them? Corinthians says yes, everywhere else says no.
Not to be mean, I'd just like to know, have you read the entire Bible?
wanderingivie 2 years ago
You're committing no true Scotsman by claiming Catholics are not Christians. They're one of the older denominations of Christianity. Are you that blind or that delusional?
a012345 2 years ago 2
Christian history (until 1520, anyway) IS almost entirely the Catholic Church! The first Christianity was basically Catholicism, and the Orthodox split from them in 1054, but they generally didn't kill people for giving the wrong answer to the god question, so they don't show up in the history books much.
wanderingivie 2 years ago
If Christianity encourages skepticism, then no one would be Christian.
randomdd123 2 years ago 2
Ah, the marvels of self-delusion.
HeinrichJamslather 2 years ago
Arguing with a person like that is like viewing a reflection of mirror from another mirror. It's a never ending vortex of irrationality that turns in on itself; a vortex which contains all the contradictions ever uttered. Stare into it too long and you can lose yourself in that frame of mind. Next thing you know you've become a YouTube 9/11 Truther, a door-to-door Mormon, a town hall rally psycho, or the kind of person who makes 'Disaster Movie' number one at the box office.
Kimbahley 2 years ago 2
Every Christian cherry picks or ignores verses, every single one. The majority of Christians even ignore the golden rule, it would be nice if some more of them cherry picked that one.
Nashy119 2 years ago
@Nashy119
First and foremost, it is a text that has several books. It is not chapter-by-chapter, therefore of course some verses "work" more than others, but not because the excluded ones don't work or don't fit, but because they are not 100% to the subject. I realize that many Christians are lost, and do not even know the Bible they claim to have read, but cherry picking is not something I have ever done. I admit I'd have to look through and see what verses fit, I don't know them by heart.
smartwarlord 2 years ago
Ok, put the following into the correct and specific subjects. I would have put them into the subject of finding a wife.
Find an attractive prisoner of war, bring her home, shave her head, trim her nails, and give her new clothes. Then she's yours. - (Deuteronomy 21:11-13)
Find a prostitute and marry her. - (Hosea 1:1-3)
Go to a party and hide. When the women come out to dance, grab one and carry her off to be your wife. - Benjaminites (Judges 21:19-25)
Nashy119 2 years ago
1. This is an explanation of a crime under Mosaic Law, God is saying you can take someone from another culture and marry her.
2. You have taken the verse and corrupted it. The Lord says "Go, take to yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry; for the land commits flagrant harlotry, FORSAKING the Lord." In the verse, we are talking about God abandoning Israel to be taken over by the Assyrians. But keeping Judah from harm.
3. This is a lawless time, they took the wives to
(cont.)
smartwarlord 2 years ago
(continued)
they took the wives to replenish the population of the Benjamin tribe. This is after a devastating war and under Mosaic Law, this is an ok practice.
smartwarlord 2 years ago
1. I didn't know you must shave people's heads in interracial marriages. You're delusional. When you take someone prisoner, they're beneath you. Shaving head forcefully is a demeaning action.
2.You have no idea wtf you're talking about.
3. With god performing miracles all over it's a lawless time? Damn your god is beyond useless. So anytime anyone is unruly you kill them all? Is that what your religion teaches?
a012345 2 years ago
Your videos always make excellent points. I completely agree with you. The only thing is, I suspect that the reason that the religious get mad at you is probably because you are a bit condecending... But if I were in your position, I bet I'd be p'oed at all the religious bull too.
Saalvadaar 2 years ago
From what i hear the church repeats the same verses every year which makes up about 20-50% of the bible in mass. I don't know how many read the entire bible but i don't think a large majority have read the entire thing cover to cover. If they had they would be aware of luzl such as some sodomites chase some angels to rape them who hide in a house. when they demand the man let them out he gives the, his 16 year old virgin daughters instead
TheDarksterZane 2 years ago
Its been a while since i happened across that one bored in religious education classes. i think they then had to hide in the mountains from the sodomites and the daughters go bored so they got their father drunk and raped him. But I don't remember anyone quoting that one. i guess it doesn't make a good moral lesson
TheDarksterZane 2 years ago
@TheDarksterZone
that would be lot, and in God's eyes he was a good man & righteous. However the reason for doing what they did is a bit hard to understand, and clearly wrong, however do consider that in a short time, they saw the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, and so in my opinion, fearing the death of civilization and the human race, they committed Incest. Obviously, a disgusting act, but recorded nonetheless.
smartwarlord 2 years ago
I don't see how that justifies it at all. Plus your god is magical and could have easily stopped it. Before you preach freewill bs, he already didn't allow it in the OT by intervening over and over with humankind. If your god is real, he's a douche.
a012345 2 years ago
Thats the one. I wish i had posted my comments on the previous video now. Iv been doing allot of exploration this year in personal development and growth. theres a good chunk on identifying the characteristics of ego and the identification between it and the higher self or You. I got distracted by this video being put up.
How much of the bible is actually recited en mass?
TheDarksterZane 2 years ago
I went to an all saints primary school which meant we had to go to compulsury events around Christmas Easter and harvest. All i remember is turning around and seeing these drone like faces almost like there in a trance.
Oh i highly recommend Steve Pavlinas graduating from christianity blog article.
The object of the article wasn't to dis empower religion but to show the areas of growth you may of already gained from it and how to remove those dis empowering and ego based parts.
TheDarksterZane 2 years ago
Love this video.
AGrandt 2 years ago
These have been an active couple of ays for you on here. I appreciate this.
Keep it up.
Hrodvitne 2 years ago
Christians...don't...WHAT???
Christians cherry-picking verses is why there were the Crusades, several violent Inquisitions, and even the entire Protestant Reformation, and then the formation of multiple denominations of Protestantism, not to mention several religious wars fought between Christians.
You would have to be sucking down Grade A moron juice to think that Christianity, Islam and Judaism don't pick and choose the verses that support whatever the hell they want to believe.
Shadowflare00 2 years ago 5
Keep going. YA!!!!
k87jury 2 years ago
Quoting Gurren Lagann ^_^
PinkProgram 2 years ago
John 20:29: "Blessed are those who have NOT seen and yet have believed"
Also
Matthew 18:3-4: "Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven"
Both of these statements, as well as numerous others, refute the obvious lie that Christianity promotes skepticism. Quite the contrary. Christianity advocates credulity as the highest virtue.
alphacause 2 years ago
Indeed. That's the very basis of 'faith'.
Anon11674 2 years ago
yeah the videos are really coming out fast today!
max42777 2 years ago
Thats a Master Chief helmet and bongs. Awesome.
ReverendAtomSmasher 2 years ago
This has nothing to do with your video... But can you make a video on how Canada's health care is.
I'm sorry. I know that's the big talk here in the states, but I want to hear from someone directly about their nationalized health care.
I like the idea of it, but I don't trust the American Government. Can blame me?
Anyway, if you could respond with a video, or just a comment would be fine too...
Thanks, love your videos.
SiCoFgOvErNmEnT 2 years ago
I was actually going to do a video all about health care shenanigans next. Good call.
SolRosenberg84 2 years ago
SWEET.
SiCoFgOvErNmEnT 2 years ago
I don't see the downside of health care. All those people who say that it's wrong, well I'd like to see them get sick, while not being able to afford insurance. That might change their mind.
ledzeppie 2 years ago
Yeah, I just don't trust the America Government. I know that might sound..., paranoid or whatever. But it sounds to good to be true, and I don't want nation health care to put my insurer outta business. I'm all for helping other people, but I feel the bigger the government the bigger the problems.
At least it seems here. We'll see
I'm very aware of insurance companies screwing people, and all that.
But the government is really good at screwing people to so... My political ideology tells..
SiCoFgOvErNmEnT 2 years ago
Me that governments bad, and to keep it as simple as possible.
But my Democrat Mr. Lefty is saying we need to help these people. But i don't like the idea of giving The American Government say over my health care. Because eventually private insurers are going to die away.. 10, 15, 20 years how ever long it takes. It's going to happen though, I'm a little concerned about that.
SiCoFgOvErNmEnT 2 years ago
Not to be insensitive, but what are you actually worried about the government DOING? It's not like a politician's going to be mandating that you take sedatives. Many doctors actually already prefer medicare to independent insurers.
And there will ALWAYS be private insurers, because there will always be people willing to pay for it. People said the same thing as an argument against public education, and many decades later, there are still private schools.
wanderingivie 2 years ago
Christianity encourages selective skepticism; anything except Christianity should be doubted. It's a way of preserving Christianity. Doublethink.
Paul encourages you to be totally subservient to the king/law not skeptical. The Wesbro baptist Church never cherry picks; or are they not "true" Christians? Slave owners weren't really cherry picking ;P
You can justify anything with the Bible; every time it tells you that X is good in one verse and bad in another, there is a moral "contradiction".
unassumption 2 years ago
People are historically poor at actually following the teachings of Christianity. People often fail to follow its teachings and even add to its teachings ideas which are not there.
Regardless at how poor people are at following what the Bible says, it does not change the fact that the Bible does say in 1 Thess 5:21 "Test everything. Hold on to the good."
Christians failing to follow that teaching does not negate the fact that it is one of our teachings.
Epydemic2020 2 years ago
You have to ignore that passage to follow much of the religion, though.
Anon11674 2 years ago
@Epydemic2020
Thank the Lord, there is a soul that is not lost here. I agree with you 100%
smartwarlord 2 years ago
good 2 see ur really pumpin out the videos!
ledzeppie 2 years ago