I feel uncomfortable about Hillsong stuff etc. but people must know this, this woman is now an atheist which is not cool! no belief in God etc. some will say shes right or wrong in this video, Hillsong upset her etc. if they do really cause people that much stress and grief behind the scenes, thats not good news! on the otherhand, Tanya's biggest error is loosing focus on God. whatever happens to you in life, keep focus on God! not the people in a church
Could it be that a successful Church like Hillsong scares and unsettles the atheist community? while Catholic and mainline Protestant churches are emptying, Hillsong is growing at a phenemenol rate.....no wonder that this woman is a poster girl for the atheist camp....she reassures them.
Above all Hillsong makes people happy. So many people experience only pain and suffering and walk around with their Joy buttons turned off and because of this I am willing, despite being a comfirmed athiest, to just let it go.....if the warm embrace of a God and the actually genuine love you feel for him makes you happy then I encourage you too continue with your beliefs. In fact part of me wishes my faith wasn't dead.
Prosperity theology- PIGS BUM! What do they make of Mother Theresa's order who actually take a VOW of poverty? Shouldn't one's time be taken up ENTIRELY by acts of charity? Seems to me that Hillsong are wasting a LOT of time on facts and figures while indirectly condoning child abuse. ONYA Tanya
i don't understand, i thought he asked his dad to step down and for everyone to pray for his family? and why would you ask to look at church books anyway? that's no one's business except the people who handle the money.
I went to Hillsong's Bible college for for 5 months- I was originally planning on staying for a year or more- but I never once felt the presence of God, or actually experienced anything spiritual. I felt like I had to use my imagination to experience God during worship! I got so sick of having my life completely and utterly controlled by Hillsong that I had to leave. I moved interstate, and it took almost 8 months to finally realize that Hillsong are a cult.
Most Christian churches are money making machines. The government takes 25ish% but gives us hospitals, roads, police, and numerous authorities to ensure we are cared for. What do churches do with the 10%. There need not be any poverty with that kind of tax free money.
i agree with everything in this video. born again christians are not welcoming and are all about getting more money. i questioned the churches teaching and ive been banned from 5 churches now. i got out the church the hard way and will never go back
"I left Hills purely because I came to the unshakeable conclusion that God was saying to me 'Go'. There was, and still is, no agenda in me leaving, contrary to what people may say who knew me at the time, or have presumed to speak on my behalf." Quote by Geoff Bullock in Issue 27 of 'Reality' magazine.
You know the video shows that Levin clearly is saddened by the loss of her faith, he community at Hillsong and if that is how they treated her then frankly Hillsong has a lot to answer for in regards to church discipline. It almost seems that Hillsong will aggressively stamp out anything that sounds dangerous to its core message, even if that means breaking a few people who don't fit the mould. I don't care if Hillsong have done a lot of good, it never justifies the many walking wounded today.
I was a member of ALC in Bradford (a church with strong links to Hillsong) between 2001-2007. I left of my own free will, I only ever received love, kindness, support and wisdom. No 'shabba dabba doo', no 'slain in the spirit', just solid teaching, and many friends that I miss beyond words. People get 'disaffected' for all kinds of reasons, as they do in secular life, but we don't all write books about it or go on TV. Sadly, it is what the secular world now expect.
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i dont know any hillsong or benny hill or whatever, all i know is Jesus, and now as a human flesh and blood i piss because people like her distract me. (which already Heavenly hard to keep my faith)..ah why i waste my time watching this...better watch Moslem4jesus channel, better. this is phatetic spoil girl dream. (im sorry Lord for my fault languge..im just a human,,Amen.)
tell me an idiot but serious im not talkin religion or what ever but when the reporter ask "is it wheter u or the church that lost faith" i laugh because i was thinkin like that too second before he ask. even the reporter confused by her statement.
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i dont know any hillsong or benny hill or whatever, all i know is Jesus, and now as a human flesh and blood i piss because people like her distract me. (which already Heavenly hard to keep my faith)..ah why i waste my time watching this...better watch Moslem4jesus channel, better. this is phatetic spoil girl dream. (im sorry Lord for my fault languge..im just a human,,Amen.)
tell me an idiot but serious im not talkin religion or what ever but when the reporter ask "is it wheter u or the church that lost faith" i laugh because i was thinkin like that too second before he ask. even the reporter confused by her statement.
I disagree with the "woman should be wife" statement. Single pastors like Christine Caine were not ostracized from what I could see.
All the rest is true I am afraid. What is missing are teh incredibly expensive cyouth,... retreats. Hillsong must be making millions on these alone (read: fee in the range of hundreds of dollars for 6 people sharing a room).
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Religious organizations like Hillsong that promote imaginary beings like God and Satan should be registered like brothels and placed only in industrial areas away from children.
You put about as much thought into that as you did when you decided to believe in god. Its so easy when you sit back and swallow what some Bronze Age goat herder imagined he saw when he had a high fever.
Thanks...I have two tertiary qualifications regarding it all...including a degree in graeco-roman and hebrew history and a diploma in theology, but you're right...I don't think much about it all...Hmm. I can't think of a good comeback. I better go ask the minister to tell me what to think.
I am one of these 'walking wounded'. Not an aetheist but close to it.
eatmyshitpl0x 7 months ago
I feel uncomfortable about Hillsong stuff etc. but people must know this, this woman is now an atheist which is not cool! no belief in God etc. some will say shes right or wrong in this video, Hillsong upset her etc. if they do really cause people that much stress and grief behind the scenes, thats not good news! on the otherhand, Tanya's biggest error is loosing focus on God. whatever happens to you in life, keep focus on God! not the people in a church
Fender1976uk 1 year ago
Could it be that a successful Church like Hillsong scares and unsettles the atheist community? while Catholic and mainline Protestant churches are emptying, Hillsong is growing at a phenemenol rate.....no wonder that this woman is a poster girl for the atheist camp....she reassures them.
margarethoxha 1 year ago
Above all Hillsong makes people happy. So many people experience only pain and suffering and walk around with their Joy buttons turned off and because of this I am willing, despite being a comfirmed athiest, to just let it go.....if the warm embrace of a God and the actually genuine love you feel for him makes you happy then I encourage you too continue with your beliefs. In fact part of me wishes my faith wasn't dead.
Philbertperrywinkle 1 year ago
Prosperity theology- PIGS BUM! What do they make of Mother Theresa's order who actually take a VOW of poverty? Shouldn't one's time be taken up ENTIRELY by acts of charity? Seems to me that Hillsong are wasting a LOT of time on facts and figures while indirectly condoning child abuse. ONYA Tanya
777bosun 1 year ago
i don't understand, i thought he asked his dad to step down and for everyone to pray for his family? and why would you ask to look at church books anyway? that's no one's business except the people who handle the money.
dboydustin 1 year ago
I went to Hillsong's Bible college for for 5 months- I was originally planning on staying for a year or more- but I never once felt the presence of God, or actually experienced anything spiritual. I felt like I had to use my imagination to experience God during worship! I got so sick of having my life completely and utterly controlled by Hillsong that I had to leave. I moved interstate, and it took almost 8 months to finally realize that Hillsong are a cult.
S1nyc101 2 years ago
Most Christian churches are money making machines. The government takes 25ish% but gives us hospitals, roads, police, and numerous authorities to ensure we are cared for. What do churches do with the 10%. There need not be any poverty with that kind of tax free money.
tubester4567 2 years ago
i agree with everything in this video. born again christians are not welcoming and are all about getting more money. i questioned the churches teaching and ive been banned from 5 churches now. i got out the church the hard way and will never go back
curumba13 2 years ago
Apart from Tanya one other name really stands out as effected by the Hillsong Church.
Geoff Bullock.
MongtheWise 3 years ago
"I left Hills purely because I came to the unshakeable conclusion that God was saying to me 'Go'. There was, and still is, no agenda in me leaving, contrary to what people may say who knew me at the time, or have presumed to speak on my behalf." Quote by Geoff Bullock in Issue 27 of 'Reality' magazine.
fletzy44 2 years ago
You know the video shows that Levin clearly is saddened by the loss of her faith, he community at Hillsong and if that is how they treated her then frankly Hillsong has a lot to answer for in regards to church discipline. It almost seems that Hillsong will aggressively stamp out anything that sounds dangerous to its core message, even if that means breaking a few people who don't fit the mould. I don't care if Hillsong have done a lot of good, it never justifies the many walking wounded today.
dirtywashedupsparkle 3 years ago 7
tanya good on you. I just want to know if any one
had been fair game by a pentcostal church please speak out?
tse456 4 years ago 3
I was a member of ALC in Bradford (a church with strong links to Hillsong) between 2001-2007. I left of my own free will, I only ever received love, kindness, support and wisdom. No 'shabba dabba doo', no 'slain in the spirit', just solid teaching, and many friends that I miss beyond words. People get 'disaffected' for all kinds of reasons, as they do in secular life, but we don't all write books about it or go on TV. Sadly, it is what the secular world now expect.
fletzy44 2 years ago
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i dont know any hillsong or benny hill or whatever, all i know is Jesus, and now as a human flesh and blood i piss because people like her distract me. (which already Heavenly hard to keep my faith)..ah why i waste my time watching this...better watch Moslem4jesus channel, better. this is phatetic spoil girl dream. (im sorry Lord for my fault languge..im just a human,,Amen.)
thisisapreviewvideo 4 years ago
tell me an idiot but serious im not talkin religion or what ever but when the reporter ask "is it wheter u or the church that lost faith" i laugh because i was thinkin like that too second before he ask. even the reporter confused by her statement.
thisisapreviewvideo 4 years ago
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i dont know any hillsong or benny hill or whatever, all i know is Jesus, and now as a human flesh and blood i piss because people like her distract me. (which already Heavenly hard to keep my faith)..ah why i waste my time watching this...better watch Moslem4jesus channel, better. this is phatetic spoil girl dream. (im sorry Lord for my fault languge..im just a human,,Amen.)
thisisapreviewvideo 4 years ago
tell me an idiot but serious im not talkin religion or what ever but when the reporter ask "is it wheter u or the church that lost faith" i laugh because i was thinkin like that too second before he ask. even the reporter confused by her statement.
thisisapreviewvideo 4 years ago
I disagree with the "woman should be wife" statement. Single pastors like Christine Caine were not ostracized from what I could see.
All the rest is true I am afraid. What is missing are teh incredibly expensive cyouth,... retreats. Hillsong must be making millions on these alone (read: fee in the range of hundreds of dollars for 6 people sharing a room).
LK21LK 4 years ago 3
@LK21LK
Most campsites with cabins as you write above, including bus trips activities food etc cost in the hundreds...
hakkisak 1 year ago
Romans 14:13
stevtomato 4 years ago
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Religious organizations like Hillsong that promote imaginary beings like God and Satan should be registered like brothels and placed only in industrial areas away from children.
samten54 4 years ago
Atheist organisations that promote a one-sided world view should be registered like brothels and placed in industrial areas away from children.
knightontherock 4 years ago
You put about as much thought into that as you did when you decided to believe in god. Its so easy when you sit back and swallow what some Bronze Age goat herder imagined he saw when he had a high fever.
samten54 4 years ago 3
Thanks...I have two tertiary qualifications regarding it all...including a degree in graeco-roman and hebrew history and a diploma in theology, but you're right...I don't think much about it all...Hmm. I can't think of a good comeback. I better go ask the minister to tell me what to think.
knightontherock 4 years ago
tanya i feel sorry 4 u!
grady783 4 years ago
why? just because she is critical?
400758 4 years ago