 At this point I'm like, nobody knows, nobody's got it figured out, and the only thing I have a problem with is if you tell me that you do have it figured out. It's sort of a stone age moral philosophy. That is something that that philosophy has been incredibly harmful to a lot of people, and to a lot of people who call themselves mythical beasts. I have a truth, I possess the right answers, I possess the truth, and there needs to be an exchange of right truth to them that they don't have it. Rhett and Link of Good Mythical Morning are some of the most recognizable YouTube personalities in the world. While the vast majority of OG YouTubers have fallen off or started some other ventures, these two best friends have continued to crush the YouTube algorithm shooting their brand into the stratosphere. They've managed to avoid controversy being canceled and just the general drama of any YouTuber that has been on the platform for a few years, let alone 15. That is, until they dropped a podcast revealing their religious past. As college missionaries and Bible-thumping conservative Christians, but now they reject it all. They went on a podcast this week fleshing through some of the controversy and the follow and opened up about the brutally honest reasons they left Christianity. Be sure to stay tuned till the fourth clip where Rhett explains what he thinks is the most problematic part of modern-day Christians. This podcast was super interesting, so let's jump into it. The funny thing is the whole deconstruction movement they call it now, which is people leaving Evangelical Christianity or Christianity in general, has become a bit of a trendy thing, because we're seeing this huge exodus of people from the church, just a generational shift that we're experiencing for all kinds of reasons. So people talking about it is a little bit trendy, and it wasn't like we're doing this to enter some new status or be considered in a certain way. I don't like controversy, I don't like people being upset, I don't like people saying they're never going to watch again because of this. And I was a little, and I do feel like I've pulled back a little bit in the amount that I want to talk about it, because I don't want to disparage people who have faith, you know, and it's like, it's very difficult to figure out what is going on with the world. It's very difficult to figure out what the nature of this reality is. The thing I had the biggest problem with now is people who say that they know exactly what the nature of God is, what they know the nature. They know exactly what happens after you die, and this is what you need to do to be prepared. At this point, I'm like, nobody knows, nobody's got it figured out, and the only thing I have a problem with is if you tell me that you do have it figured out. If I were sitting down with Rhett right now, the simple question that I would ask him is, how do you know? You say you're chill with everyone, as long as you're doubting or questioning or unsure that that's cool, but the second somebody comes forward and says, I know truth, or I know what happens after someone dies, that's where you have a problem. You say you can't know that, but how do you know that? You see, our secular culture celebrates uncertainty. It's one of the greatest virtues of our time. To be unsure, to question, to be doubtful, to be skeptical, to never have your feet planted on solid ground, to be uncertain about the most important questions in the universe, but certain that nobody could know for sure what the answers are. Let me tell you why I have certainty about what I believe in 30 seconds. There were supernatural events that happened. These events were documented and prophesied about hundreds of years before they actually happened. When they happened, they were documented by eyewitness accounts, people that were actually there and written down. These events also were corroborated by people that were not from the Christian religion. These were people that were Jewish scholars like Josephus. Further, going in a different direction this time, without God, we are just star stuff. We're just chemical reactions in meat bags. We have no meaning. We have no purpose. There's no dignity. There's no worth. There's no morality. There is no truth. None of those things can be accounted for without God. That is why I know there is a God because we know those things exist. Otherwise, our world is just absurd and we know it's not absurd. We know there's meaning. We know there's truth. We know that human beings have dignity and there's intrinsic worth. That worth has been given to us by the Creator. And that's why I am certain that not only God exists, but He has revealed Himself in the Scripture. I was a loving, inclusive person that wasn't excluding somebody based on any type of orientation, you know? Right. And was that, which is a dichotomy toward the teachings of... Exactly. All these fans who come from all walks of life, all different perspectives. Yeah, some people who are, you know, are conservative Christian people, but a lot of people who are not. And I think that our philosophy of inclusivity and of accepting people and encouraging people to accept themselves versus encouraging them to adhere to sort of a stone age moral philosophy. That is something that that philosophy has been incredibly harmful to a lot of people and to a lot of people who call themselves mythical beasts, you know, our fans. A clear distinction needs to be made here. And for those of you who have followed me for a long time, you know what I'm going to say. There's a big difference between acceptance and approval. Acceptance and approval. Remember this when you're talking about LGBT issues in light of the Scripture. Acceptance and approval. I accept people. I accept people where they're at and I love them, regardless of their lifestyle, regardless of how they orient their lives, regardless of what they believe. I accept them. And that's what we're called to do, to welcome them in with dignity, knowing that they have great worth and they're created in the image of God. But that doesn't mean that I approve of every one of their behaviors. This not only goes for people that are in the LGBTQ lifestyle, but it goes for a sibling that's doing something that is against the Word of God or goes for a friend that's making an irresponsible financial decision. And I disagree with it. Like, I don't always agree with every decision that everyone makes, but that is not mean that my love is being withheld. But rather that I have such great love for them that I'm willing to say, Hey, like, I don't think this is going to be best for you. And in this context, it's saying not only that I don't think this is going to be best for you, but this is against God and this is against his ways and his design. And he has so much more for you in his design of you. And he wants you to step in that. And he doesn't want you to go counter to that. He wants you to stop rebelling against him and submit yourself to him. That's a hard message, but that's the truth. And if I truly love someone, then I'm willing to say that. Now, Rhett says, when they move past the stone age morality, my question for him is, okay, what morality do you have now? You say the Bible is a stone age morality that's not relevant anymore. What morality are you trying to cling to? Because I know that you have some sort of foundation for morality. You say some things are wrong, but just not all the things that the Bible says are wrong, are wrong. And so you have this new kind of edited document that you'd like to have. Is it based on culture, whatever culture says goes, whatever the country the law says goes? Because we know, based on history, that that is a very dangerous place to be. So surely it couldn't be that. The truth is, people want morality. They want God's morality to an extent, but they'd like to edit it. Well, listen, let me tell you, on this side of it, it's a lot better. As someone who lived within the confines of that system, and someone who is more of just a humanitarian humanist at this point. Yeah, it's easier because, I mean, there were years of, I have to find a way to love gay people, but not really accept them or their partner or whatever. This is simply a false dichotomy. You can either love and accept someone and embrace every single one of their decisions and lifestyles and approve of it all. You disagree with their lifestyle, and therefore you hate them, and therefore you can't really love them properly, and these are the two options that you have. And this is just a false dichotomy. The Bible says that part of love, part of loving somebody, is to speak hard truth, is to speak things that are going to, maybe even cause somebody to feel uncomfortable. The hard words of a friend are actually a blessing, because they help to grow us and lead us in the right path. And so somebody that you think is your best friend, somebody that you think is just this really nice person, like a progressive pastor who just, no, you can do whatever you want. They're actually your worst enemy. They actually hate you. They're demonstrating their hate towards you, because they refuse to say something that might cause you to dislike them, but ultimately would be for your good. More so than that. For me, I had, because you know, if you're a Christian, and especially for evangelical Christian, the mandate is the Great Commission. Jesus telling people to go and share the gospel, right? You're supposed to bring people into the fold. What that does is it sets up this dynamic with every single interaction that you have with a person. There's a burden that you need to tell them this thing. And that the dynamic in your mind is that I have a truth. I possess the right answers. I possess the truth. And there needs to be an exchange of right truth to them that they don't have it. That dynamic is toxic. It is debilitating. It changes every interaction that you have with somebody. I enjoy living life so much more now where I get to talk to somebody, and I'm like, well, what am I going to learn from this person? Not what can I teach this person? How can I tell this person that what I believe is right? Well, it's like, well, let's see what... Here's another person with another specific experience from a different place in the world. They've got a certain perspective. I have a lot more personal satisfaction out of getting their perspective and being like, well, how does that impact my perspective? Versus carrying around this book of truth that you have to shove down people's throats in every opportunity that you get. Even if you're doing it in love, it's the dynamic is that you're right and they're wrong and that you got to settle it. Honestly, this is a fair question. Don't Christians just walk around saying, I'm such a good person. I can tell you how to get to heaven. And I have the key. I have the answer and you need to talk to me and I need to tell you in every opportunity how wrong you are and how right I am. And this is a fair question. I'm going to tell you two stories that will help make sense of this. In Luke 18, Jesus tells a story of a Pharisee and a tax collector. The Pharisee went up to pray and he held his head high and he said, God, thank you that I'm not like these other men, these extortioners, these adulterers, these idolaters, this tax collector. Thank you that I'm not like these men. He prayed a boastful, a prideful prayer. But then the tax collector goes up and he doesn't even lift his head to heaven. And he says, God have mercy on me, a sinner. Second story is of a young man wandering through the desert. He's been without food and water for quite some time. He can't remember the last time he had a drink of water. His mouth is shut because of the lack of moisture. His feet are tired. His bones are aching because they've had no sustenance whatsoever. And he walks and he walks and he walks and all of a sudden he feels a different sensation on his feet and he looks down and there's a spring of water breaking forth from the ground, from the depths. And he breaches down and he drinks some and all of a sudden his thirst is quenched. He's just like this immense joy just floods him. And he remembers back as he was walking, he saw other travelers too that were experiencing the same level of thirst and lack of nutrition that he was experiencing and he wanted to share with them too that this is where you can find water. This is where your thirst can be quenched. Humility and gratitude are the fuel that lead us to share the gospel with people, that lead us to share God's love with people. It's not this prideful look at how awesome I am and you need to believe this. Yes, that can definitely be a temptation to go about sharing Christ that way, to feel like we are that much more superior. But the way that God has called us to is to humility, to say, hey look, I'm no better than you and I was exactly where you are but I have found living water where my thirst has been quenched. I have found bread of life where my hunger has been satisfied. I was a sinner and I cried out to God and he heard my prayer. This is the heart that we ought to have when carrying out the Great Commission. Unfortunately this doesn't always happen but this should be the place that we go back to. To humility and gratitude and let those two things lead us to sharing Christ's love and his truth with others. Now I believe God is still working on Rhett and Link. It's not that they need more head knowledge or they need more information about the Bible. They have all of that. It's about God opening their eyes to see him as he truly is. I'm praying that God does just that. Thanks for watching this video. If you enjoyed it, give it a like and subscribe to this channel because I'm putting on new content all the time. If you want to support what I'm doing and equipping people to follow Jesus daily, support me and my mission. Join on Patreon and the link in my description. That would be an amazing blessing. I'll see you next time. God bless.