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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- Cliffe Knechtle has a good dialogue with students at Texas State University. Recorded in October 2017.
The "Give Me An Answer" ministry began as an outgrowth of the dialogues Cliffe Knechtle has had with students on various university campuses throughout the United States. These universities include the University of Maine, Harvard, MIT, University of Florida, University of Texas, University of Wisconsin, University of Minnesota, University of California Los Angeles, University of California San Diego, Berkeley, Stanford, University of Hawaii and the University of Washington. Cliffe spoke on these campuses in front of the Student Union or Library at noon for five to ten minutes. At the close of his initial remarks, he'd open up the time for questions and answers, which usually turned into a two to four hour dialogue with students. His crowd size ranged from 25 - 500 students at a time, and between classes, new students would join the discussion. This is an extremely effective way to reach a large number of university students with the Gospel of Christ.
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God bless the young man. When he said his cross was heavier to bear, than heterosexuals woah, Cliff picked up on him telling the truth and gave him the floor and commended him for it. Straight from the heart.
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That young man humbles me. His eternal salvation in Jesus is more important to him than living a life that would be easier if he gave in to the temptations he deals with daily.
Amazing.
That brought tears of happiness to my eyes, listening that young man. Praise the Lord.
Amen
@@GraftedOliveBranch Religion has turned you into a bigoted and intollerant human being. I feel sorry for you and the gay man forced to live a life of self hatred.
What he said applies to all sinners. His cross might or might not be heavier than that of others, but that we ALL have to carry our own cross to the gates of the Day of Judgement is inevitable. Pretending there is no God or that God is JUST love and has no rules/laws for us to follow, is self-condeming.
Repent for the Day of Judgement will come upon us ALL. No excuses will be of any use.
I like that Cliff stood back and allowed for that conversation to occur. It seemed to help the others to be more open to this topic...bless that young man for sharing his faith in a authentic way
This gay guy's testimony is really good & should go viral for all to hear. He doesn't compromise. May God continue to give him strength everyday until Jesus comes.
That homosexual has such a better understanding of God's grace and salvation than a lot of people might realize or want to admit. He understands the constant struggle/battle between the flesh and the spirit. We all battle the flesh and will continue to do so until we get our glorified bodies. I pray this man feeds the spirit more than the flesh.
God bless that young man and praise him for his conviction to Christ.
I feel sorry for him having to live in a world where homophobia, hatred, and bigotry are disguised as loving by religious people.
God bless that man who turned to Christ.....he is absolutely right homosexuality is no different from adultery, prostitution, porn...basically any sexual activitie outside the marriage of one man and one woman....is wrong.
This is a daily battle for all people... straight and gay, it's hard for people to wait until marriage or for a married man or woman to never look at others with sexual desires....so it's not easy for anyone!!
We all have messed up desires because of our flesh...but they always end up destroying us..it's true that we don't choose who we're attracted to but we certainly chose if we act upon those attractions or not... nobody forces us we freely choose to do it all sexual activitie is a choice...besides from rape obviously..
We would never suggest that an adulter was born like that... he could have ignored his attractions but he chose to act on them...well, it's the same with homosexuals, it's the act that is wrong, it's the act on which God judges us not the feelings that tempt us, the more we grow in faith and in a relationship with Jesus the more we start to have control over these temptations.... only by doing His will we can control them, eventually the temptations become less and less.
God never allows us to be tempted beyond what we can control so we really have no excuses...we can fully control our actions.
King of Kings So we are born perfect/innocent until we give into sin right? No one is born gay or born a killer, but you become either when you are temped and indulge in the actions, is this correct?
I never understood the ‘I didn’t choose to be like this I was just born this way’ argument, how are you born a sinner and how can your sexual orientation become determined at birth if you have no sexual attractions in the womb?
@@MsCameoLover why people turn out gay isn't exactly known, but there is good evidence to suggest it's beyond the control of a person, in other words it's innate. You are absolutely right that a baby almost certainly doesn't know if it's straight or gay, it's only when they reach their teen years that a persons sexuality is more pronounced and they may have more of a feeling towards a person of the same sex. Because it's frowned upon in many countries for religious reasons, that person is unlikely to come out as it were.
@@MsCameoLover yes... you're correct. Its the act of giving in to those sexual desires that make it a sin. I've always had anger issues through out my life, and sometimes i feel like killing someone if they really annoy me... its not a sin that i have that strong emotion of anger, and its not a sin that i have the fleeting thought of violence pass through my mind . But it would be a sin if i chose to actually take those thoughts and act upon them. Jesus said "hate the sin, not the sinner".
@@MsCameoLover Adam and Eve ate of the fruit so the children they birthed were birthed into a world of sin. Since we were all born into a world of sin, our flesh will naturally want the things opposite of God. That’s why Jesus says we have to die to ourselves everyday.
What a ridiculous statement to make. What two consenting adults do is none of your business. You are just homophobic. You use religion to disguise your hatred and bigotry. I feel sorry for that guy having to live in a world where people like you compare him to paedophiles. There is no hate like Christian love.
Cliffe is incredibly patient with these chuckleheads, snickering the whole time like they have every answer in the world figured out. Sadly I once was like them
If Cliff is wise and Salomon is the wisest man to ever live how much more wiser is God I can’t imagine
Cliffe and that young man are warriors!
I can't get over how spot on that gay brother is in his self analysis. Even more impressive it is how confident and comfortable he is in communicating his situation. Some people hit others despite knowing its a sin and they struggle with it daily and others kiss the same sex despite knowing its a sin and struggle with it daily. God loves them both and wants them to repent and improve daily.
Gay people struggle because they live in a world filled with religious bigotry where homophobic people disguise their hatred and bigotry with religion and have the nerve to call it love. That's sick.
Tough situation but good thing the guy that is gay knows that to live that lifestyle is a contradiction to the Bible. 💯
Its really not that different than everyone else, we all have a strong desires in the flesh for a lifestyle that is not of God and unholy. Whether gay or straight, or whatever the hip new thing is, we are all in the same boat of battling against our flesh.
That guy's testimony was amazing. Thank you so much for sharing...
God bless you all brothers and sisters in Christ our Lord! He is coming soon for us! Let us pray for those still lost!
Praise God! Anchor in the Word. We're in the last hours!
The heat death of the universe is billions of years away. So we are not in the final days. Rest easy.
@@fishjj76 the Lord bless you with wisdom and understanding for what is righteous, what is pure, and what is true. His Word is inerrant and Holy. Meditate on it.
Grace and peace to you.
𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺; 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺. 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀, 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱, 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲, 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲. 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗚𝗼𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝘀 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱. 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱, 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱𝘀, 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿-𝗳𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀.
𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝟭:𝟭𝟴-𝟮𝟯
𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵. 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺 𝗶𝘁, 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.
𝗣𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗺𝘀 𝟭𝟭𝟵:𝟭𝟬𝟱-𝟭𝟬𝟲
21:03 its an important question that everyone needs to answer; is there life after death and if so, do I care? Am I willing to stop sinning in this life to enjoy a peaceful eternity in the next life?
Yes, that's a good question Confetti, I don't believe there is life after death, I've not seen any credible evidence of it. The thought of being in an eternal sleep is quite comforting to me, I believe that's what happens when he die, it'll be no different to how you were before you were conceived.
As regards sinning, that is very subjective, what you might consider 'sinful' I might regard as absolutely fine.
bonnie43uk What would you consider credible evidence of life after death, bonnie, if ya don’t mind me asking .
@Confetti Sprinkles. That's another really good question. Giving it some thought, I'd say, if a close family member of mine died. And I was certain they were dead, lets say 2 doctors confirm it ( my mother passed away 2 years ago, so if I use her as an example). She lived a long life, and died aged 89, I was lucky enough to be holding her hand when she breathed her last, an hour later her body was cold, there was absolutely no doubt that she had passed away. Lets say 3 days later she is laid to rest in her casket, and suddenly, her eyes open and she sits up, and she tells us that heaven exists, and gives us a description of heaven, I would find that pretty credible evidence.
But the fact is, when people have been clinically dead for a few days, they do not come back to life. All we have are claims from people, there is no credible evidence that I've ever come across. My mother did not come back to life, nor was I expecting her to. She is only alive in my memory. I suppose it's a nice thought to believe we live on in another existence, but that's all it is, a nice thought.
I pray you're handling her death well even after 2 years, I can't pray for the dead but I can definitely pray for those still living like yourself; not that you asked me to or anything, but just throwin that out there that 'RIP' is not biblical but I still want to send my condolences.
Okay so for you to believe that there is life after death, two years ago and three days after her verified death, your mother would have had to wake while in her casket and give you a description of the afterlife? Is that right? Basically, you want a redo of Jesus' resurrection, only this time you want it to happen to your mother and only then you'd consider following Christ/or acknowledging there's a god that has setup something after death. Let me know if what I said is correct so that I'm not just assuming anything
And also, if ya don't mind, could you please let me know your world view? Whats keeping you from killing yourself/what is motivating you to continue living?
You are free to pray for me, I can't stop you.. praying is a whole other aspect of Christianity that I have views on, in a nutshell, I don't think that praying has any effect whatsoever, only that it makes people feel as though they are speaking to God, when there is little credible evidence praying works.When the thing you are praying for does not occur, your mindset simply shifts to .."God is telling me now is not the right time" ( or some other answer), your thought wont be, "Hmmm, my prayer didn't have a positive outcome, maybe prayers are ineffective". Is there an effective way of testing prayer?, I don't think so.
With regards to an afterlife, well, you asked me what I would accept as credible evidence, I think a loved one that had died, and 3 days later that person comes back to life and tells me about the afterlife, that would be pretty strong evidence.
What is keeping me from killing myself?, lots and lots of things, there are far more things in life that I enjoy than things that I don't enjoy. I have a big zest for life, helping my fellow man and helping those who are less fortunate than me is a big part of that. I love life is the short answer.
What keeps you from killing yourself ?
It does answer the question, "Evening and morning were the first day". Second day, etc...
The young homosexual man spoke so much truth in this video. Good job young man. God bless you.
Very happy for the gay person; he turned to Christ for salvation and he's aware of his sinful desires. That's what it means to be a follow of Christ - to DENY one self and pickup the cross and follow Jesus Christ. That's what true courage is: protecting what is pure and holy and bare the suffering that comes along with it.
The student who steps up at 18:38 to give their perspective as a Christian struggling with homosexuality sums it up in the BEST possible way. This provides a PERFECT understanding of and they do a remarkable job of explaining it. No wonder Cliffe walks up to share their hand / pat them on the back. God Bless.
Good one here Brother Cliffe.
Cliffe is absolutely right on his point about the Hebrew word "yom" not being limited to a 24-hour period.
It simply means "time period."
It could be much, much longer than one day -- it could refer to multiple millennia.
Blessings be to the young man in the middle section, he has truly denied himself to follow Christ, and he will receive a greater reward in heaven because of it.
I have a real dislike for college kids. It’s like they all have to say something that they perceive to be as clever after every sentence that’s said by Cliff.
over 90% are listening without clever statements. So maybe you have a real dislike for a small fraction of college kids?
So so true!
They have no clue what they’re talking about. These kids watched a few TH-cam videos and think they know
Yeah, you should have said SOME college kids, but I do understand where you're coming from. As you continue to listen to them you begin to discover that they are basing their belief on what they should be allowed to do, BASED ON THEIR FEELINGS.
They very seldom realize that if they should be able to live life based on feelings, then the rapist, murderer & pedophile should also be able to live out their lives based on their feelings.
When confronted that part of the "people-should-be-able-to-do-what-they-want" argument, then all of a sudden, they have restrictions... That is hypocritical.
ABOUT TIME Cliffe started posting on youtube!!! Been waiting for years.
I have a theory similar to this persons story and it truly is refreshing to hear someone who deals with SSA or homosexuality in this way. It's biblical in their understanding and they recognise it and live it out. So real to see in the younger generations
A gentleman, Matthew Maury studied Psalm 8 where it speaks about the parts of the seas and Maury, when he was a grown man, became a naval officer and subsequently began studying the ocean currents his study, prompted by the Bible, cut nautical navigation down by days...
God created the genetic pool with such accuracy that a chromosomeal code adds up to a complete living person.
Genesis 1:5 God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day. 13 So the evening and the morning were the third day. 19 So the evening and the morning were the fourth day. 23 So the evening and the morning were the fifth day. 31 Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Genesis 2 Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. 2 And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made. Genesis 1:14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so.
Genesis 1:5,8,13.19.23.31 and Genesis 2:2,3 count out 7 days. As for Genesis 1:14 it refers to the lights of the sky to serve as markers for sacred times, and days and years. Love the videos Cliffe :)
This episode was so awesome !
Wow that kid is an inspiration.
Wow, God totally had Cliff's back by allowing that Christian man who struggles with homosexuality to share his views. The timing could not have been better. Voices like his are so rare, as the media has done a great job convincing the general public (and now apparently the state of California) that homosexuals cannot change through the power of Jesus. This man may still struggle, but at least he understands that a relationship with Christ is all that matters.
All souls have eternal life, no matter what they believe or don't believe.
I love this! I'm grateful to be watching this because I'm transgender and I'm daily dependent on Him
I am convinced that "The more Cliff bends the more he becomes deep into Theology" :D
Exodus 20: 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
Right on, Cliff is good on much but is wrong about the 7 day creation and Sabbath.
Cliffe says he accepts evolution as a process, .. he is exactly right, it's a process. But he says he can't accept evolution as an origin. Again, he is right, evolution says nothing about the origin of life. No one who understands evolution says it's an origin, it's simply a process of change over time. The big question of how life began is currently not known in scientific terms.
I think your claim, “evolution says nothing about the origin of life” is very dishonest. The reason I say this is because I was taught that evolution was the origins of life within all my schools. Are you claiming that my science classrooms were indoctrinating me to something that is not claimed to be true? I know that you don’t hold that evolution isn’t the origins. But why would they surely insist it was all throughout my years within my education?
@@dccrazy527 same here. Based on my obversation, a lot of people brought up the evolution theory frequently whenever the topic of discussion is about the origins of life.
@@JoeMama-sd2kl
Evolution comes from the word evolve from this to that.
As far as the origins of life: formless matter has always existed and it cannot be created or destroyed. However, it can morph from a gas, into a liquid, into matter, and from matter, into a liquid, into a gas.
Esotericists maintain that there is no inorganic or dead matter in nature. Occultism knows and teaches the one true knowledge, that has been from time immemorial, from Manu and Hermes down to Paracelsus and his successors.
Thus, Hermes says: "Oh, my son, matter becomes; formerly it was; for matter is the vehicle of becoming. Becoming is the mode of activity of the uncreate deity. Having been endowed with the germs of becoming, matter {objective} is brought into birth, for the creative force fashions it according to the ideal forms. Matter not yet engendered had no form; it becomes when it is put into operation. Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in nature. Everything is organic and living, and therefore the whole world appears to be a living organism."
@@jackalsgate1146 "formless matter has always existed..." are you implying that matter is eternal and has no beginning? And if not then what created / caused the formless matter to exist?
@@JoeMama-sd2kl
I will repeat this one more time -
Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space. The same amount of matter exists before and after the change, none is created or destroyed. This is called the Law of Conservation of Mass. In a physical change, a substance's physical properties may change, but its chemical makeup does not. Matter has the potential and does change from a gas, to a liquid, to a solid. You cannot destroy or create matter.
All that is, already is, always has been, and always will be.
million of years....now that's a fairytale...schooled but not educated...
In this simple, single sentence, you showed how very intelligent you are!
@@SOULSafeProductionZ agreed
Apologetics is a good thing but it can also be scary, because those who use it seem to put it at the Forefront and leave the gospel behind and he never talked about how important it is to have faith in God along with the grace the Lord gives us freely that we don't deserve
When Noah was building his Ark it was either laugh or cry. If Noah’s right it’s bad news for those that told God to take a hike. They could have repented but no no no not that. Anything but that. So it was ha ha ha ha ha. And then the flood came and it was glug glug glug. Now they have told that Jesus Christ is going to return. So it’s ha ha ha again to be followed by holy hell this is hot hot hot.
Cliff is like thank you god.
That young gay man needs a platform to speak on. So enlightening.
Exodus 20:11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea , and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day.
You can't get more literal than this!
Willem, why do you think he felt the need to rest on the 7th day?,
bonnie43uk He was not tired, He was done.
It seems to me that this Genesis account is clearly merely a story to try and explain how we got here, the truth is a million times more amazing. The more we search for answers, the more we learn about our place in the Cosmos.
bonnie43uk We have the truth. God promised us the truth and He preserved it for us. I got saved 3 years ago and boy was i eyes opened to the truth. Ask God to prove Himself to you and He will.
I'm happy for you Willem. Believe me, I have asked with every ounce of sincerity I have for God to prove himself to me. I've come to the logical conclusion he does not exist. I'm sure he exists within your mind, I have no doubt about that. What you regard as truth is different to what I see as truth, although I'm sure we will agree with eachother on lots of other things being true.
I love that non life argument - Robust is what it is!
It's a stupid argument. Both religious and non-religious people believe there was a time when life did not exist on this planet and agree that life now is plentiful. The difference is that religious people believe that this happened by magic. Non-religious people believe that abiogenesis is yet to be explained but like so many other things a god or multiple gods were not involved.
@@fishjj76 your problem is that you use magic as the reasoning for what religious people believe. The God of the Bible doesn’t use “magic”.
@@rickyderby Magic is the right word to describe the religious process of creation. What word would you use?
@@fishjj76 Biblically the term magic is associated with the words witchcraft and necromancy. These are counterfeits to Gods power, practiced by pagans. This is why God detests these practices because they aren’t Holy. So yes, they have the same characteristics per se. But in terms of “language” and “definition”, they are different because of word association, if that makes sense. So I guess to answer your question, you would simply call Gods power “supernatural” but not “magic” purely on word association and biblical definition.
@@rickyderby For me the definition of magic is the aparent use of supernatural powers outside of the laws of physics of nature to affect events. I stand by my definition. You're splitting hairs just to be obtuse.
Either we follow Jesus the easy way or well, I'm sure you know. This life can be a painful process without His help. Especially if you are a son or daughter of God! Jesus will never leave nor forsake us
Three people walked away as soon as Jesus came out of Cliffs mouth. 10:15. There is power in the name of Jesus. and the enemy hates His name.
We need more testimonies of men like that guy in life. Homosexuals who love Christ and pick up their cross everyday. Don't be ashamed of the grace God has given you. Homosexual, murder, thief, stripper, and more! Rejoice for you have been saved!
I do believe that the writers of the Bible could care less about science. However, there is science in the Bible. Or more accurately stated, information that leads very directly to Scientific study.
I’d be so willing to take the lowest place in Heaven if that meant Gay Christians would be given more blessings. Their affliction is so much harder than mine and if I could I would give all my blessings to them.
There is no such thing as Gay Christian’s. It would be a complete contradiction to being truly Born Again. God bless you ✝️
Sorry Cliffe, but you are not correct in assuming that the "days" mentioned in the chronological order of creation mean anything other then the literal understanding of that word, which is a 24-hour time span. " Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work..., For in SIX DAYS [not six ages of time] the Lord made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything in them; but on the seventh day he rested. That is why the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy." - Exodus 20:9-11
God used the pattern of his 6 literal day creation and his resting on the seventh as our pattern of working on six days and resting on the seventh. If you use the day/age interpretation of "day", this pattern then falls apart.
The Bible does address men having Eros love for another man as sin.... To say it doesn't is false... But it's not any worse than another sin.
Cliffe said that "God did not tell me to come out here and speak to you." But then he said that Jesus commanded that he go out and make disciples and preach the word. Jesus is God. So why not give GOD the glory and say yes, God told me to come out here and do this. God is in control, it is because of Him why you are out there. Cliffe's arminian view makes less of God
Apologia5 He said God did not tell him to come to that specific campus and speak to those students. However, God did say go and make disciples of all people, share thr gospel to all who should hear so that they may be saved. Basically, he says yes he is there by God's will, which is to spread the gospel. Hope that help :).
this guy speaking facts 18:20
I will not except an answer without the reason to get that answer.
Mad respect to that gay dude. That was awesome.
Please pray about your statements. If you are a follower of The one true God, He will show you the truth. I will do the same. May God bless you and His ministry He has you in.
I have a lot of respect for pastor cliff but I feel he should have clarified some clear points of how the scriptures view homosexuality. God can clearly remove and correct a perverted lustful heart through the power of the holy ghost.
i dont understand Cliffe's argument of "the bible doesnt tell us how long God took to make everything" when it tells us what he did in each day for a week
You have also said in other videos, "you are not saying the whole Bible is God's Word." You are more concerned about Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Why is it so hard to believe God could not give us His prefect Word?
I have to disagree with you that we don’t know how long it took for God to create. He clearly says it took him six days. When God created, he made his creation mature. That’s why Adam wasn’t created as an infant. And the trees weren’t saplings. So the age of the earth is of no consequence with faith in God.
However, how would a day have been considered as a day without the human knowledge of a day? When God was creating the Earth it could have taken years. But years to us are like seconds to him.
Lol hijacked the whole thing... 😂
Evidence of Jesus is given to us by God. So is the rest of God's Word. 2 Timothy 3:16
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
There is no overpopulation, only mismanagement of resources.
Dear Dawkins Fans,
Oh gosh chaps you’re such a wonderful lot. I wish we could all meet and have a cup of tea. Splendid. Is that a yes from everyone. All we need is Grace Kelly to round out the show. Seriously fellas, Richard is a great bs artist ( Mr Dawkins for some) and look quite frankly I find it a touch disturbing that you’re all lapping up that tripe. May I say that Richard isn’t the cats pyjamas. Actually I think he’s a two timing slime ball. That’s French for those chaps in the First World War who were passing on secret information to the Jerry’s. I’m going to tell you a little secret. He’s in league with the Jews who are trying to take over the world. They’ve got to knock the pope off his perch. Which means get everyone off the God deal. Richard’s in it for free. He loves the adoring fans giving him those slobbering kisses and hugs. He used to sell cars don’t you know and was top salesman in Liverpool and became stage struck after he met John lennon and Yoko. Ringo thought he was a poofter but that’s just hearsay. We have him on tape saying that he’s madly deeply in love. Guess who? Hate to be the one to tell you. All the suckers that buy into all his atheism BS. He knows atheism is crap but because a catholic nun molested him when he was 16 he’s had it in for the Pope ever since. Never mention nuns when you’re around him. Talk about hysteria. Shouting blustering. Quite stroppy. He really goes off the rails in a big way.
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Here's the thing, really and truly, even if someone today could in fact extrapolate and prove evolution, Cliffe and many others would still believe what they believe. That is the truth.
In the beginning you state there is no science in the Bible to contradict. There are many statements in Bible that adhere to today's science, about the earth, about hygiene, about dinosaurs.
I thought that science tries to explain the HOW of how things work, but doesn't explain the WHY. I don't think the Bible gets into detail explaining how these certain things work. For example the Bible says that in the BEGINNING God created the heavens and the earth. We now know through science that the universe is finite, that it had a beginning just like the Bible says. Science confirms what is said in the Bible, but what is in the Bible isn't scientific literature.
But when it comes to the hard hitting questions such as how precisely God created the world, there's no scientific explanation for that in the Bible...
When you think about it, questions like that have little to no chance of ever being answered Scientifically...
The bible does not teach evolution that's for sure..
Many liberal scientists today either can not or will not separate science from philosophy as Cliff was explaining at the beginning of the video.
It doesn't teach it but does it rule it out? The Bible says that God created human beings but it doesn't say specifically how. It doesn't say the exact process or method. Couldn't God have used evolution as his way of creating human beings?
If it's the Word of God, read it as the Word of God.
Amazing these kids go to an esteemed University for the sole purpose of study, learning and majoring in something they like, yet they have no understanding of literature/literary style or genre. Here cliffe is bringing out everything there is to understand how the Bible is written ect., and they could give a “rip” about it all. Sad.
I do not think that you get order and
design without a designer
Crystals, planets, shorelines etc all without any designer
That's not a fact sir but a theory.
how can reading a book make me believe something or someone is reliable. Where in the bible does it talk about gods character?
The Bible does say that the world was created in six days: "For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it" (Exodus 20:11 KJV). It is also very clear in Genesis 1 that these are literal days of Creation. There is no reason to spiritualise it away. The Bible is to be taken literally, and is not to be interpreted to fit our own preconceived bias. The Bible is just as straight forward and matter of fact about Creation as about the resurrection. It is only the evolutionary "millions of years" mindset that leads people to discard what the Bible is really saying.
We are the creatures. God is the Creator. Ultimately its an issue of obedience. You can choose to be autonomous, for awhile. Maybe &0 years, but more likely less. But because God loves you so much he provides a free gift of being in his presence and in his realm forever. He also loves you so much that he will not force you into his presence. All he wants from anyone is trusting loyalty. Loosing your dragon scales will be painful.. a good pain. A needed pain. No dragons enter paradise. Read the Gospel of John, openly, not with your typical arrogance.
Ask a simple thing of God. “If its true, show me!” But such an honest prayer will bring odd circumstances that act like a GPS. Its called providence.
Shalom.
I don’t agree with the 7 days not being seven days. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.”
Cliffe, do you not think it's possible for God to create all there is in 6 days? Anything is possible through God I think you're reading too much into this.
The thing is this.
The God you don’t believe in, is probably the same one I don’t believe in either.
Isn’t that interesting?
You are somewhat right when you say spirit, because actually God is spirit.
Here is the thing with God.
God is unlimited.
It goes a bit like this.
If you went into the great eternal and became an eternal being, I am an eternal being, and every day as you travel through eternity you learn many new things about God, you would never exhaust the inexhaustible knowledge of God, for it is never ending.
And as space never ends, described as infinity,neither does the knowledge of God.
But until you enter through the door into the knowledge of God as I have done, you will perceive that, although it is the most interesting of subjects, that it will be of little interest to you until you become born again.
We don’t know what we will be one day in the new dimension called heaven. Presumably as we are made in the image of God, copies of God, the revelation of what we are will be is a never ending discovery. Whatever it means to be God is what we will one day be, but it will be a never ending journey of development.
That’s why God went to so much trouble to create us because the achievement is so great. He creates God’s. it’s not just for this life and eternal life but actually it’s to become like God. Similar but inferior. We will always worship and adore God who made us. Our creator.
The trouble that God went to, entailed the manifestation of God as a human being, Jesus Christ. He did all this knowing full well that he’d be crucified. His love for us is so great. But many will succumb to the temptation to disobey Him and rebel in all its various forms inclusive of atheism.
Jesus Christ is the only way.
It’s too hard and too much for many people because they feel too humbled to accept God in that format of the humble man Jesus Christ, who was God in the flesh. Yeah baby.
Before a person becomes a born again believer in Jesus Christ the idea of being God is quite appealing. But all that changes once you become born again. Our desire for personal greatness diminishes, so much, that the idea of becoming the God we are created to be, doesn’t appeal to us anymore.
God is spirit. No one has ever seen God. He is without form.
In order not to restrict our understanding of what He is, He reveals himself to us in a particular format.
And that format is in the form of the written word. Hence the Bible.
In our realm and also the realm of the angels, free will reigns.
Whilst free will causes problems it potentially can also create mega opportunities.
To some extent we are in the guessing business, although we have been given guidelines for our thinking by Jesus Christ who rose from the dead.
This is an answer. I’m not saying it’s the right answer. But having said that, it does fall within the guide lines given to us by the sage of sages, namely Jesus Christ.
The free will enjoyed by the angelic realm became perverted by some of them. They rebelled against God. This resulted in being cast from their heavenly abode to a new place called earth.
Their ultimate destiny is to be destroyed, however to ensure that all the onlookers, other angels, could see that this divine decree was just, it was appropriate that their demise should not happen too quickly, in order for others to really understand the harm that evil actually accomplishes.
Hence this is being worked out here on earth.
However this great fall of these superior beings created an unprecedented opportunity for a lesser creation called mankind.
If mankind was created and placed in the same environment as these fallen beings that are unseen, man could potentially rise to Godhood.
Although this rise would always be in a sonship role. With the creator always being greater.
However the carnage would be great.
The fallen ones in their hatred of mankind, jealous of mans potential destiny, would wreak havoc in an unprecedented scale leaving a trail of destruction. Sickness. Death. Trials. Famines. The list goes on and on.
But, above all, the fallen angels would tempt man to rebel, in various forms inclusive of atheism, against their maker.
In your case you have obviously succumbed to that temptation.
God’s choice was simple.
Should He create man and place them in such an environment?
If man succeeded and overcame the temptations of the tempting ones he would gain eternal life and journey onto Godhood.
God weighed it up in the great scales of life and pressed the green button.
He reasoned that everyone has a chance if they will but take it. Therefore it’s fair.
He sets man into a world of heartbreak and misery, knowing that a sufficient amount of them will make
the right choices and overcome the tempting ones, and thereby gain their inheritance, that you are carelessly throwing away.
When He created man He said,
Let us make man in our image.
Image means a copy.
You are made in this image but you have forsaken it. Therefore you won’t get it. That’s fair isn’t it.
If you reject God as you have done, should he accept you?
How can He accept those who have made themselves unfit for paradise.
You reject Him and therefore He rejects you.
But unlike the fallen angels whose demise is fixed and cannot be altered, you are different. Repentance for you is still possible.
The longer you leave it, the harder it is to do
To repent you must fall on your knees and ask God to reveal Himself to you, as He has done with countless thousands in the form of the word, and tell Him that you will play ball and do anything He wants you to do.
Too difficult? Too hard? Feel too foolish? Ok what’s new? That’s where I was at. Thats where most people are at. They can’t do it because they are just like you.
Nothing is impossible for God.
If you get on your knees and seek God and cry out to Him, He will eventually reveal Himself to you, as He has done for me and countless others.
The reward is worth it.
The Bible does mention about men lust after men and do unnatural sexual relations with the same sex and women. However, we are to still love all. But a straight man committing adultery is just as sinful then someone practicing sexual sins with a straight person or same sexual person. Jesus raised the bar highly. But saying this, ALL SEXUAL SINS is a sin against GOD/Me outside of marriage between a woman and a man.
"...could give a rip..."
13:00 2 bodys just laying there and no one cares
"I am convinced philosophically" no you aren't
philosophy has nothing to do with it , it's called physics chemistry and biology
Ok so he's good at almost all of it but when it comes to the age of the earth he is without knowledge. It is about 7000 years old and we are close to Christ coming back the 7th day
THEY SAID CHRISTIANS CALL WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW GOD BUT THEY CALL WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW TIME.
Wow
Evolution can occur within generations...It doesn't take millions of years all of the time. That part of the theory gets weaker over time...
awesome testimony...We are naturally/culturally prone to have sex with multiple people...but should we live that way? Nope! The world is making it right, or being homosexual, or pansexual...they say it is right. But it's tragic like Cliffe says. Seek God with your whole heart and will take care of your sins, and with Jesus we are already victorious on sins, so we can live in purity. I pray that God will remove this "gay" spirit from our brother, which is tormenting him. I declare Freedom over his life, and may God make him straight just like He did for many others,....in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ. Amen
There is a BOATLOAD of science in the Bible. Just get the book "Science In The Bible" By Ray Comfort
The way Cliffe defines science is "The study of process." There are scientific facts in the Bible. But the Bible doesn't explain the scientific process of anything.
The Bible talks and describes Hell. I like your videos brother Cliffe Knechtle. But You are wrong when you think that Hell does not exist, or Hell is not the Lake of Fire, with not dieing worms and fire what cannot be stopped by fuel.
You seem to have a lot of head knowledge, but do you have heart knowledge? When someone accepts to follow Jesus Christ, there is a heart change. Not just a knowledge and understanding of Jesus' existence.
it does say. cliffe. took god 6 days to create. and 7th day he rested. thats why we have 7 day week
Star dust is fine but why do you believe that because they said it or because you have understood how they got there and if you have the knowledge of how to arrive there than explain it or shut up.
If we should ever wonder why Satan rebelled against God in heaven, we should really look no further, than at today’s present day atheists.
The similarities seem identical .
The self inflicted temptation to disbelieve in God’s existence, can tempt some, inclusive of Satan, formerly named Lucifer, to not believe in the existence of the invisible God, using the excuse that He cannot be seen.
They allow this excuse to tempt them and of course to that temptation they have succumbed. But they are grateful of this temptation for they greatly love it.
Rarely does a atheist, who once believed in God, ever return to his original belief.
This happens because of a highly delusional intoxicating mind expansion, which invokes a mindset of such a greatly improved self image, that to walk away from it, seems impossible to break away from, or too hard to bear.
Whilst they don’t see it in the format of the following analogy’s, nevertheless the honest atheist can relate to them.
Here they are.
Can the world’s richest man throw it all away and become a pauper?
Can a man leave a feast and clothe himself in rags and become a starving beggar?
Can an intellectual genius regress and become a simpleton?
These analogies will strike a chord with the the brave atheist who will acknowledge that walking away from their atheism would be akin to being smitten by the effects of above mentioned analogies. This is why they can’t seem to be able to walk away from it. It’s too much for them.
Be mindful that these are only analogies and that there are many wealthy believers in Jesus Christ including giants of intellect.
If Satan couldn’t change, and he really is a genius of the highest order, although bound for hell, how then can atheistic man of less intelligence prevail against himself?
Miracles do happen but invariably they don’t. Once an atheist, almost always an atheist.
We must assume, because it makes sense, that the most persuasive ones of the remaining angels, being two thirds of that realm, would have begged Lucifer to reconsider. Surely this would have happened. However they didn’t prevail. Lucifer was impervious to their reasonings.
For it happens here on earth too, as we, who do believe in God, try to persuade those, whom we beg and entreat, to not be opposed to believing in God.
But, what would we be, if we didn’t try to reason with the atheist, who like Satan has lost his way.
Yes our discussions with them are presumably futile, however it is because we elect to discuss with them their true state, which they won’t face, that our own understanding of their predicament increases. And also, we must do what we do, because it is the right thing to do in the sight of God.
Noah was a preacher of righteousness and so too are we, if we tell others to fear God and keep His commandments.
2Peter 2:5
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah, the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly.
Noah warned with his ark which brought happiness to the
antediluvian world until the flood came. But before the flood arrived Noah cheered up all those who entered not into the Ark.
The building of the Ark was hysterically amusing to those who were yet to perish in the flood, that was to cover the whole earth.
I am not a political person at all but seeing people laughing hysterically at the notion of Donald Trump actually becoming President rings a bell. Their shock and disbelief when he soared to victory is a wake up call for scoffers.
Noah’s building of the Ark was a non verbal preaching in wood, in the form of the ark, being a preaching of righteousness, of God’s coming judgment upon a sinful world.
2nd Peter 3:3-7
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming?
Jesus Christ shall return.
1 Thessalonians 4: 16-17
For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God, And the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17:Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
As Noah cheered the scoffing people with his Ark, so too do we with our hope, cheer the scoffers of today.
Titus 2 :13-14
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
14: Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people,zealous of good works.
Sin isnt temptation, sin is acting on it. If u are tempted to sleep with the same sex, and dont fulfill that desire you have not sinned. Not all sins are equal but sexual sin is all bad.
It depends on your denomination, I know Catholic. Concupiscence is not the sin, but even Matthew 5 talks about how thoughts can be sins. Spiritual Acts of Mercy are powerful and require little action and much free will.
Sin besets all of us. When someone says I was just born this way...the Bible agrees...We are ALL born into this world, sinners. Jesus Christ came to save us from our sins. John 3:16-18, Romans 10:9-10,13, 1 Corinthians 15:1-4
I love Cliffe, but I am puzzled by something: Is not the Catholic Church the church that Jesus Himself founded in Matthew 16 when He gave the keys of the kingdom to Peter? "Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” If Jesus founded a Church, then wouldn't He want all His children to be members of it? Isn't it more than just an "institution", as Cliffe refers to it?
The Rock that Jesus is talking about is himself. He is the Christ the son of the living God. On that Rock he builds his church. The church is built on Jesus and not on Peter. Simon's name was changed to Peter because he said it not that he is it. Peter wasnt Roman Catholic either. that church wasnt founded until Constintine in like 339 AD.
Hello Seladen,
Hmmm. It’s funny how no Church Fathers saw it the way you do. There is not one who saw a distinction between Peter and the rock. If what you are saying is right, that Jesus is the rock, then what is the significance of the keys that Jesus clearly gives to Peter? What does Jesus mean when he says “Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven?”
Also, history clearly indicates that Constantine had great deference for the existing Church at the time of his conversion, and sought out its officers throughout his career for advice and guidance. Truly Seladen, you need to quit being told what history says, and start doing your own homework. Look up reputable historians and you’ll see. I do not know of one serious and reputable historian who thinks Constantine founded the Catholic Church.
Who cares what church fathers said? What does the Holy Bible say about the rock in both the old and new testaments? Moses stuck the rock and water flowed out. That was a symbol and type of what was to happen to the Rock on the cross. Jesus spoke of the house built upon the rock and strong foundation. He speaks of a life built on himself. Nebuchchadnezzars dream and the mountain carved without hands(Rock) destroying the human world kingdoms. That is a prophecy of Christ second coming and establishing his 1000 yr kingdom. Everytime the rock is mentioned in the bible it is referecing Jesus. now Constantine was the first Roman Emperor that allowed Christianity to be legal if you will. So how can the "Roman Catholic Church" have exsisted as you claim before him? considering He held the title Of Pontifax Maximus before he even converted? Or that all Roman Emperors all the way back to Giaus Julius Caesar held that title? It wasnt until Consitine's successor that refused it did it fall to the Bishop of Rome at that time? All the Apostles had "the keys" if you will. Thats what the book of Acts is all about and their power was taken away towards the end of the book example Paul being unable to heal people at end.
We all need to care deeply about what the Church Fathers say. Real Protestant scholars surely do. Keep in mind Seladin that the early Church always accepted the Bishop of Rome as head of the Church. For example, @ AD80, the Church at Corinth deposed its lawful leaders and it was the fourth Bishop of Rome, Pope Clement I who was called to settle the matter. He wrote “You therefore, who laid the foundation of the rebellion, submit to the presbyters and be chastened to repentance, bending your knees in a spirit of humility (First letter to the Corinthians, 57, 1). Keep in mind that St. John the Apostle was still alive at this time, but he was not called to intervene because he did not have the authority that Jesus had given to Peter, which Clement did. This, I shouldn’t have to say, was quite some time before Constantine. So you see, the Church was well established with Popes and Bishops three hundred years before Constantine.
@@brotherdamien1804Catholicism is satanism in disguise, you just don't know it yet
There are no scientific equations in the Bible. There aren't direct scientific concepts in the Bible, but information leading to scientific discoveries in the Bible
The way that Cliff smirked when the gay guy was sharing his beliefs makes me want to vomit 🤢 I feel bad for that guy.
This might be the first time I disagree with cliffe 😩 If God established night and day and then said on the 3rd day he created, what he created was on that day. I wonder why he's telling them the bible doesn't give the time?
The Vedic Scriptures provide a perfectly scientific and accurate explanation of how the universe was created.
Did I miss something? I thought the young lady said she was a lesbian.