7 Questions to Ask Yourself When You're Deconstructing From Christianity
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- In this episode, I dive into the process of deconstructing from conservative Christian ideologies. Join me as I ask seven essential questions to re-examine your faith and encourage introspection.
Explore the foundations of your beliefs, challenge notions about God's character, and navigate the complexities of morality and intellectual integrity. As we delve into these crucial topics, I aim to promote personal growth, authenticity, and a deeper understanding of ourselves and the world around us.
Please keep in mind that all everything I say here is my subjective opinion, and is intended to deconstruct fundamentalist/evangelical/conservative Christian ideologies from an ex christian perspective
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One of the questions that helped me wake up was "If I were shown this stuff for the first time, would I be convinced?" The answer was an overwhelming "No". Love your videos Kristi!
@@mrfabulous4640 Hush.
That’s so good!
@@mrfabulous4640 did you watch the video? belief is about your personal psychology. If someone doesn't have the reading level to read everything you wrote then how can they understand the resurrection, therefore how can they believe it? You wont believe something you cant understand and THAT is the issue. An all loving god, whos word is supposed to be for humanity needs hoops and obstacles to be understood? doesn't sound very compassionate to me
@@mrfabulous4640 The subject is not worth spending time on. It is up to Christians to prove he jumped out of the grave after 3 or 4 day. If you are claiming that supernatural event then it should be easy to see by all without research. Christianity fails to answer it so just walk away
@@mrfabulous4640 "J. Warner Wallace. Wallace is a famous L.A. homicide detective who has had interviews on a number of T.V. shows (like Dateline)."
I too was an investigator before retiring. I did it for over 20 years. He is wrong in that you can't apply good investigate evidence to the bible. None of the supernatural events that are the foundation dof the faith are proven.
42 years old and I just gave myself permission to be good enough for the first time. I kept waiting for god to love me and it never happened. Now I'm going to love myself and stop worrying about the demons. I don't need to fear hell anymore, I created it and lived it in my mind my whole life.
Believe3 in yourself
marionfowler4270 - Why do you think God didn’t love you?
@@ianalan4367 ""why do you think god didn't love you"
Is that all you got out if it? That question?
But I do, based on experience with christian propaganda, know why you asked it
Cuffsmaster - I am uncertain as to what all that was about but wish you peace. As to my question it was just that. I am curious as to why someone who believes/believed in God would think that God did not love them. It was directed to Marion.
Peace to all dear sir!
@@ianalan4367 "it was just that I was curious as to why someone who believed .. would think he didn't care"
Common sense and the question is actually deeper than you pretend. You try to make the false assumption that Christians try to make in their propaganda. Christians start from a positon that your god is real and proven. >>> Wrong..
You sat a baseline where your god is real when is the wrong direction for the discussion. But that is what you choose to hear which is typical denial for Christians.
‘Lean not on your own understanding’ was my stumbling block for years. Now loving researchers who came before me who weren’t afraid to uncover truth. Now seeing all the fascinating findings as i sought answers. I am ‘out’ and cannot and don’t want to go back to the decades I held on to the Christian beliefs. Feel like it’s robbed me of all of my life so far 😢, a journey out is the best gift I can give to my children.
@@christophergibson7155 "why would that be a stumblign block"
Well the bible is based on falsehoods, pretend supernatural events and misleading propaganda just like you are holding on to as somesort of proof. You have zero proof.
@@christophergibson7155 spouted this b/s "The only proof and evidence you will ever need is the new birth. Jesus said, "unless you are born again you can not see or enter the kingdom of God." So, until that experience takes place in your life, you will continue to be spiritually dead in "
Reply.
Well the foundation of the bible is based on supernatural events happening that are claimed to be proof your version of god is real. That of course if false as NONE of the supernatural events claimed as fact in the bible are proven or even likely to be slightly true.
You are using quotes and Church propaganda as proof which is laughable. You can't prove the bible with quoting the bible or what some preacher drills in your brain. You have have not proven any of the supernatural events are real. SO all you say is b/s if not founded by facts.
So prove:
the talking snake - talking ass - and the two talking burning bushes
Samson's magic hair
Moses even existed much less parted the Red Sea and did his SNAKE tricks.
an Uber ride in a whales belly
Elijah's Uber ride to heaven WITHOUT dying.
The earth is supported on 4 post. It is covered with a firmament (dome) the moon, stars and Sun are in the dome. water is above and bellow the dome.
the tower of Babel b/s.
when men are thrown in with Lions as a free meal they are not eaten. LOL
and in the New testament ( if it can be called a testament with all the lies)
Prove the
unf**ked birth of Jesus (also called the rape of a 13 year old girl)
JC jumped out of the grave after 3 or 4 days (zombie jesus)
That the Earth stood still when JC died
That the dead walked the earth when he died (more zombies)
that he healed the sick
that the caused the dead to rise (more zombies yet again)
that he walked on water
he turned water into wine
that JC talked to the Devil on a Mountain
Before you give me your b.s about salvation and all that you need to prove the foundation. Yeah I was raised in a Southern Baptist Church and when thought the child abuse offered by the Church.
Every faith thinks they have the answer
Faith is not fact
believe is not evidence
SO stop doing a song and dance and give evidence .
@@christophergibson7155 "I am a living testimony of what grace has done inmy life born again .. new creaton is christ"
You, as is the rest of the world, are a living testimony of millions of years of evolution and how man's brain has been molded to want leadership from others. Religion helps us live in a community, tribe or village.
You have also fallen deep into the propaganda so badly you fail to see the false claims of your belief.
What the Christian propaganda does well if block you from looking at the reality of your faith. But that is true of all good and popular faiths. You believe supernatural events as true in your faith that you'd never believe in another faith.
But I do understand how easily one can be fooled by religious propaganda and in many cases brainwashing. I was suckered into the faith as a child and remained for many years until I reached a age and place in life to honestly evaluate it as a whole. The falacy of it because clear but still the drilled in propaganda held on even when logic says otherwise. I was "so called saved" as a child but is was no more than a conditions response and child abuse.
Christianity can be child abuse. I would hope you are able at some point to see the truth. But if you can't and live were you are in the darkness - so be it, I just hope you don't ruin the lives of others by leading them into the lie.
You are pretending all you say is proven again. That is smoke and mirrors for Jesus. What you believe is impossible to prove therefore I consider it a lie for jesus.
As for as cleaning you of sin. That is your belief - ok so be it - but that does not make it fact. Every major religion has followers that make similar claims. Your claims have absolutely more chain of being real than the other faiths that claim the same thing, Simply because you go their in your mind as they do in other faiths does not make you are them correct. You are lost in the propaganda and mind games.
When it comes to supernatural events - - I don't have to disprove fables and claimed supernatural events. It is up to the one claiming an uncommon event to prove it is real.
@@christophergibson7155 "I have a relationship wiht Lord Jesus Christ"
DO you sleep with him in your "relationship. Is he on top or you? DO you kiss him? lol
You are displaying brainwashing. The terminology you have been trained to use does not change the fact you are deep into the religion.
Oh I see have started using bible verses when much be rejected since you have not proved the supernatural claims of the bible. The bible is not self proving when it is full of b/s SO you can't use b/s as proof or evidence of anything. Sorry but you knew better you just choose to be brainwashed and not see the reality.
I am sorry for your being drawn into the cult
You are in the Bible. In John 6. Jesus was delivering a very difficult discourse. Many of His disciples said, "these are hard words ! Who can hear them?!" And they left. Jesus did not soften his speech nor attempt to stop them.
Spirituality is an individuals journey. Freedom‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
spirituality is a nothing burger, for we have never demonstrated what a spirit is. It is like unicornality.
You are absolutely right. Asking tough questions either leads you closer to God or to another truth. And finding truth is infectious. I will keep asking questions the rest of my life!
Honestly I don't ask question as to the existence of a god anymore. Years ago I stopped asking questions about a Jewish or Christian god. I was raised in a Southern Baptist family and it took a while to wash the propaganda off myself but not I move on.
After the 9-11 attack I am turning against all faiths as being equal in evil. The propaganda is not helpful in the long run.
We are not supposed to ask questions about God... cats don't ask anything. Cats just have curiosity.
@@sootuckchoong7077 says: *We are not supposed to ask questions about God*
Where in the bible does it state that?
We're supposed to prove all things according to the bible.
1 Thessalonians 5:21 (KJV): “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.”
How can we prove all things if we don't ask questions, including questions about God?
The bible clearly states to prove all things and God is a part of all things, so you can ask questions about God according to the bible because there is nothing in the bible to prohibit such a thing.
So, if you have questions about God then ask them.
I'm an Ex-Christan and remained spiritual.
People should be asking the same questions when it comes to their political views
Thank you for your videos!
I'm very close to my Grandma she's 90yrs old and has Alzheimer's. I really wanted to believe I would see her on the other side of eternity but I now know to just appreciate and love her while she's here with me right here right now. It makes me want to cherish every single moment I have with her and really all my fellow humans. 🤟
Even though I stopped believing in god a long time ago. I’m mesmerized by your brain. You explain everything brilliantly. I love it.
Keep it up!
My family is mostly Christians and my daughter converted to Islam. I've studied both and they are both equally unbelievable. Your religion depends on geography. Where you were born. My daughter believes anyone who isn't Muslim will burn in hell even if they were a good person. I've seen what religion does and I believe it's a crutch. Just like drugs were a crutch for me.
Thats not what Islam believes
@Christopher Gibson YHWH is Allah lmfao and YHWH is a war God al lat isn't Allah
@@christophergibson7155 nope nice try
@Christopher Gibson Christianity changed and has 3 gods Ishtar asherah and YHWH making it pagan father mother son
Al-`Uzza was erected on three trees of a forest. Khalid cut the three trees and approached the house built around it and destroyed itMuhammad bin Ishaq narrated, "Al-Lat belonged to the tribe of Thaqif in the area of At-Ta'if. Banu Mu`attib were the custodians of Al-Lat and its servants.'' I say that the Prophet sent Al-Mughirah bin Shu`bah and Abu Sufyan Sakhr bin Harb to destroy Al-LatThe Prophet sent Abu Sufyan Sakhr bin Harb or `Ali bin Abi Talib to demolish it. Ibn Ishaq said that Dhul-Khalasah was the idol of the tribes of Daws, Khath`am and Bajilah, and the Arabs who resided in the area of Tabalah. I say that Dhul-Khalasah was called the Southern Ka`bah, and the Ka`bah in Makkah was called the Northern Ka`bah. The Messenger of Allah sent Jarir bin `Abdullah Al-Bajali to Dhul-Khalasah and he destroyed it.
@Christopher Gibson you're just mad that I won't accept your pagan beliefs if Islam was pagan I wouldn't be in it I was Christian for 24 years after doing study i left it and especially hearing Christianity scholars say Bible has been changes and all the pagan traditions they added onto it
A gentle, honest, respectful, and well considered invitation for people to dig just a little bit deeper into their true beliefs and the reasons for them. Excellent job!
So, I just found your channel about three or four days ago. I really love these videos. I think the major takeaway from all of what I’ve watched thus far is the permission to be worthy of one’s self. I didn’t realize how self damaging it was to grow up thinking I was garbage without Jesus. It might sound silly, but I audibly said, “I am without sin”. I’ve certainly made my mistakes in life, but giving myself permission to not carry Adam and Eve’s curse felt more like a baptism than the actual baptism I had when I was a kid.
What’s a gavaga? And why are you the one? Just curious.
"grow up thinking I was garbage" ------
“all I had hitherto heard of Christian theology had alienated me from it. I was a pagan at the age of twelve, and a complete agnostic by the age of sixteen... but it did for one wild moment cross my mind that, perhaps, those might not be the very best judges of the relation of religion to happiness who, by their own account, had neither one nor the other” (G.K. Chesterton "Orthodoxy")
Peace be with you.
@@andrewferg8737 I’m sorry, I should have realized that. Sometimes I have the most ridiculous brain f*rts…I appreciate the kind reply. Peace be with you as well!!!
@@ChrisPyle “For you love all things that exist, and detest none of the things that you have made, for you would not have made anything if you had hated it.
How could any thing endure if you had not willed it into existence?
Or how would anything not called forth by you have been preserved?
You spare all things, for they are yours, O Lord, lover of souls.
For your immortal spirit is in all things.
Therefore you correct little by little those who trespass, and you remind and warn them of the things through which they err,
so that they may be freed from wickedness and put their trust in you, O Lord”
(Wisdom 12)
"In hope, the Church prays for all men to be saved" (Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 1821)
Deus caritas est.
Peace be with you.
Wow this video was perfect in every way. What you say is so simple and logical. You speak in such a cofident but loving tone . Its encouraging to see someone who actually cares and is engertic about the topic of most importance. You are not normal in this world . Finding you was truly a gift. Wow just wow!!!!!
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@Baker Banking I'm not concerned with what you believe about my own experiences 😂
@Baker Banking I find it hard to believe that you read the Bhagavad Gita, or any Hindu apologetic books, or that you were a very strong Hindu. Your objections to Hinduism could easily be refuted by the simplest of books or research, I recommend you to research your position. Believe in Lord Krishna!
@Baker Banking I was a Christian for over 40 years, I find it very easy to believe what her experience since there are many similarities to mine.
@Baker Banking I am not aware of any answers you have given her, so I can't comment on those. My 'truth' now is so much more consistent with what I see and experience on this planet than it ever did when I was a Christian. I completely understand how one can rationalize away the issues, as I did that for years.
I was raised Assembly of God because my grandpa was the pastor. Bible camp, tongues etc. Leaving the life behind made me feel like I had no purpose, lonely, and loosing spiritual family. Christianity never taught me to love myself ever. No they teach you to be like everyone else. As a non theistic satanist, I found outsiders who will love me as I am. After sexual assault from a youth pastor it was time to leave. I really appreciate your courage to make these videos and follow you on TikTok. I’m one year over 49. I still cry in secret, but each day is getting better. Family rejection is another issue. No one tells you freedom comes with a heavy price. Loosing identity is devastating even for the strongest person. I also understand why some people never leave the religion mainly because of relationships. If you see members of TST (The Satanic Temple), just smile knowing someone got saved from religion.❤
I am sorry you are going through that. I am no expert. But it sounds similar to what LGBT people go through when they come out. I have observed it is helpful to get involved in communal events (volunteering to put together a dance for people of similar interests for example) and eventually build a chosen family. I wish you the best.
"The Lord works in mysterious ways" yeah that never gets old.
... yes I'm binge watching your videos... Don't judge me 😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤
no judgement here!
@@jezebelvibes just one... Or three more and I'll go to sleep... 😁
Wow Kristie, i have listened to now probably 100s of hours of talks and debates from professional with phd's, degrees etc and they were all great. Your down to earth speaking style, honest empathy with the listeners is so good. Just sitting on your porch, out in the paddock or wherever discussing these big philosophical questions & smashing it. Thank you for your efforts and commitment to enlightening anyone who is on the journey like me. Yes its a process but for me once i found good trust worthy sources at my level of education it was like pulling at a loose thread of an old garment it kept unravelling to a point where i had no garment left. For one week as i kept learning i was agnostic then personally released i was atheist. 40 years of Christian faith just evaporated...... and i felt good, freed like a weight off me. Thank you.
You are AWESOME!!!👊🏿💯♥️
We all need healing. You're bringing healing to so many Kristi.
Well-constructed discussion. 👍 I think most de-constructing Christians realize they haven't been rationally thinking all the while believing in a religion without sufficient evidence. Enjoy your channel!
@@christophergibson7155What evidence do we have of this new birth?
@@christophergibson7155 So you’re essentially saying you have no evidence but that I should be swayed by an argument to popularity?
Your arguments are the only ones that I feel stand strong against my dads that I've been hearing fo years, Cant wait fo your channel to grow on here, Love ya Krisit 🫶🏽
@Baker Banking in my opinion they are good, no thank you gods not real🫶🏽
@Baker Banking weird of you to assume I haven’t, you don’t stop believing in god from 1 youtube video love
@Baker Banking Saved from what?
@Baker Banking And do you have any evidence that hell is a real place out of a man made book?
@Baker Banking “the Bible is divinely inspired” - how do you know? It says it is so therefore it is, therefore god exists lol 😂
what prophecies were fulfilled? Revelations is vague garbage. If your god knows what is going to happen before it happens then why be so vague about it? No dates no names just ‘there’s going to be earthquakes. I’m going to come back one day but not say when’.
What you just described is Pascal’s wager. Your god basically has you scared you shitless into worshipping him out of fear, yet a god has never revealed themselves to anyone on this planet beyond a reasonable doubt. Some random men claimed that god spoke to them and told them to write this book of fairy tales. Do you have any evidence that a virgin gave birth, man walked on water, raised the dead, fed 5000 people with 7 food items and died and came back to life? Historical accuracy my arse. If you don’t have evidence, then why believe it? Your god apparently is all powerful and created the universe yet needs humans to build him a boat, write a book and spread his word. A very weak and shy god indeed.
I was raised mormon and went thru a hell of a time realizing it was all a lie but then joining biblical Christianity shortly after for about 7 years before simply listening to a few intelligent atheists completely changed my life. Your questions are valid and are your intellectual self fighting for your liberty so don't ever stop questioning your beliefs.
The world was created with around 70 percent of ocean Waters , that bring fresh rain water onto the lakes and dry lands. The oceans are full of creatures that deficate in the water , and God supplied bottom feeders , and the waves to add oxygen to the oceans. This only happens by design.
“All I had hitherto heard of Christian theology had alienated me from it. I was a pagan at the age of twelve, and a complete agnostic by the age of sixteen; and I cannot understand anyone passing the age of seventeen without having asked himself so simple a question… but it did for one wild moment cross my mind that, perhaps, those might not be the very best judges of the relation of religion to happiness who, by their own account, had neither one nor the other” (G.K. Chesterton. Orthodoxy)
"who against all hope, believed in hope" (Romans 4)
"In hope, the Church prays for all men to be saved" (Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 1821)
Peace be with you.
I am listening to this with the sound down, because I am afraid of what my family will think if they hear this. It’s 2023!
How you doing?
@@annabelle7448 I want to be honest, but I would be destroyed if I were. Everyone around me is deeply Christian and would be extremely hurt if even one word against the church was uttered. A recent death makes the faith even less questionable. I think this faith holds everyone back because they pass on so many important things. I’m embarrassed I don’t have the strength to stand up to it, but it’s too much!
@@donaldbush1182 I’m sorry to hear that… I’ve been going to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and feel welcomed there. Maybe you should try it. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.
@@donaldbush1182 I’m sorry I found some more videos about people like you you should watch them they are helpful
Thank you for this video. You have helped me more than you know. Sometimes my brain likes to go back into the fear and “what if” and sometimes I have to rewatch some of your videos to help comfort me and think instead of fearing. 💜
@@christophergibson7155 god's word is a lie. A book written by man claimed to be the word of god, all withtout god confirming it to be his word. All these people confused and arguging about god and god can't be bothered to reveal himself to cast away all doubts about his existence. A very shy god indeed.
@@christophergibson7155 Please respond directly to the points I made instead of just quoting random scripture. The bible proves nothing. Using the bible to prove the bible is the same as using the koran to prove the koran. These are books filled with claims, not evidence that a god exists. A god has never revealed themselves to anyone on this planet beyond a reasonable doubt,, yet expexts me to believe that he exists anyway, or be sent to an unproven afterlife of hellfire and brimstone. What an amazing and all loving and all knowing god you've got there lol.
@@christophergibson7155 lol 😂 every scripture is god breathed. So it says it’s god breathed so therefore it is. Hahaha so the dementors in Harry Potter are real because it says in a book. Also, by your logic the Koran is true and the Torah and Guru Granth Sahib, all of these books are filled with claims that have yet to be proven true. Over 3000+ religions, all with gods that are conveniently invisible and never like to talk or reveal themselves lol what are the chances hahaha
@@christophergibson7155 No, Jesus didn't tell you anything. A bunch of random men said that jesus said this. For some reason, god decided to spread his word via chinese whispers. I don't think I've ever heard of a game of chinese whispers ending well.
@@christophergibson7155 How about you actually respond to the ponits I'm making instead of just labelling it as foolishness and quoting bible verses. This is how converations genereally work.
There is a sparkle of life in you that just makes you really beautiful. Keep up what you're doing it's great work.
Great video, I'm born and raised lifelong athiest but like to explore these topics for my own interest. I've lived in the UK all of my life and most people I know are either athiest or maybe Christian, but keep it quiet in public. Really interesting video as always. Thanks.
Thank you for this!!!
Thank you for making videos like this. Because of your help I am now looking at life with more appreciation in myself and also in the people around me.
I don’t know why it took me this long to find your channel,all my life my family(my parents especially) have been shoving Christianity down my throat and it’s making me realize that it’s all motive to strengthen my their ego
Thank you for your work and congratulations on the mural. It was magnificent. I have a lot of Christian friends (I am a former PK) and they don't mind my asking the "tough" questions. The problem I have is that they can't/won't answer them.
@Baker Banking 1. How does petitionary prayer work? An example: Two families start their morning with prayer. They both request traveling mercies for their summer journey to the Poconos. Only one family makes it. Why bother asking for something that won't be "granted"? Why was one family chosen over another? Did they pray more ferverently? Was their faith "greater" than the other family?
2. God has a plan for every person. God knows us so well he knows the number of hairs on our head. If god knows what will happen to us our entire lives and it is a part of his plan, how do we have free will? He already knows I am going to run that stoplight and kill that family. He already knows I am going to quit my job, have a baby, get a divorce. If his plan is already mapped out, where does my choice fit in?
3. God takes care of us. If he takes care of the sparrow, how much more valuable to him are his children? He loves us so much that he created us knowing we would "fall", knowing he would commit genocide in the form of a flood and supposedly hit the reset button where incest would be the only way to repopulate the planet. He knew when we were created that he would obligate us to worship him and his son or be damned for all eternity. Wow. That sounds like a father who unconditionally loves his children.
4. Going back to the sparrow, if god loves and takes care of us, why are tens of millions of people starving to death because they live in areas where food will not grow? Droughts were there is no water? Fires that burn down miles of homes? Is that how god takes care of us? Kids with cancer, miscarriages, abuse. Yeah, I know, free will blah,blah,blah, but as a mother, would you sit there and watch your children be abused?
That should keep you busy for a while. And no, Bible quotes are not a LOGICAL explanation. I am a former pastor's kid, so I know from memory more than most people have forgotten when it comes to scripture. I just don't believe it anymore. I DO believe in a being greater than ourselves. I have seen a lot of spiritual stuff go down (I saw my father's "soul" leave his body when he transitioned, so I am not an atheist.
@Baker Banking Still waiting
@@bakerbankingDope
The two questions that got me over the hump were:
1. If god is all knowing, all powerful, and all loving why does he not only allow, but command atrocities like slavery, genocide, etc. Not only that, but he never made any attempt to stop or even clarify that he does not align with these things. I.E., American Slavery, the Holocaust, Spanish Inquisition, the Crusades, etc. All of these are things that were done in the name of or justified by god.
2. How do I know, for certain, that my religion is the correct one? How do I knows it's not Islam, or paganism, or some extinct religion I'll never know about?
The answer to these two questions led me to the conclusion that god cannot exist. I have never been freer since coming to that conclusion.
Thank you for helping me as I questioned my faith :)
Heck yeah. And the making of GOD. Impossible😆
This is interesting. Why did they lead you to the conclusion that God didn't exist rather than our conception of God being wrong or not tied to religion?
@@Varaidzo1 I had already been unconvinced of god's existence, but fear of Hell kept me trying to convince myself. These points got me passed my fear. I realized it was irrational.
You do an awesome job explaining....glad i found you.
i'm happy you're here! Thanks for your support :)
@@jezebelvibes What death means? and why have we given a death a meaning it never had?
Death = out from existence? - what proves it? Bible gives another meaning to death.
Biblical meaning for DEATH = existence without GOD in the lake of fire.
Souls, do not place REALITY into the box of “religions”, for these have nothing to do with one another.
(How can light, which expose the darkness, be in the same box with the darkness? Or can a friend and enemy work together?).
I am not in "Christian-ism ", i am in the reality.
As getting saved IN SPIRIT is real thing.
As going to heaven or hell after death = also reality.
Being found worthy to be RAPTURED out from here (without tasting the death, souls going to heaven in the blink of an eyes)
Tribulation - the 7 final years for the kingdom of satan, whom son of dearth this whole world waits for. - also reality.
The Last Christians shall be BEHEADED and going to heaven - also reality.
The parts which "religious"?
And as it is clear that CHRISTIANITY is not a religion, then why is it tried to be found among the religions?
Was not CHRIST also tried to be found among the dead and was not found?
Look around and see The whole WORLD has turned SODOM AND GOMORRAH 2 - We deserving FIRE again and the FIRE shall come again, this time not just for a 1 city, but to the WHOLE WORLD.
As it was with the FLOOD, where 8 souls were left alive, the same yet little different shall be with FIRE, leaving no soul alive.
@@jezebelvibes Ex Christian / Agnostic Atheist??? This is full blown AntiChrist spirit nonsense you're spewing out IMO. I know, free will to believe whatever we want.
@@lionheartmerrill1069 why are you here and what business is it of yours? and no one here cares what you believe ....
I've just come across this video today.
Hey Kristi, I’ve been enjoying your videos and relate to many of them. As a 26 years old, raised as a baptist missionary kid in South Africa, and in church every weekend, the usual advice I’ve been given when I come to a point of questioning is to just pray and trust God knows best. What really prompted me to really examine my faith was an ethics class I’m currently taking at Liberty University. I’m asked to defend Christian ethics which is easy for me to do - just regurgitate what I’ve been told and get an A. But the more I look into it, the more I’m convinced Christianity falls short of providing answers. My entire life and community is built around the church and leaving would be difficult. I appreciate how you approach deconstruction using reason and logic, and not just angrily attacking the other side as is often the case. I might need some prayers (LOL) as I continue on this journey.
"Christian ethics"---
"The LORD said, This is the resting place, let the weary rest, and, This is the place of repose, but they would not listen. So then, the Word of the Lord to them has become nothing but:
do this, do that,
a rule for this, a rule for that;
a little here, a little there-
so then as they try to move forward, they fall backward and are injured and snared and captured"
(Isaiah 28)
"In hope, the Church prays for all men to be saved" (Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 1821)
Peace be with you.
"deconstruction" --- this term is an unfortunate substitute for the word apostasy and its use in this context implies a poor comprehension of both classical theology and the philosophy of Jacques Derrida. As a mode of critique, questioning binary hierarchies and exclusive readings would, it seems, be an adjunct to a well-reasoned faith and quite contrary to apostasy. The term deconstruction is, no doubt, readily attractive to psychological pubescence in that it implies a rebellious tearing down and effacement of perceived constraint. This is ironically, the very mindset Derrida sought to counter through his cogent but perhaps misguided work. His original notion of deconstruction was proposed as an unmasking of authoritarian regimes for the purpose of human freedom, not the destruction of reality itself which is by definition a lie and the project of insanity.
Deus caritas est.
Peace be with you.
near the end of my faith in God, I told myself that if the Bible is indeed true, then if I question it it will prove to be true. So I questioned the Bible while still having faith, until I didn't anymore due to searching for answers
Thanks for those thoughtful questions. I deconstructed soon after I started to really understand the Bible. So many unanswered questions. I’m still learning and questioning two years later.
@@christophergibson7155 "doubt"
You are good at using the Christian brainwashing words to keep people from thinking. BUT>>>>>
If is not doubt when you examine the faith and see clearly it is fake.
Sadly many accept what you are saying without using common sense and examining it for the truth.
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The bible is not an accurate document of facts. NOT at all. THEREFORE what you say is b/s.
Jesus being a god and the son of god is based on the supernatural events that MUST be right for the story to be true.
SO prove:.
the talking snake, ass and the two burning bushes
Samson's magic hair
Noah's ark (aka the gread murder flood)
Moses even existed much less parted the Red Sea and the snake trick
the Earth is covered with a Firmament (dome) the moon and stars and sun are inside the dome.
the Earth is supported on four post and has water covering the dome.
David killed a giant with a rock
In the new book prove
Jesus (JC) is the product of an unf**ked birth (aka the rape of a 13 year old girl)
JC jumped out of the grave after 3 or 4 days (necessary to prove)
the Earth stood still when he died.
the dead walked the Earth when he died (Zombies for Jesus)
he walked on water with 12 friends
he raised the dead (more zombies)
he healed the sick by touching them
If you can't prove the supernatural events that are the foundation then it all falls apart.
The truth about your faith:
the supernatural events are b/s and unproven because they didn't happen THEREFORE:
the bible is b/s and if the bible is unproven then
Jesus is b/s therefore
Christianity is bullshit therefore
your words are b/s and unproven.
The bible is not evidence of anything you wish to claim is true.
The bible is not a self-proving document
faith is not fact
belief is not evidence.
So basically you are just harassing people using logic with lies of your blind faith. Sorry for your sins
@@christophergibson7155 If someone is weak minded it is you. You don't even dare to ask questions because a book tells you so. A book of which you will never be able to determine if its content is the truth because you don't allow yourself the questions to determine exactly that.
You have trapped yourself in a vicious circle.
"after I started to really understand the Bible. So many unanswered questions." ---
That is a contradiction.
@@andrewferg8737No it isn’t.
@@G_Demolished To really understand is to have resolved one's question.
It is certainly valid to say one does not understand or that one's present understanding has developed into new questions.
The commenter says neither. The comment represents a contradiction.
"Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God" (Matthew 22)
The biggest challenge to religion now is information. Now that people actually have access to knowledge and learning they are able to examine more than just what people tell them
thank you so much for your content, Kristi!! this is helping me a lot to process out this holy toxicity out of my freaking life!!!
Right you are. Reasonable and well spoken.
@@JD-jy4ey That be the case, the devil inspired the whole bible. It is filled with clever cover-ups, truths, and half-truths. [and most precious love] The devil was quite busy in the Garden of Eden. In the beginning [Genesis] the God of the bible arranged to let his partner [the crafty snake] in there. The bible tells on itself. Plain as the nose on your face. God and Satan work together. Same family. 🥵
Another great episode Kristi. It would be interesting to have a subject like "religious studies" taught in highschools - touching on the main belief systems around the world, christianity, buddhism, islam, shintoism etc etc... Just might produce more well-rounded human beings.
Oh yeah, love your merch.
I’m sure your videos are helping a lot of people. I would have loved to have you as a resource when I was working through all these questions!
the churches cherry pick the scriptures they preach. they ignore the contradictions.
Yay a new video 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽
I've got more coming!
@@jezebelvibesthank you
Funny, until now, I haven’t considered the irony of “perfect love drives out fear.” Juxtaposed with the idea of God as perfect love, and also the idea we should “fear” him. Hmmmmm.😂. Kristi, you are absolutely brilliant!
I'm 41 and all my life I've been a believer. I've had the CONSTANT FEAR OF HELL. So obviously walking away would be detrimental to my eternal soul. But so much about Christianity NEVER made since and questioning it would get me yelled at or dismissed by church leaders. Money started to line of questioning. I just wanted answers. Then I found your videos and logic took over the fiction that I've been fed my entire life. I'm still in between because of the fear of hell. The Covid-19 lockdown really got my brain in to gear once I had time to fully analyze my faith. Since 2020, I've been holding on, but now I'm literally about to let go. Also, I have more money than your everyday Christian because the lie of Tithe and offerings sparked the start of my questioning and everything thereafter.
@het53 1st of all, you don't know shit about my life. Are you God, were you there when I needed you the most? Or were you too busy blessing evil preachers with new private jets? This is TH-cam, so I really couldn't say what I really wanted due to guidelines. 2nd, you sound just like the bible thumping people in my ministry who told me I was a fool and hell bound for asking a simple question for clarity. My deconstruction began not from people but the Bible, it cannot withstand scrutiny...period. I sought the word of God deeper than you could possibly imagine, I've read the Bible cover to cover 3x in my 41yrs of life, and I'm amazed I didn't hit the atheist button along time ago. I've spent years following the word of God yet only picking the "Nice" parts. I accepted my humanityas a believerknowing i was never perfect. So please, keep in mind that while you are sitting here thumping your Bible over my head, God may not even select you to enter his kingdom on judgment day (Romans 9) (Predestination). What a waste of life, Huh? Before you pass judgment, don't even say we are to live like Christ and follow the bible. That includes living sinless, your judgment of bible endorsement on others being a sin, you failed there. You love slavery and Ra*e, as the bible approves and christ died for our sins. So, any unsaved person can kill you, so you pay for his sin. Try again, and if you say I'm going to hell, provide proof and give me fucking directions is the least you could do. "Judge not lest ye be judged, no man is holier-than-thou"
Same, same, same!
This is my (present) take on navigating life.
"Be good to one another or fock off."
"Religion is the respectable cousin of racism."
"Don't help those that would not help you."
The Gospel of Thomas Doubting 1:1-3
Kristi I think you’d be a great guest on the Cults To Consciousness Channel. Thanks for supporting people in our innate right to simply think!
I do have to say my family still loves me and we spend time together.
Well Kristi, you are on the right path. Your POV must feel right in order to be right for you. Keep going and reading and thinking and maybe attending meetings either in person or on Zoom with others who are also seeking. You are on your way and you will be ok.
@@christophergibson7155 Kristi doesn't recognize that the old testament prophecies about Jesus were first rejected by Israel . She can't see the evidence of the facts about Jesus , because of her unbelief.
@@christophergibson7155sir this is a channel about christian manipulation and the brutal acts of your -god- Karen
thank you Kristi !
The fear question is huge because that’s what honestly started my deconstruction journey. Then I started asking if the belief is helpful to my present experience and it’s honestly not.
Others fear the questions because they fear "losing god".
@@lorifiedler13 that makes sense. I know from my experience it was fear of potential consequences or unknown. I had a supervisor who told me there is power in belief and I’m a strong believer in power of confirmation bias which I realize what a lot of this belief system is. You look for things to confirm it and after a while I couldn’t find much else to justify it.
What is ironic, is that while I’m hanging on your every word, finding much resonance in your message, I am thinking to myself “what a beautiful, kind, child of God”.
I think as much as we turn away, we are still made in His image and likeness. Love and goodness will prevail no matter where we believe we came from.
"we are still made in His image and likeness"
sure. That's why Michael Jordan, Charlize Theron, and I all look alike. The same image. And we were made with magic. We just cannot demonstrate what the g0d is. But we already make claims about his gender/sex. Seems legit.
The Scriptures point the way to God. Jesus Christ is the only way to the Father. He lived a sinless life , and paid the price for mankind's sins on the cross. Only for those who repent of their sins and make him their Lord and Savior.
@@brianjones2384 and you cannot demonstrate ANY of the that. your g0d is a collection of vague claims about 1 type of Middle Eastern magic.
grow a brain.
or just read the b00k. IF it were true, then its g0d would be evil.
@@brianjones2384so the book is correct, because the book says so…that’s all you have?
@@ChrisPyle All throughout the Old Testament there were prophecies about the coming Messiah. Jesus fulfilled those prophecies to save mankind from their sins through his sacrifice on the cross. The disciples didn't believe that he would be resurrected until they witnessed him. All of the disciples died as martyrs except for John. The claims of healing and other miracles grew the church in a hostile world of idol worship. The pagan Romans discriminated and persecuted the church , and yet the church grew in number.
I love “Jezebel vibes” idea, and tongue-in-cheek “witnessing” to plain truth and being yourself.
For me the wake up was learning the Hebrew Bible God El had a wife and kids - monotheism only developed way later. I didn’t want to see that evidence, but it shocked me so much it broke the conditioning/ mind stopping techniques.
I’m not publicly“out” yet, but inwardly I’m grateful to who I humorously call Mrs God, aka Ashorah.
But I’m still untangling the years of BS I put up with from church leadership. It seems the one miracle “the Holy Spirit” cannot do is to inwardly change gaslighting narcissists… who just weirdly get naturally attracted to church leadership positions 😂.
So I’m all up for exposing these malignant characters, and helping the kindhearted to wake up. TH-cam channels like yours, Mythvision etc are really helping reach ppl who are often inwardly terrified to just stop and ask genuine questions. Seeing god as he is - the Bronze Age Canaanite storm deity that was constructed to explain where thunder comes from, who had a wife and god kids - helped me big time. The elaborate house of cards built up for centuries on this - which I loved in song and stories - was also an abusive prison in which I kept myself in. Turns out I know where thunder comes from - so Yahweh can now retire from parading the earth (and yes he had physical feet which they audibly heard in Eden … one of the best things in deconstruction is laughing when you see the obvious - god had feet lol)
I still believe regardless of the lies religious leaders say because I've experienced witches curses demon and jinn in real life you don't have to believe me but let me ask you this Who would you call for help when humans don't have an answer for dealing with supernatural because they don't believe in it? I was being tormented for weeks.
@@FamilyIsGonethe supernatural doesn’t exist. If you truly believe that you are seeing demons, spirits, etc, then I encourage you to seek help from a licensed psychotherapist.
@@FamilyIsGone you might have a mental health issue. Get help. I'm serious.
@@FamilyIsGoneI would turn to a therapist in that situation. It’s quite possible you’re going through some sort of psychosis.
I deconstructed because God lacked the power to protect me from the influence of the devil." My God My God why hast thou forsaken me!"
To be honest, the most influential aspect of my leaving religion was reading the Bible itself. I haven't been religious for a long time. But, only in the past year did I decide to consciously deconstruct. And my deconstruction has been fed by passages in the Bible. Some that I just discovered from your videos. I've also watched many videos on the Atheist Experience and The Line on TH-cam as well as watching live streams on both channels on a regular basis. In their streams, they ask theists to call in and share what they believe and why. Which make for very revealing and interesting conversations.
I am still writing down and storing passages as reference. But, the more I read the Bible, the more I ask myself, "What the heck was I smoking?"
I think your question, "Shouldn't God be more concerned with who you are as a person, and what your intentions are then what you think and believe?", is a fantastic question. One that I think many religious people avoid. Sometimes avoiding consciously out of fear of being judged for doubting God.
RE Question #5. I was raised Catholic. Years later I practiced Buddhism (w/ chanting) for about five years. The main thing that stopped me from practicing Buddhism was a conflict between the American branch of the Buddhist organization and the leaders in Japan that caused a major falling away of many members in my community. I've always respected Buddhism because it doesn't use guilt, shame and fear in their teachings. I was a Mormon for about three months. After that, I haven't really practiced any formal religion since.
RE Question #7. I personally wouldn't care how my community would react. Not if I was serious about being interested in reality and the truth and my own sanity. I've been having email conversations about religion with my mother, who is a very devout Catholic. But, I've realized that she is convinced that she IS right. So, I've decided to not discuss religion with her anymore. It's clear that she isn't even open - or respectful - of my having my own life experiences unless I follow her religious beliefs. I'm fine with her being religious if it makes her happy. But, she doesn't feel the same way about my choices. Like that guy who called you in your tictok video, she hopes that I will "come back" some day. Though, to be honest, I was never fully convinced. The whole "Jesus died for my sins" thing never sat well with me.
I should probably add the fact that I'm not spring chicken. So, my tolerance for judgment from others has dropped a lot.
It's not about freedom but balance... even if I mastered an art and have free time giving back and learning is still important.
I left the church because of the fact that they started in with the "pray for Trump" bullshit. There's a very good reason for the separation of church and state. One lady asked for prayers that "people would stop picking on the president". My question is, where was her indignation when they were showing Obama and his wife as a chimpanzees, or being hung? I have some serious questions about the church now. How can a pastor talk to me about tithing and then ask me if I would like to spend a day at his summer place on lake placid and go out on his boat? If you can't see what's wrong with that, then you need to think about it.
I feel like christianity messed with my mental health because i became a little fanatical and after sometime i decided to deconvert from christianity to eventually discovering other religions.
I actually found you on tiktok first and came here. I think I’ve been questioning things for the several past few years.
Happy to have you here!
Family members turn on each other over religion. It breaks my heart
first thing is christians aren't open minded to them Christianity is the only religion......people need to wonder why people believe the religion dey do
I wish most people wanted to only believe true things, but my experience has told me otherwise.
Also I'm truly starting to understand as I dive deeper that "our belief system" coincides with our thinking patterns, so its no different than COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, so for instance, I been thinking this certain way for so long because I was PROGRAMED to have this thinking, therfore n not thinking for myself as to "the church" or "Christianity has been doing all the thinking for me for all these years, so the computer doesn't think for itself , its programming does all the thinking for it
You’ve helped me open my eyes, and it feels so amazing
Your videos are excellent and well thought out.
I’m an indoctrinated ex Christian and church always has gotten on my nerves. Learning what I’ve learned (especially from you) has validated the doubts I had all along. I just now have the points that are completely logical that I’ve learned and agree with as well as reasons of my own that I’ve confirmed in this process of deconstruction
What’s interesting is that I’ve asked myself relatively the same questions. And instead of deconverting and/or walking away from the faith.
It actually helped strengthen my faith in Christianity by objectively seeking the truth historically and biblically. I pray at some point you’ll reconsider, and if you’re opened to discuss privately. I’d be happy to converse.
My own awakening was from the Catholic faith. At some point in my teen years, the question that first took me down a deconstruction path was "If God made all of creation, the universe, the stars, this beautiful planet, paradise just for mankind as His "children" to heap praise on Him over, then why do so many people spend most of life pushing so hard for some "final" reward (i.e. heaven)? Wouldn't it be insulting to a creator for his creation, for whom He supposedly loved so much that He literally created all of existence, a paradise on Earth, to spend the precious life they believe God gave them saying "Well, this is nice and all, but I sure hope you have something better for me when I die!" It started me thinking... what if this planet upon which we live, this place, Earth IS the paradise that God supposedly promised?
I am still humored when young recruits (and they always seem to be young recruits who have been groomed to believe they have dues to pay to get into the heavenly father's favor) try to proselytize to me. They seem to approach their mission as if all agnostics/atheists must just not be Christians YET merely because they have not heard of Jesus Christ. It seems to never have even occurred to them to learn that many of us (atheists/agnostics) were raised in the Christian faith.
I have had this statement thrown at me a lot- "..well if you don't believe, aren't you afraid you will not go to Heaven?" To which I reply, if your reason for belief is just because you are afraid of the consequences, that does not sound like a solid basis for that belief.
Your video on Adam and Eve speaks to the question of morality perfectly.... You address how God creates an outside consequence based in fear (immediate death) for an otherwise innocent and naiive Adam if he or Eve partake of the infamous fruit. But unless they break that same rule that they were created specifically by God to NOT understand, they are incapable of even being able to determine right from wrong . That does not sound fair, loving or just to me!
Love the videos and the discussion... keep up the good work!
The main task of every dictator is to stop his subjects from asking questions, and god is no exception. Interestingly, that's also true for a nonexistent one, because there are always enough power-hungry liars who abuse the wrong faith of people to serve their own agenda.
Thanks! This will help so much in my journey on deconstructing!
Happy to help 😊
@@bakerbanking when I’ve lived my entire life as a Christian and begged pastors and God to help me in my confusion, I got no help. So I took it upon myself to read and try to understand what the Bible said and I saw so many horrendous things in the Bible. Deconstructing has helped me grow morally as a person.
@@bakerbanking Religion trauma? But it’s not like I’m a full atheist either. I’m on my own path not directed by a god who would send me to h3ll just for the person I love.
@@bakerbanking I’m not saying my path is the best I’m just saying why would a loving god send me somewhere just bc of who I love. I didn’t get to choose who I love. So why am I punished for that? And just bc Christianity works for some people doesn’t mean it works for me
@@bakerbanking but here the difference in that. You can choose to not love someone else’s wife. I didn’t choose to be born gay. How is it fair for me to be condemned for the way I was made by this “perfect” god? See that’s where it’s illogical. If I burn someone I love for not loving me back that’s not love that’s obsession.
Those excuses you quoted that we get when asking hard questions.....heard them all when I was a Christian.
I've been Wiccan over 30 years, my family is Catholic, infact my father was convinced I'm possessed. He died two yrs ago. Wish I had seen your t-shirt your wearing before the funeral. I would have gotten one for each of my kids to wear to graveside, lol
i went from going to church to believing in myself like Dalai Lama says don't settle for less than logic and experience.
As someone who deconstructed from Atheism, I agree with this on asking tough questions, and I feel like nobody should feel like they can’t question their belief or lack of belief. Everybody is different in the way they think and view things, so not everyone is going to come to the same conclusions. That’s why you have some who through deep searching and studying find God, and those that don’t. It all depends on the person and what they choose to believe and decide to hold on to that they feel is right to them
May I ask what your process was like deconstructing from atheism? I've never heard of this before as, within atheism, there isn't a set of beliefs or dogmas to unlearn or deconstruct from. Atheism has no creed or expectations.
Typically, beliefs are deconstructed. But there are no beliefs prescribed in Atheism. And Atheism is not a belief- it is a lack of belief.
@@jezebelvibes are you atheist now?
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@@jezebelvibes original manuscript boom
great. God found. Wanna let us know what the g0d is? More importantly:
How do you KNOW what the g0d is? I only read claims about the g0d. Knowledge can be demonstrated.
@@bakerbanking theism: a belief in at least 1 deity. A (in this case): a prefix meaning "without"
if atheism is a religion, then "OFF" is a TV channel.
and your a-my-9.99-seconds-100-m-sprintism is also a religion. Becuase you don't accept my claim about my 9.99 seconds 100 m sprint.
although that 9.99 is not even a world record, let alone magic
No because you're so reasonable and everything you say resonates. Its kinda overwhelming
In the Bible, the one who asks hard questions is Satan.
I love that guy.
Kristi - You need to run for office! ❤
I believe you have to make an even more important question: does this religion make sense from the perspective of the god? Imagine yourself making an ant farm in a glass box, as some of us made when young. Would you want to enter in a personal relationship with one of the ants? Would you suffer, and get angry because of the actions of one of the ants that is not even the queen? Would you select a few of them so that they become the "chosen ants" and communicate with them exclusively, caring little or nothing about the others? And most importantly, if you could twitch a finger and make all of your ants a million times more intelligent, would you?
Relationships only work when they make sense for both parties. If one of the sides is promised infinite rewards in exchange for things that are free or very inexpensive to the other party, you can be sure that the promises are a scam. If your god will give you infinite life and perfection in exchange for some prayers and occasional goat, your god does not exist, and his emissary is a con artist or a con victim.
What an underrated comment. Wow. I completely agree
Christianity is a deliberate conditioning to isolate and keep faithfuls loyal to Jesus. I rebelled after my awakening.
I began my deconversion in 2016 while I was having a health problem. I later found it was lactose intolerance that was causing me to be nauseated each day. Prayer didn't do a single thing it was then I began to seek answers to why I believe in Christian religion. I found out more than I bargained for and needed to know. I told my parents I deconverted this year in January. I'm relieved and content with my decision and I can never view the bible or any organized religion as wholesome or truthful.
Besides praise, you also deserve blame! Is there an intention behind not providing a list of questions in the description?
03:55 1. Would a good God punish me for asking the hard questions?
06:02 2. Why why do I believe what I believe?
06:50 3. Is this a good reason to believe?
08:40 4. Is belief or faith a good measure for morality?
10:04 5. Have I explored other religions to the extent that I've studied Christianity?
10:51 6. What if I'm in the wrong religion?
11:19 7. How would my religious community react to my deconstruction?
11:32 High Control, High Demand Religions and Cults
Kristi, you are a beautiful soul.what if our God will judge us on judgment day and we are destroyed but not sentenced to a life in eternal torment. I don't believe that our God is the God of eternal torment. But he is a just God, and he loves us.
I think because my journey through doubts took 10+ years, when I realized I know longer believed, I was sure. I guess most of my deconstruction was actually taking place while I was still a believer. One question that came to my mind often during this time was (as I was reading the Bible, especially the OT) "did an all-powerful creator of the universe think that these stories were the most important for mankind to know?" Or some form of that question. There is a lot of bizarre stuff in the OT, much of which really has little to do with "God" or religion.
You look great in that t-shirt Kristi! ❤
Kristi, I'm a Christian and have been a pastor, evangelist and Bible teacher. This is one video in which you and I agree. Man was created with a brain and a spirit. No one can truly tell you what to believe. God did create us with autonomy. 1 John 4:8 is a great verse. The scripture also says perfect love casts out fear. If one is experiencing fear, they haven't truly experienced God. God is not controlling, but churches, pastors and denominations can be. I went to Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, KY. With your Southern Baptist background, you may be familiar with it. I had hard topics presented to me and I asked hard questions. My result was the total opposite of yours by asking those questions. I came out with even more faith in God, Jesus and the scriptures. Notice, I didn't say more faith in the church. Church is what we choose to be a part of, not where we are to direct our faith. Out of the questions you mentioned, the first one is the place to start and all the other questions stem from that one. The first question you mentioned is "Would a good God punish me for asking the hard questions?" The answer is no, He wouldn't. I think He wants you and I to ask questions. How we arrive at the answers and what is our basis for belief are the most important things. But God will never punish us for asking the hard questions. I think when you came across Calvinism, that really threw you for a loop. Calvinism has done that to many people. Now keep in mind, I'm not an atheist or agnostic. I have full faith in God and His Son Jesus. I firmly hold to scripture. I want to share with those who are viewing your videos and yourself (if you read these comments), that I did and continue to ask the hard questions. When I do, my faith is even stronger.
I've been mad at God for a long time, but today, I realized that he is not the God of eternal torment.
It seems to me that the more religious, or "Christian" someone claims to be, the more slimy and dark and like someone who I don't feel comfortable being around they are.
Yeah, so many of the christ-based commentors here seem to be just saying "Nu, your wrong because my god says so!" or "Educate yourself!" (with "educate" being code for "fill your head with my propaganda of choice") or a variation of "If you don't join my cult, you'll burn in hell forever!"
Kinda scary how many there are, and that they all claim to be more moral than the one who's following their empathy. I've heard this god compared to a cuckoo, and I'd say it's an apt comparison.
Thank God I'm not religious
I believe we all have one life, take it serious enough to seek truth, but also be yourself.
Do you "have" a life or are you life itself?
@@vincentasks ?
@@vincentaskslife itself? wat
Who is here from MindShift? :) That's how I found Kristi, and I owe thanks to MidShift for that.
🙏
We deconstruct twice in our lifetime, once when we transcend from child to master, or in the west from child to parent. This is in preparation for our parenting, many people today are late in their transition, she appears to be typical in today's generation. The second deconstruction is the transition to grandparent, or grandmaster as it is otherwise known. This is in preparation for teaching your children how to become parents. This is the most natural process we all go through, but some cultures are not functioning at the natural rate, at this moment in time, and for many different reasons. I do hope she finds her way, and helps her culture back on track.
Waffle gibberish nonsense!
I've never wanted to be a parent so will never transcend by your non thinking.
Just a word salad my fellow ape.
Says there is a reply, but I click it and there isn’t any. I’m curious to hear other takes on your comment. I find it interesting
I believe because I did the research and found the Bible to be true.. Jesus is the Way the Truth and the Life. Been a Christian for 38 years and the more you read and study the Bible the more you know it is the Word of God. No one gets scared into Heaven, you believe and trust in Jesus.
The more I read and studied the bible, the more I discovered that the god therein was a monstrous, malevolent, mass murdering maniac.
Read the Old Testament, @The messenger.
It's an entirely different religion from the New Testament.
They contradict each other extremely.
Use critical thinking skills when addressing the spin about them being in harmony.
@@peterblock6964 I have heard many of the so called contradictions, I believe there are scholarly answers for all of them, if you have one that cannot be answered I would love to hear it.
Those answers, @@kevinjackson2361, are no better than donald trump's claims he is innocent of the charges he has been indicted for.
The equivalent of "I declassified them with my mind automatically when I took them;"
"Women let me grab them by the pu$$y because I'm rich and famous," etc., etc.
Just like "I can be as evil as I want because I'm God" in the case of the OT.
In one case you have a malignant narcissist making grandiose human claims.
In the other case, you have humans making grandiose supernatural claims on behalf of their "God."
Either way, it's only a human or fictional malignant narcissist you're talking about.
@@peterblock6964 Why do you have to bring Donald Trump into this? My flesh wants to call you a little @#%^, never mind, ha ha ha ha. But the Spirit wants to tell you , the Gospel has been preached to you, Psalm 19:1 The Heavens declare the Glory of God.
1 Corinthians 1:18
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
Two verses to keep under your pillow tonight. Many rejected the message Jesus brought in the first century, it's no different now. Jesus said John 15:18
“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you.
God bless you my lost friend.
I am from a secular background, which is like being handed a blank sheet of paper to write my own set of rules. By definition of the word ‘belief’, religious ‘beliefs’ cannot be based upon verifiable facts. There was never any pressing reason for me to accept beliefs as a substitute for facts.
Just like Marion Fowler, I kept waiting for God to love me and that never happened. I felt like my baptism all the way up to 30 years old(when I D converted) was all a fluke, of course I couldn’t do anything since I was a toddler then when I first got baptized. Of course, I could’ve question everything when I turned 18 but I didn’t not until I was 30 1/2. Better late than never I guess. Lol. Anyways, I never really felt his love even when I did go to church when I was a Christian, I would even put my hands up after seeing multiple people around me put theirs up, but I just never felt anything even at church. Christianity is a fluke, actually, scratch that, all religion are flukes. No religion is ever a good religion. I’m ashamed I didn’t deconvert at 18. But since I’m already now as of 30 1/2 years old,(about to be 32 in December) I actually feel more alive than I ever have than I was as a Christian , I stopped fearing hell since I know it’s not real either. But if it ever is then I deserve to go there and not heaven if it also exists. Who says I need to be saved? I never felt saved. I mean sure I didn’t think of it back then, but now I have.
Anyways, sorry for the wall text I just thought I would point out my d conversion .
The one question I asked myself before the converting was, should I just go through with just being an atheist since God is not answering me? I even asked him and got no response. At first when I became an atheist, I was afraid I was going to get smitted so after I turned to atheism, I waited a few minutes, and nothing happened, and here I am today blasphemy God all the way to highhell, #FeelsGoodMan
Yes I have studied all other religions and compared them with Christianity... The one thing all other religions have in common is that you have to have some sort of experience, do good things and in the end "Maybe you were good enough to make it to Heaven. With Christianity it is NOT about what you do or did it's all about what Christ did on the Cross, you need only believe that God is and what He did for you.
So if a murderer beliefs in Christ, then he is saved, but a peaceful man who believes in any other religion but Christianity earns eternal torture?
What kind of unfair judgement is that? Why should anyone want to spend eternity with a bunch of murderers who just used the "get out of jail card"?
9:38 why we believe or disbelieve: my deconstruction started with a question I put to scripture. Why am I having trouble accepting the gospel? I found myself in Romans 9 and thought, “if this is all true, are my challenges with belief because God Himself has hardened my heart against Him?” That gave me all he permission I needed to go forward without fear that I was choosing hell over heaven. I can’t choose to believe this any more than I can fake-it-till-you-make-it with 2+2=5.
Some caution is warranted about rejecting one's own religion only, especially due to some past trauma that one links in their mind only to their religion. We don't want people leaving Christianity for Islam, or any other EQUALLY DUBIOUS or SPURIOUS mythology/religion/spirituality for that matter. It's important that all the same questions or challenges that you put to Christianity are rooted in or common to all supernatural belief, legend, myth, etc. Otherwise, one may be little more than becoming disenchanted or disillusioned with one religion opening one's self to another.
"Had your Lord willed, all those on earth would have believed altogether. Will you then compel people to become believers?
No soul can believe except by Allah’s permission, and He will bring disgrace upon those who do not use their intellect." The Quran 10:99
"There is no compulsion in religion" The Quran 2:256
@@samifaris7255 No religious cult, prophet, or leader has ever disputed the idea that humans cannot be "made" to believe or think other than by starting the brain washing very early and strictly controlling their world, only that they CAN be made to DO or be very convincing. For those types who can't be 'converted' in their mind, Islam surely says they SHALL appear to be in every other outward respect. i.e. they WILL prayer to Allah, whether they believe it or not. they WILL comply with the sharia, whether they believe in it or not. they WILL favor the Muslim in any contest or dispute with someone of a different religion. Or else the consequences. This is the definition of compulsion, coercion, "forced".
I am a non church christian. I believe in the supernatural. I believe in angels, miracles, apparitions, life after death.
Ron Reagan ran an ad for atheists and his catch phrase was, 'not afraid to burn in hell.' That would make a great t-shirt or hat!
we are groomed at a very young age when we are still impressionable to suspend logic and common sense and this gets imprinted into our brains so even though most organized religions, at their core are totally illogical, we hang onto those childhood acquired tales that can only be accepted if we suspend belief in logic and taught not to question things...
My deconstruction was more a demolition. When my humanity was reduced to a mere pathetic existence, they actually confirmed the deconstruction I had already begun.
The church that completed my demolition has a TH-cam channel. I called them out... They never replied.
"They were polite, but they were never honest." ~The Late, Great Santee Dakota Poet, John Trudell on Christians (from his poem, "Look At Us")
She seems like she'd make a cool sister
Yes, she would look amazing in a full habit.