Top Signs You Should Leave Your Church
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- Leaving a church isn't an easy decision. Well, it wasn't. But now you have this video, which explains all the legitimate reasons for ditching that hopeless flock of losers.
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What are some other warning signs you should leave your church?
I hate it when they actually read out of the Bible, like some people don't even believe in that. That's so insensitive! Definitely a red flag for sure.
When they sing songs only praising Jesus. What about me??
When they get your order wrong. I wanted a supersize.
When they mention that 'R' word, ewe!
When the pastor asks you to stand for the reading of The Bible or to pray. That's ableist and hurts the feelings of the disabled who can't stand. Reeeee!!!!
I left my church just this last Sunday! ... The service was over so I went home.
Got me in the first half 😂
Great one 😂!!!
🤣🤣..me too
He's a real madlad
Yeah, I leave mine when they say the closing prayer.
Leave when: The worship team thinks the church is a talent agency, and church Pastor is a talent agent.
Yet you're fine telling an old lady with a horrible voice that it's ok to get up there with microphone cranked up and sing like it's a thing of beauty
@@watermelonlover745 God is the purifier, not man. thank for the negative input, reminds me I am on the right path. count it all joy.
My first clue was when I heard the pastor at my new church begin his sermon by dedicating it to "all the super-fine ladies out there in the congregation".
Seriously, that is weird!
Creep-py
Wow….yeah, run!
You think he was just trying to refer to them as excellent women a la Proverbs 31, only with "updated" hip-and-with-it language for the kids? Jk. Yeah, that's creepy.
Experienced similar events at two different churches. Neither of them exist anymore
We left a church two years ago after hearing the pastor say things such as, "I love money. I have never fully read the Bible and don't understand how verses apply to my lesson. So I open the concordance and use verses in my sermons that go along with my topic. We are a judgement free church." They also preached an entire sermon on Where are Dinosaurs in the Bible? 🙄
Good move. Sounds like that pastor has abandoned his calling to feed God's sheep.
@Christopher Odegard The love of money is the root of all *kinds* of evil. But I like the sentiment.
@Christopher Odegard "Money is the root of all kinds of evil" and "money is the root of every kind of evil" are two equivalent statements. "Money is the root of all evil" and "money is the root of every kind of evil" are two infinitely different statements. If "all kinds of evil" were to really mean "all evil" (which doesn't make sense assuming that's an accurate translation) then the Bible would be self-contradictory since money hadn't even been invented in Genesis 3 and Adam and Eve somehow still managed to commit evil.
@Christopher Odegard I can't speak for the greek (because I cant speak greek), but I just looked up four different translations of the bible (KJV NKJV NIV ASV), and all but the KJV agree its "all kinds of evil"
I would also point out many evils arent based in a love of money: lust for example has nothing to do with money and is based on the carnal desires of the flesh... unless you mean money as a symbolic stand in for all earthly desires, then sure.
@Christopher Odegard The argument you laid out there is suggesting the love of money is rooted in lust, not vice versa. Lust may cause you to *use* money (which is not a bad thing, money is meant to be used), but it's not caused by the love of money. The most selfless, giving person can still be lustful.
They left out the trifecta.
I once had to leave a church when someone took my parking spot by the front door, my seat in the pews, and my spot at the altar to kneel during prayer time. That is inconceivably insensitive.
You've never been to a church where the congregation members actually own their pews?
The last church our family left was one where the topical semons occasionally had a couple of Bible verses in support. We left it for one where the sermons are actually on Bible passages!
I once visited a church where not only did they ask visitors to stand, they had you come up front while the choir sang a song of greeting, the praise dancers danced for you and the entire congregation formed a line to shake your hand. It was a very friendly church
keyword "once"
@@Doing_Time I think he was being ironic, like the video. I read that as a positive thing. what, were you watching the whole thing unironically, thinking "yeah, screw those churches that make you stand up and introduce yourself". whole point is that most churches do these things, and they are not worth worrying about, the point is not how you feel about it. but thanks for illustrating exactly what he was referring to. "God, these people are so annoying, with all their overly friendly ways, I can't be asked to come and be annoyed by all this sociablity every Sunday".
@@justforever96 yes obviously none of these things are correct reasons to leave a church but it reminded me of this true story, I have had to depart churches because in my opinion they strayed from Biblical truths and it was not easy, nor was the process of finding a new one. I think we should laugh at ourselves sometimes after all we're worth it
@@johntabler349 by the way, when war breaks out in your area; the Latter-day Saints would be happy to protect you physically even if you don't believe in the doctrines of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Kinda like how Egyptians followed Moses out of Egypt, except we probably won't have a purging in the wilderness, if you ever wanna leave our protection, you would be free to go out and face the nasty WW3.
@@noskalborg723 and if the LDS needs protection a bunch of us from Central Chapel in WV are here for you as well
I saw a rainbow flag, and a lady pastor...and just kept driving. While driving I saw churches of every denomination flying the Pride flag...I don't go to church anymore.
Where do you live, San Francisco?
@@agapelight4240 No, it's a plague coming to a town near you.
Churches of the devil fly rainbow flags. The pride symbol doesn’t mean they love LGTBQ’s amy better than the rest of us. It just means they buy into a virtue signaling political narrative bent on making big bucks for the medical professionals who push the narratives. Sheep of the devil indeed.
If we love our fellowmen, we tell them to trust Jesus and seek repentance, not enable them to continue in sin.
I think lady pastors are OK. The rainbow flag, no!
@@randolphstevens6664 The bible disagrees with your stance on the ladies, my friend.
Apparently half my church decided the reason to leave was because the new pastor that we had just hired 3 weeks earlier after going 2 years without one, was actually trying to lead and be a pastor......
That happened at mine. The pastor simply said, “If you don’t like my doctrine, then this is not your church.” We have fewer people now, but the ones who stayed are much more devoted.
What was super weird was that the ones who left said they agreed with his doctrine, thought he was a strong preacher, but that they said he didn't fit... which made no sense.. I believe they didn't like him because he is only 43, and the older people who left couldn't relate to him, and didn't like giving up control.
We are small now, but free to actually be a church again.
Most of my life I have gone to churches with no pastors
The bible doesn’t talk about hiring someone to be the head and leader and to be the only preacher/speaker
All Christian men with bible knowledge and a point to share are encouraged by God and welcomed by my churches to speak
"Hiring" a pastor may be a good reason to leave in itself.
Thank you for bringing these warning signs to my attention. My pastor and I are going to have to have a long talk
You mean you have a Pastor whom talks to you? Wow, what a great church!
@@mvies77 We kinda have the same problem... We have 4 Senior Pastors, 10 Campus Pastors, and 20 Junior High and High School Pastors.We have 14,000 People attending 10 campuses all around San Diego County, so I'm not sure which pastor I should be talking to.
@@Joreel We attended a small church with a Pastor whom shared every major event in our families lives and gave us a valuable foundation in the Word of God and in our spiritual growth and development. He was there with and for us in support through tragedy and triumph. Eventually we relocated and attended a church where we were assigned to an Asst Pastor to a certain segment of the alphabet. He shook our hsnds at every service and asked after our welfare. We called him when needed but otherwise due to the number of attendees we had limited contact. Each situation was different but our spiritual needs were met and our emphasis in attending was to worship God so our priority was Him.
@@Joreel Those churches are like 30 year olds who still live with their parents.
I'd love to find a church that doesn't have a smoke machine or laser lights, a church that uses real hymnals, a church that has a song leader instead of a worship team, a church with real altars at the front, a pastor who preaches from the Bible under the direction of the Holy Spirit instead of using canned sermon series with slickly produced video introductions.
A sung Traditional Latin Mass is the way to go. Gregorian Chant sounds awesome. The burning incense smells great. Look up Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter or Institute of Christ the King.
Calvary has many of those things, sola scriptura; they preach word for word from the whole Bible as well.
Orthodox church is just that!
St. Paul wrote "we have an altar..."not altarS.
Be careful your opinions don't get to the wrong people.
I left a church like the idealized one he's looking for, because they never preached repentance, only cared about appearances, and preached a false gospel. They were a cult, they believe if you give God enough money and look good enough the pastors would fund your life so you can play the role of a good Christian. Name it and claim it, word of faith, prosperity, charismatic heresy all up in that crazy house. I attended for 16 yrs, but I'm the crazy one for telling people the truth. 🤷♀️ May God have mercy on their souls.
This wasn't a certain Mega Church in Texas was it 🤔
Man is crazy how these cults are so rampant. You have the cult of the demcorat party, you have the cults of corrupted churches esspecially ones that push democrat ideologies. ECT. I think socialists are in a big cult. I see churches that were clearly cults also but closed themselves down when the virus came when any real church kept going even if they got wrongfully persecuted by satans minions
It's amazing how few Christians understand this about prosperity gospel. These "churches" often don't pastor their flock (actually have a pastor that knows everyone in the congregation as the Bible commands by both Paul and Jesus.)
Hope you found a better one, if not check out NAPARC group or smaller Baptist churches.
@@Joreel Joe Biden is literally a KKK member
@@jdkayak7868 look for a biblical church. The only church 2k years old now. Acts 2.47 there is a true body out there. Of course I am not talking about the Catholic Church.. that denomination starter some hundreds years later. I am talking about the one started on the Pentecostal day.. there were 120 and then 3k added later on after Peters sermon.
Never give your church up
Never let your church down
Never run around and desert her
Never tell a lie
Never say goodbye
Unless of course you're church is not Christ's
Church of the Holy Rickrollers??
👏😂
What if your church goes woke?
@@stickofbutter4043 confront it. If they don't change, then yes, leave, a Rick roll no longer applies. 😆
Fork U Bud E.
I left my church when the pastor welcomed Governor Stacy Abrams.
And asked for money to buy a plane.
@@chrisazure1624 Forget protestantism mate.
@@meusisto I was joking. I don't go to Griftlo Dollar's church.
@@chrisazure1624 TBH, The one thing righteous about Creflo is those suits he wears. Sometimes I tune in just to see them.
Good call
I visited a church that did a dedication to John Denver after he had died. Played his songs and did interpretive dance. The heating system was also broken and it was around 50 degrees. How appropriate. I’m not even kidding.
I absolutely hate "meet and greet" time added into the service itself. I can meet and greet before and after the service.
I left a church because they wanted the congregation to buy a workout room to attract more people from the surrounding area.
Where is that church? I need to work out!
@@ep2223 You can praise god and build muscle at the same time!
@@henryhargraves4184 Amen! and Fellowship with others. It's a good way to build muscles and relationships!
🤦🏻♀️
Why do some pastors run churches like marketing majors?! 🤦♂️
I would suggest that if they have a ten minute "praise" period where they sing a chorus over, and over, and over, and over again, it is time.
I hate to admit. I stopped going to a church because of this. I know it was wrong but at the tenth time I literally felt my spiritual energy turn into the need to hate for that song.
"this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
it may look like i'm surrounded but i'm surrounded by you
it may look like i'm surrounded but i'm surrounded by you
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
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it may look like i'm surrounded but i'm surrounded by you
it may look like i'm surrounded but i'm surrounded by you
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
it may look like i'm surrounded but i'm surrounded by you
it may look like i'm surrounded but i'm surrounded by you
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
it may look like i'm surrounded but i'm surrounded by you
it may look like i'm surrounded but i'm surrounded by you
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
it may look like i'm surrounded but i'm surrounded by you
it may look like i'm surrounded but i'm surrounded by you
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
it may look like i'm surrounded but i'm surrounded by you
it may look like i'm surrounded but i'm surrounded by you
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
it may look like i'm surrounded but i'm surrounded by you
it may look like i'm surrounded but i'm surrounded by you
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
this is how i fight my battles
it may look like i'm surrounded but i'm surrounded by you
it may look like i'm surrounded but i'm surrounded by you
...you get the point?
7-11 songs - 7 words repeated 11 times each
Bet you’ll say the same things to the angels currently surrounding His throne crying, “holy, holy, holy..” Oh, I hope heaven’s not too repetitive for you!
@@burtonsnow845 hey, at least they only said one word 3 times and then moved onto more material, and the words they are saying are actually deep and mature spiritually, not just saying the same two lines over and over again at a slow, melancholy tempo
i am a Catholic, and i would never leave my Faith. I had a good friend who was a Methodist Pastor. He told me once that there were only four people who gave him any trouble in his parish. And they were all ex-Catholics.
When your pastor is Raphael Warnock, who is pro-choice.
I know! Pro choice any leadership is time to run.
If that guy gets elected, it's really trying God's patience. Time to take out the Trash.
Or whoever that radical anti-gun "pastor" is, who misuses the pulpit God gave him to attack the God-given, biblically-affirmed right to keep and bear arms. #ShallNotBeInfringed #Luke22_36
Is that before or after he runs you down in his car.
W raphael
If the pastor decorates the parsonage for Halloween. It might be a sign you need to find another church.
When the church has tons of demons in it but the people in it are all blind and think you're nuts when you point it out
That introvert community cat thing🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 just got me dead😆😆😆😆😆
When the "worship" is actually a concert and the "pastor" refers to the church as the audience, it is way past time to move on.
All joking aside, our churches really are in trouble. My church no longer has Sunday School. They have people who are leading services that are not members (they're NEW visitors!!!) And the minister is getting his sermons from an online service. I would like to say this is an isolated occurrence, but I have started visiting other churches and find this to be a commonplace practice. Very scary!
Do they sell merchandise on tables bolted to the floor too?
I'm sorry to hear that Mel. I still hope you will be able to find a church still true to the word of God. Greetings and God bless you from 🇨🇭
May I ask if you noticed something similar with Wednesday night or Sunday night services as well? I've noticed the absence of SS services as well.
If your looking for the perfect church and you find one don’t go there it won’t be perfect anymore .
I see what you did there, and ... YES!... I resemble that remark. ;-)
@@surlyogre1476 🤣
Our senior pastor is an extrovert's extrovert. Half the time when he assigns "find someone in the congregation to talk/pray/minister/etc" interactions, his very introverted mother or older sister will charge up after service and remind him that not everyone enjoys seeking out strangers. Keeps things balanced and mostly interesting.
That's to keep people in his harlot house and raise more revenue. These harlot houses are for carnal babes who heap teachers on themselves according to their lusts, just like the scriptures say.
For from the least unto the greatest of them, ALL are greedy for gain, prophets and priests alike, ALL practice deceit. Jer 6:13
Truer words have never been spoken or written.
For me I drew the line at supporting Black Lives Matter.
So good. I literally had a couple leave my Church over coffee. "My wife can't fellowship without coffee"
Oh wow. I’d suggest she bring her own in a travel mug lol.
my synagogue from childhood replaced the staff, including rabbis, with mostly lgbtq personnel. the other rabbi would speak on how he was illuminated by who he chose to worship. there are broken places of worship out there.
Fog machine and laser light show to play terrible Christian rock for 30 mins before the service is my biggest red flag.
Agreed
Merchandise on tables bolted to the floor. They know exactly what they are doing.
My wife and I had to migrate to a new church recently because our old one ended up not having enough money to keep programs and the church going (it doesn’t even exist anymore). The new church is a bit bigger and I was very skeptical of it because they put up this huge performance before the sermons (and I was also very attached to our old small community). Though, so far, the pastors (there are two) haven’t said anything out of line and actually read the scriptures. I’m still skeptical but at least the singers aren’t trying to out vocalize everyone else.
We once left a church before even entering it. Could here the "music" from the parking lot 🤷🏻♂️
@@John-uo1qf my wife doesn’t mind that stuff but it drives me nuts. Give me a nice small, quiet congregation not ran like business. Not being new having 26 different smarmy “heavy hitters” coming up and trying to force me to tell them my life story.
I think every time they play good good father they should give me $5
Details matter. The Joel Olsteen "Show Me the Money" meme killed me!
I think it is amusing to judge from the comments that at least half the people who watched this video totally failed to recognize that it was ironic and picking on people who leave churches for stupid or selfish reasons, and added their own stupid or selfish reasons to the list. although I don't see anything wrong with leaving a church if it doesn't feel right to you. just don't leave church entirely. you shouldn't feel obligated to stay.
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This. This is amazing.
Keep up the good work, Babylon!
When the tables they sell their merchandise on are bolted to the floor, its time to go. True story....
If they sell merchandise at all, it's time to go!
Were they afraid someone would show up with a whip, flip all the tables, and drive them out?
Nicoli Carpathia lol at least I'm not the only one that remembers Kirk Cameron's Left Behind movies
Or the Left Behind book series ;-)
I will never deny my love for the Savior
Look Peter, just because you call yourself Anonymous doesn't mean we don't know its you.
@@Chryogenetics Peter? I’m a girl
@@user-anonymous95 there are girls named charlie. actually charlie, not short for charlene. I actually know one.
@@harveygault1911 okay well I’m a girl and I don’t know who Peter is.
@@user-anonymous95 I think he’s making a joke about St. Peter the Apostle.
Always on point 😂😂
When they do the 7-11…
Seven words - Eleven times
Aka (over and over and over and over and over and over… Well, you get my point.)
Movie clips? Wait, some of you guys show movie clips during the service?
The standing up to introduce yourself caught me dead with laughter🤣🤣🤣🤣. Love you guys from Nigeria 🇳🇬
That is especially awkward when you're asked to name your home church, and you don't have a home church.
@@GApeech08
That's me every time
Another sign it's time to move on.
When your church doesn't fawn over you and your not the center of attention. Time to go.😂
I can get behind the mandatory social interaction one.
This is applicable across the board, not just religious organizations.
Honestly, the asking up to introduce myself never happened to me, but that's my kryptonite.
The church kicked me out after I lost my job and couldn't donate anymore. I asked them for some of it back and they freaked out.
When I was 11 years old, I made a covert withdrawal from that big juicy plate of money. It didn’t end well for me.
@@benanglin1458 -- Hey, isn't the purpose of passing the plate to facilitate making change?
My condolences. My church has helped my family out on several occasions, even funded a van so we could get to Mass.
I hope you can find a community that looks after it's members, not just their wallets. Traditional Catholic Church is a safe bet.
Well donating money and then asking for it back is a low IQ move on one hand.
Praise God it says work six days a week
Wow, I need to leave my church RIGHT AWAY! 🤣🤣🤣
Leave a church that has a LGBT+ rainbow or trans flag flying outside. Leave a church that makes the preacher into a celebrity. Leave a church that is into false doctrines like the Prosperity Gospel, false speaking in tongues, and has radical feminism.
The bells at the end; For the grace for the might of our Lord
For the home of the Holy
For the faith, for the way of the sword!
Give their lives so boldly!
The sizzler shirt 😂
Pure gold!!!
This 🤣
You forgot, if they ask you to volunteer in the nursery or children's church... uhm hello ppl. We don't go to church to help with stuff, it's the day of rest! That's why we have Pastors. I mean if the pastors aren't doing all the work, they're gonna get lazy and you know what the Bible says about laziness. #sinning
As a guitar player that was hilarious
the real warning sign:
DRAG QUEEN SERMON HOUR
I actually remember when they showed local services on "Public" television when those who were too elderly and infirm couldn't participate
So, "To Serve Man" really was a cookbook? 😲
The bee never fails to amuse. 👍
That was actually an episode of The Twilight Zone.
Was it written by Dahmer?
@@reedermh you beat me to it. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. There's a signpost up ahead-
Good to see the introvert community well represented🤣🤣
I actually agree with the one about spelling and grammar. Obviously they aren't paying attention to details.
Thank you, this really helped me realize I have to leave my church IMMEDIATELY, THEY WENT FARTHER THAN JUST BUYING FROM COSTCO, THEY BOUGHT *FOLGERS*, on top of that they didn’t hear me out when I explicitly explained how truth and sins are relative like no wonder I thought this was a cult.
Hey.. Costco does sell Organic Family Grown beans... so that is NOT a deal breaker.
Folgers is an excellent coffee. Are they woke now or sumpin'??
Jokes on you, my church doesn't drink coffee.
I know this is supposed to be satire, but he is 100% right about being insensitive to us introverts.
I suppose you think he's right about the hissing too. . .
Did you know that you become more introverted the more you stay away from people? 🤔
@@justme240 And vice verse: more extroverted the more you interact with people. Of course, the introvert/extrovert dichotomy is a bunch of phooey anyway.
Go to the gym, socially interact, and become a gigachad.
go along to get along with the religious crowd, because being yourself isn't going to cut it.
Lol, I loved the Left Behind shoutout with Nicholas Carpathia! The irony of this is so good!
I like my church. I'll miss the people there when I finally finish college and move away. They were an excellent introduction to what a church should be, from the group worship to the pastor to the book of Ruth, which we've been gradually covering throughout my time there. I hope that I can find another church just as amazing as that one wherever I end up living.
If where you attend a service on Sunday Morning does not proclaim that the Lord Jesus Christ is the only way to the Father, that His sacrifice was all that was necessary for the salvation of your soul, then leave.
Thanks BB! I just needed someone to affirm my worries.
Oh well I'm glad I'm not protestant
I mean if my church showed movie clips at all that might make me wonder lol. Definitely cringe 99.9% of the time. The other day I saw a church who based their Sunday sermon on Despicable Me.
yeah, I couldn't really dig that. I want my church old fashioned and traditional. which is too bad because they are all trying to "keep with the times". I don't go to the churches around here because they are all like that. must of them hang pride flags and BLM banners outside.
Hey brother. I really like your content. Keep up the good work!
If you need to shake the dust off your shoes when you leave a church, kindly ask them to hire a janitor
My church has no wifi and bad cell reception. My ESPN app burns a hole in my pocket holding all those football scores 🥴
As an introvert I do hate the introduce yourself bs enough to change churchs.
I'm here and I'm miserable, can't they just take that as a win???
This brother is super funny. The LORD JESUS CHRIST bless you all!!
i knew i needed to leave the church i was part of & went to school in, when the priests began dating the 4th graders.
That's discrimination against minor attracted persons.
Gender affirming care for 4th graders is great, but dating a priest is sick.
Yup, thats even more reason why to take kids out of public schools too. Especially the rates of teachers vs priests would make the catholic church blush
Sounds like you grew up catholic. The most fakest of the false lukewarm christains if you ask me. They're Christain in name only usually and antichrist in actions always often enough. It's an entirely different religion if you ask me. They hardly follow Jesus eventhough they claim they do. They get angry when you say they don't. I have a lifelong Catholic buddy and one day we were talking about Jesus and he suddenly realized Catholics really aren't real christains 😂 for years he was insisting they were a denomination of Christain but once we looked at Jesus and started boiling down the beliefs it became obvious that Catholics are polar opposite of an actual follower of Jesus
@@TheAnnoyingBoss what is a Christian to you?
“When your married sister sleeps with the engaged pastor”
“when your married sister goes to another church and sleeps with the married pastor”
Good points to use to check YOURSELF!
Oh yeah, the Sunday show is alive and well in this country.
when the church starts jumping around and howling to the music. when the pastor refuses to read 1/3 of the Bible in sermons because he 'wasn't taught the books of prophecy' you know like Isaiah. When they demand tithing (works), when they make promises of abundance in the form of money when you've got a dime to your name. When the pastor fires the older associate pastors to pander to the younger crowd.
My father’s church spells Noel as “Nowell” every Christmas. Makes me nuts.
It’s Middle English.
Noel is French, nowell is older english
That Braveheart clip where he is being persecuted truly helps you picture what Jesus went through. My church absolutely used it only a few years ago. I guess I gotta leave.
Braveheart is timeless classics don't get "out of date"
@@johntabler349 And mainly fantasy.
When the supposed leader of your church says "all religions are willed by God"
Who said that? Yikes!
bingo ...
Rick Warren
Positive will or permissive will?
Its amazing how much common sense people in these comments have. When I go look at democrats they're just busy worshipping Satan all day long every day. Bullying people, racially descriminating, enslaving people no joke. Sickening
I hadn't thought about any of this. But you guys are right. It's time to leave scientology.
I had a pastor that preached a partisan political sermon 16 days prior to a general election. That's when I left.
Which side of the aisle?
Me as a Catholic: "You guys drink coffee at Church??"
I always yell “GET IN THE NET!!” When watching my Fantasy Football team 🏈
I think he was doing a football ⚽️ joke just to throw people off but I could be wrong
When the Babylon Bee is right you know the world has gone crazy
That's why they elect stroke victims. People who elected fetterman should have their brains checked for signs of strokes too and I'm not even kidding. When you elect brain damaged people it's because the people voting for them are braindamaged too
I have yet to see them be right about anything.
I have yet to see them be wrong about anything
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Hello Babylon 🐝.
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People snarking about the offering plate, how exactly is the church supposed to pay for things like electricity or keeping the buildings in good repair, or expanding if the community grows? Seriously, it's just one of those cliche things people say to feel superior. If you think your church is mismanaging the funds, go to another church. Peoples obsession with getting free things really grinds my gears. Salvation is free, thats about it.
That and it's literally an offering. It's not a fee. Nobody is forcing you to give. You don't have to pay to attend.
@@drawingdragon exactly
We started a weekly program to give to our building fund to build a building, and I realized I hadn’t been giving any type of offering for the basic needs of keeping the church open so I still give the same amount every week even though the building is finished, and I’ve increased the amount a little bit a couple times. Paper towels and electricity are not magic things available free to churches.
@@drawingdragon
Social pressure. They send the plate through the rows while everyone is watching and being watched, and use a plate so it's easy to see what you gave. And they do it on purpose. You can't tell me someone spreading god's wisdom wouldn't consider to ask for donations to be given privately. No, they purposely leverage your pride and/or fear of being judged to compel you. I can't believe you really think there's no force involved.
@@christophersavignon4191 they actually use bags usually so the offering aren't visible. You can donate your 5 cent and hide your stingyness from everyone around you, most of the regular donations are done via bank deposit. You clearly never stepped foot in a church
I recently attended the eleven 22 church, found the hardest time trying to figure out what they actually believe, attended a beginners group, my 'leader' was homosexual, and they were studying 'The Meta Narrative', so I walked out. Haha. Then, I found out they're Methodist, and I actually like Methodists, but not the branch that supports gay marriage. They could've made it easier, by just having a sign I could read walking in. They also had a sermon about how God isn't jealous. 😅 I just laughed at how untrue that is, since the FIRST COMMANDMENT IS, "Thou Shall Not Have Any gods before Me." Sounds pretty jealous & fair to me! Lol God is good, I'm glad He straightened me out.
As a Methodist myself, this makes me sad to hear, cause that's not at all what I was taught at my United Methodist church. I was constantly told God is a jealous God (heck, I'm pretty sure we sang a Sunday School song about it!), and our church took the stance that homosexuality is wrong, but those that engage in that kind of thing should still be shown love and compassion as sinners. Which I think is a good way to think about it. I really miss the pastor the taught that, good ol' Pastor Dave. He was an amazing guy and literally defined my Christian upbringing (he's not dead, he just got moved to another Church)
As an aside... what is "The Meta Narrative?" I've never heard of that before, at least not that I remember
I can't see an all powerful ethereal being giving a damn if people believe in it or not. Seems like he'd have more important things to worry about. I don't know I guess I expect God to act godly and not like a teenager on social media.
Non denominational follower of the way of Jesus is the only denomination we should have. Satan is dividing up the christains, turning them gay and countless pointless denominations. denominations lead to hell
@@dudeinadoughboy4327 I don't trust anyone that follows a denomination tbh. Jesus never said to me to be a denomination
@@dudeinadoughboy4327 They said it was their new way of introducing beginners & there was a weekly program & we'd study what was covered that Sunday. I noticed right away how they kept repeating the same words, getting us focused on one thing, and trying to redirect what it meant. It was a Psalm, and the word focused on was 'equity', so combined with Facebook new Metaverse, I thought they're being guided by not by the Holy Spirit, but a 'narrative'. I didn't go back. I do love the Methodists of my youth though, but that was decades ago. It's changed dramatically, at least, that specific church has.
Our church just played Be Still my Soul in D sus
Damn, that last part hits home. Millennials and gen z are easily discouraged if the spotlight is no longer on them.
Most people are.
It's the fall of man after all...
…Carefully researched end-times chart … Haha! Great "list" Thanks BB :)
It was great, calling _Left Behind_ a research source.
And he wanted it not posted on the bulletin board or something, but added to the bylaws, like a crayon drawing would be super useful when the board needs to figure out whether they pay the roofing contractors in cash, check, or precious metals.
when i was 19 i got kicked outa my church for a eyebrow ring....im closer to 50 now and still have it, but havent been back to church since then....but god loves everyone....biggest crock of shit ever besides a government that cares for its people....
You win a medal for that comment. BINGO!!!!
A church is not a building- it's the children of God and they can meet anywhere anytime a day- don't limit yourself, sometimes i meet more Christians in the grocery store than in a building
Yup. The temple of god is the human body. You can't find god by giving money to a guy in a fancy robe in a fancy building. You need to go within. Find that place where all is silent as you drift without thought and you shall find the voice of god and your guardian angels! 😁🙌🙏
Your grocery store isn't in a building? J/K. 😁
Having someone come up and do an infomercial for fundraising for the church building expansion, and start calling it a 'campus'. Get out now, there's nothing there for you. I love that the religion is following the actions of a homeless wandering Jew but you think you need to add a gym and classrooms with smartboards to better explain the love of Christ. My friends talked up their church, and this is literally what was happening when I walked in... Nope.
My church talks to my family and they work together to repeat conversations they had with me 6 months ago. They write down what I talked about and bring up those topics 6 months later. They regularly wear perfumes and colognes that they know will set off my allergies and make me cry the entire service. I went to church and cooked food for 2 hours in the kitchen, served kids food for an hour, and sat down to eat my own dinner with the adults after serving their kids, and the only conversation I could get out of them was a mumbled hi under their breath. My church invites me over for lunch, and the individuals in the church have planned to have the same conversation I had over lunch 6 months ago already memorized. I really do need a new church.
On top of that, the people my age in church literally avoid me so they can't talk to me, and they refuse to be friendly with me even though I just ask questions to find some common ground conversation topics. These people really are the antichrist!!!
Yes you really do.
What are you waiting for? Ask all your friends and acquaintances about their churches, and start visiting.
Come to orthodoxy! No nonsense about this kind if any of the things you mentioned!
I recommend Traditional Roman Catholic, the original and still the best.
What if the congregation refuses to call Latino men and women LatinX people?
Seeing drums and guitars is enough for me to turnaround and walk.
I became a Born Again Christian after a lifestyle of Rock Concerts, partying etc. It turns me away to go to a church and see a Rock Concert-ish atmosphere. Drums and Guitar are my first YUK
They brought up Nicolai Carpathia!! 😂🤣
You gave me a lot of great ideas. Thanks! :)
Babylon Bee is ahead of the curve. Although satire your satire becomes reality all too often. So my question for the Babylon Bee is when is your channel going to be all about ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I dyed with the misspel part... AND the final REEEEEE! lol may god bless the Babylon bee and may you return to Twitter soon.
I mean, I would volunteer to help out with that part, since someone was clearly very busy with more pressing matters. Don’t see any misspellings in the bible, doesn’t hurt to take care of everything you bother putting effort toward.
I'd say literacy is a core skill for those working with _scripture._
Why so serious? I was posting a light hearted comment with mistakes on purpose for comedic effect. God bless
Lol that's hilarious! I have to admit that I hate having to say hello to others at church. I'm cringing inside!!! I'm a generally outgoing person but I find it annoying.
It's because they are all judging the hell out of you. You can see it in their eyes.
Come to Catholic church. We don't do that.
@@davidcole333 yes you do lol, and no, Catholic Church is why the church has degraded and now supports homosexuality, look into the actual history of Catholicism and join the true church created by the 12 apostles the Orthodox Church
Forced socializing is always cringe for normal people.
@@davidcole333 But you are cannibals, so there's that. 😄
He missed the most important chord: Gsus!
I see what you did there
😂I love the introvert part… because that’s exactly what’s going on inside of me: an introvert 😂