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Today's episode is on the biblical book of Micah!
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-Reception And Influence
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Happy SBS Day! Be on in a bit for comments. Thanks for being here.
Really enjoying this series. I'm going to be sad when you get to the end of the bible!
"Equal Parts Fascinating and Terrifying," should be the title of a chapter or section of the book. Don't forget the title of the book is supposed to be, "You Can't Have Your Faith and Eat It Too."
Thank you for SBS.
Well still 33 weeks left and the. The catholic books and apocrypha and gnostics and then im switching to deconstructing bible stories so lots and lots yet to do!
Yes!
Yahweh has this "This is gonna hurt me more than it hurts you" mentality.
Man, it means something when the other is omni
When I have a conversation with Christians, they fall back to you just don't understand. To what I reply that is part of the problem. If this God wants us to find him should it not be easy for everyone to understand. Would that not make more sense.
God in Ezekiel 18:19-20: The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father.
God in Micah 1:14-16: I shall sell your prodigies, not excluding your juveniles, into slavery as retribution for your iniquities.
19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
BTW, both of these verses are courtesy of the treasured KJV. No KJV loyalist or their generalized ilk may lament the version which yours truly hath selected. The view that the good book is free of antipodean, diametric passages hath been thoroughly beatenith out of mine mind.😊
I actually had this conversation WITH God I was like hey, so you were pissed that you made us for whatever reason, why not just come to us and stop all the religious BS❤
My favourite verse from Exodus: god is loving and merciful and forgives everything! But he also doesn't forgive anything and punished 3 and 4 generations
Right?! Its utterly insane.
Right. It’s sobering watching those who don’t believe in God , or they used to , where they try to understand the Bible in THIER own very limited human intellect . The Bible declares you must be born again of the Holy Spirit before you can even begin to comprehend the Bible with its vast Supernatural elements woven throughout the scriptures and to understand those elements, you must yield yourself to Gods higher intellect by conversing with Gods spirit , with your own spirit. God allows us to get glimpses, here and there to understand God from his perspective. You will never understand God from your own, very limited human perspective on your own. The Bible declares we all have a measure of Faith to respond to God with Romans 12v3 and we must utilize that measure of Faith to reach out to God. As we understand what Faith truly is we also must understand what Sin is and the consequences of dying from our sins if we choose not to turn to God for the forgiveness of our sins. Roman’s 3v2 For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. You must ask that your sins be forgiven while at the same time reaching out to God by Faith and believing they will be forgiven. It’s what I did and millions and millions of others have done over the thousands of years since Christ came to die on the cross for our sins. Thy blood of thy Precious Jesus is the only way to be forgiven of your sins. And then ultimately you will be ready to be baptized in the Spirit of God and then you will begin to understand the greater depth of the things of God as well as understanding the Bible in a more personal way.
@@davidrexford586 that’s a very dangerous road to go down, telling people they cannot think for themselves, their brain is useless and they should just blindly follow what they’re told by men teaching this book. Cult like much? Yes. Repeat that sentiment but use another religion, put yourself in a none believers perspective (you actually are a none believer to other gods). Sounds a bit creepy right? Try another tactic to win souls because portraying god as a narcissist just doesn’t hit the way you want it too.
@davidrexford586 Okie, so by definition God is always good and anything that look problematic is explained away as beyond our grasp.
Starting from there I wonder two things. 1 How can a non-christian born person convert? If you approach any religious book with that mindset, then every religious book is right? So 2, why are you not giving the same excuse to Hinduism, Islam ...
Rashi explains He clears those who repent, but does not clear those who do not repent.
2:52 you nailed it Brandon I was told we are living in the last days. The world is so evil but then when we read this book, evil was there then and still is, nothing is new. Hahahaha
Exactly! Thank you
@tsebosei1285 I've following a few Catholic channels on YT and they all say we are very near to the "3 Days Of Darkness." And to get rid of certain things in your home, or buy blessed candles, or...or. But here's the rub: I first saw these "prophecies" (from some one named Padre Pio) back in September 2023. Specifically on the 27th. But it didn't happen, so they moved the goal posts: October, November, December, January, and now...TA-DA! February. And something was supposed to happen in January...stay inside! Hide! Pray! And yet those gullible followers keep posting all their silly remarks.
Christians love to say "end times" whenever they realise horrors of reality. It's like they want God to bail them out
Freaking love this secular Bible study!
So very glad to hear it. Thank you!
"What have I done to you? ANSWER ME!!" said the most abusive being in the history of the universe. Sucks that this sounds a lot like a lot of Christian parents.
It was just too insanely ironic.
An All knowing God wouldn't know this already?
@celticbabs3105 he wants to hear THEM say what he did. Either to hear their version and attack it, or
Well no. Just to attack. JHVH exists only to attack and deny access.
As you progress up the dangerous TH-cam ladder I hope you hang onto your roots. We are spoiled to have you. Thank you for taking your time to do this. Just don't let this come before your family xoxox
Appreciate that!
Loved it!
Every time you say, "I could go on with this." I want to cheer, "yes! Give us more we want all of it!
Hey Kristi! Ha. Thanks so much!
Agreed
yes, and "But I digress." Please! Digress!
Same!!
Same, too!
Excellent. I love the part about rhetorical questions. How could God ask, "What have I done to you?" 🤣And then he demands answers. So, he's not really omniscient? He's angry and frustrated because he lacks knowledge? How is that possible? He needs to be informed by his disobedient creations? Preposterous rubbish. Great video. 👍
God in Ezekiel 18:19-20: The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father.
God in Micah 1:14-16: I shall sell your prodigies, not excluding your juveniles, into slavery as retribution for your iniquities.
19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
BTW, both of these verses are courtesy of the treasured KJV. No KJV loyalist or their generalized ilk may lament the version which yours truly hath selected. The view that the good book is free of antipodean, diametric passages hath been thoroughly beatenith out of mine mind.
I really appreciate you dedicating each weekly video to each book. Not only because it’s consistent, but I think it gives us more of a look into books especially if they’re not something frequently talked about by mainstream Christians. Looking forward to the rest of the OT
Appreciate you being here!
12:19 "You can make a religion out of this." - Bill Wurtz, 2017
Not much to say here, much like in other episodes, despite the incredible cultural and historic value of this literature, it really presents problems for modern believers who think these are univocal or “maximally moral” text, many of which do not mach up with many modern religious beliefs, much more when they represent moral challenges to the people who believe they always represent a good God.
Good episode as always, cant wait for the NT.
God in Ezekiel 18:19-20: The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father.
God in Micah 1:14-16: I shall sell your prodigies, not excluding your juveniles, into slavery as retribution for your iniquities.
19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
BTW, both of these verses are courtesy of the treasured KJV. No KJV loyalist or their generalized ilk may lament the version which yours truly hath selected. The view that the good book is free of antipodean, diametric passages hath been thoroughly beatenith out of mine mind.
Brandon, I almost didn't watch this video but SO glad I did!!!! You said something in this video that validated me and settled something for me forever and I cannot thank you enough. Love your work!!!
I'm so glad!!
What a book. Thanks for your input. While I attended a Lutheran church I heard Micah preached a lot - especially the good parts. I don’t remember hearing about the bad parts. I’m sure the preachers were taught in seminary of what to emphasize and what to gloss over.
I like how God constantly brings up how he brought Israel out of Egypt many centuries after the fact. He's like the partner who won't shut up about the one time they did something nice twenty years ago. How does he expect the people centuries later to care? Is God so out of touch with what life is like for us mortals that he doesn't understand how distant something that happened centuries ago is for us?
Exactly!
That explains a lot, honestly. Both on why they're constantly bringing up things that happened basically ages ago, and also why such morals would be outdated. Because to a timeless being, it'd have been such a blink of an eye to them that they wouldn't have even considered changing their ways, despite their creation changing and evolving so much to a point where the mortals can now more easily think for themselves.
And of course, subsequently that means said deity would probably be completely unable or unwilling to change even if confronted, as to them it's like being okay with something in the morning only to hate it in the early afternoon, so probably not worth worshipping anyways, but yea.
People are prone to forget! The exodus from Egypt was a one-time, historic event that would never be repeated. Subsequent generations of Jews would need to learn that history lest they forget and begin to think and act as though God had not worked in their past (and was working in their present albeit in other ways, but still in faithfulness to his promises to them).
@@sdlorah6450 It's true people are prone to forget, but you can't forget that which you never experienced because it ocurred hundreds of years before you were born. My point is that in the OT, God's prophets are often reminding the Israelites about the Exodus as if it happened recently. Why should people still be grateful for something that was done for their distant ancestors as if it was yesterday?
@@sdlorah6450except the Exodus never happened! Even the Jews don't believe it!
The scientist created some robots that malfunctioned. So, he had to zap his perfectly good robot to keep HIMSELF from zapping the actual broken bad robots. He feels the urge to zap them for being created the broken way HE KEEPS creating them. Electrocuting the broken robots that HE created who don't trust him, and zapping them forever. Those dumb bad robots think he's a mad man for some reason. Keeping the bad robots plugged in downstairs. Dumping water and acid all over them. Watching them spin around in pain everyday. Melting them down to the wires, all day, everyday! FOREVER! Fully knowing he was gonna end up doing this to them the first day he put a screw driver in his hands to create them. "These robots I keep making, are SO BAD!!! And they owe me an apology for it".
I really want to hear a Christian's response to pointing out that mercy is a suspension of justice, so God can't be just and merciful.
When I was a Christian, I would've explained it like this: God's mercy shows when he refrains from instantly smiting a sinner at conception (or whenever the age of accountability is), and his justice is shown by his punishing Jesus on the cross.
@@5h0rgunn45 which then is classified as 'injustice'. But good you're aware now. 😊
He can be both
@@Bojan12 'god' doesn't exist though, lol.
@@QuestionThingsUseLogic For you no but for me absolutely yes even more than me
Brandon you literally changed my life for the better and I hope your channel can help others like myself
I am thrilled to hear it. Thank you!
God in Ezekiel 18:19-20: The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father.
God in Micah 1:14-16: I shall sell your prodigies, not excluding your juveniles, into slavery as retribution for your iniquities.
19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
BTW, both of these verses are courtesy of the treasured KJV. No KJV loyalist or their generalized ilk may lament the version which yours truly hath selected. The view that the good book is free of antipodean, diametric passages hath been thoroughly beatenith out of mine mind.
@@MindShift-BrandonGod in Ezekiel 18:19-20: The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father.
God in Micah 1:14-16: I shall sell your prodigies, not excluding your juveniles, into slavery as retribution for your iniquities.
19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
BTW, both of these verses are courtesy of the treasured KJV. No KJV loyalist or their generalized ilk may lament the version which yours truly hath selected. The view that the good book is free of antipodean, diametric passages hath been thoroughly beatenith out of mine mind.
Class is in session. Another Thursday, another SBS!
The video idea you mentioned towards the end, I'll call it god sanctioned sin, is a topic I never really thought about. I have to reread my bible again, I must've missed a lot.
Also, love the video as usual. This is scholarly levels of work you're putting in to these videos.
Theres so much more than you would think and i might steal your verbiage for it! Also thank you kindly!
God in Ezekiel 18:19-20: The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father.
God in Micah 1:14-16: I shall sell your prodigies, not excluding your juveniles, into slavery as retribution for your iniquities.
19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
BTW, both of these verses are courtesy of the treasured KJV. No KJV loyalist or their generalized ilk may lament the version which yours truly hath selected. The view that the good book is free of antipodean, diametric passages hath been thoroughly beatenith out of mine mind.
The God of the Bible - "Think of me as I SAY I am, not as I do" also "Do as I SAY, not as I do!"
The ultimate model for a toxic version of manhood -- he actually reminds me a lot of the way incels speak.
God in Ezekiel 18:19-20: The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father.
God in Micah 1:14-16: I shall sell your prodigies, not excluding your juveniles, into slavery as retribution for your iniquities.
19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
BTW, both of these verses are courtesy of the treasured KJV. No KJV loyalist or their generalized ilk may lament the version which yours truly hath selected. The view that the good book is free of antipodean, diametric passages hath been thoroughly beatenith out of mine mind.
@@sundayoliver3147God in Ezekiel 18:19-20: The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father.
God in Micah 1:14-16: I shall sell your prodigies, not exclusing your juveniles, into slavery as retribution for your iniquities.
19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
BTW, both of these verses are courtesy of the treasured KJV. No KJV loyalist or their generalized ilk may lament the version which yours truly hath selected. The view that the good book is free of antipodean, diametric passages hath been thoroughly beatenith out of mine mind.
@@BenjaminEaster-b8b exactly. I know I read this in the earlier books of the OT. The first was The Lord said that the son shall not pay for the sins of the father. A couple chapters later, The Lord said that he would curse until 3rd and 4th generations.....
Ummm..... ????? That certainly sounds to me that the whole family pays for the deeds of the father..... even the grandkids and the great grandkids. A real loving God there....
Hi Brandon, sorry I'm a day late. B'day yesterday,so had a day off from the Net. However, finally got this book God:An Anatomy so have started to read it Love your reconstructions & having been brought up by semi-agnostic parents and batshit crazy members of the clergy I begin to understand why the OT was used to 'prophesy' the coming of the Christian Messiah and why it took me 20+ years to realise that the Bible is a book. There's nothing holy about it, it's just a book of stories and sayings and poems, some very good ones, but they're stories! Okay, now I've bored you to tears just wanted to say many thanks for all you do. Can't wait for the NT!
Happy Bday! So glad you got the book! Its just amazing. Thanks for the kindness
Im excited for the New Testament. Ironically, as an ex-"Christian," I know very little about the New Testament. By the time I was able to actually think about religion, I was pretty much an atheist.
Thanks for a great series. I love the short cliff notes that cut the snooze fests from the Bible.
So glad to hear it! Thanks
I'm so glad you did "Beyond God's Borders" the other day. It gives so much more clarity to this one! Thanks!
Thanks, Maggie! Glad its all coming together
Yoval Harari in Homo Deus talks about how significant it was for a population to have a text in that day and also how the rabbis created Judaism in that way, by collecting writings. Their canon didn't precede the 1st century at all. It wasn't until the priest class had been eliminated when the temple was made a pile of rocks that the rabbis really took over.
What scoundrels the rabbis are!
Hey Brandon! Here’s a question for Christians:
Why did God endow us with a moral compass knowing this compass would lead us to believe many of his own actions are morally wrong😯?
Supposedly God is not the author of confusion (1 Corinthians 14:33 [NKJ]).
Hmm…
That's crazy because in the very first book, God (or the old pantheon, but they don't like to talk about it) confused the builders of Babel (Genesis 11:6-9) because, uhhh, it was afraid of human potential? It's not clear.
He didn't. He endowed us with the opportunity to pick that, OR eternal life and ignorance.
God's problem is this: He wants everyone to share his perception of himself, and will tolerate no takes which are not mindless repeats of his. Individual perspectives were allowed, for the sole purpose of him attacking them and saying how much better he is.
Not to mention the 2 "creation of humans" stories, the questions that come up when you ask how Adam and Eve's children procreated, and the two versions of the 10 commandments. To name just a few.
@@horustrismegistus1017A tactic that has made its way to academia, politics, business, and just plain old everyday life. "Might makes right."
I love your "digressions." I think I learn a few more things through those than I would if you did not digress.
Ha. Glad to hear they can also be useful sometimes!
If you ever do merch, you need a shirt or hat or sticker that says "but I digress".
Yes, a very positive "but, I digress" shirt :)
Everytime I hear this sentence, I wish to hear even more. :)
Love that idea!
thumbs up for this idea. a mug is my favorite merch to buy
God in Ezekiel 18:19-20: The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father.
God in Micah 1:14-16: I shall sell your prodigies, not excluding your juveniles, into slavery as retribution for your iniquities.
19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
BTW, both of these verses are courtesy of the treasured KJV. No KJV loyalist or their generalized ilk may lament the version which yours truly hath selected. The view that the good book is free of antipodean, diametric passages hath been thoroughly beatenith out of mine mind.
@@SeekingTruth2023God in Ezekiel 18:19-20: The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father.
God in Micah 1:14-16: I shall sell your prodigies, not excluding your juveniles, into slavery as retribution for your iniquities.
19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
BTW, both of these verses are courtesy of the treasured KJV. No KJV loyalist or their generalized ilk may lament the version which yours truly hath selected. The view that the good book is free of antipodean, diametric passages hath been thoroughly beatenith out of mine mind.
Great video! I love your passion!
Influences or reception:
I think Micah is quoting from Isaiah’s ploughshare verse. A Soviet sculpture was donated to the UN in 1959 of a man hammering a sword into a plough
With the engraving:
“They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."
Listening to your video, I remembered Tracy Chapman’s “ Why”:
“…love is hate, war is peace, no is yes…”
Thank you again
Appreciate all this!
You are really getting good at this. Appreciate your style and ability to both summarize and dive deep into this book that i thought i knew pretty well.
Very encouraging to hear. Thanks for the kind feedback!
Brandon
Have you ever considered a call in type show where people like me who have been emotionally abused by the church can seek your advice?
Its coming! That was the whole reason for the studio build. I hope to launch it yet this month!
Hi Brandon, regarding your comments from 2:14 to 3:29, one of the most common themes of christian preachers in their sermons and writings is that the present generation is much more wicked and immoral that all previous generations and if we don't repent and drastically change our ways, god is going to bring this great nation (the US) to destruction. I am 71 years old and don't see any difference in people's morality from my earliest memories to the present. I am also a historian. When one studies history from primary sources, it is crystal clear that people from any generation are no better or worse than the people in any other generation. The only explanation I can think of is preachers attempt to intimidate and manipulate people into doing what is "right" by convincing them that they are worse than their ancestors. Please consider doing a presentation on this phenomenon with an analysis of what is behind it.
@18471902 We didn't know about it because there was very little media coverage; I'm referring to decades and centuries back.
It will make for a great video. Thanks!
@@johntiggleman4686Decades and centuries back there were books and parish records and other ways history was recorded in writing. There were also bards who went through 20 years of training, part of which was memorizing historical events in rhyme (a good memory-inducing device), which they would wander around the country telling and singing. Pictographs are another way events were recorded, as well as sculpture-- from cave art to the Egyptians, and in modified form to the present.
Media have always existed. They were just in different forms.
I could listen to your videos all day and all night long! Don't change your delivery.
Love to hear that. Thank you!
God in Ezekiel 18:19-20: The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father.
God in Micah: I shall sell your prodigies, not excluding your juveniles, into slavery as retribution for your iniquities.
19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
BTW, both of these verses are courtesy of the treasured KJV. No KJV loyalist or their generalized ilk may lament the version which yours truly hath selected. The view that the good book is free of antipodean, diametric passages hath been thoroughly beatenith out of mine mind.
@@MindShift-BrandonGod in Ezekiel 18:19-20: The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father.
God in Micah: I shall sell your prodigies, not excluding your juveniles, into slavery as retribution for your iniquities.
19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
BTW, both of these verses are courtesy of the treasured KJV. No KJV loyalist or their generalized ilk may lament the version which yours truly hath selected. The view that the good book is free of antipodean, diametric passages hath been thoroughly beatenith out of mine mind.
I actualy matched the timelines to the "writings", and given most of the "prophets" are literaly just some 1st person POV of the stuff happenning, it's a much more satisfying experience to read them as paralel as possible.
After so long, the Old Testament is done. This has been a great series so far. Will there be a dedicated video to differences in the Gospels after those 4 episodes are done?
Bravo! Your in-depth examinations are well articulated, supported, and honest. Thanks for including the other video links in the description. Much appreciated for framing the time periods and era into the discussion.
Thank you!
This was another excellent breakdown of Biblical literature. There is only one thing I can offer as a possible correction. Micah was probably not a contemporary of Jeremiah.
Micah was likely written just prior to the Assyrian invasion of Israel sometime between 765 bce and 721 bce. Jeremiah was likely written just after the Babylonian exile around 586 bce.
It is very difficult to date Micah because it was heavily redacted during the 2nd temple period 330 bce - 539 bce. Here we see a concerted effort to "whitewash" blood sacrifices of children and polytheism.
I'll for sure buy a copy of Equal Parts Fascinating and Terrifying! 😁 Also I'd love to see an episode about God recognizing magic like you referenced. Thanks again for all you do.
So kind! Thank you dearly!
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MY FAVORITE DAY
Thank you Brandon
Appreciate that so much!
@MindShiftSkeptic we appreciate you Brandon, you do so much for your community and we look forward to all your videos.( Hoping for another disecting the divine video soon lol)
God in Ezekiel 18:19-20: The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father.
God in Micah 1:14-16: I shall sell your prodigies, not excluding your juveniles, into slavery as retribution for your iniquities.
19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
BTW, both of these verses are courtesy of the treasured KJV. No KJV loyalist or their generalized ilk may lament the version which yours truly hath selected. The view that the good book is free of antipodean, diametric passages hath been thoroughly beatenith out of mine mind.
Masterful as always! I'm getting a great overview of the libel. Thank you for doing the really hard work of becoming the expert you are
Thank you, April! So kind of you
Do you plan to cover the Apocrapha books?
Absolutely!
That would be great!
Hey Brandon, do we have merch? How about a Tshirt with “…but I digress”
Ha! Someone else also suggested this bi love this idea.
Who all was really the actually audience of Micah's text? How was it gettiing to them? Or was mainly for the warlords?
As a prophet he was probably preaching in the city. He also would have written it down or parts of it.
@MindShiftSkeptic Yeah something like that. I could imagine all kinds of pictured scenarios 👍After all, no cell phones, cars, transportation to get people to these events or paper pamphlets to hand out. I remember going Door to Door "Soul Winning" it was called
Brandon, so look forward to your videos and really love the secular Bible series. On a purely aesthetic note: love the new studio! Definitely think the green light is better than the blue in this context. Also appreciate that the flickering candle in the right upper corner isn’t flickering this time, I found that distracting. You really are doing good work, bro. Much respect.
Hey thanks so much! Sundays video will be the best set up yet i think. Appreciate all the nice feedback
It's almost like watching Power Rangers. The bad guy says they are going to do bad guy stuff > bad guy does bad stuff > good guys do stuff > peace is restored.
And now I'm going to read all of God's lines, first in Rita Repulsa's and then Lord Zed's voice. I can already think of some that fit rather well with those voices.
@@DavidRichardson153 LOL! I hear God's words in Trump's voice.
@@suicune2001 Just as fitting. After all, as one movie critic I follow said years ago around the time Batman v Superman first hit theaters:
"With a _REAL, LIFE, SUPERVILLAIN_ running for office..."
Really, I only mentioned Rita and Zed because of the opening about Power Rangers.
@@DavidRichardson153 LOL!!
We can all agree that "the Bible" is a mess, and definitely not the words of God.
I still believe there is a god, albeit nothing is at all like the Bible describes it.
When speaking of all the issues with the Bible, it makes sense to refer to God, as .... "the god of the Bible" rather than just "god".
The depiction of God in the Bible is a gross misrepresentation, by men, of what a higher power would actually be.
It just sucks that we will only find out the truth of our existence when we die.
Keep up your great work, by the way. You are bringing much-needed clarity to everyone who has been scammed by religion and are looking for an escape.
A song deconstruction does sound interesting, maybe a super old classic hymn
"All Things Bright and Beautiful" would be one of my nominees. And of course "Onward Christian Soldiers".
Thank you so much, Brandon! ❤❤
Your analytical thinking is genius, your ability to see the contradictions and inconsistencies and errant assumptions in the Biblical text and flow of thought is liberating. Your intellect in face of Bible text is historic in importance.
Always so very kind! Thanks for the love
So happy to have found your page to answer some nagging questions after having gone from 15 years in the new age to “saved” in 2021 from my wicked witchcraft ways… to realising it was ALL a lie and unpacking. But maybe I just was never “really” saved 😂 as they tell me.
Great series! Keep up the good work!
Thanks so much!
23:16 yasss! This one word sums up everything in the Bible 😊! Thanks Brandon, for another great video! 25:23 and I can’t wait to hear this!
Your amazing alliteration answer questions actively.
God in Ezekiel 18:19-20: The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father.
God in Micah 1:14-16: I shall sell your prodigies, not excluding your juveniles, into slavery as retribution for your iniquities.
19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
BTW, both of these verses are courtesy of the treasured KJV. No KJV loyalist or their generalized ilk may lament the version which yours truly hath selected. The view that the good book is free of antipodean, diametric passages hath been thoroughly beatenith out of mine mind.
hi Brandon someone has said you can't deconstruct on your own now I haven't got anyone at all and can't afford counselling what can I do to heal
You absolutely can on your own. Theres a billion resources. Just keep learning!
Bottom line: you don’t HAVE to have a professional to tell you what you believe. My deconstruction is progressing quite rapidly through educating myself.
My de-conversion was almost exclusively on my own--brought about by intensely reading the Bible, attending Sunday School, and listening to sermons, and finally opening my eyes to what nonsense it all was! If you need assistance, however, there are support groups that can often be of tremendous benefit. Definitely check Alanon, which is for people living with all sorts of disfunction. There are lots of specialized support groups, including those for people who have problems with alcohol, drugs, and gambling, or who are in abusive relationships, among others. I have heard there are even support groups for people attempting to recover from religion! Ask a professional therapist for a list of support groups in your area and try out several. There are lots of TH-cam productions that are useful.
I deconstructed completely on my own. This was simply something no one talked about. Looked up things I questioned, careful of sources, looked at many sides, applied logic...then the emotional stuff - some tips:
-try not to run from religion and the damage it caused, rather walk forward with knowledge, awareness and free will, choosing what you want.
-look at the past from a safe vantage so you can recognize the damage calmly and work at repairing it
-recognize your indoctrinated responses (or PTSD), recognize what caused them, actively work at overcoming them
-for example, when someone says wow! Nice job! Instead of trivializing it because you feel unworthy, practice saying "Thanks!"
-as others here are saying, you aren't alone. Look, you're here at this terrific site and there are many resources to help people deal with overcoming the trauma or with breaking away - on the Net if you can't go to meetings.
-when you look ahead to plan your life and path, pause to look at your victories. It can be a long journey, but there's steady improvement.
-rejoice every time you feel unchained, even if it's for a moment. And dance, sing, it's not all work. :)
@@robinette64 hi this is great thank you I have ordered Marcus Aurelius meditations that will arrive from Amazon in the morning can't wait to get started first heard about it on mindshift and there is something else I've heard of hermetics what exactly are they please I believe they have connection to Hermes
The Israelites’ slavery in Egypt was really just a form of indentured servitude, don’t you know. Sort of a social safety net for the Israelites. You know. Not like slavery in the antebellum South.
(Funny how you never hear that said.)
Right?!!
Definitely looking forward to your take on the NT
I have to wonder about Asherah. As Yahweh's wife, was she some sort of maternal counterbalance for his wrath and aggression? "Ward, I think you were a little bit hard on the Beaver." 😄 With the Yahwist prophets upturning her iconic and scriptural presence, we are left with an angry, abusive dad who can't be checked. Perhaps one can envision a scenario where Asherah divorces Yahweh, but leaves the kids at his mercy. Perhaps Yahweh does something more insidious to her? All I can think of is the Tori Amos song "God." "God sometimes you just don't come through / Do you need a woman to look after you?"
All the wives/partners in ancient mythology were technically all about sex/creation. The female deities were generally just as violent as the male.
@@robinette64 True. Deities like Inanna and Athena were nowhere as sweet and innocent as Shirley Temple. Reconsidering my point, Asherah was probably as wacky as her "ex-husband."
Its all very very fascinating. And bonus points for mentioning tori amos. Off to listen to cornflake girl
Ashera is a tree planted by a Gentile for the purpose of being worshiped.
Asheera means "life mate". Some female you live in peace with. Your wife.
In arabic some populations still use it to adress their wives like in Moroco.
Asheer, means male life mate. It is used to adress a friend.
It is a generic word its not a proper name of a woman.
Reading Isaiah was extremely difficult to understand. Reading Jerimiah was depressing, and Lamentations was even more so. The I just got tired of reading about how bad I was. Then I got angry. Then MAGA finished the job. I have repented countless times, and frankly I'm sick and tired of doing it.
9:05 I laughed so hard "mountains will melt" 😅😅
@tsebosei1285 End of the world believers point to that verse (I think there are a few more) as the world being destroyed by nuclear weapons.
🤔 Volcanoes?😂
@@johntiggleman4686Yeah, I know.😔
Would love to see a breakdown of "More Than a Carpenter" by Josh McDowell. Or of the concepts within the book. Thanks for the work you do!
Thanks for the rec!
Haha Yeah, God says ,what have i done to you? 🏃♀️🏃🔥✋️🤣
Thanks 😊👍.
I feel like I am listening to Xerzes from 300 brag about how great he is. There is no difference. Great job Brandon.
Lol no doubt! And thanks so much
God in Ezekiel 18:19-20: The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father.
God in Micah: I shall sell your offspring, not excluding your juveniles, into slavery as retribution for your iniquities.
19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
BTW, both of these verses are courtesy of the treasured KJV. No KJV loyalist or their generalized ilk may lament the version which yours truly hath selected. The view that the good book is free of contracticory passages had been thoroughly
Your point about ill-treatment of the poor being a major issue from ancient times to today is apt - in many ways, it's unsurprising that Jesus, even considering the parousia, kind of gave up on that. I mean, if the poor are always going to be here but he won't, why not allow expensive indulgences for himself? Jesus' response to his anointing is pretty cruel and callous, and I was disturbed by it as a Christian (ever the practical, I guess I just wondered why it was so important to prepare a body that would be dead for less than 48 hours), but in a bleak way, it's kind of understandable.
Also, I liked your point about Micah calling out the other prophets and how that leads to uncertainty about who we should trust. It's the same issue as having multiple competing religious claims, even within a single religion. I remember not too long ago skimming through some of the New Testament epistles, and even this early in the church's history, everyone is whining about false teachers and antichrists. There's even some suggestion that James was written as a direct response to a Pauline (perhaps pseudo-Pauline?) perception of salvation. And we know from non-canonical literature that their opponents in now-heretical Christian groups were doing the exact same thing. And who had the best claims to authenticity? None of them, because, as with competing religions today, we have to take it on faith.
Love all this thoughtful feedback and response. Thank you!
Jesus is placed on the cross at the third hora (not hour) and this is the summer solstice. The lights go out at the sixth hora (autumn equinox) aka the crucifixion in Egypt. The sun is born again at the ninth hora (winter solstice) and is again crucified at calvary/golgotha at the crossing of the spring equinox (pass over from winter to spring).
@@harveywabbit9541More evidence of how Christianity appropriated pagan festivals for their own convenience. I never really got the Jesus sacrifice thing until I learned about dying vegetation gods. that made actual sense to me, because dead vegetation feeds the soil, and brings new growth.
Dude, what about chapter 6 verses 7 thru 9... I just watched a video by Dr. Kipp about this and I think it should be addressed, it shows that child sacrifice was a real thing at one time and was later covered up by stating what an abomination it is, but that part in Ezekiel about giving them laws they couldn't obey so that God may horrify them, makes it pretty clear what's going on.
Cant wait for the new testament, probably is the one where I would disagree with you the most, but I cant wait to see how you go through it
For anyone curious, please check out the video _SATAN'S GUIDE TO THE BIBLE_ (not a typo, that is how the title is written).
Be warned, though. Its style and music choices might trigger some particularly bad memories (it did for me and, according to its comments, a lot of others). If it does, please remember: blame what caused you to associate the bad memories, not the use of the trigger.
hi Brandon as you say about the potter and not to question him and then he hardens the hearts of whom he wishes and then Paul talks about how convinced he is that nothing can separate you from the love of god in Christ Jesus what I see here is an Unaprocjable father wouldn't u think it would be different u can approach your earthly parents wouldn't you think God would be approachable to his children
Perhaps at some point you could do a breakdown of a video from Roadshow Apologetics. I'm not trying to instigate an "atheist owns Christian" sort of thing, but he has a sizable audience and makes some pretty faulty arguments directed at atheism, making it easy for questioning Christians to buy into the bible without deeper consideration. I don't believe anyone has challenged his arguments before, but it could be productive.
If not, thank you anyway for all your work and assisting in my deconversion. It's so nice living life without the constant anxiety of whether or not I'm actually saved and if I'm going to burn in hell for all eternity.
I will take a look. Thanks for the rec
That would definitely be a great name for your book. Question though, why say that its likely to be from 800 BCE? From what ive learned recently, there really is nothing to prove that any of the old testament was canonized prior to 300 BCE. Mythvision did a few videos on that topic
It could be from the original languages use of syntax, grammer, descriptions used, and any other number of linguistic clues. Even if it's not canonized, some parts existed long before it was put together.
Yes the actual true compiling of most books, edits, redactions etc was most likely during or post exile. But this core book mentions when it was written and seems to be very consistent with the cities, kings etc of that time. Could always be wrong but good reason to believe someone going by the name of Micah lived at this time and wrote some stuff down even if his official book was brought together later
Just to clarify two things for you. Brandon said "8th century bce" which is 700's bce not 800's bce.
Secondly, the Hebrew Bible was likely not canonized prior to 250 bce - 300 bce but the individual texts are much older than the time the religious leaders collected them into a "canon".
Micah is difficult to date accurately because we see internal evidence that the original text was heavily redacted. However, the oldest events mentioned would be referencing the split Nation of Israel and Judah just prior to the Assyrian invasion of Israel. So sometime between 721 bce - 765 bce (8th century bce).
@@ObjectiveEthics yes thank you for clarifying the dates however, there are no texts from what I have learned, in original Hebrew prior to 300 either so up until then, just stories passed down from the previous generation.
@@jonnyblaze2692 For the most part that is true. The oldest complete Biblical texts we have are the Dead Sea scrolls (250 bce - 70 ce).
However, the oldest text fragment is the Ketef Hinnom scrolls from 600 bce. I believe most qualified scholars don't think we are at the point of oral tradition until the 2nd millenia bce.
I think most historians that I know of date the entire corpus of the Hebrew Bible to have been written between 800 bce and 70 ce with the first major redaction during the 2nd temple period.
Great video
Thanks, Danny!
Nice.
Thanks!
21:59 what have I done to you, I am finished 😂😂
Also made a mistake and sendt it trough my iCloud mail so it's not from the normal mail I use to write with
Regarding the title:
Admirable Application of Alliteration!
Fantastic Brandon! I love this series. Thank you.
On a gernal note, I am constantly reflecting on why my emotions rise upon hearing the Christain defense of the countless examples of verses (and other topic) where God is obviously not representative of All Good, All Power, & All Knowning. I walked my feelings back to believe that the human emotion that occurs when being 'Gas-lit' by others on topics that seem overtly obvious to any rationale human being. When Christians do this, it feels like they are out-right lieing, know they're lieing, expects us to believe their lie, and then get's mad when we don't concede to their lie. Why would a person, especially one with supposed 'Christian Values', behave this way?. I'm convinced myself it is not for an evil purpose. It's not because of lack of intelligence. So why then? I'm thinking it is die tp the unbelievable power of childhood indoctrination! It really does take good, sane, and otherwise intelligent people and forces them to defend undefensable positions at all cost! They fight with fury to defend absurdities that for any other, non-religous, topic they would walk hand-in-hand with me to admit that what they're defending is ridiculous! Their brains are just so rigid, nothing will penetrate their barriers to accept new information and even 'try' to think whether what their claiming makes sense.
So yeah, I need personal growth to not let my emotions rise. But if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck It get's to me to be forced to reflect their claim it's a horse.
Man i love this comment. I have these exact thoughts so very often! I relate to this big time!
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We still have approximately two months to go before the end of Noah's flood aka the rainy season.
Don’t forget Mic.2:3
“I brought you up out of the land of Egypt,” yet you (being fully sovereign) orchestrated every detail which brought them into the land of Egypt. 🤔
It's fun as literature, if this god is read as en evil alien playing with primitive humans or something.
33 is the magic number.
Actually religion for breakfast just did a video on 7, which is also a number people really like.
I guess its a number day?
There is only one way I could see Christianity as true, and that is if we are currently in Hell. And the softy interpretation of it where hell is an "absence of God".
Nothing changes, suffering persists and people are given false hope instead of working together to fix it, and God is nowhere to be found.
Every prophet is false, and every book is a fairy tale. Sometimes I think that in such a world, being a believer is the worst position to be in.
A smal insight regarding the "list of bad things" at 2:20.
To your question, why does God not punish the nations today if we're so much worse than they were back in Sodom/Gomorrah or in Noah's time, the excuse I was taught in Bible college was that we are in a different dispensation of the Holy Spirit-God is still the same in character but there are things he does differently now because he has established periods in which, because of the movements of the Holy Spirit, he is silent in some ways and vocal in others. I think they'd say he's more vocal now than ever because we've got the revelation through Jesus. Of course, I see in hindsight this is FauxScholarSpeak to cover up the fact that the immutable God has certainly changed, but that's really hard to express especially to other Christians. Have you read anything on that/thought much about that defense Christians put up?
If you do not see the punishment already than you are completely blind
@@Bojan12 huh?
@@danieljdeleon873 Look carefully in what state our world is and look what is happening year after year. It is Disaster!
The only thing that I can comment on without being repetitive in the comments, is the view on Israeli slavery vs traditional slavery or at least how I see it. The Israelites had laws for the slaves they owned. They couldn’t have bought them so they had to be prisoners of war, they had to include their families and property, they had to take care of them as if they were in the family, and on their 7th year they are to be given freedom and the chance to become an Israeli citizen. As opposed to the traditional slavery that was forced gruesome labor and oppression. Where people were treated as property instead of humans like the rest of us. I believe that the laws that were in place concerning slavery really explain what it meant to them compared to what they went through. It was bad enough that they had to get their own laws about what they had to do and what they couldn’t do. All while the surrounding areas didn’t have any laws concerning it. But that’s just how I see it.
Could you elaborate on some-all these other messiah characters, besides the teacher.
My little brother loves saying Jesus is the one and only Christ like it’s an exclusive title, and when I point out that it just means anointed one in Greek, and it’s Hebrew comparative is messiah which means anointed, he says I’m pulling it out of context. I also pointed out that damn near anyone wealthy enough would anoint themselves for the assumed health benefits at the time, that’s it’s not always a religious thing.
i think i'll just need to make a whole video on it. thanks!
Iah (biblical) = IU Piter (Jupiter). Messiah can be written as Mes (son of) and Iah (Jupiter). The messiah has always been the spring sun that brings forth new crop growth. Note where the 7th son of "Jacob" is called Gad. Gad (sign of the ram) is a copy of the Latin Fortuna. Check out who is the "father" of Latin Fortuna. The O.T. mother of Gad, is the spring equinox.
Anointed to be a Savior if the World big difference
@@Bojan12 Jesus never mentions much of the world, and generally stays in a small region. He even said he didn’t come for “non-Jewish” ppl. It’s inconclusive evidence to what he meant when he said world at that rate, so was he really here for “everyone” or is that a more than generous interpretation by Paul and later believers?
@@rincasarff5200 He came as person to Jews however He did not came to save them only bur whole world. He just came to their place because they are God’s chosen people that is why even before His death He commanded Disciples to preach to all people everywhere. Believe it or not Christ already appeared to people even Muslims who were in hard denial. To me as well in way I would never guess in my whole life
Thank God this God isn't real!
I was wondering why I wasn't seeing your videos. It turns out I wasn't subscribed
Glad to officially have you here now! Thanks for watching.
Have you done a video on magic yet? I personally struggle with why it is real and yet most Christians claim it isn't real/devil's work. And yet, we can perform it with practice and gifts from "creation". Maybe what we can perform comes from the fact that he made us in his image, therefore making us godlike (yet in contradiction when Adam and Eve are from the tree of Knowledge the Lord prevented them from eating from the tree of life so that way they wouldn't become like gods)?
What do you mean by magic? If you mean like magicians in magic shows, those are sleigh of hand tricks. If you mean stuff like horoscopes, mediumship, divination and such, those haven't been demonstrated to work.
@@AXKfUN9m I meant the latter, obviously, and not the former. I also speak of destruction spells, healing work, etc.
Well, to me magic exists -- I have used it to create changes in my life, including physical changes, and so have many others. I see magic in nature all the time, and I'm okay with that if it's just labeled "something science hasn't discovered yet".
The problems arise when, instead of seeing the magic potential in all things, magic has to have an "only by the Abrahamic god in the way that god says or it's evil" TM. And then there's also mythology, which is what a lot of the stories we tell ourselves are, including religious stories. Mythology gives hints about magic and where and how we might connect with it, but it's not magical in itself.
God: look what you made me do.
Genesis 38:9-10 but onan knew that the children would not belong to him so whenever he had intercourse with his brothers widow he let the semen spill on the ground so that there would be no children for his brother. What he did displeased the lord and the lord killed him also
God is just storing up his wrath for judgment day is what the excuse is now! Well God how about instead of destroying everything actually fix it!. The Bible is one giant contradiction. I almost feel like God is a computer program with only 2 options lol
Welp this god just loves playing mind games... likewise with an abuser as the majority has stated. This god never cared for humanity in the first place but had NOWHERE near that same energy with Satan. Btw im gonna sub to this channel because im finding more eye openers 😊
Glad to have you here!
@@MindShift-Brandon thanks 👍
Where does the name " Jehovah* come into play?
mica rock
peter rock
Lol!
But god is really smart, so everything will be perfect.
If anyone wants to truly see if God exists or not, put Him to an honest test.
Better still, provide actual evidence it exists.
I trusted in Jesus for decades. Only when I started to trust my own mind and the scientific method did things start to improve and become reliable, with predictive value.
Also, the Bible says not to put God to the test. You say a lot of things that sound nice about Christianity, but are actually contradictory to the Bible. Jesus' response is from Deuteronomy 6:16-25. He says, "again it is written, 'do not put the LORD your God to the test.'"
It's a bait and switch to present all these nice ideas about God and religion that don't match the holy text that's assigned to Christianity. You're presenting a different religion that you made up, not Christianity.
@@berkah6240
Hmm.
I don't see anywhere in Scripture where luck saves us.
You can't say you were a believer unless you actually found God.
Deuteronomy 6:16 "Ye shall not tempt the Lord, your God, as ye tempted him in Massah."
Matthew 4:3 "And when the tempter came to him"
Matthew 4:7 "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord, thy God."
1 John 4:1 "do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God,"
@@QuestionThingsUseLogic
Hmm do you truly want to find God?
If so, why are your methods of doing so corrupt?
You know man like me makes mistakes, so, why trust my words as proof?
Go and ask of God and you will have unmistakable proof.
@@theriveroffaith852 who said my methods are corrupt??? That's strange. Fifty years of following god in sincerity and untold amounts of study, memorisation, obedience and prayer ended when l *searched for evidence to prove god and found none* ...By the way, l was not looking to disprove god, but confirm him, along with my beliefs. However, there is *no evidence* at all. The more l searched the more l found it is all lies and fake claims. Not my fault there is no evidence! I researched for two solid years!!