Deepak Chopra Meets Greg Koukl: THIS is How You Defend Christianity
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- Deepak Chopra, a very well-known New Age teacher of mysticism debates Christian apologist Greg Koukl on Lee Strobel's show "Faith under Fire." This interaction was mentioned in the forward to Greg's book, "Tactics."
Though this aired in 2005, I think it's still one of the best examples of how to effectively deliver facts while calling out inconsistencies in your opponent's position. Notice how Dr. Chopra begins stating information with certainty, only to default to "uncertainty" at the end, a very popular (and wildly inconsistent) position many New Agers hold. Many progressive Christians have a similar view, interestingly.
What's startling is that Deepak Chopra has written several books about "Jesus" and he's not able to take Greg's challenges and corrections head-on. I think this is an excellent resource for students, too, to show logical fallacies. I added subtitles and a little "flair" to this video version.
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As an ex-new age practitioner, I used to follow Deepak Chopra (along with many other "gurus"). He teaches experience and looking inward for answers. I praise God that He rescued me from this deception. (Edited to add: I'm surprised my comment elicited so many responses. As a born-again Christian with several decades of practicing and teaching new age beliefs myself, I can attest to the deep deception of self-centered theology).
Especially if he gets his "facts" from Newsweek.
I thank God Almighty that he opened your eyes to his truth.
100% agree!
Yes, Deepak got incensed a few times not the calmness he projects as a tolerant mystic to nothingness!
Praise God that he brought you out of that.
Greg has made studying this subject his entire life and Deepak really brought up a News Week article. Chile.
I was embarrassed for him.
😂
Any headline will do for a soundbite, I suppose
That was cringeworthy!
How has Greg managed to study it for so long and yet still be so wrong?
Ehhh Greg, who wrote the gospel of Luke?
Hint...just like Harry Potter didn't write the Harry Potter books...
"Reality has a way of bruising people who don't take it seriously." Spot on Greg 👍
Just like in Islam...
Dead wrong. Martyrs.
😀
What Reality? Claims? Faith? Belief? yes, zero evidence, zip, none.
Greg's a fraud there is no secular witness of Paul.
BOOM! As a recent ex-new age practitioner and tarot reader, I used to follow Deepak Chopra (along with many other "spiritual teaches"). I thank God for his mercy and patience as he steered me back toward Him. 🙏🏻.After of practicing and teaching new age beliefs for many years, I can attest to the deep deception of ALL new age teachings. The New age is so sneaky - looking back I am shocked at how easily I got sucked in. Strength and salvation comes when you read the Bible.
Same sis. Same. Took the words out my mouth
@@ohheygoldi Amen and God bless sis!
Amen. 🙏🙏🙏.
Oh, I see. And Christianity has no deceptions. Nice.
it'll always be easier to just turn off your brain and walk through life as a braindead zombie instead of sitting with yourself and fighting your own demons.
I went from God-denier, Agnostic, to Christian. I did it by opening my mind, investigating the evidence to support the Bible, and then, studying what is in the Bible. My life improved and I have NEVER been happier! I pray if you read this, you chase the same Truth.
You read Greek?
Ah the C.S Lewis method
the all father odin opened my eyes.
@@jc-16. I do.. JesusWords Only and some other channels are very informative on this point
This same Truth, is the Greatest Gift My Mom n Dad Gave Me !
His Name is Jesus Christ !
I Used to be Shocked to Learn that Others Knew Him !
I appreciate how Greg keeps an open respect in his conversation and answers. He cares not just to debate, but to share information that might help.
Damn, it must be so hard to defend Christianity correcting mistakes AND remain open and helpful towards the other participant AND do it in a timeboxed manner in seconds!
@@scriber36 "D!@$" ? Why curse?
Garbage... A lying, cheating huckster debates a lying cheating huckster.... hilarious.
Irony 101!
Chopra is certain of his uncertainty but, questions Koukl being certain of his certainty! 😂
This is the first I've heard of him. He's good 👍
This was fantastic. Absolutely fantastic.
In Jesus' name, I pray the truth continues to spread and save people around the world, and that all come to the Father through the Son, Amen.
There’s about to be a major Christian revival -a renaissance- in America… and the world. ✝️
@@alitlweird I hope and pray you are right!! I live in Texas and we are hurting from 3 mass killings in just a few days!
Pathetic was more like it
@@EtsySpellcaster-fy3sl 1st John 5:20 "And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life."
I've learned so much as an apologist from Greg. His book "Tactics" is brilliant.
Did it involve lying and being confident ?
@@tookie36 stay in your delusion
@@tookie36You are in grave danger. Time is short. Don't play around with your soul. Hell is forever.
The book “Tactics” is actually what led me to this video 😂
@@tookie36what is this?
This is what we need more of in modern apologetics: answering the concerns about life brought by other religions and showing that Christianity is true when compared to them. It's not only Atheists whose claims need to be addressed.
I would recommend David Woods channel for that style of apologetics, he most often addresses Islam. I rather enjoy watching such debates even though I'm an atheist myself.
Eli Friedman Christianity is the easiest refuted world religion and Christian apologist are pathological liars.
@@Dystopikachu Lmao.
How do you know that Christianity is true? The answer is YOU DON"T And you can't possibly know.
@mikekelly2236 young lady, there are many many documents and stone carvings in the Roman world, in all languages and countries that state Jesus lived. And Jesus never said anything negative hurtful or bad. That's all.
This is the first time I’ve actually heard Deepak Chopra speak, and I must say I was surprised at how simplistic and similar to amateur atheist TH-camrs his arguments were.
Conversely, I was very impressed with Greg Koukl and his ability to counter Deepak’s objections in a spontaneous, convincing manner and without hesitation. This was severe ownage by Dr. Koukl.
He certainly was unable to keep up with the litany of assertions that Koukl made. Chopra couldn't hope to keep up with that "onslaught".
Agreed but man you can see the power of darkness in this dude ...very deceptive
A convincing manner and lack of hesitation doesn't make you right.
How it is that I would know the name Deepak and not Greg says everything about the world. Deepak really comes across exactly as you describe him, amateurish, in comparison to Greg.
@@absofjelly no it doesn't, and the commentary made no such assertion. None. So what are you up to, exactly?
This was hilarious. Deepak was dumbfounded 😂😂😂
Uh, no. Lol
@@EtsySpellcaster-fy3sl 1st John 5:20 "And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life."
Hinduism is casteist. Justified by all its religious books. Worst religion
@@JSabh Amen.
There's a good chance the person you replied to doesn't even fully grasp the real nature of God. Well not a good chance , that's exactly what it is , anyone who's not a born again Christian doesn't really understand what Jesus did for them.
True Christians always get courage to defend himself being a Christian 💪💪💪💪💪💪
Kandha mg da na 😂😂
"This is why psychological confidence is not enough. You need good reasons to support that." ---Greg Koukl
*Epic!*
@@principleswise9749 Without mentioning the "good reasons" ... NOT REALLY!
In what little either of them really said ... neither mention the source or sources of their faith. I'm speaking of specifics, not generalities. Ignoring the specifics causes what is mentioned in the debate ... making God into the god you want him to be.
@@gabepettinicchio7454 I think we can be somewhat charitable to Greg Koukl here and realize that the point he is arguing with Deepak Chopra is not specific sources in support of Christianity, which I have no doubt he could produce if that was the way the debate went. But rather about having even a fundamentally rational conception of reality rather than "believing your own truth." I mean for one thing Chopra has clearly never read even secular history about the early church if he still believes that Christianity as an institution was created by Emperor Constantine at the Council of Nicaea or that somehow the King James Version is some sort of iteration rather than a translation.
If we must complain about anything it is that Chopra gets platformed like this, because of his millions of booksales and followers, when anyone debating him must first build up this ground floor of rationality in order to expose what a quagmire of sinking sand it really is. The issue though is that this irrational belief in there being no such thing as objective truth has become a prevailing worldview the world over.
Plus all those other religions such as Muslims are not sure they are going to heaven. They may be devoted to their religion but they don’t know if they are going to heaven, ask any of them- any religion that is not in Christ. The biblical Christ who died in the cross for our sins, who was resurrected. God came to us.
yes it is enough. greg the man child is just closed minded.
I encourage people to have heated face to face or even moderated discussions like this. Being a keyboard warrior is not the way we need to have these talks with folks and know what we are talking about. With all his "learning" which is really just him practicing and "conceptualizing" himself, Deepak worships Deepak. Good stuff.
Hopefully Deepak will come to the truth of God's word and accept Jesus as his Lord and Savior.
Some of us aren't good at apologetics. I'm just gonna say what I believe and why. I am reborn from Catholic faith. I find it hard to confront ppl. I don't agree to get along, but I don't go around seeking ppl to evangelize either.
I wouldn't reduce the outreach that is practiced by text, to the title of "keyboard warrior". That term normally has a negative connotation, and who's to say it isn't helpful or that doing both isn't possible?
@@arcguardian I’d say it has its place, but the culture from Christians needs to change. There are far too many heated arguments filled with slander for the smallest of infractions. People can benefit from thought-out comments if they’re looking for more information, but seeing a Christian talk in a condescending manner toward someone else only encourages their unbelief.
Though a good debate is great fun or an overall positive experience for some, there are others that a heated face-to-face talk is the epitome of Hell on Earth. I, myself, love debating with those I know are safe and willing to talk it out. However, debating is a skill that not everyone has or is comfortable with. Don't misunderstand, because there are plenty of those who use the anonymity of the internet for nefarious and very misplaced purposes, but I believe having the time to tweak an answer, the articulation that typing can provide, and the inability for someone to just stomp the end of your sentence or thought into the ground, makes a wonderful mode of communication. Especially for those who are meek, or are respectful enough to sound meek, or have speech or other communication issues! (Like me, I don't hear that great and I tend to stutter if the stakes get too high or if I'm super excited about the topic). "Keyboard warriors" just seems a bit like a put-down to those who don't like the face-to-face debate. God bless!
Wow! Greg Koukl is amazing!! For one, is opinion about biblical history and the life of Christ is spot on! Then he tops it off with being so quick and clear with the truth! It was so amazing to witness this! He is a true disciple to the Christian faith! Blessings to you all!
Guys like Deepak just make you trust the Gospels more
Chopra is so right. There is no way to know and faith is very personal. And there is no scholarly acceptable evidence that Jesus ever existed
Frog in a well, you have no knowledge about any cultures other than your little well, so obviously you think that.
True.
Lol no.
I've never seen this guy, Greg Koukl... but I have to say that was one of the biggest intellectual beatdowns I have ever seen in my life! To make Deepak look like a little child is no easy feat. Bravo.
He made it look really easy, actually. Deepak didn’t seem to have a whole lot of substance in his responses, IMO.
Yes, where you can see Deepak s demeanor changing.
Intellectual beatdown? As far as I could see, it was an argument between two men, both of whom seem to be in the midst of a complete mental breakdown.
@@hawk2million Greg didn't show any mental breakdown. Where in the clip do you see that?😂
@@hawk2million You're projecting. Deepak looks defeated with each argument he began...only to abandon it , change the subject, get obliterated, and change the subject again, quickly obliterated...He looked like he gave up early on and was just throwing random arguments out there to see what would stick. NOTHING stuck & he knew it
👏👏👏 so good!! Praise the Lord for his ability to speak so clearly and directly.
Clearly the Holy Spirit was leading him that whole time
yes praise the all father Odin.
@@susanwjoh0re735 Ah... more... keep going little one, The Father loves to laugh as does his son.
Deepak won this, kudos. I’ve experienced seeing brainwashing where my right is the only right. My right is the only right and it’s certain!
Brilliant Christian apologetics. ☦👍
The "uncertanty" of Dr. Deepak is what makes him a millionare and a good friend of Opra.
Man... I ALWAYS get my sound scholarly information from Newsweek. It's quite literally the beacon of objective truth and research. They say so themselves.
Thinking the same thing - right outta the gate!
😂🤣😂
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Newsweak 🤣
And CNN. And NPR.
That was amazing🤩 I’ve never heard Chopra speak, but he had the words and look of confusion, for his stands, the entire time Greg gave his apologetics. Thank you so much for today’s video!!!
Quote: _"...but he had the words and look of confusion, for his stands, the entire time Greg gave his apologetics."_
Greg Koukl is an absolutely brilliant apologist. Deepak may have had the look of confusion on his face but I think it's more of a heart issue, not an intellectual one.
I'm sure you've experienced this the same as I have. You offer solid reasoning to an unbeliever but they respond as if they didn't even hear what you said.
Yes he really did. He really couldn’t defend much factually.
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Yeah unfortunately, reasoning with people is not what get's them saved....
It is usefull for people who are saved. For they learn massive amounts of knowledge through it. 🕊️♥️😇
So i would say think clear about your purposes. And act in the spirit of that purpose. Maybe you need to weed the land, maybe you need to plow, maybe some fertilizer, etc. Let he who has ears hear and understand what this means, amen! 🕊️♥️😇
When Chopra said “I’m comfortable in my uncertainty.” He lost all credibility with me. It sounds like to me that he has knowledge of the truth, but like the rich young ruler doesn’t want to give up everything to follow Christ.
Love it! What a well-constructed argument. An argument made well like this is almost as beautiful as artwork!
Wow . This dude is a POWERHOUSE ! a joy to listen to. Thankyou
Deepak is very certain about his uncertainty 👌🏼🤣
Just like Sam Harris
@@toolegittoquit_001 Just like every smart person, religious people are the exact opposite.
So true. Deepak Chopra was so wishy washy.
@@aljay2955 all new age philosophies are wishy washy
I was just thinking that. XD The modern man. . . so modest. . . so willing to admit he might be in the wrong. . . as long as he can keep everyone else from being able to say they are definitely right.
I listened to Deepak Chopra speak in person once and after five minutes of listening to his empty words the thought immediately hit me “ this man is a fool who knows nothing “
So are all hindu gurus
@@timeisup6844 so all the muslims scholars...
@@funshukwandru3698 muslim scholars are not fake like hindu gurus😂
It is strange to hear the preferable state of ignorance over knowledge.
Well, his son made a documentary about Deepak, his dad. He too, thinks he’s a fraud.
I never ever understood why Deepak Chopra is so popular. Truly.
Answer: Secularism.
@@FirstnameLastname-sw1ry Deepak is not that secular. What he teaches is pseudo scientific woo.
Wow!
Glory to the king of kings!
This bro should get a gold medal.
He is a brave well informed brother.
❤
Faith is a competition to you? Where medals are given? Certainty is also a sin.
@@user-vz7nm8cc2v 🤔🤦🤷
It was this very video, 5 years ago, that made me pursue apologetics at HBU. I was lost in New age darkness as well. And Greg's unwavering faith and solid belief in Christ made me say "I want what this man has."
Amen brother here’s some more apologetics;
You cannot out psychologize the Bible for God not to throw you into hell for all eternity. In other words, you cannot come up with a good enough excuse here and now, so you will not be able to on judgment day. If you say you did not want to be born, God is going to say you should’ve been born again, that means become a Christian so that’s not gonna work. And there are no other excuses try to think of one. So now you know for the first time in your life, that the Bible is smarter than you and it is a steel trap, smarter than all of mankind! So at least investigate and look to see that these things are true, because right now you just learned the Bible is smarter than you, so what should you do concerning the Bible?
Prophecy, the Bible is 27% prophecy, that’s future history written in advance. God‘s really sticking his neck out to get it cut off he’s wrong but he hasn’t been wrong about the thousands of prophecies that were fulfilled, so he’ll be right about the end of the world prophecies as well and you’ll have no excuse on judgment day for not looking for truth!
Caveat: you cannot look for God in times of chaos says Isaiah 45:19, so you better do it now. In other words,You’ll be too worried about your own survival when chaos hits, than your eternal destiny!
Statistic probability of 40 writers writing the Bible with zero margin of deviation, proves God wrote the Bible through the 40 writers!
God authored the Bible!
DNA does not auto encrypt, the code writer is outside of the code of the 3300000,000,000 lines of computer code in the human genome of our DNA! So who wrote the code to such sophistication?
1,000,000 seconds is 12 days, 1,000,000,000 seconds is 32 years! That’s the difference between 1 million and 1 billion!
One person’s DNA could fill the Grand Canyon up to 50 times full of books. John 21:25 “I suppose everything Jesus did, the world wouldn’t have enough room for the books telling of it.“ this verse would be fulfilled!
Psalm 139:16 “in my members you have written many books“!
Psalm 139 is about the human body!
Really? If a man has strong convictions does not automatically mean he has wisdom. So may muslim extremists also have strong conviction...
this guy is aggressive in his belief. I can't belief that is your dream.
Jesus is a muslim and i have logical and scientific evidence inside my channel, if you can answer those, just try
And unless you are disingenuous and are okay with it, apologetics is one sure way for dechristianization.
I know of some people who realized this is BS once they are done with apologetics..
I'm so happy to finally see people standing up for Christianity. You don't see that nowadays. Thank you sir..
Really? That’s funny because without the donation money how are the churches going around converting people in 3rd workd countries?
@@khannahhaasan9582 lol it's not donation buddy , it's welfare tithe ... We chose to convert by showing people the better way and the way of life , now we all know how Islam was spread no ? ...the only religion which is truly peaceful and literally can't be misinterpreted and misunderstood is Christianity (new testament). Christ Jesus is the only way to get inner peace , love and a peaceful society. Tell me one thing he said wrong and I'll accept defeat . Meanwhile i can say many things which are fundamentally said by other religions which are plain wrong and factually incorrect. So yeah better to clean your backyard before worrying about the world.
I'm so happy to see fish swimming in the same school...are you living under a rock? In southern US, you can throw a stone and hit a church. Wide is the gate that leads to destruction.
@@TheProphetofLogic your point being ?
Finally? This clip is from 2005…
This was so brilliant - I need to re-watch and re-listen several more times!
Help! This was so good. His sangfroid never left him. It was a joy to watch him and to observe the way he carefully broke down his points. I especially loved the part when he spoke about consequences. Excellent.
I was a new ager who was deep into occult spirituality (for ~30 years) and though I was able to get into a relaxed state - I never achieved peace or freedom. That only came when I discovered and acknowledged Jesus and God. ✝️
Same. 30 years of never ending searching which amounted to nothing. Compared to Jesus, in one day the search is ended...life miraculously changed 180 degrees and there's no going back.
What's the freedom you achieved? How does it feel?
@@uchihaaswin For me, 20 years of cigarettes, drugs and alcohol and partying stopped in one day...That day I surrendered my whole life to Jesus. It all just fell away and it wasn't even me trying to stop. Also He gives you a freedom from a life of sin. You are no longer in bondage to it like you were before. It's all the work of the Holy Spirit that comes as a helper and sustains you in your walk. And it feels Amazing. Unlike anything else. Everyone's story is different. Mine was kind of extreme. These freedoms are not of our own doing , they are a gift from God.
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Whomever you serve, that is your master. If you leave for pleasures, pleasures will master over you, but if you serve Jesus, you will be free from all bondages. Even from yourself.
Beautiful Greg! I appreciate how you stayed on point and didn’t take the bait. Clear, firm and fair.
Deepak Chopra is the Neil Degresse Tyson of spirituality. lol
Both actors
@@EvolvepilatesAuwhy do u cccaaaarrre??
Our small group is studying Lee Strobel’s book “The Case for Christ”. We discussed these very things last night. 🙂Definitely shared!!
Good book and movie.. haven't finished the book yet but its so good...
Great movie
Lisa Eskro Fake arguments for a fake religion.
@@classicstorm I started the movie but didn't finish it. But loved, loved the book! The book certainly goes into more detail than the movie can-and those details add up.
Peace.
@@marcsmirnoff936 like all books...
I have read Greg's book "Tactics" and it is such a good book about how to talk to people about Jesus!
Thanx for sharing
I will look out for it, thanks 💯
Yep,tachtics for indoctrination
@@mygoogle1525please do some research on the Bible and it’s accuracy
@@arcanum3882 who said i didn't?
Just sayin that the original post is about tactics-indoctrination.
His historical reference was "NEWSWEEK" hahaha
When I was spiritually lost, looking for GOD instead of going to the source I choose to practice new-age stuff. I listened to Chopra brought his book and a game he was part of. God opened my eyes and I am at peace. I will never turn away from the word of GOD.
TO GOD BE THE GLORY. THANK YOU, LORD, FOR SAVING MY LIFE.
I watched this interview when it was originally broadcasted, I still can’t get enough of it :)
Thanking God for Greg Koukl.
"My faith does not come from a book" -Depak Chopra... 90 books published.
90 books copied from other books like the vedantas and ayurveda medicine. He just made it available to the western culture. He didn't come up with anything new
@@animalfarm8560 he's the puff daddy of authors sample and sample.
Good one
Depak is a wicked blasphemer
GOD said without FAITH it’s impossible to please him…
Jesus Christ is the ONLY way
Turn off demons like depak
Who read those many books nowadays
I like how Koukl stays calm and rational and deepak gets progressively more angry.
Wow Greg I'm in your camp!! Deepak is confident in his uncertainty that's the people Jesus referred to when he said the blind leading the blind.where as Greg is speaking from confidence and that comes experiential insidences... Well done Greg
Wow! Now this is effective debating!! Nothing puts the lie to bed like the Truth. Thank you Melissa for sharing this, it's amazing!!
Sometimes telling the truth is not enough. If people are shouting & frothing at the mouth & abusing others while telling the truth, the truth can seem unappealing.
So perhaps delivery is crucial too. Perhaps, at best, the truth & delivery are in sync.
In any case, I was also inspired by Koukl's civilized & calm, if not loving, delivery.
Greg is an example of how an adult should conduct themselves, real passion devoid of emotional outbursts meant to appeal only to the "cheap seats" A genuine dedication to the subject, consistency in ones reasoning.
this guy is violent in his convictions. This is how extreme Muslims talk about Islam. Thy also get defensive and aggressive towards others not thinking in the same way.
@@mradventurer8104 which guy? Neither one seemed violent, but Deepak was a little sassy and loose in his approach, the other guy was mature and reasonable.
Jesus is a muslim and i have logical and scientific evidence inside my channel, if you can answer those, just try
@@islamwithproof20 Jesus existed more than a thousand years before Islam.
@@carlosocatavious3363 Hinduism existed 5000+ years..
Before Jesus Christ..
Bro please don't get offended..I respect all religions..
Peace 🙏🏻♥️
YES brother Koukl on FIRE, being an amazing example of how to defend Christianity, and even rather, how Christianity defends itself.
People often mistake confidence for correctness. We all need to learn how to judge reality from falsehood is every arena.
thank God for intelligent Christians who are able to defend our doctrine, 🎉 narrow is the gate , 😊
Real God is not a doctrine, real God is divine. Real God can't be narrow minded, arrogant & egoistic & jealous like humans. That is where ur doctrine fails.
@@surojeetchatterjee says the guy who keeps yelling rice bag to everyone who claims to be Christian from India ...you are not even close to knowing biblical theology and you are lecturing about God's character ..what a joke
And then says sanathan dharma is so tolerant and accepts everyone with open minded but couldn't stand that indians can be Christians too
The Bible is the doctrine saying Jesus is a saint or a guru is just rubbish that's where the doctrine comes to defend the real truth about Jesus Christ like i said you zero ground knowledge in biblical theology
All you know is abusive slur words against Indian Christians but these guys would cheer lead and applaud when someone outside India adopts hinduism .
Stop the hypocrisy and know that everyone can follow whatever they want so don't go around thumping your chest name calling indian Christians with such deregotary terms it only makes you and your faith less tolerant and bad
@@surojeetchatterjee Exactly, Christianity and other desert religions work like a virus.. people can join in, but are not allow to leave, when they decided to leave they use force. They preach something and conveniently do something else, hypocrisy is core of their religion.
Jesus is a muslim and i have logical and scientific evidence inside my channel, if you can answer those, just try
@@surojeetchatterjee The real God is he who gave us eyes to see and thoughts in our heads. That God is also eternal without beginning and end. This creator and God is also holy. Because he is holy, a sacrifice for sin is necessary. God is also not a hypocrite. God is not asking from us something he wasn’t willing to do himself. God created a human body for himself and he joined his own creation and he suffered emotional and physical pain to the fullest and he tasted physical death that we all will as well.
YESSSSS!!!!! Greg took Deepak to school biblically and with historical facts! Oprah use to have Deepak on her show all the time, talking about his Mystic mess. Thank you for posting Melissa.
Indeed, instead of Deepak's having an "oh, so great 'mysticness'..." he's only got a 'mysticmess', lol...
That’s why Oprah is confused listening to such demonic foolishness
@TP The Free Thinker What? I'm gonna go out on a limb here and help you out... Could you quote the "references" you are mentioning to maybe help your argument? Yes, it's a little bit more work, but I would expect something better from a self-titled "Free Thinker" -to be more opposition than a one sentence reply. I could be wrong, perhaps you just need a few turns of the key on your back to give you more juice.
"Let me just ignore everything you said that you said that shows I am wrong and repeat myself once more"
It's a tradition in my Syrian Orthodox Church to study and learn from all religions around us so we can live in harmony together by better understanding them and have a well delivered response when anyone tries to challenge our faith or convert us.
The bible does say to be ready to defend our faith but conversion only comes from the Holy Spirit.
@@inconceivable5269 Inconceivably true!
@@inconceivable5269 it does say to be ready to give an answer though and Greg is helping me do that.
"I'm just expressing a world view" He openly said and admitted it
Wow, what great wisdom by Greg Koukl! May God bless his work for the Kingdom!!
How do you know that God agrees with Greg Koukl?
@@francmittelo6731 Faith.
Wow oh my!! I love how the truth about Jesus is confidently communicated and I see how it offends those that rejects the way, the truth and the life! Lord, may you have mercy on Mr. Chopra and may you remove his spiritual blindness and touch his life by washing away his pride. He said he embraced having faith to the "Unknown", and that is the difference in believing in Jesus. May those that don't know... know WHO YOU ARE. 🙏 Reveal Yourself to those that seek You and humbles themselves before you. Amen.
When an expert explains a concept and you follow up with opinions and made up facts it tells a lot about you.
Deepak's main problem, I think, is that he's invested so much into telling others he can show them a better way. If he admits he doesn't have the answers and Christianity is right, nobody will buy his books anymore. "And the rich man went away sad."
christianity is right ?that is so arrogant to say and coming from deluded people is so funny. christians are not better than the brainwashed leftists.
Standing for Christ is the right courage and true values..!!!
Logic doesn't says that, whole concept itself is absurd.
Key statement that I've heard from Alisa Childers on New Age Spirituality is echoed right here through Chopra at 9:44. To paraphrase Chopra, [The difference between you and me is that you are certain and I am not, and I'm comfortable in my uncertainty.]
New Age Mysticism, and by extension, progressive Christianity, is comfortable in its uncertainty with a lack of concern at ever arriving at hard truth. The gray areas become a comfortable fog for people to hide in forever. Christianity allows uncertainty, but with the expectation of the seeker arriving at certain and hard truths that we can anchor our eternal existence to.
Getting advice on Jesus and faith from Deepak is like getting cooking tips from Hannibal Lector.
Good to see Greg!!! One of the finest in Christian Apologetics.
😂😂😂
I WISH I could be as patient and kind as Greg. Working on that at the moment. This was a great discussion!
Who ever says the most words the fastest is correct.
Wish this conversation was so much longer!
It was actually an hour debate. Not sure where the video is though sorry
This is almost exactly the conversation I had with a friend. Thank you for posting this.
So you were wrong as well.
If 20 people take a spelling test and only one person passes, and all others fail, the person that passed is still the one that got the answers right, regardless of the deep passionate, sincere, feeling of certainty of the correctness of their answers that the others felt.
Which puts billions of Chinese in hell because they were born in the “wrong side” of the world.
@@Earthtime3978 Fear not, for God will be fair in his judgement. It's in his nature. Look into Jesus and Bible prophecy.
@@chriskitchen4772 You should look into it and give me an answer instead of brushing me off .
@@Earthtime3978 Please try to understand, God isn't punish anybody for the simple reason: They never heard about Him. All humans were created by God and God loves them all, they will respond to God in the proportion they understand Him. Everyone in their conscience "knows" what is right and what is wrong independently of how moral or amoral one is, unless of course: the person one is crazy, or mentally incompetent, then they are not responsible for their actions.But God will judge not what is seem the way we perceive things, He is going to judge the real reason why we did what we did. Justice and justice only will prevail. Nobody loses salvation for not living in an area that his message was never preached. Salvation will be lost by defiance of the laws He imprinted in our souls and spirit. The same is valid for people in times prior to His message. But if you had the chance to hear his message and you rejects it, this is completely different situation. The ones the more is given, more will be charged from them. Hope I helped you. Have a nice day. If you have another question feel free to ask.
@@melquesedekcastro7480 You answered the question from your perspective. Give me a chapter and verse from scripture that says no matter where you are in the world you will be saved if you’re a good person. Should we not go by what scripture says and not by what we’d like it to be
There are many Christians who would preach that followers of Islam or Buddhism are hell bound because they don’t except Christ as their “personal Lord and savior.”
I heard Koukl's statement as very open to uncertainty. He said he could be wrong. That's open to uncertainty. He doesn't think he is, but he said its possible.
He said "and your sources must be correct" in a sarcastic tone, while that can immediately be said about him
So much wisdom,knowledge and discernment 🥺
I wish I could argue like this as well as spot fallacies instantly. God bless your ministry for edifying us 🙏🏾
If you study Scripture & comparative Religions well, in time you sure can.
Read a Bible in one hand & Apologetic book in the other.
Look & pray for opportunities to be used. God will literally bring people to you, that He's prepared to hear Truth, thru you because you're submitted to Him.
An amazing promise GOD gives us:
The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole 🌎 Earth, to show Himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward Him” (II Chron. 16:9).
Wow! That was 🔥🔥🔥! I'm surprised Chopra sat on on that! Did anyone catch the Holy Spirit moving on Chopra when Kokal first laid out the firsthand accounts and more accuracy of the history of the gospels and translations? I could see it! There was a moment where you could see that pure innocence of honestly not knowing and how that could make a difference in his worldview. Lord we pray for Chopra's heart to find the liberating truth of who you are and for a surrender of all his worldly attachments in exchange for everlasting love with you Jeaus!
Amein!
Amen.
You mean when Koukl steamrolled him with his unsupported assertions?
Amen 🙏
@@absofjelly then it would be easy for you to prove him otherwise, wouldn't it
When he corrected and said "it's millions" I knew EXACTLY what spirit was guiding him.
Great point.
I was thinking exactly the same thing. The arrogance of this man, the insecurity of having his sense of importance attacked showed his true colours.
oofff, same here.
It's called correcting someone lol.
@@Mistanyycguy He didn't correct him though, as the man himself said "hundreds of thousands or millions". He felt the need to clarify that as it gave him a sense of power and dominion over this man.
I was very comfortable in my uncertainty until certainty found me.
What an absolute legend Greg Koukl is ... Chopra has had his time in the spotlight. He makes a ridiculous, half-baked statement then, when he's pulled up on where he's wrong, tries to take the discussion down different rabbit holes. He's doing the mystic guru to a modern audience, telling everyone he is uncertain & knows nothing yet (somehow) every understands this as the utterance of a truly wise person.
9:00 “Reality has a way of bruising people who don’t take it seriously.” Mic drop moment! That’s deep. Melissa, Thank you for sharing this. 🙏🏼
This is brilliant!! The best defence of the Christian worldview I think I've ever heard.
This man is articulate, reasoned, and armed with logic and facts that totally tear to shreds the protests of Dr Chopra.
Wow, praise the Lord for him!
You cannot out psychologize the Bible for God not to throw you into hell for all eternity. In other words, you cannot come up with a good enough excuse here and now, so you will not be able to on judgment day. If you say you did not want to be born, God is going to say you should’ve been born again, that means become a Christian so that’s not gonna work. And there are no other excuses try to think of one. So now you know for the first time in your life, that the Bible is smarter than you and it is a steel trap, smarter than all of mankind! So at least investigate and look to see that these things are true, because right now you just learned the Bible is smarter than you, so what should you do concerning the Bible?
Prophecy, the Bible is 27% prophecy, that’s future history written in advance. God‘s really sticking his neck out to get it cut off he’s wrong but he hasn’t been wrong about the thousands of prophecies that were fulfilled, so he’ll be right about the end of the world prophecies as well and you’ll have no excuse on judgment day for not looking for truth!
Caveat: you cannot look for God in times of chaos says Isaiah 45:19, so you better do it now. In other words,You’ll be too worried about your own survival when chaos hits, than your eternal destiny!
Statistic probability of 40 writers writing the Bible with zero margin of deviation, proves God wrote the Bible through the 40 writers!
God authored the Bible!
DNA does not auto encrypt, the code writer is outside of the code of the 3300000,000,000 lines of computer code in the human genome of our DNA! So who wrote the code to such sophistication?
1,000,000 seconds is 12 days, 1,000,000,000 seconds is 32 years! That’s the difference between 1 million and 1 billion!
One person’s DNA could fill the Grand Canyon up to 50 times full of books. John 21:25 “I suppose everything Jesus did, the world wouldn’t have enough room for the books telling of it.“ this verse would be fulfilled!
Psalm 139:16 “in my members you have written many books“!
Psalm 139 is about the human body!
Same answers the Muslims would give.
My way or no other way.
Dude. Check your IQ. Deepak Chopra was picking him all the time
Jesus is a muslim and i have logical and scientific evidence inside my channel, if you can answer those, just try
@Daryl, were we watching the same video? What I saw was one calm man, not getting frustrated by the other flustered man.
Let's pray for Deepak. He seemed less defensive in this video than I've seen before. We were all once lost. Lord we pray for Deepaks salvation. ❤
A good thought !
Amen!
Wow talk about another level! Deepak wasn't even in the same game as Greg let alone the same level. It was like watching a old school college Professor (back when truth and knowledge went hand in hand) talking to his new freshmen class. Amazing! I need to see more of Greg Koukl now thanks for making this video.
I liked what Mr Koukl said at the end. "It is not enough to have psychological confidence, you need good reasons to support that.......to give reasons for faith so we are not taking a jump/leap of faith, it is not religious wishful thinking. But to build knowledge based on good rationale" for me Christanity is the only religion that encompasses true rationale. Amen 🙏
You clearly not looked into Islam
What is the rational other than "the Bible says"?
Love that too!!👏👏
Jesus is a muslim and i have logical and scientific evidence inside my channel, if you can answer those, just try
Evidently, there is also bad rationale to you. That was the problem with you finding 'good rationale' or 'true rationale'! Inventing the wheel can be repeated even in an alien world, but not the 'good rationale' or 'true rationale' that you are referring to have found in beliefs!
This is the time before these media characters were protected and never critisised.
Mr Kouki reminds me of St Thomas Aquinas emphasis on truth. Very impressive demonstration. Dr C. was given a lesson. From an admiring catholic.
It was a good debate. respectful. It would be nice to see more people with opposing view points debate in such a manner.
As a Christian from India, words fail to describe how blessed I feel to come across this by chance. Thank you.
We need more of these especially since the past few years. 🙏
madda guduv lanja
@@ravichandrakumarchouturi1900 Thank you for setting/showing the example of the vulgar abusive languages we normally have to face as Christians in India.
I hope the video content has helped you realize the fallacies often spread by certain group of people in India against Christianity and Christians.
Have a good day.
Rice bag your time is coming
@Dov Ahkin Do you mean denominations? I asked because you mentioned Roman (Catholic).
Anyway, most denominations follow similar rites: Baptism, Confirmations, the Eucharist, Ordinations, anointing of the sick, etc.
@Dov Ahkin If I am not mistaken, the Byzantine Christians are mostly Roman Catholics and the Syrian are Orthodox.
Here, in India we have the Roman Catholics and the Orthodox, but I think the Protestants hold the majority.
But if we separate the Protestants according to each their denomination and not as one group, then I think the Roman Catholics would hold the majority.
I tried warning Christian folks about this guy in 2010 when he was becoming popular to Christians and he sure doesnt want to give up his stage to Jesus. I wish more people had eyes to see.
I remember the late Naomi Judd quoting his writings over 30 years ago. At that time she was dealing with Hepatitis C. I wonder what influence all of that had in her life later on.
Greg crushed it. We need more of Greg making a presence on line facing up against those spreading falsified information about our religion.
Greg Koukl is awesome and nothing gets past him !
Sad that’s what you took away from this
The arrogance of pretending you're not as certain while you clearly are just as certain is always mind blowing lol
Deepak Chopra is very certain of his uncertainty ...
I find what Deepak said is very very sad. TY Jesus for TRUTH!!!! And no joke but this verse was lit in my reading for today 😳 IDC what anyone says Jesus Christ is alive and real and He still speaks to us!!!
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
😭 🙏💟🕊️TY LORD!!!!
I love that he talks about the four gospels as if they say the same account, even though they don’t.
Awesome conversation.....
I noticed Deepak just wants to argue and Greg is so passionate to preserve the truth.
Not argue, fight. He didn't want a fair exchange of ideas and thoughts. My opinion anyway.
What i feel is Greg is so scared that stay like wood and deep if free moving front and back relaxly hope everyone see that atleast thn talk the situation 🥱
lol keep telling your self. Quite arrogant to claim Jesus is only way. Other religions have their own way.
@@Kash568 even the Christians cannot get along with Catholics….both blaming each others practice as fault..they need to fix their religion first before condemning about others…😮
@@Kash568 hinduism is the way to hell
Great info! I'll be looking up the exact sources later for dating Acts to 62ad. For anyone else interested in this topic, Sir William Mitchell Ramsay was an archeologist that tried to disprove the bible using the book of Acts as a guide for dig sites. Needless to say he ended up becoming a Christian after making archeological discoveries using the bible. God is so detailed.
Thanks for sharing that info!!
Why is everyone saying Greg is right? I'm not a big fan of Chopra but he is actually saying from scientific evidence. Greg sounds to me like a spokesperson.
That’s pretty awesome how this man is able to defend the Bible and his belief so well. I think for me i always knew there was something more to life than just the accumulation of things and experiences. Eventually the Lord reached me in a way where i started seeking the Truth very hard and came to the realisation that God wanted a personal relationship with me. That there was nothing i could do or give the God who created all things. That’s why it makes so much sense to me that God would send His one and only Son The Lord Jesus Christ as payment for my transgressions. He loves us so much He gave us the payment for the transgression that we’ve commited. I’m thankful that He sought me because without Him i would be nothing. Praise the Lord Jesus Christ!
after 2 years in the new age movment, alot of work and stil no differance. Then i put my faith in god and everyting chaned the same day no work at all. thank you god for showing your self and save me for ever. AMEN
"I can say with 100% uncertainty you are wrong"
- Deepak Chopra
Lmao I'm gonna be using this 🤣
@JL unfortunately they are often the loudest ones
Biblical expert cites reliable scholarly sources. Deepak “I read this article in Newsweek.” 😆
Every once and a while a video comes along that I can’t NOT share lol
I got “Tactics” recently and this talk was actually mentioned in one of the opening parts
I recoomend the book "Tactics" by Greg Koukl to everyone. It is such a good book on apologetics!!!!!!
Thanks
I just started reading it today. I love it!
@@jerryjohnson9531 Yes it´s is great and super practical :)
I agree it’s great!
"I read Newsweek..." look out we got a scholar here!
Melissa thank you for posting this. I saw your recommendation for the book Tactics and found it very helpful. This is a subject that hits home. I have family that believe wholeheartedly what Dr. Chopra puts in his books. I hurt and wish I could convey Jesus Christ's truth to them but they are stubborn and resistant. I pray for them everyday. Thank you for your channel and your hard work!