Yes 😂😂😂😂😂

Wouldn't he be just August? 🤔 Maybe August Burns? Mr. Burns? 😂

U still feel that way after listening to their newest album?

@@SuperHighCarlos Wasn’t my favorite, but still a pretty solid album.

​@@SuperHighCarlos yep

@@SuperHighCarlos not me bro. I went and took a listen based on your comment and it feels too forced. Messengers carried me along, this one feels like I am waiting for something that aint coming. Still got MAD respect, but I am playing Redemption again to cleanse my soul. The tempo changes and crescendos, thats what does it for me. Stay HIGH Carlos

Hey man, I felt compelled to answer your comment bc I felt what I have to say might benefit you in some way, shape or form. Besides it being a worldview that I would like to promote anyway. My post got a bit long, though 😅 Imo there is no real purpose to life, but weirdly enough that gives me a generally positive outlook on life. Like, if there's no purpose here anyway and I will just be gone when I am dead, the best thing I can do is A) enjoy my time here and marvel at the general beauty of creation and nature and so forth, and B) create meaning by being as good and constructive as I can be to the people (and other living beings) around me as I can. Life will eventually bring pain through old age and loss of loved ones for all of us, along with constant other worries, so trying to bring positive things to ourselves and others is all we can really do anyway. For example, my grandma is 95, and I try to spend as much time with her as my life allows me to and be good to her, entertain her, do some trips with her. Because in my belief her whole world, the world that gets created in her consciousness, will be erased the moment she dies, and the only thing I can really do is help l her have as good a time as possible as long as it lasts, right? Imo we create meaning among one another, if that makes sense. It probably helps that I developed a deep sense of wonder and humility before the world and existence as a whole. As an atheist, that heartfelt positive humility towards god/creation that some religious people have really touched me and struck a chord within me when I experienced it the first time around 14-15 years old. I hope you can find some meaning or at least joy in life! Besides all the shit out there there's also so much beauty and just general awesomeness around. I hope you can enjoy as much of it as possible! Have a good one :)

@@muenchhausenmusic Couldn't have said it better. Godspeed.

@@muenchhausenmusicawesome comment. I like to to say I am a Christian philosophically and in practice to the best of my ability. Yet as somehow always fascinated with science, reason, sociology, psychology and history I am well aware that the Christian dogma has been crafted in hundreds of different bigoted and politicized forms. For instance the Roman Empire basically cosplaying Christianity so they could absorb more people and create a larger more stable empire. While much of those leaders in practice had no such reciprocal humanistic interests and were ancient times version of the “narcissist materialist basic ignorant bro”. What you are describing to me is a the most natural blueprint within a unbiased non brain washed human being. Some have called it Humanism. Have had a friend say he is a humanist and found he was more “Christian” than some those claiming the title. I really enjoyed the Christian side of the Punk/Indie/Rock/Altwrnative Indie Diy Music scene Because this was during the toxic side of the new hip hop era, the banality of pop country mainstream, and the directionless nihilism of either regular folks in the west or significant portions of the punk metal and hip hop cultures. Nowdays philosophically and practically would still tell many folks in brief interactions or inquiries that “l am a Christian”. However I am congnizant that this is my geographic inheritance of the most humanist Taoist or Reasonable philosophy available to me in the developed western society. Truly though as someone recovering from disability still I do believe in certain aspects of modern medicine, so I have availed myself of this therapy. Plus psychology and mental health care is important. We live a largely unnatural world mixed with a beautiful natural earth. So nowdays in my view it is justified even if one was straightedge or Christian to for example take a particular medication for a particular time period. Also counterculturist dogmas of the hippies, or the more nihilist atheistic perspectives of todays various versions of this philosophies will often leave a human directionless. So the most sensible thing to do is do your best, know yourself and all your unique needs and propensities, and design your life, routine and life compass based on your quiet calm intuition. Today one may require a more ketogenic diet, paleo is a good example and choosing organic foods not covered in pesticides. Also I respect halal and kosher practices of food preparation. Lastly we now things like Functional medicine and Allopathic medicine and regenerative medicine with the best docs today will synthesize and synchronize/combine protocols of solutions. Jeet Kun Do by Bruce Lee has been a huge inspiration. He was of course not a perfect man yet he said “Use what works, discard what doesn’t” I really like that and how it will look different for each person. “Live and let live”, “To each his/her/their own”. I am not by any means some master of knowledge even though all my life I have explored these questions deeply all my life. Yet it would be kind of cool if we perhaps had a church or a religion called “The Church Of Common Sense”. With “Sense” being both a noun, a verb and an adjective. So while I now respect a lot of atheists I will never endorse nihilism nor say it’s inherent to all people. I believe we are evolving and animals have wonderful innocence about them despite their animal nature. Yet we as human kind have evolved a frontal lobe & the capacity for compassion, innovation, & creativity are our saving grace

Calvinism is one of those prederminist things, right? Like God knows everything you're going to do before you do it? I never understood that. If God is omniscient, then whether I end up in heaven or hell is already determined, so why would I bother trying? If my destiny is set in stone regardless of what I choose to do, then either I do whatever I want knowing I'm going to hell, or I do whatever I want and somehow I'm going to redeem myself later and get into heaven, I just don't know how that happens yet.

@@PalmelaHanderson It’s one of the characteristics of Calvinism, yes. Essentially, Calvinism teaches that God is sovereign over all things, including one’s salvation. You can look up the acronym TULIP to learn more about the specific doctrines that undergird Calvinism. The questions you raise are what Jake is alluding to when talking about the Calvinism vs. Arminianism debate. Does god predestine some to heaven and some to hell (Calvinism) or does he give libertarian free will to everybody so they can either choose or reject him (Arminianism)? A sensible Calvinist would probably answer your questions by saying the Bible teaches both but in a more nuanced way (this view is also known as Compatibilism): God predestines an “elect” people, but he also calls all people everywhere to repent and believe in Christ. These are not mutually exclusive or irreconcilable truths. It’s a mystery that the finite mind can’t fully comprehend, which makes us post-Enlightenment Westerners very uncomfortable. Side note: Apologies for the nerdy theology lesson. 😆

​@@PalmelaHanderson yeah, it's kinda weird and difficult to wrap your head around. I was raised Calvinist. No sure if I still believe it or not. It does feel like some people just have a connection with God and some other people just don't no matter how hard they try. Calvinism would explain that, I guess. A little fatalistic, ngl.

@ed shanks there’s a lot of early church writings condemning predeterminism/fatalism, might be worth checking out. Helped me realize Calvinism is not really what the Bible teaches

@Ed Shanks If you're a struggling Christian, battling what you know to be true with the authority of your church, let me shed some light that I believe is pretty honest as a Christian myself. All denominations are corrupt in varying degrees. Calvanism, Baptists, Catholic, Mormon, Judaism it makes no difference, they all add things to their religion that are not in the Bible. To varying degrees these "rules" are meant to control congregations. My advice, read your Bible and have your own relationship with God, and if you can find a non denominational church that follows the Bible in the way your spirit tells you is correct, then great! Go there! But please don't let a corrupt denomination tear you away from your personal relationship with God.

Saw them there too!🤘🏾🤘🏾

I was there too!!

I was there too!!!

Same here. Grew up in a super controlling religious family, which obviously helped turn me away from religion. Getting an advanced degree in the sciences also helped. Organized religions are pretty evil overall, I like Jake's more personal take on it.

Same here and i honestly feel like i would've benefitted more if i grew up around someone like Jake. I love my grandfather (god rest his soul) and my family, but I feel extremely relatable with him than and others like him.

@@Cyanoblades that’s the same way I feel. He actually wrote a devotional that I picked up back when I was still working through things after my dad passed away during college and had a shit load of anxiety. Even though I was straying away from religion, it actually helped me a lot with the self-worth and understanding how to accept people. I’m much more sympathetic to the more spiritual types like him that have their own faith but don’t let the dogmas interfere with how they treat others.

@@Alexandria87 agreed. And I’ve always respected that Jake/ABR aren’t afraid to call out hypocritical religious people or ask themselves what if their beliefs are wrong, like in their songs Blackwood and Twenty-One Grams. Overall a group of guys you can’t help but consider good role models, no matter your beliefs

aside from really enjoying that you engaged so graciously about his faith, I think you really nailed the BIG problem in society/politics today... we don't ever communicate in GOOD FAITH anymore...especially in social media, of course!

His book is very good 💯

Thank you!

Yeasss same here!! I remember that tour and besides humble jakes always been genuine as well

Destroy the runner! What a call back! Forgot all about that band until now. Good tunes

Lol, I'm the same way. I've been gaming with a group of fellow Christians for about two years now, and its hard for me to watch my mouth around them 😂😂😂 I don't really think there is anything wrong with swearing, but I do think being respectful of others who don't want to hear it is important.

@@edshanks2189 dude right there with you! I've always kinda pictured swearing as bad when you are intentionally using it to be mean to someone else...and that is even subjective. for example "Nazi punks fuck off!" isn't bad. 😂 What do y'all play?

@@ghost_to_a_ghost yeah, context is super important. A word is just a word. Society and culture determine what is/isn't "bad". I think as Christians we're supposed to conduct ourselves in a certain way, and it has more to do with our general attitude than what words we use. I used to argue with other Christians about this, but at this point I've realized its much easier to just be polite when your around certain people. Not worth the argument. 🤣 I play Overwatch (technically OW 2 now) with them. Matches can get intense, and I used to be kinda toxic. Playing with them has helped me watch what I say and not be so quick to trash talk my teammates who aren't in the group. The guys I play with are better people than I am 🤣🤣

@@edshanks2189 dude I agree 1000% with everything you said 👍 I have not played much Overwatch but I do have it! you on PC? if you are, add me as a friend on Steam. same username as here on KZfaq. if you are on XBox, let me know and I'll give you my Microsoft account username. I play a lot of different games from PUBG to Minecraft and everything in-between, honestly. I'm a Stardew Valley fanatic as well lol. I gotta open at work tomorrow morning but good talking to ya homie! Lemme know if you wanna play some games sometime! If we ever log on with your Christian friends, I am good at holding my tongue. I cut hair for a living at a barber shop that mostly old men go to and I have gotten pretty good at censoring myself around them. 😜 you have a good nite either way, dude! 😎👍

Was this the Charlotte, NC show? I was at that one too ..thought his mom coming up at the end was pretty great

@@rpgsforever123 yeah it was. That whole encore was great.

I was at the Charlotte show as well. It was amazing!

I think Finn agrees with 95% of what Jake said. He just doesn’t believe in God. but Finn is a godless christian hahahaha

Yep I did!

@@FinnMckentyPRMBA shiiiiit I need to look it up, i recently just got into their music and think it’s badass

It felt too mean spirited

I was so hyped to watch that bro, hopefully you will reupload it 🙌

​@@FinnMckentyPRMBA based Finn

@@FinnMckentyPRMBA I was in the middle of watching it before it went away!

The hoes were too scared.