That's why you learn that what's in the past isn't as good as the memories you'll share with your kids. You're creating THEIR nostalgia.

Gratitude for the past lets you leave it behind and welcome things to be grateful for in the present. Gratitude also lets you see things differently, for the lessons you learn from them, instead of grievances you carry. So gratitude and forgiveness are connected through opening to new lessons.

I agree. It hurts really bad sometimes. 😭

Yes. Especially the loved ones that have gone on. Life changes drastically when your loved ones are no longer here.

@Tim Eskew Some of us are capable of original thoughts. Merry Christmas to you too.

It’s more of a Catholic POV. Protestant Christians view the restorations of our bodies as being a creation of new, perfect bodies. And God can remake a body from scattered ashes as easily as a rotted corpse below the ground, so there’s no mockery involved in what is done with the remains of a soulless vessel.

@@Luv2Dnce4 That's very true thank you. He did for Lazarus's body so he can for us!

If you have any questions I'm a newish Christian but I'm definitely here for any advice or even to talk about it 🙏💕 God bless you

You are no Christian. You’re in other threads, joking about a man who was nearly killed. That’s sick.

@@jonpoulda3362 Yup you caught me making a joke about Paul Pelosi call the news this is breaking stuff no one has ever done before

So if I am at ground zero in a nuclear attack and my body is vaporized the Creator will be unable to put me together again?

@Anita Glasgow Many years ago I heard a fascinating lecture by some scientists who were not religious but did believe in the human soul. They talked about the energetic/electric frequencies that they thought constituted what we consider a "soul" and the very specific ways in which nuclear energy through the process of vaporization was the only means of death which would annihilate the soul as well as the body. I'm making it sound silly but it was quite thought-provoking. As for your actual question, yeah, I don't believe that either

@@anitaglasgow8275 nah dont worry, he'd put that trainwreck back together no issues at all

@@NMemone That would take away power from God, who by definition can do anything He wants. Furthermore, it does not acknowledge the existence of the extra-dimensional spirit realm.

@Anita Glasgow Why do you need your body? God is going to give new and improved body to you and everyone else.

Don't forget to offer a mass up for her! Unless if we die by martyrdom we are all most likely going through purgatory just to cleanse oursekves before meeting the savior. The mass will help her time in purgatory. May her soul rest in peace 🙏

@@sarathomas8499 purgatory is not in the Bible. Mass is not in the Bible. It is in the Catholic bastardization of the Bible, sure, but that is basically it’s own separate thing. How terrible to tell a grieving mother that her daughter is off suffering in an after death realm because she wasn’t Christian enough-especially when our lord and savior never once taught of such a realm! There is heaven and hell, and there was Abraham’s bosom for those who believed God before Jesus’s death and resurrection, but that place is now closed. So that’s it. No purgatory.

@@sarathomas8499 So you're claiming Christ isn't enough? So when Christ said, "It is finished", it wasn't really finished? No, Christ was and is enough; That is the whole point. HE is God and I am not. Yes, we in response of graduated , our freedom in Christ (again in Christ's actions not my own), and our faith in Him (once again His actions not ours) produce fruit that are not our own but His. Yes, we may gain crowns from our works here on earth but in reverence to Him, crowns will be cast at His feet because apart from Christ there is nothing good in us, nothing good in me. Purgatory would cancel out His Reverence, His proper place, and place us (either the individual who passed or those attempting to give penance for loved one) in His seat, His throne. Who are we to do this? I'm not trying to villainize the Catholic/Orthodox churches nor pit Protestantism against them either, as there are stances/practices that are held that are unfortunately lost in many modern-protestant churches, but it's the foundation of our faith and I don't want you to miss Christ and the relationship you can have with Him before it's too late; It's too important to not respond. Praying that this is/will be the case.

@@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro it has nothing to do if you were Christian enough you can be the most holy person and you might just don't go to purgatory. A lot of things are tradition not everything is going to be every word is not going to be in the Bible for example Christians as in Protestants always talk about the rapture that's not in the Bible it doesn't say there's going to be a rapture also it takes a leap of faith to believe this there have been numerous apparitions envisions of people seeing what they describe is purgatory that we can't just ignore that there's so many that have happened from catholics, Protestants, and atheist. All across the scale they have seen this so you really do have to believe like this is true nothing we see or visions cannot be seen without it being allowed by God. Also that's not cold or bad telling somebody that their loved one is in purgatory because once they are in purgatory they are guaranteed heaven that's just a place of cleansing washing your sins away ultimately. And yes Christ suffers for our sins but we are humans we are not gods so without his help we can't really be holy, and all the pains you endure on this Earth and the afterlife contribute if done correctly to the ultimate salvation the God guaranteed: purgatory is there so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven. It is because even though we are forgiven, our sins have consequences. Through Jesus Christ we are saved from eternal separation from God. That is not in question. But there might be lingering consequences of sin in our lives which God in his mercy will remove from us. It is a place of hope, because God is making us ready to spend eternity with Him. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fdSnd6eks5y-loE.html Also Fr. Mike Schmitz explains this way better than I do ⬆️

@@grumpypotoo3965 My answer is the same I gave to @A Human ⬆️

1000%.

The cups with “Liberal Tears” on them would be a good gift.

That would be a death wish

Maybe with a security detail, otherwise he wouldn't be safe. That's just the way it is these days.

@@avkgjackson2380 He needs MAGA Hulk as a bodyguard

Why

There is a time for grieving, but then it comes to a point where it becomes obsessive and where it is bondage. Also accepting someone's ghost is dangerous. When people see ghost claiming to be a loved one, it is a demon, more specific a familiar spirit.

Michael is the philosopher of this age

I had no idea nostalgia was a painful thing until it really hit me hard in the last few years. I used to always think it was a good thing...thinking about the good times in the past. I never realized it would hurt as badly as it does.

Gets, God is near to the broken hearted.

“Grief is the price we pray for love” Queen Elizabeth ll

“Blessed be those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”

yes, absolutely, agreed. yes and also, destructive mental health things are an indisputable real thing that even Christians deal with. Michael Knowles was, in his review here, addressing the mentally unhealthy aspects of those types of things in his critique. He was not saying that people should not remember and he was not saying that people should not grieve.

Lost my gf to brain tumor 6 years ago. She was cremated and scattered at sea. I can't even go say hi to her... it's still tormenting me. I don't know if or when i'll be able to stitch my heart back together.

I’m so sorry. I can hardly imagine the pain of losing a parent. ❤

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I was thinking the exact same thing!! I was hyped until I read the whole title

Haha, I basically just sent the same message. HOG, all the way. Piss off bieber

I totally commented the same thing!!!

Very coincidental. Michael will give his reaction to Tom’s new song I’m sure.

I thought Michael would get 30 seconds to a minute into the JB song and then there would be a record scratch and he would say, “Just kidding, guys! Today I’m actually reacting to Tom Macdonald’s new song Ghost!”

What American evangelical way of life?

I believe Diane Keaton is supposed to be his grandmother in the music video, not his mom.

@@SirBlackReeds American Evangelical Christian

@@crystalsnow1138 Either way, It's still good and my point still stands.

His dad is alive and well.

Even if it promotes an unhealthy form of grieving?

@@SirBlackReeds how is it unhealthy? Just because someone with a KZfaq platform says something doesn't mean it's true. We do miss people when they're gone, wanting them back isn't "unhealthy". However, denying our feelings so that we can seem correct to everyone else is unhealthy. I like the song. It's a good song to help people get in touch with their feelings surrounding their grief.

I agree with most of the opinions expressed on this channel, but I do feel he's reaching with this video. I'm not a Bieber fan (so I'm unbiased), but what I got from the song is people comforting themselves with memories to help them through the stages of grief. Everyone does that, it's normal, lol. I don't see why someone can't do that and ALSO still have hope/faith that they will see them again, this video is a SIMPLE grief song, not all songs have to be deeply religious. I think it would be cool if more songs did have more spiritual depth, since most are not spiritually deep, but I think saying this video is encouraging unhealthy ways of grieving is a stretch for sure.

How is he talented?

Yea it definitely does, but Michael probably doesn't get to choose his sponsors and just goes with whatever the management assigns for that video

I've lost both my parents, so I am technically an orphan now. Losing my Dad in 2008 was painful, but my Mom's death in 2016 cracked my heart in half. Her ashes are a coral reef off the coast of Maryland now, per her wishes. I'm offended that Michael thinks God would reject her for not choosing to rot in the ground. We will not have our corporeal bodies in heaven. I love this song, because it speaks to the pain of grief. My life will forevermore be a Before and After, with her death marking the transition.

@@StillPooh62 Your comment has me in tears; I understand completely what you mean by saying “before and after”. I fake enthusiasm for my babies, but life was so carefree & safe before I lost my dad. I can’t imagine when I lose my mom. God bless you, sister in Christ. I know our parents are the happiest they’ve ever been, and we’ll be together again one sweet day. I used to be like Michael before I actually experienced this kind of loss. We think we know everything until we’re in the pit of grief ourselves. He also said there’s a right way to grieve/mourn; no, there isn’t. Sometimes it’s survival, sometimes it’s joy remembering happy times, sometimes it’s tears that won’t stop… none of it is wrong if it’s healing & not harming. May you feel God’s overwhelming peace this Christmas, and as we celebrate the birth of our Savior. ❤

@@claudiag.3036 the day before my Mom died, my niece found out she was pregnant. The redemption of that year, after losing my Mom in February, was the birth in October of a little girl who is the spitting image of her great grandma's spirit and fire. The song lyrics that gave me solace were from Green Day's Closing Time- "every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end". Later today I will sit on the floor and play with my sister's grandkids and reflect on the circle of life. And praise the Lord who will one day reunite us all in His kingdom.

Cool story bro

@@claudiag.3036 I'm so sad hearing your comments and happy at the same time. I see people, People from all backgrounds from all sorts of expertise and professions, have terrible relationship with family members and particularly parents. Never visit never talk to them, totally ghosting them. We have one life and 1 biological parent pair. I hope you have healed from you painful times.

Yeah, that’s what I thought too.

A Devil worshipper is great?

This song was written by Jon Bellion and is about his Grandmother

Diane Keaton plays J.B.'s grandma and they are both grieving the loss of grandpa.

It’s written by a different JB lol, it’s not originally written about Justin’s father but he probably intended it to be understood in that way

Nah it’s a great song. The lyrics have to rhyme and be memorable don’t take them word for word. It’s about not being able to see someone anymore so you honor them by remembering them.

Yeah you really have to take the meaning of the song in whole parts breaking it down the way Michael does loses its actual meaning and what the singer is trying to convey. In the song Bieber loses his father and is struggling with that grief. His mother as well. So they work on moving on from that grief. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Unless you also think it was wrong when Jesus cried for Lazarus

He’s not saying the song sucks. Just adding some insight. You’re not wrong for liking the song is what I’m saying.

Wrecked wrecks me. Every time. I've experienced a lot of tragic loss and while songs like Wrecked hurt in the moment, they help to.

Lol

The black lady that spilled her glass of water in that bounty commercial?

everything? You agree that you could be the most perfect morally upstanding person to ever live. Nothing but love for all. But you got cremated or incinerated and thus arent going to heaven? Does that sound like something Jesus' would allow happen?

@@onebuffalo5402 I can't talk in Jesus' name, He's the only one to judge, but I don't think that one's soul will go to hell just because their body was incinerated without their consent, and I am not sure what will happen if you consent to that. All I know is that we have to bury our dead, not incinerate them as per Michael's argument.

Tyson James is utter sewer trash

Yes! Get Behind Me or Rittenhouse 🔥

@@SpeckszDaBoss no he has some good songs.

It sounds like every other pop ballad released since 2009

Generic Devil worshipper music lol

@@Davilla888 its true but thats the thing, they always sound so catchy

he was not saying that people should not grieve or ne nostalgic. He was addressing the mentally unhealthy side of those rightful and natural emotions. He may have been a bit unclear though.

My brother was killed by a drunk driver when he was 37 and I was 35. It destroyed me. It took me years to recover. My (now) ex-husband had zero empathy for me (though in his mind he is SO spiritual, loving, blah, blah). I had no support, no one to tell me it was okay to grieve. What I learned from that is no one gets to tell you how to grieve or how long to grieve. I've buried many young people in my family since then and it's still very painful at times. I'm a Christian. I know I'll see them again. But it still HURTS.

I know, right!?! Lol

you should listen to his album purpose. it’s perfection

I KNOW!!! What the heck! Is it April fools??