Siphosethu Masembathe Very well articulated. Thank you for sharing! ;)

Siphosethu Masembathe 🤗lovely. more grace

Very well articulated indeed.

Beautiful couldn't have said it better!

Christianity IS a religion. What you're doing is called special pleading - It's a logical fallacy. I know you wrote this comment 3 years ago. I hope your views have changed because your beliefs are/were incredibly harmful to LGBTQIA+ people. People literally commit suicide because of views like yours. I really hope you don't think the same way anymore.

If you don't think it's all a coincidence, how do you know it's God either way? To say it must be God because it can't be a coincidence is an argument from incredulity which is fallacious. There's no good reasons to believe in God unfortunately.

My experience is almost identical to yours. Because i was raised Christian It took me a while to get to a place where I'm comfortable to say hey organized religion is not for me. I firmly believe in God and believe in the importance of spirituality, but through research and hearing from other people like yourself (whom are quite few if I may add) I can have God in my life and not belong to a religion.

You probably don't know your own religion. Homophobia is explicitly sanctioned in the bible as well as misogyny. The churches you despise are doing exactly as the bible teaches. Aren't you being a hypocrite?

Nelisiwe Ngcobo Uh... It depends on what you mean buy Judge. So you might be lying about God... just saying

Nelisiwe Ngcobo some people don't wanna hear the truth and take it as judgment

kesaobaka Selemela THE truth? Maybe YOUR truth.

Those are all just claims. Do you have any evidence to back them up?

I don't think she has evidence. It's probably just emotional reasons.

Interesting how you chose to stay open minded through your growing up as a Christian and having chosen to not label yourself as one now. I grew up Christian then went full blown born again at like 13 but life happened and long story short I follow no religion right now (I'm 20). I agree with you though, the good in it doesn't overweigh the shit to me either. I am though, very spiritual. was wondering what you think about spirituality out of religion, the whole cosmic and universal belief

Julieta L Aurelio we should discuss the shit parts, specifically what pushes you away from Christianity as you know it and towards spiritualism. I would argue that Biblical doctrine is the only way to make rational sense of the universe.

Hey, I was reading your posts. It's hard to find the right church but they are out there. I would just try one out until you find the right one. I like going to church for many different reasons. I just finished a project on the LGBT community that focused on religion and the people I came across were amazing. I typically go through times where I actively participate in church and times when I can't find the right one. Because of my research I feel like I've found a couple of good spots. I live in Washington state so that may not help you but if you really want to find the right place you may need to go out to some websites that have inclusive churches. That's how I find some of the churches in our area. The people there are great. It may take a few times for you to find the right one but don't give up!

+nerdommeetsboy Hey, I'd like to present to you Christianity. Instead of going through the spiritual side of it (you can do that by yourself by praying, going to church, reading the NT etc.), I'll be going through the historic evidence for it. But keep with me, it is a bit long. :P Well, Christianity rests on one historical point: the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The resurrection is what makes or breaks Christianity. There are also other things, like archaeological & geographic evidence of the Old & New Testament etc., but I won't be covering all of those, instead I'll be focusing on Jesus, since He is the core of Christianity. And there are certain 'minimal facts' that *more than 90% of (Christian, agnostic & atheist) historians & scholars* relevant to the field can agree upon (#): # Jesus existed. (This *should not even be on here because it's already a fact,* with probably ~99+% of scholars excepting this. There are altogether 42 different authors that concern Jesus within the first 150 years of His life! Which is absolutely overwhelming when comparing it with other ancient texts & standards! Apart from all the biblical and other Christian authors, there are about 9 non-Christian sources that concern Him.) # Jesus was crucified - by the Roman governor, Pontius Pilate. (this is probably the most universally accepted fact regarding Jesus, it's been recorded by Luke, Paul, Mark, Matthew, John, the Talmud, Flavius Josephus (an ancient Jewish historian), Tacitus and Lucian (Romans) etc.) # Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist (who, btw, is also mentioned outside the Bible, by Josephus). # Post Mortem experiences: His disciples believed Jesus appeared to them after His death. # Saul of Tarsus (later became known as Paul), the chief prosecutor of Jesus' followers, became a believer in Christ. (It would take something extraordinary to make an enemy of the Christian movement join it and become a champion for Christ!) # and some others Also: ~ During the crucifixion, a period of darkness from about 12 - 15PM took place when Jesus died. This has been documented by the Gospels of Mark, Luke and Matthew. This could've been interpreted figuratively, but even non-Christian sources such as Phlegon and Thallus also mention this! So we have good reason to believe this actually happened. The non-Christians try to explain the darkness as an eclipse, but what's astonishing is that, thanks to astronomy, we now know that could not have been a solar eclipse (it happened on the Passover). Could this perhaps have been a supernatural occurrence? ~ Jesus sceptical half-brother, James, became a believer. ~ Jesus' tomb has been found empty. ~ Basically all the Christian sources mention that Jesus could perform miracles. However, even some non-Christian sources, like the (Jewish) Babylonian Talmud states that Jesus was a sorcerer. So even non-believers at the time believed He had supernatural abilities. They claim that Jesus got His powers "from demons." It also states that healings were done in Jesus' name. ~Also, we have good historical evidence that at least 4 of the apostles were tortured & martyred for believing that Jesus has risen from the dead and that they had encountered them (The other apostles are also said to have been martyred, but the evidence for those aren't as great as for these 4). We also have no evidence that they ever recanted what they said & their beliefs. As recorded by many biblical and non-biblical sources (See The Fate of the Apostles - Sean McDowell). Some people are willing to die for their beliefs which they believe are true, but WHY WOULD THE APOSTLES DIE FOR SOMETHING THEY KNEW WAS "FALSE"? (Think about this. Many people don't really think about this or let it process through their minds. These were real people, like you and I, willing to die for claiming to have met the resurrected Jesus. Why not take their word for it?) These facts are excepted as part of the historical bedrock. The most suitable explanation for all these facts is that Jesus actually rose from the dead, thus confirming that He is indeed the promised Messiah and the Son of God. This is all probably a bit new to you, but please give Jesus a chance. History is on our side. And if you have any questions, feel free to answer :) G'day

Also this happy clappy church sounds like Hill Song :") I've been there, it's quite the experience I have to say.

how do u know god exists?

This is incredibly condescending and outright disrespectful.

rewatch the video again man... i dont think you understood what his verdict on religion is...

lol islam and christianity are equally bat shit crazy. If you think otherwise you're clearly clueless of your own religion.

the bible condones homophobia. you should read the bible.

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