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2 жыл бұрын

PragerU Director of Communications Adrienne Johnson was once a cynical atheist, struggling to find meaning and purpose in ways that left her feeling even more adrift and alone. After hitting rock bottom, she learned that it’s never too late to take responsibility and change your life. Adrienne shares her powerful personal story of how finding faith in God gave her a second chance at life.
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@tubo628
@tubo628 2 жыл бұрын
That didn't sound like she was describing an atheist. Sounds like one of many troubled kids who'd rather blame her parents for her own shortcomings.
@HSunday40
@HSunday40 2 жыл бұрын
I'm crying! This is a beautiful story. I feel like it's so many of our stories. I filled my void with drugs & alcohol. I lost everything several times. I grew up in a Christian home so I was constantly ashamed about my choices. I finally decided to stop looking everywhere else for the love I needed, & look where it'd been all along... in my heart where I'd let Jesus in so many years before. 🙏🇺🇸💙
@marlonmoncrieffe0728
@marlonmoncrieffe0728 2 жыл бұрын
How are you today? Dating? Engaged? Husband? Kids?
@pamelapainter3195
@pamelapainter3195 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like me. Lost everything several times too, all for the sake of trying to find love. Sadly I think too many of us think that true love is a fairy tale and that is just not real very often. Our expectations are too high or we are terrible about thinking that no one is perfect and completely ignoring red flags and thinking that once we prove our love that a guy will miraculously change from our magic.
@johnmayock421
@johnmayock421 2 жыл бұрын
@Jari Honkaniemi I watched that video. What an incredibly myopic presentation of a very nuanced, complex piece of ancient literature. God may be responsible for 2. 5 million deaths over a few millennium. The problem is, when you take God out of the human experience the body count skyrockets. That’s what happened in non “Western” countries in the 20th century. God: 2,500,000 deaths over 4,000(?) years Atheist ideologies: 100-200,000,000 deaths over about 70 years… That’s the choice. I pick God.
@johnmayock421
@johnmayock421 2 жыл бұрын
@Jari Honkaniemi No more than the next person. I suppose under that line of thinking God is responsible for all deaths. So if we eliminate the idea of god we eliminate death! I must be a total sicko…and I’m not religious. I now see your moral superiority.
@johnmayock421
@johnmayock421 2 жыл бұрын
@Jari Honkaniemi No, they were both.
@daniel_brqlo
@daniel_brqlo 2 жыл бұрын
Most ex atheists where never atheists in the first place... they're probably just agnostic or "don't give much thought about it". It's almost impossible for you to go back believing in the supernatural after you stop it.
@melindaranallo4344
@melindaranallo4344 2 жыл бұрын
Not true , I was an atheist who did not believe in god or heaven or hell. Rejected it , never in a million years would think I would become a believer. It may not scientifically add up but we had to have come from somewhere. Even a plane has a creator . It did not just fly buy itself . How could we all just come from a Big Bang ?
@allergy5634
@allergy5634 2 жыл бұрын
@Melinda Ranallo quantum mechanics. And besides, you have misunderstood the Big Bang. It is not an absolute beginning. It is the last known state of the universe. We do not know what came before. Really, this is a god of the gaps arguement. It isn’t that the universe can’t have a natural cause for its being, it’s that you don’t know that cause
@jefrreyjeffery2192
@jefrreyjeffery2192 2 жыл бұрын
Agnostics are still Athiests. Athiesm is just simply lack of belief in god.
@daniel_brqlo
@daniel_brqlo 2 жыл бұрын
@@jefrreyjeffery2192 as far as I know, agnostics don't know what they believe in... I think every atheist was an agnostic once, but they're not the same.
@daniel_brqlo
@daniel_brqlo 2 жыл бұрын
@@melindaranallo4344 god of the gaps indeed. The assumption that we must have come from somewhere doesn't imply that there was a god who made us. It just shows that we don't know yet...
@caw2161
@caw2161 2 жыл бұрын
We all need God to set us on a moral compass. You realized it, you worked very hard on it, and now your heart is filled with love.
@StudioKMatthews
@StudioKMatthews 2 жыл бұрын
She was never an atheist the same way she not a true theist, so sad to see people this way
@blaisingm
@blaisingm 2 жыл бұрын
Parents allowing their kids to do whatever they want as described by this former “atheist” has to do with parenting, not morality.
@bibaolaitan5189
@bibaolaitan5189 2 жыл бұрын
Ikr!!!..
@tmbarry
@tmbarry Жыл бұрын
Except she clearly was a nihilist, not an atheist. Literally nothing she said is in any way remotely connected to being an atheist. By her own description nothing indicated atheism. I doubt she could give an intelligent definition of the term
@tommykirwan6764
@tommykirwan6764 2 жыл бұрын
Adrienne's life mirrors mine, and likely SO MANY Others. The BIG difference is that I grew up as a "Professing" Christian - in a False Religion, a.k.a. Christian Cult. In MANY ways, FALSE Religion can be worse than NO Religion. Praise God for rescuing me thru the Love of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! "The just shall live by Faith". Rom 1:17
@rjchavers9267
@rjchavers9267 2 жыл бұрын
Glad you found your way and didn't let your experiences leave your relationship with God jaded. Wishing you much love and happiness in your years to come.
@monsterhunter445
@monsterhunter445 2 жыл бұрын
As an atheist what is a false religion? Given they all claim to be the one source of truth is their a Glassdoor for religions or an authenticity certificate?
@MRTOOTH0331
@MRTOOTH0331 2 жыл бұрын
So which one is not a cult out of the 1300 Christian religions in the United States today.
@MRTOOTH0331
@MRTOOTH0331 2 жыл бұрын
@Lukas Lombardo love that Episode
@John3.36
@John3.36 2 жыл бұрын
@@MRTOOTH0331 Start with reading the Bible.
@bravowhiskey4684
@bravowhiskey4684 2 жыл бұрын
“He can work with anything, if you give it to him.” Wow. That one hit deep. ✊
@TheCheapPhilosophy
@TheCheapPhilosophy 2 жыл бұрын
Let them! Because humans are more powerful than gods, somehow.
@goyabased1071
@goyabased1071 2 жыл бұрын
*WOW , That was a BEAUTIFUL STORY,I'm a 38 year old male and I relate so much to your story,,GOD IS A AMAZING GOD, and I'm glad I can call u a sister couse I also have been SAVED🙏,Thank u for Sharing💜*
@GavinAlexander.
@GavinAlexander. 2 жыл бұрын
But she isnt saved. She is still living a sinful lifestyle. According to scripture, her second marriage is adultery. So she is currently living an unrepentant adulterous lifestyle and will go to hell for it.
@Pacdad9998
@Pacdad9998 2 жыл бұрын
I agree. May Allah be with you 🙏
@Thundawich
@Thundawich 2 жыл бұрын
So... you were fairly inconsiderate and not self-aware enough to realise that you weren't really happy with how your life was at the time, then after a traumatic event you took some time to reflect on your life and decided to work on yourself and are now much happier. That is great, congrats. Where exactly does God come into this though? You seem to be the one that both harmed your life in the first place and turned it around in the end, why did this experience change your views on theology at all?
@TheCheapPhilosophy
@TheCheapPhilosophy 2 жыл бұрын
❤🎯
@John3.36
@John3.36 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheCheapPhilosophy she is trying to say that she could not change herself, God changed her.
@TheCheapPhilosophy
@TheCheapPhilosophy 2 жыл бұрын
@@John3.36 yes, I understood what she was trying to say. Did you read the comment above?
@John3.36
@John3.36 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheCheapPhilosophy Yes it is from a person that does not understand God trying to make sense of things.
@TheCheapPhilosophy
@TheCheapPhilosophy 2 жыл бұрын
@@John3.36 who inserts any God in that which can be accomplished by yourself, didn't make sense of things. Effort is not a god.
@heckle9
@heckle9 2 жыл бұрын
Don't understand how people find stories such as this video compelling. I heard nothing from this person that I haven't heard from others who overcame "bad parenting", "regret of misguided choices", or overall "life struggles" by other methods/tools. Every change in self this person discussed I can't see where any belief in any deity is necessary. This person is now happy in life, good. I still hear testimony for the "effectiveness of god" because it feels good. Can't help but think this video is for believers to stroke thier "belief/faith ego"
@shinobix4925
@shinobix4925 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah that's because that's it's exactly what it is. Prager U is a Christian Conservative propaganda site who spend all their time trying to convince their viewers that a right-winged and Christian world is the right thing to have and that left-winged and non-Christian world is a bad thing. Had this girl transitioned to any other religion they would not be sharing her story here, with the exception of becoming Jewish probably, even if it had the same impact on her life. This video exists entirely to try and convert people to Christianity as well as circlejerk their staff on how good they think Christianity is lol
@DarrenHughes-Hybrid
@DarrenHughes-Hybrid 2 жыл бұрын
"You don't understand" because you don't understand and I can't tell you what you don't know. And since you're being so self-righteous, I have to point out you spelled "their" incorrectly.
@heckle9
@heckle9 2 жыл бұрын
@@DarrenHughes-Hybrid I stand corrected by your edited reply to my comment, "their" is spelled wrong. Maybe you think bible study will help me with getting the spelling correct. Not sure where you get that I am being self-righteous...possibly you just wanted to send a retort my direction because you don't like my opinion of the video. You would be better off explaining how you find fault with the point I am making.
@justinotherpatriot1744
@justinotherpatriot1744 3 ай бұрын
I recommend the CTMU if you're looking for something rigorous. Reality is not less intelligent or real to itself than its human subsystems.
@mlnpicturesvlog2496
@mlnpicturesvlog2496 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing. This story really brought tears to my eyes. GOD IS FAITHFUL
@WilbertLek
@WilbertLek Жыл бұрын
And your post demonstrated your "god" is just you being emotional.
@briankeevan8134
@briankeevan8134 2 жыл бұрын
This made me think back to how low my own life had fallen, (to a point I felt ashamed to even ask God for help.) But thats when I learned the truth, God isn’t here exclusively for “good people.” He’s here for EVERYONE, especially the broken. Surrendering to God changed my life entirely & forever.
@RE-bl6md
@RE-bl6md 2 жыл бұрын
@Lukas Lombardo This was God’s judgment on the wicked. It’s sad that children had to die. But the righteous who followed God and had his favor were spared. It’s going to happen again - the Bible has many prophetic passages about God’s righteous judgement on an evil and unbelieving world who has rejected Him.
@RE-bl6md
@RE-bl6md 2 жыл бұрын
God is perfect and holy and righteous. All of humanity is the opposite. Selfish, evil. He gives us chances to turn from our selfish and evil-ness and to accept the forgiveness and atonement for those sins, only Christ can give.
@4ndytrout46
@4ndytrout46 2 жыл бұрын
@@RE-bl6md Sorry that you feel so shitty about yourself that you have to project it onto everyone else.
@Nemo12417
@Nemo12417 2 жыл бұрын
@@RE-bl6md If the eldritch abomination that you believe in really did exist for real and you were able to see his alleged actions, how would you respond? A) I wuv you! Everything you do is perfect! B) **** you! C) .... eh, you're clearly a deranged psychopath, but I'll comply with your demands since I can't really stop you from torturing me if I don't.
@WilbertLek
@WilbertLek Жыл бұрын
Yes, only the weak & fragile, ignorant, stupid and/or crazy need a "supreme being".
@brandoncomer6492
@brandoncomer6492 2 жыл бұрын
I'm an atheist myself. Adrienne's life doesn't really line up with my personal experiences, but I'm glad she found something to center herself and find meaning in. I think that's really what matters.
@minmax5
@minmax5 2 жыл бұрын
Except now she's sharing damaging propaganda for a right wing think tank.... Not exactly a great thing to do with ones life.
@badatheist9948
@badatheist9948 2 жыл бұрын
yeah. an atheist who thinks a person who depends on fallacies has meaning.
@josifmaracine5526
@josifmaracine5526 2 жыл бұрын
I’d like to hear the answer for death from an atheist. Jesus rose from the grave. What can an atheist do ? How has atheism improved mankind ? Most of the comments from atheists about this video are negative, why’s that ? I have a problem with religious people NOT Jesus.
@minmax5
@minmax5 2 жыл бұрын
​@@josifmaracine5526 I have no idea what "the answer for death" means. I would appreciate some further explanation. We do not know if Jesus rose from the grave or not. To insinuate that this is fact is to either spread falsehood unintentionally or to lie. There would have to be some unbelievably good evidence that jesus was resurrected, and sufficient evidence, to my knowledge, does not currently exist. The absolute best that we have is hearsay, we don't even have a location pinpointed for the actual tomb of Jesus! I do not have a problem with religious people, nor do I have a problem with jesus. I have a problem with religious institutions which spread fear and falsehoods, and I have an issue with people believing falsehoods. Hopefully that should also answer why people have an issue with this video. Many individual atheists have made incredibly important contributions to science, medicine, engineering, art, and math. In a broader sense locations which have higher rates of atheism have significantly lower rates of violent crime, and places which have higher rates of religious belief generally have higher rates of violent crime. I'm not saying that this is a causative link, but it certainly is compelling evidence that atheists behave at the very least as well as religious individuals.
@jackdisbury1047
@jackdisbury1047 2 жыл бұрын
@@josifmaracine5526 there is many different opinions on death. Specifically about what happens after, so some might believe in reincarnation or death being like a long sleep. When you say how has atheism improved mankind. How has religion or more specifically, because you talk about jesus, the Christian Church improved mankind. There have been many life improving invention for mankind from both atheists and religious people. But I dont think any of them did it because they were atheist or religious
@jasondowns2510
@jasondowns2510 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks be to God.
@grumylynn
@grumylynn 2 жыл бұрын
Nothing substantial that would convince me to return to Christianity. She’s talking but she isn’t saying anything. So glad to be in the real world.
@everyoneash
@everyoneash 2 жыл бұрын
CS LEWIS died in November 1963...still changing lives to this day. Fyi...CS Lewis wrote the screw tape letters
@oambitiousone7100
@oambitiousone7100 2 жыл бұрын
My thought exactly!😚
@pythondrink
@pythondrink 5 ай бұрын
He died that long ago? Well he seems surprisingly still relevant today.
@sanqiangzhang1942
@sanqiangzhang1942 2 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one skeptical of Ms. Johnson's claims that: (1) you can pass any university sociology course by uttering the words "racism," "sexism," and "oppression"; (2) she was the only student in her program denied grant support for her senior research project? Normally, acceptance or rejection of a grant application is known only to the applicant. How does she know that all of her classmates' grant applications were successful? Is there some public record of this somewhere?
@LordKilmir
@LordKilmir 2 жыл бұрын
There is tons wrong with her statements. With her supposed background of being free she would never classify herself as conservative. Libertarian possibly, but conservative would be directly opposed to literally everything she was and is. Her claim that her professor wasn't happy with her subject is also odd. The subject itself is not a problem. If there is bias in academia they would love to hear it with actual research. It sounds to me like she had a really bad research proposal and got rejected for it. She also doesn't say if she tried again with a better proposal. Real researchers get grants denied regularly. You try and try again. Honestly she seems to mostly touch typical right wing propaganda points. I won't even get into the religion stuff that just seems forced and nothing a decent therapist couldn't have accomplished.
@cyrusreign
@cyrusreign 2 жыл бұрын
@@LordKilmir The problem with you lordkilmir and with a small L Christianity is not a religion. Religion is man looking for God or Gods, our faith is having a personal relationship with God. You should look into that instead of condeming her fair enough?
@LordKilmir
@LordKilmir 2 жыл бұрын
@@cyrusreign Oh that's a pretty recent development after the major Christian denominations tried to distance themselves from the constant string of failures and scandals in the past. Religions are just a shared sets of beliefs typically centered around the worship of a god or gods. That you're calling it a personal relationship.. well you do you. It's still a religion. The reason I dismiss the religion story is because it's super generic. Substitute Christianity with Buddhism and God with the example of Buddha and it's the exact same story. There is nothing that signifies the god did anything, she just made the religion the mental crutch. I won't judge her as some people just need that to get through life, but showcasing it as an inspirational story on a propaganda KZfaq channel gives me the right to objectively punch holes in it.
@realdragon
@realdragon 5 ай бұрын
As much as I don't like sociology and prefer real science and I'm not american I don't think even in USA people in sociology course over the years only learn "racism". I had very basic sociology and we learned history and about some things influenced economy and lives of people. Things how UK being open to foreigners helped them economically, how education and railways allowed Germany's economy to shoot up drastically
@annchadwick4613
@annchadwick4613 2 жыл бұрын
Well done Adrienne So good to hear your story
@David_Watts
@David_Watts 6 ай бұрын
What an amazing testimony!!! You were called; chosen by God as a bride for His Son, who died for you! In obedience to the faith you were given, your life was transformed, and now you have a beautiful testimony that plants seeds in the hearts of people who will be called to Life, having once been dead!! God Bless you and your family richly...🙏
@askbrettmanning
@askbrettmanning 2 жыл бұрын
Praise God from whom all blessings flow
@suninarnhem8738
@suninarnhem8738 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you thank you, God bless you all 🙏🙏🙏⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@NKBobcat
@NKBobcat 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! Thank God!
@pamelapainter3195
@pamelapainter3195 2 жыл бұрын
I loved your story. I’m old now, I spent my entire life trying to find love only to end up alone. I always thought maybe it is what I ultimately deserved for the sins I committed when I was young, even though I’ve begged repeatedly for forgiveness, I thought maybe I just didn’t pray the right way. I finally just gave up and focused on on my grandkids. I’m glad for you that you found happiness. God bless you.
@MKCarol-ms7lg
@MKCarol-ms7lg 2 жыл бұрын
Same here. My 2 children gave my life purpose for 25 years. Now I am alone. I rarely see my grandchildren. I have refound my faith and am very satisfied with my life, just enjoying waiting on my Lord.
@steeg03
@steeg03 2 жыл бұрын
lol
@GimbalosMorkinar
@GimbalosMorkinar 2 жыл бұрын
Seems like god didn't want you to find love. Kinda selfish of him but I don't know, keep sucking up to him and maybe he give you a cookie.
@MKCarol-ms7lg
@MKCarol-ms7lg 2 жыл бұрын
@@GimbalosMorkinar God's plan got pretty messed up for each of us due to sin. If that isn't believable look at drug addicts sinning against their own bodies. God didn't create that hot mess, humans did. The one taking the drugs, and the ones selling the drug and the people who helped shape the addicts's personality. Sorry you have ended up so miserable you must try to destroy other people's joy and shame them for having hope. I wish only hope for you.
@GimbalosMorkinar
@GimbalosMorkinar 2 жыл бұрын
@@MKCarol-ms7lg You are right! God created sin and then put that sin on man, then he punish us for having sin. God is to blame, he seems to enjoy playing and torturing humans.
@AlphaRomeoOneFive
@AlphaRomeoOneFive 2 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful testimony 🙌 Thanks for sharing it with us. God is good!
@CDKLRK
@CDKLRK 2 жыл бұрын
The key to this amazing testimony is, in the words of C.S Lewis, it began, not with comfort but with dismay. “…it is no use at all trying to go on to comfort without first going through dismay.” Recognition of our wretchedness is integral in embracing God’s amazing grace! Well done, sister!
@KenSiefert
@KenSiefert 2 жыл бұрын
remember God's first words to us were "I made you in my image" ...it's the only inspiration i need
@HSunday40
@HSunday40 2 жыл бұрын
I love that you made amends with your ex. 💙💙💙
@GavinAlexander.
@GavinAlexander. 2 жыл бұрын
But she's still living an adulterous lifestyle.
@tommysmith4117
@tommysmith4117 2 жыл бұрын
Cool story. I’m still an atheist.
@Pacdad9998
@Pacdad9998 2 жыл бұрын
Yep… me too. If you need an invisible friend to tell you not to commit atrocities, you probably have more than a few screws loose.
@doribellan
@doribellan 2 жыл бұрын
You are an inspiration to everyone, but young girls, especially. I hope as many get to hear you as possible. Thank you!
@GavinAlexander.
@GavinAlexander. 2 жыл бұрын
But she is still living a sinful lifestyle. According to scripture, her second marriage is adultery. So she is currently living an unrepentant adulterous lifestyle.
@doribellan
@doribellan 2 жыл бұрын
@@GavinAlexander. This is debatable by scripture in the New Testament. Either way though, it is an issue that does not concern me or you.
@GavinAlexander.
@GavinAlexander. 2 жыл бұрын
@@doribellan No, it is not debatable. The scripture is clear, she is currently living an adulterous lifestyle.
@doribellan
@doribellan 2 жыл бұрын
@@GavinAlexander. Translation is one of the most important aspects of understanding scripture. In Matthew 5:32, your translation must mean that divorce is a continuous act of adultery. Obviously it is not. In Deuteronomy 24:1-4 remarriage after divorce is not considered adultery. The divorce is, if you broke vows. While God hates divorce, he never states he hates remarriage. Remarriage is never mentioned as invalid, either. No matter a first or second marriage, they are both to be God honoring. Neither marriage is of lesser vow.
@GavinAlexander.
@GavinAlexander. 2 жыл бұрын
@@doribellan *"Translation is one of the most important aspects of understanding scripture."* One must not conflate "translation" for cherry-picking. Cherry-picking is one of the most important aspects of understanding a trail-mix Christian. *"In Matthew 5:32, your translation must mean that divorce is a continuous act of adultery. Obviously it is not. In Deuteronomy 24:1-4 remarriage after divorce is not considered adultery. "* First of all, why are you going to Deuteronomy? Those were laws given to the JEWISH people, not to Gentiles. Do you follow the Deuteronomic Laws in your life? No, you do not. So why are you cherry-picking this particular one? Secondly, scriptures in Matthew outright contradict your usage of Deuteronomy. _"Matthew 5:31 - 32 NRSV"_ _"31 “It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32 But I say to you that anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of unchastity, causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery."_ This same thing is repeated in the following... _Matthew 19:8 NRSV_ _"8 He said to them, “It was because you were so hard-hearted that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so."_ The full passage for context. _"Matthew 19:3-14 NRSV"_ _"3 Some Pharisees came to him, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?” 4 He answered, “Have you not read that the one who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’ 5 and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? 6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” 7 They said to him, “Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her?” 8 He said to them, “It was because you were so hard-hearted that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. 9 And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for unchastity, and marries another commits adultery.”[a] 10 His disciples said to him, “If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry.” 11 But he said to them, “Not everyone can accept this teaching, but only those to whom it is given."_ This is an outright proclamation that the Deuteronomic law is not valid. So you can divorce if the other person is unfaithful. The one unfaithful (such as the woman in this video) has not been granted that right/permission. So celibacy or reconciliation with that spouse is the only path after that divorce because she was bound to that man in marriage. *"The divorce is, if you broke vows. While God hates divorce, he never states he hates remarriage. Remarriage is never mentioned as invalid, either. No matter a first or second marriage, they are both to be God honoring. Neither marriage is of lesser vow."* You're simply wrong. Her new husband is not "god-honoring" and by scripture, is also living a lifestyle of adultery by marrying her. _"Luke 16:18 NRSV"_ _"18 “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery."_ _"Matthew 19:9-11 NRSV"_ _"9 And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for unchastity, and marries another commits adultery.”[a] 10 His disciples said to him, “If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry.” 11 But he said to them, “Not everyone can accept this teaching, but only those to whom it is given."_ This outright declares the "remarriage" of the person to be adultery. The exception to god-honoring divorce is given to the faithful partner, against the unfaithful partner. The unfaithful partner has not been provided this right of "god-honoring" divorce. Future marriages of this unfaithful partner are adultery. _"1Corinthians 7:10-11 NRSV"_ _"10 To the married I give this command-not I but the Lord-that the wife should not separate from her husband 11 (but if she does separate, let her remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce his wife."_ Here are further scriptures on the matter. _"Romans 7:1-7 NRSV"_ _"7 Or do you not know, brothers[a]-for I am speaking to those who know the law-that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? 2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage.[b] 3 Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress."_ _"Mark 10:7-15 NRSV"_ _"7 ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,[a] 8 and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” 10 Then in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. 11 He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; 12 and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”_
@edwinj5205
@edwinj5205 2 жыл бұрын
I can't help but notice these atheist conversion stories never come from atheists who had thought out ideas or beliefs as atheists.
@davidsinclair47
@davidsinclair47 2 жыл бұрын
Are you an atheist and have you truly thought it out? She came from a liberal background and was college educated and you imply she had not thought it out. Jesus life, death, and resurrection is the most substantiated in all of history. Many have forsaken atheism for Christianity.
@TheHorsecrazygirl42
@TheHorsecrazygirl42 2 жыл бұрын
Exactly this. ALWAYS. In fact that's why I always like to hear these stories to see if anyone actually used logic to come to their conclusions and not even one story
@Bc232klm
@Bc232klm 2 жыл бұрын
@@davidsinclair47 No, there's not even enough evidence to say a singular Jesus even existed, let alone was crucified, and definitely not for the resurrection lmao.
@primox2586
@primox2586 2 жыл бұрын
If you do unbiased researched into authenticity of Bible, its fulfilled prophesies, writings of non Christian historians mentioning Jesus, and plain logical evidence based books like the books Mere Christianity, or case for Christ..... Then we can discuss how can anyone believe the scientific impossibility of 'nothing creating everything'.
@gabenorman747
@gabenorman747 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheHorsecrazygirl42 Stay mad leftist.
@tednelson1575
@tednelson1575 2 жыл бұрын
What a great wonderful transformation wish you and your family all the best. Thanks for sharing
@WilbertLek
@WilbertLek Жыл бұрын
Of course it's just propaganda to glorify your fan girlism. Nothing more.
@WilbertLek
@WilbertLek Жыл бұрын
And thank you for demonstrating how much of a fan girl you are 👍
@Xsetsu
@Xsetsu 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a Christian's idea of what an atheist is. Why are you an atheist? Because I have a hole, because I am angry, because I am a sinner, etc. That isn't atheism.
@cloutfisher7714
@cloutfisher7714 Жыл бұрын
It’s frustrating when Christians misrepresent atheism like this
@Xsetsu
@Xsetsu Жыл бұрын
@@cloutfisher7714 It's funny because you see it a lot on the right. "I used to be an atheist" yet not have a clue what that means to be an atheist. Kaitlin Bennett, aka Gun Girl, made the exact same claim that she used to be an atheist without having a clue what that actually meant. The definition is simple, but almost impossible to comprehend if you are religious, I guess.
@WilbertLek
@WilbertLek Жыл бұрын
Fan girls think that if you're sad and disappointed you are part of another fan club.....
@Kevan808
@Kevan808 2 жыл бұрын
Appreciate your powerful testimony. I'm going to share this with my daughter and hope it provides some perspective for her. Thank you 🙏
@GavinAlexander.
@GavinAlexander. 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but she is still living a sinful lifestyle. According to scripture, her second marriage is adultery. So she is currently living an unrepentant adulterous lifestyle.
@4ndytrout46
@4ndytrout46 2 жыл бұрын
I hope your daughter finds this exactly as unconvincing as it is.
@paulthepainter2366
@paulthepainter2366 3 ай бұрын
​@@GavinAlexander.That sounds hot
@GavinAlexander.
@GavinAlexander. 3 ай бұрын
@@paulthepainter2366 It sounds absurd, but that's what these people believe. Well, they believe the Bible when it's convenient, and ignore it (such as this case) when it's not. Yet still act self-righteous and holy. But don't call them hypocrites. 🤣
@brantdallas4662
@brantdallas4662 2 жыл бұрын
I love peoples testimonies. The stories of how God captures peoples hearts is awesome. It really shows how much He loves us and how much He wants us to Love Him. Thank you for this great testimony.
@hungypupper520
@hungypupper520 2 жыл бұрын
I respect people who can share there story's an admit what they believed in in the past to help ppl now. Respect 💯
@lawwdogg1digr
@lawwdogg1digr 2 жыл бұрын
God is full of wonderful stories of love and redemption. Thank you for sharing your journey.
@RoyGBiv-lc8tv
@RoyGBiv-lc8tv 2 жыл бұрын
Glad she is where she wants to be now. I wish more people were this open minded. For me, I used to be a Christian but now I’m a Buddhist. Just did some soul searching to find what I truly believe. Be open to change!
@soton5teve
@soton5teve Жыл бұрын
Humanist*
@retireorbust
@retireorbust 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing. God Bless you, PragerU, and America. With God all things are possible.
@GavinAlexander.
@GavinAlexander. 2 жыл бұрын
Too bad she is still living an adulterous lifestyle according to the Bible.
@josifmaracine5526
@josifmaracine5526 2 жыл бұрын
@@GavinAlexander. Sounds like your judging her by Christian standards before she made a decision to follow Jesus. Ignorant religious people. Jesus said to the Pharisee’s and the crowd when they brought the adulterous woman in the very act, “ he who is WITHOUT sin, let him throw the first rock.” I’m guessing you’re a fuck’n saint but wouldn’t know it since you’re not raising the dead, healing the sick or walking on water. Jesus in his three years in HIS ministry had the most problems with the religious people of his time NOT the adulterous woman, the sinners. Jesus came to heal the sick, the broken hearted NOT the perfect religious people.
@doppelplusungutmensch1141
@doppelplusungutmensch1141 2 жыл бұрын
Her story has absolutely nothing to do with atheism.
@redblaze8700
@redblaze8700 2 жыл бұрын
Exactly! Her problem was that she had irresponsible parents, but PragerU always wants to find a way to blame atheists, because god forbid you ever present atheism as something positive.
@saitamad.anarchist9527
@saitamad.anarchist9527 2 жыл бұрын
I couldn’t watch this cringe all the way through.
@bibaolaitan5189
@bibaolaitan5189 2 жыл бұрын
@@saitamad.anarchist9527 Ikr!!..
@soton5teve
@soton5teve Жыл бұрын
*AND THEN SHE LEARNT HUMANISM, AND BECAME AN ATHEIST, PROPERLY*
@leviathantoobz
@leviathantoobz 2 жыл бұрын
Ex atheist, born again Christian here. Was raised in the Catholic Church in Chicago Illinois and baptized as a 1 year old… but never believed, it never meant anything to me… but felt a hole in my life too, followed God, and got baptized several years ago in the Jordan River in Israel.
@Apriluser
@Apriluser 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks be to God!
@romany8125
@romany8125 2 жыл бұрын
What is atheism?
@mahe7754
@mahe7754 Жыл бұрын
Amen Sister! I was an atheist too, Jesus saved me and he turned my life around. I thank you for your testimony, blessings be upon you and your family.
@WilbertLek
@WilbertLek Жыл бұрын
No, you were a sad amgery disappointed fan girl. Which is not an Atheist. You're welcome.
@petarded8529
@petarded8529 2 жыл бұрын
God bless you. I am so happy for your rebirth in Christ 🥲
@GavinAlexander.
@GavinAlexander. 2 жыл бұрын
Rebirth in Christ? According to the bible, she is currently living an adulterous lifestyle and will go to hell for it.
@petarded8529
@petarded8529 2 жыл бұрын
@@GavinAlexander. Ok. If you say so.
@GavinAlexander.
@GavinAlexander. 2 жыл бұрын
@@petarded8529 Um, actually, it's what the Bible says. This second marriage she is on is adultery according to the Bible.
@Zealot2024
@Zealot2024 2 жыл бұрын
I saw the Max McLain Screwtape letters in DC. It is my favorite play
@joshuamartinpryce8424
@joshuamartinpryce8424 2 жыл бұрын
All the best in that spiritual walk. Spirituality is earned not given, it takes dedication and contemplation to get to a expert level in spirituality. I am Christian and my experiences are priceless. I have also had numerous blessings and spiritual insights over the years. Keep jogging on and remember Who is important. Jesus Christ.
@WilbertLek
@WilbertLek Жыл бұрын
I'm not sorry you think that your delusions are evidence of the subject of your delusions, because I didn't brainwashed you.
@cyranium
@cyranium 2 жыл бұрын
Really ironic that she talks about getting both side of the argument in order to choose her political view, but when it comes to choosing religion she had an emotional response to a Fictional Christian apologetics story. Also it’s really telling what has happened to Christianity that they can’t have a simple conversion story that doesn’t include political views.
@whydidipickthename7413
@whydidipickthename7413 2 жыл бұрын
Also funny that she thinks liberals and conservatives are the “only two sides”
@georgedoyle2487
@georgedoyle2487 Жыл бұрын
“That doesn’t include politics” “Fictional” Ho the irony!! Look up straw man argument and (Ad hominem Fallacy). Not to mention Bulverism!! Sorry but it’s all “fictional” under a strictly reductive materialism, atheism or philosophical naturalism buddy. You don’t even know the implications of your own world view lol!! The fact is that a strictly reductive materialism, atheism or philosophical naturalism is nothing more than a culture of death and meaninglessness if you think about it rationally!! Atheism basically says that birth is an accident, life is ultimately meaningless, ultimately purposeless and absurd and death simply ends the absurdity and illusion that birth began!! Your world view, your absurdity, your existential crisis and your epistemological crisis not the theists!! When our pride usurps Truth, we walk on the shifting sands of relativism, a narcissist and “fictional” driven reality!! Evidence to the contrary please!! I’ll wait!! This should be good!!
@cyranium
@cyranium Жыл бұрын
@@georgedoyle2487 Hi George, I respect your opinion, but completely disagree. Atheism isn’t a world view, you can still have many different beliefs the only thing in common is we aren’t convinced that a god exist. Secondly without a god we can pull meaning from whatever we want in life. For me personally I want to make sure I at least make the world better than it was when I entered the world. Thirdly strawman and ad hominem fallacies don’t apply to my comment. She was watching a fictional play that is designed to give emotional reactions. She didn’t mention seeking counter arguments to get both sides view on the religion or even look into other religions to make sure she was believing the right religion. So it’s ironic that she seems proud for wanting to get all views before making decisions, but for religious beliefs that seems to go out the window at least for what is mentioned in this video.
@katelyngoddard9926
@katelyngoddard9926 2 жыл бұрын
That was amazing!!❤ so powerfully uplifting!
@traynorton7107
@traynorton7107 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome testimony!!!
@marjoriehill4562
@marjoriehill4562 2 жыл бұрын
This was my desperate search-for satisfaction. I, too, found it only in Jesus Christ!
@minmax5
@minmax5 2 жыл бұрын
Is satisfaction a good reason to believe something is true? It may be very satisfying for me to believe that someone I love doesn't have cancer when they in fact do, but is it true? and does it actually serve to solve the problem?
@DarrenHughes-Hybrid
@DarrenHughes-Hybrid 2 жыл бұрын
@@minmax5 Marjorie has not connected "Satisfaction" to Jesus the way you have. For Marjorie, satisfaction is what she got from a belief in Jesus, not why she believes He is true and only she can tell you what proof she found to know He is true.
@minmax5
@minmax5 2 жыл бұрын
@@DarrenHughes-Hybrid she could have clarified that in the two months since I made the comment. Especially considering that the comment is on a video about becoming a Christian because it’s satisfying.
@Steelmage99
@Steelmage99 2 жыл бұрын
If you have a God-sized hole in your heart, you are not an atheist.
@tubeincompetence
@tubeincompetence 2 жыл бұрын
Well. God takes no space at all. ;-)
@John3.36
@John3.36 2 жыл бұрын
Atheists are too cool to agree to anything.
@4ndytrout46
@4ndytrout46 2 жыл бұрын
@@John3.36 No we just aren't gullible.
@Steelmage99
@Steelmage99 2 жыл бұрын
@@John3.36 "Atheists are too cool to agree to anything." Well, you are wrong about that. All atheists will agree to one thing without exception; they do not believe in god(s). That is the one and only thing you known about a person, who says they are an atheist.
@alexyordanov6250
@alexyordanov6250 2 жыл бұрын
@Lukas Lombardo Who told you that God is deity .
@mr.s9783
@mr.s9783 2 жыл бұрын
I know from experience that sometimes God allows us to follow our own misguided morals and passions to their inevitable failure because only then will we understand that His way is the right way. Nobody is beyond saving and I'm glad you've been saved.
@redblaze8700
@redblaze8700 2 жыл бұрын
If you need a god to tell you what’s right and wrong, you are not a moral person at all.
@sahilaggarwal3238
@sahilaggarwal3238 2 жыл бұрын
I wish this reaches out to a lot of people in the world and they understand what she is trying to say rather than trying to be cool in a race in which no one cares about them at the end, I have been there so I get it what she is trying to tell us, the characters in your story might be different but a lot of people have similar stories and you know the best part a lot of people can head towards the same solution maybe it's not going to work completely for you but you will be happy that you gave yourself a chance if it worked out just fine.
@hmgrraarrpffrzz9763
@hmgrraarrpffrzz9763 2 жыл бұрын
Coolness doesn't matter. Truth matters. The search for truth lead me to atheism.
@sahilaggarwal3238
@sahilaggarwal3238 2 жыл бұрын
@@hmgrraarrpffrzz9763 everyone has their own definition of truth so make sure your truth add value to your life rest keep on doing whatever you want in life till the time you are not harming yourself and people around you. Also I am not talking about preaching a God or following a religion but this is something we all believe that there is something supreme, more powerful than us, some consider it as nature some call it God, even if you consider yourself as God then make sure you live like one full of compassion, kindness and humbleness.
@hmgrraarrpffrzz9763
@hmgrraarrpffrzz9763 2 жыл бұрын
@@sahilaggarwal3238 _"everyone has their own definition of truth "_ Isn't that like saying "everybody can decide for themselves whether 1 + 1 equals 2 or whether it equals 5"? I mean, true is what is in accordance with reality. It's not "true" for one person that, for example, there was a global flood, when we know there wasn't. That person believes that it's true and they are mistaken. _"but this is something we all believe that there is something supreme"_ How can you decide for me what I believe? No, I do not think that there is something supreme. And I know many people who also don't think that. You can't speak for me. If I'd bring the same argument from the other point of view, that would be "but this is something we all believe: that there is no God". Surely you must agree that it is, depending on whether one is aware of what one is doing, either foolish or malicious to decide for others what they are believing according to your own preferences.
@sahilaggarwal3238
@sahilaggarwal3238 2 жыл бұрын
@@hmgrraarrpffrzz9763 There are two options as of now either we continue this debate and reach to the point where one of us gives up or is able to prove his point, second we keep mutual respect for each other's viewpoint and keep on looking at the world with our own glasses and I prefer going with the second one because there is a saying in India ki kuch logo ko thokar khakar hi samaj aati hai ( some people understand only by stumbling) let time do the work and if anyone understands the other person's viewpoint or can get something to make a strong point then will talk again, till then have a good one 👍
@hmgrraarrpffrzz9763
@hmgrraarrpffrzz9763 2 жыл бұрын
@@sahilaggarwal3238 My point was: being cool or not is irrelevant. What is relevant is what is true or not. And the lack of good evidence for the existence of deities is pointing towards atheism as the truth. _"some people understand only by stumbling"_ Many people stumble and they don't notice, that's my view.
@cliffordnewell2445
@cliffordnewell2445 Жыл бұрын
Great testimony. Very inspiring. Thank you Adrienne.
@WilbertLek
@WilbertLek Жыл бұрын
Yes, because propaganda is truth, right?
@tell-it-like-it-is8305
@tell-it-like-it-is8305 2 жыл бұрын
🎼 Then I saw her face. Now I'm a believer
@KatarinaDinnar
@KatarinaDinnar 2 жыл бұрын
Atheist in 3 generations here. Never had God void. Or felt faith. Took me a long time to understand that majority of people have this problem
@marlonmoncrieffe0728
@marlonmoncrieffe0728 2 жыл бұрын
...Sorry, do you mean third generation atheist?
@gabenorman747
@gabenorman747 2 жыл бұрын
Ok leftist abortard.
@RoyGBiv-lc8tv
@RoyGBiv-lc8tv 2 жыл бұрын
@@gabenorman747 being an atheist doesn’t make you a leftist?
@godhandninja
@godhandninja 2 жыл бұрын
Thats because you don't know you have God void. But if you don't feel faith, then how is it you believe or trust anythung or anyone?
@RoyGBiv-lc8tv
@RoyGBiv-lc8tv 2 жыл бұрын
@@godhandninja good point but maybe faith is different than trust? I’m no philosopher though haha
@whiteybopbop9232
@whiteybopbop9232 2 жыл бұрын
Powerful testimony i am glad u found peace ❤❤❤❤
@markc2152
@markc2152 2 жыл бұрын
CS Lewis is such an inspiration And good on you may Gods speed propel you forward
@sonoftherepublic7737
@sonoftherepublic7737 2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful story
@n74jw
@n74jw 2 жыл бұрын
I'd be happy to go appear on PragerU and explain why I am an Atheist.
@butterman6075
@butterman6075 2 жыл бұрын
So would I!
@Mextazectaces
@Mextazectaces 2 жыл бұрын
Synopsis: “Capitalistic excess was unfulfilling until American Evangelicalism taught me to hate myself.”
@jcvanbreugel
@jcvanbreugel 2 жыл бұрын
Great story Adrienne! Too bad the diversity, inclusion and equity people couldn’t fit you in. I’ve had similar problems in my life and AA helped immensely. I’m very lucky to have a spiritual mom.
@Homesick4Heaven
@Homesick4Heaven 2 жыл бұрын
Your testimony is so beautiful, what a wonderful God we serve
@bobbyh5724
@bobbyh5724 2 жыл бұрын
God isn’t real, keep “serving” and giving money to pedophiles
@ryankuypers1819
@ryankuypers1819 2 жыл бұрын
@@bobbyh5724 Prove it or shut up. Live your life as you see fit and let others do the same.
@bobbyh5724
@bobbyh5724 2 жыл бұрын
@@ryankuypers1819 which part? You start disproving the existence of a “god” in like 6th grade science class when you learn about evolution. Any higher level of physical (as in physics) education and the “god” idea becomes a funny joke. The pedophile part is pretty easy so maybe you want me to prove that a book humper can’t handle modern rational thinking?
@bobbyh5724
@bobbyh5724 2 жыл бұрын
@@ryankuypers1819 oh just did
@bigfoot3763
@bigfoot3763 2 жыл бұрын
@@bobbyh5724 why do you think evolution is contrary to the existence of God?
@Apriluser
@Apriluser 2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful story. Thanks be to God!
@blyndemann8190
@blyndemann8190 2 жыл бұрын
God bless you, Adrienne. May he guide you on your path, Always. Amen.
@rockandsandapologetics7254
@rockandsandapologetics7254 2 жыл бұрын
This was so beautiful. This is why "there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous men who need no repentance."
@minmax5
@minmax5 2 жыл бұрын
Hey there! Would you be happy in heaven if you know there are people who you care about suffering in hell?
@rockandsandapologetics7254
@rockandsandapologetics7254 2 жыл бұрын
@@minmax5 Did you listen to her testimony? If you did, then you've just been offered a clean slate. We take no pleasure in those who end up in Hell, but those who go there have chosen that path. They haven't made the slightest move to get close to God and understand Him, so He's not going to force them to live eternally where they don't want to be. As C.S. Lewis once said, "The gates of Hell are locked from the inside." They are there because they want to be. An yes that is very sad. So when I hear of one like his girl who comes to know the Lord I'm going to join with all of Heaven rejoicing.
@minmax5
@minmax5 2 жыл бұрын
@@rockandsandapologetics7254 No no no, answer my question. If YOU were in heaven, and there were people who YOU cared about in hell would you be able to be happy?
@4ndytrout46
@4ndytrout46 2 жыл бұрын
@@rockandsandapologetics7254 Except he literally forces them to live in hell eternally... Where they don't want to be...
@rockandsandapologetics7254
@rockandsandapologetics7254 2 жыл бұрын
@@4ndytrout46 Wrong. He, the Almighty God, took on human flesh, lived as a perfect man we call Jesus, then as both fully man and fully God died to pay the penalty for EVERYONE from Adam to the last person on earth in the future. The penalty for sin is death as described by God to Adam in Genesis 2. Since Adam rebelled God had to become that perfect sacrifice. However, only those who accept His sacrifice receive that benefit. There are only 2 choices according to the Bible, John 3 in particular; death or life. Those that choose one do not get the other. So those who choose death, will receive death, even though the price for their sin was paid for. Those who choose Christ, choose life and quite literally never have to face death.
@jhljhl6964
@jhljhl6964 Жыл бұрын
I gave up being an atheist--they have no holidays!
@WilbertLek
@WilbertLek Жыл бұрын
I hope you're joking.
@misspattic6211
@misspattic6211 2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful! Jesus REDEEMER of all the broken pieces of our lives 🙌🏽
@davidlafleche1142
@davidlafleche1142 2 жыл бұрын
Actually, there is no such thing as an "atheist."
@GavinAlexander.
@GavinAlexander. 2 жыл бұрын
Actually, she's not redeemed. She is living an adulterous lifestyle, according to scripture. She would need to stop this adulterous life and repent of it.
@TheCheapPhilosophy
@TheCheapPhilosophy 2 жыл бұрын
@@GavinAlexander. Indeed. She would have been stoned to death in biblical times, no repenting possible. Modern people and their decaf gods...
@GavinAlexander.
@GavinAlexander. 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheCheapPhilosophy Yup. She's a trail-mix Christian. And everyone fawning over her story are as well. Or, they simply don't know what their own Bible says.
@Tiny_and_Reese
@Tiny_and_Reese 2 жыл бұрын
I'd like to ask, what is this video doing? What do you think the message is when PragerU, a fundamentalist Christian organization, brings a former atheist on to talk about their coming to faith story? Also, some of the things she says here is genuinely worrying. "Love addicted", and referring to herself as "damaged goods". Then there's the whole not realizing the external lack of acceptance when people didn't expect to see a conservative in punk attire, is probably not as damaging as the internal lack of acceptance she might see in herself now that she's surrounded by all these people that makes her think of herself as damaged goods by comparison. I sincerely hope she has a therapist to talk with about how she might feel about her tattoos and gauges.
@stephenbyrne7169
@stephenbyrne7169 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@miriba8608
@miriba8608 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@robertbekkers4974
@robertbekkers4974 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your story, it truly touched and inspired me. Now I am hoping for a change in my life
@europademon
@europademon 2 жыл бұрын
You shouldn't have to find your change in life from a propaganda channel.
@josifmaracine5526
@josifmaracine5526 2 жыл бұрын
Seek a Biblically sound church with support groups for women and men. We are not meant to live this life alone but in a community with believers encouraging one another. Read God’s Word if you can everyday. One chapter a day, two or three, however many you can. Or read half hour a day. Whatever you can do.
@christinemarie6648
@christinemarie6648 2 жыл бұрын
I understand her in a different way.... I grew up and lived in a home for 29 years where I was told I was ulgy and everything in between. I was raised only fashion that meant no boyfriends no life outside of home.... Only go to school and come home. No job, no life. I wanted out of that life, I wanted to look for God and needed his help, but where do I look, I could not find any that would help me. If I trying on my own the people would make fun of me. So I just prayed that someday that I will find someone or someone will find me. And he did he was at the worst time in his life and he was looking for everything I was as well. Believe it or not we meet on a Christian dating website (app). We talked for like 2 weeks then we meet and we got married as of August 1, 2020. And we where living in a hotel for like 6 months. Then we had to be apart for 4 months.
@christinemarie6648
@christinemarie6648 2 жыл бұрын
He had to do this so we could be back together. I when back home. And it was not any better there only worse. Then we finally got back together and we had a hard time to find a place we are still working on things trying to get things together. Our marriage is great, just him trying to get a job and so on. We pray that he will and things will get better. We have hope and God will help us through. He helped us find each other. The only thing was my family cut me off because I choose to live a life will God, Love and truth. They lived very different. But at the end of our story we are happy and we are together
@baseball12ification
@baseball12ification 2 жыл бұрын
So you grew up with trauma and you learned that you can still utilize that trauma in order to select a mate? Got a lot of thinking to do
@dragonslayer7587
@dragonslayer7587 2 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad to hear this! Great testimony! Remember, only the God who created you, can forgive sin. The ONLY way that happens is by believing Christ was born, lived a sin free life, was crucified and died, then on the third day he rose, alive, defeating death. Then ascended into heaven. Nothing we can do, we can't be "good enough" for eternity with our Lord, without believing in that, and asking HIM for forgiveness. We are justified by Faith, not by works. Only God can forgive us, and ONLY God can see us sin free, thru the blood of Christ.
@GimbalosMorkinar
@GimbalosMorkinar 2 жыл бұрын
How nice of god to forgive me of the sins he made up. Cancer cult, leave while you can.
@matthewbeazley7302
@matthewbeazley7302 2 жыл бұрын
My favourite rule of Christianity, god hates you for sinning, yet if you convert and convince others to he’ll forgive them. It’s like how the cops will forgive a crime if you help them catch other criminals, but somehow 10x more immoral.
@dutchboyslim5951
@dutchboyslim5951 2 жыл бұрын
@@GimbalosMorkinar Easy to mock God's law when one of the main incentives for people to become atheists is to say that right and wrong do not really exist.
@GimbalosMorkinar
@GimbalosMorkinar 2 жыл бұрын
@@dutchboyslim5951 It's hilarious when you pray to him for something good to happen, only for him to respond "oh I can't, I'm busy giving aids to babies". You should try praying to the devil, he isn't as bad as God tries to make him. The Bible is kinda bias, since you know, god wrote it.
@joeyadams8116
@joeyadams8116 2 жыл бұрын
@@matthewbeazley7302 god doesnt hate you nothing you do will ever make him hate you. God loves you. He just doesn’t like are sin.
@stephengerish6978
@stephengerish6978 2 жыл бұрын
God Bless, Madam.
@Dem0Dule
@Dem0Dule 2 жыл бұрын
"I have a wonderful life NOT because of anything I did" Umm, wrong? This person is selling themselves short, they recognized that they needed to get help and go to a support group. Sky daddy didn't do that, she did.
@HobokenSquatCobbler
@HobokenSquatCobbler 2 жыл бұрын
Her reaction to alleged liberal intolerance was "why can't I be a conservative and have piercings and tattoos?" but her reaction to alleged Christian intolerance was "gosh I hope they accept me with my piercings and tattoos!" Hmmm...
@Nimish204
@Nimish204 2 жыл бұрын
Pretty telling.
@John3.36
@John3.36 2 жыл бұрын
Keep your eye on people like her, they are the future of America.
@HobokenSquatCobbler
@HobokenSquatCobbler 2 жыл бұрын
@@John3.36 Such a pessimist.
@John3.36
@John3.36 2 жыл бұрын
@@HobokenSquatCobbler only if you think she is a bad person.
@HobokenSquatCobbler
@HobokenSquatCobbler 2 жыл бұрын
@@John3.36 I think religion in general is damaging, and this subset of conservatives who think they're libertarians is probably even more damaging.
@renatavilas-boas4657
@renatavilas-boas4657 2 жыл бұрын
So so pretty!! Thank you!!
@jimdavies6764
@jimdavies6764 3 ай бұрын
I'm happy for Adrienne, and glad she pulled out of the vicious spiral. What caused her recovery was a change in belief, triggered in her case by C S Lewis' work. Yes, what you believe does make you what you are. That does not mean or prove that what you believe is factually true.
@lalmanza86
@lalmanza86 2 жыл бұрын
God bless you and your family! Your testimony was so beautiful and touching. I wish you all the blessings on your endeavors.
@GavinAlexander.
@GavinAlexander. 2 жыл бұрын
But she is still living a sinful lifestyle. According to scripture, her second marriage is adultery. So she is currently living an unrepentant adulterous lifestyle.
@bartryun
@bartryun 2 жыл бұрын
This Will Be My Go To Share for So Many People !! Thank You !
@GavinAlexander.
@GavinAlexander. 2 жыл бұрын
But she is still living a sinful lifestyle. According to scripture, her second marriage is adultery. So she is currently living an unrepentant adulterous lifestyle.
@europademon
@europademon 2 жыл бұрын
Only if you want to give them a good laugh.
@StaticMotions
@StaticMotions 2 жыл бұрын
Well said.
@vansays2236
@vansays2236 8 ай бұрын
What a powerful testimony. ❤
@carnivalwholesale9809
@carnivalwholesale9809 8 ай бұрын
None of what she said was rational at all
@cloutfisher7714
@cloutfisher7714 Жыл бұрын
I’ve never met an atheist who needed to do drugs and get piercings because they didn’t believe in a god 😂
@bobbymidha3901
@bobbymidha3901 Жыл бұрын
Understand the context. She was serving mammon and no god
@Pappybxx
@Pappybxx 2 жыл бұрын
Bless you Adrienne and those you inspire to return home.
@fancychancey9253
@fancychancey9253 2 жыл бұрын
😭 very wonderful story
@titusax
@titusax 2 жыл бұрын
This is beauty from ashes….
@floydiandreamscapes5145
@floydiandreamscapes5145 2 жыл бұрын
I just was made to realize, politics is becoming my God. Thank you 4 this video.
@cinystarr4657
@cinystarr4657 2 жыл бұрын
SAME. So busy fighting 'the enemy', I'm not following God closely. We can do both but without God, we're losing the plot and point. I need to look up the verse about losing your first love.
@hleedina5567
@hleedina5567 2 жыл бұрын
@CinyStarr there is one in the second church in revelation. That's the one I know.
@SwolllenGoat
@SwolllenGoat 2 жыл бұрын
millions and millions of youtube videos about this or that god or gods and how they are totally real and all you need to do is.............. believe maybe just point us to the EVIDENCE that your specific 'god' exists? THEN you can explain how that 'god' helped you out in the same way other peoples contradictory gods helped them............
@daniellebaney6680
@daniellebaney6680 2 жыл бұрын
Let me guess your god is science? Well hate to burst your bubble but Something is described as pseudoscience when it violates a known law of nature. The humanist origins myth is given a pass here even though ALL evidence (every single piece) tells us life can ONLY come from another living thing. The law of biogenesis, whether a person accepts it as a law of nature or not, is solid because we cannot point to a single instance-not one time-that we know life originated from non-living matter. So universal common descent and abiogenesis violate this law that has not one exception that we know of. Does that qualify it as pseudoscience? The scientific idea of life is completely unprovable and ridiculous but of course majority of the world believes it because they are too scared to believe in anything else because they are too “smart” to believe in a God. Well there are many many intelligent and scientists astronomers etc. who are all Christian and or became one through studying the world.
@thesweetescape8351
@thesweetescape8351 Жыл бұрын
U made me cry
@WilbertLek
@WilbertLek Жыл бұрын
You made your "god" dead.
@sandramulchahey8268
@sandramulchahey8268 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your story ❤️
@damagedgoods62
@damagedgoods62 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome and brave testimony. THIS is how Christ reaches us...regular people with extraordinary stories of his miracles and love!
@gabkoost
@gabkoost 2 жыл бұрын
Years ago, before having to deal with real adult life and it's multiple issues that can often get you at the brink of desperation, i went on a hike in a Northern Portuguese town stuck in a valley between river, fields, mountains, medieval buildings, gardens and many churches. Under a modern road bridge crossing the river i saw the only graffiti on that small town. It literally said: "Not believing in God is synonym to intellectual weakness". This phrase was hidden on a less than noble part of the town, behind some bushes and in a place with little amount of people passing by. I found the entire scenario incredibly ironic and filled with double meanings. Modern counter culture in a graffiti praising God, in a religious region but in hidden ran down area of an otherwise pristine locality. I took an instagram picture and moved on without actually thinking about the statement itself. Only much later, while facing very hard issues and understanding better how rotten society is becoming, have i realized the power of that phrase. Anyone thinking that they are smart, hip, strong, independent and free by renouncing the concept of God are only showing how much of hypocrites, liars, vulnerable, inexperienced and ignorant they really are. It doesn't matter what God you chose. God is real. And it is real because EVERYONE will try to reach out for something at some point of their lives. No matter how privileged and happy you are today, sometime in the past or future you tried to find a greater connection with the universe. Most people are taught to fill this hole with materialism and immediate physical satisfaction but as soon as you become and adult, and by adult i mean someone who finally has to face it's own fears and responsibilities, you WILL look up. Listening to this touching story of SUCCESS made me scroll my instagram page and look at that picture once again. Indeed, not believing God is proof of a lack of culture. Anyone denying the role of God in human existence is only delaying the realization that no matter what we will face the need to embrace this concept.
@floydiandreamscapes5145
@floydiandreamscapes5145 2 жыл бұрын
It does matter what God you choose if your concerned with your eternal soul and where youit/you will spend eternity. You can't enter God's Kingdom if you reject His Son.
@gabkoost
@gabkoost 2 жыл бұрын
@@floydiandreamscapes5145 This is an foolish comment. By it you are condemning most of humanity to be rejected by God just because they were born in the wrong cultural spectrum. God isn't restrained by what stories humans decided to write about "him". God is something that includes all and everything. It includes me, you, the entire planet, time, space and the entire universe. You saying that one has to pick the correct man made character personifying God in a specific part of the world is just splendidly limiting the magnitude of God.
@bobbyh5724
@bobbyh5724 2 жыл бұрын
Lmao thinking there’s a god is so ignorant it’s cute how these people are so confident. What are you going to do when you figure out it’s all a scam used by pedophiles to make you give them money?
@jimboswell4818
@jimboswell4818 2 жыл бұрын
@@bobbyh5724 religion is a scam, God is real. I died 10 years ago and met him. He is far bigger and far better than mans puny mind can contrive.
@gretatagliavia4228
@gretatagliavia4228 2 жыл бұрын
Yours is also a beautiful story, thank you!!!
@oambitiousone7100
@oambitiousone7100 2 жыл бұрын
CS Lewis is the apologist of our era, even sixty years after his passing 🙏🏼
@jamese9283
@jamese9283 2 жыл бұрын
Don't go too far there. He has his flaws.
@oambitiousone7100
@oambitiousone7100 2 жыл бұрын
@@jamese9283 Genius does not exempt flaws. Flaws do not negate genius.
@jamese9283
@jamese9283 2 жыл бұрын
@@oambitiousone7100 The point is not to idolize him. He may mean a lot to you, but you seem to be putting him on a pedestal.
@badatheist9948
@badatheist9948 2 жыл бұрын
@@oambitiousone7100 CS Lewis has no better arguments for god than any apologist. they all suffer fron logical fallacies. in fact, just about every argument made by prager suffers from lies to logical fallacies.
@georgedoyle2487
@georgedoyle2487 Жыл бұрын
@@badatheist9948 “C.S. Lewis has no better arguments for God” “They all suffer from fallacies” “Lies Ho the irony!! Look up (Fallacy fallacy). Not to mention the (Appeal to Dismissal Fallacy/the Appeal to Stone Fallacy)!! That’s very ironic coming from someone who believes that the pseudonym “Bad Atheist” is edgy!! That’s very ironic coming from a verificationist who believes that presuppositions are fallacious lol!! Equally, the fact that atheists even attempt to engage in debate to ram their fatalistic, nihilistic b..sht down every one else’s throat, when according them everything is just subjective and relative anyway, is beyond ironic, inconsistent, self contradictory and is clearly circular and logically fallacious lol!! Furthermore, logical fallacies, that is the prescriptive laws of logic that strictly reductive materialists, atheists or philosophical naturalists constantly appeal to, are actually immaterial, invariant conceptual realities that can not even be proven, justified or grounded using a strictly reductive materialism, atheism or philosophical naturalism that clearly excludes metaphysical realities!! At least be a consistent strictly reductive materialist, atheist or philosophical naturalist!! Because according to the greatest atheist thinkers with possibly the highest IQs of all the atheists that ever lived…. Logic is an illusion (Nietzsche) “Truths are illusions which we have forgotten are illusions.” - (Nietzsche, Reference from: On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense). “You can not get an (ought) out of an (is)” - (David Hume) “Should I kill myself?” is the essential philosophical question.” (Albert Camus). Merry chap!! “Storytellers continue their narratives late into the night to forestall death and to delay the inevitable moment when everyone must fall silent.” (Foucault). Imagine telling all of these little stories to someone as a bed time story!! And they mock our beliefs!! Your world view, your absurdity, your existential crisis and your epistemological crisis not the theists!! (Relativism, strictly reductive materialism, militant atheism or philosophical naturalism): “The belief that the absolute truth is that there is no absolute truth!!” “The belief that if i just screamed loud enough [there is no such thing as sound] then sound will cease to exist!!” The belief that [no one took no time to turn nothing into everything] squeezing the whole universe inside something “physically” smaller than this tiny dot [.]. “The belief that the most luxurious slide into the VOID and into oblivion is the highest ideal and virtue of the human being” Everyone has a right to believe what they want and everyone including theists have a right to find it totally ridiculous, nihilistic, fatalistic and self refuting…. I rest my case!!
@timpride6276
@timpride6276 2 жыл бұрын
key to everything is healthy relationships. most important healthy relationship one needs to form is with their self and God
@timpride6276
@timpride6276 2 жыл бұрын
what exactly does that have to do with anything? smh.
@barbaraloveless4261
@barbaraloveless4261 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful ❤️
@WilbertLek
@WilbertLek Жыл бұрын
And therefore nonsense, sad fan girl.
@TheBooBomber609
@TheBooBomber609 2 жыл бұрын
I used to be an atheist. Then I realized that I was “too normal,” so I became a Christian so people would pay more attention to me.
@emmanuel8310
@emmanuel8310 2 жыл бұрын
🤦
@CaptainPreferences
@CaptainPreferences 2 жыл бұрын
Bingo
@galgadsmith
@galgadsmith 2 жыл бұрын
As atheist you know everything, don't you.
@redpilljesus
@redpilljesus Жыл бұрын
Yeah, good luck with that
@redhotbillypeppers
@redhotbillypeppers Жыл бұрын
Bullseye. This one was too easy.
@CoenBijpost
@CoenBijpost 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for your inspiring story! ❤ I saw a video interview of an ex-atheist priest who said “the only thing I fear now, is not having Jesus in my life”. As an ex-atheist myself, nothing changed my life for so much good then surrendering my life into Jesus’ hands. I feel exactly like that priest says. I literally have shed my earthly fears, and I had a lot. From phobia for all insects, even butterflies, to hypochondria, general anxiety and fear of dying. I fear none of that anymore. Dying would be a step forward on my pathway to my Lord. I’m super happy to be alive, I’m married to a wonderful wife and have two great kids, and I hope to be with then for a long time. But I’ll see them again in God’s light, so dying is not the end. Finding God took getting very ill for me. I was a proud atheist, studied mathematics, was convinced that I could do and know anything by myself, and that absolute truth didn’t exist. How wrong I was. I started getting intense chronic pain from a disease in my pancreas, and that was so true, that no amount of nihilism could get rid of it. No longer able to work or even get out of bed many days, I became suicidally depressed. My youngest child was ten weeks at that point. After years of trying everything to fight the illness AND the depression, and failing at both I was at an end. One night in bed my wife told me she could and would help me no matter how sick I became, but that the combination of illness and depression would wear her out in the end, and she didn’t know if she and the kids could handle it. My world ground to a halt. I felt like being at a crossroads. Either I’d swallow all my oxycodone and walk into the sea, or I asked God for help and He’d be there. In my mind I cried out and yelled “I can’t do it alone”. And He was there. I felt sudden heat, like fire but not uncomfortable, closeness and pressure, like being hugged real tight and a very deep feeling of belonging and rest. “You are no longer alone. Pray!” I prayed, very awkwardly, but I did. And I slept. And woke up without any of the feelings of depression I’d gotten used to. My wife told me to do two things, go to my psychiatrist and to the pries that married us and baptised our kids (yes, he’d made an exception for us, because I was adamant that it was important for my wife and kids that they got to meet their God, even though it wasn’t mine. YET). The shrink told me after a very long and deep conversation that diagnosing a psychosis based on my experience would mean diagnosing 90% of the world with psychosis. I loved that statement. We would continue to observe my behaviour, but she wasn’t concerned in the least. The priest took me under his wing and became one of my best friends. My illness is still here. But a few months ago, I met a fellow church goer who prayed that Jesus would also heal my physical ailments, something I’d never asked for myself, because curing my depression was already the salvation I’d asked for, and I was so grateful already. But the day after that, I got a sudden urge to stop using oxycodone, 4-5 times 10mg a day, so I did. Cold turkey. I had some withdrawal symptoms, but prayer and daily mass kept them in check, and within a week I was free! I have been off the oxy and have dropped a lot of other meds since then. I have never been this grateful in my life. I still go to mass daily and last week I felt well enough to start working out at a gym. He’s changing my life once again! Sorry for the long story, but I feel like shouting it from the roof! Jesus is our Lord and Saviour 🙏 God is Love ❤
@joyhaave6151
@joyhaave6151 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing your testimony!
@annemarieterry600
@annemarieterry600 2 жыл бұрын
This brought tears to my eyes… “Our God is the God of a million second chances, and he can work with anything as long as you give it to Him. I am satisfied in God unlike anything in this whole world can ever and will ever satisfy me.” -Adrienne Johnson Not every life story has a happy ending like this and I think it’s dangerous to pretend that following Christ leads to a mistake-free, problem-free life. He didn’t say pick up your cross and follow me because the plan was for us to be happy. The plan has always been for us to be reconciled to our Lord and Savior; many times, much suffering follows our decision for Christ. But there is something beautiful about the way God knows how to bring His beloved children to redemption when they seek truth… when we seek Him with all our hearts. There is supernatural hope in His love and in His purpose for our lives, a love and hope that this world struggles to reproduce and which pales in comparison.
@JDog2656
@JDog2656 2 жыл бұрын
Well said. I feel like everyone thinks like that and it’s slowly becoming detrimental to society. Happiness is fleeting and it’s just an emotion. You aren’t going to feel good 100% of the time. You could have it all and still feel empty. A life lived in meaning and purpose in God is worth more than anything, even if it doesn’t have everything you want. Even if you don’t have everything she gained here, it’d still be a life to be grateful for.
@WilbertLek
@WilbertLek Жыл бұрын
Another emotional tirade from a fan girl who can't handle not being special.
@WilbertLek
@WilbertLek Жыл бұрын
@@JDog2656 No, you're just sad and petty. That's all.
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