In the beginning, Usefulcharts created the bible series

This channel puts out so much great, concise and intelligent, neutral information...yet still fools talk smack and criticize? Stay the course SIR! I am gonna buy one or two of your wonderful charts and look forward to continue seeing your informative and fun to learn vids! ^~^ PE@CE THESE "holy" day seasons.

btw...though not a fan of modern "education" systems, I am impressed by your credentials. Well played sirrah.

@@screwthenet I wish I could buy a couple of charts. That's a lie, I wish I could buy them all. Alas, I live with my parents and everything I am interested in that they are not is "childish" (e.i. Video Games that are literally rated R for a reason..., or history charts, or anything political)

I think it'd be really cool if you started another channel that looked into religious studies stuff by the way

I completely agree. I think so many of us are used to seeing very emotional responses to criticism, whereas this is purely an intellectual response. It's very refreshing and I learned a lot watching this.

People in the "european historical arms & armour" cathegory on KZfaq are also really good on answering criticism and changing their views if they are found to be wrong. Some good examples are Shadiversity, scolagladiatora, Tod's Workshop and Metatron.

@the kaiser If you disagree with something please first of all say what it is you're disagreeing with and secondly state your counter arguments.

I mean I'd call him a rational, pragmatic and qualified myth, but whatever

Also him being a theologian made this really great lmao

Unfortunately, the vast majority of those that agree with the comment have never actually read the bible. Polls asking Christians if they have read the entire bible vary between 10 and 20 percent responding, yes.

@@jedgar63 They may fear they would become atheist. It happened to me actually. I was raised as a Christian, devoutly believed, then started to think, read the bible, got out.

@@jedgar63 strictly speaking you don't have to read the Bible to be a follower of Jesus Christ. Plus majority of ppl throughout human history were illiterate

@@kalyptro123 I have been an atheist for most of my adult life, because religion seemed to be an oversimplification of an extremely complex reality. Five years ago I decided to read the entire bible. If I hadn't been an atheist before I read the bible, I would have been one afterwards. But I also found it extremely interesting, and the bible, combined with a general interest of ancient history, has been the main subject that I personally study. It includes the bible, the history of the bible, and the history and mythology of Christianity, of Israel and Judaism, and the history and mythologies of the Romans. Greeks, Mesopotamians, Egyptians, etc. Just because I, and others, do not have a degree, does not mean we are not highly knowledgeable on the subjects. But then, I don't claim to be an expert, or misrepresent myself as one. I am learning for my own sake, not to satisfy others.

@Carlos Adrián Aguirre some people says human at least if not being full blown cynical must at least having faith on something, doesn't matter it's God, religion, love partner, family, friends etc with out that a person can be depressed.

He doesn't know what he is talking about.

@@historian252 let me guess, you do?

@@historian252 multiple degrees, careers and experience in the field would say otherwise.

@@bethaniw7640 Yes.

@@bethaniw7640 Those degrees mean nothing.

Exactly!!! I couldn’t help but chuckle at the polite slap to the cheek. 🤣

His reply is a work of art! So much respect and admiration for this man. ❤️

Those who have the most knowledge never need to turn up the volume.

I agree. This video was excellent in both its acceptance of other cultures and beliefs, but also shows how some people just can't reasonably argue and debate while at the same time use evidence and truth. I love this channel

What a flex 🙏🤣🤣🤣

Tell that to Joseph Epstein at the _Wall Street Journal_ .

LMAO

I wouldn't discount Ron Wyatts discoveries as a hoax and selling snake oil. The word of god has been passed to us and is literal, as well as some metaphorical - like you would normally describe something or compare things. The bible is itself the Word of God.. the same Word that lives in us all... Don't disregard that.. it is one of the most sacred parts of the bible and the belief in the living creator. Check out Ron Wyatt yourself - dig deep like he has - I would put him above this guy who ultimate seeks proof and confirmation from peer reviews.. and worst still , THE MEDIA???? 😭

So how do you get around bristlecone pines being older than the flood by 1,000 years since the fake genealogies of Jesus were printed on trees, after the same people put Jesus to death on them... Can I compost you or are an abomination in a box waiting for your forever box and eternal separation from the ground your God cursed you to care for in this life... Since a living sacrifice to the voice in the garden and the tree of wife might require you put borrowed shit back respectfully where you borrowed it from disrespectfully. 🌋 🌲 🍄 🐿️💥!

How did your belief increase after learning that the "historical" events of the Old Testament are just myths and legends? As an example, a video in this channel deems the book of Exodus and the character of Moses as simply mythology. However, if a Christian believes in Jesus, Moses is "historically" real because Jesus speaks about being with him. Therefore, in what area did your belief increase?

​@@iamafan7492just because a story isn't true doesn't mean it's not worth hearing.

@@iamafan7492 Usefulcharts answers your question in video : some stories are better, more useful, more inspiring, and more profound when they are symbolic rather than historical

Church of Satan atheists (atheists who think anyone who believes in a deity is insane) are some of the worst to encounter as a more liberal atheist. They will literally blow up over someone commenting "God bless you" or "Amen", and will say you're not a "true atheist" for defending people just minding their own business. They're the hyper literalist evangelicals of the atheist world. Thanks for coming to my TEDTalk

Can I ask what moved you to become an atheist? Or what turned you away from religion?

@@colinpierre3441 For me, it's a long story. Deconverting isn't just one Eureka! moment that completely destroys our faith. It's a slow burn that eventually bursts into a rejection of faith. I eventually saw scientific explanations as being more logical than superstitious ones, so I stopped believing.

@@colinpierre3441 Hi, sorry it took so long to reply. I was raised nonreligious. I learned about Greek, Roman and Norse gods before I ever heard of the Christian god. Religion just never came up much growing up. However, when I was older I gave it more thought. Many of my friends believed in a god. So I studied religion. The weird thing is that, while I never believe in a god. I was superstitious. I believed in psychic's etc. That is because I had no tools to tell the difference. One day I picked up a Skeptical Inquirer magazine. It gave me the tools to discern the difference between science and pseudoscience. And I used those tools to look at religion. Plus, I have a background in history and mythology. Sorry for the length. If you would like more information, let me know. This is the short version. Good luck and keep up the good work.

@@humbaba55 It's no problem, I myself am very busy at times so I don't mind waiting a day or 2 to receive a response... this topic deals with our very purpose of existence, so it is something worth waiting to hear. I have done quite some research on atheism myself even though I am a Christian, because we always need to keep searching for truth and considering new information as time progresses. It's interesting that you believed in psychic's, although I do admit that there are some strange things that humans are able to pull off at times that I can't find a good explanation of how it was possible. In any event, I stay clear of most religions because they are riddled with corruption and hypocrisy. However, I do believe in the Bible and how it harmonizes with historical findings and accounts. So the question I would like to ask you is have you ever read the Bible and do you think it is a morally beneficial book?

ikr, some people are so easily riled up

Agree

I cannot agree enough with this.

I read this as Good Job, of the Book of Job 😅

@@davidstenow5055 Same lol

It’s not unbiased though

Indeed. As a OLD (not by birth age) fashioned Christian I like to see the level approach. Scripture is 🔆SACRED🔆 Historical records📜(not accurate per se but must be rigidly accepted when concerning spiritual matters of it)

@@jstrick85 it really is though. It sees both sides and concludes one is very lacking in comperison of the other, which is a very fair conclusion to make

@@kfiraltberger552 No, his bias is a part of everything he says, the difference is that he tells you what his bias is for you to take into account.

@@NPC-bs3pm ..excuse me, but if you are going to use a Latin phrase please don't apply 'per say, but ''per se' which is Latin for “in itself”, “as itself”. I must add that I'm bemused that a person will recognise inaccuracy, but still abide 'rigidly' by the tenets of a religion. Where is the full understanding between you and God with this sort of thinking?

Precisely, they assume atheists are contrarians by nature and refuse to acknowledge all the valid reasons such an ideological position could exist.

Sadly, there are just as many on the atheist side who will describe literalist or ludicrous theology, in order to mock how absurd it would be for anyone to believe such rubbish. It's not a helpful way to debate anything. We need to learn to listen and to respect, even where we think we are in complete disagreement.

interestingly, the same did the roman pagan wen the early christian didnt believe in theirs.

I think they mean as another way to say "you must be ANTI-religion", as atheists are always depicted as hateful bigots who hate religion and anything and anyone associated with it, which is of course not accurate.

If you really want something to blow your mind, you could learn about the rest of the ancient Near East which surrounded and interacted with the ancient Jewish writers of the biblical scrolls. Once you really understand ancient Egypt, the Phonecians, Ugarit, Sumeria, Akkad, Babylon, Assyria and the Hittites - the religions, history and literature - the Bible looks incredibly different. Just beware of the pseudohistory and pseudo-archeology. Sadly, many of them come from Protestant backgrounds (though usually FAR more evangelical and fundamentalist than Anglicans like yourself.) I forget his name but there was even one guy who claimed to have found Noah's ark on Mount Ararat, but when you look at his "evidence" he's essentially looking at rock in the same way children fantasize seeing images in clouds. Lol. Just a suggestion. I have to imagine someone from your denomination with a serious seminary degree would find all kinds of interesting things in the ancient history of the Near East to be interested in.

I second this comment. Well said.

Yeah I’ve rarely heard of many people converting to Judaism, from what I understand it’s a long hard process. It sounds like he did it to join the same religion as his wife, but I wonder if it’s just a cultural thing or if he actually believes in the Judaic god as his form of “theism”

@@LordJagd you do realize that the Jewish God is the same as the Christian God and also Allah of the Muslims, right? All three are Abrahamic religions and all three consider Abraham as the patriarch of their faith and that all of them are descendants of said Abraham.

@@RachaelMarieNewport They're claimed to be the same god by the religions themselves, but to be honest there's a lot of huge differences between those three gods, especially between Islam and the others - god in Islam asks for things and says things that the god of Christianity wouldn't. Also, in Christianity most people think that Christ was also god, so that's a fundamental difference between the Christian and Judaic gods.

@@LordJagd I didn't say there were no differences between the 3, in fact there are massive differences in each branch, especially in Christianity. All three have an extremely fundamentalist and uber conservative sect or sects in them, all 3 have more moderate and liberal sects as well. The church where I was baptized was originally part of the Church of Christ, but split with them in the 1800s over wanting to include the organ and other musical instruments in their services and became known as Disciples of Christ to differentiate them from Church of Christ. Which is not the same as Church of God which is very popular in the Southern US. Also radically different from the church I belonged to and the interdisciplinary college group I was a member of after I graduated from high school. Both were fundamentalist and conservative. The church was an Assembly of God church which is Pentecostal. The group was led by a young couple who pushed the Evangelical message and believed in the literal truth of the Bible. My mom was raised as Christian Scientist and then converted to Episcopalian church (US version of the Anglican church). I have relatives who are Catholic as we all as many other Cristian sects. I have family members who are agnostic or atheist. Some like me turned to non Abrahamic religions. I became Pagan myself. Yes converting to Judaism is a lengthy and difficult process because they unlike Christianity and Islam do not proselytize and make it clear you have to seriously want to join them. Learning Hebrew is only part of the process. And if you are in a country that doesn't practice infant circumcision as a matter of course like the US until the mid 80s, you have to undergo adult circumcision at least traditionally since it was part of the covenant. In fact one of the controversial issues in the early Christian church was over whether Gentiles had to be circumcised and follow a kosher diet. Much of what Paul did to increase numbers in his travels was to say Gentiles did not have to do those things. Later many Westrrn counties adopted circumcision as a public health issue and it was pretty routine in them until recently. My son who was born in the US in 1987, and we were asked and his dad said to go ahead. I am not sure if I would make the same decision today. Muslims also practice infant circumcision.

I found your comment inspiring, as I haven't heard such comments from muslims before.

@@rogerwilco2 you could have but they weren’t addressing their religion

Fundamentalists? The Quran Is the word of Allah, how could any Muslim not believe in it 100%?

@@aldamon Progressive Muslims maybe? I don't fully understand it either, but maybe that's the future for Islam to make it more palatable to the modern western world.

@@hullie7529 not now, not ever my man, what wasn't part of the religion when it first came will never be a part of it and is not a part of it today, there have been many innovators in the past and they all failed and ended up in the dust bin of history, thanks to our scholars shouting from the mountain tops and warning against them. ;)

Well there's a whole bunch of them and you can even print your own if you want to be a real catholic

@@adaptercrash What do you mean by that?

@@adaptercrash You need to take into account that the catolich church has changed a lot since the 17th century

@@Lucas-yf1es yeah we use to go to church, I shouldn't have to I'm not severe catholic only limited by its very own downfalls

Haha. Sorry about that!

@@UsefulCharts No problem. That Bible Unearthed is a great book btw. Love from Tasmania!

I'm not sure if science is the method here. It's certainly empirically sound, but I think experimentation is required.

r/dontyouknowwhoiam/

IKR? It’s like, “Boom”!

That person, if he/she watched this, maybe surprised because he/she just found out about Matt's profession.

they just got owned, i would've been so embarrassed.

When people care more about the credentials than the quality of the work produced it becomes problematic. The reverse is also problematic. Useful charts is a great example of quality work by someone qualified to do so and sources to back up his claims

so sorry to hear that maddie - it’s a shame that people teaching the bible with poor biblical literacy has pushed you away from the faith. i urge you to look up Michael Heiser either on youtube or listen to his Naked Bible podcast on spotify/apple. Heiser is a very knowledgeable Old Testament scholar who both regularly interacts with modern biblical criticism / scholarship yet also has a pragmatic view of the faith. He is a very smart christian man who doesn’t just blindly believe. It’s a shame that there are many christians who cannot answer the concerns of doubters, who then eventually get pushed away. God bless you sister.

Other options on youtube are Testify and InspiringPhilosophy. Each show their sources throughout all their claims, so it's easy to go fact checking them. And they're clear on what claims are archeological vs reason/logical (not sure the term).

Great that you are now learning more about the christian faith. Now I would challenge you to pick up the Bible itself and go through it Genesis to Revelations. You'll learn plenty more than on this channel!

It's quite a fascinating document, from a historical, political, and cultural standpoint. Unfortunately, religions generally discourage people from looking at the actual historical, political, and cultural standpoints.

I was raised atheist and hold very deep atheist beliefs, but I've recently started interacting more with various theist friends and I'm trying to better understand how they approach the world -- why certain things that seem blatantly obvious from an atheist point of view may look much different to someone who was raised differently. This channel has been immensely helpful, because it clearly separates scientific/historical facts from myth, legend, and faith.

Haha.

Hahahahah.

​​@@UsefulCharts this was the moment you (metaphorically) took our your Oxford annotated NRSV, your three diplomas and your entire childhood memoirs and dropped them along with the mic. (politely) 🙇🎤⛪📚 🎤 💣💥

@@mustafarahi8670 I say, "Flex away." It's fun to school people who make assumptions from time to time. I enjoy flexing mine when trolls like to school me on public policy and politics.

love this channel. I also sometimes watch another channel who doesn't have a degree, but he has read all the religious texts, and also the Nag Hamadi, Targums of Palestine, Emerald Tablet of Thoth, Gospel of the Holy Twelve, Essene Gospel of Peace and more, as well as historical documents from the time. I know I'll never be able to read all of these and study with anyone, so it's interesting to be sure.

It's a credit to him that he has been so objective on this subject that people thought he was an atheist. Typically when a abrahamic theist speaks on this subjects it's quite clear that their believes are affecting their argumentation.

I like this series but I prefer septuagint numbers than Masoretic personally

that’s cool! what kind of orthodox church are you? i am greek orthodox

@@iamnotachickennugget7655 I'm serbian orthodox

@@djordjejaric3214 Im as well an Serbian orthodox christian but i'm more of agnostic i'm only culturally christian because Serbian national identity is deeply tied with orthodox christianity.

Orthodox Christianity is a very respectable and deep tradition, I think. Free from literalism and full of interesting symbols, philosophy and stories. (I'm an atheist but interested in church art.)

Thanks. I know you've been watching for a long time so that means a lot 🙂

One of my new favourites too!

Agree. And I would definitely read or listen to Matt’s autobiography. What an interesting life and thanks for sharing it with us.

Awww, thank you!

@Ousmaila Bouba I'm a Supreme Minister

@@bl00dhoney okay so basically, I’m monkey.

@@AaTagPag congratulations

To many people, including ministers, the bible is not literal history. It is about the messages in the bible, and the theology; a combination of parable, allegory, moral teachings, and history.

I’m palpatine. Do it!

What church did you go to? Lucky...

@@glasscardproductions4736 I grew up in the Episcopal church and I'm still a member.

@@markballard9942, ah. Makes more sense.

I was raised a Presbyterian. I was also taught that the bible was a mix. I was taught that logic supercedes literalism as the proper hermeneutics.

@@alankent perhaps they’ve just been more successfully infiltrated. And infiltration doesn’t happen with things that aren’t important enough to someone else who knows the truth, and wants to make sure no one else does.

I am also a humanist and atheist. What you said was what i was thinking, just more eloquent.

Ironically, the word “atheist” appears on a lot of UsefulCharts’ comment sections more than “Christian” or “Muslim”

Marxism also affects me and it does not work anyway but people still shill it.

Why did you say the A-word bro. I am disgusted, dishonoured and trembling with anger. How dare you.

myth legend and historical

I usually comment on music. This presentation was very informative whether you are very tradional or liberal in your beliefs. It is good and correct to be open to other concepts of anything in life if you respect your brain's ability to function. Bruce Meredith.

Funny you should say that he’s tranquility incarnate- I use his videos to help me fall asleep- not because they’re boring! Far from it! he just has a soothing voice and cadence 😊

🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

@@UsefulCharts oh shit you are? Cool

".....half-canadian theist...."????????????

@@lobstered_blue-lobster im guessing that means that one of their parents immirgrated from Canada and the other did not

@@translarrybutz I heard that in Canada people non-whites don't refer to themselves as Irish-Canadians/Black-Canadians/Fillipino-Canadians etc. They also refer to themselves as *Canadians.*Pretty sure he is reffering to that just as you said now that I re-read it. I originally thought he was indicating he was half-theist and half-atheist which is...you know.

Even if the religious texts have a kernel of truth when it comes to human nature and society, the central premise of a deity with transcendent attributes falls flat on its face. When looking at the texts from an objective perspective using reason and science proving it’s falsity, the grand claims in it in my opinion dismisses the entirety of it

Especially in politics

Yes religious videos particularly Judaism, Christianity and Islam is very difficult to do because of opposition by literalists. But I do recommend your courageous yet calm approach

@@TJCampbell78 Yep. From what I've heard, the political spectrum used to be well, a spectrum.

This is such a useful teaching phrase. Seriously.

I literally clapped when he brought up his PhD. XD

@@stephanieho6162 exactly

@@stephanieho6162 My reaction too lol. But I was mostly surprised that there is a field of "Psychology of Religion". Makes perfect sense when you think about it, but it was unfamiliar to me.

Useful Charts brought RECEIPTS!

​@@PeterP_ the psychology of religion. The research field that dare not speak its name (within proximity of a church.) I've had students flinch when I mentioned its existence. And I'm not even exaggerating.

That is correct but the problem lies with those who believe in 100% literal Bible interpretation. It is impossible to change their minds, and if presented with evidence that disproves their theories (i.e, the age of earth or dinosaur fossils) they simply discount the scientific qnd archeological evidence because for them "faith" trumps all.

To me the Bible is meant to serve as a guide to being good, through stories, and legends, that kinda snuggly fit into history, which is sweet.

I think many difficulties come from how far back the events of the Old Testament go. But As a Pentecostal, I believe that the New Testament has concrete historical evidence to back up the events described. But each to their own, every individual is free to believe in the things they want too.

@@senpainoticeme9675 God claims to be the truth so if young earth is false the only thing that tells me is the story wasn't literal I don't know why so many people have a problem with that.

Because that’s the favorite catchword here on the internet. ‘Uneducated”. If you don’t agree with somebody, or have a different opinion, you’re “uneducated”. They LOVE that word. And considering some the grammar/spelling they use, I find it amusing.

It is what religion does to you.

YES and as I learned with my dad who is a devout Christian IN seminary, you’re correct in that many just doNOT consider these things! :)

@Stratis Georgilis what punctuation is there to be added...? Also Eminem has punctuation just not in the correct positions.

each day of the lords is a 1000 years.when you multiply 6,868 of the Jewish calendar you get a far more reasonable numbet,the book I read said it adds up to 4.5 billion years, sorry I read the book 20 years ago some details r fuzzy think its psalm 92

@@dffndjdjd Well that's intense

at least your mother believes the earth is billions of years old

I dont think Jack Black expected to look like Jack Black either.

He’s shown his face before

Sounds like him, too!

A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.

Reminder that all these people were Jack Black

Historically Doctor meant Teacher (which may explain Luke as a Doctor, rather than a Physician - difficult to follow actually). anyway, one question one of my friends worked on, and I dont know if he succeeded was trying to match the genology timelines of Jesus/David and the Kings of Israel/Judah and the rulers of the immediate eastern civilisations'.

Wow. Incredibly ironic on that one as Saints Ambrose, Augustine, Jerome, Gregory the Great, Thomas Aquinas, etc., etc., even lacked the PhDs (though Aquinas had a Master's), and none had MD's and yet they're all considered Doctors of the Church within Roman Catholic tradition. Face palming and eye rolling, indeed!

i’m chilean but same, i honestly thought everyone took the old testament as metaphorical, and that people who took it literally were small minorities. it wasn’t until i started spending more time on the internet that i realised how massive they actually are.

@@ValKagamineNyan De hecho, tengo la Vta edición de Ediciones Paulinas de la Biblia, traducida en equipo por el Dr. Evaristo Martín Nieto, y en el estudio preliminar aclara que el valor es teológico y no científico (que sí es histórico, pero como la historia de una caída y su redención). Tiene notas al pie esclarecedoras: por ejemplo, sobre Caín y Abel, que según el Genesis eran uno pastor y otro agricultor, dice en la nota que al hagiógrafo no le interesa explicar cómo vivían los primitivos cazadores y recolectores; sino que usa esas profesiones que eran las que el común de la gente podía entender.

Those commenters are mostly american protestants mostly evangelicals fundamentalists, Seeing the bible as literary.

I think the anglosphere is pretty toxic as far as properly understanding the world for what it is. This is coming as someone who grew up in rural Canada and still lives there. There is a level of arrogance built into the logic of the culture. This is to say it is essential to the rationalization of our society. It makes it really hard to properly see outside. I'm not trying to excuse it, it is of our own creation so we have only ourselves to blame. But it kind of has to be carried around with you when you are trying to understand the disconnect between the anglosphere and the rest of the world. It's really messed up it feels a bit equivalent to the citizens of Rome in the Italian peninsula as things started to get Shakey in the third century. When it's all you've known and the logic of society says that what you have created is the greatest there ever was conceiving of anything different is almost impossible.

@@kmills2554 It's not even the Anglosphere, it really is--with exceptions like Ken Ham--Americans and only Americans.

I couldn't agree more!

If you don’t mind my asking…What was it that caused you to turn away from an evangelical Christian background to becoming an atheist? Of course I realize that just because one has a “background” in something, it does not automatically identify him/her as whatever that something is. But, since you’ve identified yourself as an atheist I’m just curious as to how you ended up going in the complete opposite direction?

@@sadiea4381 A long and complicated story - probably too long for KZfaq. Let's see... My decision to allow Jesus into my heart was sincere, but very emotionally based. At the time I was taking drugs. I wanted to believe, but thought Christianity was intellectually bankrupt. Came across some Campus Christians who were using the apoplogetics of Francis Schaeffer, etc., so that "gave me permission" to allow my emotions to dictate. So, foundations were strong but brittle? (Initial evangalism - hey guys Jesus is really cool . Pass joint.) I converted, full of the Holy Spirit and joy, etc. Then got into discipleship, attended an interdenominational Bible School, worked with Youth With A Mission for a year. Always believed all Christians should love each other. Fought against doubt, against my (hetero)sexuality. (Timothy said we should treat women as mothers and sisters.) Noted that a lot of churches spent a lot of time arguing against other churches rather than for the lord. Heard too much false teaching - especially grating to hear "Hebrew" or "Greek" being used to argue against the plain meaning of scripture. Prophecy on the basis of the OT, rather than the New. Anti-intellectualism, anti-science. Biblical hostility to a gay friend that I really just wanted to hug. Left that church for another, and a year later it came out that the pastor of the church I left was using "unorthodox counselling techniques" with female members of the congregation. Managed to hold it together for another three years. Went off to a foreign country to learn the language to prepare to be a missionary. Away from the support of my brothers and sisters, I ... had the time and space to ... think what I really thought, ... feel what I really felt... I started to see how emotionally messed up I was. I had no idea what human beings even were. Over a period of six months, all the god stuff started falling away. Unfortunately, because I was "raised" with Schaefferian absolutes, heading towards a more liberal Christianity didn't seem to be an option. It was all or nothing. So, with knowledge of the fires of hell awaiting me if I chose wrong, I eventually made the decision to utterly renounce god. Hardest thing I've ever done in my life. Over the next few years I read and read and read - anthropology, sociology, psychology, philosophy, neuroscience, counselling. And I made non-Christian friends, and even acquired non-Christian lovers. As a general rule, my life, thirty five plus years on, is now emotionally rich and rewarding, and comfortable. But revisiting the trauma (as here, or in encounters with volubly religious people) is difficult. I am ever so happy to have gotten free, to be able to live my life in kindness to all of good will. Best wishes for your journey.

@@mikeharrison1868 You must be a great wonderful young man, but there is something I want you to know if you have not be able to know it before. Jesus Christ make it clear to everyone who believes in Him, He said Love your God with everything in you and the next is your neighbor. The biggest problem is: how can you love God you don't see but claimed to love others? This lead us to what Jesus Christ said in summary that, once you love others you love God. Been atheist or not doesn't change the facts, the fact is LOVE. But Mr. Mike Harrison, you don't have to run away from Christianity to proof yourself right or wrong, the reason is, in as much Human Beings exist, always expect good or bad. Have a wonderful day. God bless you in Jesus Name, Amen and Amen.

@@davidafolayan5707 Hey dude, I was a Christian from 75 to 86. Young man is totally inappropriate and patronising. I've heard all the arguments. I've thought carefully about them. Not interested in brainwashing myself again.

Fellow Jew, and I agree. I ended up buying the biblical chart from his site for Torah study to keep lineages straight. Lol. I love his channel and how he has presented this

Omg Hannah Montana 😭😂 I love this comment so much

What was missing in Hanna Montana movie?

@@kingdom1872 At the end of the movie Miley convinces this entire town that found out she was Hannah Montana to never mention it again and everyone goes on their merry way

it actually can make sense - according to the story it was very humiliating to eygpt and the pheroh , and according to the story he was very strong headed pheroh- so it makes sense he can order to not write it in the first place

@@polpol2739 yes but literally everyone else could still write about. It’s not like other people aren’t going to run into 2 million travelers.

Same! I love learning about history :)

I personally believe nobody can be more than 50% right on any given personal experience on anything, you know just what you know, not the unknown unknowns. It would take something like actually doing PhDs, countless exposures like his and even going against your own believes to even breach that mark, and yes, he's surely much more qualified to be touching this subject.

Welcome to the internet :)

that's how Jesus would have handled it.

@@pastcolours citing a Person you don’t believe in?

@@jmstouter6572 Who doesn't believe in who ?

@@pastcolours are you claiming to have a literal belief in Jesus Christ?

@@jmstouter6572 Oh, my apologies, I see where you are going lol..."Claims" , I made no claims lol, I simply said, He did what Jesus would do. I'm not up with arguing. Have a nice day.

Probably because the channel isn't enough about chart making.

He’s 70% of the way there!

I did my part

I'm sorry to hear what that student wrote about you in his evaluation... rather distasteful on his part. However, are you still interested in knowing who wrote the Bible?

Just out of pure curiosity why did he suggest that mary was not a virgin and it was a translation error? If you remember of course.