Bishop Barron on the Resurrection of Jesus

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[@JosephDEnright]

This has quickly become one of my favorite of Bishop Barron's videos! 1. There is more to life than just this world 2. Tyrants tremble in the presence of the cross 3. There is hope for everyone, especially the hopeless

[@PGBurgess]

+Joseph Enright 1- the assertion that there is on biased emotional grounds 2- true, but i think historicly more people have trembled in front of the cross used by tyrants as the other way round 3- same as point one, only with the humble admition (and i mean that possitive) that it is 'hope of-'

[@floydfan82]

+Joseph Enright My thoughts on the new atheist apostle's comments of discouragement: 1. How boring it must be for one to believe that this life/world is all that there is. Atheism is boring. Blessed are you to aspire to that which is greater - the God that is love himself. Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love. 1 John 4:8 Nothing emotional about that, and especially not rooted in the secular understanding of what love is. 2. Again, how terrible that one should look upon such period of time (of persecution) with ridicule, when the God that you and I profess as Risen is outside of space and time. For it is written: "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bend before me, and every tongue shall give praise to God." So [then] each of us shall give an account of himself [to God]. Romans 14:11-12 3. All of the saints at some point in their lives grasped such hope, even in their sinfulness. I say, hold tight (with humility) to this great understanding of salvation. St. Therese of Lisieux writes in her autobiography, The Story of a Soul: This desire might seem presumptuous, seeing how weak and imperfect I was and still am, even after eight years as a nun, yet I always feel the same fearless certainty that I shall become a great saint. I'm not relying on my own merits, as I have none, but I put my hope in Him who is goodness and holiness Himself. It is He alone who, satisfied with my feeble efforts, will raise me to Him, will clothe me with His infinite merits, and will make me a saint.

[@liljade53]

@@PGBurgess No, historically more have been transformed by the cross, but were too busy afterwards spreading the joy and hope they had ,to interest secular historians. Their history's are out there, however, and underneath or intertwined with secular history, which shrugged them off, or just denied them altogether because it did not support their world view.

[@elisarivera1678]

I do love everything about bishop Barron.

[@nellahashimoto1342]

Thank you thank you Bishop Barron. God bless.

[@Joshualbatross]

Thank you Bishop Barron, I needed to hear this just now. ✝️

[@AnnaS-ct2ni]

Love the connection to John Paul II! Thank you, Bishop Barron!!

[@Dynasty_FIow]

Thank you for doing these videos and replying to people. You are a Bishop on youtube. You have been a great source for me for a long time.

[@richardwhite2344]

What a fantastic and Inspiring video!!! Bishop Barron is one of the greatest speakers I have ever heard. Love his videos.

[@mckenna8663]

Thank you... A WONDERFUL message. May all who have ears to hear....hear this.

[@feehantheology]

Bishop Barron, I have been using your videos for years in my theology classes and I just had to thank you for all that you do. This video on the Resurrection in particular is going to help my freshmen so much in my next unit of study. This is a very helpful tool in expressing the resurrection in a non sentimental and real world way. Too many treatments of the resurrection are these personal, spiritual treatments and it just becomes "what about me?" I do believe that how we are public in our Catholicism is a very difficult task and my prayer is that we learn how to be true to our Catholicism a as well as being loving to those not of our faith so that we are forces for unity and not division.

[@CatholicIrish11]

Thank you Bishop Barron. This was very insightful. You help me to understand my faith. God Bless you 🙏

[@michaelsorensen8670]

God bless Bishop Barron along with Jordan Peterson and Francis Collins. Bishop Barron's videos are the best on KZbin

[@curious1curious]

This is your forte, Bishop Barron. Of all you do, this is where you shine and make the greatest difference for all humankind. We people of the world need you to keep making clarifying videos like this, for they do the most to bring the true nature of God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit to our souls. My prayer continues to be that you create at least a weekly TV show, if not daily, that runs over the free "air" TV waves for all to access. Currently, it is impossible to find a Catholic show on TV. You could start by running these KZbin videos on the "air." If I were your boss, with all due respect, this is all I'd have you do. It is the clarification and understanding we all can use in greater and greater degree. It is your best effort, most effective form, by far, of evangelizing. God Bless You and Thank You.

[@thecatholicmass]

GOD is a level of love that cant be only words but must be also expressed threw actions! his LOVE is very very powerfull cant believe he finds me so special it makes me love him more and more!

[@robonios9111]

For those interested in the historical evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, check out Gary Habermas & Mike Licona, The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus. Great book that everyone should read, Christian and non-Christian alike. Thanks again Bishop Barron for another insightful video, keep up the good work. God bless.

[@vincewyn1396]

5th day of Divine Mercy Novena! "Today bring to Me THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO HAVE SEPARATED THEMSELVES FROM MY CHURCH, and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy. During My bitter Passion they tore at My Body and Heart, that is, My Church. As they return to unity with the Church, My wounds heal and in this way they alleviate My Passion." 😇St. Faustina of Kowalska please 🙏🏻4us

[@panos093]

Very refreshing. Thank you.

[@TolkienStudy]

Keep up the great work Bishop Barron. thank you for being this generation's Fulton Sheen.

[@sshealy1]

I was thinking the same thing! Bishop Barron is the modern Fulton Sheen.

[@guitardds]

"The cross has always been a taunt to tyrants" SO true in today's world.

[@chessgeek10707]

+bonnie43uk Sad and true, Bonnie, and the Inquisition is a good example of how man can just twist something good into bad. However, the Bible itself is filled with stories of how God sets things right again and even uses evil to conduct His will. Please don't let the unflattering history of Christianity cloud your view of the Truth and hide your own path to true happiness.

[@guitardds]

bonnie43uk However, Jesus was not carrying that cross.

[@abdulrahmanalqutaym6742]

Jesus didn't die he was raised by to angles before his crucifixion to the second heaven and there's three story sides for what really happened: 1- God informed Jesus that he must choose one of his disciples to be in his place and God will give him a higher rank in the heavens and the youngest one accepted that and God changed his face to Jesus . And it appeared to people that he was Jesus. 2 - before the crucifixion God changed the face of the traitor Judas Iscariot for his treason and it appeared to people that he is Jesus. 3- the whole scene of the crucifixion was like a fiction it appeared to the people that Jesus dying on the cross but in reality it's a trial to test the believers faith. ( note : the idea of the crucifixion and a sacrifice of a human being like if he's sheep for humanity sins that's one of the jews rituals they use to kill the prophets on the temple mount on the holy rock they even killed prophet zachriah by a saw and they even killed John the Baptist )

[@petergarlitz8911]

+Abdulrahman Alqutaym Citation please?

[@guitardds]

Abdulrahman Alqutaym I don't believe Muhammed at all. Satanic to think Jesus didn't die, that robs Jesus of his entire purpose. Islam should not be trusted, trick of the devil to make Jesus's saving atonement void.

[@carlparna]

another great sharing of Bishop Baron

[@beastman1083]

Hello, Bishop Barron I'm thankful that your mini-sermons were found. The subject is explained clear and concise and understandable. Presently I'm in a college "Christian Worldview" course and the material presented, for me, is confusing and contradictory, also wordy. In my view, if a topic is too wordy then it is lacking in meaning. I would be tickled-blue if it was possible to discuss topic issues with you or colleagues. These videos are influencing me to return to the Catholic church, although I never really left the faith. You are a voice for Jesus. Thank you!

[@alecfoster4413]

One of Bishop Barron's better videos!

[@alcaylan2523]

Peace be with you. Amen!

[@erikvegeto]

Wonderful!

[@idicula1979]

May all who toil and search for the meaning of all of ages and understanding never perish, but live in eternal and glories of man. And let mere vanities be of no concern, but the humbling of hearts and ego in the presence of all of what's common to all of humanities and all of nature's eternal treasurings.

[@sergeantslaughter5695]

Father, please do a video on the soul. I and I'm sure many others would greatly appreciate it!

[@myopenmind527]

The what? No such thing.

[@sergeantslaughter5695]

Wow dude! You really changed my mind with that comment...

[@myopenmind527]

Sergeant Slaughter people who imagine things are real seldom take the time to investigate if they are. What #method did you use to confirm the soul is a real thing?

[@sergeantslaughter5695]

@@myopenmind527 Metaphysics.

[@myopenmind527]

Sergeant Slaughter you have to ground your metaphysics in something real otherwise you have no method to demonstrate you aren’t just making shit up.

[@samuelosorno9951]

Bishop Barron , you should make a video that talks about the second coming of Jesus to earth. i see that a lot of doctrines talk about this. i would like to see your point of view in this subject. God Bless You!!!

[@terrybuckley96]

Brilliant

[@gugatena4990]

Gracias queridísimo Padre Robert! Le pido sus oraciones por la labor apostólica de Merida Yucatan

[@jesuschristnevergiveupmych2839]

Crusade Prayer (51) “For the Gift of the Holy Spirit” “O come Holy Spirit, pour Your Gift of Love, Wisdom and Knowledge, over my humble soul. Fill me with the Light of Truth, so that I can discern the Truth of God, from the lies spread by Satan and his angels. Help me to grasp the torch and spread the Flame of understanding to all those I meet, through Christ Our Lord, Amen.” ./df

[@ThomasMusings]

Amen to that!

[@bumblebee5926]

Yes!!! Viva Cristo Rey!!!!

[@Lunaticradiohead]

Powerful human being! With the God's light shining strongly above him and above all of us

[@brianmelville520]

Boa Vista, RR, Brazil

[@b_lighty1045]

Amen

[@StayCoolandFrosty]

Amen!

[@praxidescenteno3233]

Jesús Christ resurrected, hold in your Beloved arms your prepared Sons at Heaven!😇😇😇

[@AtlasandLiberty]

I attended 12 years of Catholic schools....graduated in 1984. It is so sad that it took my reading of a Hindu Yogi named Paramahansa Yogananda 2 books, "Autobiography of a Yogi" and "Man's eternal quest" For me to get ROCK SOLID FAITH in Jesus Christ. One of the statements he made That "The Our Father" is the perfect prayer!!! And he made miracles understandable as actual reality. (Yogis have lists of miraculous events that indicate a person is spiritually connected to God the Father)....that what Jesus accomplished was closing the Gap between us and God the Father. unbelievable. Also, Yogananda visited Theresa Neuman in the 1920s and recognised that the hand of God was present. Finally, I actually read a book about Fatima and Saint Mary...does anyone realise that the Progressives/Democrats political policies are exactly what was referred to as the errors of Russia? She meant Vladimir Lenin and Communism....refer to the Constitution of USSR 1977 and see articles 42-49 and other articles and there it is the Democrat party 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016

[@Tonymsfs]

AtlasandLiberty god Bless You

[@NormanBatesIsMyMum]

Tyrants tremble in front of the cross. I'm not a Christian but that is very hard to ignore. Happy Easter !

[@zionofriel6313]

Would love to hear your take on That Azuza now revival now thing in LA at the colosseum

[@maritzafigueroa1934]

Amen 🙏

[@TolkienStudy]

Peter Kreeft. Dostoevsky: " If there is no god, all is permissible" great philosophy Bishop.

[@johnsmallberries3476]

Yep....without the Resurrection NOTHING matters.

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

I always ask this small simple question to our atheist friends...."What Happened To the Body?" Atheists/Materialists have a lot of problems, but this is a Big One.

[@tonyjays5876]

What an awesome video Bishop! Can you please make a review on inception! or interstellar? God Bless

[@Matt-vx3ow]

+Tony Jays He already has a review on Inception, and I believe someone else at Word on Fire did one for Interstellar. Hope that helps!

[@Rerdi1]

I appreciated your reference to the existentialists; I come to the same conclusion. Without a given purpose outside of ourselves, one must naturally conclude absurdism to be true, and from there I move to nihilism, for if the only meaning one can derive is from oneself, them upon death, that meaning dies, and thus was a relativist type of fabrication of one's meaning.

[@CoryTheRaven]

+Jason O'Daniel That's also why I appreciate Nietzsche as one of the only real atheists that has ever lived. He rightly observed that when God goes, so do any concept of good and evil. In a Godless universe, there is only what you CAN do and what you CANNOT do.

[@Rerdi1]

+CoryTheRaven Yes, exactly. and that is why so many see Nietzsche as the figurehead, the poster if you will, of nihilism. I find his writing interesting to read even though I don't agree with it. same for Camus.

[@CoryTheRaven]

Jason O'Daniel Hey, a good atheist who actually understands the issues at stake is actually a refreshing change. Whenever I get one of those guys who are like "you just don't like people disagreeing with you!" I laugh... Gawd, I wish I COULD find someone like a Nietzsche who was worth disagreeing with!

[@zarbins]

@@Rerdi1 Nietzsche was not a nihilist.

[@lambrosmaouris4092]

Pls answer🙏In what ways is he like the Jesus who before his death, walked and talked and ate with his disciples and others?

[@kathyoleen]

🙏✝️

[@thecatholicmass]

catholic for life and on

[@davidalexander5495]

Bishop, Peter Kreeft argues that the crucifixion and resurrection have the effect of separating sin from the sinner. Is that an accurate description?

[@jeffryc.larson3952]

Bishop, I wonder if you could produce a video discussion Jesus' self-proclaimed title of 'Son of Man'. What lessons can we draw from his use of that phrase?

[@QuisutDeusmpc]

It seems to have been His personally preferred way of referring to Himself in His early public ministry. It is a reference to the vision Daniel had of heaven recorded at Daniel 7 (one like a Son of Man was seated next to the Ancient of Days). It seems Jesus Christ had an eschatological understanding of His ministry, ushering in a new order.

[@floydfan82]

“I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to be God. That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic - on the level with the man who says he is a poached egg - or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God, but let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.” -C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

[@tinman1955]

+floydfan82 Lord, liar or lunatic. There's no "None of the above" in C.S.Lewis' multiple choice test. How can he be so certain that some of the bullet-proof evidence is not religious myth? That was my reaction to Mere Christianity and books like it.

[@andrewrozario2476]

Tin Man "Lord, liar or lunatic. There's no "None of the above" in C.S.Lewis' multiple choice test." So you are a jesus mythicist?

[@M_S_R_]

+Bishop Robert Barron If we say that evil does not exist per se, rather that it is a lack of being or a lack of the presence of God, then why do we say that Satan and Demons exist as fallen beings? Aren't these two ideas of evil contradictory?

[@davidalexander5495]

The law of the excluded middle.

[@guitardds]

One Question for you Bishop Barron, why did the disciples find it so hard to believe Jesus rose from the dead when they clearly saw Lazarus come forth, Jarius's daughter, and the young man being carried in the funeral procession that Christ revived? They saw resurrection from the dead with their own eyes, in your opinion, why was it at first hard for them to believe?

[@Jsolitaire]

I think it's because Jesus died a most gruesome death, helpless and weak, and thus the disciples got disheartened

[@ewaldradavich7307]

AdventuresOfTheKanFam. Why didn't the scribes & pharases realize Jesus was the messiah. Why didn't they know & acknowledge the scriptures. Instead they didn't want their game messed up, which 2 them was more important than Jesus, who proved by many miracles & scripture that He was who He said He was.

[@lindagissy9268]

I can't understand what he is saying on my PC. there is an echo of every word he says. Are you having technical difficulties?

[@CircusNarcissus]

What is said in the first minute somehow does not sound as unconditional faith/love.

[@zaharya]

Please change the font of the intro. Please. Please.

[@Zenitself]

7:34 ;)

[@jdc7520]

Thank you so much

[@myopenmind527]

The resurrection is a matter of #faith for Christians, not a matter of #fact.

[@antonloveroftruth5920]

Mr. Barron, I am a sedevacantist and I have a question for you. How can you accept Vatican II saying that Eastern "orthodox" "Christians" are part of the one true church when the Catholic Church says otherwise? Vatican II Sect’s Balamand Statement with the “Orthodox,” #’s 14-15, 1993: “According to the words of Pope John Paul II, the ecumenical endeavor of the sister Churches of East and West, grounded in dialogue and prayer, is the search for perfect and total communion which is neither absorption nor fusion but a meeting in truth and love (cf. Slavorum Apostoli, 27).15. While the inviolable freedom of persons and their obligation to follow the requirements of their conscience remain secure, in the search for re-establishing unity there is no question of conversion of people from one Church to the other in order to ensure their salvation.” It [The Catholic Church]firmly believes, professes, and proclaims that those not living within the Catholic Church, not only pagans, but also Jews and heretics and schismatics cannot become participants in eternal life, but will depart "into everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels" [Matt. 25:41], unless before the end of life the same have been added to the flock; and that the unity of the ecclesiastical body is so strong that only to those remaining in it are the sacraments of the Church of benefit for salvation, and do fastings, almsgiving, and other functions of piety and exercises of Christian service produce eternal reward, and that no one, whatever almsgiving he has practiced, even if he has shed blood for the name of Christ, can be saved, unless he has remained in the bosom and unity of the Catholic Church. (Denzinger 714) how can a heretic and schismatic be a part of the church? Clearly, this dogmatic decree expresses that they must be joined to the Church before the die. How can one be joined to something of which they are already part of, if we are to accept Vatican II saying that eastern "orthodox" "churches" are part of the one true church of Christ.

[@gesz90]

Because Vatican II also defined exactly what the church is and how one participates in the church in greater detail than trent.

[@antonloveroftruth5920]

+gesz90 How? for 2000 years the Catholic Church has taught that schismatics and heretics are alien from the Church. Completely, 100% outside, not "somewhat" inside.

[@gesz90]

+Anton Lover of Truth well, the authority to interpret the councils and teachings of the church belongs to the magisterium of the church. If you interpret them in your own capacity, you're basically doing what Luther did with the Bible. Don't take offense at this please, as what I want the most is for us to find unity.

[@antonloveroftruth5920]

+gesz90 The only way to experience unity is to return to Mother Church (which Vatican II and the antipopes deny!) Dogmatic teachings cannot contradict. I am NOT like Luther because Luther denies DOGMA. I do not deny any dogma. He also interpreted scripture by himself, when I submit to the infallible interpretation of scripture by the Church. It's quite simple. V2 taught heresy, and the Church cannot teach heresy. Therefore, V2 was not Catholic and all the "popes" from John XIII-Francis are antipopes.

[@gesz90]

+Anton Lover of Truth well you're using your interpretation of the councils to discern that. I don't see how that attitude is any different from the "reformers". They used private judgement to discern that the church embraced heresy, what's separating you from them is that you also use councils and tradition, but ultimately the attitude is very similar. If I judge whether Vatican II is valid or not, then I'm like my own Pope.

[@MrTEACHPREACH]

I believe Jesus is risen but who's the white guy in the picture bishop

[@wcatholic1]

"How many Divisions has the Pope?" Stalin. Well, Joseph Vissarionovich, in retrospect perhaps you should have become an orthodox Priest as your mother had wished.

[@samzinsouls554]

6:46 I Love the message but why is Jesus walking on top of a black person?

[@Ryan-dp4rs]

Most likely a depiction of Satan.

[@SpeaksToDragons]

I like how Barron complains about the secularism and yet he enjoys the fruits of secularism.

[@johnb4632]

Syner Genetics; Christians are not stupid we rely on the peace of baylon for our temporal needs.We have families to feed too.

[@johnb4632]

That's babylon of course.

[@QuisutDeusmpc]

Anecdotally, I find it increasingly ubiquitous, the number of people who deny Jesus Christ is God in human flesh. They will use the titles "Son of God" but claims this only refers to his Jewish Messiah-ship, not to his divinity. Even after referring them to pericopes such as John 1: 1-5, 14, & 18; John 8: 31-59; John 10: 22-42, Colossians 2: 9, etc. they believe he is simply human. I refer them to passages where Jesus Christ claims the power to forgive sins, and claims honor equal to YHWH / the Father, His miraculous healings, etc and they don't seem to blink an eye. At the same time, they are claiming the "Bible" as their warrant for their beliefs. It baffles me. Would love to get the references for those paintings of the Paschal death of Christ around 3: 30 - 3: 53.

[@FatherJoel]

Jean Paul Sartre would have to have one of the greatest lazy eyes in all of history.

[@peet4921]

''If no God, then life is absurd.'' ''If life is absurd, and we all just fade away, what's the point ?'' In the whole scheme of things, nothing. But that moment in time when you're alive, everything. Resurrection of Jesus, true or false ? Definitely the latter. Change my mind.

[@BobJP77]

It sounds to me like if they can’t see or hear God than God doesn’t exist and The Universe created itself. If God doesn’t exist than nothing and nobody else does.

[@davidfenton3910]

People that don't use and trust their own senses, can't be expected to listen to others when they point out the senselessness, which of course I didn't when I believed in Jesus. Thankfully reality led me to more true to reality living, via direct revelation concerning the invalidity of the bible and unreality of Jesus. Of course I wouldn't expect anyone to break integrity to what they consider true, that is 'unnatural' as it is basically asking someone to disagree with what they consider actually true. So if you truly think Jesus resurrected etc then you should maintain integrity to that and only change it if and as you see the need. At the same time, I would say that it's not an honest practice to testify of things one has no direct experience of, so unless you've seen Jesus in the flesh, it's best to stick to the standard of a witness who only passes on what their own eyes have seen, ears have heard and hands have handled. 1 John 1 v 1. I would suggest openly talking to god/reality etc concerning the reality of Jesus and the resurrection accounts. The consequences of believing in and propagating lies is that they infect the future making it a living 'hell', if 'hell' is defined as some degree of absence of truth in one's thinking and living. So life is not pointless without the resurrection of Jesus, it takes on it's true place in ongoing reality ... what we do and cause to be now founds all the future that arises from it and as most have children or love family etc this is most meaningful and sensible. Historically the Romans had a hell of a time dealing with the Jews. They were a militaristic people with a religion, BASED IN HISTORY i.e. physically real in the believers minds. And they looked for military leaders to help them overcome their enemies e.g. David, Gideon, Saul, Joshua, Moses. Note: Judea was the only nation, as far as I know that overcame it's Roman rule and established it's own national sovereignty within the boundaries of the ancient Roman Empire. A lot of the energy and determination to do that came from their religious ideology. The basing of an Ideological motivator into HISTORY, was probably noted by Rome and seen as superior in it's ability to take hold and grow in human minds and hearts ... because it was believed to be historical i.e. real. It would have made sense for them to take on this upgrade to their religions, which were a social control device to them. A well constructed and hid history is as un-falsifiable as a heavenly being but it seems a lot more real when believed, because history is real and tangibly imaginable while the heavens are distant and less tangible to the mind. Cheers Sincerely David F

[@johnl.cwierz9750]

It is very important, as you say, for all believers to have a clear concept of this great event. Before I go on, we have to get to the terms, so that our agreement will be complete. First. God the Father is: Almighty, Omnipresent, Eternal and, of course Immortal, OK? Second, His Son, God Jesus Christ, being of the same substance as the Father has the same qualities and characteristics, OK? Third, our credo says clearly that Jesus Chistus "Pasus" and Sepultus Est. Nothing to the effect that he died on the cross. Fourth, He, Jesus Christus, being God, and as "He said to Pilate" My Kingdom is not of this world, clearly told him, that is Pilate, that he, Pilat could not kill him, because He, Jesus Chistus is Immortal. Do you understand what does this mean????? Even if he would be cut HIM in a million pieces, death had no effect on Him, and He, Jesus Christ could not die like a common human mortal. He, Jesus Christ has won the battle against dead SIMPLY BY NOT DYING ON THE CROSS. And last and final, if, at any moment our Lord Jesus Christ would die on the Cross, then He could NOT BE GOD. Because as God as He is, He is Immortal. But He is God, the son of God the Father, since he WON THE BATTLE AGAINST DEATH BY NOT DYING ON THE CROSS. Alll of the rest of His Stay on the earth remains the same. May God Bless you. Thank you.

[@ewaldradavich7307]

As with any subject those who choose 2 b informed & formulate rational though & decisions do. Others make un informed bar room assertions. Some don't know that they don't know. Read & study the bible as it is without prejudice & b transparent. No religion just Gods word.

[@DonSanchoPanza]

"Christ is put the death by the power of Rome in collusion with some of Jewish leadership." You got it backwards.

[@JohnnyBGoode1122]

Jean-Paul Sarte really would have looked a lot cooler with an eyepatch.

[@idicula1979]

I see your point but I don't think Jesusfrom died. I think everybody born of this world died of this world, including Jesus. I don't think your teaching are in vein, I respect you and people like you very much. Jesus lives everything you love and hold dear is alive not in the flesh but through your spirit. We all will die, you will die, but Jesus dying on the cross, through tourture was not the first one to die, but he was the first in history to suffer for a higher principle. By him dying showed that death all though we must all journey through its doors, has no power over us. May your teaching far out live you Bishop Richard Barron you will die, but what you have strived for in life will show that the story of your life, is your life, and not your death which rings it's bells tolling and pride bellowing for us all threw life's breeze of hollow and harsh.

[@comicsans3845]

Yes, life has no purpose. If the purpose of life is to go to heaven, then, the shorter you live the better because you can go to heaven and be with God. That's dumb.

[@GlimpseCorp]

I disagree that if he did rise from the dead that therefore what he says he is must be true. If he did rise from the dead, then that merely means at the very least that that detail is correct, but it could just be that the laws of physics allows for it to happen, in which case it's nothing special and just physical phenomena. It wouldn't falsify the story, but we couldn't know if all of the story (him being God and therefore a God exists, for example) was true.

[@jetc4332]

+Teak At what point does an accumulation of "coincidences" become convincing evidence?

[@GlimpseCorp]

JeTc I think it depends on the subject. Something as small as an 8 year old stealing a cookie from a cookie jar wouldn't require much, as it's entirely plausible and probable. But something as big as aliens existing and contacting us, or the existence of worm holes to other dimensions, that would require quite a few "coincidences", I'd say. In fact, for things as big as worm holes or other dimensions, I don't think any amount of coincidences would do it. You'd just straight up need solid proof. But I also think it depends on the person. Maybe there's a number of coincidences that would convince someone of God, and maybe someone is so strict that not even any amount of coincidences would even convince someone of a child stealing a cookie. It's pretty much subjective on what is an adequate amount to be proof.

[@jetc4332]

Teak Yes, some people need more evidence (like Thomas who demanded to put his fingers in Christ's wounds before he believed), but for everyone there must be a point where all those "coincidences" become convincing evidence (notice I am not saying "proof").

[@GlimpseCorp]

JeTc I'm not sure if I have a point where it becomes convincing evidence, at least for this subject, or the subject of the multiverse, or wormholes, or other dimensions. But even if I had a point, I don't know what it is. I'd have to encounter it to know what it is really.

[@jetc4332]

Teak yes... but seek and you shall find...

[@athomenotavailable]

Life is not absurd. Some humans feel that life is absurd. Therefore they choose to believe in a higher power.,

[@tjfitzgerald7346]

Pity that there persists myths foisted by some rather outdated 'scholarship' that the Gospels were written several centuries after Jesus life on earth and a great 'conspiracy' was organized to defraud believers. In fact most of the current historical discussion is in focused no longer on centuries, but rather on how many decades after Jesus the Gospels were written; not centuries. Reading closely the accounts by Polycarp, Irenaeus, and others, whose writings have been validated universally in time and authenticity, show that the 4 Gospels were already well known in the 2nd century (100+ AD). Irenaeus died in 202 well into his 80's. Polycarp KNEW and was a disciple of St. John the Apostle; knew of his Gospel. In the Acts of the Apostles (whose authenticity and date are well established as written by St. Luke), there is no evidence at all that the Apostles disagreed with St. Paul. The only fraud being committed about the evolution of the Church are those who persist in 'conspiracy theories' about Church history. If 2000+ years of history of the Church, the only organization that has persisted and endured virtually unchanged, are not proof of the continuum of Jesus' teaching and blessings on the Church, given that not one other religion, political system, empire has endured, well those who persist in disbelief have closed themselves off from truth and facts.

[@idicula1979]

But Father Richard Barron religion and infact Christianity is far more richer then that. I don't think people have to believe in God to believe what Jesus stood for, the early Christians branches grew in all sorts of manner and verb. There where thousands of disciplines under it's umbrella. I don't belive God is real, and Jesus is not real, well it's more complicated then that it is for us to take up his cross and then his sufferings become real, our sufferings become lesser. We realize what he withstood through his toils and sufferings makes our sufferings mere nothing's but we must take up his cross, we must take up the cross and work of our ancestors. We must take up the cross of all who tried to make our tomorrows more brighter and brilliant then our yesterday. All of tourture and the bleak of death stands as what Christianity conquered, and that is why America must not tourture, but that rant is for another day.

[@ToriKo_]

Just as delusional as I am

[@steved7961]

Why are you hiding your crucifix under your jacket?

[@tookie36]

2:27 his strawman here is always upsetting. This is the same behavior he criticizes atheists for.

[@eclecticreader961]

This is a very nice dictation. I personally find the secular view of religion to be frightening, because I don't like the thought of vanishing into nothingness. In my faith, I believe that God has a dimension for all spirits; the spirit is what remains but not the body, which is just a vessel. Historically, the Romans were horrible to the Jewish. They slaughtered everyone: Jews, Christians, Gnostics, Pagans, Israelites, Celtics, Druids, etc.

[@johnb4632]

Eclectic Reader; I refuse to let the Jews off the hook for Christ death. Blood is on their hands and as Peter said in Acts in scripture they will be judged for this sin.Catholics are letting this utter nonsense of watering down the Jews were innocents.This is a false teaching.The Jewish people and even some heretical christian sects say well Jesus never intended a new religion really.We all know how the catholic saints felt about the cruelty of the Jews.But modern scholars are trying to revise history which is nonsense.

[@TheGuiltsOfUs]

It never happened

[@logikylearguments6852]

You're asking me to believe the frigging sun went out for 3 hours, nobody bothers to write about it for dozens of years after the fact. The same area of the world where- half the stars have semetic names because the area has such deep astronomical roots. Oh, and nevermind the fact that the Bible claims the dead elders rose from the grave and mingled with the people the same day. You are drunk if this even resembles a sane story to you 😅😅😅😂

[@Wgaither1]

How can any Catholic have peace with God knowing they will have to suffer in purgatory for who knows how long . Glad I don’t believe there heretical teachings

[@chris-solmon4017]

In all honesty, I thought that most people understood by now, that the resurrection was about the sun rising up in the sky after the spring equinox? Easter = East Star (the sun rises in the east). The Sun provides everlasting life. Because without the sun, life on earth dies. Literally. Not that astrotheology ruins Christianity - but, isn't the resurrection about us dying to our ego and rising to higher spirituality?

[@gesz90]

Why do you expect people understand that load of crap by now? Only the ignorant perhaps.

[@BishopBarron]

+Sol Mon You think that all of the apostles would have gone to their death defending such a banality?!

[@abdulrahmanalqutaym6742]

True christinty had been distorted since 325 AD after the first council of nicaea when the Romans and Greeks burned many bibles and churches thanks to God that there still some remnants of Jesus teachings but then the liar paul come with his evil letters and created ( Catholicsim ) and the (trinity) and the rule of the church . Christinty now isn't a monotheistic religion it's all about trinity it's a polytheist belief of the pagan Romans and Greeks. And now you take it to the next stage of polytheism and blasphemy to call Jesus God dying on a cross for humanity sins how dear you now I got the idea of enternal hellfire because humans are the most ignorant and blasphemous creatures on this planet .

[@klausvonzeit8686]

+Abdulrahman Alqutaym Tell me, are you a Muslim, a Unitarian, or a troll?

[@thedramaticcharismatic5664]

...no. Just no. What are you smoking and where can I get some?

[@robertlight6905]

Facticity? You got text, nothing more. Your faith is absurd. You make a specific historical claim and then retreat from verification.

[@BishopBarron]

99% of what we know about most figures from the ancient world is based on texts. And in point of fact, we have more reliable historical information about Jesus than we have about practically any other figure from the ancient world. Who's retreating from verification?

[@robertlight6905]

@@BishopBarron We have more physical evidence of King Tut than the alleged Jesus. Archaeology and epigraphy give us confirmation of mostly figures of great deeds and fame like Caesar and Alexander. None of your mere text is even contemporary to the hypothetical Messiah. Do you concede that faith is belief without evidence?

[@robertlight6905]

You have only words on paper from unknown authors on Jesus. King Tut at least gives us a body. Verify the body of Jesus.

[@BishopBarron]

Robert Light He rose from the dead! If I could verify his remains, Christianity would disappear.

[@BishopBarron]

Robert Light Would you reject out of hand the historical reliability of a book on the JFK assassination written in 2003?

[@leland61]

Christianity was invented, not by Jesus, but by Paul and then given its final form and substance by the First Council of Nicea in 325 A.D. Thats is where this "Jesus is god" nonsense started. The scriptures were revised to make it seem that this was known about by the people who revised and revised the Scriptures of the NT. There is not a single page of an original version of the NT to say nothing of the OT.

[@leland61]

LOL you are certainly no bishop that has gone to seminary in the last century or you wouldn't make such idiotic statements. There are no original manuscripts of the OT or the NT anywhere on earth that is known to mankind. The only complete texts of any of the NT documents are manuscripts that date to the 4th century of the common ear. Even of those there are thousands of differences among them. I suggest you do some study and stop spewing nonsense.

[@stopcasteevilanjanienanlal8693]

Amen