When You Think The Devil is Your Friend

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[@Llyrin]

Friedrich Nietzsche said, “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” This is an important concept. You don’t want to become what you’re fighting, or even what you’re researching. Take time to step back, making sure you are not being pulled INTO the abyss. Make sure you can always return to Christ.

[@madra000]

Nietzsche also said, "two great narcotics that Europe faces: Alcoholism and Christianity". His conclusion is completely upset by your conclusion to go to 'Jesus' as an antidote to the hesitating speculation you recieve from the video and discussion.

[@HarryNicNicholas]

sounds like more hot air to me. one day someone will make a video with god actually in it. or not.

[@seanmurphy7011]

If it seems too good to be true....

[@therese_paula]

St. Archangel Michael, defend us agaist evil...

[@vijinxshipper]

translation: shield us from ideas we disagree with

[@0311catholic]

​@@vijinxshipper st michael defend us

[@HarryNicNicholas]

you don't appear to be very confident in this "personal god" mate, whats with that?

[@HarryNicNicholas]

@@0311catholic chin up, isn't god going to win? you not sure?

[@paulburns6110]

Amen to your crafting cleverly insightful analogies, which starkly and wisely highlight the prideful absurdity of wanting to bargain with the devil. God bless you.

[@thefitzs]

This channel is incredibly underrated.

[@HarryNicNicholas]

it;'s crap, more god crap with no god in it. show me a channel that ha god as a guest and i'll be impressed, otherwise this is just blather and you people should hide until you can get god to make an appearance, you make me sick with this crap.

[@GregoryMcElhaney]

It could happen. The nice serpent wanted to help Eve ! Oh no , wait ……

[@wesltall1]

@@Roman-LabradorMethinks Gregory is using "nice" in an ironic way... The serpent said some surface-level "nice" things to Eve, but as we all know, there was a definite ulterior motive behind that "niceness". BEWARE THE NICE ONES!

[@CafeteriaCatholic]

Who told the lie in the story?

[@Burt1038]

If someone famous or heck, even some normal attractive person, took an interest in me, I'd automatically assume I was being scammed. That attitude has served me well lol.

[@vijinxshipper]

I smell an incel

[@mgvilaca]

Ypu need to make a video on Eucharistic miracles Brian

[@lonniestoute8762]

Excellent thought.

[@BensWorkshop]

What doth it profit a man to gain the whole world but lose his soul?

[@amyrenee1361]

No man has ever gained the whole world, so I'm pretty sure everyone still retains their soul.

[@BensWorkshop]

@@amyrenee1361 Another instance of a Protestant insisting Jesus didn't know what he was talking about. See Mark 8:36

[@thomasjorge4734]

The Allure of Evil.

[@canchadhandlethat872]

Thank you for the video Brian

[@user-zs3vd5np2s]

Just don’t mess with things more powerful than you, which you can neither control nor undestand.

[@noahbrock349]

A profound insight as always.

[@youtubeKathy]

I didn't realize that what I used to believe was occult. I didn't even know that my ideas were new age. For 20 some years of my adult life, I was mislead, until one day, It all came crashing down, I realized that what I thought was God, what I called 'the universe" thinking I was so wise to have this knowledge imparted on me, and now is seems so embarrassing I ever believed this, I found out was actually diabolic. And the world made absolute sense to me from that moment… and I realize everything, everything, my mom ever taught me about catholisicm, was 100%, 100 hundred, percent, correct.

[@TheChristianNationalist8692]

Get out of catholicism and come to Christ Jesus brother. God rest

[@joan8862]

@@TheChristianNationalist8692 Get behind me Satan. The Catholic Church is Founded by Christ Jesus.

[@regandonohue3899]

​@@TheChristianNationalist8692 Has this ever worked for you?

[@NTNG13]

@@TheChristianNationalist8692There is no salvation outside the catholic church

[@davidfinch7407]

The only thing required for salvation is faith in Jesus Christ. I know this because He said so. @@NTNG13

[@TheJmlew11]

I will say that the opening here supports my notion that exorcists shouldn’t have online presences.

[@SaintJoseph911]

Why's that?

[@carolynkimberly4021]

I unsubscribed from the exorcist channel because it satisfied my morbid curiosity but left me feeling open to such evil myself.

[@TheJmlew11]

@@SaintJoseph911 I feel as though it more often than not excites folks interest in demons in an unhealthy way.

[@vijinxshipper]

@@SaintJoseph911because lukewarm christians might get too curious and wander off the plantation

[@SaintJoseph911]

@@vijinxshipper I suppose this is all true. For me, I felt that it helped strengthen my faith tremendously. It made me view prayer, especially the rosary, as a spiritual weapon. Things started coming together. Questions I had been asking were finally answered, etc

[@missveronica8393]

Very wise not sharing the name or channel of the ex-"pastor"

[@vijinxshipper]

why? if christianity is true, I should think a Christian should have no fear of hearing the opposition present their case

[@missveronica8393]

@@vijinxshipper it's not about hearing the opposition present their "case", and you're assuming that the Christians in question have enough knowledge about their faith to understand when something is heretical. Unfortunately there are several generations of Catholics who were catechised badly and don't have that foundation to be firm on, and the fact that people are naturally drawn to the idea of having secret knowledge that other people don't have, feeling special because some higher power is taking an interest in their mundane human life. Just like a fish being baited by a pretty lure, it looks like everything you ever wanted, but you don't see the hook until it's too late and now you're in the esky with the other dead fish ready to be someone's dinner.

[@Renkinjutsushi]

​@@vijinxshipperbecause, as Brian points out, fostering a fascination with such things serves no practical purpose. This isn't an intellectual discussion about the merits of Christianity, it's only purpose is to observe a man's self-wrought condemnation and try to understand his reasoning.

[@TheBurningWarrior]

His mistake was merely turning down the devil, instead of bringing this offer of the devil to prayer with Christ. Nobody is gonna make it on their own, and it isn't enough to turn away from evil, or it will eventually capture you. To truly escape it, you have to turn towards its opposite.

[@jeffreysommer3292]

"Thanks to a typo in the contract, the professor received knowledge of all he wanted to learn in exchange for his soup."

[@user-qx4by3xo7o]

great video!!!

[@Kakaragi]

Honestly, trying to convince me to become a Satanist is like trying to convince me that Zeus is not a rapist

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

☦️🤝✝️Dear Brian, it's unbelievable that you made this video at the same time when I urge everyone to watch Dominic Morrow's testimony of which fits perfectly with Church teachings & some of the accounts of our Saints. Please see it & invite him on the show. Roman Catholics need to understand that there's an objective reality out there & here of course

[@timvictor8926]

One could argue that faith has the same results, that everyone dies too, and therewith that any temporary benefits gleaned are also nullified in death too. The notion and incentive of hope is as open to any practice of faith/hope and trust in a higher, whether an institution such as the Catholic Church or the direct revelatory encounter with a higher power of any sort.

[@jdliz5091]

Now I am a catholic, but when I was an atheist I knew a lot of people interested in the occult and satanism. They always presented it like this cool philosophy based on individual freedom and power. But I always wondered why on Earth would anyone follow the creature of evil that only wants your eternal suffering even if you thought that God doesn't exist.

[@amyrenee1361]

Didn't Jesus call Peter evil? "You who are evil give our children good gifts... " And "Nobody is good, except for God". Why would Jesus give power and authority to someone evil?

[@SandraVonRR]

--sorry, 5 am, too early to get my fingers to typing. Sometimes we start to deep dive into matters and just go deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole where we probably shouldn’t have stuck our noses to begin with

[@missveronica8393]

3:47 I would be immediately concerned that I had been picked to be part of some kind of terrible "rich and powerful people playing games with actual people that are probably going to end up with people dying". Because I am a very suspicious person.

[@dannylo5875]

It happened to me. And yeah. I had to get an attorney.

[@missveronica8393]

@@dannylo5875 I'm consumed with curiosity now, I'd be interested to hear more if you are okay sharing about it.

[@dannylo5875]

@@missveronica8393 basically an online lottery on a Japanese website landing me with Royalty at this mega powerful bank.

[@scottgun]

Ignore the "Hurr durr! Afraid to link a different perspective!" We are not only called to avoid sin and temptation, we are to avoid enabling it in others.

[@vijinxshipper]

is your faith so weak that it fears being challenged?

[@scottgun]

@@vijinxshipper "Temptations are sure to come, but woe to him by whom they come."

[@gormkristianred5231]

Thank you for another great video. In my youth I rebelled against God, due to have had grown up in the shadow of a narcissistic mother. I fell under a new narcissistic master, the devil. I became a satanist. In my study of the occult I came to know the writings of Dante and Milton. Anyway, - in the end it lead me back to God, and now I`m on a journey towards catholisism. Lucifer has no power to own our souls - he is just a pathetic being. We humans have full ownership and was given free will. We can choose God every day. Best wishes from Norway.

[@angrymurloc7626]

this is the same reason why I keep clicking on your videos Brian 😍 I love hearing disturbing people speak

[@deb9ragorton742]

Huh?

[@vijinxshipper]

how is Brian disturbing?

[@angrymurloc7626]

@@vijinxshipper he says stuff publicly like 'the 21st century is defined by the modern and the postmodern" as if those two intellectual movements aren't 100 years apart 😭 in general with Christian content I get the vague feeling that behind the rhetoric they just wanna kill me because I'm trans, that is pretty disturbing

[@therese_paula]

Oh Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee❤

[@stevensonrf]

Kind of reminds me of the twilight zone episode: How to Serve Man 😬

[@elvinrichard5882]

Wouldn’t life be more valuable if it was fleeting and not eternal? Do you really need to live forever for there to be meaning?

[@takethingsserious]

This reminded me of Bill Cipher in Gravity Falls and his "relationship" with Stanford Pines. He appealed to his pride and intelligence to trick him into bringing the end of the world. I think God speaks to us through this inspirations in stories like this, according to His will and natural law.

[@onvogmasaj]

oh i thought this was about pitbulls

[@KMF3]

Wow I can't imagine someone who was a so called Christian pastor selling his soul to the devil. 😱😰🤯

[@jameydunne3920]

The person probably was a well intentioned pastor at one point. His fall was probably a gradual one, with each step leading him further from where he probably thought he was going, until he was so far away from what he was originally that he was unrecognizable. It's best not to poke at the corruption of sin, if only because it has a sneaky, elusive quality most people think they are "smarter than". Satan is the ultimate con man, so much that he conned himself out of what was good for him. My opinion is to be aware of the games deceivers play, but don't think you're smarter than them. Given time, as Vegas may put it, the house (or in this case, the con men) will win, so don't play to begin with.

[@KMF3]

@@jameydunne3920 exactly don't play to begin with.

[@vijinxshipper]

no need to imagine. just look up matt dillahunty

[@orangemanbad]

Who is it

[@KMF3]

@@orangemanbad I have no idea

[@MythwrightWorkshop]

Tis a foo, what thinks tha' dev'al kin be bargained wit... yo.

[@erict.35]

Kudos for the perfect clickbait thumbnail bro.

[@BindingTheYoke]

What I don't get is that it is SO common today for people to have strange alien encounters, mystical experiences, spiritual highs, locutions, illusions, imaginations and hearing a voice (allegedly God) etc. and instead of these people questioning the experience they are lead astray by the experience because it plays on interior pride of being "unique" "singled out" or "chosen" ..and if you ever study the history of the church and its Saints, the ones God has truly interacted with and spoken to are very few and far between in history, quite frankly the true ones are RARE, even those that Lucifer is permitted to interact with. This generation has an alleged surplus, it's ubiquitous, which tells me it's fake. And then that begs the question, is it the demons? Or is it DARPA?

[@Gods_Blessings_For_You]

People have always had these experiences, and in large numbers, but were afraid to talk about them in the West because of attacks from both traditional religious people and the psychological establishment. Even today, most "religious" people will make any kind of effort to deny the reality of the "spirit world" and its ubiquity - and this goes double for the academic / psychological community. If you study the spirituality of the East, Middle East and the pagan West through the centuries, you will see just how often these things really do happen. These people often question their experiences, and pride has no place in a true experience of the "supernatural". In fact, as I've already mentioned, most people who have these experiences deny them to themselves in order to fit in to "normal" society because they do not want to be "special" and "unique" because they had a paranormal experience that others would shun them for. I hope I have provided some illumination, because your opinion is one-dimensional and will only served to keep you in ignorance.

[@BindingTheYoke]

@@Gods_Blessings_For_You I'd agree with you except history says otherwise as the majority of it is religious not modernist, it is a more recent phenomena of the modern age.

[@edorasmarauder5761]

Because a lot of crazy people have a platform to say whatever they want.

[@kennycooper8278]

Could the same devious intentions not be applied to the god of the old testament? I enjoy this channel and have suscribed. But when jesus said pull the plank from your eye before you remove the speck from your brothers, it reminds me of the focus on satan vs the realazation that the god of the old testament was by all accounts a vengeful tyrant. Thanks for the videos.

[@user-sd6yu1xs4g]

Elvis, has entered the Building!

[@smithison]

Atheist, but not a satanist. I don’t think atheism and his brand of satanism go together. But two genuine questions here: 1. Do you believe his story? And not in the sense of “oh well I believe that he believes it.” Do you believe what he says happened? 2. Have you ever had a spiritual experience like this? Doesn’t have to be with satan.

[@edorasmarauder5761]

Was it James Martin?

[@GregoryMcElhaney]

The people in the New Testament followed Jesus because of his miracles.

[@rebeccadanvers884]

Acabo de ver otro video en español. De un laico catolico. Habla de lo mismo. Me ha resultado muy inquietante la coincidencia

[@UniversalistSon9]

The thing about the occult is that you are dealing with actual living beings, be they “evil” or not and there are no answers really in the end. It’s all just a continuous search into an abyss, reading book after book, you never actually go anywhere. Sure you can learn things but if you want answers , well you’ll probably never find any. It’s all a knowledge game.

[@miagvinjilia]

What I don't understand is why this ex-Christian pastor didn't rebuke this hooded being in the name of God.

[@vijinxshipper]

it's called having an open mind, which apparently is only a good thing if it results in someone becoming christian. otherwise, it's a bad thing and should be discouraged.

[@SandraVonRR]

And sometimes we d

[@Outrider74]

A reminder to NEVER base your faith on your experiences, no matter how real or alluring they may be. Satan can create visions and signs too.

[@vijinxshipper]

if experience is not the basis of faith, then no one should be a christian. are not all believers believers because of their experience with god?

[@coffeem8011]

Protestant pastor not worshiping the devil or joining only fans challenge impossible

[@gustavramirez2891]

To be fair, some rich and powerful people pay philanthropy, supporting less powerful people.

[@michaelhenry4969]

That's true Sir but there is a self serving element to it. It can increase your social standing. It's gets you recognition for generosity, maybe even admiration. To benefit others is only one element of it. Not always but often i'd say.

[@CIyphord]

In many cases it's not genuine. Just a way to launder money and cheat illogical tax laws.

[@vijinxshipper]

yeah, they tend to pay less powerful people to push malicious ideas and agendas that they support

[@jerrycoomberry2541]

I'd like to know who the ex-pastor is.

[@vijinxshipper]

don't. curiosity is weakness. seek only the truth in preapproved narratives

[@AdCab77]

Something you don’t mention about higher beings are Guardian Angels. First, the lowest Angel that serves God is greater than Satan because fallen angels did not receive complete knowledge. A fallen angels knowledge is incomplete, therefore they are below all of God’s angels. But they are not serving us as much as they are serving the will of God. ¡Viva Cristo Rey! ♾✝️👑

[@themessenger3306]

I appreciate your video and agree with most of it, I do find the cliche insinuation that nazism was some sort of purely demonic movement a little annoying. German national socialism was a complicated reaction to the conditions of its time, specifically the threat of a Bolshevik takeover, economic collapse, humiliation caused by germanys loss in ww1 and overall cultural decay. Germans did some terrible things during ww2 but so did everyone else, especially the soviets, the difference is we’re not bashed over the head nonstop with examples of soviet atrocities.

[@joan8862]

It is common knowledge that many of Hitler's associates were into the occult.

[@wesltall1]

I tend to agree with you but we must remember that AH himself was a Catholic and it was something near and dear to his heart (leastways in the beginning it was), but he made a fatal mistake. Many of his inner circle didn't care so much about Catholicism, if at all. One such example was Heinrich Himmler who was a pagan anti-Catholic. If you surround yourself in dangerous company, sooner or later you're going to get burned, which is exactly what history shows us what happened. AH at the end of the 3R was notedly less Catholic than at the beginning of it.

[@g07denslicer]

if a being is your creator then he will not use or abuse you for his own benefit? That's a leap in logic if I've ever seen one.

[@vijinxshipper]

it's a perfectly logical conclusion to make if your entire theology is premised on the Creator being morally perfect.

[@g07denslicer]

@@vijinxshipper it _would_ be a perfectly logical conclusion if Brian used the premise you laid out instead of the one he did.

[@everetunknown5890]

Nice video brother. But do remember we have fellowship with angels. And whether the other species in question is friend or foe, we all coexist in the same universe and interact on a daily basis. "Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things. Then he said to me, “See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”" -Revelation 22:8-9 P.S.: KZbin changed their logo a while back to celebrate "World Tarot Day". Shame.

[@MikePasqqsaPekiM]

A powerful, full grown man offers a mystery drink to a little child, if only they first leave their father behind. With God, we are protected. If we leave God, we are defenseless.

[@vijinxshipper]

defenseless? what's satan going to attack you with? the power of dangerous ideas? it's not like you have no agency

[@kevindowell6003]

You warn us about a super natural being taking interest in us as being a danger. Then how do you reconcile that with the foundational principle of religion…that God and Jesus Christ, far superior beings to us, have an interest in our well being and act in our best interest? It is this type of dissonance that separates people from engaging with faith.

[@SenorCinema]

The soul doesn’t exist nor does the devil

[@anthony7960]

was interested in occult stuff (nothing explicitly satanic) but realized it was so far beyond me and now I fully realize how powerless we are without Jesus Christ the Lord. He saves! Edit: great point at the end about “what did they gain?” Madness and lunacy is so real with this stuff! Be aware and stay away! Only God and Jesus prevail and give us eternal life.

[@MainframeCobol]

So as a "pastor" it didn't occur to him to rebuke this thing in the Name above all names? It didn't occur to him to test the spirits? I don't believe he was ever a pastor. Lastly, his experience reminds me of teilhard de chardin's experience.

[@docmonro322]

Are not you an american? I thought Canada was in a continent called "America".

[@DavidelCientificoLoco]

He is a Canadian ,but in the us or canada people in the usa are called americans but in México or un the rest of latinAmerica americans are called unitedstatesians or estadounidense in spanish Glad i could help God bless you brother and may you have a wonderfull day!!!!!

[@rtyria]

@@DavidelCientificoLoco But Gringo is by far the more common word.

[@DavidelCientificoLoco]

@@rtyria Yo sé, pero no me gusta el nombre

[@rtyria]

@@DavidelCientificoLoco That's a mark in your favor as it's not very likeable. Sorry, my Spanish is terrible.

[@DavidelCientificoLoco]

@@rtyria it's okay i have terrible writing skilis in English and i can't understand some words in spanish Even do i thow i their both My native languages

[@agexien]

Dude, I so respect your point of view, but when I hear your pragmatic rationalization rooted in biological determinism with references to "species" and so on, I wonder if Christianity is just a phase for you. Seriously, Christianity, especially in its most orthodox manifestations, aims to escape reason, to go beyond reason; it's an antidote to our toxic, "I know" mind; it's a refuge in another realm where reason is useless and can only drag you down back into the toxicity of a godless materialistic world of species and the fragmented, atomized, soulless and maddening universe. Every time you try to reconcile these two incompatible worlds, you lose, big time. JK:) Great video!

[@NTNG13]

Thomism elevates reason by reconciling it with faith; both are necessary although obviously we walk by faith not by sight. Forgoing reason for faith alone is what lead to protestantism with all it's errors rooted in logical fallacies.

[@agexien]

@@NTNG13 We can never forgo our reason for anything. All we can do is temper it so that it doesn't dwell too much on materialistic theories and concepts (such as those that this Channel often indulges in, which have nothing to do with God, but are products of human egos) that only lead us away from God's creation into a cold and uncaring universe imagined by humans. Actually, I've always thought that Protestantism puts too much emphasis on reason, which is why it's all talk and no worship. I personally prefer well-decorated churches with services focusing on prayers, hymns, and heavenly music (since it all appeals to my heart/soul, not to my reason) as it allows me to escape my ego and reunite with God, which can only be done through my heart/soul; not through my reason. While all teachings that appeal to your reason, including Thomism and Protestantism, might have their merits, once some dude starts appealing to my logic, by interpreting scriptures to me [usually from a very materialistic and literal perspective] or telling me how I'm supposed to live my life, whether it's in a Protestant church or on this channel, this is where the departure from God begins.

[@vijinxshipper]

have you tried eastern orthodoxy. from what I can tell, they don't even try to rationalize anything. it's all accepted as a mystery.

[@CafeteriaCatholic]

How did Father Brown detect the false priest? He was arguing against reason. That is poor theology.