Christianity Doesn’t Make Sense | Episode 1

But does Christianity make sense? Let’s admit there is some weird stuff in the Bible.
Take the OMA Mental Health Crash Course
oneminuteapolo...
Take the OMA Apologetics Crash Course
oneminuteapolo...
#christainitystillmakessense
#apologetics #christianapologetics #oneminapologist #Christianity #God #bobbyconway #doubtingGod #doubtingJesus #doubtingtowardfaith

[@cfitzgduke]

We are listening, and we get 30 miunutes of nothing. No facts, no evidence, just "It's ok to keep believing even thought it's difficult to beleive." If you had evidence you would not need faith.

[@findtruth5329]

Ironically, what kind of God would make you an intellectual creature choose and intellectual means through which to read you ie language and revelation and then... place the singular fact you need to reach him OUTSIDE of both the language and the revelation. God died? To save us from himself? God's his own son? Who cried to himself to save himself from himself? And then resurrected himself 3 days later? Yeah, no. Besides the first 2 commandments excluding Christianity from even being a potential option, logically, it is the most paradoxical ideology that no reasonable person would endorse.

[@kimstanford1016]

I, as a devout Christian, would like to have a show on why God wanted his creation of free willed created in his own image to fellowship with. Knowing ahead Satan would betray God, tempt mankind, cause a sacrifice to be needed? Which would be his only son. Why didn't he create 2, 50, 1000 sons to fellowship with...knowing the one son ( did Christ help create Himself?) would be asked to leave Heaven and ask to suffer and die for creation's sin once and for all? Why then did God create Satan...as God is omniscient?I believe Christ was the only begotten son, died for my sins, and rose from the tomb to deliver me from my sins. But the whole realm of why God created this mess that the Bible says grieved God himself and caused so much suffering even to those who have accepted Christ ? Is man so afraid of death that all of humanity, races, religions create reasons to believe there is life after this one on earth? What is so scary about ceasing to exist. Sounds kind of peaceful sometimes. Thanks, Guys!

[@cfitzgduke]

I'd love to hear a rational defense of Christianity, but never had. We are simply pretending that we will live forever, like all other religions that we dismiss.

[@Giopowered]

Denial

[@chuckwaardenburg496]

So it seems that after 2000 years, apologists have become the masters of the classic word salad. All you need to do to be a good Christian is to completely let go of common sense, enbrace the salad, and have faith. You see, faith is like Salad Dressing! I sure hope that clears everything up for you.😂

[@dennisgoe3537]

Why do you have so many Tattoos. That's against God.

[@jenna2431]

Sorry - no. The SAME GOD who could simply forgive people in Jonah 3, Ezekiel 18, and 1 Kings 8 SUDDENLY needs a blood sacrifice for sin? And how much of a sacrifice is it if the sacrifice is returned in 3 days? EXACTLY no blood shed in the garden of Eden, and every one of the participants DIED. The Torah is clear that children aren't to be saddled with the punishment for the sins of the fathers. There are EXACTLY ZERO messianic prophecies that the "Messiah" would be that sacrifice for sins (And no, Isaiah 53 isn't about "Jesus" (not his real name); Isaiah 41 clearly defines the word "servant" as Israel.) The SAME TORAH that you say can't be kept was kept perfectly fine by Zacharias and Elizabeth (Luke 1:5). So, no. It doesn't make ANY sense even within the confines of the SAME BOOK.

[@boxelder9167]

The wages of sin is death. God killed the animal and covered Adam’s nakedness with it. We are all under the same curse as Adam. Jesus, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the Earth, was the second Adam. He was born in the cave where the lambs were raised for the sacrifice (below the threshing floor of Ruth). Jesus was brought to the high priest to be examined before He was slain. He revealed Himself during the Passover meal. Everything in that meal points to Christ. Matthew gives us the genealogy. Jesus was the Messiah and the Jews missed it. They were the old wineskins that couldn’t hold the new wine of the new covenant.

[@matthewmurdock4875]

​@@boxelder9167 "We are all under the same curse as Adam." So we get cursed due to 2 people tjat weren't us...Tell me how such a thing is fair for an omnipotent being to allow to happen.

[@boxelder9167]

@@matthewmurdock4875 - How many 💩 turds does it take to spoil a bowl of punch?

[@shaunigothictv1003]

Excellent analysis Jenna

[@boxelder9167]

@@shaunigothictv1003 Surely He has borne our infirmities, and carried our sorrows . . . But He was wounded for our transgressions; He was crushed for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we ourselves are healed . . . and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all . . .You shall make His life an offering for sin (Isaiah 53:4 - 6, 10). If these are prophetic words written here in the Old Testament then Jesus fulfilled more than a dozen specific prophecies when He was executed on the Passover. He was called the Lamb of God, slain on the Passover, the blood placed on the doorposts of our hearts. Then the veil in the temple was torn from top to bottom allowing access to the Holy of Holies but even greater is that our body becomes the new Temple for God to dwell in. Just as Jesus said that He would rebuild the Temple in 3 days after 3 days He rose from the dead. We are the Temple. That’s a whole stack of coincidences that are best explained by Jesus Christ being the second Adam who died for the sins of the first. Then the Holy Spirit came 50 days later just as the Law was given to Moses 50 days later. The Law condemns us all to death but the Spirit saves. Jesus is the wine of the New Covenant. Just as the wine was set before the one being proposed to and then to drink of it was to accept the proposal, Jesus has set His cup before us. The Jews rejected it preferring the old wine of the covenant of the Law which they cannot keep. Thinking that they can keep the covenant of the Law is pride and pride is the root of all sin. Jesus Christ died to destroy the root of sin and all that is required of us is to lay down our pride and then like a key in a lock the door is opened for the Spirit of God to enter into our hearts. But pride blocks us from God. It’s the last thing that we want to let go of. Thinking that we can keep the Law we have already broken the first commandment. We have become a god unto ourselves, we fall before we even begin.

[@dennisgoe3537]

You don't get it.

[@A.Majeed_]

Christian theology in a nutshell: God sacrificed God to God in order to save God's creation from God. God prayed to God for help but God didn't help God and God killed God with help from humans. And that God is a father of himself and a son of himself at the same time. He is also eternal but his birthday is celebrated on 25th of December (or 7th of January depending on a sect). And he is also the seed of Abraham who is a human. He also sent himself on Earth and committed unaliving by forcing people to commit a sin of murder against him because it was the only way for him to forgive humans for a much lesser sin of just one woman who lived 6000 years ago. Make it make sense 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@richardlopez4563]

Topic suggestion: Why are there so many denominations and so many branches and splinters of these denominations? Are the reasons real doctrinal issues or are the reasons based on preference and "feelings" and "leadings"?

[@stevenwoodruff9730]

The sad reality is man refuses to believe God's word. Whether saved or unsaved. If one is predominantly english speaking and doesn't believe the KJV is God's word perfectly preserved in English is a major reason for this problem in English speaking countries. The church representative of this channel is an example of man's unbelief. Had he put his trust in the true word of God he would know that the moment he believed that Jesus the Son of God, God manifest in the flesh. Died on the cross for his sins, was buried, and rose again the third day according to the scriptures. He was sealed with the Holy Spirit until the day of redemption. Meaning when a person believes this they are saved. Not being saved which is what he quoted his bible says. Which is not God's word.

[@richardlopez4563]

@@stevenwoodruff9730 the King James V? That man literally left the church to start and head his own church so he could get a divorce and marry another woman.

[@mattr.1887]

That's one of the beautiful things about Christianity. You can take your pick which version of truth you want.

[@richardlopez4563]

@@mattr.1887 "version of truth"?

[@mattr.1887]

Yeah. You can be a Calvinist, an Arminian, a Baptist, a Catholic, charismatic, Episcopalian. It's like a giant buffet. Everyone gets to be right.

[@melissahiller3784]

This was so helpful all the way thru! Excellent points made about the questionable pieces of the Bible - we most certainly are living in a world of absurdities! I appreciate these important discussions more than u know and look forward to much more to come!! Bless u for this channel!🙏🏻

[@ar1a965]

if the bibble is real they should be no weird stuff in it? because it just sets a bad example for the followers?

[@sophiareinbergs8730]

Hi dr. Bobby. Love you

[@sgallion8484]

I’m going through a slump in my faith right now, how do I get through it? I keep going to places that I shouldn’t go, and try to seek comfort in going to massage parlors, and then feeling condemned. I repent and ask Jesus to forgive me. And then I repeat the same mistake.

[@jenna2431]

Looks like to me you suffer more from Christian-induced guilt than the supposed 'sin' of being a human being. Explore other ways that people have conceived of and have observed for humanity that don't included having to believe you're a depraved person.

[@boxelder9167]

That would likely mean that you have an unmet need or a mother wound. If we are seeking affirmation that we didn’t get we often fill in the blanks as to why the need wasn’t addressed. “I am worthless”, “I can’t trust anyone”, “If I am not in control something bad will happen”, “I am too damaged to be lovable”. All of these are lies that feel true and they cause us pain. Then we medicate that pain. But when we recognize the lies we can ask God The truth about ourselves and the lies loose their power over us.

[@wet-read]

You don't need to get through it. You don't need faith.

[@boxelder9167]

@@wet-read - You don’t need to be not helpful here. You can be not helpful somewhere else while you’re putting your faith into not having faith.

[@wet-read]

@@boxelder9167 I can acknowledge the first part, but not the second. I will also bounce. Deal?

[@Mameluk9193]

Kierkegaard was Dane not Dutch.

[@TheJesusNerd40]

Good thoughts. The Pascal wager quote and 1 Corinthians 15 is the lynchpin.

[@findtruth5329]

Paul was the first major anti-Christ. It's amazing that ignorance is actually the requisite to being Christian.

[@Jenna1814]

Wow it is so many credits in the comments, just wow 😲😳

[@Worldviewcafe]

Reminds me of Chapter 6: The Paradoxes Of Christianity by GK Chesterton: It is my only purpose in this chapter to point this out; to show that whenever we feel there is something odd in Christian theology, we shall generally find that there is something odd in the truth....

[@rocknstv570]

Agreed. I don't need to be nor wish to be protected from my Bible.

[@sophiareinbergs8730]

Dr. Bobby even though the bible has absurdity in it I didn't doubt it. It was more the hypothetical behavior of people I found absurd. I love you so much.

[@futurefantasy5099]

Personaly I think people worship the bible more then god.

[@carlbelgon4267]

It's amazing how you can make up stuff

[@dennisgoe3537]

Sorry you don't know God. He is in my life every day. A closed mind and heart blocks God from many.

[@carlpierce2486]

The problem comes when all your invisible friends talk at once.

[@dennisgoe3537]

No. You just don't understand. 😂

[@dennisgoe3537]

If anyone opens their heart and mind to God Prays to him and reads the Bible they will hear from him.

[@grasroots601222]

No they will not at all.

[@chuckwaardenburg496]

Can one hear Silence?

[@123456stronzo]

on LSD yes ,.that’s the only way

[@dennisgoe3537]

For those that don't believe, your heart and mind are just closed. God and his Angels have been in my life directly since I was a Teenager. So I am beyond faith and living in Fact.

[@grasroots601222]

And you are just stubbornly deluded.

[@mattr.1887]

My advice is, take what works and discard what doesn't.