Christianity is nothing more than propaganda, marketing, and gaslighting - Brady Hardin

[@kschellenberg8214]

I was a X'n for 45 years. Hardcore. Missionary to the lost. 3yrs of bible college. The whole nine yards. I started seriously questioning my faith in 2015 and now consider myself agnostic moving toward atheism. My wife of 27 years is supportive, thank god, although she is still a believer, but wavering herself. I was very worried and anxious about coming out with this "new me" and I'm still pretending to be a X'n with my family. I live in a bible belt and generational christianity runs rampant in my family, so suddenly saying I don't believe in god is seriously frightening.

[@henrim9348]

Congrats on seeing the light. I grew up with church. I left religion a few decades ago when I started living on my own. I told my family that I have no interest discussing religion with them. I respect everyone's belief, but in my house, no prayers and no proselytizing. I spent many years learning the history of religions and when anyone challenges me on religion, I challenge them on history and scientific impossibilities found in the bible. Noah's flood scientifically impossible in dozens of ways.

[@joycesky5041]

Yes it’s terrifying at first but once we break through that fear, it’s WELL WORTH IT and so FREEING and so wonderful to find REAL FREEDOM,REAL HAPPINESS, AND REAL JOY…and not having to fake it all the time…Christianity is FAKE and the REAL definition of faith and the REALITY of it is PRETENDING to believe things and PRETENDING to know things that you REALLY don’t know or believe…it’s ALL a PSYCHOLOGICAL DELUSION. You’re DEFINITELY STRONGER THAN YOU THINK…Christianity stole our REAL POWER AND COURAGE from us….it pounded it into our head’s that we we’re powerless, useless, and miserable nasty sinners so we need Jesus to be our strength and power…it’s all LIES… PLEASE GO BACK AND READ THE COMMENT THAT I LEFT…. I think it will help you when you read some of my story…YOU ARE STRONG WITHIN YOUR OWN SELF!!! We’ve seen and found the REAL TRUTH and we CAN’T UN-SEE ANY OF THE REAL TRUTH EVEN IF WE TRY…THERE’S NO WAY TO UN-SEE ANY OF IT. Thing’s will turn out for the BEST FOR YOU and you’ll find much peace, happiness, and joy just like all of us who have deconstructed so don’t worry…you’re on the right track and on the road to REAL TRUE FREEDOM. Peace be with you my friend, my brother. P.S. I was an Evangelical Pentecostal Fundamentalist for over 30 year’s and turned Atheist 20 years ago…it was literally the Bible and Christianity itself that turned me into an Atheist….the god of the Bible is an EVIL MYTHOLOGICAL, FICTIONAL PSYCHOPATH character and the Bible is the MOST EVIL IMMORAL BOOK that’s EVER been written…it makes Stephan King’s horror movies and books look like Mickey Mouse cartoons and Superman comic books!!! In the last 20 years of my Atheism I have found MUCH MORE love, kindness, caring, oneness, and like- mindedness from Atheists, Agnostics, and Pagan’s than I EVER DID from over 30 years of being associated with Christian people… what WE HAVE IS REAL!

[@henrim9348]

@@joycesky5041 Your are right.

[@timunderwood4314]

It is much easier when you're younger. Over 20 is very difficult. It's like carrying on a conversation with a friend who has passed away. You can carry on conversations, in your mind, forever. This ability, by the way, is responsible for all religious thought.

[@JasonHarris777]

I am in the same boat except you have more on your shoulders as a former missionary and bible college student. I am glad you are enlightened now. You can live a life driven purpose life without God, Jesus or any other mythological deity created by our species.

[@johnjohnson1657]

Great show again bud. When I was a Christian I always had trouble with the homosexuality stance but I had to give in to the thought of "God knows best..." Now, no longer being a Christian, I cringe when I think about the MILLIONS of lives Christianity mentally, physically, and Spiritually tortured because they were/are a homosexual. In the mean time we see rampant homosexuality within Christianity, especially in the Catholic church done by the LEADERS. Christianity is one of the worst concoctions of man that has ever been laid upon the human race...and I used to be a part of it full in 100%. Damn. My life without Christianity has given me a "Peace beyond all understanding" and I'm dign' it.

[@johnjohnson1657]

@@dharmadefender3932 Islam is responsible for the acts of Islam and Christianity really has nothing to do with their actions. Islam came from the alleged need to introduce a True way of God through Allah and they made their own rules.

[@johnjohnson1657]

@@dharmadefender3932 And Christianity is very clearly borrowed from Hinduism.

[@johnjohnson1657]

@@dharmadefender3932 It will help you if you understand history in chronological order. Christianity was "after" the creation of Hinduism by quite a few years my man. Think. Learn. Study.

[@johnjohnson1657]

@@dharmadefender3932 I wish you the best my man

[@renny3816]

No. Pedophilia is done by Catholic leaders. They think, that it’s “bad,” to abuse girls in that way, but boys are fine. Also lots of heterosexuals have been tormented by the church, not just these people. So many heterosexuals have problems in the bedroom, because all the years of being shamed for having sexual desires. Christianity is anti sex, unless it’s in a monogamous, man/woman marriage.

[@spiritualhammer392]

Thanks guys - great show. I'm a former Pentecostal, raised in that world in the 70s-80s, expected to become a preacher myself - my parents were pushing me. But I left home at age 18 and they disowned me, and 99% of the church family I was surrounded by all those years shunned / ghosted me. Reconnected with a few of those people in recent years on social media - they are still the same miserable, hateful people. I read The Age Of Reason by Thomas Paine when I was 17 and it changed my life. Thanks so much for this content and channel!

[@jonalexander9155]

Deconstruction is the recentering of the human experience. I think Brady said it but it is absolute truth. I will be listening to your podcasts. Thank you!

[@juba9575]

Fantastic interview! Thank you Tim, for sharing so much knowledge on this platform. Please do a show on the negative impact of Christianity in the continent of Africa both past and present. African pastors own private Jets. They tell people not to hospital for treatment, instead they sell them annointing oil for healing.

[@joycesky5041]

I was so excited to hear this interview and couldn’t wait to get home from grocery shopping. Oh yeah… I remember the gaslighting…everything was always my fault so it was always a mind F**K…. I either didn’t have enough faith or had sin in my life, I wasn’t ever good enough,or some other DELUSIONAL BS and those were the reasons why god wasn’t answering my prayers and why my 2 kid’s are dead! Don’t forget that religion is also slavery…a friggin NIGHTMARE!!! Brady has potty mouth just like me LOL 😱I swear like a sailor and have to try really hard to keep my comments family friendly but it ain’t easy because I’m so pissed off about religion…love you Brady and Tim! 🌹🌹🌹🌹I just started listening so I’m probably gonna have a whole bunch of edits. I LOVE IT, LMAO… Tim gaslights god!!! GREAT JOB Tim….I’m gonna steal that from you to tell other people… If Yahweh loved his people so much and took such good care of them, they wouldn’t have turned to other god’s! You hit the nail right on the head Tim! Here’s some food for thought that I find quite interesting….Christians must find themselves in such a miserable debacle because they believe that their Jesus allegedly defeated the devil 👿 at the cross but yet they have to keep putting on this so-called ARMOR OF GOD every day to fight off Satan and all his demons. WTF??? So which is it??? Did Jesus defeat Satan or not??? If he did then there would be no need to put on the armor (common friggin sense!) As an X-Evangelical Pentecostal, all I use to hear was Satan and his demons were always attacking Christian’s, there’s demons and devils flying around EVERYWHERE and they are in EVERYTHING and on EVERYTHING and they are out to get us and make our life miserable…if you have a flat tire it’s because Satan wants you to be late for church or late for work and you’re sick with Cancer because Satan wants you dead and in hell because god turned you over to him because of your reprobate mind and sin for masturbating and Satan this and demons that and on and on and on… What a friggin shit-show and I remember how exhausting it all was…So apparently the armor of god was made of tinfoil and not made of steel because everyone was always under attack from Satan and demons and not winning the fight! So I guess their Jesus didn’t defeat Satan after all….yeah quite a conundrum and debacle to be in so they must all be going to hell in a hand basket because their Jesus didn’t do shit! Sorry Tim but the whole Christian DELUSION just pisses me off and destroyed my 2 marriages and left me with 2 dead kid’s that I use to pray for continuously from the second they were born for Jesus to watch over them, protect them and always keep them safe but my prayers were left unanswered… my beautiful sweet Heather passed away ironically on 9/11- 2016 at age 38 and my beautiful handsome sweet Jacob passed away 2 years years ago at age 35. Nope Jesus hasn’t helped me through any of this…I’ve gone through these tragedies and trauma totally alone because I now have a sound mind and have been getting through all of this with my own powerful strength. I’m so GRATEFUL that I’m not still a Christian going through all of this because I would have slit my own throat! All I would have heard from them would be, “God’s ways are higher than our ways, it’s all in god’s plan, your 2 kid’s are in hell, you didn’t have enough faith in god for him to take care of your kid’s (so it would be my fault because I wasn’t a good enough mother), god’s ways are higher than our way’s, god is testing your faith like he did with Job…and on and on having to listen to those insane people! You know what I mean Tim and you know the drill…yeah I would have offed myself by slitting my own throat if I would have still been in that CULT and had to listen to all of that.🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 Jesus didn’t defeat Satan at the cross so he’s TRULY a failure and didn’t keep his promises so he’s also a liar. I hope Tim and Brady read my comments. Great video…love you both! 🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@MythVisionPodcast]

Well said Joyce! 👏 extremely well put. We love Tim and Brady

[@anthiconstantinou1303]

Same thoughts Joyce!!!

[@joycesky5041]

@@MythVisionPodcast Hi Derek….you won’t believe this but you might because this whole planet has gone crazy! I was listening to a Rabbi on Tanak Talk earlier (where Rabbi Tovia is always on that podcast)… so there was a Rabbi acting like a friggin lunatic yelling and going off on a rant saying-quote “Ukraine has it coming to them!” He goes off on this tirade acting like a complete asshole! I’ll try to find it and send it to you…it’s crazy and I hope Tovia doesn’t feel the same way this other lunatic Rabbi feels…we find ALL KINDS in all of these religions and lot’s of them are Fundamentalist Orthodox lunatics as we both know for a fact!

[@elliottpaine9259]

Tinfoil, lol. I too was in a group and very similar. It was always my fault, etc. I feel your pain. I haven't gone through nearly what you have. (much respect) this is a great channel and finnally we are out of this s*** !

[@Fourwindsofsuccess]

Yes they always use ‘god’ and ‘Satan’ as a crutch in life to avoid the reality of this life. That’s all. They are always believing it’s a Satan/devil out to disturb, attack, kill, and destroy them which is a tunnel to their narcissism. Religion are breeding grounds for narcissism/arrogance. They believe as long as they serve this male god figure in the sky that they will get a first class flight to ‘heaven’ or they believe they will avoid bad things if the world unfortunately. Overall I’m glad you made it tf out that shit along with the others. Kids need to be far away from this shit to.

[@letahamilton]

Love this guy’s sailor mouth. So refreshing

[@marcomoreno6748]

He had me rolling on the floor with his rant towards the end.

[@Beegee1952]

Nothing fails like religion. Some just refuse to acknowledge that fact. Thanks.

[@jeffwatkins352]

Much appreciated, Tim, that you featured a gay man in this interview. While I appreciate and support the interviewees you've had talking about their wives and children, it's nice for someone of my persuasion have their say. With lots of cussing! Okay, so I'm fond of those colorful words so often eschewed by the "more polite." My second spouse played for the Hollywood Baptist Church and the MCC in downtown L.A. so I got a little taste of how various Christian sects dealt with their invaluable gay participants. Mr. Hardin's story highlights how that usually doesn't go well! Thank you for shining a spotlight on that aspect of religion and for your ever even handed interview style.

[@tklyte]

I can't stop watching the cat chilling out on the couch. lol

[@heatherclark8668]

My deconstruction began with no longer believing in Jesus. It was disconcerting at first. It felt as though I had just found out that my parents weren't my biological parents but that I had been adopted.

[@joycesky5041]

I love Brady…he has balls made of gold, silver, platinum, and steel!

[@Victoria-d3m3b]

🤣😅

[@FirstOfTheYear777]

Great conversation guys. Brady was a great guest, some great points being made. Especially like his take on progressive Christianity. Spent some time in that myself before fully leaving the faith

[@lil-al]

Progressive christianity is a good way out!

[@leslieviljoen]

1:17:56 wow, excellent point Tim. Mathew 7:9: "Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?" Numbers 21:5 ...they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, "why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the desert? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!" Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died.

[@lisathrasher540]

Excellet interview, Just loved how you gave Brady the green light to talk the way he would normally chat with a friend.

[@LuminesBreezer--]

How that book plagiarizes to this day still gets me whenever you and the guest is really honing in fiction at its finest. Both of you really dissected things beautifully and I hope he returns. Always do you know what time it is Tim.

[@calonstanni]

"I wanna know, who was my captor?" yup. that's a question I asked when I kept revisiting the bible thinking ...."WTF?" Also, Hello Brady. I'm from St. Louis too.

[@scofah]

This was great. I hope you interview Belief It Or Not.

[@schuylardiamond8438]

Actually, the correct name is Christi-insanity. The imperative is that the deceptive be characterized concisely.

[@tealx2014]

Good one, there!! 👍🏾

[@B.S._Lewis]

Clever. I'm going to use that.

[@joycesky5041]

Since I left Christianity 20 years ago I’ve called it The INSANITY of Christianity.

[@tealx2014]

@@joycesky5041 How has your life changed for the worst? 🤣

[@joycesky5041]

@@tealx2014 I'm no longer insane 🤣🤣🤣

[@renny3816]

Love this guy! I under this frustration, because I feel the same way. I hate Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.

[@renny3816]

understand.

[@july4ana]

You like his F words too?

[@rosalindc9651]

@@july4anaI love his F words. Good to hear people speak freely and uninhibited 👏

[@aaronchambers543]

Hey Tim, can you touch on current world events ( Ukraine/Russia etc) in light of deconstruction. Many people, who are re-thinking their beliefs struggle with Bible prophecy and 'end time events'. For 30 years I have heard that Russia is Gog... Appreciate yr thoughts

[@juba9575]

Yes it would be nice to hear your perspective on the Russian/Ukraine matter. I have seen many religious posts on instagram with people asking God to help Ukraine but once again God has disappointed humans like he did during slavery, WWI, various natural disasters, famines, covid pandemic, genetic diseases e.t.c

[@karennolte2992]

Yes let's talk current events.

[@lil-al]

@@juba9575 To be fair, you can't do much if you don't exist.

[@Victoria-d3m3b]

@@lil-al 😅 lol. That's true

[@ceb591]

One of my favourites so far!

[@Neon-Shadowcaster]

Another great interview!!! 👍🤩

[@elliottpaine9259]

Wow, the Ursa major/minor story compared to elisha the bears comparison is phenomenal! Never saw that before. It is outrageous once you step out of your religion or ideology, that is when you can step back and look at the bible from a different angle or perspective and wake up. There is sooo much continual indocrtination screaming from all sides its really important to take that first step out of if all, then you see.

[@yinYangMountain]

Wow, what an excellent title!

[@andrewkayla7994]

I've been off for a while doing reading and studying many authors. I'm back following you. Like I said good interview.

[@positronhaberdashery1583]

What a great title to a video. The title sums it up very well

[@tealx2014]

So spot on!!!

[@andrewkayla7994]

Great interview Tim. I really liked him.

[@John-jd8vx]

Tim from 44:25 to 46:25 says it all I think. Well done.

[@ziploc2000]

As someone who wasn't indoctrinated at a young age, and so never thought it was any more real than Santa Claus from age 5, Christianity has an "Emperor's New Clothes" vibe. Everyone knows there's nothing there, but is afraid to be the first one to say so. The USA is particularly slow in shaking off the illusion, because that early indoctrination is so hard to shake off. I'm originally from the UK, where most people don't pay religion much heed, and only see the inside of a church for weddings and funerals, and not always then. As a choirboy, nearly 50 years ago, I frequently sang in services where the choir outnumbered the congregation, so it isn't a new trend, at least from my experience.

[@David-j8v5p]

Reverend Jesse Duplantis says: Oh great more George Carlin non believers! 😂😂😂😂

[@Dragonette666]

The bible says .... "the bible doesn't say that!" you look it up and show them "you don't understand what that means" slavery in the bible wasn't really slavery, according to believers, but if you look it up and READ it , they literally had chattel slavery like in the US South.

[@renny3816]

They always jump all these hoops, to make the Bible sound pretty, but it’s not. A person was posting anti LGB Bible verses, on somebody’s Twitter tweet, and took out the part of Leviticus 20:13, that calls on the death of Gays. They are trying to sanitize the Bible, to fit with the times, because they know how bad the book really is.

[@Dragonette666]

@@renny3816 yes , which I always tell them it proves secular society has won. They have to claim something plainly written doesn't mean what it says 'cos if you believe that and act on it in modern society you'll wind up in prison.

[@totonow6955]

This is the BEST HA ever.

[@robertparsons313]

A lot of Baptists don't realize they were placed under heavy Calvinism starting from childhood. Their churches may never even mention Calvin, but he's definitely behind the curtain. Obviously, there's more to the message of God than Calvinism, but it can take Baptists a long time (if ever) to see that and get free.

[@jassharma962]

Great video! I respect freedom of religion generally but not religions which say others will burn

[@TheRaven757]

I love Star Trek for this very reason. I tell people this all the time.

[@dyinteriors]

Brady, you went through an awful lot. It must have been hard to be a Christian all those years. Your self discipline was remarkable.

[@leslieviljoen]

1:13:30 take a look at "fundamental attribution error". For people we love, we ascribe the good things they do to their character and the bad things to their environment. And vice versa for people we dislike. Humans and their irrational psychology!

[@karlu8553]

Wow, love the take on progressive Xianity

[@rainbowkrampus]

Hell yeah, Star Trek is a far more useful set of stories from which to derive moral narratives than the Bible. I have my problems with the newer series but they are making an active effort to be more representative than previous iterations. And there's no contradiction there as with a religious belief. Star Trek in the past was "of it's time" on many issues even if it was always progressive. But the fact that it's a show about humanity means that it can update itself alongside humanity. When you have some fixed, inerrant god, you can't do that without falling into obvious contradictions and outright falsehoods as progressive christianity so often does.

[@elliottpaine9259]

Wasn't there a belief of "Diyonisus that if you didn't accept him" than you had to die? Which kinda points to the "don't believe in jesus then you go to the lake of fire" Seems similar I just don't know enough about dionysus.

[@willg1435]

Agreed 💯

[@justinhart2831]

I never really liked using the word "deconstruction" to talk about leaving Christianity. It reminds me of postmodernism, which has its own problems.

[@timunderwood4314]

Good Title!

[@clarkemorledge2398]

All I have to say, is that as an evangelical Christian, and after hearing Brady's "testimony" of how he was treated by Christians, that prompted his deconstruction, I can only say that I probably would leave the faith, too, if I had been treated like that!! I don't what kind of Baptist church you had, but it just sounds awful!!

[@patrickwoods2213]

Do you really think that was the only reason why he left? Christians need to quit thinking that the only reason people leave the faith is because of a bad experience. This is an old chestnut that needs to be squashed. The reason main reason why people leave, is because Christianity simply makes no sense. It’s as simple as that. If someone has a bad experience, it often leads to questioning - which forces you to re-examine things. And after you re-examine it, the brainwashing wears off, which allows you to see religion for what it really is-a manmade construct. If the only problem with Christianity was bad Christians- then I would still be a Christian!

[@letahamilton]

💯💯💯 about Star Trek

[@rosalindc9651]

I loved that as well! My husband and I recently had the exact same conversation about the beautiful, humanistic ethics of Star Trek ❤

[@stell243]

Brady looks like Tim wearing a disguise

[@joycesky5041]

Hey Brady and Tim….PLEASE let me know if you read my comment which turned into a whole biography…sorry it’s so long but read it anyway and let me know.

[@kenny995]

Gaslight, gatekeep, godboss

[@audreyeaves3536]

Tim I think you would enjoy the concepts explored about the afterlife in the show The Good Place! Watching it made me contemplate religion and the afterlife in ways I hadn’t considered before. I’m they deal with the mind numbing effect eternal perfection would probably endure. There is also a character who uses her time to learn how to almost everything for herself because she didn’t do anything one earth (very rich trust fund kid).

[@멸문멸공-b4c]

You gotta improve your microphone. The sound quality is terrible.

[@HarmonicAtheist]

Newer interviews should by and large sound a lot better.

[@angelavenerando5110]

At the end everyone wakes up

[@B.S._Lewis]

I like Brady but he used my name in vain way too much. But I will forgive him if he eats a hamburger for his sins.

[@johncollier7419]

You're probably right, but what Christian are you going to convince of that by heading it this way? How long did it take you to reach that conclusion? Consider how long it'll take a committed Christian to reach that same conclusion. Sow doubt, not enmity.

[@jdoe7674]

A lot of people myself included are Angry at Christian’s/christianity because we were once Christian ourselves and we now see how much we were lied to abused and gaslit I spent my entire life up until about a year ago as a die hard Christian and when I left there’s no doubt in my mind that 100 years ago my own church and family would have burned me at the stake the only reason they haven’t yet is because they can’t do that anymore but seeing the way they looked at me and the things they said to me I know they wanted to and that hurts and makes people angry but I’m trying to move past that because that anger is only hurting me and giving them confirmation that they are right

[@michaeldeegan3560]

I would’ve said yeah you can cuss but not every sentence. And I’m not even against cussing. It just gets old.

[@northernlight8857]

Uhm actually....Star Trek has some religion in DS9. The Bajorans. You get the faith vs reason conflict.

[@gaiusjuliuswindex3801]

Aemilius Paulus Scipio Africanus was the one who defeated the Holy Macedonian Phalanx, styled after Alexander & Philip , in the Hands of Antiochus Mithridates… this battle is the Allegory that Christianity is Secretly discussing. Antiochus Is the Christ and the Son of God, killed for the sins of Rome - Ralph E

[@DJTheTrainmanWalker]

How has i8t taken 2 years for this title to enter my feed? And It began with the notorious liar Paul of Tarsus... though it reall kicked into gear with Eusebius Pamphillus.

[@janelr6516]

2 creation stories in Genesis? I’m assuming Adam and Eve is the first, where is the second story found?

[@dodumichalcevski]

Read Genesis 1 and 2

[@skywishr1313]

Source - Trust me bro I dreamt it

[@timisa58]

Ugh. As soon as Tim told him it was okay to curse, he didn't hold back. I couldn't watch for too long.

[@redpillpusher]

sheesh get over it... just words of expression and honestly its not even as bad as you lead on

[@marcomoreno6748]

Why? I don't have the constitution to curse, but I understand they're only words and it's fairly mild considering.

[@Michael-cb3uw]

Womp womp😢