Christians Don't Understand Worship!

[@lhurst9550]

When a person is broken down, they are easily to control.

[@humboldthammer]

Obviously, there is no punishment for Non-Belief. And I tell YOU now -- believe "me". . . or not, there is no hell for the Man-beast. One must CHOOSE to find, to love, and to serve God, without fear of hellfire, nor with expectation of reward. God forces no one. Free Will is a FACT. The evidence suggests that many never truly desire to find God, until they have been traumatized or hit rock-bottom. Fortunately, that is not a requirement, but it partially explains why so many already-broken people are believers. See A.A., N.A, . M. A. Anonymous.

[@ky1ebetts]

Learn how to words.

[@ZeroOskul]

...easy to control. Or ...easily controlled. Donate to Holy Kool-Aid! He needs it! That was easy.

[@blixx8931]

That's almost like a quote I can't remember who said it.. I think it was Voltaire who said when you can get people to believe in absurdities you can get them to commit atrocities

[@ZeroOskul]

@blixx8931 The full quote from his _Questions On Miracles_ "Formerly there were those who said: You believe things that are incomprehensible, inconsistent, impossible because we have commanded you to believe them; go then and do what is injust because we command it. Such people show admirable reasoning. *Truly, whoever can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.* If the God‐​given understanding of your mind does not resist a demand to believe what is impossible, then you will not resist a demand to do wrong to that God‐​given sense of justice in your heart. As soon as one faculty of your soul has been dominated, other faculties will follow as well. And from this derives all those crimes of religion which have overrun the world." -Voltaire

[@totemtabu5934]

“It is the devolving of a strong proud human into a terrified and pathetic slave.” So true. I can’t believe I used to live like this.

[@TheMilitantMazdakite]

Then turn to the great Ahura Mazda. They demand no worship. Just Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds.

[@Chris-pg7qg]

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[@povoq83]

Pride isn't really a quality

[@kellydalstok8900]

@@TheMilitantMazdakitewhy swap one imaginary friend for another?

[@v.k.rt.m.6030]

​​@@povoq83I'm aware of Pride before a fall but it's not always like that in the case of pride. It depends on what the pride is being used for.

[@Hbinky]

And that sums up perfectly in 5 minutes what it took me over 20 years to come to terms with.

[@steveOCalley]

Close out with a helping of Nietzsche. His pop was a minister.😊

[@vnikyt]

This 👆🏾 The next time my sweet but super-duper-turbo-charged Evangelical mom tries to reconvert me, I'm sending her this video--and running for cover 😂 Love you Mommy, but I'm celebrating 20 years since I left the fucking fold

[@Marconius6]

"Freedom is the right of all sentient beings." - Optimus Prime

[@michaeleanthonyjr]

A speaker of the truth

[@Fade_NB]

Real

[@johnwalker1058]

when a fictional robot truck speaks more truth than an entire social institution

[@costelinha1867]

NOW THAT'S A GOD I CAN GET BEHIND!

[@The_Average_Ragebait_Borutard]

I’m sorry, but you guys do realize that Madara is a whole goofy fodder right? I can name a bunch of people in his verse that claps him at his prime. 1. NL Code 2. Daemon 3. Shibai 4. Isshiki 5. Adult Sasuke 6. Adult Naruto 7. TimeSkip Boruto 8. TimeSkip Kawaki 9. Momoshiki 10. Eida And the list goes on! You people stuck in Shippuden need to grow up and stop being kids 😂💪

[@trolleyfan]

Any deity worthy of being worshipped, would not want it.

[@jordanharri]

Genuine question, what makes you think that?

[@THEOMNIVERSEPERSPECTIVE]

@SheepOfChrist818 no , GOD actually doesn’t love praise. GOD appreciates Appreciation, knowing that all the shit the creation puts it through is worth it, because GOD is about everything and in everything. Worshipping and not being able to think for yourselves and constantly telling everyone Jesus is the answer actually Annoys GOD because GOD is love, and it’s that simple. y’all love what you want, GOD created a human body cause it was tired of humans not listening and destroying its land.

[@cryptojihadi265]

​@@jordanharriNothing. He thought he'd try to sound deep and profound, but failed miserably.

[@TheMilitantMazdakite]

Ahura Mazda simply does not care if you worship them or not.

[@The_Average_Ragebait_Borutard]

I’m sorry, but you guys do realize that Madara is a whole goofy fodder right? I can name a bunch of people in his verse that claps him at his prime. 1. NL Code 2. Daemon 3. Shibai 4. Isshiki 5. Adult Sasuke 6. Adult Naruto 7. TimeSkip Boruto 8. TimeSkip Kawaki 9. Momoshiki 10. Eida And the list goes on! You people stuck in Shippuden need to grow up and stop being kids 😂💪

[@alexj3709]

I for one, and many others, who finally walked away from religious indoctrination had all this going on in their mind without ever having it crystalized in their conscious thoughts. It only takes a small trigger to start a cascade of realization that helps them so much. Your messages are part of that process, thank you!

[@flowerjpotter1629]

What a great comment. I hope you don't mind me saying at first glance I misread one word. When you wrote "start a cascade" I thought I saw start a casserole. I hope my mistake makes you laugh as it did me.

[@MindShift-Brandon]

I have been looking for another amazing worship deconstruction ever since GMS's Emotional Priming Video. Thank you!

[@uncleanunicorn4571]

The illustration is not evolution as much as a memetic mental parasite metastasizing into an infection.

[@raptorcrasherinc.9823]

@@uncleanunicorn4571 No evolutionary biologist uses that image to depict evolution either. It is simply wrong and real science has been updated decades ago.

[@mr.washeewashee4082]

Have a look at theramin trees if possible

[@ummmuurdone7805]

Hey! Love your channel! I’ve been binging it for two weeks 😊

[@while.coyote]

Anything that demands, desires or even enjoys being worshiped does not deserve it.

[@briobarb8525]

Well said!!!

[@JosephSevirene]

Does anyone who receives honor or adulation not worthy? Does that include Louis Pasteur or Issac Newton, or Abraham Lincoln, ect, ect? I am not sure what definition of worship you are talking about?

[@while.coyote]

@@JosephSevirene Oh, so did Pasteur or Newton, an Lincoln demand and desire adulation and praise for their works? Or were those examples FAMOUSLY humble about their actions? You proved my point. The best people are the ones who want to be praised least. Anyone that has adoration and praise as their primary motivator is absolutely unworthy of it.

[@while.coyote]

@SheepOfChrist818 This is just parroting dogma without actual thought. Tell me, in your world view, does the devil not want worship? how will you know when you're worshiping the right thing when both are equally thirsty for praise? Worship is something earned, not demanded, otherwise it's not deserved.

[@while.coyote]

@SheepOfChrist818 Creating something and then demanding obedience is evil, my friend, not good. That's not how consent works. If you force something to exist, you owe that creature the best life possible, that creature does not owe you anything at all. You've been tricked by this dogma into thinking it works backwards than it actually does. If you had asked and begged to exist, then sure, then a creator could demand a price, but to do it in the reverse, creating first then demanding a price, is not an act of good, it's an act of evil. And I bet you know that. For example, if I tell you now that I've created this wonderful comment for you that you never asked for, you nevertheless owe me a debt for my time, do you feel obligated to pay me? If not, then you already know the deal being offered by god is not how honest transactions work.

[@KenEnCuenca]

Damn dude! You ripped this to shreds. That is straight up!

[@zethyuen8859]

Most things aren't taken to context and not from the view of a Believer who reads and is led by the Holy Spirit. It's Cliche, but true.

[@KenEnCuenca]

@@zethyuen8859 I’m not sure that even makes sense.

[@nairbvel]

For years, I've been complaining that the Abrahamic God is at best a narcissist. Thank you for reinforcing my (already repeatedly reinforced, LOL) idea that others also see the points that led me to that conclusion. :-) It's really, *really* hard to sing the praises of a loving deity who seems to have decided that fear, bullying, and force are The Way.

[@celticbabs3105]

Exactly - and when your eyes are opened to his sadistic, psychopathological and mass murdering, bloody ritualistic tendencies - is the biggest reason I walked away. When I realized our modern sense of morality exceeded that of the God of the Bible's morality... Best leave the Iron Age texts in the Iron Age. We are beyond that now.

[@hazeld3703]

The channel "Esoterica" has a great video on how the Abrahamic God is actually a combination of several tribal gods, as well as some Babylonian gods; one a god of war, and another a wise grand-father type figure.@@celticbabs3105

[@jamesc3505]

@SheepOfChrist818: "So actions having consequences is bullying and fear?" I don't think it's being claimed that whenever actions have negative consequences it's wrong. I think it's right for there to be negative consequences for harming others. I don't think it's right for there to be negative consequences (and especially extremely serious ones like death or burning) for not worshipping someone.

[@jamesc3505]

@SheepOfChrist818: "Define worship. Worship is not just singing and dancing, it is being obedient, recognizing him as authority over your life, and putting your trust in him." If you like. "God created us for himself. God doesn't need us, he created us to have a relationship with him, God is a personal and relational God." If you have children, though, so they can have a relationship with you, be obedient to you, recognise you as authority over their life, and put their trust in you, but they later decide they want to live their own life instead, as long as they aren't harming anyone, I don't think it would be right for you to kill or burn them. "He is the objective good, so we are obedient for the good of ourselves and those around us." I don't think being killed or burnt for not worshipping is for our own good. "If everyone kept the commandments perfectly, there would be no war, slavery, or problems." Maybe no war or slavery, since I think Yahweh generally only endorsed war against, and slavery of, people who don't worship him (or, at least, there were restrictions on slavery if they worship him?). Off the top of my head, though, I think commanding Abraham to kill Isaac, even though he called it off at the last moment, could have been a fearful situation for Isaac, and I think he allowed Job to suffer. Actually, I suspect the stuff about Job in in the Bible is to warn believers that no matter how much they suffer, they should never question Yahweh, which suggests to me there would still be problems. Moreover, some people just don't like being subjugated. I think it's probably fair to say that people in the Soviet Union who submitted to subjugation didn't have to worry so much about being persecuted. That's something, I guess, but I don't think it's enough to qualify as good. And besides that, not everyone realises that they're supposed to be subjugated, or by whom, or how. Jews and Muslims, for instance, realise they're 'supposed' to be subjugated, and even get the 'right' god, but have some of the details 'wrong', so will be cast into fire anyway. Really, given that people have a tendency to believe the religion they're born into, I think you ought to be worried that you were born into the wrong religion. "Secondly, Fear of God in the Bible doesn't mean we are scared of him." Why do you think that? "No Christian who knows their Bible is afraid of going to hell." I think James 2:14-18 suggests works as a requirement for salvation, so by this, a Christian might be fearful that they aren't good enough (although I think the prevailing suggestion is faith alone). There are also passages that suggest unforgivable sins such as blasphemy against the Holy Ghost (Matthew 12:31-32 and Mark 3:28-29), apostasy (Hebrews 6:4-6), or even simply 'sinning' generally after having converted (Hebrews 10:26-27). Besides, some agnostics believe enough to be worried non-believers will be burnt, but don't believe enough to be sure they won't count as a non-believer. Many Christians are fearful for non-Christian relatives too. So I think Christianity causes plenty of fear. "And I don't think fire in hell is literal, as it is your soul in hell and not your body. The Bible also describes Hell as separation from God. God is love, so Hell would be a separation from love, from joy, from peace etc; But I'm not even sure He'll lasts forever because the Bible describes people going to hell as perishing and dying." I think 1 Corinthians 15:42-44 suggests our bodies are remade, perfect and eternal, by which view I guess we would suffer eternally in Hell. I understand some Christians believe people perish in Hell, rather than suffering eternally, although I'm not sure this is the prevailing suggestion in the Bible, and I'm pretty sure the idea of Hell being purely a separation from Yahweh isn't. (Thanks to ChatGPT for the references. I vaguely remembered hearing these passages, but would have had no idea where to look. I checked them, though, to ensure they weren't 'hallucinations'.)

[@The_Average_Ragebait_Borutard]

I’m sorry, but you guys do realize that Madara is a whole goofy fodder right? I can name a bunch of people in his verse that claps him at his prime. 1. NL Code 2. Daemon 3. Shibai 4. Isshiki 5. Adult Sasuke 6. Adult Naruto 7. TimeSkip Boruto 8. TimeSkip Kawaki 9. Momoshiki 10. Eida And the list goes on! You people stuck in Shippuden need to grow up and stop being kids 😂💪

[@FaithEvolved]

This video is amazing at describing exactly the questions and confusion I had while I was a Christian, and what caused me to walk away from the faith. I feel much freer now that I'm no longer part of religion, although I still believe in a God/creator for my own reasons.

[@gleanerman2195]

Just take the next step, it's hard but very satisfying.

[@TheMilitantMazdakite]

Take a look at the great Ahura Mazda. They don't demand flattery. Just Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds.

[@highjinx6519]

I’m with you. I believe in some kind of higher power just not what most religions say it is.

[@youtubestudiosucks978]

​@@highjinx6519 i think that's called getting high. Just roll a fat blunt and smoke it up

[@rc8422]

If you don’t understand Genesis 6 and the Nephilim, the bible makes no sense. Genocide makes sense if you understand this.

[@DrWho-vc2go]

At 7 years of age. My mom and dad took me aside. They said, and I quote: "You've been going to church now for most of your life, it's now time to make up your own mind. Do you believe in god?" I said, a little afraid of offending them: "I don't think I do....really?" They of course asked me why not, and I told them of the many inconsistencies in the bible and from the preaching's by the vicar in the pulpit....in my own 7 year old child-like way. I felt as if a heavy weight had been lifted off my shoulders. It's such a shame that all parents aren't the same as mine. They drag their children into a church, and force them to believe in such a one-sided belief.

[@DrWho-vc2go]

@@m00sing For who?

[@Asa...S]

I've seen some comments say "If you don't worship God, then you're worshipping someone/something else, like Satan/money/celebrities/family members/yourself". Is it really that difficult for them to understand that some people don't worship anything at all? I grew up, and live, in secular Sweden, and I've never really understood why some people feel the need to worship something. To me it just seems strange. We don't even have any Kool-Aid here!

[@povoq83]

Jordan Peterson put it this way. "we all have a hierarchy of values, And whatever is at the top of your values serves the fonction of god. For you. I think there can my many types of worship. People who follow sports have their own group of people and their own admiration of something better then themselves. They've provided for their "need" differently. But it's still the same thing. Aren't you fan of something ou someone ?

[@kellydalstok8900]

@@povoq83hogwash

[@raptorcrasherinc.9823]

@@povoq83 Well Jordan Peterson is wrong that it becomes their god. We can valued something above everything else, but that does not mean that it is anything like religious dogma.

[@tkps]

@@povoq83 There's a difference between being a 'fan' of something or enjoying it and worship. A big difference. I admire Peterson. He makes a lot of sense. But I don't agree with all of it. Or at least his interpretation. Not all of us have a single value we place at a higher level than others. A heirarchy doesn't exist for some.

[@PaTrick-cf6ev]

​@@povoq83Jordan Peterson is a total and utter failure, grifter and a nutcase, in my opinion. Dude loves to subtly suggest that he's a type of messiah and makes him self cry on command, how can you even consider anything a person like that says worth repeating and mentioning to other people in other way than a joke?😅

[@BobbyFriston]

I always look forward to your logic and humour. Keep up the great work !

[@HayateGhost]

Worship ministry is the most manipulitive area of the church

[@Fromanotherearth]

​@SheepOfChrist818Get lost

[@shanegooding4839]

How could a deity capable of such cruelty be regarded as loving?

[@Ottawa411]

I was taught that, if a man rapes and murders my atheist daughter, and later repents, my daughter will burn in hell for an eternity, and the man will be welcomed into the kingdom of heaven with open arms. It appears as though God can forgive any, and every atrocity, except for ignorance of his existence.

[@a_rtyom]

its so fucking cruel. if a god like this truly exists then i am terrfied.

[@michaellemmen]

I agree with God. Also your daughter could go to heaven too if she believes.

[@a_rtyom]

@@michaellemmen lmao y'all are insensitive as fuck. Not believing doesn't warrant eternity in torture.what a dismissive and insensitive comment to an actually good question.

[@Ottawa411]

@@michaellemmen Which shows the total lack of morality in the Abrahamic religions.

[@brucewaite3733]

​@@michaellemmenthat's a sick god with a bankrupt morality

[@elihinze3161]

I feel this so incredibly hard! When I was a devoted Christian, I decided to read the whole Bible to "get closer to God". When I read the story of Uriah, it was definitely a 👁👄👁 moment. One of the many that led to my deconversion!

[@danmurray1143]

For about 2000 years the Catholic church has been discouraging parishioners from reading the Bible for just that reason. They don't want you to know what is ACTUALLY in the book. They want to tell you only selected verses they want you to hear.

[@mamamheus7751]

The easiest way to turn a Christian into an atheist is to get them to read the Bible. Properly. Without a priest "guiding" them.

[@ChickenSaysBak]

I just read it. Somehow I wasn't familiar with it after being in church for a decade. Insane how these people are pro-life and are yet okay with God killing David's baby for a wicked act DAVID committed-and then gave him another child and practically swept the issue under the rug. They're also happy to ignore the line in 2 Samuel 12:7-8 where God literally says, "I gave you your master's wives". God didn't pick ONE of his master's wives but gave him MULTIPLE. Yet Christians are insistent about the "1 man, 1 woman" narrative and state that this is how God intended it.

[@black5f]

Reading the bible is quite interesting. You have to read it once, then read again and jump backwards and forwards with little notes. Can I say? I don't want to upset anyone? I am a complete total atheist, I am not an angry one like the others? How you find peace with your soul, in love, life, death, and happiness, is up to you and really none of my business. You can't get closer to God because there isn't one and if there is ... we are all pretty much doomed. There are rules to being civilised humans? The bible is not a bad guide to life, some bits are bad? Mostly the New Testament shares some good advice? The old testament has some bad things? So I think I am a good guy, I say hello to passers by, I care for my elderly neighbours, I pull people out of snowdrifts on my way home. Last year I pulled an old guy out of a car full of smoke, took the car to the local garage (a car mechanic), to get it checked out, and drove the guy back to his house, made him a cup of tea, and refused his gratitude when he wanted to pay me. Because I found that offensive (due the way I was brought up). I try and do something good every day for someone I don't know. because it makes me feel good and better inside The point of my comment ... you can be at the front of the queue, far better than the loyal, handing over money to churches etc. Just be nice to your fellows? You can be good without God, and if he turns up to be true, you were good with out faith ... how many points would that be worth.

[@ioanalazar8581]

​@@ChickenSaysBakI don't understand why David is considered a "saint" even though he was a polygamist. In Orthodoxy, David is considered to be a saint.

[@jd4108]

You were one of the first influencer I started watching that help me deal with leaving Xtianity. Thanks!

[@daysoftheboo]

THANK YOU FINALLY DID SOMEONE TALK ABOUT THIS TOPIC!! IF WE DON'T HAVE TO BOW DOWN TO OUR PARENTS WHO ACTUALLY EXIST , WHY DO WE HAVE TO BOW DOWN TO SOME OTHER GUYS IMAGINARY FRIEND??? I wouldn't bow down to my parents either

[@tb4876]

Amen Brother! This needs to be taught in public schools!

[@Fade_NB]

Real

[@HolyKoolaid]

Unfortunately, PragerU is now public school curriculum in the US.

[@The_Average_Ragebait_Borutard]

I’m sorry, but you guys do realize that Madara is a whole goofy fodder right? I can name a bunch of people in his verse that claps him at his prime. 1. NL Code 2. Daemon 3. Shibai 4. Isshiki 5. Adult Sasuke 6. Adult Naruto 7. TimeSkip Boruto 8. TimeSkip Kawaki 9. Momoshiki 10. Eida And the list goes on! You people stuck in Shippuden need to grow up and stop being kids 😂💪

[@Fade_NB]

@@The_Average_Ragebait_Borutard wrong comment section bud

[@The_Average_Ragebait_Borutard]

@@Fade_NBI hope you don’t think that Madara beats any of the characters on my list. Cause if you do…💀

[@PinkyJay-tk7kl]

Great subject to cover. This needed to be brought to light. Thank you for all your hard work, Thomas. ❤️

[@Hollylivengood]

This was great. I dallied in fundamentalism for a bit, but my son was raised in it, and promptly zinged out of it as soon as he got me to see sense. We both love your channel for just this reasoning that you put out here regularly.

[@alexkenjeev3725]

wow!

[@jmparker78]

Several weeks ago my father sent me a Christian meme that says "People think Christians are slaves to rules, but the slavery is sin. Living for Jesus is a privilege, a freedom like no other." Sure, I'm a "slave to sin". Even though I'm not living any differently in my day-to-day than I did as a Christian (the changes are all internal). Sure, living for Jesus is a "privilege"...to be constantly fearful that I'm sinning unwittingly, or shameful that I'm not doing enough to help the Kingdom, or worrying that everything I do is performative and I'm still going to Hell. Freedom. Such crazy gaslighting.

[@costelinha1867]

Christians: "God is love" All those humans who were murdered in that little flood God made: "Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure....."

[@18471902]

@SheepOfChrist818 Given the fact he created such corrupt and evil people and then felt the need to destroy them accordingly, god apparently makes mistakes; and he clearly lacks the ability to sort the "innocent" from the "guilty."

[@GENERATIONALKINGS-rm6zt]

@@18471902”but…but he didn’t create that we did”🤓👆 average Christian

[@legendofthestrings1]

glad to see you posting new videos. Keep em coming and don't let push back get you down. It just means there is a conversation.

[@condorboss3339]

One of my favorite questions for theists is: " _Why would an omnipotent god, creator of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible, who made stars and galaxies and mountains and oceans, whales, stallions, butterflies and wonders beyond measure WANT to be worshipped. Why would he care if the ephemeral apes of one small planet among the sextillions of planets in the universe praise him_ ?"

[@kellydalstok8900]

Do we demand worship of ants?

[@patrickvolk7031]

One thing I thought about, which kind of cuts to the chase is... "What happens if all people die? Does God die?". Would he kill everything else because we died? Would God be that selfish, or are we the selfish ones? The fundie loophole... Don't give a shit about earth, if we screw it up, we go to heaven sooner, and earth literally goes to hell. Selfish God only cares about us, and has no reason to exist without us.

[@danmurray1143]

@patrickvolk7031 I assume if humanity dies God will go after the apes, whales, & dolphins for praise & worship. IDK, good question. God is super narcissistic & psychopathic. We need to find God a girlfriend; he needs to get laid, smoke a joint, & chill out.

[@irrelevant_noob]

@condorboss3339 mysterious ways! /s

[@patrickvolk7031]

@@irrelevant_noob No, you fool, it's all about us! Doesn't it make total sense that god put us in change of everything here? Even stuff we may never see up close even if we can travel faster than the speed of light... The bacteria that live deep in the earth, they're just there for us to find! How DARE you think god isn't like us made in our image! We have a book we wrote that proves it! Don't accept any imitations, especially that one we kind of based ours on (Judaism). If there is a god, he's probably not aware of our existence. He probably is just smoking a joint, changing channels on the show he created, doing UniverseFlix and chill with the missus. Yes, I believe in J.R. Bob Dobbs and the Church of the Subgenius...

[@tklyte]

From a former fundamental Xtian worship leader, that was the most mind blowing 5.37 minutes of logic and reason when it comes to the subject. I just love you man!!. 🥰🥰

[@chococat900]

Great points. It always felt off to me, too. So many contradictions, especially after I became a parent myself

[@chococat900]

@@m00sing what are you on about? Your comment makes zero sense

[@gullyfoyle3253]

Passionate, powerful, and moving, thank~you!

[@oldwiseoul]

Man, I was into this so bad, 8 years of drinking that kool-aid!

[@gleanerman2195]

56 years here, but 10 years now of being set free.

[@povoq83]

I'm not English and don't understand the joke. What's kool-aid ?

[@kellydalstok8900]

@@povoq83a large number of members of a religious sect committed suicide by drinking a soft drink laced with poison. It wasn’t actually Kool-Aid but a similar cheaper drink called Flavor Aid. Hence: don’t drink the Kool-Aid. It is possible to google such things, you know.

[@Hbinky]

​@povoq83 it is a phrase that came from the Jonestown cult deaths. Jim Jones, the cult leader gave them poison mixed in a drink called Kool Aid (I think it's a popular American drink.) So when someone says about drinking the kool aid, they mean that someone has been conditioned to believe someone so unquestioningly that they would willingly do anything for them.

[@condorboss3339]

@@povoq83 "Drinking the kool-aid" is a rather macabre reference to the Jonestown massacre where the followers of Jim Jones were coerced into committing mass suicide rather than submit to authorities who were coming to investigate the murder of a congressman who had visited their encampment in an attempt to uncover the abuses going on there." (November 18, 1978) The victims drank kool-aid laced with cyanide.

[@lagodifuoco313]

I have to say that all of you're videos are great. This one however.... KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE FUCKING PARK!!!

[@HolyKoolaid]

Thanks! I whipped it up kinda fast, so I wasn't sure if it would be good, but I was pissed and needed to rant. 😂

[@florianopolis6299]

​@@HolyKoolaidthat was kinda clear from the way you phrases it ;) Still.. Very great video! Please keep going!

[@apoetreadstowrite]

Absolutely brilliant - nailed it again!!!

[@HolyKoolaid]

Thanks

[@Tinman69]

Someone asked me the other day why aren't you a Christian? I told them because I'm no slave. They didn't like my answer much and i didn't have the time to explain as I was walking away in Walmart parking lot where they had approached me.

[@bobkane432]

Average atheist "I'm no slave!" Your Boss "Why are you two minutes late? You're working overtime for this and I'm cutting your pay!" You "Sure boss, anything you want, please don't fire me!"

[@Tinman69]

@@bobkane432 I own my own business and I'm not married. My clients get it my way or they can fkk off. I don't bow down to anyone. Especially not an imaginary god. Christian 'oh please dear god, don't throw me in hell' Smh dumbest thing to believe ever.

[@jebkermen6087]

@@bobkane432 all things are subject to change.

[@guybrush1701]

​@@bobkane432average PERSON. there. I fixed it for you.

[@eurofam7475]

@@bobkane432that analogy was a reach

[@thelyrebird1310]

As a worship leader in my old church, it was the emotional and psychological manipulation that I could achieve in a matter of minutes that was the penultimate end of my belief in any God. The final nail was the letter officially handing me over to the devil until I repented that closed the door completely.

[@alexmousley7213]

That letter was an act of gross psychological and emotional abuse, I am glad you saw through that cult tactic.

[@thelyrebird1310]

@alexmousley7213 it was more my lawyer, who refused to accept any payment, who flew into righteous, glorious, and furious indignation threatening them all with legal hellfire and damnation that stopped them from outing me from the pulpit that Sunday. I had literally just walked in off the street, late on Friday afternoon with my story and the letter. He sat me down and quietly listened, read the letter, checked with his secretary for any conflict of interest, and exploded with outrage at what they had said..."How dare they say that, the bastards we'll sue them and their whole organisation for everything they have!" his was, by far, a much more satisfying reaction to him finding out I was gay than I ever had from any Christian leadership.

[@alexmousley7213]

@thelyrebird1310 Huge props to your lawyer. They sound like a heavenly power!

[@michaellemmen]

@@thelyrebird1310gay is not real. You are being deceived

[@jonbovie516]

Two holy koolaid vids in one day. There is a god.

[@CecilSmithCreative]

#iseewhatyoudidthere

[@chococat900]

We are blessed with great bounty 🎉😂

[@raptorcrasherinc.9823]

Raise your hands for the Koolaid savior

[@chococat900]

@@raptorcrasherinc.9823 🙌

[@tampazeke4587]

LOL!

[@jennacomm3732]

YES!!!!! Thank you. Wonderfully articulated, as per usual. It's sad. I grew up in the charismatic church (unfortunately) and saw many hands raised, and even more face planted into the ground. Whenever I bring this type of conversation up to those that I know practice their faith this way, they always tell me that I'm the mistaken one and that the power, grace, and presence of God is so unimaginable and incredible that all we can do is fall to our knees and weep. And if that's what God really wants, it is *profoundly* narcissistic and abusive -- it makes me sick just thinking about it. So many brainwashed people.

[@mocurio]

OH THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO! I wish my parents understood this when they raised me!

[@HolyKoolaid]

Glad it was helpful!

[@leahp1765]

​@@HolyKoolaidgo listen to the song set fire to the rain by Adel. That falling to knees knees thing has nothing to do with slavery. It has to do with love. We have not had slavery in the USA for 140 years now since 1860s. If you are not raised around such things you will do the thing you are raised around such as when in love you fall to your knees. It's a Romance thing. I know you love history and stuff but not all things have to do with other cultures. You will love it when we christians transition to time traveling in TARDIS like on doctor who instead of just artifact digging since you love history so much and talking about it. Your talent and career path is most likely history teacher which is cool.

[@jebkermen6087]

@@leahp1765 did not know the bible was made post 1860. The more you know.

[@leahp1765]

@@jebkermen6087 oh no it wasn't but the falling to knees things has nothing to do with slavery is what I am saying. Thomas is reaching with that one.

[@callatelaboca4352]

I am from Germany and grow up in a Christian Carismatic Church. Thank you for you Videos. They Help me super much.

[@diannalynnYT]

Excellent breakdown. I'm so glad to be out of the abusive relationship now. I appreciate the work you do. Thank you.

[@stevenpike7857]

I love how Christians cherry pick versus to try nullify what you just read. For example, Number 31 depicts where god commands the Israelites to murder innocent people, but to keep the adolescent virgin girls for sex slavery. Quoting another Bible verse, or giving some "Jesus changed that," explination doesn't excuse the fact that at least at one time this god allowed child sex trafficking, and indeed slavery itself.

[@kellydalstok8900]

Jesus didn’t come to change anything, according to the bible: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest part or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place.” (Matthew 5:17)

[@danmurray1143]

Biblical advice doesn't work in today's world. For example, I wouldn't want a bunch of slave girls captured in battle. I can't afford to buy them all cell phones. Can't afford to give them each their own bedrooms, clothing & makeup. Buy a bunch of cars when they turn 16. Not paying to send them all to college.

[@michaellemmen]

God can do that. Who are you to question God?

[@tklyte]

@@michaellemmen We have every right to question why a being who claims to be the paragon of love, mercy and justice constantly behaves like a fucking psychotic sadist and excuses it by telling us his ways are not our ways and his thoughts are not out thoughts. If that's the case, we have nothing in common and he should fuck off. Luckily, he's nothing but a figment of people's imaginations and mythology.

[@gymkata]

Ah yes, the true freedom offered by Christianity. Worship and praise this invisible being...or else.

[@danmurray1143]

God's idea of free will is pointing a gun to your head and demanding you do exactly as he commands, 😆

[@HolyKoolaid]

Exactly! If there's an ultimatum, then it's not a free choice. It's coercion.

[@MachineintheMonkey]

Oh.. and give me all of your money at the same time

[@MachineintheMonkey]

@SheepOfChrist818 I do good deeds everyday for neighbours and strangers without having to bow to a god.

[@eurofam7475]

@SheepOfChrist818ofc. However, God at the end of the day created us to inherit sin.

[@gleanerman2195]

As always, very good and spot on, man.

[@Rockyandmom]

Absolutely love your challenge at the close.. brilliant and emotional.. I share your feelings on this.. thank you for voicing them.

[@BluStarGalaxy]

This video's message is so good.

[@michaellemmen]

What’s the message exactly? ‘Lose faith and hope’? Is that good?

[@whysoserious8666]

When a dog goes all submissive and rolls over, at least it gets a belly rub. God doesn’t give belly rubs.

[@wangobadankas4038]

Worship is an altogether creepy word.

[@VHS_FUN1999]

Kratos from god of war has a hell of lot more bondage to his son then god and his "children"

[@grapeshot]

From what I've read the invisible sky wizard is a deity going through his terrible twos.

[@TheMilitantMazdakite]

Hey! The Wise Lord is NOT a jealous god who will throw you into SAW for all eternity for minor theological mistakes, and, although I have told you this a thousand times, God is not an invisible sky wizard.

[@grapeshot]

@TheMilitantMazdakite and you can tell me to trillion times I'm still going to call him that if you don't like that TS

[@TheMilitantMazdakite]

@@grapeshot Challenge accepted.

[@TheMilitantMazdakite]

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[@TheMilitantMazdakite]

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[@russianaloha4576]

Mind fuck indeed... I've always questioned this all my life!! Im so glad you make all these videos! 💞

[@AL13NM]

Well said. I can not help but notice what an appropriate symbol of christianity the Crown Of Thorns is. It is a literal physical manifestation of what religion is, a Prison Of The Mind.

[@danmurray1143]

Wow, that's so true 👍

[@AL13NM]

@SheepOfChrist818 LOL, yeah and that also just so happens to be why Unicorns have only one Horn! Because it's All Fiction. But thank you for proving my point. I hope you get Paroled one day. 😘

[@danmurray1143]

@SheepOfChrist818 LOL, you don't have a religion, you have an endless mediphore. Don't take your ancient book of myths too seriously. Read a few science books to liven up your life a little.

[@The_Average_Ragebait_Borutard]

I’m sorry, but you guys do realize that Madara is a whole goofy fodder right? I can name a bunch of people in his verse that claps him at his prime. 1. NL Code 2. Daemon 3. Shibai 4. Isshiki 5. Adult Sasuke 6. Adult Naruto 7. TimeSkip Boruto 8. TimeSkip Kawaki 9. Momoshiki 10. Eida And the list goes on! You people stuck in Shippuden need to grow up and stop being kids 😂💪

[@AL13NM]

@SheepOfChrist818 Ah yes, and may Quetzalcoatl spread his mighty wings and shade you from the Sun. lol.

[@inidavies9469]

When you mentioned the arch of the covenant story, I remembered the little sinking feeling I got back when I read it as a teenager. Back then I felt so conflicted about it and wondered if walking on eggshells was the only way to please god.

[@Uldihaa]

Let's not forget that a loving and just father figure wouldn't punish the innocent. And I'm not even talking about the Flood here! I'm talking about the banishment of Canaan by God for the high crime of ~checks notes~ being the son of the of the man that ~checks notes again~ covered his own father's passed out drunk nakedness. Canaan wasn't even present for his father's "crime". So the oh-so-righteous Noah gets literally pass out drunk, loses his clothes and passes out in his vineyard(1). When his son comes across his drunk and naked ass, he covers him. So God, in His loving and just way, punishes that Noah's grandson. (1) Because the first thing you should worry about after the entire world's food crops are washed away is a vineyard for wine grapes. EDIT: Which takes 3-4 years to produce fruit and on top of that the first few 'fruiting' seasons are usually smaller than normal, and rather sour. So that means they had to have planted these vineyards _immediately_ after the flood, along with food staple crops.

[@DeadDeadDeadski]

Well done and said. I always appreciate your videos, please keep up the amazing work and I look forward to more!

[@curiousnerdkitteh]

It's bizarre that so many Christians haven't read their bibles. Like many atheists, I was a Christian who read my bible cover to cover because it was allegedly God's word. And if they don't even know what's in the bible why don't they google it first before telling you you're wrong? That's willful ignorance. They're supposed to know the word of God, not shoot the messengers. But maybe they're afraid that if they seek the Lord like the Bible says, they won't actually find Him, because He's not there and the Bible is simply a bunch of contradictions which is why church pastors transparently cherry pick and change the entire meaning of a verse (often not even trying very hard) to suit their particular message.

[@randybellwood1778]

I love your videos and this one might be your best yet. So powerful is the message here, I need to show this to as many people I know as I can.

[@steakknives]

A very succinct message. Thank you.

[@bobkane432]

I read the Bible and the exact opposite of what that meme shows happened to me

[@EdmundAlynJones]

It’s interesting. I’m atheist, and diagnosed bi-polar. I still enjoy going to Apostolic Church because I can be “crazy” and it’s “normal.” I find the act very therapeutic and it allows me to have a good cry and manic episode in public. Has anyone else out there had a similar experience/relationship to church?

[@AlanObrien-if4ie]

As a bi polar with God delusion for 7 years I'd advise you to get your mind free from delusional religion, your messing with dead beat spirit religion ,

[@joegatty273]

I've never joined a channel or used Patreon before. but I'm definitely going to pledge and join here. Your research and communication is absolutely second to none. I'm an Australian country music, tavern guitar player so artist Financials restrict me a little. But I'll do what I can for this channel starting as of the new year. Thank you.

[@pardotkynes1]

Great video, great message, well said !

[@BromdenChief]

The creator of that "evolution of a christian" artwork probably felt smart for reversing the famous piece of evolution artwork with the apes. I wonder if the artist later realized that his religious evolution symbolises human devolution.

[@starrystarrynight52]

The Ark of the Covenant story really struck me hard as a kid. It seemed so awful to kill an innocent man over nothing (and all the other genocide stuff), It was one of those stories that made me question what I being told. As a side note, I now the "Dancing Queen" song going through my head xD.

[@uhoh3955]

@SheepOfChrist818hard to take a dummy like you seriously when you literally have sheep in your user name, shows how much deep thought you put into things

[@laurablack8700]

You do such great work. Thank you so much for everything you create.

[@DutchJoan]

This definitely needed to be said! It *is* a mindfuck, it *is* gaslighting, it *is* abusive to have to prostrate yourself before a God who calls himself 'love'. P s. What happened to your hair?

[@povoq83]

If you come before a king or president. Is it abusive to prostrate yourself ?

[@Zaft_K]

​​@@povoq83 Yes. It is abusive. I don't worship a president, and I don't bow before a king. They are only human, like me. I will treat them with respect, as with any other person, but not as something inherently greater than me.

[@HolyKoolaid]

I shaved my head and cosplayed as Kratos from God of War at DragonCon.

[@danmurray1143]

@povoq83 We don't do that King bull$hit here in America! We only worship celebrities & athletes.

[@DutchJoan]

@@povoq83 I've never heard my king call himself 'love'. Nor any president I know of. I did hear about the North Korean family Kim calling themselves 'saviour', and they are definitely abusive.

[@swordmonkey6635]

When the ancient Greek envoys went to the Persian court and saw people bowing to their king in respect, the Greeks assumed that the Persians worshipped their kings as gods, when in fact, Persians were monotheistic and didn't consider their kings as divine at all. For Greeks, only gods are bowed or prostrated to. No man bows to another man. The myth of Persian kings being considered gods have been carried down through the ages by the general public.

[@getAliKhan]

The teachings are good as long as we don't incarnate a higher power into a man or some kind of humanoid figure. It's good to remember there are things out in the world bigger than our selves. Not to seek favor or any of that silly shit but just to keep a healthy perspective of how limited our situation actually is. In my opinion faith is valuable but I am only comfortable with a private, personal faith. when things get ‘organized’ it seems like we always manage to fuck it up. Thanks for this. Please keep making this content.

[@wafflesthearttoad6916]

Yup, organization seems to always ruin stuff. I mean look at the current U.S politics situation. Nobody can seem to not be able to bash each other over the head because another person doesn’t 100% agree with them. (Before anyone tries coming for me I’m talking about ALL of y’all. I don’t even plan on watching the debates and I’m gunna write something random when I vote if I can.)

[@getAliKhan]

​@@wafflesthearttoad6916it's a form of learned helplessness but I know what you mean. I think I wrote in Gen. Wesley Clark, in the last big election. Can't stand either of'em. Just try and find the loudest voices speaking the most true and it doesn't hurt if the mainstream is trying to silence/discredit them in the ham handed way they work to smear descending opinions.

[@sherryberry5811]

“Well you can fuck right off with that gaslighting hogwash…”. That made my day. Love your videos. Making clear the muddied waters.

[@teamsteed1]

Thank you for posting the video.

[@kosherjew4223]

Exactly! Yeah G-d is SO pro life. *Sarcasam. I haave such a hard time with stuff like this. I don't get how people believe this. If I say I love you out of fear... is that love? NO! It is FEAR!

[@EdwardHowton]

I might not like the show, but that phrase, "Don't boo! I've seen what makes you cheer!" resonates with me, every time I see cultists do their cultist crap. Every time I see crowds of children being taught to LARP for Jesus, every time I see some nutjob bragging about how wretched and deserving of eternal punishment they are, every time I see some slavish victim of a so-called charismatic cult leader devotedly spitting bile and hate as a performative _show of Faith,_ I remember those words. It makes me sick to see cults continue to be allowed to be a thing. Especially now, when we can see cults popping up everywhere and replacing opinions and ideologies with just straight-up all-or-nothing brainwashing. And I don't see it getting any better. It's going to kill us all before we figure out a way to correct the course. Because the cultists themselves are glad of their chains and eager for their own destruction.

[@danmurray1143]

I've always dreamed of being a cult leader. Talking idiots into letting me sleep with their wives, cause God said so, 😆 But I can't find anyone stupid enough to join. 😞

[@TattooedGranny]

Well done. Great supported arguments referencing actual bible verses. Loved it.

[@daviydviljoen9318]

Gods' egos are as fragile as the people who created them.

[@GoldenEmperor5Manifest]

I spent the first 27-28 years of my life drinking that Koolaid and have been dealing with the religious trauma from my indoctrination ever since.

[@johnthegreat9342]

Thanks, I will use this to educate the so-called "believers"

[@uncleanunicorn4571]

The illustration is not evolution as much as a memetic mental parasite metastasizing into an infection.

[@gleanerman2195]

Good luck, they are pretty hardheaded.

[@kellydalstok8900]

Judging by the ignorant religious comments you’ll have a hard time trying to bring them to reason.

[@povoq83]

@@kellydalstok8900 Well, it's likewise hard your us Christians to bring you hard atheists to reason ;)

[@jkajewski]

After seeing a the tier list video you brought back a memory from the depths, Abeka Books... I think you need to do a dive into the different religious "curriculums" out there and the inaccuracies they peddle as truth

[@zekedabomb3343]

I have ptsd from all the religious trauma I have suffered thank you for this it was extremely cathartic.

[@alitafullarmor5957]

I am sorry to hear that you had bad experiences during your religious days. Come to Jesus Christ spiritually and he will heal you. 🙏

[@michaellemmen]

You’ll get over it

[@kevinpigford]

Thanks!

[@seekerhonest]

Christian strategy: You have a problem. Instead of looking for the solution with the power you have inside of you, you are following a fictional character outside and get more and more dependent, even (or especially) when you dont receive any solution from there.

[@PixelatedFox-xo8ys]

Yep cults do that. They target people who are lost and/or vulnerable. Almost like how pedophiles get their victims. Explains a lot about some of those priests, it hands them their prey on a silver plate. All around absolutely despicable stuff

[@Aardvark892]

This is one of the best videos you've ever made. Thank you!

[@BlackDeath920]

As an ex pentecostal i can relate to this.

[@cm28love_peace7]

Hit the nail on the head!! Great video! Thank you!!

[@justinlewis8889]

Exactly right. Well done.

[@minilabyrinth]

I've heard some NDE experience stories of people who met source/God and they said it's not the biblical one. It didn't want worship or praise, it didn't even care what we called it like Allah/God/Zeus, all it cared about was how we treated other people

[@katherineg9396]

Powerful and true.

[@InformationIsTheEdge]

God: "How DARE you be exactly as I made you! Now there is no wickedness I will not visit upon you."

[@sevenpaulperalta929]

When you simply consider the word "worship," it seems absurd to me.

[@NotYoung3592]

Excellent!! I never could figure out this worship shit even as a small child, what does worshIp mean anyway. I asked a schoolmate long ago, who was a religious freak, what would you do if you saw your Christ, she said, Fall to my knees and worship him. And then I said, How long do you stay in that absurd position? What do you do when you get up? And she was outraged that there was anything else to do but that. She called me an animal. These people have VERY serious illogic issues.

[@realandar]

Well said. I totally agree.

[@BrockLee3]

@ 2:35 - Let's take another look at the story in which the ox trips, and the Arc of the Covenant was about to fall...and, that priest tried to stop it from falling...and, God kills the priest RIGHT THEN AND THERE just because he touched the Arc! Imagine if the priest just allowed the Arc to fall...what do you suppose God would have done if the priest did nothing to stop the Arc from falling? ... SPOILER: I'm pretty sure God would have killed the priest for allowing the Arc to fall. That priest was damned if he did...and, damned if he didn't. There would have been NO GOOD CHOICE in that situation...PERIOD! Religious people are always saying, "God is kind and forgiving." And, I always say, "What part of the Bible tells you God is forgiving? Because, I can pull up LITERALLY HUNDREDS of stories in which God was NOTHING but a COMPLETE A**HOLE!!!" It seems like people are always knit-picking the parts of the Bible which only make them feel good; while ignoring EVERYTHING which PROVES their religion is full of lies.

[@Dr_Wrong]

God is our father.. Who is our grandfather? And why does grandma let dad do this? No wonder Ishtar dumped him.. wish she would have sued for custody.. js

[@stephanvanzyl]

This is gold! Short, but sweet!

[@CineflexStockholm]

Nailed it @ 03:11. Don’t forget to like and share this great video!

[@robloggia]

I remember the first time I read the phrase "god fearing" and my teacher saying that fear didn't mean the same thing on this context, but that respect was a more accurate translation. At first I thought that she was wrong, but now I know she was.

[@Spiritdove64]

of course its falling on your knees your a slave to Master Jesus.. hands together ready for bondage.

[@johnalexir7634]

2:37 - Luckily Indy never actually touched the ark.

[@MissionMagisterial]

Very well done! Thanks!

[@rloomis3]

Great video. I think this would make a good introduction to your channel for people who haven't seen your work before. I'm going to send it to a few folks...

[@kimslone5185]

Who benefits from religion?

[@gleanerman2195]

There is not one good thing.

[@TheMilitantMazdakite]

@@gleanerman2195 Nope. There are countless good things. The civil rights movement, Indian independence, etc.

[@CCP-Lies]

The powerful and preachers benefits from Christianity

[@aralornwolf3140]

@@TheMilitantMazdakite, ROFL. I see you've failed history.

[@HolyKoolaid]

Well, for starters, the faith healers with private jets at the top. Oh, and the politicians who they support. Oh, and the priests who avoid jail time after diddling your kids.

[@caloricphlogistonandthelum4008]

Ah, the first KZbin post I come across on a Sunday morning - perfect.