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@Notypls101Ай бұрын
“Todays topic is Christianity” me hearing it for the 1,000th time : LETS GOOOOO
@julian9898Ай бұрын
"Once you imagine the Christian church as a bunch of multi-ethnic working class people, it looks a lot different."
@HunnysPlaylists13 күн бұрын
Because you are trying to justify your own religion, not presenting The Actual Church.
@BMWE90HQАй бұрын
Constantine did not convert Rome to Christianity . He legalized it and converted himself but it was Theodosius who made it the official religion.
@edwardjoseph8007Ай бұрын
The reason the Jews were so hard to govern was because the Romans said you had to follow our laws but the Jews believed that following roman law was an affront to their own beliefs. Most cultures were perfectly fine following roman law in addition to their own personal beliefs but for the Jews they believed if was incompatible hence the irishness
@tuckerbugeaterАй бұрын
They kept them around
@hermitcard4494Ай бұрын
Thats how monotheistic think. You can always keep peace and cooperation with polytheist because they can agree with different interpretations. YOU CANNOT KEEP PEACE with monotheists, they wont obey, not tolerate others interpretations and eventually convert them. Judaism did it by force, Christianity did it by pressure, Islam a combination of both. That's why no polytheist kingdom has conquered and spread as much as monotheist.
@user-pi6oc4st4fАй бұрын
@@hermitcard4494 Greek empires, Roman Empire, Mongol Empire all were pagan. Now tell what exactly Judaism did violently? Lived in a tiny kingdom and were exercising their ethno-religion?When pagan invaders came and forced them to abandon their ancestral cult?
@QuizmasterLawАй бұрын
I don't think that is the case. It is the restrictions on Jews following Jewish law which have however often led to social conflicts, sometimes (infrequently) right up to war, not the fact Jews also had to obey the law of an occupier.
@geesixnineАй бұрын
It's because they remember how Cyrus the great treated them under their Empire. Also, in the Bible, the Jews strayed from God, hence their exile from Jerusalem initially in the Persian conquest
@joshsolomon4825Ай бұрын
35:36 He didn't convert the empire, he just make Christianity legal
@obiwankenobi6871Ай бұрын
As a Eastern Orthodox Christian☦️ this was great to watch but also painful simultaneously, he paints a lot of things with personal spiritual biases often
@algro9567Ай бұрын
Can you go into detail about what these personal spiritual biases are? I just want to understand your perspective as someone from the Eastern sphere.
@charliedontsurf334Ай бұрын
We all have biases.
@samueldietschi4278Ай бұрын
As a catholic, same. specially when he talks about the Eucharist being psychodelics
@charliedontsurf334Ай бұрын
@@samueldietschi4278 I need a lot of evidence before I can buy that the Eucharist was a psychedelic.
@abbacab77Ай бұрын
The book is called "The Immortality Key" by Brian C. Muraresku if you actually want sources.
@spoonfulofdreams8790Ай бұрын
Armenia was the first state to convert to Christianity not Ethiopia
@tianming4964Ай бұрын
Actually Osroene/Edessa was the first in 200 AD. Didn't last as an independent kingdom for long though.
@anonymoose9315Ай бұрын
I am Armenian, in part, I always believed that Armenia was first but not it was Osroene.
@robleahy5759Ай бұрын
Georgia was the first Christian kingdom.
@robleahy5759Ай бұрын
Ireland converted around the same time. Go figure the distance.
@anonymoose9315Ай бұрын
@@robleahy5759 no, Georgia didn’t convert until early 400s ce. Armenia officially converted in 301ce and is well documented. Osroene converted in 200ce but the kingdom fell in 214ce.
@BrockSamson18Ай бұрын
Remember, Jesus literally and actually rose from the dead and now sits at the right hand of The Father.
@abbacab77Ай бұрын
"scoot over, Michael."
@thorpeaaron1110Ай бұрын
He didn't.
@deitchj003Ай бұрын
@@thorpeaaron1110you are a sad person and I pray for you
@BrockSamson18Ай бұрын
@@thorpeaaron1110 Pinochet recognized this Truth.
@mountainmanmike1014Ай бұрын
But on which side of the moon?
@acem82Ай бұрын
1. The Eucharist (Communion) was not (originally) a hallucinogen. It literally was the Passover bread! This claptrap comes from 1 of 2 fallacies: A. Everything needs a mechanistic explanation. This is obviously false. B. These people absolutely need to find some way to make Christianity “dirty” or a trick so they can discount it. Not only is this claim nonsensical, it also violates the concept of Ephesians 5:18 “Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit” and 1 Peter 4:3-4 “For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do-living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.” 2. It wasn't simply claimed by Christians that Jesus died, it's denied by pretty much zero historians. He lived, was condemned, and was executed. All the relevant sources say such. 3. There are *not* lost books of the Bible! There were a bunch of books in the 1st 2 centuries that claimed or implied that they were authoritative ...and they were rejected by the early Church for very good reasons. 4. Please stop the constantly disproven claptrap about December 25th (or Christmas in general) being some sort of pagan holiday. It wasn't. Any reference that the pagans celebrated that day post dates references that Christians celebrated that day. In fact, it's the pagans who tried to steal the day from the Christians! Why December 25th? There was an old belief that prophets died on the day they were conceived. They knew Jesus died March 25th, so they went back (Edit: actually forwards, as @Ch-ew9tm points out below) 9 months to December 25th, and that's when they celebrated his birth. … Given I've found errors in other history you've presented, and a lot here (in a subject I know well), I'm really wondering why I'd trust you to avoid pitfalls of historical thought in other subjects. After all, just because someone wrote it in a book, that doesn't mean it's correct!
@TheFifthofFiveАй бұрын
Yeah, a lot of what he said in the video just drove me crazy. I think he just reads random books on the subject but doesn't check the quality of the source. I usually really like his video but after this it made me realize he doesn't know how to filter out bad sources.
@johnnyboy2537Ай бұрын
The pattern with Rudyard is that he's great when it comes to the big picture but usually gets the details wrong so the comments are usually good for correcting and balancing him out
@grogdizzy5814Ай бұрын
You don't know about saturnalia and the winter solstice yet claim to know everything about Christianity? I think faith relies on ignorance.
@acem82Ай бұрын
@@grogdizzy5814 1. I don't know everything about Christianity. I'm not God. 2. I know about all the claims that December 25th was a pagan holiday. The issue with these claims is that they post-date our evidence that December 25th was already being celebrated as Jesus' birthday. They also ignore that we already know *why* they celebrated it then, in that it was thought to have been when Jesus was conceived. InspiringPhilosophy has a dozen or so videos on this subject.
@grogdizzy5814Ай бұрын
@@acem82 like i said, faith relies on ignorance
@Chris-es3wfАй бұрын
Here before the reformation in the comments starts.
@memphisallen8021Ай бұрын
Christ is lord and king!!
@history1982Ай бұрын
Lol
@DeFu-dt4qtАй бұрын
Naw 😂
@michaelgranholm7598Ай бұрын
Christ is lord and king.
@ShivanshThakur-sh8ubАй бұрын
Nope.
@maryhildreth754Ай бұрын
Candace?
@Taiyama2Ай бұрын
There's a lot wrong here, alas. You can tell that Rudyard's high openness (he mentioned he's on the far right of that bellcurve) sometimes leads him into traps, since he wants to assume the truth is always hidden and needs to be uncovered rather than being out in the open. The bread and wine is "just" bread and wine in material terms. The magic is that it's also the body and blood of Christ.
@Drummr884 күн бұрын
Wrong. Christ was sacrificed ONCE, and now sits at the right hand of the Father. Jesus says we're to take communion in "remembrance" of Him. Transubstanciation is pagan, superstitious nonsense, unfortunately, and is intended to keep believers dependent on the Roman Catholic institution.
@Taiyama24 күн бұрын
@@Drummr88 A. I'm Anglican, not Catholic. I don't believe in transubstantiation either. I believe in the Real Presence a la Luther. B. Is omnipresence an aspect of God?
@MidwestArtMan26 күн бұрын
"A bunch of working-class multi-racial people taking psychedelics." That's literally Joe Rogan's audience.
@feliciaf811 күн бұрын
even tho its not true at all in regards to psychedelics
@spoonfulofdreams8790Ай бұрын
Christ is king!
@rgeipoj325Ай бұрын
No
@spoonfulofdreams8790Ай бұрын
@@rgeipoj325 god bless you!
@charliedontsurf334Ай бұрын
“There was room for Yahweh on Mt Olympus, but no room for the Olympians in the Holy of Holies.” The Casual Historian. There was no way the Jews would worship other gods after the Babylonian Exile.
@TheGreenKnight500Ай бұрын
@@charliedontsurf334 The tribe still seeks revenge to this day.
@charliedontsurf334Ай бұрын
@@TheGreenKnight500 Which tribe?
@jon942827 күн бұрын
@@TheGreenKnight500 For what, not letting the Olympians sit on the Holy of Holies? What are they seeking revenge for?
@HunnysPlaylists13 күн бұрын
@@jon9428 against God For Giving Us His Church.
@HunnysPlaylists13 күн бұрын
pgn "gods" are dmns by the way.
@scottanos9981Ай бұрын
Rudyard, I think you might find a book on the history of the turbulance in the early Christian Church to be interesting. It's by James E. Talmage and is titled "The Great Apostasy". You were discussing various groups like gnostics trying to infiltrate the Christians from almost the beginning, and this can help explain how even the Apostle Paul was writing in the Epistle of Jude over the matter. Also, I think the third group you were thinking of among the Jews were named the Sadducees. Hope this helps!
@temujanradari1105Ай бұрын
Didn't know they were Hellenistic... Always thought they were lovers... as they were Sad, you see
@carteraskelson782Ай бұрын
Great Book!
@Byronjesk6004Ай бұрын
“As a Christian I’m legally obligated to say it was all God’s plan.” Ha! This man barely conceals his non-belief. Very edgy.
@TheGreenKnight500Ай бұрын
He's just not a blind adherent to ideology.
@deitchj003Ай бұрын
@@TheGreenKnight500you have your name as a knight. Who are based on Christianity. You cannot escape God.
@FozzyBBearАй бұрын
@@deitchj003 "the green knight" is literally a paleo-British demonic icon, a legendary trickster archetype akin to Loki in Norse mythology.
@DrakusLuthosАй бұрын
@@FozzyBBear The Green Knight is a figure from the Arthurian tale of Gawain and the Green Knight, most likely some sort of fae spirit. If you want to know how the faithful considered tales such as this, look no further than J. R. R. Tolkien, whom penned a loving rendition of the tale in poetic verse. He was a devout Catholic.
@UrbanBard120 күн бұрын
I can't consider myself a good Christian, because I struggle with it so much. But, being WOKE seems insane. Partly, this is because I have been influenced by the Stoics. Christianity, to my mind, is about conforming myself to God's wishes. "Love God with all my heart, soul and mind and love my neighbor as myself. " Stoicism pursues the Best life by changing how we think about whatever happens to us. External events can be awful or disconcerting, but we have no idea what good can come from those events. So, a Stoic asks "what lesson are we supposed to learn from this?" Thus, a Stoic practices the four virtues: pursue Wisdom, exercise Temperance (or moderation), be Just (doing the right thing) and possessing Courage. I believe God wants these actions from us. Thus. we are expected to act toward other people, by being modest, gentle, kind, mature, peaceful and selfless, where it makes sense. God has given us a brain so we can determine what is the wise response in any situation. Nothing is automatic, nor must we necessarily allow ourselves to be manipulated. I ask, instead, "What does God think is wise?" While being WOKE looks like Live Action Role Playing. It is virtue signaling on a global scale. It never looks at consequences or reactions. Disaster tends to follow such people.
@felippogaglianoneneto6216 күн бұрын
Stoicism is very popular today, but i really don't know why, because it is christian ethics without God. Justin Martyr already said that in 150AD, in his dialogue with Trypho, that stoicism is worthless in knowing about God, because it teaches that believing in Him is unnecessary. And, without believing in God, there is no reason to seek a virtuous life, unless you're doing it for self gratification. Stoics just end up being self-centered and self-worshiping people, and i'm not saying that is your case, i'm just saying this is what the philosophy leads us to believe.
@UrbanBard16 күн бұрын
@@felippogaglianoneneto621 It's not that simple; I don't see it as a replacement for Christianity. Christ is my first go to. Sadly, people will try to manipulate you, if you let them. What do you do when you have turned your cheek and been slapped again? Clearly, this advice doesn't always work. Especially, when they also ridicule you. So, you look for something else. Stoicism is a philosophy for how to deal with the world of imperfect men. It can be seen as an ancient form of political science. In large part, it is about controlling oneself and lessoning one's expectations. People will let you down. It teaches us to avoid self sabotage through a lack of restraint. Throughout history, men have claimed to embrace God, but committed the most terrible atrocities. I am presently viewing a "Brief history of the English monarchs." I have to shake my head at these monarch's blindness and selfishness. They were nominal Christians, but hardly real ones. www.youtube.com/@BriefHistoryOfficial/videos If you plan to become an anchorite, then you have no need for Stoicism. If you look forward to involving yourself in commerce, then, knowledge of how to avoid errors can be valuable. It's the same reason a person should read history. You can learn much from the mistakes of others. Stoicism is a 2500 year old record of other people's mistakes.
@felippogaglianoneneto621Күн бұрын
@@UrbanBard1 but that is exactly the point, christianity is about being slapped on the face and turning the other cheek again and again. That is why following Jesus is so hard, you'll need to be a boy scout if you want to be a christian, and not every person wants to be like that.
@JoseGomez-n4k9 күн бұрын
The Virgin Mary absolutely doesn’t come from Isis.
@SacClass650Ай бұрын
I love Diarmaid MacCulloch's description of Christianity: 'It is a dialogue between Judaism and Classical philosophy.' (His works on the history of Christianity are exemplary, highly recommend.)
@vortigan9068Ай бұрын
49:08 lmfao rudy is really something
@barrackobama2422Ай бұрын
Arf Arf Arf! That was so fuckin random it was funny
@94sweetgoats52Ай бұрын
yeah that killed me lol
@ikengaspirit3063Ай бұрын
30:03 our first source of the mitra/sol Invictus on December 25th literally post-dates the first source for christmas on that date. So, no, it isn't adopted from a dif religion.
@feliciaf811 күн бұрын
yep this one irks me, and also the eucharist too
@ikengaspirit306310 күн бұрын
@@feliciaf8 I think the Eucharist stuff comes from moderns being unable to understand how people can have altered state of consciousness experiences without drugs and how people can believe in the supernatural as much as they believe in the natural. It's why they come up with so many ridiculous explanations to explain away the resurrection while there's more realistic explanations of they either just believe it or look at how people that still believe in the supernatural today in semi-modern countries, act around miracle.
@Rocknrolldaddy81-xy8ur9 күн бұрын
“Pontus Pilot = Deca Records X 3” Rudyard Lynch Awesome - I love this channel and his other channel. Keep em coming Rudy!
@SD1Airsoft18 күн бұрын
"I'm a Christian" and then its just nonstop heresies, half truths, lies, and rumors.. Rudyard I love ya but you really got to stop these faulures
@m3c4nyku4318 күн бұрын
It's because he's a Ma -son. Not a Christian.
@danielwatcherofthelord1823Ай бұрын
The Sadducees were a sect and also there were the scribes who were in alignment with the Pharisees, but had a different role in the religous structure. And lastly, the Herodians were aligned with the state and Roman state influence, possibly Greek also but not completely sure on that.
@charliedontsurf334Ай бұрын
They weren't really in alignment. They were quasi-theological liberals who only accepted the Torah/Pentateuch as scripture.
@haraldthi8 күн бұрын
There's an easy alternate explanation to psychedelics in the Eucharist by the way: The Roman Catholic church claims that they are literally transforming the wine of Eucharist into the blood of Jesus by magic ritual, even to this day. And if people literally believed in that, I can understand how they were scared. No need for psychedelics.
@PetrusanakАй бұрын
The Edict of Serdica in 311 AD/CE forbade the persecution of Christians in the Empire The Edict of Milan in 313 AD/CE legalized Christianity as one of the religions of the Empire The Edict of Thessalonica in 380 AD/CE made Christianity the State Religion of the Empire
@skyhighstax19 күн бұрын
I am not religious but I do understand the importance of religion in society. We are doomed without it
@m3c4nyku4318 күн бұрын
Then you're a doomed individual.
@HunnysPlaylists13 күн бұрын
@@m3c4nyku43 The Church, and only The Church could, Created ALL you know, don't know, and take for granted. without your Remaining Catholic Capital you lose it ALL.
@m3c4nyku4313 күн бұрын
@@HunnysPlaylists bro he said he's "not religious". Say that to him. These type of people who say "I'm not religious but we need religion" are on a high horse and believe themselves superior to the average person and they think they don't need religion but it's good to keep the cattle in check, that's their belief system. I used his own words to point out the hypocrisy. And if we're to split hairs, it's not the Church that created everything, it's God. He created the Church.
@cupholderincorporatedАй бұрын
30:04 I think you need to watch some inspiring philosophy videos as inspiring philosophy debunks all of those fabricated myths by atheists to diss Christs word
@GnosticInformantАй бұрын
Gessius Florus was told by Nero to take money from the Temple of Jerusalem and they revolted. They weren't just "being like the Irish". Also, the Pharisees were the Hellenized group and the Sadducees were the older, more conservative law-keeping sect.
@cordellharwood736317 күн бұрын
Yo Neal love your stuff bro Hail Satan
@HunnysPlaylists13 күн бұрын
@@cordellharwood7363 your curses are Consummately Returned.
@HunnysPlaylists13 күн бұрын
@@cordellharwood7363 By My Final Authority you and ALL those l1ke you are Hereby Marked In Full.
@georgios_534211 күн бұрын
Iota in Greek doesn't mean nothing, it is a letter of the alphabet, basically the debate was about a part of the Nicene Creed, that described Jesus as having equal value to God the Father (omoousios), but some heretics thought it was of similar value (omoiousios)
@BABYPOP028Ай бұрын
Some Gregorian chant music in the beginning would have set the mood a bit more proper
@McfunfaceАй бұрын
Maybe some polyphony too
@HunnysPlaylists13 күн бұрын
The Holiness would repel his unforgivable blasphemies.
@hismajesty6272Ай бұрын
It spread because the hearts and minds of Judea, Rome, and beyond were open to the Fullness of Truth, the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
@Meow-gp5nkАй бұрын
Christard coping as per usual
@Drummr884 күн бұрын
@@Meow-gp5nkHaha, you're a few ounces shy between the ears. 🤣
@NorthidahoshortsАй бұрын
Love your channel god bless. Do a video on the early church schisms
@pre-debutera6941Ай бұрын
You have a bad habit of presenting theories as fact
@johnnyboy2537Ай бұрын
The pattern I've noticed with him is that he usually nails the overall picture but misses or gets details wrong that can mess up the point he's trying to make if you know more about the subject than he does. Still worth listening to though.
@jonbenson6109Ай бұрын
Christ is King!
@utarefson922 күн бұрын
The host actually talked back! Please, more of that!
@simmat6419Ай бұрын
Christianty, my favorite religion!
@gregorylatta8159Ай бұрын
My only religion!
@dolphadomian476222 күн бұрын
Correction: Armenia was the First Nation to convert to Christianity
@Xairos84Ай бұрын
Judea was to Rome what Gaza is to Israel today. Strange to say...
@SamSamonovАй бұрын
Very accurate
@shaulkofler3247Ай бұрын
This is a factually incorrect statement. Also you unknowingly inferred that the jews had a historical homeland and therefore your statement makes even less sense
@playmaka2007Ай бұрын
The problem: "One of the best traits of Christianity is it's adaptability" @18:20 I know what you mean in that humans have tried to adapt "Christianity" to make it palpable to them However Hebrews 13:8 directly contradicts this. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Christ, and what he tells us it means to follow him, is the least adaptable thing imaginable.
@ikengaspirit3063Ай бұрын
I think you're confusing what he means there. I don't think he's talking of changing doctrine but changing organization. Christianity has managed to survive in many different forms from as organized state religion to as decentralized as having no priesthood. It has managed in agriculturalist and pastoralist societies etc.
@felippogaglianoneneto6216 күн бұрын
The adaptability of christianity is not about changing the message of Christ's teachings, it will always stay the same, but rather the presentation. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 9.20-22: To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law. To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.
@lostcauselancer333Ай бұрын
“Iota” isn’t a Greek word, it’s a Greek letter, and it’s the difference between “homoousian” and “homo*I*ousian,” (same substance/different substance). It’s a serious theological debate over the trinity and whether Christ is divine.
@thorpeaaron1110Ай бұрын
From an apocalyptic Jewish preacher to world religion Christianity has had quite the ride. Your talking about the Sadduces.
@TheGreenKnight500Ай бұрын
@@thorpeaaron1110 It's crazy how it started off as a lunatic cult that preached the world was ending in everyone's lifetime. It was a genuine lunatic cult and Christians have tried really hard to make people forget that. I think Christianity became less psycho only because it became Europeanized and had Greek and Roman values put into it. If it remained strictly Middle Eastern, it would likely be just like Islam and be the source of mass terrorism.
@synth404Ай бұрын
Let's do Mezopotamia next, maybe one day peloponnesian wars or the different crusader Knight orders
@mikaelbohman6694Ай бұрын
I much prefer your regular, more structured whatifalthistory episodes. These are too rambling and have the maybe inevitable inaccuracies of a spoken format.
@brycetheice7908Ай бұрын
Where are you getting your gnostic history from? I’ve done some light research and it usually states that it started as a twisted branch of Christianity with many different versions like Sethians first appearing in either the 1st or 2nd centuries. Not saying that’s correct just wondering where you got the Iraqi origins from
@tianming4964Ай бұрын
I'm assuming he's saying the dualistic elements of Persian religions particularly Zoroastrianism (which mostly were present in Iraq at that time) influenced gnostic elements in Christianity.
@azlyriАй бұрын
In Iraq they are known for their witchcraft and their gold trade.
@ikengaspirit3063Ай бұрын
Nah, what's i've read as well is that gnostic cosmology of the world that all gnostic groups have to be really considered gnostic, pre-existed Christianity.
@felippogaglianoneneto6216 күн бұрын
The real origin of gnosticism according to tradition was Simon the sorcerer, who tried to buy the Holy Ghost's power from Peter and John, as stated on the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 8. He was samaritan. He started teaching it as the "true" gospel of Christ, and his teachings became very popular on the Middle East from the first century AD. John even fought some of his disciples, once again according to tradition.
@Wakanda4bigmamaАй бұрын
I like when minions start singing at the end of the intro
@aaronfredrickson9538Ай бұрын
Illumination. Hehehe
@RayAugMacАй бұрын
GLORY TO GOD✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️
@jeffape63Ай бұрын
Christmas is a Christian holiday, no one disputes that. However, for those claiming the pagans/heathens stole Dec 25 from Christians: Christianity dates from at the earliest, the death of Jesus, approximately 33 AD. In your own holy book, the Bible, pagan customs are mentioned in the Hebrew scriptures/aka Old Testament, mentioning seasonal and moon celebrations specifically. This dates pagan religions, by the testimony of your own holy book, at about 1000 years BEFORE Christianity. Considering that there are archaeological discoveries, such as the Ugaritc texts, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Sumerian cuneiform that are even more ancient, that date from before the earliest dates of the Bible, that describe the ancient pagan religions and their habit of celebrating seasonal changes and astrological phenomenon, such as the equinoxes and solstices, it seems rational that a celebration that occurred around Dec 25 existed among pagans, before Christians came to celebrate Christmas. And in fact we know this was the case, the Romans celebrated Saturnalia until Dec 23 and then on December 25 began their Sol Invictus celebration. Many pagan religions had/have celebrations that time of year to celebrate the lengthening of the day. From Nordic/Germanic religion we get the term Yule. Another name for Odin was Jolnir, 'the Yule one.'
@Peak_AussiemanАй бұрын
What a co-inky-dink I was just reminiscing on your How Christianity Changed History video.
@Peak_AussiemanАй бұрын
@@WangHung As Written...
@tuckerbugeaterАй бұрын
The Jews created Christianity and it changed people not the other way around
@tomislav078Ай бұрын
Those videos are awesome! Could you make them alot longer? I could listen to them for hours
@WangHungАй бұрын
If you haven't done so yet you should do a rise of Judaism video
@TheGreenKnight500Ай бұрын
@@WangHung it's never risen. It's always been a minority religion.
@declanodenki9728Ай бұрын
9:03 can you please provide some sources of Roman or Greek authors saying things like I don’t believe in the Gods?
@notsocrates9529Ай бұрын
"No. Don't think I will." 🥄👨🏻🍼
@Chris-es3wfАй бұрын
@@declanodenki9728 His point was that most bureaucratic classes provided lip service to the Gods but weren't religious. Consider politicians today. Even today almost no politician would say they are atheist, despite no one actually believing these politicians are at all religious. Similar concept. E.g. Biden is a Catholic, but is ok with abortion. Ted Cruz says he's a Christian but clearly is not. Etc.
@MeanBeanComedyАй бұрын
Peasants weren't afraid of the Eucharist because it was somehow psychedelic. They were afraid from the rhetoric, yet people still sometimes broke in and stole the wine anyhow.
@HunnysPlaylists13 күн бұрын
if reddit was a video. The Church Spread Two Ways: 1) Miraculously, 2) Bld Of Martyrs. unforgivable blaspheming wont change that.
@deirdrecarney709322 күн бұрын
Excellent video that perfectly expresses what a lot of us feel. It’s good to know other people feel the same.
@DFMoray14 күн бұрын
He was and is the son of God, not a carpenter's son.
@DFMoray14 күн бұрын
That was about as accurate as a sawed-off shotgun.
@shaulkofler3247Ай бұрын
Waiting on history of Judaism, jews and Israel.
@caleb3639Ай бұрын
just so you know, Christianity started in the garden
@Bogfrog1Ай бұрын
I strongly recommend you read The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity to learn a cool story about the persecution of Roman Christians. The parables of the Desert Fathers is also an amazing read. St Anselm’s “Proslogium” is a beautiful (yet also wordy) proof of God. St Francis of Assisi also has some beautiful poems about God and nature.
@johnmorrison28946 күн бұрын
He speaks of Christ like he wasn’t actually God 😢
@loganstrait7503Ай бұрын
21:00 Ruddy comes really close to explaining that the Grateful Dead is what the early church looked like
@aasifazimabadi786Ай бұрын
It's interesting how Professor Lynch keeps referencing the video on the late Roman Empire (which is natural, as that was produced first), but I am binge-watching from the History 102 playlist that has re-arranged topics in chronological order. As per the playlist, I'm going to watch "Explaining the Fall of Rome" next.
@Cgl3g3ndАй бұрын
You didn’t mention Alexandria
@carlossaborio6716Ай бұрын
Hail Prometheus, his sacrifice saved us all!
@HunnysPlaylists13 күн бұрын
your curses are Consummately Returned.
@jasonpalacios1363Ай бұрын
I say you should do the Spanish-American War, the US Westward Expansion, The American Revolution, The War of 1812 and the Spanish Reconquista.
@hologramjoshАй бұрын
Good video but a few notes: - Rodney Stark argues convincingly that early adopters of Christianity were largely of the upwardly mobile middle class. A better analogy might be a small business owner rather than a walmart worker. - Calling the Essenes "hippies" might be misleading. They observed the ritual law very strictly, but did so in isolated communities not unlike later Christian monasteries. - The third group were called the Sadducees and represented the aristocratic class. They had the most power and best relations with Rome, hence the trend towards Hellenization. - The Rest is History did a good podcast debunking the idea that Xmas was stolen from pagans. Likewise Christians traditionally did not depict God the Father in artwork and depictions of the Father as a Zeus-like bearded man are usually renaissance and later.
@WhatifAltHistАй бұрын
Interesting. Thanks
@carlossaborio6716Ай бұрын
Jesus considered himself a Jew, he did not create Christianity as a new religion. Historically that goes to the first pope (Peter) who wanted to differentiate Jesus’ philosophy in order for it to not get lost to the sands of time.
@JacobFrapsАй бұрын
Christianity is about Jesus Christ
@Fenster21Ай бұрын
Yes, he did as the messiah predicted by the Torah. “Christianity” is the fullfillment/continuation of Hebrew scripture while post-Jesus Judaism is the schism that rejects the messiah.
@thorpeaaron1110Ай бұрын
@@Fenster21The Historical Jesus never attended to start a new religion.
@carlossaborio6716Ай бұрын
@@Fenster21 Jesus stated himself that his teachings were in accordance with the torah. Christ never stablished his own separate church from the Jews during his lifetime. Christianity as a codified religion separate from Judaism began with Peter. Jesus was a jew and Christian’s seem unable to accept that fact and their cognitive dissonance is astounding. The lack of a logical revision of Christianity is just gonna lead to the belief system to crumble like it’s has over the last 2 centuries.
@Fenster21Ай бұрын
@carlossaborio6716 that's what I'm saying. Jesus was a continuation of Judaism, a fulfillment of the prophesies. Rabbinical "judaism" is a schism off this that reject the Messiah. Christianity is just a renaming of Mosiac Judaism not some separate contrived religion.
@hjs9tdАй бұрын
The problem with this analysis is that Rome respected religions older than their own. The Jews were given exemptions from Roman religious laws. Despite this, the Jews chafed at Roman rule because they still had to answer to Rome rather than God.
@JoseGomez-n4k9 күн бұрын
The Jews just had anger issues
@reeldeelz2940Ай бұрын
Jesus was taken out basically because the messenger got bigger than the message a la Malcom X..
@feliciaf811 күн бұрын
again the 25 december thing is originally Jesus' birthday, you can read how the early church established it, and they already celebrated it in the first century
@ziondelima5136Ай бұрын
Please interview and talk to Mark Moss. He has interesting insights and theories about different cycles like the one's you talk about in your videos.
@HunnysPlaylists13 күн бұрын
The Simplest Truth on the topic is found in Church History, unfortunately you decided to unforgivably blaspheme The Sacraments and even the idea of Salvation to push your mix of stnism, gnosticism, and mrxism (a most redundant mixture of three of the same ingredient). your curses are Consummately Returned and By My Final Authority you are hereby Marked.
@ponternalАй бұрын
I like the podcast but I feel like the other dude dousnt really bring much value at all
@JoseGomez-n4k9 күн бұрын
Rudyard doesn’t let him get a word in
@jonathanh540523 күн бұрын
Referring to 10:30 - The Jews revolted because Semitics have an ethno-religious world view (until today), the Romans thought sacrificing to the Emperor means you show loyalty to the Empire, to the Jews it is worshiping a man, which is a very big no-no and has NOTHING to do with secular loyalty which they had no issue with, it's a misunderstanding between different cultures (in Judaism you have only 3 sins for which you should refuse performing even onto death - incest, murder, foreign worship - even in the holocaust you have Jews refusing to kill, even when they know it means they or/and their family immediately being shot in the head for refusing, the Romans put an altar in the holiest of holies in the temple, of course this would bring endless Jewish revolts). Jew and Israeli here
@McfunfaceАй бұрын
44:30 Arianism says Jesus was Divine, just that he was also created by God the Father. Since Nicenian Creed followers had to do the mental gymnastics claiming a concept as absurd as the Trinity (three Gods in one essence) they could not allow Arian Christianity to compete with their compromise made in the Council of Nicea
@sponge5196Ай бұрын
Tbh, Arianism makes a lot more sense...early Christianity is wild.
@ITSMRFOXYАй бұрын
This is justified with the old testament, wherein god does not have a creator, and can manifest his essence on earth as the burning bush, or as the angel of the lord, yet not being the same person as god, therefore the trinity can work.
@QuizmasterLawАй бұрын
Because of Rudyard Lynch I started writing popular books about society, for example The Tao of Christ: Understanding Chinese Religions in Comparison with Christianity (by Eric Engle). Thank you Rudyard! (or, if you prefer, Mr. Lynch)
@WhatifAltHistАй бұрын
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@QuizmasterLawАй бұрын
@@WhatifAltHist If you mean for real" yes in fact. Basically your method is interesting and unique, you look at history both as facts and as various conflicting emotional drives, and with a moral perspective without being moralistic. That's definitely unique. Most of your analysis is qualititative, rather thant quantitative, which is a point to criticize, and when you do get quantitative (Spengler) it's determinist and insufficiently deep to be taken seriously. Macrocyclicity isn't even understood well in economics, where people have money riding on predictions and so consider the question of cyclicity much more intensely. Regarding the rise of Christianity, I shall watch it again, though I don't think you brought out the deliberate christianization of the empire to impose unity sufficiently. Caesar and Christ were nearly contemporaries and both claimed to be god, which is a fact modernity also ignores. Good arguments can be made for Christianity as a covert Caesarism and the empire absolutely needed something to keep all those disparate nations together. I was surprised that as man as 14% of the empire were Jews though I still think its overcounting and wonder how well founded that stat is. I do take your word for it and can understand that after the mass murder of lots of jews that their % dwindled.
@jmanjman2685Ай бұрын
Tom hollands book on this is so fascinating
@stevenl1706Ай бұрын
An unbeliever in the gospel of Jesus Christ and who the LORD God JEHOVAH “explaining Christianity.” The Bible says that the natural man (someone not born again in Christ) receiveth NOT the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him, neither can he know them, *because they are spiritually discerned* so let an actual Bible believing Christian explain Christianity please. You literally said that God incarnate was just going around saying “love is the answer to the universe” like dude please leave this subject to those who have the Holy Ghost. 20:39 where did this happen in recorded Scripture? Chapter and verse please.
@WizzaStrapАй бұрын
What is the name of the Jewish rabbi from 23:40?
@user-pi6oc4st4fАй бұрын
Rabbi Hilel
@CoramDeogenua16 күн бұрын
Pontius Pilot was a fan of Jesus and tried to save him. It was the Jewish Pharisees that killed Jesus.
@lawrencek1900Ай бұрын
Glamorgan was the first Christian Kingdom circa AD 36, then to Rome with its invasion, with King Caratacus's speech to the Roman senate still extant - 1st Century AD
@hardwingАй бұрын
Such a great episode! Still I would have wished for a small tour to the great christian shisms/schools of the beginning, like Arianism and their extend ... I mean wouldn't it make Middle/Eastern Europe christian before the arrival of the huns? Could Persia have converted in time if not for the rise of Islam? Etc. ...The Christian world nearly was much larger and different in the beginning.
@angadgrewal9324Ай бұрын
could you do a video on Sikhism and the mongol empire?
@ElvargsBaneАй бұрын
We do need a consistent worldview for the right. Christianity is one present and (I'm biased as a Christian) but it is a pretty good to follow and end up with.
@burneraccount122Ай бұрын
Been a big fan for a couple years now. Id love to see you do a history video on the early church schisms please.
@weldcrafted34323 күн бұрын
Can you make a video about each religious view on women?
@noahtylerpritchett2682Ай бұрын
Christians with trinitarian beliefs literally went to war over different interpretations of trinitarianism. Correct me if I'm wrong but Armenia killed tens of thousands of Greeks for believing that Jesus Christ was both 100% God and 100% man united under Christ. While Armenians believe Christ is 100% man-god in a Miaphisite style belief. It sounds the same but functions differ and that's theology I am not gonna go into. This was when the eastern Roman empire was at its height after the western Roman empire fell during the age of Justinian.
@livenotbyliesАй бұрын
"one of" ... Cmon. Most important to* your* life. Also, you think Jesus Christ is only "three times" as big as the bettles. You are comparing God to some teenages with gutars... Cmon
@user-fw9kv7xc5tАй бұрын
he made an analogy to the seeming absurdity of the rise of Christianity, an analogy is never perfect
@George_033Ай бұрын
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@steambubАй бұрын
Can you please list the book recommendations in the description. It's hard to read the author and title of these books from a webcam.
@cefalopodo5717Ай бұрын
Can you please do one on the French Revolution?
@yakov95000Ай бұрын
Very Intresting video from outsider perspective(not Roman and not Christian),still I really love this time period in history. Btw The Rabbi that you mentioning that said "Love your nighbour as you love yourself,this is the entire Torah the rest is commentary" is Rabbi Hillel the Elder(I think he died around 10CE). Hillel was Babylonian Jew not Roman, poor farmer and direct decedent of David line(later the leader of Sanhedrin),who was almost killed as kid climbing the window above Jerusalem Synagogue buried under snow as he wanted to study Jewish laws but didn't have the money. The main reason he is famous is his argument with another famous Rabbi and Av Beit Din(Shammai)which was another leader of Sanhedrin and strick legalist(those are the most famous arguments in entire Talmud)Hillel vs Shammai. One example of thier argument is "what do you say to ugly bride on wedding day"(how and when are you allowed to lie to person)Shammai say that you have to tell the truth as Torah commands and hiding from her will not help,while Hillel said "there is no ugly bride on her wedding day" or what you mentioned before gentile comes to Rabbis asking them to explain the whole Torah while he is standing on one leg(what is the main point),Shammai kicked him out and said that honor of Torah doesn't allow this simplicity and needs to be explored while Hillel says like I wrote before loving the nighbour is main lesson.
@WhatifAltHistАй бұрын
Very cool. Thank you
@haraldthi8 күн бұрын
Jesus took the role of a rabbi, a teacher and in classic fashion those other twelve were his students. But not having gone through the usual hierarchy of teachers in order to do that, as well as taking up ordinary working class people as students and his teachings in general were highly unorthodox. Most of it can be seen as a revolt against the religious classes, following the rule of Moses by the letter but not the endless amounts of rules that had been invented to ensure they were following those rules correctly. Read from a Jewish perspective this is a call to go back to the simplicity of the law of Moses, meant to avoid chaos and cultural decay through the generations, not as a way to prove you're more valuable than others in any way. The Roman empire, however, had other needs so it developed into something quite different over time. The Jews have an ethos of "remember we were slaves" and could go to war to avoid ending up as slaves again. This didn't fit with Jewish authority gaining power over others merely for the sake of power, and the promise after the rise of Jesus from death was that everyone could keep contact with the highest God without any earthly priest You just needed to learn a bit of basic rules and considerations to be on friendly terms with that godly spirit. And that was of course a good promise for the lowest classes.
@buglepongАй бұрын
this history is like mostly wrong lol
@JesusOrDestructionАй бұрын
Explaining the rise of BASED!
@andyg7693Ай бұрын
Hi Rudyard, regarding your opening statement about pontius Pilate, you might enjoy The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
@theofficialchurchofliltay5759Ай бұрын
Lol Christians were Walmart workers back then
@AJX-2Ай бұрын
Amazing how God can raise up mighty works out of the lowliest of origins
@mountainmanmike1014Ай бұрын
No they were Slaves and upper and middle class women. That was its original audience. Feed some slaves bread; tell an old Greek story (reformatted to look more Jewish) about being proud that they are victims. Then rich woman throw money at you. Pocket the coins then move to the next town.
@redknightsr69Ай бұрын
St Paul in religious terms was a peaceful Giga Chad