Give Me an Answer - Answer To An Existential Existence

[@JeezyF]

Whether you agree with his worldview or not, can we acknowledge that this open forum kind of discussion is something that needs to be brought back to college and universities?

[@bonnie43uk]

Yes indeed, I love these discussions.

[@mmazz414]

10000% !!! It’s so raw, inclusive, and engaging. It helps us really learn how to communicate in real time. That’s why I love this series!!!!!

[@JeezyF]

@@fidenful congrats on lying

[@jah9253]

@@insertname3564 Explain more what you mean by force others?? It's not like he is holding a gun to their heads telling them they need to convert.

[@_the_watcher_2089]

@@darkeen42 His the word disingenuous that took on human form and made his dwelling among us 😂

[@jerome3989]

God bless you Cliffe, thank God that you are blessed with age and experience when you witness to the youth, your patience and the way you answer questions is good example for others who are willing to witness too others. Shalom from Australia

[@ericscaillet2232]

Baring anynone's convictions and understanding he is like a great father that a lot of us never had, bless him.

[@paulwilfridhunt]

How heartening it is to see all these students really listening to Cliffe explain why Christ is true. If you’re looking for a good sign you can’t get a better one than this, because they are paying attention. They want to know. These are good people who are searching. They’re beautiful Hey America you’re looking real good.

[@somerandom7672]

I wouldn't go that far, but it is a great thing to see.

[@Apologia5]

Hey, just wondering if you are a Christian? Because God tells us in His word there these are not good people. Romans 3:10 "There is no one that is good, no not one." There are many other places which talk about the condition and sin mature of man. Besides, the Gospel says the complete opposite. If we were good then we wouldn't need a Savoir. You also said that these people are searching after God? Romans 3:11 says that no one seeks after God.

[@AeroZeppelin-rb4pt]

@@Apologia5 nobody seeks after God? I have quite a few time and so how are you a Christian? God forced himself on you or you choose to be?

[@AeroZeppelin-rb4pt]

@@Apologia5 maybe its God doing the work and we are totally rotten but isn't it us who first has to want God and make that decision for our self

[@Apologia5]

@@AeroZeppelin-rb4pt You said, isn't it us who FIRST has to want God? No, Salvation is from God working first, God gets the credit, God does the work, I don't add or contribute anything to my salvation. The only thing I contributed to myself was the sin that put Jesus on the cross. What happens is that God FIRST through the Holy Spirit worked in me and gave me a new heart with new desires. A heart that would want to choose God back. A heart that was ABLE to choose God back. But before God started regeneration in my I wasn't even able to choose God or to first choose God. I would be curious as to how you interpret Romans 3:11 where it says that there is NO ONE who seeks after God. Many times in scripture it also talks about how you were spiritually DEAD in your sins and trespasses. How can a dead person (spiritually) choose God? Also if there is something that you have to DO then isn't that a work? Aren't you saying that you are saved by works?

[@djvdiddy]

I appreciate your videos! I look forward to them every morning as I get ready for work

[@Jordan-qd7xe]

I think this is the only KZbin channel that I have all notifications turned on.

[@GraftedOliveBranch]

Thankyou Cliffe, for another interesting and informative video. God bless you in Y'shuas name. 🙏✡🕊🕎🦁

[@70k70wn]

✝ Peace & Blessings Cliffe Knechtle

[@paulwilfridhunt]

Thank you Cliffe

[@thepherm]

Thank you!

[@ignazioabela7432]

Thank you

[@alhaquin]

"Mathematics is a social construct" I think I know what she was trying to say there but I'm even more sure of how or from whom she got that term from

[@pedrogomespg.5882]

Whom did she take it from?

[@BlackSalamiTV]

Mathematics dont exist we constructed it as a method of balance and reason 2+2 doesn't exist to god at all

[@scottjech]

Love this

[@paulwilfridhunt]

This life, with all its trials, it’s ups, it’s downs, happinesses and sorrows, can be likened to the struggle in the womb. We are told that heaven, the new life to come, when we leave the womb of this world, will be seemingly better than the best days of our life here on earth. The description of heaven given in the Bible seems too good to be true. God will wipe away all tears from their eyes and there shall be no more death. Rev 21 :4 “In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also” (John 14:2-3). “The twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass” (Revelation 21:21). To say it’s something to look forward to, is a complete understatement. There aren’t words to describe it. It’s going to be something else. Make sure you get your ticket. Jesus Christ is selling them. They are going cheap.

[@somerandom7672]

One of the 'two schools of thought' is that humans created the fundamental laws of mathematics that are necessary for our existence... This same school thinks our ancestors were fish, so it's not surprising.

[@bonnie43uk]

Jack, if you go back far enough, it does appear to be true that we are the result of billions of years worth of evolution, many Christians agree with that fact. It's mind blowing isn't it. Can you grasp the full concept of just how long a billion years is in real time?

[@somerandom7672]

​@@bonnie43uk Hi Tom. Many things seem as though they could be what they're not.

[@bonnie43uk]

@@somerandom7672 In what respect Jack?

[@somerandom7672]

@@bonnie43uk It's easy to mix fact and fiction to mislead people. That is what I believe evolution to be.

[@bonnie43uk]

@@somerandom7672 Well, you're right about people mixing fact and and fiction to mislead people, that does happen in many aspects of life, which particular aspect of evolution is it that you believe to be fiction?, can you be a bit more specific Jack?

[@EchoGuzman]

Yo Cliffe RIP the last dude 💯

[@meredithellenn]

I wish he would bring the end times into the discussion sometimes. Jesus is waiting to come back so that every tribe tongue and nation WILL hear of him. That’s why he didn’t bring the end the first time he came. Because he wanted as many souls to be saved as could be. So everyone in heaven will have heard his name.

[@dwolfe2907]

End time discussions are hidden manna, and ought to be fed only to true disciples of Christ. Anyone one else, babes included will choke on it . These kids need milk, not meat, they can't digest that food just yet.

[@13fadeawayspinmove]

Out here protecting my LUNCH!

[@j2mfp78]

😊🙏

[@scandalousruminationsofani1306]

Apologia5 I guess my only question would be this: are the witnessing methodologies portrayed in Scripture prescriptive or descriptive in nature? (I honestly don't know.) Again, you seem very keen in pressing your point, and therefore, I would highly encourage you to reach out to Cliffe directly and ask him for a response.

[@knxcholx]

What was that guy with the red shirt getting at? Don't have a clue what he was saying

[@rbrack54]

Sometimes they think to hard and need go back to the basics of life and start over. Some of this kids are so lost in silly thought they are lost to reality.

[@paulwilfridhunt]

Of course it goes without saying that Cliffe is right in his statement whereby he states that God is absolutely just and fair. And therefore He will judge fairly. And as God knows everything, He therefore also knows before we are born if we are going to be for or against Him. And presumably God can say in the case of those who didn’t get the opportunity to hear the gospel preached, that, had they heard the gospel message, they would have either accepted or rejected It. And as God knows what they will do, such as either be for or against Him, He can presumably judge on the basis of what they would have done if they got the chance to do it. And as unlikely as it might seem but hey maybe it could be this. Maybe for some of those whom God knows will not accept His offer of salvation, God in His wisdom allows them to have a life that does not include actually hearing the gospel of Jesus Christ. And maybe God judges these ones on the basis of being the all knowing judge, who can say, they are condemned, because God says they would have rejected Him if they had of gotten the opportunity to do so. Certainly God also knew before the creation of mankind of the untold havoc that would be reeked by Satan and his demons, But nevertheless God still deemed it fitting otherwise He wouldn’t have allowed Satan to be here amongst us. There’s plenty of other planets God could have sent him to. Could it be that Satan’s purpose from God’s perspective, is to tempt us, so we can, by successfully overcoming the temptations, gain the quality of character that’s necessary, in order to become the sons and daughters of God. Obviously God would have taken into consideration the fall out, namely the destruction caused by Satan, but as Cliffe rightly says we can count on the justice of God. Those who suffer on account of Satan’s destructive forces will be judged by God fairly and squarely. The infant that dies within hours of being born whom God knew would become another Hitler will be judged by God’s supreme justice on this basis. And conversely if God knew that the baby infant would have become a grateful obedient believer in the Lord Jesus Christ then on that basis judgment will be applied. Cliffe is right. We can trust the judgment of God.

[@lenchochurrito5003]

God bless you Cliff. I understand your point at the very end of the video, buttttt Rosa Parks was a known activist so she knew what she was doing when getting on that bus. I’m not saying she was wrong or that she was invalid as human being, just saying that was a blatant lie in her book

[@ryanmiller6266]

First! 😄

[@bonnie43uk]

Cliffe is certainly right when he says "You've got to doubt, you've got to be a skeptic", it's good to agree with him. But he also says if he were to ever convert to atheism, "he can do whatever". Atheists don't go around doing whatever they want, we are bound by societies laws, but even then, I don't have a desire to commit wrongdoings, maybe he see's it differently from his Christian perspective, but any atheist will tell you they cannot do whatever they want. There are rules in life, actions have consequences. I think we can all agree on that.

[@codeblood2000]

Ultimately when an atheist says something is wrong that's their opinion. But if another group of people have a different way of doing it that's their opinion nobody's right nobody's wrong

[@bonnie43uk]

@@codeblood2000 Hi. Well, I think it's much more than 'an opinion', If I committed a crime against you, let's say I stole your precious wallet, I know it's wrong for a whole host of reasons, ..I would be thinking how I felt if someone stole my precious wallet, you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who thinks it's ok to steal people's wallets.. even the thief isn't so stupid to think it's ok, and it's just his opinion..he knows full well he's done something very wrong. Is something wrong because God says it's wrong or is it wrong regardless of God deeming it wrong? As an atheist, obviously I would say the latter, it's wrong because I wouldn't want someone to steal my wallet, and I'd be well aware of the consequences of having my wallet stolen.

[@codeblood2000]

@@bonnie43uk that's still just your opinion you're a human being who doesn't believe in God so you make your own standard of right and wrong and every other human being would have that right as well no one's right no one's wrong just your own personal opinion. And of course we know that it's wrong God wrote that on our hearts and Minds yet if you are an atheist you have no legs to stand on claiming that something is morally wrong where do you get your moral standard from?

[@bonnie43uk]

@@codeblood2000 Knowing what is right and wrong isn't rocket science, it's simple common sense which is what most rational people have, we learn it from our parents at a very early age, even before you learn to walk as a baby you have a general sense of good and bad, one of the first words you learn from your mother as a baby is "No". As you get older, you learn the basics of right and wrong, it's nothing to do with opinion. I didn't make my own standard of right and wrong, it was a combination of being taught at a very early age, and simple common sense, that's where my moral standard came from. Are you saying if there was no God you'd have no problem with stealing and raping?, if that's the case... please keep believing in God if that's all that's holding you back from committing wrongdoings.

[@codeblood2000]

@@bonnie43uk of course we have common sense that sense of right and wrong that was etched in our hearts by God, call the common sense. What I don't think you're understanding is if there is no God and Humanity makes the standard of what is right and what is wrong. And there is no such thing as a right and wrong everyone's equal what they're doing in Afghanistan is none of our business 911 wasn't a big deal either they did what they thought was right nobody's right nobody's wrong. If there is no God everything is permissible that's just the simple truth. Who are you to tell another nation that using War to get what they want is wrong? They're clearly using their own common sense to justify it. Why is it wrong? why are you right to tell them they're wrong? Without God there is no higher standard for Humanity, humanity is the standard so each human gets to make their own standards therefore nobody can be called wrong.

[@InfoArtistJKatTheGoodInfoCafe]

The people who work so hard to come up with alternatives to what Jesus said are hilariously immature.

[@afriyielewis8683]

Christ ,the unwritten law in other words internal law of God. Adam, the written law in other words hand made law of God.

[@ericscaillet2232]

All creatures are equally important , not just us clever self important apeman.

[@godislove363]

Hopefully troll free.

[@drew2fast489]

So far, but it'll probably be short-lived.

[@paulwilfridhunt]

Jacob Fongemie hey Jacob how are you

[@SNORKYMEDIA]

yeah much better not to hear opinions different to yours.....

[@diversityhobbit]

BonnieUK created Mathematics!!!

[@bonnie43uk]

haha, I'm hopeless at maths billy.

[@aureliotheredeemed7566]

bonnie43uk And at spelling.

[@bonnie43uk]

@@aureliotheredeemed7566 Heh, I'm not the best certainly. I use Grammarly a lot to correct my spelling. :-)

[@dperkins01]

We can read all day that doesnt make it true!!!!!!!! Then what is 2 what is 4 human concepts. There is no tangible evidence.

[@matthewhawthorne8411]

There’s plenty of logical evidence the order and design of the universe the complexity of life. Did humans discover math or did we create math and it math is separate from humans

[@Apologia5]

Cliffe said "You may be right, maybe Christianity is just a philosophy made up to bring us comfort." At other times he talks about "IF Christianity is true" and that he "could be wrong." But, when do we see in scripture Jesus or the apostles talking like this? Jesus and His disciples declared the truth! They didn't present it as just one of many different options but rather a a command to be obeyed. Cliffe always says to look at all the evidence and look at all the other religions and read their books then go wherever the evidence leads. Again, where do we see this type of evangelism and apologetic methodology in the Bible? Why doesn't Cliffe just declare what the truth is? Instead he presents it as if it's neutral and on par with other religions or that Christianity is an option to consider rather than THE ABSOLUTE truth. Seems like he's trying too hard not to offend people.

[@scandalousruminationsofani1306]

I would liken Cliffe's approach to Paul's in Acts 17. It isn't that he's not trying to offend the students. He's reasoning with them. Other than my two cents, you would need to ask Cliffe himself.

[@Apologia5]

@@scandalousruminationsofani1306 I'm all for going out and reasoning with people as long as the Gospel is also preached. But, Cliffe seems to present following Jesus as an option to be considered rather than a command to be obeyed.

[@JohnCashin]

Yes, according to the Bible, Jesus and the Apostles never talked like that but I would suggest that this might be the difference between what the Bible says people did and what they actually did in reality. After all, don't forget, Cliffe is a REAL living, breathing Christian human being, existing with us in the here and now, warts and all. He's not a Christian character from a book written over two Millenniums ago that you are comparing him to. This is the difference between REAL living people like all of us here and people we read about in a book. You're presuming that everything you read about Jesus and the Apostles and what they did and said and what they didn't do and didn't say is EXACTLY as the Bible said to a T, but how can you be sure of that when you weren't actually there when they were around to see and hear firsthand what they did and said?? You haven't even got so much as a video of them to give you a realistic idea of what they were like. All you have got is this book called the Bible which you trust. How can you be sure that they didn't on occasions talk like Cliffe does and that the Bible simply omitted to mention it? The Bible is highly likely to have been an editing job, just like all books, so it will only contain what it wants the reader to know about and didn't say what it didn't want the reader to know about. For all you know, the Apostles might have had moments when they had to concede to people they were preaching to "we could be wrong" and it just didn't get mentioned in the Bible but Cliffe, on the other hand, can't hide behind an edited book because he is a REAL person, living today and showing himself and talking in front of a live audience, not to mention detailed scrutiny on KZbin. Furthermore, I have no way of even being sure that Jesus and the Apostles as the Bible portrayed them ever really existed at all but I do know Cliffe Knechtle exists, I know he's a real person, who is alive, right now, and so what he has to say is much more credible in my eyes, in comparison to a book written thousands of years ago that tells me stories about characters that lived and died long before I was born. Unless Jesus Christ or the Apostles stand right in front of my two eyes and talks to me, people like Cliffe are all I have to judge whether or not Christianity makes sense and so far, he hasn't convinced me but he's got much more chance of convincing me than a book full of stories, I'll give Cliffe that much and I have a huge amount of respect for him, even if I am not convinced that the things he believes to be true have met their burden of proof.

[@Apologia5]

@@JohnCashin How can I be sure of what is said in the Bible because after all I wasn't around and wasn't there? Ummm....with any writing in history we were not around or there yet we are all rational to believe lots of things that happened a long time ago. I'm sure you believe lots of things from history even though you weren't there. Do you have video for the things that you believe from the ancient world!?? We, including historians believe many things in history based on eye witness accounts from written documents. No historian was there and we have no video. Out of curiosity....what is YOUR standard and criteria for believing things that have happened a long time ago? Do you apply the same standard? You also said that it's probably the case that the Bible was highly edited or change? If you believe this, can you just name a few specific things that were edited or tampered with? Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar or any other ancient figure that every agrees on......they are not standing face to face with you. Do you deny their existence? Do you apply the same historical and criteria for other people and events that took place in history as you do with the Bible?

[@apexlawn]

He also said that not to believe God because your pastor told you to. You also don't repeat what ur mom told you to believe. It's all about searching and finding the Lord Jesus. Cliff reaches more people then you could ever dream of. How's your witness going and how many people have you shared Jesus with last week. Omg. I question you Faith and Salvation for sure.. nice try putting Cliff down.

[@joelm6780]

Did god make Adam and Eve first or the animals first?