How Do I Know If I'm Going to Heaven??

[@hatuletoh]

I also walked away from partying, drinking, drugs, and women (well...three out four ain't bad). It was prompted by the miracle of not being in my 20s anymore.

[@Thezuule1]

Truth!

[@michaelsommers2356]

Do you mean that it's a miracle that you survived your twenties?

[@werriboy55]

The Jim Croce "But now I am a tired man" strategy. It worked for me. Granted it took me 60 years 😅

[@gypsylee333]

And your genetics not being predisposed to addiction. Not that easy for everyone, bud.

[@gypsylee333]

@@amandak.4246 Because he said it was prompted just by getting older, if you have addict genes, it will be harder to get sober and not just happen naturally. You have to go to therapy and rehab, it's not like puberty where it just happens for addicts.

[@AynRKey]

So I was at a street fair. There was a booth with a church group giving out balloon animals, which I had to stop at since my daughter loves balloon animals. While there one of the people tried to proselytize me. He asked "are you sure you are going to Heaven?" I replied "I am sure I am going to Valhalla." He wasn't expecting that. So he said "well if you had a choice wouldn't you want to go to Heaven?" I replied "no, I would rather go to Valhalla." He had no idea how to respond.

[@pansepot1490]

Lol. That’s exactly what I do. I never bother arguing for atheism. I profess my faith in Thor instead. 😅

[@deewesthill1213]

I would like to go to a wonderland of my own early childhood imagining. That's the only "heaven" that has ever appealed to me. No smarmy christian sales pitch could begin to compete with that.

[@gypsylee333]

I like that, I like to mess with them lightly like that.

[@vaiyt]

[immigrant song riff intensifies]

[@deewesthill1213]

@Lureeality 🎶🎵 Unreality is a nice place to visit, although i always did wish there were proof!

[@SilortheBlade]

"Liquid love poured all over my body" Seriously guys, are we not doing "phrasing" anymore?

[@Ten80pete]

I feel like Christians are ALWAYS doing "phrasing"... they just look for the least subtle innuendo with which to say, "Accept Jesus/God into your heart." Unrelated, but I feel like Taylen uses that to full effect. Maybe that's a tip in his "How I went viral in 7 months" video. Step 1. Be born with incredible genes. Step 2. ??? Step 3. Prophet (😉)

[@weirdwilliam8500]

“I was a loser, and then I decided to be an apologist.”

[@0x777]

At least he's consistent.

[@cannablissdreams]

🤣👍

[@RocketboyX]

And now you can pay me to learn how I did it.!

[@uninspired3583]

I was a loser. Still am, but at least I'm not an apologist.

[@angelamaryquitecontrary4609]

​@@uninspired3583 So sorry.

[@ernestschroeder9762]

When theists say they were skeptical or atheist it always becomes apparent that they don't know what those words mean.

[@milkenobi]

I feel the same, but I keep those doubts private. After all, I hate it when a Christian tried to tell me I wasn’t a real Christian and that I never truly believed.

[@marcomoreno6748]

If someone claimed they were Christian then described how they praised and worshiped Baphomet- you can tell them they weren't a Christian. Christians constantly slander and try to redefine words like "atheist" in favor of their rhetorics. It's okay to call them out on it, just have a solid argument to back it up.

[@baconsarny-geddon8298]

True. But it's EQUALLY true of self-proclaimed """rational skeptics""" like Dillahunty, who uses 100% IDENTICAL logic/evidence to that which Christians rely on (ie Accepting a claim that has ZERO empirical evidence, justified solely by "but it FEEELS true, to me!!"), for his own faith-based, evidence-free belief that "trans-women ARE women". You can't prioritize the 100% evidence-free assertion of "gender", ahead of real-world, 100% evidence-based sex, and then honestly claim to be """skeptical""", or to value simple, evidence-based truth...

[@johnpetry5321]

Sadly, it is always possible that someone was skeptical or even an atheist and then for one of many reasons may have returned to the church. They might be sincere or they might be deluding themselves but only they can know. I am reminded of WC Fields who in his last days was seen reading a Bible by a good friend. The friend asked him why he was reading it. Fields replied he was looking for loopholes.

[@Nymaz]

Usually that means "I was raised in Christianity, attending church regularly as a child, being taught the basic tenets of it, and accepting them unquestioningly, but as soon as left home to go to college I wanted to sleep in in Sundays."

[@TheDahaka1]

From christians I particularly love the idea that you somehow have to be humble to believe that the entire universe was made just for us and that god is obsessed with how you live your life XD

[@satanofficial3902]

"A singularity is composed largely of habit as a predisposition arising from pinball machines with better street planning. It's mind boggling by any stretch of the imagination during a major escalation in the standoff between gravitational lensing and potato salad. Binary code symbols seem to be attracted to potted plants, challenging the long-standing idea that nutrition details on cereal boxes demand answers to questions about substantive explanations regarding specific issues. Thunderstorms with gusts up to hurricane force with extra cheese have the ability to create zombies shaped into dune buggies. You've probably heard the old adage that creating a getaway in the backwoods will need banana pudding snack packs to make a dramatic difference. It's good to have a reminder that black holes play a leading role in preserving and sustaining the unique ecology of chord melody arrangements in standard notation of fruit juices. Unsightly dandruff can be verified with modern analysis technologies when today is the first day after yesterday, venturing away from the mainstream consensus. It’s actually quite a bit of fun and be psychologically and spiritually prepared to power through tough grease and grime created by electromagnetic wave pressures, if you catch my drift." ---Albert Einstein

[@Uryvichk]

I always thought, if humility is a virtue, shouldn't God be perfectly humble? Weird to take credit for everything and demand worship if you're perfectly humble. Just quietly save everybody and don't even let them know you did it. What a pleasant surprise that would be. Of course, once we got to Heaven it would be all awkward for God and we'd end up playing hide and seek for all eternity, but that sounds a great deal more fun than praising him all day.

[@TheDahaka1]

@@Uryvichk If there actually is a god, and they're good natured, that's the only logical possibility. "I wanted to see what humanity would do, but despite any hardship and suffering, at the end there's salvation." The main problem with christianity is the cognitive dissonance in believing in a god that lies, murders, sends good people to eternal torture, when that god tells them that he's actually a good guy and everything is fine. It's for the greater good that there's no hope for most, but only torture!

[@TheDahaka1]

@@satanofficial3902 That's the most boring copy-pasta I've ever read -.-

[@S_Drake]

@@satanofficial3902 Yes! Thank you! I've been saying exactly that for years!

[@RobinPillage.]

He's got that hotshot salesman/full of shit vibe going full blast.

[@Alan-gi2ku]

Right!?

[@johnhiggs325]

Tell me, “For the Bible tells me so” without saying, “For the Bible tells me so.” 🤣 Well done, Paul!

[@jenna2431]

Taylen: I was an atheist. Also Taylen: I was hungry for the supernatural, that by definition I didn't see any evidence of.

[@thelyrebird1310]

Also Taylen: Now you too can be a KZbin influencer $end money here

[@Allogenes]

​@@thelyrebird1310 I often wonder how many of them are grifting for money.

[@thelyrebird1310]

Kind of like the howvto be a millionaire book, ONLY $1 each, plus postage and handling Limited print run 999,999 available

[@WolforNuva]

He was an atheist, I didn't hear a claim that he was a sceptic or naturalist. Someone can believe or even simply want to believe in the supernatural without thinking that there are any gods.

[@violeth2255]

@WolforNuva Whilst I'd agree with your statement in the general, Taylon immediately follows up the statement with a clarifier. He states that he was, "hungering for the supernatural. Hungering for an encounter with the living god." So yeah, Taylon wasn't an atheist at that point in his story; he was Christian.

[@Techno-Wolf]

I was “saved” at 7. I would have called myself a Christian until I was 22. The entire time, I felt like an impostor. I knew, even at 7, that the only reason I “believed” was the fear of hell. I was always skeptical and critical of all aspects of spirituality and how could you tell if something was the “right kind of” supernatural experience. I only came out of it when I couldn’t lie to myself anymore about my own identity and that I’d rather be in hell then with a god of hate and lies. Thank you and the rest of atheist KZbin for helping me break out of it.

[@satanofficial3902]

This universe is a sim. Scientific proof already exists that it is. A lot of it. A whole lot of a lot of a lot. Simbot... simulation-generated biological robot that mindlessly perpetuates the universe sim agenda and status quo. No matter how totally wrongful and destructive and abusive the universe sim agenda and status quo might be. Kids, just say no to being simbots.

[@satanofficial3902]

And... for those of you who aren't simbots, it doesn't make the slightest bit of difference how you came into existence. Once you exist as a person you have all the rights that any person has in the universes. Your rights aren't given to you by anyone. If you're a person, they're automatically already yours. You should all be stunning and brave and DARE to value your lives. That this universe is a sim is irrelevant.

[@satanofficial3902]

Despite whatever the parameters of the sim, what is what still remains what is what. Goodness is still goodness, and what isn't. "I was only following the parameters of the sim" isn't an acceptable excuse for wrongfulness done. As a sentient being, you can override the sim parameters. If you bother to make the effort.

[@satanofficial3902]

Aliens aren't deities. Even if they created the universe sim you're currently existing in. Aliens aren't anymore special exalted than you are. Aliens put their pants on one tentacle at a time.

[@rticle15]

Religion without a Hell isnt worth a damn. Hell is a tool to make children believe unbelievable things out of fear.

[@WayneRossi]

Listening to this preacher's story is fascinating. I think his testimony is a template for Christian evangelical sociology. He clearly grew up in a society where Christianity was the majority religion, went through a period of alcohol use and other "wild" behavior, and made the decision to change his behavior. When he made this decision, he did some "shopping" for solutions and found a place for it in evangelical Christianity. He had friends who introduced him to Christianity (I would suspect that a prospective partner of the opposite sex might have had some influence, though he didn't mention any), and his brain gave the right dopamine hits for him to land in his new cultural niche. The idea that this is a miracle rather than a sociological fact is belied by the fact that such transformations can happen in pretty much any religious framework you might like; in another time or culture he could've been a Muslim, a Mormon, a Hindu, a Catholic, a Buddhist, or so on.

[@Thezuule1]

Bingo. ☝️

[@davidwimp701]

@@zhengfuukusheng9238 That's my hunch, too.

[@vaiyt]

In fact, I've heard the same stories coming from Catholics, Mormons, Muslims and guru followers.

[@johnpetry5321]

Last I checked Mormons and Catholics were Christians. They may not be the type of Christian that some people think of as being Christian but they believe in Jesus Christ and call themselves Christians.

[@juanausensi499]

Spot on

[@jonathanmetzger3092]

The phrase "Liquid love" definitely sounds like something other than Jesus.

[@BrettCoryell]

Did it taste salty?

[@Uhdksurvhunter]

@@BrettCoryell Like a shrimp cocktail.

[@Llortnerof]

I dunno, don't they also say to let Jesus come into you?

[@phillyphakename1255]

​@@Llortnerof specifically, come into your heart. I feel sorry for the poor person who has to set up that IV infusion...

[@Llortnerof]

@@phillyphakename1255 I'm more concerned about the guy that has to operate the blender to reduce his Lord and Saviour to something that can be fitted through an IV.

[@jonathanramsey]

21:00 when I was a Xn, I once heard that a person heard the gospel an average of seven times before receiving it. At few years later, when I was deconverting, I was in a sales conference, and a speaker said that, on average, a buyer hears about your product seven times before deciding to commit. This became a cog in the wheel of realizing how easily natural phenomena explain the supernatural that I believed. This guy reifies my mental path.

[@satanofficial3902]

"A platypus ate my baby!" ---Distraught australian birthing parent

[@satanofficial3902]

Birthing parents, beware of the always ravenous platypus. Never let your guard down even for a moment!

[@sthed6832]

You can understand a lot of the NT from the prospect of sales. You need to drive the hearse up to the back door, in this case hell. There is something that keeps people from buying the product, like the Kosher laws. Useful dream, and there goes God's word. I'm sure Paul was an excellent salesman through instinct, not training.

[@rainbowkrampus]

@@sthed6832 Yep. Follow the money. The whole Jesus cult unravels pretty quickly. Why did Paul jet off on a whirlwind tour to evangelize around the Mediterranean? He found a really good sales pitch. All the stuff in the gospels that isn't borrowed from Homer is apologetics used to keep people from leaving so that they keep giving money to the church. Fast forward nearly two thousand years and literally nothing has changed.

[@atomicemerson2733]

9:16 mark when he says “liquid love poured on my body” almost killed me. Paul shows so much restraint.

[@pureflix8086]

But the "Haggards" watching exploded. 💣💥

[@thhseeking]

Same here :P Like those "Jesus came into me" & such like :P We're not supposed to laugh :P

[@uninspired3583]

​@@thhseeking body of christ isn't rockin abs to not party

[@Cheepchipsable]

"That's what she said!"

[@kenhoover1639]

This is one of your best videos Paul, in my opinion. Christians rarely, if ever, look at their beliefs critically and logically. I am so glad that the KZbin algorithm directed me to your channel.

[@Justas399]

Get serious. Atheists never critically examine their atheism. If they did, they would no longer be atheists.

[@alanhyland5697]

If they do, they'll end up atheists

[@G_Demolished]

@LuthAMF I think you’re overselling the quality of thought there.

[@Blazingbiskit]

@LuthAMF And would you consider those centuries of clear thought to represent the majority of all christians across all that time? Because it would seem that it is the minority that wrote the occasional clear cogent profound thought.

[@robertl4824]

@LuthAMF We are talking about christians or any theist today not centuries ago. Very few modern theists actually read these critical writings and social/parental pressure is very strong. just look at how most American christians think the founding fathers were christians.

[@davebowman760]

"If your friends tell you that you're going into a cult, don't listen to them" - every cult ever

[@someonerandom256]

Cult + time + lots of followers = Religion

[@Marine_Veteran_Vegan_Gamer]

An imaginary reward from an imaginary diety seems to line up.

[@thedragonofechigo7878]

And the suspicious thing is that you can only realize it after you die.

[@sgloobal2025]

I don't believe people die and go to heaven. But please tell me how did you determine there's no god

[@G_Demolished]

@@sgloobal2025 Interestingly, if you say Santa or unicorns or leprechauns are imaginary, nobody asks you for a breakdown of your logic.

[@epicofatrahasis3775]

​@S Gloobal Sigh. Once again, your god is based on Canaanite mythology and isn't real. How many times are you going to ask this question Goofball? According to the general consensus of scholarship *(even critical Christian scholars),* YHWH was originally incorporated into the Canaanite pantheon as a son of the Canaanite high god El before inheriting the top spot in the pantheon and El's wife Athirat (Asherah) before religious reforms. If you want to see if El is fictional, just read his mythology in the Ugaritic/Canaanite texts. "I should add here that it is very clear from the grammar that the noun nachalah in v. 9 should be translated “inheritance.” *Yahweh receives Israel as his “inheritance” (nachalah), just as the other sons of El received their nations as their inheritance (nachal, v. 8).* With this verb, especially in the Hiphil, the object is always what is being given as an inheritance. Thus, Israel is given to Yahweh as his inheritance. ((Here I’m indebted to Dan McClellan.)) It would make no sense for Elyon to give himself an inheritance. Moreover, as I’ve argued elsewhere, it is not just the Gentile nations that are divided up according to the number of the sons of El. It is all of humankind, i.e., “the sons of Adam.” This clearly includes Israel. And the sons of Adam are not divided up according to the number of the sons of El, plus one (i.e., plus Elyon). They are divided up, according to the text, solely according to the number of the sons of El. *Thus, that Yahweh receives Israel as his inheritance makes Yahweh one of the sons of El mentioned in v. 8. Any other construal of the text would constitute its rewriting."* *"The Most Heiser: Yahweh and Elyon in Psalm 82 and Deuteronomy 32 - Religion at the Margins"* based on the *majority scholarly consensus.* (Written by Thom Stark who is a Christian) *"Michael Heiser: A Unique Species? - Religion at the Margins"* (A second response to Michael Heiser) *"Excerpt from “Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan” by John Day - Lehi's Library."* *"The Table of Nations: The Geography of the World in Genesis 10 - TheTorah.com"* (Excluding the short narrative on Nimrod (vv. 8-12), which appears to be a later addition, Genesis 10 contains *70* names of nations or cities, a number that was symbolic of totality. Similarly, the descendants of Jacob were *70* in number (Gen 46:37; Exod 1:5), *as were the sons of the supreme Canaanite god El, with whom YHWH became equated.)* *"Mark Smith: Yahweh as El’s Son & Yahweh’s Ascendency - Lehi's Library"* (Mark Smith is a Catholic) *"02 | December | 2009 | Daniel O. McClellan - Psalm 82"* (Daniel McClellan is a Mormon) *"Elohim | Daniel O. McClellan"* (Refer to the article "Angels and Demons (and Michael Heiser)") *"God's Wife Edited Out of the Bible - Almost."* (Pay attention to whose wife Asherah (Athirat) is in the Ugaritic/Canaanite texts and how she became the wife of YHWH/Yahweh) *"Yahweh's Divorce from the Goddess Asherah in the Garden of Eden - Mythology Matters."* *"Married Deities: Asherah and Yahweh in Early Israelite Religion - Yahweh Elohim."* *"Asherah, God's Wife in Ancient Israel. Part IV - theyellowdart"* *"The Gates of Ishtar - El, was the original god of the bible."* *"The Gates of Ishtar - Anath in the Elephantine Papyri"* (It appears in addition to Asherah (Athirat) being the consort of Yahweh it also appears some Israelites also viewed the Canaanite goddess Anat(h) as Yahweh's consort) *"Canaanite Religion - New World Encyclopedia"* (Refer to the section "Relationship to Biblical Religion") *"The Syncretization of Yahweh and El : reddit/AcademicBiblical"* (For a good summary of all of the above articles) Watch Professor Christine Hayes who lectures on the Hebrew Bible at Yale University. Watch lecture 2 from 40:40 to 41:50 minutes, lecture 7 from 30:00 minutes onwards, lecture 8 from 12:00 to 17:30 minutes and lecture 12 from 27:40 minutes onwards. Watch *"Pagan Origins of Judaism"* by Sigalius Myricantur and read the description in the video to see the scholarship the video is based on. Watch *"How Monotheism Evolved"* by Sigalius Myricantur and watch up to at least 21:40. Watch *"Atheism - A History of God (The Polytheistic Origins of Christianity and Judaism)"* (By a former theist) Watch *"The Origins of Yahweh"* by Derreck Bennett at Atheologica.

[@sgloobal2025]

@@G_Demolished God isn't in the same category as leprechauns. Your commiting a category error. And there's no reason why unicorns can't exist. It's just a horse with a horn. And if I was to claim any of those things don't exist I wouldn't do so unless I had an argument as to why they don't exist. I wouldn't beg the question against their existence. There's a reason why most people throughout history have believed in God. Can't say the same about leprechauns

[@manic5150]

A wise old lady once told me: You know those feel good feelings you get when attending church? Well that is the church preying on your 5 senses.

[@SpaceLordof75]

About the Adam and Eve/sin story: When created, they did not have discernment. They were innocent. They could not understand the implications of disobeying the instructions given to them by god. And if you read the story carefully, god does not kick them out of the garden for disobeying. He banned them because they might eat from the other forbidden tree: the Tree of Life. Making them live forever. God apparently did not want that. So, not only were they cursed, and all of humanity was cursed as well, but were punished for something that could not have possibly been culpable for. A loving god?

[@maggiebarrett7300]

Very logical - unfortunately, logic and reason are alien concepts among the god squad.

[@DocReasonable]

God says in Genesis 3 after they ate from the tree "NOW man has become like us, knowing good from evil". This shows that Adam and Even did NOT know the difference between good and evil before they ate from the tree, so they were quite innocent as they didn't know they were doing something wrong.

[@Uhdksurvhunter]

So God is the non-innocent party. Not bad. I like your logic.

[@inspiredaction162]

Exactly!!!!

[@Llortnerof]

@@Uhdksurvhunter Not just that, he also let the snake mislead them (and since he made everything, that means he put it there). And took no real precautions to stop them from getting to it. In the end, it reads a lot like parental abuse. Might be why Republicans call themselves Christian though: "Stay ignorant and do what i tell you"

[@lynniewood]

​@Conon the Binarian ehhh i really wouldn't throw around real life disorders around like that, dissociative identity disorder (as it's called now) is a really serious condition and not a joke or insult. And even if he did have a mental disorder like that, what would that change? Why would that be a bad thing? That just seems to be "mental illness bad" which isn't great. Not trying to attack or start an argument, just pointing out using mental disorders as insults isn't great.

[@S_Drake]

@@lynniewood At least he didn't mention water sports again.

[@johnquiett1085]

I had my faith shaken when I was younger, but in college I was still questioning. But one day a friend asked for a ride to his baptism at a sunrise Easter service on the beach in GA. So I agreed and a few of us set out. Me, the questioning Catholic, the friend, a soon to be S. Baptist, my roommate an angry Atheist, and his girlfriend a non-practicing Jew. There's a punchline in there somewhere but years later I haven't found it. At the beach it was foggy, before sunrise. When the service started the fog sort of surrounded the gathered people. When my friend got dunked in the ocean, the last to do so of that day, the sun crested the horizon and the fog lifted on a beautiful sunrise. I was moved. But looking at the weather report that day that is exactly what should have happened. I'm not saying the pastor planned it to the minute or anything, but it would have happened when it happened regardless of the event that brought me to the beach that day. So yeah, confirmation bias is real.

[@phillyphakename1255]

20 bucks says it was planned to the minute. Not the fog stuff, but the sunrise. Source: having engineered those kinds of moments myself, it is very intentional.

[@johnquiett1085]

@@phillyphakename1255 that is what I meant. The sunrise was part of the equation but the parting fog, the mere presence of the fog was not part of the plan.

[@Cheepchipsable]

@@phillyphakename1255 I think it would be kind of cool to be baptised in a thunder storm, The guy screaming "You are reborn!!!", and you rise out of the water with thunder and lightning accompanying you. 🌩😇🌩 🤣🤣

[@KellyDVance]

I have a goal at my church since being outed as an atheist (my 6y/o asked a question in children's chapel and now most of the congregation knows) and that is to be an example of doing good with no expectation of reward. It is hard to paint all atheists as bad when the one you know and see every week isn't. To be fair, Episcopalians are a rather accepting and kind bunch, so I don't think I'm fighting too much of an uphill battle.

[@marcomoreno6748]

🙄 You had me going until you said "Episcopalians". You might as well have come out at the AAC.

[@KalebSDay]

Not sure why you'd go to a place that will indoctrinate your kid, or at the very least spend time teaching inaccurate ideas to them. Maybe there is just some community aspect you enjoy, which I've also heard Paul say is no big deal.

[@KellyDVance]

@@KalebSDay my husband left the Roman Catholic Church and joined the Episcopal Church, when he and I married I agreed to raise any children we had in his faith, until such a time that they could give a reason why they wished to stop. We also agreed that they would be exposed to other faiths as well. The community is very nice and is mostly focused on service. Heck, during Easter Service our rector called out folks that cared more about protecting guns than kids. He may be a bit "old timey religion" in his sermons, but boy howdy he doesn't hold back when kids' safety is on the line. The next priority is helping the homeless and food insecure; every week they provide food and clothing to people who are marginalized and never required them to participate in any religious activity. As the older generation passes on, the church is getting more and more accepting.

[@Kevin_Williamson]

The YT algorithm at work. Every time I watch Paulogia I get a bunch of suggestions for church/ministry YT channels. I love how they keep painting atheists as the people into drugs, booze and debauchery. I didn't do that as a Christian and I really haven't changed how I live my life now, sans the time I spent on church activities and home spiritual devotions. When I started down the involuntary path to atheism, I prayed extremely hard for God to give me a sign. To show Himself to me in some way so I could be relieved of this confusion I was experiencing. You'd think God would be the good shepherd and expend some of that endless power to whip up a sign. Leaving the 99 to get the one sheep. But nope. Nothing. Yet another nail in the coffin of scripture.

[@AJansenNL]

Same with me. All of it. Just with islam.

[@MLennholm]

I've been watching creationism debunking and atheism videos on KZbin since all the way back when thunderf00t was doing the _Why do people laugh at creationists?_ series. I've always gotten similar videos recommended, which is how I discovered Paulogia and others like Viced Rhino and Sir Sic, but only recently have I been getting videos from actual creationists in my recommendations. Stop it KZbin algorithm! You used to be decent.

[@markshepperson3603]

It’s all they have. Life long theists telling atheists what they are and how their brains are not functioning. Makes me laugh.

[@0x777]

I used to get creationists ads, which I watched from start to finish, hoping that this way they get to pay more to Paulogia and the other debunkers that I got the ads for.

[@inyobill]

I'm seeing fewer of those. Interesting.

[@martinmckee5333]

"My video is the sign from God you've been searching for..." Glad Christians avoid the deadly sin of being prideful.

[@Heidi2003]

The back and forth editing of his Christianity pitch and his "how to go Viral pitch" was masterful. Thanks for your hard work, Paul.

[@lennomenno]

“….Jesus is coming back very very soon. “ 🤣🤣 Like we haven’t been hearing that for the last 2,000 years.

[@deadsightsx]

That feeling during worship, I literally had the same experience at a concert last week that was definitely not a "godly" place. Spiritbox live with the song Constance was the same experience as I had when I was at a church. After that song we proceeded to mosh because while Constance is a beautiful song, it isnt the only song in their catalog 😹

[@eminentbishop1325]

Sounds like my kinda holy place to me amigo 😂

[@eminentbishop1325]

​@@HarryNicNicholas hey man just cuz something is chemical dont mean it isnt divine

[@pdxcorgidad]

It's exactly what I felt when I received my Linkin Park Meteora 20th Anniversary box set last week.

[@Strangekabuki]

Like watching Puccini’s Butterfly when your soul is crushed at the end, it's GREAT!

[@kennymartin5976]

My deconversion began when I got the same feeling watching films, playing video games and visiting museums, and thinking " wait a minute! This isn't church! ... hmmmm 🤔"

[@braindeadgoldfish]

To defend the blob fish: the picture we all know of that fish was taken after it was yanked up from it's home in the deep sea to the surface of the water. The change of pressure, extreme pressure at the fish's natural environment to low pressure out of the water, basically made the fish fall apart because it didn't have that high pressure that it evolved to live in to hold it together.

[@chainedmindsasylum]

Did anyone else notice how he set people up first with the love bomb then came in with the FEAR sledgehammer ⚒️ of HELL🔥 to threaten them into submission? Sick!!

[@0x777]

The religion version of bait and switch.

[@0x777]

@Conon the Binarian Ceasing to exist isn't really scary. At least not to me. I have no reason to assume that I for some weird reason need to exist for all eternity. Actually... that's a far scarier idea. I cannot even imagine just how BORING it would be after a few centuries.

[@someonerandom256]

I'm looking forward to ceasing to exist, I just hope it's at the end of a long life.

[@chainedmindsasylum]

@@someonerandom256 You are energy so how can you be destroyed? Maybe you will just change form

[@ChristianCarrizales]

Usually it’s the other way around, so I’m surprised he presented it that way. Manipulation at its best!

[@RandyWinn42]

20:45 is my favorite part, where we learn what this preacher is about: selling his internet services. It's better than being a moneychanger in the Temple, I suppose.

[@thedeebo410]

I automatically assume that "I used to be an atheist" is just part of a pitch, not actually true. It imbues the one making that claim with all the smarminess I'd normally associate with used car salesmen or tech support scammers.

[@dougt7580]

"I used to be an atheist" is the new "I used to be addicted to drugs/alcohol/sex" that was the tag line of every 80s and 90s Christian apologist and street preacher.

[@RikardPeterson]

To be fair to the blobfish: they don't really look like that. They look quite different in the high pressure environment where they live at 1000m depth, and only get that hideous look when they're brought up to the surface and sort of explode.

[@霊像子]

God could have still made them look good when they're over water!

[@dylansaus]

Just gained new respect for those blobby sons of guns

[@ColinWrubleski-eq5sh]

Curious...would they not deflate, rather than explode, at the much lower pressures up here on the surface?^^

[@blackice9088]

Taylen: I was a crazy man! Me with eyebrow raised: And you chose to become crazier?? Hmmm...

[@phillyphakename1255]

He let liquid love come into his heart! This guy isn't great with phrasing, is he?

[@Thundawich]

My absolute favourite part about the getting in to heaven discussions is that Jesus was explicitly asked at one point. He said to follow the OT and to give away all your stuff. Christians do all sorts of contortion to make it so that Jesus is wrong, but also not a liar. It is quite amusing at times seeing how much thought has to go in to this one particular passage so they can still get in to heaven without doing either of the two things that Jesus explicitly said was required.

[@SilverSixpence888]

Jesus also said that all you had to do was feed the hungry, clothe the poor, and visit people in prison. Very few actually do any of that.

[@Thundawich]

@@SilverSixpence888 The reason I bring up the part where he was specifically asked what to do to get in to heaven is because it really limits the amount of interpretation that you can put on the passage. Jesus was asked a direct question, and gave a direct answer. He says plenty of other stuff in plenty of other places throughout the gospels, but because Jesus is the one initiating those passages you have a lot more liberty to interpret it.

[@pash_4904]

Personal experience is very odd to me. I was raised Christian, I was baptized at 7, I attended church weekly. I have never felt anything. I never felt closer to my congregation. I never felt a surge of emotion, no liquid love. I never felt anything. So, when someone says "I felt this deep spiritual experience" all I can say is... "why?" I don't mean to be rude, but I just... don't understand why you'd want that.

[@DeconvertedMan]

"Your not going to heaven, there are a trillion aliens cooler then you." Bo Burnham.

[@satanofficial3902]

"you're" Officer Satan of the Internet Spelling Police Badge Number 539647261885376664222613055628743245386 Remember, correct spelling is a right and not a privilege.

[@satanofficial3902]

"You'll thank me later." ---Adrian Monk

[@DeconvertedMan]

@Lureeality 🎶🎵 check out "bo burnham from god's perspective" on youtube you'll find the song :)

[@sigmaoctantis1892]

@@satanofficial3902 You missed the second spelling error. It should read, ...a trillion aliens cooler THAN you.

[@happyraver1958]

"If someone tells you you're in a cult, don't believe them!!" As every cult leader in history has said!!!

[@fepeerreview3150]

17:10 He sounds like he was emotionally unstable and self-destructive while in college. I've seen personally how vulnerable that type is to the messages of evangelicals.

[@Tyrconnell]

"Liquid love just poured over my body..." I...I think I've seen that video....

[@eggs8021]

Heaven is always an interesting conversation to have, the ideas about heaven are never actually filled out in my experience

[@mikolmisol6258]

The topic of heaven tends to be avoided by theists because it falls apart like a house of cards the moment you stop to think about it.

[@Heidi2003]

Heaven was a stumbling block. I couldn't see how an eternity spent on just ONE activity: praising God, didn't sound like a Hell all on its own to Christians. Humans enjoy so much more on Earth; things that would not even be an option in Heaven. No physical pleasures. Not even relationships. I thought often, even as a devout Christian, how boring Heaven sounded. Add in the fact that my church added this non-scriptural doctrine that said that the strength of your faith on Earth, gave you an extra reward in heaven. Big faith = mansion in heaven. Baby faith = some kind of heavenly shack? When I wasn't convinced He'd send me to Hell for sinning, I'd imagine the tiniest little house in Heaven for me.

[@stevewebber707]

The details always seem vague and/or controversial, from my experiences.

[@vaiyt]

I love when very religious people set out to describe what heaven is like, because it inevitably falls into the pit trap of their own biases and cultural conceptions. It's fascinating.

[@dougt7580]

​@@vaiyt Same thing happens when they describe their god(s) demeanor, attitude, and commands. Their description always nicely maps onto their personal social, political, and moral preferences and taboos. Very few people believe in or worship deities that they don't like.

[@WYO3]

I felt something like Taylen did, turned out it was that congestive heart failure had starved my brain of oxygen.

[@S_Drake]

See? Jesus gave you CHF so you could experience his goodness! Checkmate, atheists!

[@roblovestar9159]

Taylen is a young, good looking, enthusiastic, evangelical 'preacher man'. There are boat loads of them. Intellectually vapid (and Paul points it out beautifully) , but that doesn't seem to bother most people. Many preachers make a good living fleecing the sheep. Why not on KZbin?

[@johnpro2847]

yes..hopefully he will get a back ache after all that fleecing.

[@cannablissdreams]

I was indoctrinated as a tiny child.. broke away as a teen and floundered around this existence alone.. being cast out by family and labeled a "sinner" unworthy of love it wasn't until covid that I found youtube content creators discussing these things with abandon AND without molly-coddling believer's beliefs.. it FREED me from a half century of unhappiness and self-loathing and NOW?? hearing people PROCLAIM that their "god" is their LORD and MASTER is stomach turning especially those words.. lords reign over lands and masters lord over slaves!! also.. the idea of "communion" used to be SACRED to me.. NOW?? ohmygoodness!!! I was manipulated into participating in zombie cult blood rituals!!! that's beyond cringe to me!! I no longer allow others to manipulate my mind into accepting the unacceptable or defending the indefensible.. I now endeavor to believe only those things that comport with DEMONSTRATED reality.. these ideas are unfathomable.. and.. therefore.. they can kick rocks and stay TF away from me!! guess I'm at that stage where my anger over being purposefully duped as a child is just so nauseating.. that I truly think that indoctrinating CHILDREN *should* be illegal if YOU get a feeling of "liquid love" encompassing your body?? that's just WEIRD!! but.. DON'T do that to your CHILDREN!! it's just lies.. btw.. and.. to be clear.. my parents BRUTALIZED me in the name of their "god".. and that book was their justification so.. yeah.. I TRULY think that the horrors done to me should be illegal and should NEVER happen to children but.. if.. as an ADULT you CHOOSE religion?? go for it.. IDGAF what free adults do.. BUT.. I do care what happens to children.. and religion is a SCOURGE on society! "lord and MASTER"?? yeah.. NO!! this country enslaved my people and committed the most heinous genocide against us.. NO ONE is MY master and NO ONE"lords" over me!! naw.. that's Stockholm Syndrome!! NO effin way.. YET.. they ANNOUNCE this like it's a good thing.. YIKES!!

[@pauligrossinoz]

I felt your anger. My deeply religious father beat me bloody many times because I dared to ask questions about his god. Fortunately I live in Australia, where religion is not taken too seriously. The police finally took him away when I was 13, ending his reign of terror. I'm glad I don't live in a place like the United States where Christians seem to think that my father's response to a doubting child is appropriate. Now I still have the scars and the bad memories, but I've been free of the religion for nearly 40 years!

[@mykeljmoney]

This is a serious question that plagued me during my more churched years. I’m still wrestling with my beliefs so to speak, but I don’t live in fear, hating myself so much anymore. Looking forward to the video

[@cannablissdreams]

well.. it's a moot question since "heaven" hasn't been proven to exist.. it's a ridiculous concept.. this is the ONLY life we KNOW we get.. why worry about something that isn't even real?? 🤷‍♀️

[@Justas399]

@@cannablissdreams The mere fact that Christ who was God said their is heaven is enough to know that there is a heaven. He also warned about hell for sinners including unbelievers.

[@pdxcorgidad]

​@@Justas399 Well guess I'm going to hell then. Thanks for letting me know!

[@phillyphakename1255]

​@@Justas399 Jesus Christ isn't God, that's Yahweh. Christ is the redeemer figure of the Trinity.

[@Cellidor]

@@Justas399 "The mere fact that Christ who (Some ancient believers thought) was God (had parables written down decades after his life from word-of-mouth where he was claimed to have) said (there) -their- is heaven is enough to know that (Those who take those old parables literally believe that) there is a heaven." Fixed that up a bit for you.

[@ProphetofZod]

9:15 - That’s what she said.

[@JosephKano]

Hehe.

[@JosephKano]

I think we betray our gutter minds here Mr Zod as I very much thought the same thing.

[@superwinans]

You know what small thing rankles me? At 17:55, our friend says that he walked away from his life of partying, drugs, and women. As though women, in his mind, are bad things on par with doing drugs. No one ever says: I walked away from partying and drugs and men.

[@godlessblessings7020]

Hey, maybe he is a gay christian! Just sayin' !

[@davidofoakland2363]

Your scripted content is really very, very, good, and only gets better the more you do it. I like these videos and repeatedly watch them (not to mention I get your podcast version too). Keep it coming!

[@Paulogia]

I appreciate that. Thank you!

[@johncahill3644]

You said it all in the first paragraph. “Narnia” was a nice touch. I have always marveled at how Christians can jump from assuming there is a god (and that we all agree on what this presumed god is) to super details like the Rapture and hating homosexuals and abortionists.

[@ianchisholm5756]

Nothing says 'It's a cult' more than the leader saying 'Don't listen to people who say it's a cult.'

[@AxionZetaOne]

2:15 pressing X to doubt

[@Gon3Psychotic]

Great point about the emotions: my girlfriend was a beliver and still gets the emotions she had in a mass, hearing songs ect. Only difference - now she understands it was tied to people and events at the time, not god.

[@stillcistho5012]

The KZbin algorithm is gods favorite tool

[@JoseChung21]

Paul I would humbly request you do a monthly video on pragmatic justification - it’s the bottom line difference between Christians and former Christians.

[@ShinyAvalon]

I had an experience very similar to Taylen's. I reached out to Deity, and was filled with an overwhelming flood of compassion and love, which left me with a sense of wonder and wellbeing. That Deity's name was Artemis. Do you think Taylen would accept the validity of _my_ religious experience...?

[@ShinyAvalon]

@Lureeality 🎶🎵 - Bast is a very pretty kitty. I'd give her scritchies any time. ^_^

[@Elysium_the_Bard]

4:15 Wait...but the only reason why anxiety, depression, and suicidality is recognized as bad things is because people are that. So, not to get too grim, bu~t... (trigger warning) That would imply that some people, under the Christian religion's view of the world, MUST be called by the deity to be depressed, to be anxious, and to be suicidal, until they are either "saved" or the deity decides to off them. To be anything less than that means the deity either doesn't care about all its "children", it isn't capable of seeing them, or that it wants those "children" to suffer.

[@EatHoneyBeeHappy]

Great points, and another thing I thought about long ago when I was a depressed Christian, was that if I was depressed it was because God WANTED me to be depressed, and seeking help was actually the sinful thing to do. An extremely abusive relationship that I couldn't even physically separate myself from to get away. I had to realize for myself that it was ok to not be a Christian.

[@lilrobbie2k]

Taylen is the Home Shopping Network version of a Christian apologist

[@idunno3302]

When I die I'm gonna be dead. I have the time I'm here to share my knowledge and make the world better. Leaf be upon you!

[@jonmeador8637]

Based on people’s NDEs, it sounds like everyone goes to heaven, and it sounds sort of okay if you like you’re family. What if heaven is the place where your parents aren’t?

[@jeoffwalden4492]

Most people get bored on a wet weekend To spend a million life years in a heaven is something I don’t want Spend your day worshiping what and why. How long do you worship . Come on people If there is a heaven keep out

[@peterpackiam]

Cheers, Paulogia, as always' 'BRILLIANT'.

[@GreatCollapsingHrung]

18:38 a posture to receive? With my eyes closed, I was reaching out my hands like I was going to take something that was being handed to me.. then I opened my eyes and it looked like he meant to pretend your hands are about receive a radio signal.

[@gypsylee333]

I also was thinking he's trying to be an antenna 😂

[@klodius8588]

Great video Paulogia. Selling paradise to the gullible works wonders. This guy is a good example. 🤟

[@TheBarelyBearableAtheist]

I like to point out that if believers today can have a "true" experience of the risen savior just by experiencing an emotional rush, maybe that's all the 1st century believers had too. Sure, the story got embellished over the decades to add details to make it sound more physically real, but I mean just to get the religion started initially, maybe all it took was for ancient believers to be like modern ones.

[@natp8387]

The moment someone blurts out 'I was an atheist!' with the energy of a preacher I immediately know they're lying. Especially when they start spouting the same disproven straw men and empty arguments as every other theist. The moment I hear the 'something from nothing' line, I know I'm not dealing with anyone who had the slightest amount of time spent questioning theism. Edit: I'd love to see this guy after a three month long yogic retreat with massages and saunas. 'I believe in the power of exercise!!!!'

[@philb4462]

I actually tried and believed exactly what he said. I went "all in" for god. I was very sincere and built my life around my faith. Years later I lost my faith, and now I'm constantly I was never a true Christian. It's strange how nobody told me at the time. Robin

[@littlecoloreddots]

Thanks for this. Great as always. I have often found myself dumfounded by the certainty of some believers that they have the correct formula for getting into heaven. The brand of this that I find annoying is when it comes with arrogance but even the humble believers can be very certain. Reading the Bible, I'm astonished anybody can come away with certainty on any topic. It is vague on most points and when it is clear, one can find clear contradictions to that very clarity.

[@michaelhenry1763]

I agree with you Paul. Sin does not exist objectively or universally. Sin is simply the label to put on to breaking religious rules. What fascinates me most about the evolution of sin through the Bible is when it is first mentioned. It is not mentioned at the "fall". It does not say Adam and Eve "sinned". It is first mentioned when God is warning Cain not to murder his brother. So, I guess, sin , originally, was an evil act against another human being. If sin, is defined that way, such as obeying the ten commandments, then most people can be "sinless" and not need a "savior".

[@LadyTsuki]

To say that a human mind cannot produce such a profound experience is to greatly underestimate just how complicated and amazing our minds can be. As an example, similar experiences can be had with a variety of drugs. The drugs interact with chemicals in our brain to produce what many would consider to be a "supernatural" experience. It's not to say that it's not amazing, but it's not really "supernatural". We also have lots of social cues, both obvious and subtle that affect our brains. I'd guess that this is why many near death experiences use stuff we've grown up with culturally. I'd find such stories more convincing if a Christian saw Mohammad or something like that. And no, an atheist seeing "a white light" doesn't convince me at all. The brain does tons of things when it thinks it's dying, along with the aforementioned cultural/social cues. Still, Paul saying they planned these manipulations (even if not maliciously) is a large reason I distrust religion. I enjoy the peak behind the curtain for sure!

[@jsink964]

8:43 I know lots of people are going to claim a false analogy between getting into a “Free Candy” white van and church, but the recent academic literature on spiritual abuse shows this ain’t far off… Paul might have been sarcastic, but churches SHOULD come with warning labels.

[@kennylex]

There is a good word we should all know, "Home-blindness", that you do not see things you are used to unless someone point it out, like I have an apartment I lived in a very long time, but slowly over the years the ceiling in the bathroom got stained and I did not see that until a friend had his ADHD/Aspie child over that said "Your bathroom is yucky", even I had other folks over no one had pointed that out, but it was those words that made me understand. The same goes for the religion you are in, your friends in that religion will say all the good thing you want to hear, but if someone from outside the group say something it can be the truth or something you have to look into, christians that have only christian friends that they hang out with and do other thing than religious things, they do live in a echo chamber.

[@aldebaran4154]

I felt an epiphany the first time I looked through my very first telescope. I love 1960s and 1970s rock music and I had epiphanies when I heard certain songs for the first time. Great films like Ikiru and 2001: A Space Odyssey have given me epiphanies. It can happen at any moment that changes your perspective on life and has nothing to do with supernatural beings.

[@blackice9088]

Great video, Paul, thank you for all the hard work you do. Keep spreading the word, brother.

[@Pooneil1984]

Funny how he looks fairly average when he is selling Jesus and like a typical televangelist when he is selling his consulting service.

[@cygnustsp]

I grew up Jehovah's Witness, none of us expected to go to heaven. Those that did were looked at as a bit weird and quirky. Certainly anyone we met at the door who talked about going to heaven was misled and silly. I've noticed more Christians admit that the heaven idea isn't really the reward, the resurrection is and whether that's in heaven or on earth doesn't really matter. More Christians are shedding themselves of an eternal hell too.

[@miguelatkinson]

Wow really well to be honest they are suppose to be resurrected at the end of the world for a earthly paradise

[@thelyrebird1310]

Oh I love preacher's throwing out this argument and then I draw into the "Once saved, Always saved" theological apologetics, and thus, even though I am a total atheist and I still have the official letter from my pastor handing me over to the devil until I repent of my sin.

[@thelyrebird1310]

I forgot to mention that was solely based on being seen in a wine bar frequented by actors, prostitutes and homosexual types... sound familiar?

[@mikehart5619]

I've pulled the once saved always saved card a few times and always gotten a very unsatisfactory reply. Ok, I grew up a liberal Methodist. Got born again at a church camp as a result of witnessing by a fellow camper who was fundamentalist as they come. I believed. I truly really believed. No one could have believed longer or harder, done more Bible study, prayer, fellowship or witnessing than I did for some 20 years. Eventually, I rejected it. Another long story. Anyway, the Xtian response is, "Well, you must not have REALLY been saved to start with." I find that highly offensive. How does he know the depth of my faith or my sincerity? How dare he say it wasn't really real. If it wasn't real then none of this stuff is real. I did really believe and now I don't. People CAN change their minds.

[@1970Phoenix]

Apologists who claim they were an atheist: "I don't believe in god but I believe I can have an encounter with the god I don't believe exists." For these people, a non-religious theist (which they were), is synonymous with "atheist" (which they were NOT).

[@vega7865]

Glad the DOOM remakes have provided ample B-roll of what hell looks like

[@NoGodsJustMetal]

I grew up Christian and regularly attended church, now I'm an atheist attending metal concerts and getting more from them than I ever got from church or revival services.

[@greglogan7706]

As a Christian theist, I find the listening to Talen to be sort of a punch in the guts... This guy sounds far more like a hawker, televangelist, grifter, a standard circus barker, marketer...whatever... He has a product - it is just his own ego...😢

[@AlexMueller1982]

I have absolutly no problem with someone really believing in God and living his live accordingly. But this guy is trying to influence MY life to gain monetary value. Like a lot of Evangelist. And such Things REALLY piss me off. I wish he would be a bit more like my old Religion Teacher from School or some of the Priests i met. Really cool ppl. *sadface* Sorry, just venting a bit. Feel free to just ignore it. Have a nice Day!

[@greglogan7706]

@@AlexMueller1982 I get it The question is what does a genuine faith... weather in a genuine God or not - what does that even look like I suppose you referenced a couple of individuals that you admit that would reflect at least a genuine faith - instead of some guy Hawking his wares using the name of Jesus

[@AlexMueller1982]

@@greglogan7706 Yes, they we're true believers? Can i phrase it that way? They we're genuine in their faith. And i can totally respect that. Some of them studied Theology, some self taught. One was a real (catholic) Priest. Really cool ppl. But you Bring Up a good Point. For me: If one really believes in his Religion and lives accordingly them i simply Accept it. I'm Not arguing, Not trying to convice one. It stops beeing geniuen Faith If Money enters the Picture. Sry for my spelling, my mobile Phone thinks i am still typing German and Triest to correct every second Word 😪

[@corvinredacted]

Bro's drip got him looking like he's broadcasting to us live from the rebel base on Hoth.

[@thedragonofechigo7878]

The ego on Christians believing they are bound for heaven is enormous. The Book of Revelation says many who believe they are followers of god/Jesus but follow false prophets will be thrown into the lake of fire. Good luck in knowing whose preaching the true of word of Jesus with thousands of different churches and denominations

[@britaom3299]

There is a LOT of narcissistic personality disorder among Christians. To wit: just recently at my church, one of the congregants was openly PRAISIN' JAYSUS because his "routine medical procedure" turned out well. He couldn't stop reminding people that his successful routine medical procedure was all BECAUSE OF JESUS and that, because the congregation was "praying for him", this PROVES the "POWER OF PRAYER!" So this guy actually believes that Jesus was right there with him in the operating room, making sure that he came out of the procedure OK! It apparently wasn't the doctors, nurses, medical technology ... NOPE! Jesus ....THE GOD OF THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE ....was in that operating room ENSURING a successful outcome! Meanwhile, about a dozen other people died in that same hospital that week. Their medical procedures didn't turn out OK. I guess Jesus didn't get a crap about them. Or how about all the other people - hundreds or thousands perhaps - dying in hospitals every day? Again, I guess Jesus didn't give a crap about any of them either. Not to mention the tens of thousands dying of disease and hunger all over the planet every single friggin' day! Again, I guess Jesus doesn't give a crap about them either. Let 'em starve!!! But this ONE GUY in my church!!?? Yeah, he gets special attention from JESUS! GOD HIMSELF!!! IT'S ALL ABOUT MEEEEE AND MUH JESUS!!!! HE DIED FOR MEEEEEEEEEE! The whole religion enables narcissism, but then turns around and disguises it beneath the mask of "Christian humility" so that, if a Christian is called upon their presumptuous narcissism, they will say, "No I am NOT! I AM HUMBLE!! LIKE JESUS!!!"

[@thedragonofechigo7878]

​@Psychonaut621 yeah definitely far from the humility a lot of them claim to have. Also, it never fails to piss me off when people say that Jesus helped them in the operation yet their life or whatever medical issues that needed to be addressed were in the hands of the surgeon, nurses and doctors alone.

[@dougt7580]

​@@britaom3299 This shouldn't be surprising considering Christianity STARTS with the premise that you are of such cosmic importance and consequence that your affairs command the attention of some celestial creator/supervisor. And not only that, but you are of such great stature that you (through prayer) can sometimes successfully influence, lobby, or manipulate this ruler of the universe to intervene and alter its creation to suit your whims and better match your personal tastes. I also find it odd that this man was happy that he was kept OUT of heaven. I wonder sometimes how much people genuinely believe in heaven and how wonderful it supposedly is when they seem to do everything in their power to avoid going there.

[@britaom3299]

@@dougt7580 Good point. All these geriatric congregants at my church sure do insist on everyone praying for them to have a successful surgery. Yeah, um, why is that? I mean, after all, these people are all 5-Point Calvinists who believe that they were literally SAVED before the ENTIRE UNIVERSE was even created!!! They're going to heaven baby!!! And it was predestined before Creation!!! They DO seem, however, to be trying to avoid that big payoff at the end. Hmmm.....maybe deep down inside they have doubts and really ARE afraid? In fact, I wonder why they even BOTHER with doctors and hospitals in the first place??? After all, since "JESUS HAS THEIR BACK!!" and they are "SAVED" already, why not just have Jesus actually do something tangible for them, here and now, and just take away their herniated disks, their colon cancers, or whatever?

[@dougt7580]

​@@britaom3299 Yes, a it's very bizarre behavior to me and exactly the opposite of how i would expect people who truely believe they are destined for heaven to act. I bring up that point on receiving medical treatment as well - why would you spend so much money and potentially endure so much more suffering, all so that you can keep yourself from experiencing what is supposed to be pure happiness, safety, and contentment? Why are Christians sad at funerals if they believe the deceased are experiencing pure excasty with their god and that they will join them soon? Also from god's perspective, asking to be healed is telling god you DONT WANT that person to join with god in god's kingdom. I wonder what god thinks of people telling god that they prefer to remain here in this "sinful" world over joining with god in heaven? Hmmmm.....

[@drlegendre]

5:30 - "Whence" means "from where". There's no need to say "from whence", it's redundant.

[@Thezuule1]

"ATM machine" is my favorite.

[@robertt9342]

@@Thezuule1I find that these are debatable. While ATM originally meant Automated/automatic Teller Machine, colloquially it’s referred to as an ATM and in that sense it is a name and therefore ATM machine should be accurate. The difference is “from whence” is like “overwhelmed” or “irregardless”

[@Thezuule1]

@@robertt9342 it being referred to as an ATM doesn't mean it isn't suddenly not an acronym. SCUBA, PIN, CAPTCHA, etc., are still acronyms no matter how colloquial their use is. Saying ATM machine is redundant.

[@pjosephlthewonder5082]

Well when asked about weather I am going to heaven or hell, I said Stov'ikor. The parson asking me stood silent for a moment and went over to the lady behind me and she said I am with him. I at the time did not know her, but we enjoyed the evening at the beer garden telling jokes and each others company. Peace

[@jeanne-marie8196]

I really appreciated the man sin god gap idea! I think the reason why this young man became a viral sensation, is, first off the subject matter, but I think that his good looks and physique certainly helped him in his preaching to the choir. For me, what came to mind was pride. Isn’t that one of the sins that’s in the gap?

[@adrianinha19]

for real, that guy looks like Tom Welling, he could have been an actor or a model.

[@TheGretsch6120]

I was a Vineyard worship leader in SoCal for years and it was amazing how you can manipulate emotions. I held back on a lot of it, but being a musician you can't keep it totally out. Plus, THANK YOU for the point that if Adam & Eve didn't know disobedience was wrong... how could god say it was sin and judge them? Wondered that forever. Great show.

[@lifeonatlantis]

"it felt like liquid love poured over my body." that's, uh... that's some phrasing. we sure this was a church?

[@Thezuule1]

Sounds like ecstasy pills lol.

[@davehallam3894]

He has an OnlyFaith account

[@fastertrackcreative]

I sometimes see faces in certain types of electrical sockets. I think it's the US type. The breathless way the preacher is talking sometimes, reminds me of the speech patterns of 'magicians' in live shows.

[@incrediblesloth85]

Taylen sounds like he's trying to sell infomercial crap or a used car

[@russb24]

You got me with the Sesame Street theme. Perfect editing.

[@dethspud]

Priests are basically Afterlife Insurance salesmen.

[@richhutnik2477]

I am taking all this as a sign I need to turn off my phone and go to sleep. Nite!

[@charlesyates8228]

Can I make a "no true atheist" argument in reply to his claim of being an atheist? His searching for god certainly hints he thought gods exist

[@bksrmt]

I perused the comments and didn’t see what struck me. First, Paul, you are a young man, at least by my lights. It’s true that Mr. Taylan is younger still. In fact, though he says he was kicked out of college twice, I have to wonder if his brain is even yet fully developed. But I’m still going to say this: he’s very pretty. That’s enough to explain some of his viewership. It does not escape my notice that he wears a shirt that grips his biceps. He’s obviously on the positive side of well to do, too. I could wish that he had said something that was new, that I had not heard before. One more thing: I find it interesting that he’s more attractive in your video than he is in his salesman role. How does that work? Paul, I appreciate the work you do and the methodology you use in executing it. I much appreciate how well thought out everything is.

[@AnnoyingNewsletters]

_I knew that I was having an encounter with God that night_ And he said, *_I'mma gonna need about tree-fitty_* _So I decided to go all in._

[@stevewebber707]

When I hear someone making a testimony of having made many poor life choices, and then choosing to become a Christian, I have to ask the question: How do we know they stopped making poor life choices? And if they did, what caused the change exactly? I acknowledge that becoming a Christian can change a persons behavior. Becoming a part of a different social grouping tends to have that effect. When someone says "don't listen to people that tell you this is a cult", that is a very bad red flag. If an organization is not a cult, there is no need of that warning. So I can only conclude that even he, at some level, believes that his organization at least, has some appearances of a cult. If I go to a used car dealer, and they tell me "trust me, this car isn't a lemon", that salesman isn't making a sale. In that one video, I head exhortations to trust him personally, trust multiple biblical books, and emotional experiences over logical thought. I think I will pass on that.

[@justincredible.]

He never was an atheist, he preaches like a preacher, he's been going to church, listening to men in dresses..

[@robertfreeman6082]

I find it funny that the preacher does not want anyone to go to ‘woke’ churches. The general definition of ‘woke’ seems to be “someone who is woke is very aware of social and political unfairness” (Collins Dictionary) or “alert to racial prejudice and discrimination”, and aren’t those things the things that many Christian’s like to point out that Jesus was and that Christians are ( when they for example try to say it was because of Christian reformers that the salve trade was abolished). I have seen this attack on ‘woke’ by a number of the more evangelical Church of England vicars over here in the UK in their YT channels.

[@iwillquietlyresist6922]

"It felt like liquid love just poured over my body." - so we just aren't doing phrasing at all anymore, huh? 😂

[@oxfordbags]

“If you’re watching this my name is Taylan” this sentence unnerves me

[@waylayin6159]

I heard the words juxtaposed and analgamation used suddenly all the time...a few weeks ago it was driving me insane