Should Black People Trust The Bible? | Dr. Esau McCaulley

On this episode, Dr. Esau McCaulley discusses the question of whether black people should trust the Bible. He argues that rather than looking at individual passages in isolation, we should understand the overall narrative of the Bible as a story of liberation from slavery. He also discusses the tension between passages in the Bible that allow for slavery and the liberative narrative that runs throughout, arguing that the God of the Bible is a God of freedom who values the dignity and worth of all people.
Dr. McCaulley emphasizes that trust in the scriptures is a manifestation of our trust in God and that reading the Bible correctly should lead us to live like Jesus. He also touches on the issue of hypocrisy within the church and the importance of looking beyond the few negative examples to the faithful ministries of the majority.
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[@Dmase316]

"If my reading of scripture makes me less like Christ than I know that I've read them incorrectly" Esau McCaulley

[@mikecarlton9000]

Bible says to kill, genocide stone to death. What's your excuse?

[@samuelrosslee408]

This is NOT correct. Sometimes the text that one is calling "scripture" is incorrect. The reader is not always wrong if the text makes one less like Christ. A statement like this suggests that everything in the Bible is consistent in what it does. That is NOT true either. The Bible is an anthology of writings. Some parts of it are absolutely toxic because the men who wrote it were toxic in their thinking.

[@urstruly00]

Yes prob

[@timekajohnsonone]

Really enjoyed this conversation, learned much.

[@Fernando-qs7bl]

From the beginning to the end, at some point in time he gave us his word. His word is him, it does not matter what we feel. He's telling us what happened from the beginning through the end and whats about to happen.

[@thekingdomway3473]

"Until some body can do life better than Jesus, then I am going to keep doing what he's doing. "

[@michaelbernard7402]

There is one better than Jesus... Daniel 12:1 King James Version 12 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

[@elrodspeaks7548]

Enjoyed the conversation and your book Reading while black.

[@anthonytoomer353]

The question should be, should black people trust the New Testament Bible? Who wrote it where did it really come from and why does it read like the slave Bible?

[@viviennebaptiste]

What came first The Bible or the slave Bible? Let's not forget that the slave Bible was heavily edited with some books not even being included in order to keep blacks enslaved & take away any hope for freedom

[@darrylstaves748]

That's why Jesus was the perfect example for man

[@debrasloan5541]

Absolutely Black people should trust in the Bible with all this racism still going on they better trust in the Bible 🙏🏽

[@darnellspriggs7313]

YES!!!

[@bellmaze8356]

The problem with Blacks, is that we accept and believe everything our enemies put before us and not researching it to see if it's true, the slaves didn't bring the bible here with them on the slave Ships, it was already on the plantations when they arrived, Christianity was taught to our ancestors by the slave owners and passed down to them after they were freed, the slaves accepted this bible , never asking where it came from or who wrote it, black preachers and church people today are still preaching and teaching from this same bible that was passed down to our ancestors.

[@darnellmunerlyn7617]

You can not some up the whole scriptures ( bible) with just a few misconceptions coming from a few scriptures out of it. Research the scriptures yourself through pray and faith and come up with your own experience with our Father which art in heaven through his word.

[@bellmaze8356]

@@darnellmunerlyn7617 You need to study history and see who you are and where you come from, some of you saying the bible is the word of God and never did any research to see where the bible came from, you just took what the slave owners gave you and believe in the King James version, do you know who King James was? he was the most evil king to walk the earth,King James makes Hitler look like Santa Claus, he was also a homosexual who molested many young boys, do your research and find out what you're reading, I suggest that you pull up Anthony Browder on KZbin and listen to how he breaks down Christianity and this fake religion that has kept Blacks Brainwashed for centuries.

[@whatshatnin4572]

@@darnellmunerlyn7617Its 2023 and you still praying for faith.. When do we stop trying to believe and start trying to know.. You need to replace faith with facts. Faith is a rest haven for mythology.

[@darnellmunerlyn7617]

@@whatshatnin4572 believe what you will. God the Father never took our free will of choosing. Besides, i research ancient antiquities and history. We( my family) are researchers of knowledge through historical research dating back to the BC, and early AD era. I don’t just pray I speak from experience and research.

[@whatshatnin4572]

@@darnellmunerlyn7617 god the father never did anything. He didnt even write a bible. Stop focusing on the puppet and focus on the puppet master. If you pay attention to mythology, the deity never speaks for self. Its a man always writing/speaking for the deity. Dont look at the dummy. Look at the man speaking for the dummy. Yall not concerned with knowledge. Yall deal with faith.

[@justsaved3876]

God and his word are inseparable. So when we trust the Bible, which his word we trust him.

[@johntobey1558]

Did Egyptians Babylonians have any superiority over Isrealites on the Old Testament? Those are descriptive passges not prescriptive.

[@jrutt2675]

Only when they committed egregious Sin. The Israelites usually had superiority over all nations. Many of the Israelites were oppressors.

[@beverlyrue4396]

Even Peter denied Jesus. Jesus knew what these two men would do, yet He chose them

[@threewise-men6638]

Esau???? I admit that I have no knowledge of this channel or what it represents, but I am now checking ya'll out. I am not a fan of the traditional Black church

[@fothgt]

God called Israel to "be a light unto the nations" Isaiah 42:1-6. But here's something else, He never desired for sin to blight our understanding and a veil to be over our hearts. We, the human race was created emulate His Holiness and power in relation to Him! We were to communicate with Him "in Spirit and Truth" before sin infected us, i.e. the human race. We were to be glorious. This is something we need to remind all. The original intent for Creation before the fall.

[@whatshatnin4572]

Did god call us to be a aight or did Isaiah call us to be a light. Dont read what Isiah said, read what god said

[@fothgt]

@@whatshatnin4572 Can you read? I wrote 'God called Israel to be a light to the nations..." Isaiah 42:1-6. Israel, not the black man in America claiming to be Israel as some ERRONEOUSLY TEACH! If they knew their Bible they would see the UNIVERSAL NEED OF SALVATION for all of humanity. Hence the person of Jesus Christ, the gospel being the "power of God of salvation to all who believe" Romans 1:16. Like I said many claim to be Israel. That is not the gospel even if one could prove they are Israel because Israel at this time is not a theocracy. The "Tabernacle of David" is still in ruins. And it will only be when Israel "is born in a day" Isaiah 66:8, and Israel "looks upon Me whom they pierced" Zechariah 12:10 will they, the whole world see who the covenant people of God are. And not a bunch of imposters! Until then believe the gospel "for God so loved THE WORLD" John 3:16.

[@whatshatnin4572]

@@fothgt Yes i can read. You told me that god called us out but you are not quoting god.. You are quoting Isiah. Isiah said that bible god said that he called us out. This is not according to any god.. This is according to Isiah. I realize that when you deal with mythology, the deity never speaks for itself

[@fothgt]

@@whatshatnin4572 Rubbish!!! God used the Hebrew prophets to speak on His behalf. They were His mouthpieces to speak to His covenanted people when they caused the candlelight to out in the tabernacle. This signified Israel had no open vision when they backslid.

[@whatshatnin4572]

@@fothgt So did Allah Krishna and several other man made deities that relies on the words of man. Stop lookin at the puppet and look at the puppet master and you will have more understanding. Look at the men who speak for these gods. Look at when the literature was written

[@johntobey1558]

Wasn't the Bible used against tge Hugoneuts, Puritans and Irish too? The catholic and Anglican civic magesteriun put to death Chritians 500 and 600 years ago as well.

[@keithwilliams2852]

This commenter truly admires Dr. McCaulley and the host of this video for their effort to make sense of Christianity and the Bible by placing the particular belief system under the apologetic microscope. Even so, this commenter would like to challenge the view that the Bible could be trusted. An interesting observation relating to the Bible is that so-called Jews who are supposed to be the writers and keepers of the Old Testament do not identify with the New Testament. Instead, the Jews refer to their scriptural texts simply as the “Words of the Prophets.” Such a title is highly appropriate because the Old Testament comprises the story of some 39 - 46 mystics in their search for the meaning of human existence and their relationship to the supernatural or God. In telling their story, the Jews place their community as the pinnacle of all that transpires on earth. In accordance with their Judaic theology, they see themselves as being empowered by God to have dominion over everything that is not Jewish with the consequence that the Old Testament acquires the characteristic of the glorification of warfare after warfare (Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Numbers, et al). Accordingly, unless the case could be truly made that the Hebrew children spoken about in the Old Testament were, in fact, BLACK People, then logic and common sense should leave us with absolutely no doubt that the story in the Old Testament is not about BLACK People. The New Testament, on the other hand, comprises the accounts of a number of Jews who were collaborators of a reputed young Jewish rabbi called Jesus along with some other writers who had never been in the company of Jesus. What is most noteworthy about the New Testament is that it sets out to realize a clear agenda of putting a new (and improved) spin on the story told in the Old Testament. In the latter case, the key actor becomes Jesus who takes on the persona of an embodied “god” (the god/man) as opposed to the purely spiritual nature of the God of the Old Testament. The key architect in the formulation of such a renegade theology was a Jew called Saul of Tarsus (aka The Apostle Paul). According to the New Testament, after the reputed Jesus was executed by the Roman authorities on a charge of sedition, Saul became an operative for the state with the main task of infiltrating the Jewish community. Paul emerged as one of the most murderous persecutors of so-called enemies of the Roman Empire. But, being the megalomaniac that he was, Paul eventually lost favor with the Roman rulers in a manner similar to that in which Yevgeny Prigozhin (the former head of the Wagner Group) lost favor with President Putin and the Russian authorities. Faced with the predicament of no longer being able to identify with his Jewish colleagues, and finding himself ostracized by the powers-that-be, Paul decided to save his skin by carving out a sort of middle ground between the Roman authorities and the Jewish community (Acts 9: 3 -9). It was in such a vein that Paul founded his movement which he called Christianity. Although Paul had never been in the company of Jesus, and despite the absence of any independent corroboration of his so-called epiphany on the road to Damascus, he anointed himself as the only legitimate surviving successor of Jesus’s mission, and he began to portray Jesus as a Christ or saviour of non-Jews (Gentiles) rather than as the promised messiah or deliverer of the Jewish people (Romans 11: 13; Acts 13: 44 to 14: 7). The intriguing thing about the entire development of Christianity and about the books of the New Testament is that Paul’s writings were written and published decades before the gospels. Anyone reading the New Testament would be impressed by the manner in which the different events relating to Jesus’ personhood and Paul’s ministry are in sync with each other. The reality, however, is that the four gospels and the other books of the New Testament were carefully engineered and sequenced in the compilation of the Bible to embellish Paul’s portrayal of Jesus as the “Son of God" and the Bible as "GOD'S WORD". Other episodes of biblical fine-tuning were later carried out by the Roman Emperor Constantine I who formulated the Christological Doctrine and who intentionally designed the Roman Catholic Church to facilitate his imperialistic ambitions (Edict of Milan 313 AD). The English King James I (of Guy Fawkes infamy) also played a significant part in determining the character of the Bible by writing his own version (KJV) with the help of his best friend William Shakespeare (the playwright extraordinaire). To say the very least, there is far more in the mortar than the pestle. But suffice it to say that there is no way in which anyone who would claim to be highly educated would feel comfortable allowing blind faith to trump knowledge or verifiable facts and recommend that Black People should trust the Bible. It goes without saying that, the inherent contradictions in the Bible and the widespread use of allegory, along with the portrayal of a "god" who seems incapable of making up his mind about his real nature, and who sacrifices his own son after he found such an act grossly abhorrent in the case of Abraham and Isaac, makes the entire book the laughing stock of all literary genres. Apologetics might indeed be meant for the purpose of defending Christianity by any means necessary but the particular exercise would be able to go only so far in its use of hermeneutics and exegesis before the snake ends up putting its own tail in its mouth. The time is long overdue for BLACK People to wake up spiritually and intellectually to the urgency of taking up the mantle and telling their own story about their relationship with GOD (The COSMIC ONE) rather than squandering our energy parroting the theology of other people. Thus, it might be worthwhile for BLACK People to take a second look at the fledgling Philosophy of RASTAFARI which purports to be an emerging vehicle for the articulation of the COLLECTIVE experiences, aspirations, and hopes of BLACK People by BLACK people in the context of the wider world.

[@whatshatnin4572]

Dr Esau? LOL The Hebrew Brothas would love this

[@fothgt]

You mean "so-called" hebrew wanna be brothers!

[@whatshatnin4572]

@@fothgt Whatever you wanna call them. They would get a kick out of this

[@TheRealTmoney6049]

@@fothgtYour Funny lol Stop following Slave doctrine and learn the truth lol

[@BeWiseLegette]

@@fothgt there are hebrews that happen to be black. Or do you only think hebrews are white.

[@nickjones1314]

@@BeWiseLegette All Black Hebrews are converts. Black Folk didnt know what a Hebrew or who Abraham or Moses was until White Folks told us.

[@proviah4770]

EVERYONE SHOULD TRUST THE BIBLE. GOD MADE ALL OF US IN HIS OWN IMAGE AND GOD GAVE ALL OF US HIS WORD. I LOVE YOU JESUS✝️ I LOVE YOUR HOLY BEAUTIFUL WORDS OF LIFE. "THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET, AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH." PSALMS 119:105 (KJV) REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND. Lord Jesus✝️have mercy on you🙏

[@MoveInSilence23]

Nope. That god you trust is a lie.

[@donnezebaxtron9013]

No DO NOT TRUST ……I’m so confused , yall talking about the white man forcing a religion on black and we should trust the book , will yall plz use your common since and WAKE UP!!!!!!! , Only scriptures I believe is when Jesus said , YE are GODS are he things I can do so can you ……. I AM GOD

[@TboneWTF]

Read Exd 21 my friend. it tells you how to own slayves.

[@BeWiseLegette]

A poor pastor doesn’t equal a good pastor. A mega church pastor doesn’t equal a bad pastor. Having money doesn’t equal bad or good pastor. It’s the persons character. This conversation was okay.

[@garymahone1583]

The condones slavery it doesn’t matter what race . Apologists the text is text. The Old Testament forbid consumption Shellfish,but not slavery.

[@pastordavequales4165]

A Prophet is without honor in his own country Mr. Esau...you know that

[@joshwhitney6728]

Did Somebody else die for them and rise again?

[@1fayelove]

Do you really believe the Adam and Eve story

[@TboneWTF]

If you do you also believe in insest.

[@sw45prime]

"In our own image" also applies to gender

[@yammi6089]

May these demons get back all that they have done to our people. May their families & finances be destroyed . Strip them!

[@garymahone1583]

The Bible does not say that the African is the Original Man. Embrace the truth not bronze fables.

[@michaelbernard7402]

Really Easu go read about about racial preferences and he chose his people and as it is wriiten where the children of Jacob go among nations that nation is blessed even when hus people are under a curse for their transgression....

[@michaelbentley-jy5rr]

Which bible, the bible is our history and man wrote it but the most high dictated it.

[@TboneWTF]

Do you think slayvery is moral? Your gad doesn't. Read Exd. 21 my friend.

[@johntobey1558]

Liberation from slavery into freedom is only amd always about freedom from our own sin, not freedom from those who sin against us. That is only for the after life with Christ. It is not in Heaven.

[@YahyaALi-f1c]

This guy is dangerous, he's not anointing he speaking his opinion which doesn't line with scripture, tell him open the book

[@TboneWTF]

I wouldn't trust ANY book that endorsed slayvery and if you had any dignity neither would you. read Exd 21 which tells anyone how to own a slayve. Good luck.

[@BrotherB1ackHeartSavage]

Nobody in the comments dropping no scriptures about Esau huh🤡🌍

[@Reg44T]

You don’t need the Bible if you a naturally good person. You need it if you issues to deal with!

[@EDotHamilton]

??!! What?!

[@Fernando-qs7bl]

I'm sorry but the bible says, that there is none good no not one, and that is because we are all sinners, born in sin. So we need his word, which is him.

[@claudiaschneider5744]

@@Fernando-qs7bl : why should I believe in all that brainwashing religious bs ? I am not a bible fundie and I will never ever become a bible fundie.

[@rodjamison5797]

Theres no such thing as a naturally good person lol are you serious

[@clivethompson2102]

This guy is talking from a philosophical view point. I wonder if he endorses the redacted King James bible? ? ? Anyone.?

[@keishasmart6944]

If course Black People should read the Word of the Lord. It's all about us, Black People,. If u could find anything, about any other races. Please let the Children of God know.. Maybe u should read, Numbers #12. Also, The only Man The Heaven Father, talk to Face to Face, a Black Man Name Moses. Maybe go to Revelation #1. Read what he looks like, Black like u,and Beautiful. Why do u think African American is hated by the World. We are not of this world, The Lord said from the beginning they hated Him him first.. Read the word, it's all about Us...

[@debrasloan5541]

Then black people where is your help going to come from ? Al Sharpton Donald Trump ?

[@patriciataylor1925]

wait .... but your name Esau

[@adiyaisraelhayes3383]

Not King James

[@derrickplummer775]

Why sould

[@sallysue545]

The KJV Holy BIBLE, is black history. Our ancestors sinned over and over against the Most High, thus why black folks, that were shipped all over the world, are the lowest of the lowest and at the bottom and still in our captivity until the Most High Son Yeshua returns. The Bible is the only accurate source that we as blk folks have about our past and future. Ask the Most High to give you understanding in Yeshuas name, Amen.

[@TboneWTF]

read Exd. 21 my friend to find out that the babel endorses slayvery. Good luck.

[@tonywilliams49]

I am a black atheist and just stumbled upon your conversation. I more convinced that I am correct. Sorry but Jesus is dead.

[@rodehs688]

Yes

[@JJ-bw8co]

Some people would argue the biblical god isn't our creator. That he's reality an impostor spirit from the near east, posing as the only true god and creator so he can feed from the worship of the whole world. But who ever the creator is,it's apparent they have a duel nature of order and chaos. Because that's the way the universe operates.

[@TboneWTF]

Why do you think humans were "created" and didn't "evolve"?

[@JJ-bw8co]

Because even though there is some natural chaos in the universe. There is order too. And there is also order and design in human beings. When do you ever have great order, design and precision, without an intelligent maker of some kind. Even a house wouldn’t form by itself in any detail.

[@TboneWTF]

​@@JJ-bw8co "When do you ever have great order, design and precision, without an intelligent maker of some kind"? LOL. it happens in reality my friend. Life "evolved" into what you see today. There is no "designer". Tell me was a boulder "designed" or did it "form" from a mountain? Do rainbows get 'designed" or are the formed from water droplets that refract the sunlight?

[@JJ-bw8co]

T bone. Mountains can be beautiful, and have some detail and design to them. But they are not as highly structured as the human body. Or even a house. Rainbows do not have the same conscious existence as humans or animals. And even water and sunlight has an original source of some kind. The more apparent narrative would be that an intelligent creator is operating in the universe. One that has a dual nature of order and chaos.

[@TboneWTF]

​@@JJ-bw8co "The more apparent narrative would be that an intelligent creator is operating in the universe." Prove it with credible and verifiable evidence? Good luck.

[@margaretcameron3110]

*Promo SM* 🙌

[@christopherperry3895]

Judas wasn’t actually following Yeshua(Jesus), he was only present to take advantage of every opportunity to satisfy his personal desires. Anyways, this is just my 2cents…✌🏾

[@mustbeheard9834]

Is this a joke? Esau Mc Chalky??

[@Ghostchaser001]

Most of yall will always be stuck with the bible. You dont want to really think what was before the bible and who where the people in there and what and how did they know GOD. Easier for you to believe the bible to be real than to really trust yourselves. So always follow what you trust and sometimes you will find you trusted in the wrong thing you always followed. God is real but the bible isnt. thats the simple truth. God is beyond a book and our thoughts it simply IS.