Leaving Religion: It's False

This video is my personal experience of why I left Christianity, and why religion wasn't right for me. Everyone has a right to do what's best for him/ her.

[@vblake530530]

I’m a medical doctor who went to seminary and started learning the facts. They’re overwhelming. We actually had people who dropped out cause they couldn’t deal with it and ran back to their fairytales. They’re lost of ways to go with your awakening. The only thing I can say is welcome to freedom. Glad you found your way of the cadge!

[@joshuamartinpryce8424]

So its freedom to not believe in creation or to believe in Jesus. Really. It seems freedom without God but in the back of your mind you will always think it could be true. It will haunt you for the rest of your life. When you become christian, and then you leave, its worse then when you never believed. I have done both. Been a believer and not one. Its like watching a movie that is the best movie you have ever seen, that you have been watching sequels for years. But then all of a sudden you say i am not going cinema anymore because i do not like going cinema. Theres no freedom in that.

[@anonymousjohnson976]

@@joshuamartinpryce8424 : It was not that way for me. I never enjoyed thinking about the hell thing and when I stopped believing it was like a weight had been lifted from my chest. I feel more free in my thinking and I have peace.

[@bhumble8429]

@@anonymousjohnson976 why if jesus bore your sins what about god justice you just live in a good area not in a bad area if you where in parts where death is normal you will learn quickly hell which is just destroying sin is sensible and it's not torment forever.its a perish a damnation from life eternal death aka death forever just read please actually study if your not good at reading in context then look up how to conquer death from sfp. You know what is crazy throw out the gospels as stories even though there historical. I was like you running from the facts but just to blame god blame God how bout you look at yourself and blame yourself for sinning against him. Only people who rebel against him god to hell and all will be convinced of there reward whether heaven or hell. People think they using science and logic little do they know what the foundation of all there knowledge is built on. Please humble yourself and stop putting the blame on the creator for giving you free will

[@bhumble8429]

Tell me the overwhelming life you live and evidence without god in it seems like you just don't understand the gospel is pointing to the problem men have sinned

[@gordongoodman8342]

So you are saying ignoring it makes it go away? If you had a patient which was dying of some treatable ailment, you certainly wouldn't send them away telling them to just ignore it would you?

[@robind.phillips2129]

You are so brave! Don't worry about those people who isolated you, they were not your real friends. Thanks for sharing.

[@bhumble8429]

I'm not gonna lie it may be a bigger reason or it may be they just isolated her or she isolated them but I have to see both sides god bless you all

[@dougfredricks2017]

Verse>> James 1:27 KJV (Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.) Verse>> II Peter 1:20 KJV

[@Mbalings]

I left Christianity when I was 27 and i lived happily ever after!

[@leethunderhill7002]

👏

[@Mazoea]

Good religion is be bondage

[@Jay-zx5hx]

WHY?

[@FactStorm]

@@Jay-zx5hx Because any sane and rational person would know its trash

[@Teejaye1100]

@@Jay-zx5hx Because its fiction…..

[@JDrocks4ever]

Finding out that it was all fake was the worst thing that ever happened to me in a way. I’m only a few months in to deconstructing/deconverting, but it hit me hard. I’m still in the closet. Everyone around still think I believe. I was a minister and Christian leader in my community for about a solid 4 years. I’m only 25 now, but I was raised in the church and legitimately thought the biblical narrative was the true and only way since I was 17. I molded my entire life around the faith and missed out on so many life experiences trying to be holy and please God. Now I feel so behind in life. I was so serious about the faith and now I have to find a new community and shape a new identity.

[@darlalathan6143]

You're off to a good start here! Welcome!

[@fear9-qf9kn]

The Bible definitely real

[@jmg94j]

As the son of an iron fisted pastor, I had God's message of peace, love, mercy, and forgiveness beat into me quite vigorously, and repeatedly. Somehow the message never got through. I guess that my dad needed a bigger stick.

[@joshuamartinpryce8424]

He needed to stop beating it into you, but calmly address your issues and speak to you about them.

[@jmg94j]

@@joshuamartinpryce8424 He did calmly explain to me how God is going to torture me forever if I don't do what God is telling him, to tell me to do. I wasn't buying it, and that's why he had to resort to plan B. It makes sense if you think about it. If you're a good bible believing Christian, and you think your child is going to burn for all eternity, then you had better do everything you can, up to, and including, beating them into changing their ways, or you would be a negligent parent. That's one of many reasons why Christianity is so toxic.

[@MISSINGROGERHOWARTH]

@@jmg94j Unfortunately you are correct!

[@ChrisSmith-xh9wb]

@@jmg94j Christianity at hear is not about sending us to Hell, but saving us from it (John 3:17). Did he not calmly explain that to you?

[@jmg94j]

@@ChrisSmith-xh9wb Yes, saving me from the Hell that God will send me to if I don't do what the bible says. I don't buy into this BS about us sending ourselves to hell. It is clearly God that sends us to hell.

[@billysouthard3811]

You have touched on a few subjects that I have been trying to piont out since I left Christianity. Especially how woman are considered as property and a lower specimen. So many people are so brainwashed that they refuse to open their eyes. I feel so much more free knowing that I don't have to mantain a life of fear of ending up in a pit of fire if I don't bow down and obey a envious, self centered, murder provocing, womanizing, deity of a man written fairy tale.

[@bhumble8429]

My guy no way you read the bible and understand the time of history it was in and think no way you must have gotten your own interpretation not who's letter you read or gospel you read or book just your head. Hey women are created in the image of god and when the bible speaks on MAN it speaks on both Men and woMEN my guy Ima refute what you said with these questions. Who where the first to see jesus? Why where women created in the image of god? Why does the bible when speaking in godly women speak so profoundly? Idk where you gotten this info but not scriptural at all study history learn the time period it was in and you will women rights and equality is written all over it. Please read like you read any other book READ IN CONTEXT please not that hard. Btw fairytales that people died to cover up wow people who followed christ for what they saw not a belief WHAT THEY SAW and they wrote on it when they where dying. Show me a time someone die for a lie they know is true. So this "fairytale" has gone around the world and is the most sold book and leaves all else in the dust btw following christ not christianity christ because if you read religous hypocrites jesus had the harshest word for them? It was directly attacked in scripture. Also, jesus christ was not just written by the gospels also by roman historians, and jewish pharisees all talking on his tomb being EMPTY historically. So I guess people got his body and hid it then then died for it or it is true that jesus taught died and resurrected. Last issue hell torment forever is death forever it's not existence it death as in you are destroyed in hell and god promises that all will accept and now the knee to there reward as in all will be convinced on what they got heaven, or hell.

[@Jonas-uj8ll]

@@bhumble8429 I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet. Timothy 2:12 I know u will say this is moses law not christian,,look up this other verse: “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. Matthew 5:17 Read using logic!!!Christianity is a religion created to take advantage over other people like many others...... I doubt god said this:::: “No one born of a forbidden union may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of his descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord. this is pure nonsense

[@bhumble8429]

@@Jonas-uj8ll john 8:36, God loves you and everybody in christ and out of chrost enough to die for them up to you repent and put your faith in christ or you pay for your sin in hell and death

[@favormine]

Thanks so much for your honesty. For me it was the list of "Do's and Don'ts" that made me feel inadequate and further away from God. Finally I decided to leave church, not saying everyone should, but I needed to be uninfluenced and sort myself out. What I found is that religion says "Fix yourself and God/we will accept you" while the Gospel is supposed to be "Come just as you are and I will give you righteousness as a gift". Religion says "You have to work hard to stay forgiven and right" while the true Gospel is supposed to be: "With a single sacrifice I have made you perfectly accepted and irreversibly forgiven forever". Religion says "God is in love with a future version of you" while the Gospel of Grace is supposed to be: "God loves you as you are right now unconditionally and is NEVER GOING TO CHANGE". This reveals a bit of what I found. Please see my journey as I left the church in this link for more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXmqe42Igq50Zpo Appreciate it. Nicolas

[@BenVanCamp]

You will end up where you end up regardless of what you think. Your choice is wing it, make up an imaginary creator and probably end up in hell, or trust Jesus and repent. Is Jesus not what a perfect, loving God would appear as? Obviously He is God. He spent His whole ministry proving it, and instead of becoming king, he suffered and died to prove His love. Your sins and pride are not worth forsaking Jesus.

[@jdnlaw1974]

It was very scary. I was a lifelong Christian since I was a small child. But after reading the entire Bible cover to cover twice, I couldn’t help but ask questions. Once that begin, my road to freedom began.

[@unknownx7252]

Wonderful

[@12567NoYouCannot]

jdnlaw1974: Sadly, Christianity is dying because of the Pastors and "Christians"

[@jdnlaw1974]

@@12567NoYouCannot And because they are reading the Bible and studying science, history, archeology, etc.

[@IAMHARRYARTIN]

Good job

[@duckbrew]

and Donny tinyhands tRUMP! A ton of christians stepped down after his BS took hold of the evangelical mind@@12567NoYouCannot

[@VTBeauty]

Thank you for sharing your story. I feel like Christianity was making me lose myself. I kept asking myself “Why do I always have anxiety after reading the Bible? Why do I feel like I’m doing wrong every second?” I have asked God to reveal everything to me and he has. I believe that God is real, but this world has a way of trying to determine who God is when He is really in us. A lot of stuff in the Bible is contradicting in a lot of verses. I would love to see more of your videos.

[@guthrie_the_wizard]

Aside from whatever else she may post, I recommend TheraminTrees- REALLY great channel.

[@bhumble8429]

What contradicts itself? Yk if it's the those "400" contradiction floating around I'm tired and been answering people all night look up jason lisle credible scientific man and he attack those issues I have other source like micheal behe, biblical science institute, discovery science and etc...

[@bhumble8429]

Also look at these videos to see the reasons the comments and none I mean none when thought deeply about has been a valid reason to reject god or logical. God bless

[@atheistechoes9594]

Same sometimes i wondered if we were actually here

[@emilywalton4105]

That's because Satan has deceived you! I have anxiety becasue Satan wants to prevent me from hearing God's truth.

[@kamalove3388]

I can totally feel what you feel. A series of events led me walking out Chrisitianity since pandemic. A lot of church friends don't understand what I have gone through and they seemed not care either. I guess they think Satan has got me. I just realize how shallow my connections with these so called brothers and sisters are.

[@johnsondailysports1341]

Yeah ima still holding on. Sorry that happened to you. I do not judge nobody’s walk. Because I got questions myself. But some Christians so damn stuck up, and high and mighty they will shun you if you make a mistake

[@Fernando-qs7bl]

I've listened to about twenty people's leaving the the church or Christianity. I realize that many were #1 taught wrong, #2 many were not aware that their were two churches, a. Their is the corporate churches that Christ set up for a time and b. In these churches their were two groups of peoples, 1. The wheat and the tares or better said the true belivers and the people who think they were saved.. # 3. We are at the time where the true belivers are being told by God to leave these churches because Jesus is no longer using them and that judgement has begun with them, please read 1stPeter 4:17 and Matthew 24:15 and 2ndThesalonions 2-1-12. When you read these verses and more, you may want to reconsider, because there is a difference between the corporate church and God and the true belivers that are called out. May the real God of the bible bless you. Questions?

[@GuitarDog_atx]

@@Fernando-qs7bl How could they be taught wrong? The bible is clear: believe or burn. And this "god" made NO effort to give his message to people outside Jerusalem. Why would "god" allow his church to turn corporate? Apathy or incompetence? The god of the bible is incompetent, narcisstic, ethnocentric, genocidal, misogynistic, temperamental, and discriminates against disabled people.

[@12567NoYouCannot]

Kama Love: Exactly, They don't Care.

[@SamuelNKiap]

You need to be close with elders who have been through life many years. You need to be close to your spiritual parents. Many are driven by emotions but the small voice that speaks with peace is the one to follow. Ask me a question. One of your unanswered questions.

[@larrycockslock2677]

I always really admire people who left their religion for reason. Much love

[@tonyedward6909]

Religion is like seeing water in the desert when it's actually a mirage.

[@bhumble8429]

Atheism is just people who follow there commandments do what shalt wilt.

[@bhumble8429]

@@miket3057 yeah thanks for taking the Bible second greatest command love your neighbor as yourself.

[@bhumble8429]

@@miket3057 im not doing this right know you are wrong atheism is illogical to believe creation created all of creation is illudricous to thinks the 26 constants that form and hold the universe happen by chance is illogical. To see the complexity in human genome and conclude that is a end process of a mindless unguided process is illogical. Is completely logical to infer that there is a creator due to the constants in the universe and the information in the human genome. Also Jesus historically rose from the dead 42 writing 9 secular writings all agreeing that Jesus tomb was empty and he existed. The writing are historically reliable the archeology in the bible and other wring are verifiable. The credibility of the gospels are reliable do to the consequence and what the claims did it did not help the Christians it kept them in persecution. Making the gospels of mark,matthew,luke, and john reliable sources. Since Jesus rose from the dead he proved all his teachings to be true

[@bhumble8429]

@@miket3057 btw atheism run of there chemical reaction because in your worldview no soul so our body is dependent on our brain which is not concurrent with reality I can give into the chemical reactions in my brain or reject them. I have a autonomous outside the chemicals in my brain but in your worldview we are just complex chemical reactions. Meaning all things are subjective your a bag of chemicals im a bag of chemicals life is subjective in your view. Mine there is actual real value yours that value is a figment of imagination.

[@AngryBilleh]

Yes! Exactly! And that's probably what people saw back then since majority of the Bible's history was in the desert, so it wouldn't surprise me if people worshipped mirages

[@percubit10]

Thank you for sharing your story. It's a fairytale. There is no hate greater than Christian Love.

[@trevlac2000]

I was not an active Christian, however; like you, I began to look into history and things did not reconcile with reality. It became scary, as the more you seemed to look for clarification of biblical truth the less you found. I told my mother I did not believe in her god and it was the worst thing I could have said to her. Things have never and will never be the same

[@attitudeproblem6462]

It's the treatment of women and girls for me. I just can't anymore. And I won't.

[@darlalathan6143]

Yeah, they blew it, killing Roe v. Wade!

[@kwakuba9167]

I quit believing in phantoms at age 9. I was an inquisitive kid. Anytime I asked pointed questions I could notice my parents and other adults frustration and sometimes anger. When I was 11 I decided to read the o bible on my own cover to cover. I was told by peers that it was dangerous to do that and that I need a guidance from a seasoned adult and special prayers in order to understand it. But I started reading anyway. And I soon read up on some of the most barbaric illogical and plain stupid stuff attributed to a supposedly omniscient God. That did it for me right there. My family from Ghana and I grew up in Wales. We were the only African type people in the whole town. So I always had an independent thinking attitude. I never relied on "community" or friends or touchy feely stuff. From an early age I realized I would have to apply my brain to discern and figure out the realities of this world. Not friends groups or communities. It served me well. I went on to complete 3 higher degrees while the so called better people ended up with major failures.

[@favormine]

Thanks so much for your honesty. For me it was the list of "Do's and Don'ts" that made me feel inadequate and further away from God. Finally I decided to leave church, not saying everyone should, but I needed to be uninfluenced and sort myself out. What I found is that religion says "Fix yourself and God/we will accept you" while the Gospel is supposed to be "Come just as you are and I will give you righteousness as a gift". Religion says "You have to work hard to stay forgiven and right" while the true Gospel is supposed to be: "With a single sacrifice I have made you perfectly accepted and irreversibly forgiven forever". Religion says "God is in love with a future version of you" while the Gospel of Grace is supposed to be: "God loves you as you are right now unconditionally and is NEVER GOING TO CHANGE". This reveals a bit of what I found. Please see my journey as I left the church in this link for more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXmqe42Igq50Zpo Appreciate it. Nicolas

[@BenVanCamp]

It is not barbaric to murder in justice. By your logic, if there is a creator, he has treated us all evilly, by murdering everyone who has ever lived. We all die. The Bible says we die because of our own evil, not because God wants us to or gets joy from it. God himself wanted us so badly not to die he suffered and died on the cross to give us eternal life.

[@kwakuba9167]

@@BenVanCamp how? So why did this god allow death if it is bad? Why not eliminate death and disease. Hecwont or he can't. An omnipotent god can do anything. Right? The fact that you have to engage in mental gymnastics to rationalize stuff on behalf of a mute supposedly omnipotent god immediately implies no such being exists anywhere. People like you don't seem to fathom that your contempt and loathing for people who don't buy the fairy tale confirms to us non believers that religion is fables and fantasy used for coercion and manipulation.

[@zanetomas]

@@BenVanCamp stfu

[@darlalathan6143]

@@BenVanCamp You call the Great Flood "murder in justice?" Ordering Abraham to kill his son Isaac in human sacrifice? "Dashing Canaanite babies against rocks?" That's what drove me out of Christianity!

[@Kas-S]

Totally relate. Religion does nothing but bring out the absolute worse in humanity.

[@demerrishart1144]

Dude I was tryna say that with my wife and she didn’t understand. This whole world has been brainwashed with the word religion and mess people mind up and it’s scary

[@percubit10]

@@demerrishart1144 I have been saying that for years and nobody cared to listen, They made me feel like I am a piece of crap and have no self-worth,

[@MadScientist72]

@@demerrishart1144 I'm with you on that! You're not a piece of crap! It's better to be an independent thinker than to just follow the crowd. Good for you!

[@demerrishart1144]

@@MadScientist72 I appreciate that frfr

[@afnaanmalick8330]

I am a 17 year old girl.. Am Somalian raised a Muslim and I started questioning at the mere age of 15.. I started researching digging into the Quran seeing all the sexiism racism.. All the discrimination and the cruelty towards the LGBT + community.. I always loved music.. My fellow humans no matte the color of there skin what they believed in or what they did in there own time.. I recently discovered am bisexual.. I am attracted to both the sexs.. So anyways one day I was so happy and so proud of the fact that I broke this fakeness soroundinh me.. I spoke to my mom and told her wassup.. She agreed on some of the things I said.. I thought all was well.. Only to be woken up the next day and told she's shipping me to my very religious and cruel uncle under the guise of a short vacation.. I end up leaving for 3 weeks all seems well.. I thought I was gonna go back home only to be told I was gonna stay there's no way back.. My uncle registered me into a Muslim school aka madersah where u get beaten if u don't learn ya scriptures or u get em wrong.. I was also attending school but he never cared for my acadamia.. Long story short my uncle started to physically abuse me for my stands and beliefs I pleaded with my mother to take me back she never listened.. She didn't care.. I had to get outa that place.. A friend (who's now a foe) helped me get back to my home.. Till this day I can't get over the 1 and a half year I spent in torment I became depressed.. Started eating less.. Started to isolate. And speaking of isolation my uncle didn't allow me to speak to. Anyone or have friends hell I couldn't even read story books without getting beaten or yelled at.. Till now am living a "Muslim" life.. I've lost a lot of people I thought loved me.. But hey at least ama free thinking person and I will get out of this situation someday..

[@deondivine7271]

Hearing your story breaks my heart, but hang in there and life will get better! You can email me at anytime [e-mail]

[@joshuamartinpryce8424]

Islam is not the same as Christianity. If you think Christianity is a burden, go to islam. Where you are forced to follow the crowd, i feel for you. If islam is a lie, it would matter because you will be forced to follow it because of the community. The best thing to do is pray to Jesus and take it one step at a time.

[@MISSINGROGERHOWARTH]

I am so sorry that you've had to endure such horrible experiences, and I hope that you are well...but no matter what anyone tells you continue to avoid ALL religions like the plague! Continue to research and follow your heart! I wish you well! :)

[@brothercaleb]

You’re brave. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@WhiteDragon689]

The human spirit is waking up Islam I've always seen a false like Christianity. But no one seems to be as cruel towards women as that false belief. Seems like you are going to free yourself from that family also and build one based on Love and understanding but not in that part of the world.

[@colagirl765]

I can relate to this.. i never ever wanted to leave religion i was a very active believer .. even when things didnt make sense i still told myself to believe and have faith.. i prayed and waited on signs over and over again.. its painful to realise what you have been believing for so long isnt truth

[@raminybhatti5740]

I'm currently working through something similar. I was in denial for so long. I deluded myself that I'd experienced visions, dreams, etc. It was becoming unbearable. I'm glad the penny has dropped.

[@bhumble8429]

@@raminybhatti5740 please dont suppress god that hard and just follow the evidence and it will lead you to christ sit back ask these questions: is the question or judgment I make of the bible same judgment I make to all things in my life? If you want to hold a high standard of evidence hold it but dont have a double standard? God bless you

[@bhumble8429]

God is not a genie btw it is said you will not put you lord your god to the test just simply follow the evidence look around study philosophy or history or science you will find good science backs up the bible good history test back up the bible and etc.. I still think your important and are valuable for god created man and woman in his image. God bless you

[@sujayedwin3888]

To any Christian here How do we know that christianity is the only true way. Is it by faith or by personal experience (evidence)? If it is only by faith how did we choose the Christian faith/ belief system over something else. Did we use logic/facts/signs to compare & decide or did we just believe? Mark 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. Act 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. On the other hand If it is by personal experience, the following verses seems to suggest faith over experience. Hebrew 11:1 ,Heb 11:16 without faith you cannot please God. John 20:29 Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed. I lost faith seeing Charismatic Tele Evangelists prophesying about 2nd term for Trump and utterly failing. None of them where able to prophesy about the Pandemic. Not even one healing Ministry publicly healing Covid Patients. In the Bible we read about how the prophet Elijah prayed and brought rain. But nowadays when I see Tele Evangelists pray for covid, they look exactly like how the bible describes the prophets of Baal..

[@bhumble8429]

@@sujayedwin3888 sir by evidence and the historical resurrection of christ that's how you come to faith in christ is understanding jesus really taught, died and rose from the dead. Furthermore, faith is something we all have and there is a difference between blind faith and faith. Here it is blind faith is a belief made on no evidence. Faith is a belief or assumption based on evidence.for example law of gravity something always falls it never failed in the past based on that evidence we conclude that it is a never changing law but it is a assumption based on evidence.Hope I answered your question my brother If you haven't walked and put your faith in christ you should because, he rose showing there Is life after death.

[@Avigdor1655]

Religion derived from the Latin religio meaning to bind to tie up to ensnare, entrap, enslave. Need I n I say more.?

[@careforjusticealways]

you speaking facts

[@darlalathan6143]

There is some evidence that the Flavian Caesars, including Constantine, invented Christianity to pacify the Zealots during the Jewish War.

[@katherineg9396]

I could relate to so many things you said. Especially how women are demonized, are told they're unclean, less than men. Its because there was so much humans didn't know, and they can't admit it now. How come we were never honored for being able to conceive life within us , nuture it, and bring it into the world? I can't relate to the blaming of Eve, our sinfulness and hell, either. Thank you for posting this. Your voice is so gentle and without blame, just understanding of how people can fall into these beliefs and how hard it is to get out. My best wishes to you.

[@AngryBilleh]

And you wasn't outcasted, you just found a new family and a new meaning in life

[@vblake530530]

Respect. It takes courage to do what you’re doing. All the best in discovering your own Divinity.

[@joshuamartinpryce8424]

Humans are completely selfish, self indulgent, and sinful in nature. Its impossible to be divine. To get a job is tough for anybody, and to stop doing the wrong thing is also impossible for us. If we do not do it one day we do it the next. Sin has a cycle. We will die one day. To be divine we have to at least be without sin, you cannot do that, i cannot do that.

[@ChrisSmith-xh9wb]

It takes courage to jump put of a plane without a parachute, but the end result would be a realisation that we are not actually divine.

[@ChrisSmith-xh9wb]

@@markduncan8227 He is talking like someone who understands the truth of what it is to be human.

[@ChrisSmith-xh9wb]

A troll is someone who has nothing to offer but offensive remarks about other people.

[@bhumble8429]

@@markduncan8227 why do you hate people who spread the truth so much your like a light shining on darkness you running and hate it.

[@colinloh6427]

Was almost fully into Christianity. Was a former Buddhist but I wanted the real truth and believed in God, which is not Buddhism. Wasn’t baptized but was planning to someday, and thankfully I didn’t. Did more studying, researching, about Christianity only to discover its abhorrence and atrocities. Thank goodness I left ASAP. I ain’t finna worship no evil, human-like God. I can’t, I don’t and I won’t.

[@jdnlaw1974]

Wrote this during my deconversion process: A Little Faith sometimes I feel like I’m someone else, but I can still believe if I make myself, it’s a hell of a thought, it’s emptiness, to be honest it scares me half to death, Chorus like i’m in the sky, on the outside of a plane, no parachute, too late to get back in, and I see the ground below, so far away, no idea, how I got to this place, oh God show me a sign, ‘cause I’m afraid, so afraid, throw me a little faith, well I fell from Heaven, kicked me out, would’a never left but they sensed my doubt, said I was the devil as they clipped my wings, paid a heavy price, for my need to think, Chorus (Repeat) yeah I guess I might’a kinda questioned things, but my doubt was less than a mustard seed, did I ask too much when I begged to see, really wanna believe, yeah I need to believe, Father I pray, throw me a little faith, I don’t need no miracle, just a little sign, pull a rabbit from a hat, turn water into wine, take me into ecstasy, send chills down my spine, anything if even in my mind, ‘cause I’m afraid, so afraid, throw me a little faith, sometimes I feel like I’m someone else, but I can still believe if I make myself... JN

[@violaevavenczel8378]

thank you for sharing! very inspiring! both artistically and philosophically! have a good day my 'free of doctrines friend'! :)

[@favormine]

Thanks so much for your honesty. For me it was the list of "Do's and Don'ts" that made me feel inadequate and further away from God. Finally I decided to leave church, not saying everyone should, but I needed to be uninfluenced and sort myself out. What I found is that religion says "Fix yourself and God/we will accept you" while the Gospel is supposed to be "Come just as you are and I will give you righteousness as a gift". Religion says "You have to work hard to stay forgiven and right" while the true Gospel is supposed to be: "With a single sacrifice I have made you perfectly accepted and irreversibly forgiven forever". Religion says "God is in love with a future version of you" while the Gospel of Grace is supposed to be: "God loves you as you are right now unconditionally and is NEVER GOING TO CHANGE". This reveals a bit of what I found. Please see my journey as I left the church in this link for more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXmqe42Igq50Zpo Appreciate it. Nicolas

[@robertbrucescott8278]

I had to drop a comment and give you my support. It's really difficult for me to fathom how hard it is for people raised Christian to leave the faith. I was born free and raised free. It's a rare privilege and gift that I appreciate more every time I see a fellow non-believer who had to fight for their freedom. Stay safe and stay strong! rbs

[@jfarrellmusic7885]

I really enjoyed your video. You asked if we could provide our own "testimony" - so here goes... My own experience (quick-ish version) was that I grew up in the church as a sincere believer since I was a kid. Went to church every Sunday, youth group on Friday nights, studied the Bible all the time, played on worship teams and "witnessed" whenever I had the opportunity. Later I went to Bible college, considering a path into full-time ministry. Years after Bible college, a devout Christian friend of mine announced he was no longer a Christian. I couldn't believe it. I made a point of finding out what happened, because I cared about him. Basically, in his studies of Christian origins and apologetics, he just came to a point where he felt that just couldn't hold onto belief anymore. The facts led him to the conclusion that Christianity wasn't actually true. I decided that I would look into this more deeply myself to see if I couldn't help him somehow (but also tried to keep an open mind that I could be wrong about my own faith, or even just some aspect of it). I studied for hundreds, maybe thousands of hours, diving into Christian apologetics and arguments for/against Christianity. I remember after a while into my studies, a big "a-ha" moment came when I realized that all my life I had begun with the conclusion that Christianity was true, and then shoehorned the evidence to fit that conclusion. I realized that's completely backwards. A sincere investigation into the truth should start WITHOUT any conclusions, but rather with an unbiased review of the evidence (for and against). Then you let the evidence lead you toward the best explanation of that evidence. That realization led me to hold more "liberal" doctrines for a time, but after continued studying, I just realized that Christian belief wasn't tenable for me anymore, and my faith in it sort of evaporated. I thought that this "journey out" would lead me into despair but I've felt more mentally free than I ever had before. I can think for myself without the baggage of superstition and unfounded doctrines of ancient religions, and I feel more connected to humanity. I hope this era of access to more information/content about this subject at least makes people take a hard an honest look at their own beliefs, and at least revise their thinking in accordance with the evidence.

[@henrim9348]

Wow ... thanks for sharing this. My own path was longer. I always had doubts, but went along passively for decades. A few years ago, I saw christians constantly contradict themselves, make excuses repeatedly, ... As a scientist, I started applying the scientific method to beliefs. I started watching atheists/believers debates, started to dig deeper into ancient civilizations, church history, listen to evidences on both sides ... And the conclusion was quick and swift.

[@jfarrellmusic7885]

@@henrim9348 That's awesome. I hope more people will follow your example and apply critical thinking skills to their beliefs. I'm sure there are probably beliefs I still hold as a non-believer about this or that which aren't accurate. Gotta keep an open mind and keep learning! Thanks for sharing.

[@favormine]

Thanks so much for your honesty. For me it was the list of "Do's and Don'ts" that made me feel inadequate and further away from God. Finally I decided to leave church, not saying everyone should, but I needed to be uninfluenced and sort myself out. What I found is that religion says "Fix yourself and God/we will accept you" while the Gospel is supposed to be "Come just as you are and I will give you righteousness as a gift". Religion says "You have to work hard to stay forgiven and right" while the true Gospel is supposed to be: "With a single sacrifice I have made you perfectly accepted and irreversibly forgiven forever". Religion says "God is in love with a future version of you" while the Gospel of Grace is supposed to be: "God loves you as you are right now unconditionally and is NEVER GOING TO CHANGE". This reveals a bit of what I found. Please see my journey as I left the church in this link for more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXmqe42Igq50Zpo Appreciate it. Nicolas

[@BenVanCamp]

Wow, and not a shred of evidence included in your heavy handed comment. Do you know how serious it is to lead others astray this way? Jesus said it is better that a millstone be tied around ones neck and they be dragged to the bottom of the ocean than cause one of His little ones to stumble.

[@tashadean4242]

I’m so happy to come across your video. For me I was born and raised and truly believed for 20 years. Very active in the choir and praise dance. Was at the church from Wednesday-Sunday. Bible study, choir practice, praise dance, Saturday street whitenessing, Sunday school, etc. I moved to another by myself for college and carried this belief. My manager at my job and I become really close. She would cook for me during the times I had no groceries. She really opens her home to me. But she was gay. So I struggled with how this person who opened her home and gave to me during my time of struggle was destined to hell simple because she loved another women. That’s what lead my journey down the rabbit hole. Then I questioned about how someone who was raised to believe in Islam was going to hell when they didn’t have a choice to believe those things from childhood. Then I asked well what about all the people who came before Jesus. They never got a chance to say they believe in Jesus…did they go to hell? The entire concept of hell made no sense. Then it got to be if god created all things then why don’t we acknowledge him as the creator of sin. The concept of sin and the punishment for it was created by god.

[@12567NoYouCannot]

I don't believe in "Free Will" either, as We don't determine when We live or die, and the people that Come into our lives, Some of us who are the Most Decent People, only meet and have to deal with Bad People, and the WORST PEOPLE only meet and deal with Good People in their LIVES. All that to me, is BULLSHIT.

[@favormine]

Thanks so much for your honesty. For me it was the list of "Do's and Don'ts" that made me feel inadequate and further away from God. Finally I decided to leave church, not saying everyone should, but I needed to be uninfluenced and sort myself out. What I found is that religion says "Fix yourself and God/we will accept you" while the Gospel is supposed to be "Come just as you are and I will give you righteousness as a gift". Religion says "You have to work hard to stay forgiven and right" while the true Gospel is supposed to be: "With a single sacrifice I have made you perfectly accepted and irreversibly forgiven forever".This reveals a bit of what I found. Please see my journey as I left the church in this link for more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXmqe42Igq50Zpo Appreciate it. Nicolas

[@ashleytheseeker8480]

I left islam. I have never felt this peace of mind while muslim. I was alwags busy doing something, busy praying, busy thinking if allah is pleased with me or not. Thinking of death, or if im muslim enough. I grew tired and just didnt pray the night prayer 2 years ago. I have myself back.

[@georgehudgins420]

I'm recently out of christianity myself. It's scary but so freeing at the same time. I was always suppressing my doubts and questions. Now I'm free to follow the facts where they lead and try to have my internal beliefs match reality. Kudos to you for sharing. Have you discovered any communities of which I may join?

[@bhumble8429]

Where does jesus followers suppress questions to ask on jesus or are they skeptics. There is no way you come out of scripture and say wow what people just blindly following this guy. They constantly asked questions hard ones. How can you say I believe in jesus and not learn and be a skeptic its impossible on the sermon on the mount beware of false prophets? He is saying be skeptical. Know dont be hyper skeptical or set a double standard just follow the evidence which will lead you to christ. I say this look around absolute, life coming from life, building being built not just happening, laws of nature that are held up bro smell the flowers wake up. This is out of love because sir although you reject god he still died for you and is calling you to be welcomed back to the kingdom. God bless you

[@bhumble8429]

Facts really sir then come back to christ and do better research because I looked at the fact and done my observations and come to the conclusion its undeniable that there is a creator through the evidence left in creation. If the truth is you want to follow your own will then go ahead but don't say the facts please.

[@Jonas-uj8ll]

@@bhumble8429 I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet. Timothy 2:12 I know u will say this is moses law not christian,,look up this other verse: “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. Matthew 5:17 Read using logic!!!Christianity is a religion created to take advantage over other people like many others...... I doubt god said this:::: “No one born of a forbidden union may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of his descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord. this is pure nonsense

[@bhumble8429]

@@Jonas-uj8ll there is no way you really think that is wrong. That God want woman to be in silence in the church you know the reason paul gave that is to give order to the church right. Not because they are inferior or something its just the way things work bro. Woman and man have diffrent roles but both of them are created in the image of God your point. Is you see that command to give ordinance to a church that was out of control was wrong. First of all you weren't there second it is not wrong the same way there is diffrent roles in military there is diffrent roles for woman and man. Simple they can still speak and prophecies but just not teach and usurp authority in a correct church if the church is caothic than she can speak out and fix the church in the OT woman preach the gospel. Are you serious again you don't know what your speaking about you are reading only to look for something you disagree with.

[@bhumble8429]

@@Jonas-uj8ll your second point again think and yes he is not a respected of persons galatians 3:28

[@victorsams7]

You’re going in the right direction, keep going sister. I came from the same insanity ❤

[@teeade]

Happy for you! It's good to see so many positive comments under this video 💚

[@louisfields5659]

"I pleaded, "God give me a sign" but there was nothing". It strikes me as odd that, on the one hand, they tell you that if you earnestly seek him, he'll make himself known, but when you say that you've earnestly sought, prayed, fasted, cried out, etc. and got no answers, they say it's your fault or they say that God isn't beholden to show himself to us or give us any signs. They say (quoting the Bible) "who are you, o man, to question God?" Can't have it both ways....

[@ElectriciteT1]

You must understand that God will say no. And your intentions of are very important because if they are not right it wont be good

[@gloria6583]

Hallelujah!! You saw the light!! Thank you for being honest and truthful. I too left my religion when I was 59 years old. I'm now almost 77 and have never regretted making that decision. What a load off my shoulders when I decided to make that move. Religion keeps us in FEAR. The fear of HELL. I decided this LIFE is a living hell for so many. If god loved us he would have made us perfect. Why should we pay for the sins of Adam and Eve, why?? I could go on and on, but I won't. I'm so proud you did your research as I did. There is answer for everything, just relying on faith didn't do it for me. You did the right thing. People will never understand they are PROGRAMED in every way, step away from that thinking and they think your crazy! Speak the Truth no matter what everybody thinks!!!!

[@MadScientist72]

@gloria6583 Thank you for your post! You make so many good points that I won't even try to cover them all! Being an independent thinker is always the best course. Thanks for your post!

[@JodyRivers]

Your story is amazing and so close to my own. Off topic, you have a very calming voice, I could listen to you talk all day. Thank you for sharing, Deon!

[@sourcehealing82]

I left the church 13 years ago but I’ve had a spiritual awakening in 2020. I believe in something bigger than me but it’s not religion! I love and honor myself where I am at. Religion always made me feel guilty or like I was a pile of crap. Lol Nope! Glad you got out of that but it’s hard to change your mind and to get over the fear of hell.

[@havannaonana4554]

at the age of 15 i started questioning stuffs Ever since i left christianity and stopped believeing in the the God of the bible i felt this freedom this inner peace the free will without even having the fear of going to hell

[@TheChelsiWaters]

Welcome my love 😘

[@ChrisSmith-xh9wb]

On the other hand , I have inner peace, freedom from the fear of Hell and freedom from any mental shackles the world may try and place upon me precisely because I believe in the God of the BIble.

[@havannaonana4554]

@@ChrisSmith-xh9wb okay nice one respect

[@joyiasells4810]

Thanks for sharing! My husband and I left Christianity and are going through the same things right now with family and friends treating us differently.

[@kevawilson3495]

It’s one less person they can control... That’s why, you’re free girl

[@joshuamartinpryce8424]

Its true, when a person leaves church they are free to live how they want, but as the bad parts go away so do the good.

[@gordongoodman8342]

Free? Try this little experiment to test how free you are: Go fishing to forage for food without the state's permission.

[@tammymiles4369]

@@gordongoodman8342 Free from a tyrannical god.

[@bhumble8429]

@@tammymiles4369 how in the world do you see that a god who died for the people that rejected is evil what a travesty of a image you have of him just so you can follow your commandments like thou what shalt wilt.

[@tammymiles4369]

@@bhumble8429 You cherry pick things. I see the whole god. You cherry pick what parts you like. I see the bad parts and good parts. I can't see a father being okay with his children killing all people including young boys except virgins and young girls. He told them to keep them for themselves. Then told them to kill all the animals. This god told his children to do that. That is only one example.

[@AngryBilleh]

I'm happy for you and everyone else whose Been looking more into this, we don't know for certain what lies beyond death, but you can still have faith, have it in yourself, and peace be with you :)

[@Jeca299]

I'm white, but i always found it weird how murder was a great sin but wars were allowed. So much mental gymnastics i had to endure cos i was blinded by fear.

[@deondivine7271]

Satan/ the devil had a very small role in the old testament because God ordered all the killings/ hits.

[@joshuamartinpryce8424]

You need to work on spiritual growth, If you surrender to God because of fear you werent born again.

[@tammymiles4369]

@@joshuamartinpryce8424 The bible says we are to fear him

[@bhumble8429]

@@tammymiles4369 he saying If you surrender to god of straight fear you never knew him but you should fear him

[@bhumble8429]

@@deondivine7271 miss respectfully why shift so much of the blame on god when the time god judges he judges people who in rebellion to him not people who are righteous he also gives warning and chances for repentance. Simple fact god gave life and made it therefore god can destroy it especially when people reject the person who give it to them. Btw Ik god judges righteously because its implied all over scripture and abraham struggled with it also, genesis 18:16, flood account genesis 3:5-6. Good day if you yearn and look for god not religion but god the only jesus the truth then you will find it. Follow the evidence and read in context learn history.

[@ABCDEFGHIJKELA...]

Much love and support to you, I know it's a tough road, been thru it, still going thru it. family ostracized me, friends see me differently, been accused of being a Satanist(lol), the whole thing. You do you, and follow your heart, use that rational thinking, and common sense, is like a super power these days. You are a beautiful, intelligent, and powerful person, thinking for yourself is proof of that. There's a LOT of us "seeing the light" the real light, the one that exists, called truth. There's so many stuck in that world because they're scared, and don't want to lose the people they love, it's not easy, but you are not alone

[@elohiymkingdom9453]

Same here

[@favormine]

Thanks so much for your honesty. For me it was the list of "Do's and Don'ts" that made me feel inadequate and further away from God. Finally I decided to leave church, not saying everyone should, but I needed to be uninfluenced and sort myself out. What I found is that religion says "Fix yourself and God/we will accept you" while the Gospel is supposed to be "Come just as you are and I will give you righteousness as a gift". Religion says "You have to work hard to stay forgiven and right" while the true Gospel is supposed to be: "With a single sacrifice I have made you perfectly accepted and irreversibly forgiven forever". Religion says "God is in love with a future version of you" while the Gospel of Grace is supposed to be: "God loves you as you are right now unconditionally and is NEVER GOING TO CHANGE". This reveals a bit of what I found. Please see my journey as I left the church in this link for more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXmqe42Igq50Zpo Appreciate it. Nicolas

[@BenVanCamp]

Jesus called himself the truth 2000 years ago, and was murdered by those who wanted to live for pleasure and pride. Little child your life is too short to play games with the word truth, before you know it, you will stand before him, and He will deem you either grateful for the price He paid, or one who crucified Him and laughed with the crowd.

[@MadScientist72]

@@BenVanCamp And you know all of this because you read it in the Bible? (Which was written by men). Unless you can prove your claims using evidence outside of the Bible, then it doesn't matter.

[@baetheistbaetheist2593]

Im so happy for you! Im so proud of you!! Its hard to get out ... i tear up everytime i see someone escape🥰🥰😍😍😘😘🤗

[@deondivine7271]

Thanks love!!

[@joshuamartinpryce8424]

I tear up too. I feel like pulling my hair. People are leaving the faith for stupid reasons, that are usually unfounded or not properly researched.

[@nomadicheathen6054]

@@joshuamartinpryce8424 Could you give some examples of these claims?

[@bhumble8429]

@@joshuamartinpryce8424 not very christ like sir

[@bhumble8429]

@@nomadicheathen6054 these claims are the claim of :alleged contradiction , misconceptions of hell and judgment, and bad reading of the bible where instead of looking for what the author meant is more like what do you think that means then that what it means.

[@lovelove-jx9qt]

I love your voice and this video. I feel like im listening to divine feminine wisdom. I also was born Christian and recently deconverted. It has been a real struggle and i can't tell my family or i fear being outcast. Thank you for sharing your truth.

[@dellum4142]

You are NOW free!!!

[@bhumble8429]

True free from absolute yeah life is now meaningless. Do what thou wilt. I'm sorry but seriously this makes more sense bot cause evidence or right or wrong is because you want to do whatever you want to do with true guilt and for you to define right and wrong I got it now

[@jameskennedy721]

Great presentation about your difficult realization . You have alot of courage to tackle this new journey , which at first you must make alone . Good luck with your new paths and endeavors .

[@debwalker721]

Thank you for your heartfelt story. I too lived through the nightmare of discovering everything I thought I knew was false. Deconstructing my religion was the hardest thing I ever did, and am still working through. I especially appreciated your statements on the Bible's view of women. That was achingly difficult to face. I cried buckets of tears when I finally was willing to look at how woman had been manipulated and disgraced and shamed because of an old book that men decided came from God. I'm 6 years into this process of deconstruction and still I find layers of trauma in need of healing. But with each layer of bullshit I peel away I find more freedom and love and respect for myself. The process is tough, but so worth it! Keep going, soul sister. Keep telling your story. You never know how many other struggling women (and men) your words encourage on their lonely path.

[@defenestratefalsehoods]

Have you put the bible on a time line yet? You will find a 6300 year old universe and a flood story 4300 years ago whe civilizations was peaking everywhere. The aboriginal Australians has a 50,000 year history on their island and didnt know they drowned.

[@surrelljr]

I left, I don’t regret it. There is no hate like Christian love.

[@guthrie_the_wizard]

Thanks for your courage in sharing and seeking actual truths!

[@favormine]

Thanks for your honesty. For me it was the list of "Do's and Don'ts" that made me feel inadequate and further away from God. Finally I decided to leave church, not saying everyone should, but I needed to be uninfluenced and sort myself out. What I found is that religion says "Fix yourself and God/we will accept you" while the Gospel is supposed to be "Come just as you are and I will give you righteousness as a gift". Religion says "You have to work hard to stay forgiven and right" while the true Gospel is supposed to be: "With a single sacrifice I have made you perfectly accepted and irreversibly forgiven forever". Religion says "God is in love with a future version of you" while the Gospel of Grace is supposed to be: "God loves you as you are right now unconditionally and is NEVER GOING TO CHANGE". This reveals a bit of what I found. Please see my journey as I left the church in this link for more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXmqe42Igq50Zpo Appreciate it. Nicolas

[@thabangtshepe550]

I wish this video was longer. My partner may leave me because I'm an atheist. Theres alot of slander against non believers in the bible, we are portrayed as stone hearted at best, unwise fools who say to themselves there is no God. The bible, and particularly Jesus is very divisive. He himself said as much, this is why people are willing to give up real relationships for something they have no proof of. But then again like you said, if one relies on faith then logic and reason simply become superfluous and naive. I hope my relationship survives, and thank you for this video!

[@user-fc5xm7bv8t]

Being an atheist is so awesome tho. U just LIVE life.

[@user-fc5xm7bv8t]

No God. No rules. Just me, myself and I. 🥰

[@ashleytheseeker8480]

I hope your marriage survived. It's a shame what religion teaches about those of us who leave it. There's no stone in my heart. I feel more open to my own humanness and others more than ever.

[@kenhoover1639]

Thank you for courageously sharing your story. I am in the beginning stages of all this. Everything started to fall apart for me with the Evangelical support of Donald Trump. I just couldn't see how Christians could support such an immoral person. This led me to the many inconsistentencies in the Bible. I am currently in the closet with all this because my friends and family would never understand.

[@arinorellana5852]

I have to tell you to leave your religion bc of other people's actions is just straight ignorant. God is real and he never told us to follow anyone except him

[@favormine]

Thanks so much for your honesty. For me it was the list of "Do's and Don'ts" that made me feel inadequate and further away from God. Finally I decided to leave church, not saying everyone should, but I needed to be uninfluenced and sort myself out. What I found is that religion says "Fix yourself and God/we will accept you" while the Gospel is supposed to be "Come just as you are and I will give you righteousness as a gift". Religion says "You have to work hard to stay forgiven and right" while the true Gospel is supposed to be: "With a single sacrifice I have made you perfectly accepted and irreversibly forgiven forever". Religion says "God is in love with a future version of you" while the Gospel of Grace is supposed to be: "God loves you as you are right now unconditionally and is NEVER GOING TO CHANGE". This reveals a bit of what I found. Please see my journey as I left the church in this link for more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXmqe42Igq50Zpo Appreciate it. Nicolas

[@BenVanCamp]

God says "man is nothing, and a fool trusts in him". You are trusting in man by allowing the folly of man trusting in man to get in the way of your faith in God. There are no inconsistencies that I've found in the Bible. God is sovereign, His ways are not your ways. If you seek knowledge, ask him. Jesus was frustrated with religion too, was He not? He still walked to the cross to save you.

[@IAMHARRYARTIN]

Be courageous

[@janinegrey6937]

That was an eye-opener for me too. I actually took off my cross while my so-called Christian, Trump-supporting friends, started wearing more brazen displays of crosses on their ears, around their necks, etc. Not only did they claim the flag as Patriots (traitors) but also the cross as they turned it upside down. Jesus is in my HEART and my patriotism is in small unselfish acts for my community!

[@carmilo9399]

You had alot of courage to do this video, you have my support and respect.

[@MadScientist72]

I second that!

[@hhhoneycomb]

I’m on this journey and it’s really hard to break free but I’m spiritually exhausted

[@livelaughlove1221]

How are you doing now?

[@Fourwindsofsuccess]

You were indoctrinated that’s all. You’ve been told all sorts of lies, mentally abused, and emotionally played.

[@cardcounter21]

"Religion is afraid you'll think for yourself. Atheism is afraid you wont"

[@bhumble8429]

Atheism is just summed up in 4 word do what thou will do what you want nothing matter live whatever life you deem right because it's all meaningless.

[@ooduckoo]

@@bhumble8429 That’s not what atheism is. You seem to think atheism has some “motto”. It doesn’t. Atheism is not believing in a god or god(s). As for our views on life, that differs among every individual. The one thing that all atheists are guaranteed to have in common is not believing in a god. Nothing else. Our views on life, morality, empathy, religion, etc. are all individual.

[@bhumble8429]

@@ooduckoo read above okay God bless your hardened heart. Also atheism is summed up do what you want if you want to follow morality go ahead because that choice is made by you a person just dancing to his dna a walking bag of chemicals just reacting to his impulse. Morality not real its just a made up concept making it relative. Yes atheism is do what shalt wilt because you want to follow made up morals go ahead. You want hate someone go ahead . You want to break your made up morals go ahead you want to follow them go ahead. Its all relative you live to die all things are vanity end of the day you and Adolf Hitler have the same ending in atheism death. Your life is controlled by time,and chance you don't know if what you plan is going to occur and if it does you can't take it to the grave and give it time what you have done will go away and be forgotten. Its all vanity truly. Here is the reality of the matter there is a after life proven by Jesus who rose from The dead making his teaching credible and him the truth. There is a consequences to your wrongs and because there is a absolute wrong and right and Jesus said in REVELATION 2:23 he will render to all there deeds. What you sow you shall reap you know galatians 6:7-10. Truly your choice if you affirm life you will care if you live forever in love with your creator or you will suffer the wrath of your creator because of your sins. Your choice heaven or hell. Repent meaning turn from your sins or you will suffer his wrath meaning you will perish. Meaning you will suffer the worst pain imaginable in the lake of fire than you will not exist anymore. I hope you affirm life enough to care about that because since Jesus is the truth you die its just a transition to judgment day. If God chooses to end your life he is either punishing a sinner or preserving someone for heaven. If we do it know that is sinful because we are not the creator of all things. God loves you and created you to love. In order for love to be true it has to be a free choice. You have a free will to choose God or not. There is consequences to that choice but yeah. Also don't look at a anamoly like people who don't have the bible to justify your spot the bible says much given much required and less given more taken. Summarized in romans 2:15 you conscience as in what you know will excuse you or accuse you on judgment day. God bless you.

[@bhumble8429]

@@ooduckoo sir this is from another thread okay copied so some statements are not directed towards you just look for the historical facts and overall truth of what im trying to shed light on. @• @insignificanteffigy 1st statement makes no since because by your standard of forcing beliefs your forcing a belief on me that I shouldn't force a belief. Even though what I'm doing is just speaking to you on the internet I have no gun pointed at you. I mean seriously bro what are you saying im just speaking the truth Jesus historically rose from the dead you can deny history ofc most atheist are very close minded and illogical. I've yet see someone show evidence for atheism. Science can't be evidence btw because science the act of science takes faith in the world being rationally made and the universe having constants. Also that the person obtaining the information mind is rationally made to the point he can comprehend the knowledge. Science in itself takes faith in God. Also Jesus empty tomb and ministry has 42 writings on it 9 secular. The 42 writings all written in historical narrative. Historical fiction came about in the 19th century didnt exist back than. You can prove Jesus resserected historically by using test on the gospels and writing on Jesus by 9 historians in Rome to name a few: Josephus, tacitus, suetonis, etc... 1. Test archeological evidence, manuscript evidence, literary style, credibility. The gospels pass with flying colors. Manuscript evidence 25,000 manuscripts matching within 99% accuracy Archeological evidence to name few places spoken in the gospels: bethelhem, Judea, Jerusalem, the sea of Galilee, Egypt all the places in the bible that are said are verifiable. Making it speaking about events in real world areas..etc... They wrote in historical narrative not in mythological, or wrote as if a epic poem. It was historical literature. Few verses although there so many but in luke 1:1, luke 3:1 are both in historical narrative. Credibility of the author all of them where reviled and persecuted for their claim of the dead christ rising gaining nothing from what they claimed and wrote. making the testimony credible. also, Many times they choose truth over shifting details to make them look better. Example: Peter denied christ three times. They wrote that down women first to see Jesus back than they couldn't even testify. In conclusion the authors are credible due to them gaining nothing but death and persecution and modern psychology shows people don't die for a lie knowing it to be a lie. People don't die for firsthand testimony gaining nothing from it. People may die for second hand testimony but not firsthand while gaining nothing from it. Historically Jesus rose from the dead you denying him will be like me denying Alexander the Great existed, or George Washington was inaugurated as the first president. Also 230 prophecies fulfilled in the bible telling historical events. Here is one look up the statue of babylon or the statue of Daniel. Tells the order of the kingdoms in Rome and how Rome is right know. Science testifies for God's existence the amount of complex design in the universe and in your DNA points to a mind. Your DNA must have a pont of origin of information the genetic genome has never been shown to be able to add on new information. Not once ever have we seen a genetic mutation add new information to the genome. That is off topic though the amount of compact information in DNA shows there to be a creator because when we look at the world and see compact information in buildings or in sand or engraved in walls we automatically logically conclude a mind is behind that. The big bang theory the mathematics behind it showing there to be a beginning in the universe. Show that there has to be a uncaused cause of the universe and that uncaused cause is God shown in the bible is the uncaused cause. Psalms 14:1 Only a fool says in his heart there is no God im sure you don't live that out as if all is relative to the human mind and that we are just dancing to our dna and chemical reactions. That means it don't matter if I kill you or give you money its equally the same nothing good nothing bad because no God all is relative to the mind. You can't live that out. You can reject God just know he is just and will reject you also You can reject God just know you have no remission for your sins and when you die God will judge you righteously. He will reject you on the day of judgment when he comes in justice and righteousness at first he came with mercy and truth to shoe the world. The second time he is coming with fire and brimstone in righteousness and truth eliminating sin once and for all and for those that have put their faith in him and have confessed and forsook their sin proverbs 28:13. Repent or perish You choose life or death. Etrnal life or a painful death above anything that you can comprehend worse than any death on this planet. God loves you but hates sin and will come and end all sin and all those who attached and became slaves of sin. You truly don't comprehend how good God is to you. Your walking right now everyday you walk everyday you wake up his mercies are new lamentations 3:22-23 because once you sin you condemn yourself. Ofc if you repent which means confess your sins to God and forsake them. You will be forgiven. Truly God loves you alot he died for you so you can repent and put your faith in him and be saved. You reject his love not because of evidence but because he testifies against your evil works and you hate that and will look for anything to deny him. John 7:7 Last point life is meaningless in atheism because your life is a mistake and your death is a mistake and through your life all you do is relative nothing right nothing wrong. Making it meaningless Hey but you want to reject God live a subjective and utterly meaningless life than die and be judged by a just God that will show you all your deeds that you did in darkness every thought that you had that was evil every curse or evil word tou have said, and than be condemned to hell because you rejected him and that you have sinned throughout your life and suffer the second death that will be worse than any death that you can experience on earth revelation 20:13-15. When God judges btw like any judge he judges the crime you have committed not the good deeds you've done. Your good deeds are filthy rags to god mine to anyone deeds is. Matthew 12:33-37, matthew 16:22-26, galatians 6:7-10, matthew 13 etc... God bless you sir repent or perish

[@shakagirvan4501]

btw you need a quiet storm type radio show ,,,, your voice is so smooth

[@randyproby215]

I am so happy for you. I have always felt alone. I grew up with a very large family, 10 brothers and sisters in our immediate household. As a black American, naturally I was raised a Christian. When I turned 18 and could think, read and live for myself, I left both parties I was forced to believe and follow (religious and political). I have been ostracized by everyone ever since. But I am happy and content knowing that I am the only one of all of my haters that reads, researches and listens with an open mind.

[@favormine]

Thanks so much for your honesty. For me it was the list of "Do's and Don'ts" that made me feel inadequate and further away from God. Finally I decided to leave church, not saying everyone should, but I needed to be uninfluenced and started studying the New Covenant on my own. See in the beginning I was sold out on the unconditional love and safety in the Saviour. Although having good intentions, when churches preach law it becomes a whole legalistic religious organization that robs us of our true identity and freedom that we are supposed to have. What I found is that religion says "Fix yourself and God/we will accept you" while the original Gospel says "Come just as you are and I will give you righteousness/(okayness) as a gift". Religion says "You have to work hard to stay forgiven and right" while the true Gospel says "With a single sacrifice I have made you perfectly accepted and irreversibly forgiven for ever". Religion says "You have to work to get close to God" the Gospel says "You cant get closer to your Father as He is in you and you are in Him". Religion says "God is in love with a future version of you" while the Gospel of Grace says "Dad loves you as you are right now unconditionally and is NEVER GOING TO CHANGE in this irreversibly restored relationship". Religion says "You are not good enough" and the true Gospel of Grace says "You are fully accepted, with a new heart which is righteous, holy and blameless. That's your identity, now live from your heart and be yourself". Religion is a bunch of rules to follow as a prerequisite to acceptance versus the Gospel of Grace providing immediate irreversible acceptance which will produce the "works"/performance over time, but our performance is SECONDARY to the "Work Christ did". This reveals a bit of what I found please see this link for more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHnbk417rMebfsk This is 8 years later, if the true Gospel was preached people will break down the doors to get the Good News. In the mean-time I started a small bible study group where everyone is on the same level and unconditionally accepted, where everyone's opinion is valid and important. I guess guarding against the infiltration of religion is ongoing.. God's love. Nicolas

[@grafxgrl8030]

The woman who hosts the site sees this. God spoke to me out loud twice about 15 years ago and told me the only thing that’s true about me/us is what he says in his Word. The Bible is true. We just don’t know how to interpret it all accurately and need the Holy Spirit for that.

[@jon-marcwitthoft8554]

This is so inspiring and extremely cathartic… thank you so much for sharing.

[@user-fc5xm7bv8t]

I was a Christian for a few months and it was honestly the most horrendous experience. And the people r even worse. If u don’t agree with their religious beliefs they try to “convince u” or “pray for u”. Religious people r honestly so prideful. They always have to have the last word. And they can’t respectfully leave u alone. Like bruh I don’t believe in ur god just leave it be. Leaving Christianity was honestly the best thing I’ve ever done. I can finally live life as a normal teenager and make my own decisions. No rules. Just living. 🥰 (I’m a lil spiritual tho. Tarot readings, angel numbers, etc.)

[@DoorknobHead]

Congratulations on finding your way out. Thanx for sharing your perspective, I hope it helps others. I also hope you are finding a supportive community out there, even if your small IRL community means that you have to find a like-minded online community.

[@TMA2NC]

👏👏👏👏👏👏 I appreciate your courage to face and embrace the hard but liberating truth. I de-converted after reading the Old Testament. I became disgusted by the god character. If he is real, I wouldn’t want to spend one moment in his presence. His character is no better than the average Joe Blow abusive narcissist.

[@joshuamartinpryce8424]

But why did The Father do these things, the answer disobedience and rebellion from the people.

[@TMA2NC]

@@joshuamartinpryce8424 My child disobeys too. And I will NOT stone him just because the buybull tells me so!

[@ChrisSmith-xh9wb]

@@TMA2NC Have you ever met a Christian who stones their children, or believes that the Bible is telling them to do so?

[@tammymiles4369]

@@ChrisSmith-xh9wb Their god said so in the old testament. They don't now because of jesus. Most Christians I know don't like the god of the old testament, but jesus is the door to him.

[@ChrisSmith-xh9wb]

@@tammymiles4369 The Old Testament decrees were written specifically for a nomadic community in a time, place, and culture vastly different from our own. If you were living then, you would probably view them differently than the way they seem from our present vantage point. However, the "God of the OT" is the same as the God of the NT, and his character does not change: He will never tolerate evil, but is unstinting in his mercy and forgiveness of all those who trust Him .

[@khafreahmose8768]

facts! i tell my wife all the time that she is my equal and that her body is sacred even she goes thru her cleansing phases

[@gordongoodman8342]

Sacred? Isn't that a religious term?

[@bhumble8429]

Yeah please stay clear with your worldview that we are just animals evolved up nothing else be atheist and be consistent although evidence point to god hold your beliefs

[@Rebander1549]

I'm in the process of closely examining my faith. It is quite brave of you to do this. I have been in a deep sadness as I am going through this and your experience with that fine Christian "love" is just like mine. Rather than love on me and ask if they can be with me or help, they leave. 😢 I am feeling like I have been in a bad anxiety situation all my life because I am such a sinner and never will be clean, unless I allow a Jewish nomad to give me faith in him. I can't have faith on my own, if I do anything good it's God in me not myself. This belief system has been so hurtful. My family members became mentally ill because of the terrible anxiety that Christianity caused. I have so much angst about this but I can't imagine not using my mind to ask logical questions. Your video was helpful in that I know that there are many others who have left Christianity for many of the same reasons. I thank you for sharing your journey. As I continue on mine I will watch your videos. Stay safe.

[@SithMirth]

Best of good fortune to you. I think that you are in a stage that is part of a much longer journey. It's not easy, never easy. But I think you are so brave to speak on this out here on KZbin. I think what you're doing is so important, and I'm glad you're doing it. You will find an equilibrium where you can see benefit in the good messages and separate that out from the people that associate themselves with the bible but don't follow through with the important content. It's hard and I'm not a Christian anymore either. We don't know each other, but know that I and a lot of other people people have your back and wish you all the best. You are not alone. Be proud, sis. And be well.

[@favormine]

Thanks so much for your honesty. For me it was the list of "Do's and Don'ts" that made me feel inadequate and further away from God. Finally I decided to leave church, not saying everyone should, but I needed to be uninfluenced and sort myself out. What I found is that religion says "Fix yourself and God/we will accept you" while the Gospel is supposed to be "Come just as you are and I will give you righteousness as a gift". Religion says "You have to work hard to stay forgiven and right" while the true Gospel is supposed to be: "With a single sacrifice I have made you perfectly accepted and irreversibly forgiven forever". This reveals a bit of what I found. Please see my journey as I left the church in this link for more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXmqe42Igq50Zpo Appreciate it. Nicolas

[@chasedescamps5321]

Dont be ashamed. Your here. Make the most of it. Have fun,try new things. Hope all is well.

[@tracyjohnson5796]

Glad u awake my sister

[@themuir]

You're a Soul living in your temple. And "We are one" it will be a "Golden time of day" when you look in the spiritual mirror and see how very bright/shiny you are love you for your courage I give the highest honor to you.

[@essenceoneessence]

I’m so glad I came across your videos. I deconverted and deconstructed from Christianity almost a year ago, at 44 years old. Looking back, I’ve always questioned some things and would ask about things that didn’t make sense. I was encouraged to “have faith” so I did. I know now that my “faith” was just what I did when things didn’t make sense. I would just go along with whatever it was and I would pick and choose what I wanted to believe. I never accepted the idea of hell. It was too hard to reconcile a loving god with one so full of the hate required to eternally torment so I just decided hell can’t be real. God couldn’t be both loving and sadistic so I just decided not to accept the hell idea. I did things like this throughout my “Christian walk”, believing what felt right to me, ignoring or rejecting what didn’t. I went through moments where I knew I wasn’t feeling what others felt so I started reading the Bible more, in search of what I felt was missing in my life. I only found more questions and more things that revealed god was an evil character. I wasn’t ready to accept that and I was encouraged to “have faith” so I stopped reading the Bible as much and went on doing things for my church. Last year I finally got to the point where I gave myself permission to dive deep into my questions and no longer ignore the answers. I told myself that if god is real and all knowing then he knows I’m questioning and that I’m seeking more and he can give me more if he wanted to. I read my Bible more and started writing down questions, no matter what, open to wherever the journey took me. I couldn’t get passed genesis 3 before concluding the whole book is written by man, in the image of man with absolutely no divine inspiration. For a moment I was devastated and broke down crying. Not because of the loss of god. I was glad to be rid of god but I was devastated by what this would mean for my marriage. I loved my husband but he’s very heavily into Christianity. We’re still working things out. Some days are good, some aren’t. But I’ve never regretted freeing myself from religion. It’s just not real and it’s liberating no longer having to go along with it.

[@MadScientist72]

@essenceoneessence I've got you beat by a few years. I decided that Christianity was false at 38.

[@tamimartinez390]

You said it all! Much love to you❤️

[@00Bankroll]

This video resonated with me so much💯

[@have2behere477]

These are good questions and I hope you are doing better. Good luck.

[@louisfields5659]

@deon: Just came across your video. That part about "not wanting things you found out to be true" is SO real! I've been raised in a Christian environment and have been (what it called) a "true" Christian for over 20 years. I have, for a long time, experienced cognitive dissonance about some things but, as of late, the things I am questioning have begun to increase and it's tough to not really be able to share with the people around you b/c you know they won't understand or will possibly turn their backs on you. For now, I'll just keep my doubts and questions between me and God...

[@tealx8462]

Why didn’t man have the Bible from the beginning of time! To get the word across, you don’t tell a man to tell another man, by word of mouth!!!

[@favormine]

Thanks so much for your honesty. For me it was the list of "Do's and Don'ts" that made me feel inadequate and further away from God. Finally I decided to leave church, not saying everyone should, but I needed to be uninfluenced and sort myself out. What I found is that religion says "Fix yourself and God/we will accept you" while the Gospel is supposed to be "Come just as you are and I will give you righteousness as a gift". Religion says "You have to work hard to stay forgiven and right" while the true Gospel is supposed to be: "With a single sacrifice I have made you perfectly accepted and irreversibly forgiven forever". This reveals a bit of what I found. Please see my journey as I left the church in this link for more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXmqe42Igq50Zpo Appreciate it. Nicolas

[@WetDirtTheeMC444]

Whut up sis. I left more than 3 years ago myself. I too wanted to know who black folks were praying to before slavery and I got no answers. I lost friends and family as well. I really appreciate you speaking from the woman's perspective. Women are the backbone of the black church and most don't see the misogyny and chauvinistic ways that's in the bible. I applaud you for standing up. I feel the woman is God on earth. You can take life as well as give it. For the bible to be so dismissive towards women is crazy in itself. Keep spreading your message. I'm gonna share this video on my Facebook. I think it's truly powerful.

[@favormine]

Thanks so much for your honesty. For me it was the list of "Do's and Don'ts" that made me feel inadequate and further away from God. Finally I decided to leave church, not saying everyone should, but I needed to be uninfluenced and sort myself out. What I found is that religion says "Fix yourself and God/we will accept you" while the Gospel is supposed to be "Come just as you are and I will give you righteousness as a gift". Religion says "You have to work hard to stay forgiven and right" while the true Gospel is supposed to be: "With a single sacrifice I have made you perfectly accepted and irreversibly forgiven forever". This reveals a bit of what I found. Please see my journey as I left the church in this link for more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXmqe42Igq50Zpo Appreciate it. Nicolas

[@wb3381]

Sometimes, our people refuse critical thinking skills and closure but stay in Auto pilot mentally in religion for decades

[@henrim9348]

Because on indoctrination and fear.

[@JamesEDenning]

Hi, Deon. Thank you for your frank and touching video. I have escaped from religion, too, and I feel a great relief that I don't have to feel bad about myself anymore, Religion made me think I was a bad person. Well, that's gone now. I've realized that religion is stories and delusions from a time in human history when people were not able to understand the world. It is still passed on from parents to children, because evolution has favored children believing, in order to survive, what their elders tell them. Hopefully, someday human beings can grow out of needing to teach our children false stories. While we may not understand why the world is here, we can understand that we're the lucky ones; we get to live. There are so many people in the world who love and accept others. We don't need religion to be good people, and we can have understanding for those who are captured by the delusions of religion. We can stand for their release - not make them wrong - just stand for their finding freedom, too.

[@ladyruby684]

Thank you so much for sharing your story. It has inspired me as I'm sure it will many others. May you Journey long on your path to knowledge.

[@fergusfitzgerald977]

Keep being the good kind and sensitive person you are and you will be ok !

[@fpcoleman57]

Just watched this video and I've read some of the comments. I became a non believer about 28 years ago. No big thing here in the UK (unless you're a Muslim) and I just got on with my life. Now, thanks to the internet and media like KZbin I'm becoming increasingly angry and anti-theist. The damage which religion does to people is a disgrace and it's time to stand up and speak out against this made up nonsense. I now study the Bible and religion a lot more than I ever did when I was a Christian. When I have discussions/arguments with believers I want them to realise that I actually know what they believe and why. Sometimes it's amazing to see them gradually realise that I'm the complete opposite to conversion material. As you can see, you are far from alone. I feel so sad when some ex believers have such a rough time. So much for reflecting the love of God! The Bible: If the Bible is God's guidebook why is it so difficult to work out the will of God? Why didn't God tell us about microbes and basic sanitation? Why didn't he give us the Commandment: Thou shalt not own another person? Why is it OK to rape young women but it's not OK to practice homosexuality? Why are women regarded as property? The list is endless! Wasn't it Steven Weinberg who said that: "Good people do good things, bad people do bad things, but it takes religion to make good people do bad things."? Stay safe and, to repeat myself, you are not alone! Far, far from it!

[@sonjawalkerreactionscommen3501]

The quote you wrote there reminded me of the interaction I had with my home care worker who said "I don't do things for you, I do things for God!" That was the worst thing I think I ever heard her say! The last thing I want as a disabled woman to hear is that they don't do things for me.

[@fpcoleman57]

@@sonjawalkerreactionscommen3501 Thank you for your response. If God actually exists I don't think he would be very impressed by what your care worker said. It's also in contradiction to the teaching of her Saviour, Jesus on the Gospels.

[@fpcoleman57]

@@sonjawalkerreactionscommen3501 What that person said to you was disgraceful. Reminds me of believers who say that it's only God that prevents them from murdering and raping people. Pretty sick sort of morality and makes me wonder if people who believe that may have some serious mental health issues.

[@sonjawalkerreactionscommen3501]

@@fpcoleman57 My aunt has fallen for this bulls**t as well, and I'm disappointed in her because she is also the most caring woman in the world that I can look up to, everyone else in my family is neutral emotionally, I'm afraid my aunt will say something like that too. Once she does I will have to exile her from my already small metaphorical village of caring people I'd built.

[@fpcoleman57]

@@sonjawalkerreactionscommen3501 Very sorry to hear that. I hope you can still maintain some part of your former relationship with her which is positive. Remember that your "family" doesn't have to only consist of blood relatives. Small word of advice from a 65 year old (what do I know?): I'm not saying you are (because I don't know you very well) but don't put people on pedestals. All people have flaws.

[@user-ug3ev7qo4s]

you have a great voice for doing ASMR videos! also, i like what you said here. i lost my belief 12 years ago. things just didn't make sense, and i was finally open to hearing from critics of religion and realized it was all absurd and just ancient mythology...

[@Vurbanowicz]

My heart goes out to you. I had the same wrenching experience in my early twenties of losing my faith and feeling lost. Luckily I usually lived in urban areas, and my family members were lukewarm about religion, half admitting that they were observant because of social pressure. Your former friends have to reject you because they don’t want to deal with your reasons, and probably they are not able to. “Just pray for faith” is what they say, right? That sounds so lame now! You are quite right about the Bible’s view of women. It just reflects the culture of the ancient Near East. Oh, and blaming Eve for everything-what I was taught added insult to injury. Yes, Eve let the snake tempt her and then in her turn she led Adam astray. But it was Adam’s sin that caused the Fall, not Eve’s, because he and not Eve was the head of the human race. Moreover, they are not our first parents. Science has found it isn’t possible for one couple to give rise to an entire species. Good news! We are NOT descended from incestuous matings among Adam and Eve’s sons and daughters!

[@theunusuallife2456]

Then you notice how they don't ever talk about racism when it comes to chtistianity

[@amanaliendealwithit]

Hello I will 22 this year and I was born and raised in a very strong strict African home my dad is a pastor and my family are very deep Christians ,I started thinking about religion and if God truely answers prayers and truely I put God to test alot of time and every time I do he always fail so last year December I fasted and pray again for him to show me a sign because I truely didn't want to throw all the things I learnt all my life away but nothing happened

[@amanaliendealwithit]

Am sorry for this long text But what am trying to say is I don't believe in the Bible anymore but I can't tell my family because am scared

[@deondivine7271]

Hi! I totally understand because I was there afraid of judgement from others, but you can email me, and I'll answer your questions to the best of my ability. [e-mail]

[@amanaliendealwithit]

@@deondivine7271 thanks you I will

[@joshuamartinpryce8424]

Honestly prayer is good by itself but actions are more important. Prayer is a support system, for actions. You also have to look within yourself and find out what you can do to make that change.

[@ChrisSmith-xh9wb]

If you knew your BIble you would know that it forbids us to put God to the test, and that he will not respond to anyone who tries to do this. He is also unmoved by fasting. As it says in Micah " And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God". All that is required is that we humbly accept the love and mercy Jesus demonstrated on the cross and receive the forgiveness he purchased for us. In that alone can we find true freedom.

[@scienceownsimposters2142]

Its called having the spiritual awakening we had to have to discover the truth and be free

[@he2548]

Bless you, Deon. Just because you left Christianity doesn't mean you cannot find comfort and encouragement in something else. It's a BIG universe.

[@Knoxville45]

I left religion too. I’m free.

[@logangovender9890]

Hi Deon. I so can relate to you. I wish there was a way that we could chat. Stay Safe. Lotsa Love.

[@joshuamartinpryce8424]

Logan, go back to church, it doesnt matter about black history, because if we focus on that we are dwelling on the past and we cannot change that.

[@guthrie_the_wizard]

@@joshuamartinpryce8424 You know the Bible explicitly permits slavery in a bunch of places? Here’s one starting example: 44 As for your male and female slaves whom you may have: you may buy male and female slaves from among the nations that are around you. 45 You may also buy from among the strangers who sojourn with you and their clans that are with you, who have been born in your land, and they may be your property. 46 You may bequeath them to your sons after you to inherit as a possession forever. You may make slaves of them, but over your brothers the people of Israel you shall not rule, one over another ruthlessly. (‭Leviticus‬ ‭25‬:‭44-46‬ ESV)

[@bhumble8429]

@@guthrie_the_wizard legislation for a time where there hearts where harden for god implied in the text that was what God was doing Matthew 19 read on it dont just rip a couple verses and not read in context.

[@seventy9819]

Glad you made this decision..........it is the reasonable, logical conclusion we must come to if we study the book and find it corrupt. And it's definitely corrupt.

[@randomoldlady_]

Your voice is so calming and soothing. You are also very brave

[@tere1198]

My Christian friend is living in “sin” but she says that she is saved by the blood. In other words, she has a guaranteed place in heaven.

[@gordongoodman8342]

What sin is she living in?

[@bhumble8429]

Wdym she is on going in sin and not changing if she is she is not following christ god bless you

[@bhumble8429]

Hebrews 10:26 if we go on in willful sin there is no remission for our sins/ sacrifice for your sins. She lying to you.

[@elliottpaine9259]

Its just a club

[@bhumble8429]

@@elliottpaine9259 what is a club? I hope you not saying faith in christ is a club I can say that with that logic about everything.

[@ronaldgrows5260]

We love you sister 💯❤️

[@sagefreedom531]

hi ,thankyou for sharing your journey in a gracious and real way ,I've been recently hearing the origins of the African people and their spirituality before the bible , how it was all hidden.I am becoming convinced of this startling truth .Even doctrines of heaven and hell.I have been a Christian fot most of my miserable life.Now beginning to leave this set of beliefs I am feeling so free and have so much more compassion for others and myself I am from a religious lineage ( white).I was not at all curious over the years ,which led to staying in an abusive marriage for 21 years.I am loving my path in spirituality .I feel more connected to myself and others .I havent come out of my spiritual closet yet ❤❤

[@KeytarKris]

I was an Evangelical Worship Leader and My faith deconstructed too. I know how it feels when your entire world view is turned upside down and the higher power you relied on and had a personal relationship with was more or less imaginary. I totally understand and you are not alone. Our lives have as much meaning as we want them to with or without religious ritual. Christianity always made me feel less than, but understanding now that we all have worth and there never was original sin is totally better than the “born again” experience. I’m happy I deconstructed. The truth is always better than lies. Hang in there and know you have a community.

[@favormine]

Thanks so much for your honesty. For me it was the list of "Do's and Don'ts" that made me feel inadequate and further away from God. Finally I decided to leave church, not saying everyone should, but I needed to be uninfluenced and sort myself out. What I found is that religion says "Fix yourself and God/we will accept you" while the Gospel is supposed to be "Come just as you are and I will give you righteousness as a gift". Religion says "You have to work hard to stay forgiven and right" while the true Gospel is supposed to be: "With a single sacrifice I have made you perfectly accepted and irreversibly forgiven forever". This reveals a bit of what I found. Please see my journey as I left the church in this link for more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXmqe42Igq50Zpo Appreciate it. Nicolas

[@Nkosi766]

Good for you sister.eyes wide open

[@MrMadcow44]

I’m agnostic an get judged all the time for it. I’m happy you got out. I read other things such as Michael Newton’s past an between life regression, Anita moorjani book about her near death experience. I have also had spiritual experiences one of which where I talked to my dead uncle an never told me I had to believe any which way. I don’t like any of the Abrahamic religions cause they practice exclusivism which is just what you stated “if you don’t think their way your pushed out”. It’s fear based. I took an world religions class at my community college an found the eastern religions (we are western) practice inclusivism an pluralism which in short means they are much more accepting of other religions an beliefs so if I was religious I would be one of them but I use the term agnostic. I think there is something after this but not sure what an I kinda of believe in reincarnation.

[@favormine]

Thanks so much for your honesty. For me it was the list of "Do's and Don'ts" that made me feel inadequate and further away from God. Finally I decided to leave church, not saying everyone should, but I needed to be uninfluenced and sort myself out. What I found is that religion says "Fix yourself and God/we will accept you" while the Gospel is supposed to be "Come just as you are and I will give you righteousness as a gift". Religion says "You have to work hard to stay forgiven and right" while the true Gospel is supposed to be: "With a single sacrifice I have made you perfectly accepted and irreversibly forgiven forever". Religion says "God is in love with a future version of you" while the Gospel of Grace is supposed to be: "God loves you as you are right now unconditionally and is NEVER GOING TO CHANGE". This reveals a bit of what I found. Please see my journey as I left the church in this link for more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXmqe42Igq50Zpo Appreciate it. Nicolas

[@BenVanCamp]

Is truth not exclusive? 2+2 does equal 4, there is no pluralism. Man is the glory of God. Jesus is the truth.

[@MrMadcow44]

@@BenVanCamp 2+2 = 4 can be demonstrated which makes it objective data. Your god claim hasn’t been demonstrated therefore it’s subjective just like every other religion. Claims need to be demonstrated before you assert truth. Also Christianity and other abrahamic religions are exclusive meaning if you don’t believe in Jesus, Allah, or Yahweh, you are excluded and told the punishment is hell in most cases. A good example of that is the way you’re trying to exclude me in your reply because I’m agnostic. You’re unaccepting of me because I claim not to know the truth of reality (agnostic) and trying to in-force your belief of reality on to me as if it’s objective data. Now there are radicals in every religion but my point is people of eastern world religions are much more accepting of beliefs different from their own making them inclusive (meaning my religion is mostly true and some truth outside of that so you’re included) or pluralistic (meaning my religion is not absolute truth and there is a little truth in every belief system so you’re included). If you go to an eastern world religion such as Hinduism and tell them you’re a Christian most of the time they will still include you and accept you.

[@myname7227]

At lease you're still young, at 62 yrs its hard, most religion is for power and greed. Its not just the bible, most religion put women down. Just keep being a good person, we will be better off,

[@bensonbrett30]

Well said Deon. Would love to have a conversation with you on these topics if you'd be down for a podcast episode.

[@dougm659]

Good for you girl and so valuable that your message is being broadcast widely so that many others, living in fear, can see that they are not alone! Christianity, just like all religions, is man made....it is a tool of oppression and control and mankind needs to break free of this bondage and embrace knowledge, wisdom and unconditional love....so much better than a bunch of fairy stories and threats from a vengeful, capricious, uncaring “God”.

[@favormine]

Thanks so much for your honesty, agree all religions are man made. For me it was the list of "Do's and Don'ts" that made me feel inadequate and further away from God. Finally I decided to leave church, not saying everyone should, but I needed to be uninfluenced and sort myself out. What I found is that religion says "Fix yourself and God/we will accept you" while the Gospel is supposed to be "Come just as you are and I will give you righteousness as a gift". Religion says "You have to work hard to stay forgiven and right" while the true Gospel is supposed to be: "With a single sacrifice I have made you perfectly accepted and irreversibly forgiven forever". Religion says "God is in love with a future version of you" while the Gospel of Grace is supposed to be: "God loves you as you are right now unconditionally and is NEVER GOING TO CHANGE". This reveals a bit of what I found. Please see my journey as I left the church in this link for more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXmqe42Igq50Zpo Appreciate it. Nicolas

[@tracyjohnson5796]

The reason for that Is because u start to think for you self.

[@bhumble8429]

Your right when you read a book with no intent to understand the author you can come to conclusions like these right on

[@stefantrujillo4664]

In simple terms, find peace in Christ they say! Nothing but anxiety and mental health!

[@billkeon880]

Bravo. Need more people to come out. More, more, more. That’s the only way to make a difference