Still not a Christian... (a follow up video)

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Ай бұрын

Following up from my 2023 video on why I left Christianity.
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@jaysonjacob2891 27 күн бұрын

Thanks for this video! There are a lot of people who wrestle with the same questions and doubts.

@cjfroese70 Ай бұрын

Great video, just found your page on here. Like you, I identify as a former evangelical, who has now landed in an agnostic space. So much I could say about all that…

@RantJamzChristianEnlightenment Ай бұрын

If this was the only life then the problem of intervention is a serious problem. It is clear biblically, though some Christians disagree, that we preexisted this life (ephesians 1:4, Jeremiah 1:5). There is a strong possibility that we all chose this life and each life serves a purpose...even hard lives. 70 years of life afterall is a drop in the bucket to eternity. I appreciate what your doing exposing the issue with religious doctrine.

@dreaplascencia Ай бұрын

Hey man, thanks for this video. Sorry for all the people who have doubted and presumed to know the status of your salvation. I love to see salvation as a gift. It's something we can receive, and God doesn't take it away because He freely gave it to all who believe. However, we can choose to walk away from it and are not bound by it. I hope for a renewal of mind, faith, and revelation. Blessings to you, Trent, and your family along this journey!

@melodyrachel Ай бұрын

Yooo nice! 😃😃

@mender722 Ай бұрын

You bring up some interesting questions. I have de-converted and no longer call myself a Christian. I don't say "There is no god". I just don't know. I have a relationship with uncertainty. I would rather know than not know, but I don't want to make things up so that I feel better in an illusion. May your journey be fruitful. Peace. I just posted a video on a slightly different topic, and I got a bunch of Believers saying all manner of things, some of which weren't very nice. So, I hear you when you relay what people say to you.

@RantJamzChristianEnlightenment Ай бұрын

It takes a lot of courage to go beyond religion and look directly/personally for God. I respect your journey and appreciate your honesty. Your insight on how you feel is very useful. Thank you

@Trentenjoel Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@KeytarKris Ай бұрын

You make deconstruction look stylish man. Thanks for the encouragement. Keep being you. I’ve never been happier after my own deconstruction.

@Trentenjoel Ай бұрын

Haha i don't know about stylish lol but thank you! I appreciate the encouragement. ✌🏼

@_S0me__0ne Ай бұрын

Good for you man! Glad to hear how things are going for you, and awesome to hear you're busy. I was concerned when you said you were starting your own business because I know that can be difficult. While we don't share exactly the same trajectory in our beliefs post-Christianity, glad to hear where you're at all the same. I'm 3-4 years myself. Still dealing with some anger issues. Don't see myself returning to belief, but I'm not unopposed. Don't really care. Not looking. Happy where I'm at.

@Trentenjoel Ай бұрын

Thanks so much! And yea everyones path is so different and unique. But glad to hear you are happy and I hope as time goes on you find peace where that anger still sits. I know it's hard work!

@nickzenger6869 Ай бұрын

Love you man ❤️

@Trentenjoel Ай бұрын

Love you brother!

@riaandoyle8196 25 күн бұрын

I only found your page now , but i did watch the one from a year ago. God does tell us that what the heart is full does come out from their mouth , but it doesn't give another human the right to after one video say they know you well . This said , i can't help thinking ,relating to your video a year ago, that satan told you a lie when you had it in your mind that to be a true follower of Christ , that you are a burden to others or your friends . For you to have had an urge and desire to tell others,friends or not,about Jesus , was the work of God in your heart and life , so that He could do what He created you to do . That desire that you had , was from Him , not yourself . And satan knew this and thats why he got that lie in your head . I dont know if doubt started before this thought in your life , but i can imagine that when one lie becomes a stronghold others wil follow . One can see there's many questions you have now , 365 days later , but even if there are , with God all things are possible, and what satan meant for evil God wil turn it around in your favour . Birds migrate, the wind blows , bees visits flowers , dead leaves fall on the soil . God has a plan and reason and time for everything. We all have a purpose in God , but i know some go through greater tests and trials and although we dont know where to or why , but if He can hold the earth,moon and Sun in there respective places giving us humans day and night,light and dark on time everytime, we can trust that He can hold you in His Mighty hand too . Jesus can still speak to each humans storms and calm them . He can still cause the wind to be still. And no matter how late or dark it is around us , even if we are in the middle of the ocean with no lights on the shore too see , when you keep your eyes on Jesus, you wil walk ontop off that which you think wil be your end . And if we get weak,or loose faith , or when i should say it happens ...just call out :"Jesus,help me !" . And immediately He wil grab you by the hand and pull you up to where you were . He doesnt change . He is humble and soft of heart full of mercy and grace God bless you May the peace and joy of the Lord Jesus Christ fill you ,amen and amen Come unto Me all you that labour and are heavy burdened and i wil give you rest - it is a promise feom the Lord ! As He told the disciples I see that satan tried to sift you - but know that the Lord prayed for them If satan tried to sift them , dont think he wont you Everything we as humans need is only found in Christ Jesus... He made us,died for us and Loves us more then we can ever imagine on this side

@BFOJ0000 13 күн бұрын

OK, you've wrestled with those two different thoughts, so you exclude the third thought, that there is a GOD and HE does intervene or not intervene but not based on our thoughts, because His thinking would be so much higher and for reasons only He knows. Despite what your experience has been, it works for you. Me, on the other hand will continue to believe what I know to be true as evidenced by all Creation, for man cannot explain anything that is outside of what he knows and are willing to accept anything that comes along that makes sense to them. I so appreciate your honesty and bid you and your family all the best. As for those supposed Christians that have responded as they have in negative ways, for me that's a clue they don't have the spirit of God in them, they are carnal Christians at best, not Christians at worse.

@mansionbookerstudios9629 Ай бұрын

Dallas he the name

@JonathanMcLatchie Ай бұрын

Thanks for this video. I'm curious, have you done much reading / research on the evidence for Christianity (e.g. the case for Jesus' resurrection, conversion of Saul of Tarsus, C.S. Lewis Trilemma, Messianic prophecy, modern miracles, etc)?

@_S0me__0ne Ай бұрын

Well well. High praise I guess Trent that JM here came across your video and responded.

@Trentenjoel Ай бұрын

Years ago when I was a bit younger I did. Some interesting stuff - but there is also interesting stuff about aliens in all sorts of ancient texts. I think ultimately we find what we want out of these things and it's super hard to actually prove what happen that long ago based of of people who benefited from us believing that it did. But i don't have much interest or time to invest in diving back into that sort of research.

@JonathanMcLatchie Ай бұрын

@@Trentenjoel I mean this respectfully -- but do you think it wise to abandon Christianity without even looking at the positive case in detail? I'd be happy to talk with you about the evidence for Christianity sometime if you're interested.

@Trentenjoel Ай бұрын

@@JonathanMcLatchie I actually do think it's wise to evaluate the affect of anything profound in your life. I didn't abandon Christianity on a whim, it came with a lot of time, heart ache, reading & conversations, and... prayer. The choice itself cost me. Friends, family, relationship, work. Literally the way I provided for my family. But ultimately the choice to be a healthier happier, more joy filled human full of a greater love and peace was at the end - without Christianity.

@JonathanMcLatchie Ай бұрын

@@Trentenjoel But by your own admission, you haven't really looked into the evidence for Christianity in great detail. So how can you say that you carefully evaluated it?

@samuelrodrigues3501 23 күн бұрын

I just watched your first video about deconstruction and left a rather long reply. Glad to hear everything is going well. When I was in College I studied religion and rather enjoyed it. Now you say that their could only be 2 types of God-1 who chooses to intervene is different areas and another who created life and left his creation to find for itself-also called Pandeism. Firstly, it’s up to us to be Jesus’ hands and feet here on Earth. So In areas of suffering, war, genocide, etc. it is up to us as God’s elect to help where we can. Their are a lot of Christians like myself who are poor and have sent money to Organizations who claim to be ‘Christian’ only to take the money and run. It’s tough to find a trustworthy organization that’ll be able to make a difference. Another thing is being comfy. Which is a place most Christian’s are in is the area of self comfort. Instead of fighting for what is right and pushing forward we have gotten lazy to the point where we expect God to jump in and heal the situation when we can partner with a Ministry that has boots on the ground in the affected areas. Jesus can choose to jump in if He wants to but it should start with us Christians first-through prayer, funds (if you can afford it), or being their personally (which most people can’t do especially if it’s in another Nation). Like I said in your other video it is a bad idea to use feelings to make a decision on because it isn’t a firm ground to stand on. I hope everything goes well for you and your family. Have a good one.

@OhhhBugger Ай бұрын

Sounds like you are struggling with what the Buddhists would call "dukkha ", meaning specifically that you believe things should be different than they are, and a god/gods should always have direct beneficial actions towards humanity. But if a god ever did have THAT behavior, what trouble our kind would be for the rest of nature. We are all already too smart for our own good. We don't need to have some external force making our lives so cozy that we have no competition. If there was a god, I feel like that god would be defined by pure balance and less by doing favors for people. We aren't the only living thing here, and it's not all about us. THAT is my biggest contention with Christians. Mankind wanted to descend to the lower realms and carry their god nature with them at the same time. That is the source of dukkha/unsatisfactoriness. We have the minds to know things could be/should be like our native home world, but it just is not so here. We are all strangers in a strange land.

@Trentenjoel Ай бұрын

Very interesting take! Thanks for sharing this ✌🏼

@mansionbookerstudios9629 Ай бұрын

Can everyone pray he did not know jesus

@TheNibNerd Ай бұрын

No true Scotsman fallacy. You aren't him. You don't know him don't judge.

@mansionbookerstudios9629 Ай бұрын

@@TheNibNerd you know where go if they do not believe in Jesus you must pray so god can move what ever that is

@TheNibNerd Ай бұрын

@mansionbookerstudios9629 I don't believe in hell and neither does he. He doesn't believe in God and I'm Jewish. Jews don't believe in hell.