The Decline of Christianity is BAD News!

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@dw5523 9 ай бұрын

The more Christian I became the more I realized that it's not about politics, or any secular governmental system. Daniel thrived in Babylon because of his faith in God, not because of his politics, same with Joseph and everyone one else living as sojourners, which is what we are supposed to be. Jesus never endorsed a political philosophy, neither did his disciples. Christ set me free from the shackles of political ideology, and I'm so very grateful.

@survivor2061 9 ай бұрын

Come to India, save my life..... And know what is Christianity? And allow everyone know.

@SeekTheCross 9 ай бұрын

Amen

@Dhalin 8 ай бұрын

I'm similar. There was a day that I used to really care about the Democrat vs Republican and even these days, I still dislike the Democrats rather strongly. However, even a lot of Republicans have been showing their evils, too. Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy are two prime examples. But what _really_ backed me off on politics, was the 2016 elections. Sure, Trump sounded all great, and all of his promises sounded awesome, but when people started going crazy and near-worshipping the guy, some people treating him like he was the second coming of Christ, that put the brakes on right then and there. Heck, even I liked Trump there for awhile, until that stuff started happening, and I remembered the Bible's many warnings about charismatic leaders and being deceived and I'm like "you know what? I'm stepping back from all of this". Let the Lost people fight each other over these silly squabbles. I would try to keep my hands as clean as possible and let the Lord guide me as to what He wants me to do, and rather than some flawed man, I yearn for the time when the King of Kings will sit upon His Throne in Jerusalem. Of course, I probably won't be here on the Earth when that happens, but still. Doesn't stop me from wishing for that day to come.

@MeanBeanComedy 8 ай бұрын

That's not exactly true. Both became fairly powerful men in their regions. They prayed and became wise, but they didn't withdraw from the world after.

@dw5523 8 ай бұрын

@@MeanBeanComedy Something can’t be untrue if I never wrote it.

@BD-vh1mt 9 ай бұрын

Politics actually brought me to Christianity, and I became less political

@turkleton4783 9 ай бұрын

How so?

@jjphank 9 ай бұрын

@@polystrate1 Islam is false Christianity is true::: 222 Contradictions in the Koran! You cannot out psychologize the Bible for God not to throw you into hell for all eternity. In other words, you cannot come up with a good enough excuse here and now, so you will not be able to on judgment day. If you say you did not want to be born, God is going to say you should’ve been born again, that means become a Christian so that’s not gonna work. And there are no other excuses try to think of one. So now you know for the first time in your life, that the Bible is smarter than you and it is a steel trap, smarter than all of mankind, What should you do then? So at least investigate and look to see that these things are true, because right now you just learned the Bible is smarter than you, and you will be accountable for your life on judgment day before God! Prophecy, the Bible is 27% prophecy, that’s future history written in advance. God‘s really sticking his neck out to get it cut off if he’s wrong, but he hasn’t been wrong about the thousands of prophecies that were fulfilled, so he’ll be right about the end of the world prophecies as well and you’ll have no excuse on judgment day for not looking for truth! Caveat: you cannot look for God in times of chaos says Isaiah 45:19, so you better do it now. In other words,You’ll be too worried about your own survival when chaos hits, than your eternal destiny! Statistic probability of 40 writers writing the Bible with zero margin of deviation, proves God wrote the Bible through the 40 writers! God authored the Bible! DNA does not auto encrypt, the code writer is outside of the code of the 3300000,000,000 lines of computer code in the human genome of our DNA! So who wrote the code to such sophistication? 1,000,000 seconds is 12 days, 1,000,000,000 seconds is 32 years! That’s the difference between 1 million and 1 billion! One person’s DNA could fill the Grand Canyon up to 50 times full of books. John 21:25 “I suppose everything Jesus did, the world wouldn’t have enough room for the books telling of it.“ this verse would be fulfilled! Psalm 139:16 “in my members you have written many books“! Psalm 139 is about the human body!

@realShikha885 9 ай бұрын

Netherlands 55% population: Atheist Still Netherlands is most tolerant, educated, Rich and safe country.

@TheMaskman2005 9 ай бұрын

Same

@VVeremoose 9 ай бұрын

Lol Christianity took me to politics and I became more political. And began to take my faith more seriously as a result.

@Cadence733 9 ай бұрын

People want all the societal benefits of Christianity without Christianity. Just like people want God's gifts but not God himself.

@celestialsatheist1535 9 ай бұрын

Oh yes all that benefits. Slavery , racism, and all that good stuff

@sillythewanderer4221 9 ай бұрын

@@polystrate1enteral life?

@daduzadude1547 9 ай бұрын

@@polystrate1Christianity does promise it, unlike IsLame

@sillythewanderer4221 9 ай бұрын

@@polystrate1 why can’t Christianity promise it?

@sergeemmanuelt.5398 9 ай бұрын

We are all waiting for the answer

@theredboneking 9 ай бұрын

Politicians are there to line their own pockets, period.

@holdingpattern245 9 ай бұрын

You succeed in politics by bowing to the prince of this world.

@jjphank 9 ай бұрын

You cannot out psychologize the Bible for God not to throw you into hell for all eternity. In other words, you cannot come up with a good enough excuse here and now, so you will not be able to on judgment day. If you say you did not want to be born, God is going to say you should’ve been born again, that means become a Christian so that’s not gonna work. And there are no other excuses try to think of one. So now you know for the first time in your life, that the Bible is smarter than you and it is a steel trap, smarter than all of mankind, What should you do then? So at least investigate and look to see that these things are true, because right now you just learned the Bible is smarter than you, and you will be accountable for your life on judgment day before God! Prophecy, the Bible is 27% prophecy, that’s future history written in advance. God‘s really sticking his neck out to get it cut off if he’s wrong, but he hasn’t been wrong about the thousands of prophecies that were fulfilled, so he’ll be right about the end of the world prophecies as well and you’ll have no excuse on judgment day for not looking for truth! Caveat: you cannot look for God in times of chaos says Isaiah 45:19, so you better do it now. In other words,You’ll be too worried about your own survival when chaos hits, than your eternal destiny! Statistic probability of 40 writers writing the Bible with zero margin of deviation, proves God wrote the Bible through the 40 writers! God authored the Bible! DNA does not auto encrypt, the code writer is outside of the code of the 3300000,000,000 lines of computer code in the human genome of our DNA! So who wrote the code to such sophistication? 1,000,000 seconds is 12 days, 1,000,000,000 seconds is 32 years! That’s the difference between 1 million and 1 billion! One person’s DNA could fill the Grand Canyon up to 50 times full of books. John 21:25 “I suppose everything Jesus did, the world wouldn’t have enough room for the books telling of it.“ this verse would be fulfilled! Psalm 139:16 “in my members you have written many books“! Psalm 139 is about the human body!

@MrSeedi76 9 ай бұрын

An old German joke: Question: How can you tell if a politician is lying? Answer: His lips are moving.

@catfinity8799 9 ай бұрын

And any politician who tries to do otherwise fails.

@dugonman8360 9 ай бұрын

Politicians are probably some of the evilest human beings to ever set foot on this gods green earth. There's probably worse, like pedophiles who are also cannibals but I'm always hard pressed to find too many.

@tjtjmich16p 9 ай бұрын

Totally agree, Before I became really religious I had a seething hatred for women because of past trauma I had with the girls in my class who bullied me, But after realizing that everyone isn't a shitty person I learned to value women after learning about great women from the bible and how marriage works in the eyes of God, I'm glad I left my misogyny behind, Hopefully one day more men from my generation realise this.

@ikengaspirit3063 9 ай бұрын

Nah, you're probably still a Misogynistic according to the people that make the definitions. certainly anyone that follow church cannon on the duties of men and women is one.

@user-im9ov9ud7m 9 ай бұрын

You can advance even more when you tell Jesus you place full complete faith in him.

@thewingedpotato6463 9 ай бұрын

You had to learn about great women from the bible because there AREN'T ANY TODAY. IE. Why you developed that hatred in the first place.

@tjtjmich16p 9 ай бұрын

@@thewingedpotato6463 not all women are hateful, Not all men are hateful, There are still good people out there.

@PureCurebyFaith 9 ай бұрын

@@thewingedpotato6463*Hatred is of the devil!* Do not, ever, defend hatred towards people. Hate their sin, evil minds and cruelty; hate the way in which they haven't submitted to The Lord Jesus, for His greatness. Pray for their sake because you love them, because Christ has taught us to!

@KacenTheChristian 9 ай бұрын

Completely agree with this take. I appreciate the time taken to dive into the research.

@digitalnomad9985 9 ай бұрын

Right conclusion. Wrong reasons..

@cthefro 9 ай бұрын

@@digitalnomad9985what wrong reasons?

@xXEGPXx 7 ай бұрын

Research? There is no research on display here. This is a highschool dropout plagiarizing other people

@kristenroberts9335 9 ай бұрын

I did notice that I cared less about politics when I started to actually read the Bible and go to church more

@Dhalin 8 ай бұрын

When you accept Christ and place Him as your Lord, Master, and Savior, you tend to not care about what man stands in front of a podium who tells you what you ought to do, think, and feel because you already have Someone doing that: Christ Himself. And you come to realize that Christ is perfect, and that man standing behind the podium is a fake. Christ gave you a book written by 60 people over the period of 4,000+ years that is a cohesive story when all combined, with earlier parts predicting the later parts despite being centuries apart. The fake behind the podium gives you a speech read off of teleprompters that he himself didn't even write, his PR people did. Why would anyone want flawed men who engaged in every sin imaginable more than the Perfect Holiness of Christ? I'd rather have Christ sitting on a throne, to be honest. At least He wouldn't be so grossly incompetent or throw childish baby fits like some politicians have in recent memory.

@baikeiast5255 2 ай бұрын

And here using the internet not created by god😅😅😅😅

@redeemedzoomer6053 9 ай бұрын

The only way to stop the decline of Christianity is to retake the Mainline Church. Change my mind

@Theo_Skeptomai 9 ай бұрын

I disagree. The best way to stop the decline of Christianity is to discourage the populous from being rational and thinking critically.

@alexbind8347 9 ай бұрын

@@Theo_Skeptomai ok reddit

@Theo_Skeptomai 9 ай бұрын

@@alexbind8347 ?!?

@Theo_Skeptomai 9 ай бұрын

@@alexbind8347Who (or what) is "reddit". Did you mean "read it"?

@richardgray3112 9 ай бұрын

@@Theo_Skeptomai ok reddit.

@Brosowski 9 ай бұрын

The loss of Religion is the rise of Ideology

@celestialsatheist1535 9 ай бұрын

Yeah like religion isn't an ideology. What a big brain

@bun197 9 ай бұрын

ideologies fill the vacuum (poorly) that religion leaves. still an all consuming ethos but now with zero transcendental accountability for what you do. either the state becomes god or you do

@jostnamane3951 9 ай бұрын

@@celestialsatheist1535 Atheism is also an ideology, Your ideology says that "religion is just a coping mechanism" without going into further details. And you want your ideology to win. See?

@jeffreyrodrigoecheverria2613 9 ай бұрын

The ideology was a result of Protestantism, it’s baked into Protestant ideology

@jeffreyrodrigoecheverria2613 9 ай бұрын

@@polystrate1 that became true under the Protestant reformation that broke Rome’s power to enforce Christian rule.

@lindsaybrandt6151 9 ай бұрын

I agree that we need to encourage people to go to church, but we have issues with our churches, too. There isn’t enough actual discipleship happening, and churches aren’t teaching biblical literacy. Going to church isn’t going to help if it’s not going to help people grow. That being said, yes, nations and people groups do much better when people are going to Christian churches.

@G0LUX 9 ай бұрын

ironic how it seems like the more hate someone has towards religion the more political they tend to be

@bluckobluc8755 9 ай бұрын

Oh I definately agree, I remember my edgy deistic/ultra doubt phase. I litteraly only criticised others and when it came time to criticise myself it would always be "yes BUT.." Idgaf what edgy anti-theists say, God helps me improve and just becausw some people do not follow God's word as He meant ir doesn't mean your wholw faith should be toppled. There will always be evil in any group, that's why psalm 118 says "It's better to hope in the Lord, then to hope in mankind"

@Colddirector 4 ай бұрын

uhhh... have you seen the evangelical lobby in the west (US, UK and Australia in particular)? i can speak from experience that plenty of atheists are hostile towards religion *because* of how political evangelicals are, or to be exact how they leverage politics to force their beliefs on everyone else.

@user-ky7pz8-yt 19 күн бұрын

Oliver Cromwell, Jefferson Davis, Alexander Stephens, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Nathan Bedford Forrest were very devout.

@MultiMobCast 9 ай бұрын

Great video as always!

@danielmatei5090 9 ай бұрын

2 books that deal very well with what Mike is presenting: The myth of religious violence by William T. Cavanaugh and Who really cares by Arthur C. Brooks

@user-nv2cd7tg2x 9 ай бұрын

- [ ] JESUS came 500-600 years before Muhammad why would they be talking about a guy who basically stole The Bible and turned it into his own religion Islam and everything in it is straight up false bro, for example quran 5:51 “ O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people” and then it says to read Jewish and Christian books in quran 5:68 “Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “O People of the Book! You have nothing to stand on unless you observe the Torah, the Gospel, and what has been revealed to you from your Lord.” And your Lord’s revelation to you ˹O Prophet˺ will only cause many of them to increase in wickedness and disbelief. So do not grieve for the people who disbelieve.” so Allah wants Muslims to not make ally’s with Jewish people or Christian people but then says that Muslims have no ground at all if they don’t read The Torah and The Gospel which are literally Jewish and Christian books, then another contradiction is Allah says JESUS never died and himself said this quran 4:157 “That they said (in boast), "We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah";- but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not:-“ Allah said it was made to look as if JESUS died wouldn’t that make Allah a liar and deceiver which we all know the devil is the father of lies?, let alone there is scripture from people who followed JESUS in The Bible and writing from people outside The Bible that literally confirms JESUS did in fact die and rise again and this is completely unbiased because these writing and scriptures came from men who did follow JESUS and some from men who hated or dislike JESUS and what he taught and confirm him to be exactly who The Word Of GOD The Bible says to be, Islam, Muslims please wake up see that this is straight religion it says in the quran righteous deeds get you into heaven when JESUS says all you have to do is believe in me and have faith in and repent of your evil sins and do good in my name and this is stated read the following please

@thecoopfamily2475 9 ай бұрын

I've been finding the more time spent concerning myself with the things of God, the less time I spend concerning myself with the things of this world such as politics. As well the more love I have torwards everyone

@celestialsatheist1535 9 ай бұрын

Guess you don't read the bible

@unsightedmetal6857 9 ай бұрын

@@celestialsatheist1535 How did you come to that conclusion based on their comment?

@JukaDominator 9 ай бұрын

Escapism

@turkleton4783 9 ай бұрын

@@celestialsatheist1535 Feel free to share the relevant parts that you think conflict with his comment.

@jjphank 9 ай бұрын

It’s true, because God- his spirit is there, and that’s the difference maker when you become born again! You cannot out psychologize the Bible for God not to throw you into hell for all eternity. In other words, you cannot come up with a good enough excuse here and now, so you will not be able to on judgment day. If you say you did not want to be born, God is going to say you should’ve been born again, that means become a Christian so that’s not gonna work. And there are no other excuses try to think of one. So now you know for the first time in your life, that the Bible is smarter than you and it is a steel trap, smarter than all of mankind, What should you do then? So at least investigate and look to see that these things are true, because right now you just learned the Bible is smarter than you, and you will be accountable for your life on judgment day before God! Prophecy, the Bible is 27% prophecy, that’s future history written in advance. God‘s really sticking his neck out to get it cut off if he’s wrong, but he hasn’t been wrong about the thousands of prophecies that were fulfilled, so he’ll be right about the end of the world prophecies as well and you’ll have no excuse on judgment day for not looking for truth! Caveat: you cannot look for God in times of chaos says Isaiah 45:19, so you better do it now. In other words,You’ll be too worried about your own survival when chaos hits, than your eternal destiny! Statistic probability of 40 writers writing the Bible with zero margin of deviation, proves God wrote the Bible through the 40 writers! God authored the Bible! DNA does not auto encrypt, the code writer is outside of the code of the 3300000,000,000 lines of computer code in the human genome of our DNA! So who wrote the code to such sophistication? 1,000,000 seconds is 12 days, 1,000,000,000 seconds is 32 years! That’s the difference between 1 million and 1 billion! One person’s DNA could fill the Grand Canyon up to 50 times full of books. John 21:25 “I suppose everything Jesus did, the world wouldn’t have enough room for the books telling of it.“ this verse would be fulfilled! Psalm 139:16 “in my members you have written many books“! Psalm 139 is about the human body!

@empirical_blade6926 9 ай бұрын

Pope St Gregory the Great even in his time wrote that the church at some point before the second coming would have to go through it's Passion in it's Friday and Saturday until it's Sunday (coming of Christ) it will be when the church is at it's most decrepit that it will be the strongest because of the reward of those who preservere. So even if you are not Catholic but are a Christian let us preservere through this Passion brothers and sisters because we know that what awaits us after this is so much greater than we can comprehend.

@jonathanfarrell2378 9 ай бұрын

Excellent observation and analysis. Thanks for posting!

@KacenTheChristian 9 ай бұрын

Babe wake up! Michael just posted about Christian nationalism!

@jjphank 9 ай бұрын

@@yujirohanmaisbestdad all adulteraters burn in hell!

@klausunder8876 9 ай бұрын

romans 10:2-4 KJV " For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth."

@acs1602 9 ай бұрын

Spot on! This is the verse that must be shown to political "christians" or to "believers" that are more political zealots than anything

@jjphank 9 ай бұрын

First, John 1:7 “if you walk in the light as he is in the light …… the blood of Jesus will cleanse you from all sin.“ So, if you don’t walk in the light, the blood of Jesus will not cleanse you from all sin!

@LennyCash777 9 ай бұрын

Those verses have to do with the Israelites thinking they can be saved through keeping the law, instead of faith in Christ. I'm not sure how that would invalidate the concept of Christian Nationalism, which would help tremendously in putting Christ and faith in Christ at the forefront of society.

@JohnJohnson-jr6hp 9 ай бұрын

If you didn't like the religious right, you'll _love_ the post-religious right.

@madgamer44x 9 ай бұрын

That's called the left

@Jayvee4635 9 ай бұрын

@@madgamer44xUnless it advocates for workers, I wouldn't call it left

@madgamer44x 9 ай бұрын

@@Jayvee4635 No the idea of the left wing from the French revolution is moving away from God and tradition because mankind want to make their own rules basically. Advocating for workers is one aspect of a type of leftism but the spirit remains the same.

@sia9907 9 ай бұрын

@@Jayvee4635Better to call them Democrats. Exvangelical Dems don't really understand left-wing politics at all but they become zealous about their new party's talking points. I blame them for how horrible the American left is right now.

@ikengaspirit3063 9 ай бұрын

It really does depend on how one defines Christian nationalism or Christian politics but certainly the currently popular version is off base.

@user-im9ov9ud7m 9 ай бұрын

Faith given to Jesus and supporting the Constitution is never off base.!

@ikengaspirit3063 9 ай бұрын

@@user-im9ov9ud7m eh, maybe I should have said "media popular". One issue I have with it as reported in media is that there seems to be an attempt to undo Jeffersonian type wall between church and state by basically blending the church and state together when the historic and approved relationship between church and state has always been something more like between the USA government and Blackrock today. In other words, Church and State must work together but remain separate institutions with seperate heads.

@user-im9ov9ud7m 9 ай бұрын

The majority of media is so demoncratistically influenced, that if they describe or identify something, it will not be accurate. Joey Biden, Nancy pelosi, and others have claimed to be christian.@@ikengaspirit3063 Does any one believe that.?

@SenorWhyME 9 ай бұрын

I can’t even go to church all the time”christian” churches have literal trans flags and gay flags on it

@user-im9ov9ud7m 9 ай бұрын

Those you mentioned are not of the Jesus church.

@SenorWhyME 9 ай бұрын

@@user-im9ov9ud7m sadly dude those are the only churches near me

@LawlessNate 9 ай бұрын

Find one that doesn't, and if you can't then start your own.

@LieutenantPhys 9 ай бұрын

Those are called protestant churches, yes don't go to them

@mish375 9 ай бұрын

I'd choose another denomination then. Usually that's the United Church. They're the same ones that say the Bible is just a guideline and not from God, which baffles me how they can can claim to teach from it then.

@o-...-.-...-..0473 9 ай бұрын

What if I'm for "right wing authoritarian nationalism" and against "democracy" and against anything approaching socialism? It sounds like you are just taking it as a given that the things modern Western Liberals like are actually good and you are trying to sell them Christianity.

@macwade2755 9 ай бұрын

Great video IP!

@missk1697 9 ай бұрын

Wouldn't that apply to most religions though? Faith vanishes -> Hole in the worldview appears -> Something (usually unpleasant) enters that cavity.

@turkleton4783 9 ай бұрын

It applies to most things in general. Divorce. Addiction. Retirement. Any significant change in a persons life is usually followed by an attempt to fill that vacuum.

@Tony_ATP 9 ай бұрын

Christians are servants to God, The Holy Father, in this life and in Heaven. Life is not about servicing oneself; it is about service to God. Jesus Christ is the Lord, and He died on the cross so that our sins may be forgiving. If you accept Jesus Christ as the Lord and Savior, you will be saved. Other religions like Islam believe man get 72 virgins Heaven. Morons believe men will become like God, have a Heaven to themselves, and have many wives. These false religions preach about servicing yourself in Heaven. The Lord said in the New Testament that there is no marriage in Heaven. While, yes, the Lord does love everyone, and He tells us to love others as He loves us, this does not mean we must affirm others who do not follow Christian teaching. We love our enemies by guiding them to Christ, and helping them turn away from a sinful lifestyle. The Holy Bible and Faith in Jesus Christ are the only weapons we need. I pray you are blessed by the Holy Spirit, accept Jesus Christ as your Savior, and serve God. God the Father. God the Son. God the Holy Spirit

@Dhalin 8 ай бұрын

Not always. I mean, if someone goes from one wicked and evil thing to another wicked and evil thing, you probably wouldn't notice the difference. But when false Christians fall away from the faith, they drop all their pretenses of trying to act like good people to showing their true colors, and since they were pent up so long, their filth comes _bursting_ out en masse and you see the change overnight as they stop pretending and start gorging themselves on every lustful sin they've been holding back whilst pretending to be "good" people of the Faith. And the flipside is true -- there are people who leave wicked and evil systems when they encounter Christ's Light, and go about the opposite change. Start evil and become good.

@turkleton4783 8 ай бұрын

@@DhalinHave you had much interaction with real human beings?

@ExplainingChristianity 9 ай бұрын

Another informative video from @Inspiring Philosophy!

@Jugulator31 8 ай бұрын

I consider your points so logical, obvious and crystal clear that the mere existence of a debate is foreign to me. Felt like debating if the earth was round. Oh, wait...

@coltsavage4490 9 ай бұрын

I think you're right, and I'm glad you're talking about this.

@inukithesavage828 9 ай бұрын

Very much so. Churches are not political. They are not the bad thing. The bad thing is politics infecting and corupting religion

@BrandonPerezOne 9 ай бұрын

This is true for me. Before I was not religious and was the one claiming you didn't need it. But i started to see the benefit and how much it helps. It's definitely helped me a lot and still got a lot to work on. But its interesting to see how it makes a difference.

@whatareyoulookingat908 9 ай бұрын

If it's any consolation, Christianity is only declining the West and by the collapsing birth rate demographics. 15K leave the church in the west. But 25-30K come to Christ DAILY in China. So its a 10 to 1 ratio! Also its growing in SE Asia, Africa, and returning in Russia. All other regions its holding steady. The exceptions in the west are also likely temporary as they are comprised of dying demographics and are being replaced by the more religious.

@jjphank 9 ай бұрын

Abortion is a huge problem

@realitywins9020 9 ай бұрын

While Christianity has increased in Russia since the collapse of communism, Christians are still a minority. And abortion is still rampant there

@realitywins9020 9 ай бұрын

The Democrats are more Christian than the average Russian. The most secular leftist state in America is more Christian than Russia is. And the most leftist US states have less abortion than Russia. I wish it was otherwise, but we have to be honest

@tugalord 9 ай бұрын

@@jjphankyeah

@jjphank 9 ай бұрын

@@tugalord hey g, You cannot out psychologize the Bible for God not to throw you into hell for all eternity. In other words, you cannot come up with a good enough excuse here and now, so you will not be able to on judgment day. If you say you did not want to be born, God is going to say you should’ve been born again, that means become a Christian so that’s not gonna work. And there are no other excuses try to think of one. So now you know for the first time in your life, that the Bible is smarter than you and it is a steel trap, smarter than all of mankind, What should you do then? So at least investigate and look to see that these things are true, because right now you just learned the Bible is smarter than you, and you will be accountable for your life on judgment day before God! Prophecy, the Bible is 27% prophecy, that’s future history written in advance. God‘s really sticking his neck out to get it cut off if he’s wrong, but he hasn’t been wrong about the thousands of prophecies that were fulfilled, so he’ll be right about the end of the world prophecies as well and you’ll have no excuse on judgment day for not looking for truth! Caveat: you cannot look for God in times of chaos says Isaiah 45:19, so you better do it now. In other words,You’ll be too worried about your own survival when chaos hits, than your eternal destiny! Statistic probability of 40 writers writing the Bible with zero margin of deviation, proves God wrote the Bible through the 40 writers! God authored the Bible! DNA does not auto encrypt, the code writer is outside of the code of the 3300000,000,000 lines of computer code in the human genome of our DNA! So who wrote the code to such sophistication? 1,000,000 seconds is 12 days, 1,000,000,000 seconds is 32 years! That’s the difference between 1 million and 1 billion! One person’s DNA could fill the Grand Canyon up to 50 times full of books. John 21:25 “I suppose everything Jesus did, the world wouldn’t have enough room for the books telling of it.“ this verse would be fulfilled! Psalm 139:16 “in my members you have written many books“! Psalm 139 is about the human body!

@albinjonsson1177 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for you work🙏

@InspiringPhilosophy 3 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

@DarrenGedye 9 ай бұрын

Very interesting. I'm from New Zealand, so I look at American politics as an outsider. Ideas like American Exceptionalism and Christian Nationalism seem to be looking more and more like the state gods of the Roman Empire, and less like the counter-cultural gospel. Meanwhile we are further along the secularisation path than the USA. The New Zealand 2018 census reported "No religion" at 48.6% and "Christianity" at 37.3%. Admittedly it was our first (and hopefully last) "online-only" census, and it's accuracy has been questioned. However, when the results came out, atheists on a forum I was a member of were saying how great it must be to live in NZ! I had to dissapoint them by explaining that "No religion" doesn't mean atheist, it means people who wear crystals to align themselves with "the universe" while thinking that sending _positive thoughts_ to "the universe" means *the universe* will provide. It means we are seeing rapid increases in diseases that used to be controlled by vaccinations, and a rejection of antibiotics produced by "big pharma" in favour of "natural" herbal remedies. It certainly isn't becoming a paradise for rationalists. 🙄

@Wertbag99 6 ай бұрын

Media and conspiracy theory influences are definitely global. It seems its a human problem, not a religion or lack of problem. We have crazy Christians, crazy atheists and everything inbetween.

@chibu3212 4 ай бұрын

People are claiming traditional or historical world religions less and less but are still VERY spiritual. Not to mention political religions on the rise as well

@bion-geek-le1109 9 ай бұрын

I've said this before and I'll say it 70 time 7 more times Zealots ruin everything no matter what field they're found

@theredboneking 9 ай бұрын

I wonder if Jesus would fit into that category? 🤔

@celestialsatheist1535 9 ай бұрын

Funny enough according to conservatives Jesus was too ' liberal '

@t.rexking441 9 ай бұрын

@@theredbonekingNot really, if He did then He would have strictly stuck to the established religious interpretations at the time but instead subverted preconceived notions in order to help people understand how to love one another.

@bion-geek-le1109 9 ай бұрын

@@celestialsatheist1535 this is exactly the problem. instead of applying Christ's lessons and teachings as a way to improve. you pulled the discussion into politics I don't care what cons or libs say what I care about is what history says, what the bible says and how I can use it to be a better follower in God's plan. keep the politics out of religion

@wes4736 9 ай бұрын

@@celestialsatheist1535 - that isn't true. Liberalism didn't exist. You know who did at that time? The Zealots, from whom you refer to when you call someone a zealot. Jesus opposed them, unequivocally. He even corrected people who thought that the Messiah would come in a way the Zealots preached that he would. He quite literally denounces zealotry, specifically.

@bradleymarshall5489 9 ай бұрын

More specifically people need to focus more on their local communities than some abstract nation, and that means going to church and actually being involved

@Xanthos307 9 ай бұрын

Welp, those are two things I won’t be doing!

@bradleymarshall5489 8 ай бұрын

@@Xanthos307 why?

@KingJonathanThe1st 4 ай бұрын

Maybe try making your church teach better. 3 billion Christian’s and everything is going down the toilet lol

@jeremiahmathew6480 9 ай бұрын

I absolutely agree with you on this

@prime_time_youtube 9 ай бұрын

Very interesting!

@roc5291 6 ай бұрын

"In every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own." ~Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to Horatio Spofford, 1814

@Whalemoney75 9 ай бұрын

I agree with what you’re concluding. Participation in a religious community has a depolarizing effect. The mob isn’t inside these ancient based religious groups. I’m realizing myself recently that “One Nation, UNDER God” actually means that the state and God are not the same thing. Meanwhile, those who traded the old god for the State will now act in desperation to control it and and even aim to destroy it if they cannot. Wouldn’t it be better to encourage them to go to church whether they would serve Someone who transcends the State and holds them just as accountable as their enemies?

@carterbrown9695 9 ай бұрын

Thanks, Mike.

@moundnorn5435 9 ай бұрын

More concerned with the left than anything on the right. Would rather more nationalism than the socialist failed attempt #25. Being compassionate does not mean open borders, lawlessness (legalized theft and drug abuse on the streets), and manically empathetic that is self destructive.

@vorynrosethorn903 9 ай бұрын

This is very surface level, the decline is largely to do with Church's compromising to popular culture and atheist ideologies, it has long been a trend that the more a church librealises the more with will see a rift with the congregation, obviously they can read the bible and see the contradiction in teachings, but on top of this even less schematic groups like Catholics can only excuse a certain level of rejection of the early church fathers. As a European I find the talk about authoritarianism hilarious, Christianity is not a justification for liberal political ideology, Jesus is the King of Kings and the traditional form of government supported by the Church was monarchy, it's fine if you disagree with these things or the expression of them but claiming we should enter into the church to subvert it to the cause of liberal ideologies is a stance I hope you don't genuinely hold. You are either ignorant to a large part of Christian thought over the centuries or you are too tied into linking apologism (terrible optics by the way, though it does fundamentally display how naive a lot of Christian advocacy ultimately is, allowing the enemy to pick the battlefield is a tactic usually only purposely done by those working for the other side) into academic literature. Studies merely justify and give self-confidence, people ultimately change their mind based on narrative and feeling. Really I see videos like this as counter-productive, we are attacked from without, are we really going to offer up those among us to the children of Sodom in order to placate them, misguided or not.

@chibu3212 9 ай бұрын

Being honest I didn’t see you suggest a productive vision to counter liberalism

@vorynrosethorn903 9 ай бұрын

Christianity, obviously, also just because I am not expounding a political thesis in a KZbin comment section doesn't invalidate my point. There are literally whole books on the topic, and a lot of Christian thinking was aimed towards theorizing and cultivating just rulership.

@JukaDominator 9 ай бұрын

I think liberalism is correct, but joined with Christianity. Christianity tries to be "apolitical", so it should leave government and economy to liberalism while it takes care of the culture at large.

@chibu3212 9 ай бұрын

@@vorynrosethorn903 True, true. I’ll look them up on my own time. I believe the decline in churches is a lot more nuanced. A big part of it like you said is definitely compromising worldviews. These churches are attempting to survive by adopting such views but its backfiring. Also, church hurt and hypocrisy is another major factor

@ikengaspirit3063 9 ай бұрын

@@JukaDominatorbut liberalism's default assumptions and norms then would have to be Christian assumptions and norms for that to work.

@jsilvanus240 9 ай бұрын

The BIBLE talk about the great falling away..

@Theo_Skeptomai 9 ай бұрын

The bible asserts that a man lived in the belly of a great fish for three days....

@NPC00034 9 ай бұрын

The Bible talks about a lot of things and most of them are wrong, nonsensical, and foolish

@LennyCash777 9 ай бұрын

@Corey76906 It certainly talks about those such as yourself a lot (e.g. Psalm 14:1; Romans 1:22; 2 Peter 3:3-4; Matthew 7:6, etc.).

@AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov 8 ай бұрын

hey everyone back off shes a woman let her believe whatever she wants. She's just being female

@arianna4579 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Mike! Do you have the references for these papers/studies listed anywhere? I would love to be able to read them through (I have access to JSTOR among other databases).

@InspiringPhilosophy 4 ай бұрын

Thank you, you should be able to google the titles and find them easily.

@garywatts2863 9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@InspiringPhilosophy 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the donation

@garywatts2863 9 ай бұрын

@@InspiringPhilosophy least I could do considering how much you have helped me over the years. God bless❤️🙏🏽

@Ftj92 9 ай бұрын

This is true based on my anecdotal experience, I remember being 17-18 years old and accepting stupid takes about placing burdensome restrictions on people like immigrants from developing countries, then I went to university and learned that that was wrong and accepted that change in my mind, but probably was still apathetic. Then I became a Christian and had a change of heart and mind, had real compassion for people in such a situation, speaking out in their defense and doing what I could to help

@jjphank 9 ай бұрын

@Iamwrongbut 9 ай бұрын

Sadly most “Christians” in America today are more concerned about their political team winning than actually helping the poor and immigrants, etc. like the Bible says.

@thewingedpotato6463 9 ай бұрын

Congratulations on being a kool-aid addict willing to drink whichever brainwashing waters are placed before you.

@ethanweber-rh3pr 9 ай бұрын

So you just became more liberal and view that as more "Christian"?

@Iamwrongbut 9 ай бұрын

@@ethanweber-rh3pr the fact that you think that caring for the immigrant/poor is a liberal ideal rather than a Christian is disturbing.

@joeaustin2919 9 ай бұрын

We need to get everybody getting back to scripture,but is going to be difficult now with so much going on in the world today.

@johanerwintaglang457 9 ай бұрын

It was even worse back then, when you had to convince people to step back from Gods that they liked more, now there's a lot of people who actually believes, but actually in the wrong way. You don't have to make them praise another God. Just Getting them back, to the origin of all. With creationism you have a meaning, and a purpose in life, like we all do = you'll deal with a lot of depression cases just by preaching Genesis.

@dereck9736 8 ай бұрын

I really do hope that we can change this for the better

@addersrinseandclean 9 ай бұрын

Spot on IP, Keep going brother

@TehRedBlur 9 ай бұрын

There is definitely an increase in "civic religion" in America, and many prominent conservative politicians seem to be touting it, whether nobly or with ulterior motives. I find civic religion to be a woefully inferior substitute for the pure and undefiled religion that was championed by St. James and the other Apostles. When I hear politicians talk about "God" I don't believe they are talking about Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (but I could be wrong; I don't know their hearts). I think they are talking about God in the same sense as Thomas Jefferson: more generic, Stoic, and unlikely to interfere in human affairs.

@zereimu 9 ай бұрын

Banning "gender affirming care" is not anti-Christian though, gender affirming care is just an euphemism for pseudoscientific standards of care that dont actually qualify for being standards of care due to lack of scientific evidence and peer reviewed data.

@jackcarraway4707 6 ай бұрын

"Two great narcotics: alcohol and Christianity." -Nietzsche

@tonyfendex2558 4 ай бұрын

And BOTH are HORRBLE for us!!!!

@xedone 2 ай бұрын

Alcohol makes you forget yourself. Christianity makes you meditate in your ways 24/7. I guess you two picked alcohol didn't you?

@nathanielalderson9111 9 ай бұрын

The next step after trans-gender is trans-humanism. If male and female "doesn't exist", it makes it easier to propose "human" / "alien" / "machine" / "beast" hybrids have the same rights as regular people.

@Theo_Skeptomai 9 ай бұрын

What is your solution to prevent this next step from occurring?

@nathanielalderson9111 9 ай бұрын

@@Theo_Skeptomai I know you. I know your stance on god-stuff. Why do you assume I think it should be stopped? Why do you assume it's a problem? (problem -> solution language) Why do you assume I'm thinking how to prevent it?

@Theo_Skeptomai 9 ай бұрын

@@nathanielalderson9111 Isn't, at least in American society, there an increasing trend toward dissatisfaction concerning many social, economic, cultural, and ethical problems that are arising?

@Theo_Skeptomai 9 ай бұрын

@@nathanielalderson9111 If you are not alarmed by the present state of American society, as I am, I apologize for making such an assumption. Have a great weekend. Peace.

@nathanielalderson9111 9 ай бұрын

@@Theo_Skeptomai I can't reply to you. YT keeps censoring me.

@apropos4701 9 ай бұрын

A decline in Christianity and a rise of secular humanism and secular government led to an increase in average wealth and contentment among people in the Scandinavian countries. Maybe we don't need to invent the wheel here. Maybe we just need to build the same kind of cart that they did in Northern Europe. It's not rocket science.

@FuddlyDud 8 ай бұрын

"A decline in Christianity and a rise of secular humanism and secular government led to an increase in average wealth and contentment among people in the Scandinavian countries. Maybe we don't need to invent the wheel here. Maybe we just need to build the same kind of cart that they did in Northern Europe. It's not rocket science" A big difference is their homozygous culture. They don't have the same multi-cultural issues a country like the USA has to deal with regularly. More than this, remember that Scandinavian experienced the worst of communism by trying it out of the gate. After a horrible disaster and two world wars, they were open to change, thus beginning the progress of said regions. :) In terms of their lack of religiosity...I wouldn't be so certain. I'd need to research this more, but I am pretty sure Tom Holland describes how Christianity spread throughout all of Europe, which would include Scandinavia. Meaning, they may very well be relying on Christian virtues unmoored from Christianity...which seems to lead to general decline in Western Europe and the USA. Maybe Scandinavian countries will do ok...but we just don't know yet. :/

@acevictory3587 9 ай бұрын

I have no religion, from Asia and I've been trying to join a local Orthodox church but they ignored me, what should I do?

@celestialsatheist1535 9 ай бұрын

How can you not have any religion?. So you weren't brought up in any religion?

@vegetokm1348 9 ай бұрын

I would start following a synagogue. Didn't they let you in during the synagogue?

@Archangel657 9 ай бұрын

What you do is worship and pray to God, as He will lead you do whichever church best suited for you. If a church rejects you, then that tells you that they're not really a Christian church.

@danielboone8256 9 ай бұрын

Join a different Church?

@acevictory3587 9 ай бұрын

@@celestialsatheist1535 my family members are all atheists

@GT_rising24 9 ай бұрын

On point! Well said

@Possumhitman 3 ай бұрын

I notice alot of people say "actual Christians" or "they arnt real Christians" the fact people fight over who is daddys favorite is pretty funny.

@pinesap34 9 ай бұрын

I’m a Christian Nationalist

@Theo_Skeptomai 9 ай бұрын

And as a Christian Nationalist, how do you propose to view atheists, such as I?

@NPC00034 9 ай бұрын

Christians now have no basis or right calling us "militant atheist" we are simply debate lords

@ramadadiver8112 9 ай бұрын

As a Christian myself . What happens when multiple countries become Christian nationalist countries ? Which is the right nation ?

@groundzero5708 9 ай бұрын

@@ramadadiver8112 everyone is

@ramadadiver8112 9 ай бұрын

@@groundzero5708 Different countries have different rights . Constitutions . Legislations laws . Policies amendments etc

@JohnBrownDidNothingWrong 9 ай бұрын

I know this is completely off topic but I’m going through a real bad time and it feels like everything bad is all happening at once. The only thing I think I can do at this point is to ask others to pray that things get better for not only me, but my family and friends as well; we’re not doing great at all. Thank you, may God bless us all and show us mercy.

@cmk5724 9 ай бұрын

I prayed for you.

@JohnBrownDidNothingWrong 9 ай бұрын

@@cmk5724 thank you.

@Ordinal_Yoda 9 ай бұрын

The level of difficulty of a situation is directly proportional with the amount of glory in the accomplishment. Just think about it. How much glory does someone get for sitting down? However if someone benchs 800 lbs. The recognition of the time and dedication is noticed. I'm hoping this gives you a better perspective concerning troubling times. All that we know of St. Paul comes from his continuance in dedication. Though the specific issue hasn't been said. Just remember that you are connected with the Infinite Ideas. Perhaps right now you don't have the answer but that doesn't mean you won't get an answer. Responsibility has a way of fortifying our resolve. And with necessity comes imperative focus and the power of the Holy Spirit. Thus we rejoice in our times of trouble. Just remember how many other times you have overcome difficult situations. Indeed you are the master of success. Because with God all things are possible. In time, the Lord's ironic sense of humor will shine. And you'll say, "Back then it wasn't funny. But now I see it's hilarious" 😊 Sometimes it's easier just one step at a time. Sometimes getting all the little jobs out of the way first let's you focus. Yet however you do it, if you're doing it for love you will succeed. Go and be your awesome self and the power of the Lord Jesus Christ bless you. Just remember his bit of gratitude 😇 He likes that part.🎉

@gregoryt8792 9 ай бұрын

Focus on the Bible. In 1910 Ivan Panin, a Russian/ American Harvard math genius and linguistic expert, proved the Bible mathematically. Watch - Math proves the Bible. Most recently a 30 year veteran cold case criminologist J. Warner Wallace proved the Bible forensically in his book, Person of Interest. His testimony would convince any jury of the veracity of the Bible. Some of the amazing things in the Bible include the prophecy of the fall of Tyre and the prophecy of Alexander the great. Bible firsts include knowing life being in the blood long before modern science, or the Bible knowing about mountains and currents in the oceans or how the earth hangs on nothing. You should know about the prophecies fulfilled by Jesus and the impossible odds of that happening. The Bible is a reliable collection of historical documents written down by eye witnesses during the lifetime of other eye witnesses. They report to us supernatural events that took place in fulfillment of specific prophecies and claim that the writings are divine rather than human in origin. 2 Peter 1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

@justinbath2362 9 ай бұрын

I’m praying for you

@bikramkalsi1 9 ай бұрын

you are doing good work

@TrivialCoincidence 9 ай бұрын

Very interesting

@Snow-Willow 9 ай бұрын

I agree completely the study's findings, however I think I personally just happen to be a bit of an outlier. I'm a hard right Bible thumping independent Baptist, and even despite my religiosity increasing in the past few years I have also found my involvement with politics increasing and my tolerance for all things left wing decreasing. (this includes LGBT and Islam) I think my mindset is in siege mode, that there are enemies all around and I only care about protecting my children.

@grahamcarpenter691 8 ай бұрын

How is Islam “left wing”?

@Snow-Willow 8 ай бұрын

@@grahamcarpenter691 in America they almost always vote left and tend to increasingly support progressive politicians and causes. They have allied with the left against conservatives for so long they are functionally left wing in America.

@idongesitx1873 8 ай бұрын

You should feel God convicting your heart. I understand having distaste but letting your heart grow cold will make you know different then Pharaoh. Bible thumping but the most important rule: love, is not within you. You have to love your enemies. But only God can do that if you surrender and submit your troubles and worries to him.

@ekobiotix4779 9 ай бұрын

On point and spot on. No Jesus … No Hope.

@daduzadude1547 9 ай бұрын

@@polystrate1so you’ve never told a white lie in your life?

@Tzimiskes3506 9 ай бұрын

@@polystrate1 We have sin = we need Christ.

@jjphank 9 ай бұрын

He saved us of our past sins, not walking in willful sin! so how do you know you’re secure in your salvation? First, John 1:7 “if you walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, & the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin.” If we don’t walk in the light, the blood of Jesus will not cleanse us from all sin!

@jjphank 9 ай бұрын

@@polystrate1 ask Jesus if he’s Real, to show himself to you! Do You really want the truth and do you really want forgiveness of sins? Then he will show himself to you and you’ll become a born-again Christian. That way it proves it’s not a cult because there’s nobody there to brainwash you, no human being ! Also, read the book of John and ask him to show you the truth ; by the third chapter, it tells you how to go to heaven, that he’s going to die for your sins!

@daduzadude1547 9 ай бұрын

@@polystrate1 no answer = yes you have

@FH_official1199 4 ай бұрын

Question for Mike Jones a genuine one: If Christianity is like you say having a good impact on the world, why are so many people leaving it?

@InspiringPhilosophy 4 ай бұрын

People love to avoid the narrow road for the easy road where they can be their own God and make their own rules.

@FH_official1199 4 ай бұрын

@@InspiringPhilosophy surprisingly , I agree with you. But you as a Christian are no different from the polytheists. The Trinity is a pagan concept

@xXEGPXx 3 ай бұрын

@@InspiringPhilosophy Considering you have never worked a day in your life and are as immoral as they come clearly you prefer the easy road as well

@bothunter5133 9 ай бұрын

Can you give us the source of those studies

@maedrillmonte 9 ай бұрын

Kierkegaard had a similar thought. He believed that true Christianity is in collision with the world so that the only way Christianity could be homogeneous with it is if, according to him, it was bogus, watered-down Christianity. He saw the risk of a Christianity that was too intimate with the world - it loses meaning and becomes a backdrop as worldly affairs take the foreground. Well, I can't say I'm perfectly clear on this matter. On rare occasions I find myself passionately engaged... cause circumstances... But there is still much to learn.

@Ian-mo1vg 9 ай бұрын

The Church was for centuries a Universalizing one, trying to keep various peoples all in one Church, like the Britons and Saxons, or the Latin and Greek. centuries down the line from the Great Schism id say the Roman Catholic Approach has been better then that of the Orthodox, as it has generally been a focus on a universal form of worship be it using Latin a language no one spoke natively or via being Vernacular but all preforming the same liturgy so a man from India and a man from Iceland could attend church in Wales and both still understand what was roughly happening in the Mass. I think the Church most suited in terms of how it is designed to create a cohesive religious Order is the Catholic Church.

@maedrillmonte 9 ай бұрын

@@Ian-mo1vg I'm a big believer in tradition. Also, a uniform method of worship would necessarily produce in time the right habits of mind, the familiarity, and the essential impression of community that goes beyond borders (which is a universal need at this point in history-even outside of religious circles). I am Filipino and everyone will guess correctly that here Catholicism has the most adherents. The faith arrived in the country through the approach you have been speaking of. But it hasn't been all sunshine (I am now speaking of our colonial past). Sometimes, there is nothing questionable with the approach, it is how the approach is delivered in actuality. It is there where things get all mixed up. Fortunately, we've moved on from history. All in all, I have considerable respect for the Catholic Church for upholding Christianity in earnest, and I observe Catholic religious (several handful of priests I sometimes find on TV, radio, KZbin or even in the local parish where I am) who actually do excellently on the job.

@javidseyadahmed6917 9 ай бұрын

Actual Christians are predominantly fine, decent people. I like to interact and work with them, unlike the bulk of those who simply "identify as Christian" or are cultural Christians. People that genuinely pray to G*D, are inevitably nicer persons. As a Muslim, I would love to see all these cultural Christians to be more educated by actual practicing Christians and grow spiritually. Unlike online FRENS and podcast bros, real Christianity offers our plural society, an observable service of humility and kindness.

@rarescevei8268 9 ай бұрын

May God (or Allah) bless you

@cmk5724 9 ай бұрын

Leave Islam and come to Christ.

@cmk5724 9 ай бұрын

@@DudeNamedDuncan It's called planting a seed.

@cmk5724 9 ай бұрын

@@DudeNamedDuncan These small encouragements to come to Christ will build up over time. Long paragraphs about how Islam is untrue and Christianity is are not always effective. That's especially the case when someone has heard the arguments before, like I would assume someone browsing InspiringPhilosophy's channel has. In such a situation, someone can just as easily glance at a long apologetic paragraph and forget about it, likely moreso, making a short word of encouragement the better option in that situation.

@cmk5724 9 ай бұрын

@@DudeNamedDuncan There's no harm in just posting a quick message like I did. I used to use a copypasta of the Gospel and post it in comment sections on KZbin years ago. I believe I was the first one to ever do that. That also doesn't take much effort once the copypasta is actually written.

@TourchezArt 9 ай бұрын

The politicalization of religion is heartbreaking I’m a Artist and most of the artists in my community don’t see Christianity in the religious view but in this new nationalist ideology and pulled away from it but I try to oppose this message all I can religion and politics don’t mix, people in politics use it to impose power over others

@floydthibodeaux1844 9 ай бұрын

I disagree with the idea that church can de-polarize because it is not the religious aspect in itself that does it. It is the communal aspect. Specifically, the ability to get two people with opposing ideologies to see kinship in each other. Basically if you go to a church that is openly hostile to a political group, it would only increase the politicalization of the church goers.

@mikepeters8493 9 ай бұрын

IP, I love your work as it opened up the intellectual door to me to better understand God and ultimately find Christ. That being said, I'll admit that I'm not well researched on the topic of Christian Nationalism, but it seems like your argument is that Christianity makes society and politics healthier, therefore our nation needs more Christianity. I don't see how what you are proposing is anything less than a liberal form of Christian Nationalism as opposed to a more authoritarian form. In a way, I feel like we should all be "Christian Nationalist" as Christians, but we can either strive for that in a top-down manner, or a bottom-up. What are your thoughts on this framing?

@o-...-.-...-..0473 9 ай бұрын

What even is Christian Nationalism? I'm beginning to think it is overblown. Are we really supposed to think most MAGA Republicans want a Theocracy? Aren't Americans more interested in restoring the Republic to something more in line with the Founding Fathers?

@nathancjarrett 9 ай бұрын

I still doubt that this 'CN' label is of any use. Secular progressive will apply it to anyone who doesn't have the most recent colorful stripe added to their flag, and nobody will agree on what it really means. It's just another epithet for the upper class to employ against the groups they despise in order to scare people into keeping pagan globalist values in the mainstream. I think what most detractors mean by Nationalism is a form of what would have in years past been called jingoism. I think true nationalism would be simply the belief that a people group has the right to govern itself. In short nationalism is a necessary condition for democratic governance. You can have anarchism, tribalism, nationalism or globalism. You have to pick one of these approaches. I think the two least desirable are anarchism and globalism because they both feature the systems where the strong have the greatest ability to coerce or control the weak. Anarchism gives the illusion of self-governance, but in reality it lacks the ability to protect people from those who have the resources to exploit them. Globalism gives the illusion of having no outside groups that are neglected, but the reality is the people who have no decision making ability are ignored and they become a giant consumer class to enrich those at the top, whether its a Politburo is Soviet Russia, or a G20 committee deciding how much fertilizer people in developing countries should be permitted to use. I'm convinced that very smart people who are worried about Christian Nationalism are not thinking very deeply about the issue. They worry about 'strong-man' authoritarianism without taking a sober look at places that have de-facto strong-man authoritarianism without the boogie man label of Nationalism. [Whoa Canada!]

@sia9907 9 ай бұрын

It is actually a thing some conservative thinkers are writing books about, giving lectures about. It's a definable ideology. Secular progressives *are* applying it to everything, though, you're right there. But we must resist. We can't let them destroy all meaning. Men are men, women are women, and Christian nationalism is real. I'm just so done with them stealing and abusing the language.

@Melki 8 ай бұрын

You're a good presenter. As a Christian good means a lot

@VVeremoose 9 ай бұрын

I challenge the notion that the populist rise on the American right is authoritarian. Europe, yes. But not here.

@VVeremoose 9 ай бұрын

Something to remeber. Right and Left are political terns held over from the French Revolution, where people who supported traditional French society sat on the right in parliament and people who supported revolutionary ideas sat on the left. So right means upholding the traditions of the land whilst left means supporting progressivism and its derivative ideologies. The American traditions being upheld are ones of egalitarianism and individual freedom. Now, the country often fell short of her traditions. But the big lie told about the right in America is that we want to return to the BEHAVIORS of our fathers. This is not what we want. We want to return to the IDEALS of our fathers which they themselves failed to uphold.

@KevinVang1000 9 ай бұрын

The declination is supposed to happen, my friend. We are repeating history, like how Israel rejected the laws of Moses and killed God's messenger.

@JukaDominator 9 ай бұрын

Predicting the end times is a sin

@ChildofGod98765 9 ай бұрын

Jesus, lift me out of my debts and provide me financial stability. As a single mother things are hard on me. I’m broken hearted. My husband passed years ago. I’m alone. Both of my sons are autistic and require so much from me. I’m constantly struggling to provide for them. Why me Lord. My life has always been a struggle from being abused as a child to not having a family like most folks. Father God hear my prayers. I’m ashamed as I constantly struggle to pay my bills and I constantly struggle to provide groceries for my sons. Please Jesus bless me with a job opportunity that allows me to provide abundantly for my children. I will keep faith even though I want to give up. Please hear my Father. ❤

@thefakewitchdoctor 9 ай бұрын

I believe I'm qualified to say something about this: if you want, you can ask God for just a little more grace, if it's His Will. I pray the Pater Noster and Ave Maria every minute of every day. It has brought profound consolation and mental strength. God knows best, we just have to trust that He knows what He's doing.

@user-im9ov9ud7m 9 ай бұрын

Statue organization repetitive chants are only energizing to the entity opposed to Jesus, @@thefakewitchdoctor

@user-im9ov9ud7m 9 ай бұрын

Tell Jesus you place your full complete faith in him to receive the tranquility you need.

@SeekTheCross 9 ай бұрын

Pray in your inner room, close the door, our Father knows and sees in secret, I will pray for you because I dont know where you live otherwise I wouldve given you some money. Stay strong widowed mother of 2, you have your reward.

@littleboots9800 9 ай бұрын

@@SeekTheCrossbe careful. This person has been posting copy/pasted comments like this for YEARS on every Christian channel. During C0vid it was the story that she was sacked for not getting the jab, she changes it up, the name too, but essentially what she wants is your money, her cash app/venmo/paypal is in her channel profile. The desire to help is a noble one, but unfortunately there are many who prey on the kind hearted. I don't want to repeat things I can't guarantee to be true but I will say I have good reason to be very wary of this person. If you feel compelled to give there are many charities that help low income families, that would be a safer bet.

@maxittome 9 ай бұрын

Extremely interesting

@imikewillrockyou 9 ай бұрын

Thank you Michael Jones, hopefully not too late.

@theperson4yearsago565 9 ай бұрын

The end of times are nearing

@calebcool2171 9 ай бұрын

Or maybe its just dying off like zues did

@TheSprinx2 9 ай бұрын

2 Thes 2 2 not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of [a]Christ had come. 3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of [b]sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits [c]as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

@celestialsatheist1535 9 ай бұрын

Oh stop it already you people have been saying that in every generation

@celestialsatheist1535 9 ай бұрын

@@calebcool2171as it should

@wes4736 9 ай бұрын

@@celestialsatheist1535- and we are told to live as if we are the last generation. And so, every generation before us has been preparing the way for his return, and building their children up so that they can also make way.

@femmis-bm4ss 3 ай бұрын

Imagine spending your whole life worshipping a Crucified Palestinian Judean Man who never cared about Japhethite Gentiles and ignore the real creator of existence. Thanks 👍 God for Germanic Neopaganism.

@juancarlosaliba4866 9 ай бұрын

As I believe in Christ, I tend to be more sensitive to the needs of the environment and of people around me without being those advocacies tied to a political cause. This is also what our Social Teachings of the Church also taught. After all, as our Second Reading in the Mass say, taken from St. Paul's letter to the Romans: None of us live for one's self and none of us die for one's self. If we live, we live unto the Lord and if we die, we die unto the Lord so whether we live or die, we are the Lord's Thanks for this reminder IP! Your research is indeed enlightening on this issue.

@vargdog6602 9 ай бұрын

I don't think politics needs to be so separated from Christianity, in fact it may be important to be more vocal about politics especially the way America is going. Additionally, Christian nationalism doesn't seem to be inherently bad, it's folks like Fuentes that seem to be knee deep in reviling others and rhetoric that are the problem. There seem to be more reasonable Christian nationalists such as E. Michael Jones, from the little research I've done on him he doesn't seem that bad. In fact, he had an interview with Dr. Michael Brown that I should watch.

@harellan6234 9 ай бұрын

the biggest problem that many secular people get distracted by is that many of the worst christians that they fear (the ones ip was talking about) are the MORE secular christians, that are either using christianity as a virtue signal or are not truly believing in it. (the people ip was talking about and far right authoritarian types) most of these types either dont read the bible themselves and just listen to other people talk about it, which has many problems with false teachings, or are purposefully using the bible out of context to further their agenda. the more true chriastian a person is, the further and further they get from authoritarian and more compassionate they are, but not perfect.

@chibu3212 9 ай бұрын

Facts

@ajsirch 9 ай бұрын

who are these far right authoritarian types?

@bluckobluc8755 9 ай бұрын

@@ajsirchMostly people who say "I believe in GOD" and then break every rule God said and go on to judge unjustly and insult others who don't agree. They arw christian in name only basicaly. This is a major point anti-theists use to say all Christians are bad people because yada yada yada.... There are bad people in every religion, group etc. Faith doesn't topple because some people don't follow it as intended.

@bluckobluc8755 9 ай бұрын

My man woke up to speak facts today

@ajsirch 9 ай бұрын

@@bluckobluc8755 Names please not abstractions like CINOs

@Ilyena 9 ай бұрын

Seems to me like we're fucked.

@BasiliscBaz 9 ай бұрын

In another words run to church no to polics

@oliverstewart2782 5 ай бұрын

I came away from religion for few month my mental health down hill. Today came back god was waiting for me. I am happy from good while.🙏

@learnjazzmusic 9 ай бұрын

Remember the video of that getting arrested in his car guy praying to Trump... that what happens when people see politics like a religion.

@bassmanjr100 9 ай бұрын

Yep, I also remember people praising Obama like he was a prophet when he said he was going to push back the seas and stop climate change. Fortunately the dum-dum in the White House currently has very few fans and nobody is considering him as some type of saint.

@jalengee8421 9 ай бұрын

People that leave and become spiritual pretty much just become far left

@realitywins9020 9 ай бұрын

And what about the far right who worship race and cut themselves in rituals while flying swastika flags?

@realitywins9020 9 ай бұрын

Do you realise that there are left-wing Christians too? Most Democrats are Christian. The Democrats have a higher percentage of Christians than supposedly Christian Russia

@DManCAWMaster 9 ай бұрын

Just remember, it can only get worse.

@HisLivingStone241 9 ай бұрын

Hi IP, just a quick question? What do you think on David Erhan's critique about your views on Christian Nationlaism. I've seen only briefly his videos but I came off with the impression that he is just a fanatic.

@DavdFTR 9 ай бұрын

Disagree 100% For example, a Christian must never tolerate babies being sacrificed. It all started with "equal rights", now the government punishes Christian fathers who oppose the "transition" of the children. You are 100% wrong.

@valdamirlebanon4508 9 ай бұрын

People like you are why less than a quarter of the population are projected to be religious by 2100 (assuming current rates of deconversion)

@toni4110 9 ай бұрын

Yeah. Thats the First Video from IP i disagree too.

@Microspectrophotometer 9 ай бұрын

I see nothing wrong with Christian nationalism

@t700e 9 ай бұрын

There is always at least one thing wrong with a man-made system.

@Microspectrophotometer 9 ай бұрын

@@t700e God never made a political system for us to follow, so what else do you propose? I'm merely saying that nationalism is based and I don't see why it's growth should be considered problematic.

@t700e 9 ай бұрын

@@Microspectrophotometer There are many problems with nationalist ideologies, can’t necessarily go into them all in a YT comment. However, I will say that with most nationalist ideologies comes a restriction of individual freedoms in service of “the nation”. This is anything but “based”.

@Microspectrophotometer 9 ай бұрын

@@t700e Of course you have a lot of far far right ones that do as you say. Too much of a good thing can certainly be a bad thing, but nationalism is, I believe, necessary and in my opinion it is very bad for a man not to be a nationalist to some extent. Perhaps we need a national *socialism* eh?

@t700e 9 ай бұрын

@@Microspectrophotometer History demonstrates that with nationalism comes economic illiteracy, centralization of power, and a disregard for human rights. I don’t think eschewing these is a bad thing. Why should I be a nationalist, when I can be a patriot? Plus, I’m black so “NatSoc” is off the table.

@Mathematiman 9 ай бұрын

I've heard you mention in past videos that you have a problem with Answers in Genesis. Do you have a video summarizing your issues with it? I haven't seen very much from that channel, but I'm interested in your criticisms.

@sergeemmanuelt.5398 9 ай бұрын

He as a playlist on Genesis 1 to 11 Videos like the origins of young earth creationism and top 10 verses that disapprove young earth creationism

@lillisa6441 9 ай бұрын

I am glad to see people addressing Christian Nationalism. Good work!

@LieutenantPhys 9 ай бұрын

What's the problem with christian nationalism

@merch5712 5 ай бұрын

shii, i think this is great news.

@john-xp4em 9 ай бұрын

Because of the increase of wickedness or lawlessness , the love of most will grow cold.( Mathew 24:12)

@sergeemmanuelt.5398 9 ай бұрын

@@polystrate1aren't you off-topic?

@sergeemmanuelt.5398 9 ай бұрын

@@polystrate1 "you guys don't even know who they were writing to" Luke wrote to Theophilus just read the first verses of Luke and Acts Anyway the church fathers told us about the target audience "It was a 1st century movement that turned into a religion" Sounds like another presupposition that Christianity is false to prove it's false

@sergeemmanuelt.5398 9 ай бұрын

@@polystrate1 the book is ascribed to Luke because of church fathers and manuscripts evidence do you have anything that contradicts that? "The New Testament was written for the audience of the day" which would be true whether is true or not You give no specific verse what the hell am I supposed to say? "Paul said it was the last days" IP already explained it I recommend the book when the son of man didn't come in the bible a prophecy could take a lot of time be partially fulfilled or cancelled depending on its conditions It was prophecied that all of Israel would return from the Babylonian exile but because of sin only some returned It's a notion seen since the Old Testament that wouldn't prove Christianity is false(also falling away doesn't disprove last days)

@sergeemmanuelt.5398 9 ай бұрын

@@polystrate1 because church fathers are unanimous on the authorship of the gospels but contradict on the authorship of Hebrew which totally anonymous Same thing for manuscripts evidence since the first manuscript to ascribe a precise authorship are at least from the 10th century I think you mean it was quoted by OT I don't know what the hell it would change if all books of the Bible are inspired by the same being why would be a problem to maintain the same ideas? You are supposed to read something in context the could just be you and not the bible

@sergeemmanuelt.5398 9 ай бұрын

@@polystrate1 and the same prior tradition contradicts on the authorship of Hebrews(Paul, Clement, Barnabas) etc Some of those fathers are direct or indirect disciples (papias disciple of John or Irenaeus is a disciple of Polycarp a disciple of John) who live in a period where oral tradition would still have been reliable "They aren't magic sages" you don't need to ascribe authorship in fact Augustine went as far as stating that Ancient Greek classics have undoubted authorship because of the well preserved tradition associated to them and it's the same for the Gospels Still no argument for manuscript evidences Not everyone interprets the bible the same way You didn't prove any change in theology or even prove it's poorly written? The last sentence was just as ridiculous as the rest you just think is bad way of communication from God because you don't understand it only claims about it being poorly written or changing without concrete evidences

@eddieholt8222 9 ай бұрын

amazing vid 100% agree

@VChestor 9 ай бұрын

Well, it is said that many will leave before end.

@billwhite1603 9 ай бұрын

I’m much more worried about leftist fascism which we are very close to. Where leftist bureaucrats control almost all aspects of our lives instead of elected representatives. The upcoming new EPA rules for trucking, for example, has a high probability of not only raising food prices even higher, but probably will cause food shortages and higher percentages of Americans will be at food insecurity. Bureaucrats running business with regulation. Sounds very communist or fascist. We are very close. Maybe you could get some of them in church, or include them in your concern along with right wing nationalist? Or do you just disagree with conservatives?

@missk1697 9 ай бұрын

You have no clue what either communism or fascism means my dude.

@JukaDominator 9 ай бұрын

He has the right idea though, they are more dangerous than the decline of religion@@missk1697

@t700e 9 ай бұрын

Both political “sides” are becoming increasingly authoritarian, to outdo the other. The solution to this is Christ.

@zorandusic7079 8 ай бұрын

When I got serious about my faith, I became apolitical.

@jandybchillin1519 9 ай бұрын

Arthur C. Brooks has similar findings to Williams, Ruiter, and De Graaf. The measured effect was, on average, 30% more time and money given to charitable causes versus secular counterparts. Strong secular institutions diminish charity among both the secular and religious members of the secular community, but markedly among the secular members. Religious communities show an increase in charity among both secular and religious members of the community, with secular members being only slightly less charitable. The same effect can be seen when you take a religious member from a religious community and put them into a secular environment (their charitable work diminishes) and if you put a secular member of a secular community and put them into a religious environment (their charitable work increases). When in Rome, I guess.

@Nick-ij5nt 9 ай бұрын

What's wrong with Christian nationalism? Do you think secular liberalism is doing a better job at guiding our country than Christianity? What should the guiding principles of our country be if not Christianity?