What Would we Know About Jesus if Every Bible Suddenly Vanished? With J. Warner Wallace

J. Warner Wallace joins me to celebrate the release of his new book, Person of Interest: Why Jesus Still Matters in a World that Rejects the Bible. We'll talk about this much-anticipated release, take your questions live, and hear from a couple of surprise guests. We will also be giving away several copies of the book to a few lucky winners...tune in live to be eligible!

[@tammystaubs2958]

J.Warner Wallace has taught me so much about sharing the Gospel.

[@ChieCarroll]

My husband and I really enjoy your channel. We love how your content always focuses on the centrality of the Gospel in answers all the questions of life. Your channels videos are rich and always evangelistic!

[@peacefuldoves]

Hi, being in UK I've never heard of this fascinating man! Ty ty ty for having him on. His books look riveting. Again, huge thanks for interview and book review! Oooh! 🇬🇧✝️🇬🇧

[@beckimertz8512]

Alisa, I have introduced so many people to your program since discovering it about a month ago. Thank you for bringing the Truth of the Word to the world.

[@darrenplies9034]

A man clearly running the race well. Super inspired by Jim

[@haileylindberg4365]

Yes, the beauty in fiction! My husband and I were talking about that. Like Narnia and Lord of the Rings... we need good works like that for this generation!

[@lauragb3677]

J. Warner Wallace is fascinating, such a great teacher. This book is outstanding, are as his others. Great episode and discussion.

[@kathyteele9908]

I bought the book Cold Case Christianity because of listening to Alisa's podcast. After watching this podcast, I purchased Person of Interest. What a great podcast!!! You had me listening non-stop. I am soo excited to read this new book. Thank you all for giving me an interest in Apologetics!

[@annapobst]

Absolutely amazing!!! Thank you!!!! Yeshua forever

[@davidmills5518]

This book would make a excellent coffee table book to be a witness of your faith.

[@haileylindberg4365]

Yes, we need more Christian creators! I am praying what can I create? How to push through the doubt or over thinking? Ya know imposter syndrome?

[@Hopeapotheke]

You’re not the only one sis

[@haileylindberg4365]

@@Hopeapotheke Thank you! It's nice to know I'm not alone. I have a podcast now and I think I'm going to switch to more theology content. But I like "who am I to do that? "

[@Hopeapotheke]

@@haileylindberg4365 God’s Word says to commit your works to the Lord and He will establish your thoughts, plans, depending on what version you choose. Commit it to Him and He will lead you in exactly what to say and how to go about it I truly believe! We ask who are we to do anything or try anything. When I feel this way I have to remember I’m now dead and Christ Jesus lives in me. The imposter syndrome (I really think) is a lie from hell to stop us from doing what the Lord is asking us to do. If we belong to Jesus, He lives in us and I pray that the Lord will help us in our unbelief and to strengthen us in the might of His Holy Spirit in our inner man so that we will speak the truth over who we REALLY are in Christ Jesus and it’s not an imposter.

[@debis.4342]

Thank you, David!

[@brynnevarney4894]

Went and ordered the book right away! So excited to read it!

[@eulaliaduran6322]

Love you and you program, thank you to our Lord Jesus 👑✝️🩸❤️

[@martarico186]

Thank you for focusing in heaven bound purpose of introducing and discipleship of Jesus

[@DumbAssSpeakingWithMansVoice]

Thanks for this interview!!

[@lisarichards1956]

Just ordered my copy from Amazon. Excited to see it!

[@margarettwombley1689]

I am excited to get this book to help me share with people with questions.

[@rachelmaroni580]

Love your channel Alisa

[@rachelperez3329]

This would be a great book to read in a group hope I can get a copy if not I'll just buy one.

[@Hopeapotheke]

Well now I’ve bought the book. Plus two of his other ones lol. I don’t know much about apologetics. I didn’t know it was a thing and I’ve been in church my whole life 🧐 that is until I found your channel, Alisa!

[@Strongtower]

I've read his cold case Christianity book and it's very well written. You are gonna enjoy it. I have his new book but haven't read it yet

[@Hopeapotheke]

@@Strongtower I bought that one, forensic faith and the new one! I’m excited 😆

[@Strongtower]

@@Hopeapotheke Have fun 👍😁

[@properpropaganda9831]

*Interesting review(s) of this book on Amazon.*

[@Gutslinger]

Awesome to see him featured on this channel. Only wish it had gotten as many viewers/exposure as some of the other episodes that I've seen on here. I first became aware of him and his great work via a livestream on David Wood's channel called "Acts17Apologetics." Though, I vaguely think I may originally recognized him through his detective work shown on national TV as a kid.

[@davidessongue9742]

So good☺️

[@lindajohnson4204]

Galileo did not deny what the Bible taught. His "sin", in the eyes of Rome, was to deny the teaching of Aristotle, whose philosophy was considered as important as the Bible by the Scholastics, if not more so. Augustine had been all about Plato, but Thomas of Aquinas was all about Aristotle. His guys were in power, so you didn't mess with Aristotle, upon pain of death. But neither Plato nor Aristotle were revealed truth, from God. They were philosophy, and we are warned against allowing "philosophy and vain deceit" to rob us of our faith. Those professional religious hierarchy cared more about their intellectual interests than they did the word of God.

[@lindajohnson4204]

We are told to test the Spirits, and we test the conviction of the Holy Spirit, using the Bible which He inspired. Any spirit which disagrees with the Bible is not the Holy Spirit.

[@areuaware6842]

the Bible is Satan's book.

[@martinbrown3161]

@@areuaware6842 you still at it, I see,. You are the one working for Satan, by spreading his lies.

[@areuaware6842]

@@martinbrown3161 , Satan has deceived the whole world, not me.

[@martinbrown3161]

@@areuaware6842 Satan has got you , right where he wants you. Completely deceived.

[@areuaware6842]

@@martinbrown3161 , One man does not the whole world make.

[@charleschi843]

Hey Jake! aka, Zoe Girl reunion 2022. 🙌🏼

[@dctrbrass]

I like how he gives some help for people to think through things. Too often I encounter people who jump to conclusions w/o really objectively thinking through things. 1:03:24 -- lol people don't respect what you know, even when you have the education :)

[@tinekedijk7385]

Amazing : published 21sept ‘21 .

[@AleksAvramJeff]

This is why Protestans need to be more open about Christian art and Christian history. Early Churches that are till this day Eastern Orthodox Churches have icons that depict Scriptures and there is nothing wrong with that.

[@claudiadelgado4965]

Uhh I want this book now 🙂

[@NewCreationInChrist896]

You only need one book the Bible📖. Proverbs 8:17

[@oreopagus2476]

Read: "The Genuine Jesus: Fresh Evidence from History and Archaeology" (2021) by Paul L. Maier.

[@maxtorres1179]

Thanks for sharing, will there be a Spanish version?

[@maryram3412]

Hoping to get this book soon. I know this is about Jesus. Wondering if you would help on a case of a missing mother/wife? You seem to know so much about investigating missing persons case. There’s a case of Maya Millete in the San Diego area. The husband is still running around free.

[@stilllooking]

Comment for the book even tho I'm late

[@debis.4342]

Is this still live, right now? I am on EST, so I don't know where this taking place.

[@allanmccoll3753]

How can we get this book in Australia?

[@frameshifted1999]

Reminds me of the movie, the book of Eli

[@areuaware6842]

That movie did tell the truth, the Bible is a weapon.

[@martinbrown3161]

@@areuaware6842 you are deceived, wake up from your lies , before it’s to late for you.

[@areuaware6842]

@@martinbrown3161 , I was born awake.

[@martinbrown3161]

@@areuaware6842 no one is born awake, Jesus is clear, you have to be born again.

[@areuaware6842]

@@martinbrown3161 , Only if you have served Abraham's false god.

[@areuaware6842]

I've learned more about Jesus from him than I ever learned from the Bible.

[@lindajohnson4204]

But only the Bible is the word of God. Do not be deceived.

[@areuaware6842]

@@lindajohnson4204 , the Bible is Satan's book.

[@dahelmang]

@@areuaware6842 no

[@areuaware6842]

@@dahelmang , No what?

[@dahelmang]

@@areuaware6842 no the Bible is not Satan's book. That makes no sense.

[@chardo24]

To be honest some of the stuff that we have been told in the Christians churches about Jesus it is not scholastically the case. And it does not matter how far you can go in time to the biginnings of Christianity because how people are responding to the person of Jesus tell us a great deal about the faith of the people, they do not necessarily tell us anything about Jesus. They tell us about Christology about people's images of the Christ. However historically they got no particular claim for validity.

[@dahelmang]

And a lot of "Christian" churches don't talk about the Bible in depth so they aren't teaching about the real Jesus.

[@lindajohnson4204]

Up until Jesus came, they were saved by faith in the coming Messiah, all the way back to outside the garden of Eden, when they were told that the Seed of the woman would crush the head of the serpent someday.. There are also statements that God winked at sins before Jesus came. God can be trusted to care about the unsaved people of every place and age. Paul said that people are put in the places they are, not so that they won't have any way to be saved, but that they might "feel" after God and perhaps find Him. That implies that the Holy Spirit is drawing people to Jesus, even before they have heard. John 1 also says that Jesus is the light that lights every man who comes into the world. That means that God is giving every person some light, and see, if they respond to the light they have, will not God send them more light, just like He did for Cornelius, the Ethiopian eunuch, and the man in Macedonia? The Seed of the woman: Aztecs or Mayans, I can't remember right now, had a goddess whose name was transliterated as Guadalupe, when the Catholic church turned that goddess into an appearance of Mary through syncretism, so they could win the people and control them. But there's something interesting about this false goddess. The story about her was that *she crushed the serpent under her feet;* that's how she was pictured, and how Rome and Mexican Catholics picture Mary, 'our lady of Guadalupe" today. But see, what the Indians had done was to change the ancient story of the "Seed of the woman" into a myth which created a goddess who could be their mother-Savior. But before they changed it, they were carrying the story with them, of the Seed of the woman, He who would crush the head of the serpent: the Messiah. At that time, at least, there was light from God, with which they could put their faith in Him? If that was true, then, would not the Holy Spirit have been able to give them some light, to send them back to enough understanding about the Messiah that they could hope in Him and be saved? God is good, and wants people saved.

[@rahimerayane4298]

With all due respect sir God is the Creator and the Sustainer of the universe Who is a Supreme Being free of human limitations, needs and wants, He has no partners in His Divinity he didn't come with human images to speak to people, He is not man, he has not any son, he has not any partners, He doesn’t need any physical sacrifice in order to forgive sins, and that no sin is too great for His Mercy; to say so would be to ascribe deficiency to His Excellence and Perfection him, Salvation comes from him alone in seeking forgiveness, so when a person seeks forgiveness, he must turn to God submissively with true remorse and beg forgiveness, promising not to repeat the sin. Then and only then will sins be forgiven, so as God says: The door to forgiveness is open to anyone who seeks it and he says: "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of God . Indeed,God forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful."

[@lindajohnson4204]

@@rahimerayane4298 You are not speaking of the God of the Bible. We are talking about the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and of Jesus Christ. The Bible reveals that Jesus is the only begotten Son of God, and that those who put our faith in Him, become the sons of God through faith.

[@lynnlink4629]

Correction Healthcare Nurse for several decades...mostly night shifts. A Person Of Interest WILL draw men and women who succeed apart from Biblical JESUS. But find that very success dark and empty. JESUS - Person Of Interest in a category unique in our Universe!

[@jotunman627]

Well that is one reason for His church. Besides most of men did not have access to the bible, until the 1800's. Men were illiterate for more than 1900 years, so how can mostly illiterate men read the Scriptures. Mass literacy only started around the 1800....and very very slowly increased until the 1950's where 40% of the world population were still illiterate.... Jesus did say; “ Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.” Hence the call made to the first disciples was to do and to teach by example, not to write a book which did not appear until many centuries later. A book most men can't read, until the 1800's.

[@paulrivalto1974]

Knowing about God and Christ is merely religion! Knowing Them in an ever deepening relationship yet then confirmed in scripture truth is the essence of eternal life. JESUS prayed: " This is eternal life, that they may know You the only true God and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. ( John 17:3 ) " Know" here is the Greek word Ginosko meaning to gain personal knowledge in an ever deepening relationship with God through Christ coupled with the confirming knowledge of scripture truth producing an emphatic belief. Always Both/And never Either/Or. Why even speculate if scripture were not there for confirmation of all we discover and learn from in relation to the Father through Christ. For we have the gift of scripture to study to show ourselves approved of God, a workman who need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15. God's perfect design for man to know! ( Ginosko )

[@zach2980]

I dare any Christian to watch the Howe v Barker debate.

[@thomascoffin5930]

Only belong

[@zach2980]

That a book on the existence of such an ultimate being is telling. Do we write books to point to the existence of our parents?

[@dahelmang]

Are you making an argument that because people make arguments for the existence of God He must not exist? That's a huge stretch.

[@zach2980]

@@dahelmang not that it doesn’t definitely exist, just that it’s a curious case given it’s Omni characteristics. That “divine hiddenness” is a thing for what, if true, is the most important thing to know about is silly.

[@dahelmang]

@@zach2980 I don't see how it is silly. God is holy. That means He is separate from creation. He is spirit, which means He is invisible.

[@zach2980]

@@dahelmang god didn’t appear to people in the Old Testament?

[@blacklion2432]

First of all God Himself said He would preserve His Word so the Bible and the knowledge of things written in the Bible would never disappear even in a hypothetical situation. 2nd Jesus Christ told us to write His Word in our hearts for a reason. 3rd People should ask how did the old times prophets,disciples and apostles know the scriptures without there being a massive collection of scriptures in a book called the Bible now? Simple they were led by the Holy Spirit and passed this knowledge from generation to generation. Orally and by writing manuscripts. In short God is Almighty and if the Bible were to dissapear He would do as He has done in the past. He could supernaturally inspire a man to write it overnight cover to cover if he pleases.

[@Strongtower]

It's a hypothetical situation. He's not saying the Bible is gonna disappear. He's saying that because skeptics don't believe the Bible and he's showing them Jesus can be proven with their worldly sources as well.

[@blacklion2432]

@@Strongtower I understand

[@berglen100]

Mistakes are plenty under the sun, great Men but blind like John Baptist Matt @Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. Imagination is ignored by christians, till you wake up Phil 2:5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: Professional judges like to feel better.

[@martarico186]

Why are there awards given to christian artists for preaching the Word in music. Doesn't that put the emphasis on the person and not God , and make one artists better than the other in the commission of our ministry? Makes them more popular and rich? The apostles didn't compete with one another as to who was the best preacher or whose ministry was mos popular. They sacrifice everything to not waste their time with earthly rewards. Their reward was heaven bound always.

[@lepidoptera9337]

The bible doesn't tell us anything about Jesus. It tells us something about the people who wrote the texts in the bible.

[@zach2980]

So the South American cultures that performed human sacrifice was tragically ineffective, but in another primitive desert part of the world it was actually effective?

[@maluwa6957]

Rescuing the bible from fundamentalism by John Shelby Spong. ( Get a copy of the book and read it)

[@GR65330]

What would happen if the bible would disappear? I think that the early Church tells us how we could still know the faith: Paraphrasing: “Scripture, then, is an excellent source for the Rule of Faith. It is divine and must be believed. But the Scriptures are not always clear, nor did all of Scripture exist from the beginning. Hence, it is not an absolute Rule of Faith. Scripture is ultimately subject to the criterion of tradition, of the doctrine of the Church; of the Rule of Truth itself…..Tradition must be derived from the Apostles. Any tradition outside the apostolic Tradition must be absolutely rejected….Since Tradition existed before the writings of the New Testament it is an absolute source of revelation. It is the teaching of the living Church, which would have existed even if nothing had been committed to writing.” - Ancient Christian Writers, Ireneaus, “Against the Heresies” Book 1. Introduction, Scripture and Tradition, pp. 10-11, paragraphs 30-33, 180 AD

[@dahelmang]

It's sad to see great men get things so wrong but Ireneaus was just a man and made a mistake.

[@GR65330]

@@dahelmang According to who was he mistaken? None of his peers corrected him and if you read the other early Christian writers, the taught the same.

[@dahelmang]

@@GR65330 according to Jesus and obvious from history. "8 You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.” - Mark 7:8 Even Catholics can't agree what is tradition and what is not. It is merely human writings that have accumulated over the last 2000 years.

[@GR65330]

@@dahelmang Yes... Mark 7:8 is referring to the traditions of men, but there is also the apostolic tradition as Paul describes in 2 Thess 2:15; 2 Thess 3:6 etc.The scriptures are the written tradition, so where do we find the oral traditions?

[@dahelmang]

@@GR65330 we certainly don't find them in the 3rd century or later.

[@manfrummt]

15 minutes in and their still talking about themselves.

[@zach2980]

If a man claimed his missing wife floated up into space, would we believe him?

[@_sonicfive]

There is more evidence of Jesus outside the bible than in the bible. Most of this evidence has been uncovered by passionate atheists.

[@lindajohnson4204]

If every Bible suddenly vanished, we'd have to remember the Bible the best we could, and write down, and otherwise record, what we remembered. No supposed, empirical evidence is a living Word, quick and powerful, able to divide between the joints and the marrow. No extra-biblical evidence is a discerner of the thoughts and the intents of the heart. Today, when there is so much propaganda which says that we have no experience of the Holy Spirit, not even the conviction of sin, righteousness and judgment, and guidance to understand all truth, which Jesus said the Holy Spirit would be sent to give us, we have to hold to what the Bible says, or we will be deceived. We believe in Jesus, because God reveals His truth to our hearts. That is why Jesus said we would believe. While our receiving this from the Holy Spirit is subjective, guys, the actual conviction of the true, Holy Spirit is objective; nothing could be truer than the testimony of the Spirit of truth, of the living God. The recent rejection of our experience of the Holy Spirit's conviction: is it not "denying the power thereof"? It is, and we are told, *from such, turn away.* We do not do well to divorce our faith in Jesus from the Bible, OR the convicting Holy Spirit. That is a Trojan horse from our enemy, really.

[@areuaware6842]

Cristians believe that God is dead so they remade him in their image. Sad.

[@lindajohnson4204]

@@areuaware6842 We don't all believe that God is dead. Those who are born again, know Him. We know He is real; we don't allow the world to rob us of that..if we do let the world bamboozle us that badly, God will restore our faith, because it is a real relationship, one which Jesus paid for with His life. It is like Jesus talking about His sheep in John 10. We know Him; He knows us and lives us, and He keeps us. So the thing to do is to go all the way and be born again, and then trust Him more and more to keep us.

[@areuaware6842]

@@lindajohnson4204 , Satan knows Jesus so knowing Jesus means nothing. The question is, does Jesus know you?

[@martinbrown3161]

@@areuaware6842 stop with your lies, Christians don’t ever believe God is dead. Ever.

[@areuaware6842]

@@martinbrown3161 , So why do you choose to not listen?

[@zach2980]

God created hell, and predestined most people to it. How does this not personify evil?

[@dahelmang]

Judging evil isn't an evil thing to do. God made a path for us and people reject it out of spite.

[@GR65330]

God did not predestine anyone to go to hell. People choose Heaven or hell by the lives that they lead. The wicked go to hell and righteous to heaven. This judgment comes at the hour of each and everyone's death.

[@zach2980]

@@GR65330 have you read the Bible? Although admittedly I like your thinking. You have more the mentality of Muslims. The Bible most consistently speaks of predestination and few will be in heaven. But hey, that’s just my opinion, and many other Christians. But yeah, more people doing good is 👍👍 with me.

[@GR65330]

@@zach2980 What's a bible?.... lol. Yes, I have read the scriptures and it doesn't teach predestination as defined by Calvin. We have a choice in this life to choose God or reject him and this is done by the decisions we make throughout our life. Yes, few will be in Heaven, not because of predestination but because the way to Heaven is narrow and difficult. As as Paul wrote, only those who persevere to the end will be saved and like Paul, I am working out my salvation with fear and trembling in hope that I will fight the good fight and persevere to the end. God bless brother.

[@zach2980]

@@GR65330 hopefully your profession doesn’t involve too much fine motor movements where trembling might be detrimental. Do you think people choose what to believe?

[@manfrummt]

Always selling books. Didn't Jesus say something about composing business in the temple? Guess this is just entertainment.

[@dahelmang]

He is a writer. Books are helpful for people who are more bent toward intellectual thinking. Some people will not find that helpful. God gave him a talent for writing, shouldn't he do what God has gifted him to do?

[@manfrummt]

@@dahelmang They are always selling something. Spiritual matters don't need to be money makers.

[@Strongtower]

@@manfrummt What are you selling? You have to have a job to support your self? Do you live on the street? He is a writer and writes books to support himself.

[@manfrummt]

@@Strongtower Ask Jesus. He's the one that got pissed off at the people selling stuff at the temple. Maybe he thought it was schisty to lure people with God's goodness in actuality for their own selfish gain. I don't make the rules, I just try to follow them.

[@Strongtower]

@@manfrummt Did you listen to the part of the interview where Wallace says he doesn't like to sell books and offered to not take any money. He has a pension and doesn't need the money. He's just an author with lots of time cause he's retired

[@debis.4342]

Pick me!😬

[@rahimerayane4298]

Dear christians with all due respect as a Muslim the Quran tells the true story of the life of Jesus Christ and it shows that relates the life of Jesus is very different from that of the Bible, including the Old Testament and the New Testament,and that Jesus Peace be upon him was a just human being not a God nor the son of God, He neither said he was God nor that he came to die for the sins of the world he come to preach what the earlier prophets preached Adam, Noah, Jonah, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, David, Solomon, Moses and all the other prophets to Worship only One GOD and Never associate any partner with him and this belief is the path of eternal life,God gave Jesus the ability to perform numerous miracles such as giving life to a bird made of clay and He spoke as a baby in the cradle, he gave life to the dead, cured the leper and the blind, so as to demonstrate the authenticity of the Messenger and his people would believe him and follow his teachings, these miracles were performed by the will of God, and not by any special ability of Jesus himself, as he was just a human being and a Messenger of God but the Jews persecuted and accused Jesus of making himself God However, Jesus rejected their accusation. He made it clear to them that his actions did not come from his own decision, but they came from God. Jesus was only doing as the God was doing During his entire ministry So they instead mocked him and conspired with the Romans against him but God saved him and raised him up to Him,And the likeness of Jesus was put over another man. Jesus’ enemies took this man and crucified him, thinking that He was jesus.

[@dahelmang]

I don't have any reason to believe that. His followers spread His gospel far and wide, and they made it clear who Jesus claimed to be: "But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?”And Jesus said, “I am, and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.”And the high priest tore his garments and said, “What further witnesses do we need?You have heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?” And they all condemned him as deserving death. - Mark 14:61-64

[@GR65330]

The Quran is a book straight from hell and is filled with heresy, lies and blasphemy.

[@mapiasal]

HE KNOWS WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN BAD OR GOOD!!!!!!!!!!! oh wait is that the unicorn in my shoe or god?

[@JamesRichardWiley]

If every Bible vanished then Jesus would have to come down from his magic kingdom in the clouds instead of forcing us to rely on ancient storybooks.

[@martarico186]

Do you think that Roman Catholic are true biblical Christians? They believed back then in praying to saints and purgatory with deliverance of hell through money paid by people on earth. Mary is part of Salvation. Priests were the icons to pardoning of sins. This church in history killed soo many true biblical Christians and other innocent people in the name of Jesus. That is counter biblical Christianity. The true church is the small remnant.

[@lepidoptera9337]

There are, at all times, individuals who believe that they are the real deal and that the masses are fake. So what? So absolutely nothing.

[@GR65330]

The Catholics are the first biblical Christians as they have been preaching from the scriptures sine the first century. They also accumulated the books of the bible and determined the canon of scripture. Purgatory is biblical as well as the Communion of the Saints. NO, the Catholic Church never taught that anyone can be delivered from hell as hell is permanent and eternal. Mary is part of the plan of salvation as she gave birth to Jesus. Jesus gave His apostles to forgive or retain sins. It is a myth that the Catholic Church killed "true biblical Christians" as the Catholics have always been biblical Christians.

[@mapiasal]

its like saying SANTA CLAUSE matters......at that point I know you have the mental age of a 6 year old

[@dahelmang]

They address that comparison directly. It just shows you aren't looking.

[@mapiasal]

@@dahelmang I stopped believing in fairy tales as a child. I mean why do you worship a child murderer? exodus 12:29 god murders kids to spite their parents....sorry but I teach my kids that the god of the bible was a spiteful sadistic bastard that Trump voters model their actions after.

[@dahelmang]

@@mapiasal well it's too bad your bitterness has spread to your children as well. Poor kids will grow up to be as messed up as you are.

[@mapiasal]

​@@dahelmang why do you eat jesus and drink his blood? doesn't that make you a cannibal and just as pagan as every other belief system out there?

[@mapiasal]

@@dahelmang hopefully, the world needs a lot less incompetent religious morons that think that santa clause is going to save them when they are dead

[@maluwa6957]

I don't reject the Bible, and in fact I love reading it. However I don't believe that its literally true. Its a book about the journey of a group of people, and how they understood the world. To me Jesus matters because he sided with those at the bottom and with people who were rejected and called sinners. That's what got him executed. If more people were to emulate Jesus this world would turn out to be a far better place for all.

[@rahimerayane4298]

As a muslim Jesus Peace be upon him was a just human being not a God nor the son of God, He neither said he was God nor that he came to die for the sins of the world he come to preach what the earlier prophets preached Adam, Noah, Jonah, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, David, Solomon, Moses and all the other prophets to Worship only One GOD and Never associate any partner with him and this belief is the path of eternal life,God gave Jesus the ability to perform numerous miracles such as giving life to a bird made of clay and He spoke as a baby in the cradle, he gave life to the dead, cured the leper and the blind, so as to demonstrate the authenticity of the Messenger and his people would believe him and follow his teachings, these miracles were performed by the will of God, and not by any special ability of Jesus himself, as he was just a human being and a Messenger of God but the Jews persecuted and accused Jesus of making himself God However, Jesus rejected their accusation. He made it clear to them that his actions did not come from his own decision, but they came from God. Jesus was only doing as the God was doing During his entire ministry So they instead mocked him and conspired with the Romans against him but God saved him and raised him up to Him,And the likeness of Jesus was put over another man. Jesus’ enemies took this man and crucified him, thinking that He was jesus,i

[@dahelmang]

That is not true. "But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?”And Jesus said, “I am, and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.”And the high priest tore his garments and said, “What further witnesses do we need?You have heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?” And they all condemned him as deserving death. - Mark 14:61-64 They killed Jesus because He claimed to be divine.

[@maluwa6957]

@@dahelmang Mark used Isiah 53 and Psalm 22 and wrapped those verses around Jesus. And the OT accounts are not about Jesus. They are about the Jewish Nation and its people. Matthew, Mark and John were Jewish authors, however they were story tellers and not Scholars. The fact is that Jesus died alone, and his body was dumped in a common grave and rotted. What matters to me is how Jesus lived, loved and faced death with no hate towards anyone. A remarkable human being who inspires me. I call him Lord and worship him because he was fully human. Not because he was divine. I have no interest in Gods or divine beings.

[@dahelmang]

@@maluwa6957 actually it's a reference to Daniel: "“I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him.And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed. - Daniel 7:13-14 Jews decided these passages referred to Israel after Jesus came because they matched Him too closely. Matthew and John were eyewitnesses. Mark gave Peter's account, and Luke interviewed many witnesses. Whether they were scholars is irrelevant. What you should care about is the truth. And you have rejected the truth about Jesus. He did not die alone you made that up. He died in front of many witnesses. His resurrection was observed by many people as well. I don't see how you can call yourself a Christian if you reject what Jesus said.

[@maluwa6957]

@@dahelmang The crucifixion narratives are taken off Isaiah and the book of Psalms and are been wrapped around Jesus. They are not historically true. Those who were executed were taken down and dumped in a common grave. That's how cruel the Roman empire was. The Gospel narratives are not historical accounts. They are liturgy. Your feeble attempt to attack me as not been a Christian is not unusual. Because anyone who refuses to believe in nonsense always gets attacked. I love the Bible, but I don't believe that its literally true. I am a thinking Christian and not an idiot who is willing to believe that virgins can give birth and that sickness can be cured miraculously. If you want to believe in superstition please do so. But don't attack others who refuses to do so. Take care.

[@zach2980]

My girlfriend would yell “oh my god” when I would……. Is that evidence of god?

[@rovidius2006]

Evidence that one could use ..

[@zach2980]

@@rovidius2006 ;)

[@stlouisix3]

Christians are Catholics☦❤🕊✝

[@maluwa6957]

Not a single Christian Scholar believes that the Gospel stories concerning Jesus are historical facts. Far from been accounts of history, they were written by people who were inspired by the life of Jesus. Most of it has been taken off the old testament and wrapped around the life of Jesus. No one will ever know for certain what Jesus spoke or what his acts were. All we can be certain about is that he was a simple, kind Jewish Rabbi who walked the alleyways of Palestine preaching a message of love and tolerance. Scholars at the Jesus seminar came up with a plan and they used a color code system to work it out. Red means Jesus said it , pink means there is some doubt, brown means its really doubtful and black means he never said it. If you were to get hold of a Bible published by the Jesus seminar, the red code appears only about twice, and even then its never certain whether they are the authentic words and acts of the historical Jesus. As a Christian to me what matters is to strive to be a humanist like Jesus and not lose sleep over what his actual words or actions were, because no-one will ever know. While all you literalists will disagree with me, Christians who use reason to walk the path of Jesus would agree with me.

[@martinbrown3161]

You have a clear choice, you either follow God’s word through the scriptures or you follow your own personal beliefs, you are following your own personal beliefs, not the true word of God.

[@maluwa6957]

@@martinbrown3161 There is no such thing as inerrant scriptures, books or even words. Following God and Jesus does not mean that one needs to park ones brain outside the Church. An intelligent approach to the Bible is what we need, and unfortunately the fundamentalists are encouraging ignorant Christians towards an anti-intellectual brand of Christianity that is worth nothing.

[@martinbrown3161]

@@maluwa6957 this is your own personal opinion about this, if you don’t believe the scriptures, where on earth do you get what God has spoken? How on earth do you know what God commands of us? How are you saved? You have no foundation to base anything from?

[@martinbrown3161]

@@maluwa6957 all scripture is God breathed , if you fail to believe this, you will not understand what God is saying, you will just think you know what God is saying.

[@maluwa6957]

@@martinbrown3161 😂😂

[@brucecampo6543]

At 20:03 he uses God's name in vain, so I just cant listen to this

[@Kevin-lw2gl]

Don't be such a pharisee. He clearly said 'oh geez.'

[@brucecampo6543]

@@Kevin-lw2gl Yeah and we have no idea what thats short for

[@Kevin-lw2gl]

@@brucecampo6543 exactly, you said it yourself, we don't know where exactly that originated from. Hence if we all knew where it came from and if it came from what you are thinking, I'm sure some people would stop using it. I bet you don't know the original meaning of goodbye, rarely anyone knows. Does that make everyone a Christian?

[@brucecampo6543]

I don't know how old you are Kevin but you must have been living under a rock to not know that Jeez is short for Jesus and the author of this book is old enough to know better,I honestly am surprised that anyone would not know this information especially a born again Christian

[@Kevin-lw2gl]

@@brucecampo6543 A video that's almost 2 hours long which brings forward some valuable content for us Christians and you get all wounded up because of one slip up? How do you know if he actually did that on purpose? How many times have you not hit your thumb and unconsciously you almost utter the name of the Lord? I have before, I have practiced to refrain from doing so. You know I have always been a Christian and I speak more than one language. I have said things that I never knew to some were offensive, I just got used to people speaking a certain way. Many people don't perceive Geez or Gosh being used for Jesus or God, even if that were the case, so what? Who are you to determine a man's holiness, he could've simply slipped up because guess what? Not many people view it the way you are viewing it. You are acting like a pharisee and a child because he didn't use your standard of language. Focus on the prime purpose of this video which is more than just a second of inconvenience for you. God Bless you.

[@thomascoffin5930]

You people only on the internet or on TV, real life isn't your suit lol