Pseudo-Wisdom Exposed: When Christians Botch Biology and the Bible

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  • Опубликовано: 2 дек 2024

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  • @MindShift-Brandon
    @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +85

    Hey all, there was so much to cover here! can't believe I got to it all in 16 min. Hope you enjoy!

    • @n.c.1201
      @n.c.1201 27 дней назад +3

      @@MindShift-Brandon I find so many people who don't care about what the Bible says, but pull crap outta their bums like the Bible is just a scrap book and God wants you to ART doodle all over it with these gravity defying birds and escargot. The references are very pretty and much more entertaining tha the Bible is, that's for sure. Not many people care about the Bible anymore-- hence why he didn't use a Bible and had it wrong and no one else called him out on it. I am sure that Off-Air they are laughing and don't care about anything except the income.

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +12

      @@n.c.1201 agree with everything till the last sentiment. its possible they are both grifters for sure, but ive simply seen too many christians who really do believe this blindly.

    • @n.c.1201
      @n.c.1201 27 дней назад +6

      @@MindShift-Brandon Yes, I was not happy with my last sentence either...

    • @tomsenior7405
      @tomsenior7405 27 дней назад +12

      I am so glad you got round to this. Fish can fly (Exocoetidae) and birds can swim (Spheniscidae), therefore something, eggs, something god. It's Mental.

    • @rokkitserjun
      @rokkitserjun 27 дней назад +11

      Being in Oklahoma and seeing what the schools here produce I see where these guys get their simpleton ideas. Sadly, I really like Oklahoma, but it's rough having to deal with so many people having this level of thinking. I don't know what's scarier, that many grifters are leaders of the flock, or that the flock truly believes the grift.

  • @hamobu
    @hamobu 27 дней назад +222

    Janko: fish swim while birds defy gravity
    Penguin: am I a joke to you?

    • @alistairmackintosh9412
      @alistairmackintosh9412 27 дней назад +18

      Flying fish...

    • @ZimmZutinZayai
      @ZimmZutinZayai 27 дней назад +10

      Birds are so gravity-defying, they rely on their wings and the atmospheric pressure of Earth for the creation of flight. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @johnmcgraw3568
      @johnmcgraw3568 24 дня назад +1

      ​@ZimmZutinZayai so when I jump that's not defying gravity? Gravity does win but for a split second I actively defied it. A bird and a airplane use thirst , drag and lift to defying gravity.

    • @ZimmZutinZayai
      @ZimmZutinZayai 24 дня назад +3

      ​@@johnmcgraw3568 Perhaps your meaning of "defy" is less pedantic than mine. In that case, sure. However, if birds could truly defy gravity, they'd have no use for atmospheric pressure.

    • @nsbd90now
      @nsbd90now 21 день назад

      @@johnmcgraw3568 Something about mass.... you aren't defying gravity, you are displaying a relationship among objects. All objects have some gravity, including your body. It just isn't strong gravity like a black hole has...

  • @mattakudesu
    @mattakudesu 27 дней назад +152

    These guys were reaching so hard for a metaphor that I'm surprised we didn't hear their shoulders randomly dislocate during recording.

  • @sauron69447
    @sauron69447 27 дней назад +206

    The people going "whoaaa!!" In the first clip are the prefect representations of the vast majority of Christians, they don't stop to think & just blindly agrees with their pastors.

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +32

      EXACTLY!

    • @tiburd7
      @tiburd7 27 дней назад +12

      As Dan McClellan says, identity politics (aka groupthink).

    • @rokkitserjun
      @rokkitserjun 27 дней назад

      In any cult you will find a few charismatic charlatans guiding a flock of sheep who lack critical thinking skills. Sadly, with time and numbers, any cult can gain the legitimacy of becoming a 'Religion'.

    • @dayd6383
      @dayd6383 27 дней назад +14

      They have to if they are going to stick to their belief. Speaking from experience, the moment I stop n think about what is being said and what I am reading in the bible, is the moment my belief start to crumble.

    • @sauron69447
      @sauron69447 27 дней назад +13

      @dayd6383 thinking has always been the bane of belief. I'm glad you escaped from being indoctrinated.

  • @mcdopper
    @mcdopper 27 дней назад +228

    "whooaah, the atom is like a solar system with the electrons orbiting the nucleus like the planets orbit the sun! So, God!" Whoooah... sounds like teens after their first joint.

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +49

      lol, if only the bible had any indication of a solar system ha!

    • @vlastermaster
      @vlastermaster 27 дней назад +4

      LMAO

    • @BluStarGalaxy
      @BluStarGalaxy 27 дней назад +11

      It reminded me of the circle in that 70’s show. Guy: “I heard about this bird and it runs on water man!”

    • @discontinuedmodel232
      @discontinuedmodel232 27 дней назад +11

      @@MindShift-Brandon Wait - so stars CAN'T fall down to Earth? 😲 And the sun CAN'T hang in the sky longer to give Joshua more daylight to continue his successful battle? 😲 You really do learn something new every day, I guess.

    • @pineapplepenumbra
      @pineapplepenumbra 27 дней назад

      They sound like the ones who claim that because Laminin is shaped like a cross (in text books, anyway), that it's a sign that their gods designed us.
      However, someone pointed out that we are carbon based life forms, and carbon has 6 protons, 6 neutrons and 6 electrons, so we must have been designed by Satan...

  • @MattWhite-vh6xh
    @MattWhite-vh6xh 27 дней назад +197

    No neurons were hurt in the making of that video.

    • @davidmgilbreath
      @davidmgilbreath 27 дней назад +20

      We are all dumber for having seen it though. They are awarded no points, and may god have mercy on their souls. 😓😂

    • @phillprieto
      @phillprieto 27 дней назад +15

      Mine were.

    • @jaycrocker3812
      @jaycrocker3812 27 дней назад +9

      I believe they had none left to hurt?

    • @KatMo7121
      @KatMo7121 27 дней назад +8

      Neglect is considered abuse!

    • @sordidknifeparty
      @sordidknifeparty 27 дней назад +2

      Funny

  • @ZanyCat
    @ZanyCat 27 дней назад +141

    Hey guys, I found a connection between ice cream and crime! Crime rates increase in the Summer, and ice cream sales also increase in the Summer, therefore ice cream causes crime! The ice cream represents how the morals of our society are melting! *mic drop*

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +17

      Lol!

    • @judethree4405
      @judethree4405 27 дней назад +17

      Whoa, bars…😂

    • @KatMo7121
      @KatMo7121 27 дней назад +12

      If you used that in a video, you'd probably get a lot of "Whoa(s)" and views, lol!

    • @BluStarGalaxy
      @BluStarGalaxy 27 дней назад +7

      Provides new meaning for, “What would you do for a Klondike bar?”

    • @crazyprayingmantis5596
      @crazyprayingmantis5596 27 дней назад +2

      Whooooohh 🤯
      All hail the great Neapolitan

  • @ziploc2000
    @ziploc2000 27 дней назад +76

    Frogs are laid as eggs, hatch as tadpoles, then those tadpoles slowly transform into frogs.
    Christian mind blown!

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +13

      lol i was tempted to make this a 30 min video and give like 20 more animal metaphors at the end then the 3 or 4 that i did.

    • @tiburd7
      @tiburd7 27 дней назад +8

      Ah yes, that Christian process of Sanctification.

    • @HeWhoWatchesTheStars
      @HeWhoWatchesTheStars 27 дней назад +7

      I was actually in a Christian musical through my church growing up, and I still remember the lyrics: "Bull frogs and butterflies, they've both been born again." Because apparently metamorphosis is the same thing as being reborn as well. As well as acorns growing into oak trees: "He's changing the acorn into a mighty oak; he's making me holy and teaching me to grow. Learning to trust and obey, I'm getting stronger each day."
      I still remember these lyrics, and I was five when I was in that play.....

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +3

      @@tiburd7 lol! i loved this.

    • @What_If_We_Tried
      @What_If_We_Tried 27 дней назад +2

      Woahhhh!

  • @edocty
    @edocty 14 дней назад +23

    He wasn’t wrong about the verse, he read Genesis 1:26 KJV.

    • @edocty
      @edocty 14 дней назад +9

      Fish and Fowl are of biblical importance especially when looking at the story of Jesus and his disciples feeding the mass, and the dove (fowl) being the symbol of the Holy Spirit.

    • @kingprnce
      @kingprnce 12 дней назад +1

      very true his argument is based off a different version of the bible chang is talking about the kjv version or the hebrew version he read the bible many times

    • @shellymilk67
      @shellymilk67 9 дней назад +6

      Yeah thank you I thought I was the only one thinking so may God help this young man I've been watching some of his videos he is against christians like he has so much hurt in him,may God help him.

    • @Lucky-oz4qb
      @Lucky-oz4qb 3 дня назад

      Ok, so he allegedly* got the verse correct, but that wasn’t the only problem or really even the main problem

  • @danielsmith2447
    @danielsmith2447 27 дней назад +111

    Holy mackerel, that conversation would have made me cringe even when I was a believer.

  • @mitsukirobin
    @mitsukirobin 27 дней назад +23

    They're all low hanging fruit at this point. You can find so many people who think their favorite evangelist is brilliant but there are rarely any new arguments that haven't been repeated for thousands of years. You do a great job dissecting any argument. Keep up the good work.

  • @NYKim_NY
    @NYKim_NY 27 дней назад +66

    Most Christians barely know the new testament let alone the old. They have a vague overview, can quote half a dozen scriptures and refuse to entertain anything outside of the echo chamber.
    I watch you and I'm constantly saying "yes!" It's frustrating to be told "God's ways are higher than ours." That's code for "I refuse to listen to anything that challenges my belief."
    I was there once upon a time, so were you. Eventually a person who desires truth and understanding above everything else will start to question the inconsistencies and frankly the silliness of it all.
    Another great video thank you!!

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +17

      well put and thanks so much!

    • @sharicox9937
      @sharicox9937 27 дней назад +7

      💯🎯🌿

    • @TheAGNOSTIC_who_YT_CENSORS
      @TheAGNOSTIC_who_YT_CENSORS 27 дней назад +7

      The amount of Christians who don't even seem to know their God's name is mind numbing.

    • @davidmgilbreath
      @davidmgilbreath 27 дней назад +3

      @@NYKim_NY yes, like you it seems, I was too much in pursuit of truth and understanding to remain a Christian. In retrospect I feel a little bad for the pastors and elders I tormented with my youthful inquisitions. 😅

    • @sundayoliver3147
      @sundayoliver3147 27 дней назад +2

      @@davidmgilbreath I don't! If they're meant to be some kind of expert on the subject, answering questions ought to be right up their alley.

  • @michaelevans3942
    @michaelevans3942 27 дней назад +16

    Good work Brandon. I have a very busy work life but these 15 minutes were worth every second of listening.

  • @TrevonFoxxx
    @TrevonFoxxx 27 дней назад +88

    This was me back in youth church, man I really thought I was hitting deep, turns out I wasn’t even hitting anything 😂😂😂

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +27

      i cringe because it was also me, though at least more biblically accurate, but still the reaching!

    • @TrevonFoxxx
      @TrevonFoxxx 27 дней назад +18

      @@MindShift-Brandon lol exactly! Like Atleast get the verses right 💀

    • @fcchannel6162
      @fcchannel6162 19 дней назад

      then you going get older in realise you don't know nothing not even this.

  • @Badficwriter
    @Badficwriter 27 дней назад +88

    My whole body cringed, watching those people. This is what happens when people think "doing their own research" is superior, without bothering with the hard work of scholarship.

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +15

      yup! indeed.

    • @ChillAssTurtle
      @ChillAssTurtle 27 дней назад +1

      Its deeply embarrassing for em

    • @JasonHenderson
      @JasonHenderson 27 дней назад +10

      "doing your own research" aka listening to Christian podcasts

    • @TheAGNOSTIC_who_YT_CENSORS
      @TheAGNOSTIC_who_YT_CENSORS 27 дней назад +6

      2:02 Was hilarious. Yeah, birds are totally defying gravity. They're just flapping those huge wings to throw us off. They don't actually need them to fly at all.😅

    • @RichWoods23
      @RichWoods23 27 дней назад +3

      @@TheAGNOSTIC_who_YT_CENSORS God just nudges them with his magic finger and they readily take to the air.
      (The birds left on the ground are stuck there until God has finished nudging all the nearby electrons along their ordained paths too.)

  • @yootooberkev15
    @yootooberkev15 17 дней назад +14

    I’m a believer, and even though you’re a an atheist, I do agree with you on some points about him reading Genesis out of context and extrapolating his own interpretation of the verse. When I first saw him say this on a RUclips short, I knew it sounded fishy to me (fishy, get it?)

    • @parrotandfamiliaMCCEEchannel
      @parrotandfamiliaMCCEEchannel 9 дней назад

      Yeah me too Believer. The Two Births is a nutshell of BIRTH BEING BORN AGAIN BAPTISM. 2ND IS SPIRITUAL BAPTISM BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WHEN YOU ARE BORN IN SPIRIT IT MEANS YOUR OF THE WORLD YOUR WALKING FULLY IN SPIRIT NOT IN FLESH. SPIRITUAL WARFARE IS REAL

  • @gottfriedosterbach3907
    @gottfriedosterbach3907 27 дней назад +18

    The reach was so great and then everyone was reaching and it spread around to everyone. So we had a really great biblical reach around.

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +6

      lol, didnt want to laugh at this one, but i did.

    • @tiburd7
      @tiburd7 27 дней назад +2

      It's how groupthink works, whether in religion or anything else.

  • @szymonwalczak3574
    @szymonwalczak3574 27 дней назад +63

    Flies are born 3 times (eggs, larva, and flies). Isn't it a great sign of Trinity😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @davidmgilbreath
      @davidmgilbreath 27 дней назад +18

      Praise be to the Lord of the Flies! 🙏🤴🦟

    • @Donathon-f6f
      @Donathon-f6f 19 дней назад +3

      Yeah right 👍

  • @floccinaucinihilipilifications
    @floccinaucinihilipilifications 27 дней назад +72

    Sounded like a clip from a Beavis & Butt-head Bible Study.

  • @yarati4584
    @yarati4584 27 дней назад +43

    "It's so deep, bro" he said before plunging headfirst into the proverbial children's pool that is genesis. Meanwhile the mariana trench aka biology goes "am I a joke to you?"

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +6

      ohhh love that.

    • @Groffili
      @Groffili 27 дней назад +7

      The creation story in Genesis, from the beginning of the universe to the rise of life to the problematic condition of humankind is just a handfull of pages. That's all there is, and everything else they think they "know" has to come from other, outside sources.
      These sources encompass the totality of human knowledge about cosmology, geology, biology, history, sociology, psychology, etc. It takes years to get a rough overview in one field, decades to become proficient, and there still will be things people don't know. To be knowledgable in all fields is basically impossible.
      But to these people... they just ignore that. They don't want to spend all that time and effort. They stick to the three pages, fill it up with "something I once heard somewhere"... and go "whoa!", impressed by their own deep wisdom and understanding.

    • @Firestorm12345678910
      @Firestorm12345678910 25 дней назад +1

      @@Groffili They're not willing to investigate further then the DNA. What if the DNA had a precursor such as the RNA?
      If humans were created in the image and likeness of God then at what resolution would that be true? The eyes evolved only to see visible light (some with ability to see a little bit of UV) but if we look at ourselves at other magnifications we see a completely different body. With proper instruments we would see our bodies at the cellular, atomic, subatomic levels and humans (human's bodies) would look like tiny dots when viewed from afar at macro resolutions. So then if you can't zoom in and out of God's body (that is if God has a body) at scales then again how could humans be created in the image and likeness of God(s)?
      If God can reduce itself to the size of an atom or increase itself to the size of a hyper giant star then why can't humans do the same? If the human body has some sort of special-ness to it due to the claim made in God's image/likeness then where is that quality hiding? While humans can unlock the secrets of biology Theists still have not proven how Biology (natural world) has/had a creator.

    • @RobertZellers
      @RobertZellers 21 день назад +2

      Nice. I see what you did there.

    • @enriquekhoza8566
      @enriquekhoza8566 11 дней назад

      @@GroffiliMy question for you is, do you think Biology is outside the creation story?

  • @stevenpike7857
    @stevenpike7857 27 дней назад +69

    OMG - I am just one chapter in and I want to vomit. The dude making a connection between birds and fish = to born again is delusional. And the people there tossing his salad going, "oooh aaahhh!!" like it's some profound revelation is crazy.

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +13

      it gets worse!

    • @alfresco8442
      @alfresco8442 27 дней назад +9

      Yup! The ironic thing is that he dismisses the fetal stage as being a life in his eagerness to add an extra 'born again' life. By that logic there shouldn't be any religious objection to abortion, as he's just said it doesn't count.

    • @KatMo7121
      @KatMo7121 27 дней назад +1

      I see what you did there! Eewww...

    • @wayne5579
      @wayne5579 16 дней назад +1

      Want to vomit 😂

    • @christopherpaxon4422
      @christopherpaxon4422 11 дней назад +1

      It gets even worse... There's ppl that now believe in the little mermaid aliens under the sea😂😂😂😂😂

  • @riluna3695
    @riluna3695 27 дней назад +10

    Here's what you do when you have a thought like this:
    1) Ask yourself if anything on the list didn't fit the theme. If so, you're off-base and need to rethink.
    2) Ask yourself if anything NOT on the list _does_ fit the theme, that God just forgot about in his infinite wisdom.
    3) Ask yourself if this connection is something that makes sense to make in this circumstance. Why are we reading a list of types of animals that exist, thinking of the methods of their birth when they weren't mentioned, and tying that to the idea of being Born Again when _that_ wasn't mentioned? Is it more reasonable to believe this is just a simple list?
    4) Remind yourself that coincidences definitively exist. Because if you assume they don't, then every single seeming coincidence across all of space and time MUST all have a deeper meaning, and all of those deeper meanings must build towards the same one noncontradictory worldview. So if even a single one doesn't have a deeper meaning, or if the only deeper meanings lead it in the opposite direction, the "there are no coincidences" belief is proven unequivocably false. And if any coincidences exist, remember that this could just be one of them, and rate that chance against the likelihood from point 3.
    5) Even after all of this, double-check with a friend who will also go through this list rather than blindly accept that you're correct. They may have information you lack that weakens or strengthens the idea, or changes the "how likely is it?" math in a meaningful way.
    Do all of that, fairly and without bias towards your cool new idea you really want to believe in, without the idea breaking at any point in the process, and you MIGHT be onto something. Even then it hasn't been proven conclusively true. And as sad and unfulfilling as that sounds, this is just a small fraction of the crap scientific ideas put themselves through on a regular basis, to weed out bad ideas, leaving only the good. If Science can do all of THAT, the Word of your God is capable of surviving at least this much. To disagree is to call your God weak. To try it and have him fail is for him to BE weak. If an untrue-idea-destroyer threatens you (as it seems to threaten so many apologists with how fervently they fight to avoid it), then that is a very bad sign for your ideas.

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +4

      what a lovely list, and how utterly said how far off it is from how most believers process their religion.

    • @riluna3695
      @riluna3695 27 дней назад +4

      @@MindShift-Brandon I mean, it's not just them either. This sort of thoughtlessness is pretty standard human behavior. (Though an unhealthy amount of people are encouraged to play into this human shortcoming deliberately)
      The Scientific Method's claim to fame is being the only way we have of putting that bias aside long enough to see the world without our bad-prescription rainbow-tinted glasses we all wear.
      And despite the "Us vs Them" some sects get caught up in about science vs religion, anyone can use the scientific method to come to their conclusions, and any scientist can falter and fail to apply it properly. It's just up to all the others doing it right to call them out on it when they mess up (or even try lying). Gotta make sure their work gets Reviewed by a few of their Peers. If only there were a name for that process.... :P
      Incidentally, I'm starting to like that mental image of a paper shredder than only tears up incorrect ideas, and lets true ones pass through safely. Could make for a fun metaphor to explore further.
      (This is more or less how all my ideas for books first form :P)

  • @Andre-qo5ek
    @Andre-qo5ek 27 дней назад +16

    Pseudo-Wisdom ... definitely one of my fears.

  • @IsaacSungjunYoon-yo1jf
    @IsaacSungjunYoon-yo1jf 11 дней назад +4

    Regardless, we should lift each other up and correct brothers and sisters in private. Seeking for truth and love. Show grace to eachother for the purpose of life, kingdom of God.
    The bible is fractal, meaning that the message is the same regardless of how you look at it and the deeper you go. Revelations and connects are everywhere and God is intentional about everything. The truth and knowledge is too lofty for us to attain.

  • @BriannaWeldon
    @BriannaWeldon 7 дней назад +2

    I cringed so hard at both men in this clip when I saw it in the wild. “Y’all just say anything” continues to be my refrain about Christians.

  • @maggienewton8518
    @maggienewton8518 27 дней назад +20

    phrase of the day: "geeking each other up."

  • @alfresco8442
    @alfresco8442 27 дней назад +11

    If you look at Genesis 1 it states, right out of the gate, that Day and Night were created on the first day, yet the sun wasn't created until the fourth day. How exactly does that work?
    It tends to go downhill from there.

    • @sundayoliver3147
      @sundayoliver3147 27 дней назад +2

      God works in mysterious ways??? /s

    • @Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr
      @Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr 26 дней назад

      light without the sun

    • @Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr
      @Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr 26 дней назад

      I thought it was Jesus (he is the light of the world)

    • @alfresco8442
      @alfresco8442 26 дней назад

      @@Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr It wasn't light without the sun. That was the original "Fiat Lux!." Nor was is Jesus...he wouldn't even be born until thousands of years later.
      The light was divided from the darkness and they were specifically named Night and Day before the sun was even created. It makes no sense whatsoever.

    • @Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr
      @Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr 25 дней назад

      @@alfresco8442 Christians say Jesus was there at creation.

  • @exoplanet11
    @exoplanet11 27 дней назад +9

    When Chang said "birds in the air" for some reason I actually thought he would next say "see...God knew that birds were in the air! Nobody could have known that! That proves God's perfect". His listeners would have gone along with that too, probably.

    • @fcchannel6162
      @fcchannel6162 19 дней назад

      no, they would'nt have on some real stuff, had atheist who tried to make fun of the bible cause it spoke about unicorn when unicorn in hebrew mean rhinos, i have defeated atheist off of google searches about the bible, i'm a christian in i fact check everything before i believe it.

  • @franciswalsh8416
    @franciswalsh8416 27 дней назад +18

    This is borderline unwatchable!!! I agree with you 100%. There is the constant affirming that convinces people that the Emperor is wearing splendid Garments!!

  • @Warrior-re5fn
    @Warrior-re5fn 27 дней назад +34

    I'm so glad you made this video. I have christian family who post this guys crap and anytime I try to explain how ridiculous it is they ignore and have a excuse to justify it. I feel you when you say you feel bad for christians who fall for it. Love ya Brandon you freaking rock bro.

  • @suicune2001
    @suicune2001 27 дней назад +17

    That logical mess of a video got 500,000 views???? That makes me so sad.

  • @cccar67
    @cccar67 27 дней назад +3

    Thanks!

  • @dasbus9834
    @dasbus9834 27 дней назад +18

    It all makes sense now: _"with painful labor you will give birth to children"_ - so before the fall, Eve was supposed to lay eggs!

    • @davidmgilbreath
      @davidmgilbreath 27 дней назад +2

      Howdy 👋🤠
      Read another fiction book (sci-fi) where in the future humans evolved to lay eggs. 🤔😂

    • @davidmgilbreath
      @davidmgilbreath 27 дней назад +3

      It was “The Wraiths of Will and Pleasure” if you’re interested. 🤓

    • @dasbus9834
      @dasbus9834 27 дней назад +3

      @@davidmgilbreath Thanks, sounds bizarre but interesting - just looking at the summary. And unlike with the Bible, sci-fi and fantasy authors usually make some effort at worldbuilding and internal consistency.

    • @davidmgilbreath
      @davidmgilbreath 27 дней назад +1

      @ oh, it’s pretty bizarre for sure, in fact when I first picked it up I thought “wth IS this?!” since it was so far outside of the usual hard sci-fi I’d read - the nearest thing would’ve been Octavia E. Butler’s “Lilith’s Brood”.
      As you said though, the world building was good enough to make the strange tale immersive despite the unnerving feel it gave.
      Maybe the Bible would make more sense if a modern sci-fi/fantasy writer rewrote it, maybe someone like Brandon Sanderson (sorry @Mindshift, I think you’d do an awesome job too ofc).

    • @dasbus9834
      @dasbus9834 27 дней назад +1

      ​@@davidmgilbreath I'm not sure how much of the original characters and motifs would remain in that case... anyway, better to write new stories than to have yet another reboot or sequel 😉

  • @paulorr4896
    @paulorr4896 27 дней назад +14

    Favorite part. Regarding salmon, "Ye know what they do when they're done? THEY DIE!" Your delivery was perfect. 😆

  • @CatDaddyGuitar
    @CatDaddyGuitar 27 дней назад +15

    Random thought from talking about birds...why do angels have wings? Does gravity affect them? 🤷🏼

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +9

      lol last time i talked about angels, christians told me over and over in the comments, i couldnt possibly understand them or gods mind when he made them.

    • @CatDaddyGuitar
      @CatDaddyGuitar 27 дней назад +5

      @MindShift-Brandon but they're cool with it lol... Don't question the Maker haha

    • @QueenBoadicea
      @QueenBoadicea 27 дней назад +1

      In the buybull, angels aren't usually stated to have wings. They're often mistaken for humans meaning they couldn't have wings or anything that would mark them as being non-human beings.

    • @mightiestalone9851
      @mightiestalone9851 27 дней назад +2

      Most angel sightings are reported as wingless. I don't think the Bible mentions them with wings either.

    • @CatDaddyGuitar
      @CatDaddyGuitar 27 дней назад

      @QueenBoadicea they are supposed to be able to change form or something too, so there's that. I mean, if they were real lol

  • @derreckwalls7508
    @derreckwalls7508 27 дней назад +10

    "The biggest fools are the ones convinced they are wise."
    ~ me, just now, after three cocktails... paraphrasing pretty much every philosopher since Plato.

  • @tuwhitcombe
    @tuwhitcombe 10 дней назад +1

    Yeah it's a little extreme for them to try tie everything together like that... I am reminded though of what Jesus said to Nicodemus [ The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit]

  • @bobbydobalina
    @bobbydobalina 27 дней назад +7

    Brandon, I have to ask, but how did you manage to edit out the dense clouds of smoke and gutted Dorito bags from that video clip?

  • @juliansolis3015
    @juliansolis3015 10 дней назад +1

    Christian here. I saw the reel of this on Instagram and it definitely made me cringe. Big L. And it’s so obvious too like… 🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @stevewebber707
    @stevewebber707 27 дней назад +23

    I know it's common and popular to read between the lines of the bible in Christianity.
    But he's wandering off into fan fiction genre.

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +4

      a wild ride indeed.

    • @davidmgilbreath
      @davidmgilbreath 27 дней назад +4

      @@stevewebber707 not really out of character though, considering how much of the Bible could fall into the fan-fic genre. 🤷

    • @sundayoliver3147
      @sundayoliver3147 27 дней назад +3

      @@davidmgilbreath Very true. A mishmash of mythology which somehow we are meant to take as some kind of plan.

    • @davidmgilbreath
      @davidmgilbreath 27 дней назад

      @@sundayoliver3147 oh boy, can already see apologists saying “But THAT’S part of the plan!” 😂

  • @RonanIrish
    @RonanIrish 14 дней назад +2

    As a Christian, I hear you. I think there’s a massive amount of believers that don’t have necessary critical thinking skills when it comes to the bible, and take every teaching at face value without thinking through wether it actually aligns with what the bible even says. That being said, there are many Christians that do. Just looking at the writings of C.S. Lewis for example (fun fact - Tolkien played a part in convincing him of the truths of the gospels), and minds like John Lennox and Gavin Ortlund to name a few. I too was of the same mind that just doing a bit of critical thinking debunked the whole religion. I left the church after growing up in it. A few years later, I then discovered the evidence for Jesus and the scriptures and realised it wasn’t just some myth and fairytales, but that it actually held historical weight. I admire your attitude and thirst for truth. This search does not contradict the bible, in fact it’s for it. The bible doesn’t call for blind faith. John 20:29
    “Jesus said to him, ‘Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.’”
    • While Jesus blesses those who believe without seeing, the context is significant. Thomas believed after being presented with evidence, and Jesus does not condemn seeking understanding but points to a deeper trust in God’s promises.

  • @Lord.alucarD
    @Lord.alucarD 27 дней назад +6

    About the third point. What current are we going against??? How are we going against the flow of the world? When God created us and all the animals, didnt he do it so everything was good? When he created Adam and Eve, did he mean for them to go against some flow of the world?

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +5

      he's referring to how the world is evil and sinful post fall and christians, once born again, now have the power to be "not of the world" as so many verses command. still ridiculous.

    • @Lord.alucarD
      @Lord.alucarD 27 дней назад +4

      @MindShift-Brandon Sure, but God would have to make the birds and fish they way they are before the downfall in order to have the metaphor later. So the downfall was either planned or God knew it would happen and we go back to the good old free will problem and God's all-knowingness. Ofc they never think about all of these problems.

  • @Jon45678
    @Jon45678 27 дней назад +17

    He forgot a part of his fish analogy: When someone goes fishing it is a picture of Satan trying to lure and catch people. Whoa! Mic drop!

    • @KatMo7121
      @KatMo7121 27 дней назад +3

      Awesome! Next time someone asks me about my hobbies, I'm gonna finish with "I play Satan on the weekends!"

    • @erichoepelman7764
      @erichoepelman7764 15 дней назад +1

      But I hit you with a reverse. Jesus was the fisher of men

  • @survive323
    @survive323 27 дней назад +5

    Deception is a powerful phycological tool. Usually used for bad intentions. I believe your work helps expose the bad intentions. Thinking is important in order to make good decisions and having someone help explain the problems is essential. Thanks for your wisdom!

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +2

      Appreciate that, always glad to encourage thinking!

  • @gamecrusher2024
    @gamecrusher2024 27 дней назад +3

    Responding to timestamp 4:13 - My former Pastor always quoted the 2nd half of 2 Corinthians 9:7. Which states: For God loves a cheerful giver. However, he always left out the 1st part of that verse, which states, "Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity". The entire verse goes like this: "Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver." SO DECEPTIVE!

    • @jaflenbond7854
      @jaflenbond7854 27 дней назад

      The real and raging BATTLE to the DEATH on planet Earth
      is still
      ATHEISM and RELIGIONS versus the CREATOR and JESUS CHRIST
      LOVING, KIND, RESPECTFUL, and SUBMISSIVE persons on earth
      who
      honor and obey Jesus Christ as their loving, kind, and merciful Master and Heavenly King and believe his teachings too about the "Kingdom of God" and "Resurrection of the Dead" written in Luke 4: 43 and John 11: 25, 26
      will
      definitely be honored and rewarded by the loving, kind, and merciful Creator with ETERNAL LIFE and existence on earth without sufferings, pains, griefs, sickness, and death as written in Revelation 21: 3, 4
      but
      will also be hated, dishonored, mocked, and slandered by arrogant, cruel, merciless, and deceitful Atheists, Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and fanatics of all kinds of Religions
      who
      are unitedly filling the world with Satanic LIE and claim that GOD doesn't exist and Satanic LIES, tricks, deceits, and false teachings about "hellfire", "Armageddon", "Trinity", "afterlife", "immortality of the souls", "rapture", and "reincarnation".
      Arrogant, cruel, merciless, and deceitful Atheists, Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and fanatics of Religions
      will
      just turn into worthless and useless dusts on earth forever after their inescapable deaths
      while
      LOVING, KIND, RESPECTFUL, and SUBMISSIVE Worshippers of the Creator
      who
      died recently and thousands of years ago like Abel, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Job, King David, Jesus Christ's Followers and disciples, and many others
      will
      all be RESURRECTED back to life in the right and proper time so they can happily and peacefully live and exist on earth forever as submissive and obedient subjects of the "KINGDOM of GOD"
      and fully enjoy the eternal love, kindness, goodness, generosities, compassions, favors, and blessings of the Creator and his Christ for eternity
      under the loving and kind rulership, guidance, and protection of Jesus Christ as the Creator's Chosen King and Ruler of the heavens and the earth as written in Revelation 11: 15.

  • @aldoraines8085
    @aldoraines8085 27 дней назад +6

    Usually such types of "logic" and "wisdom" annoy me so much that I develop a fever after listening! However this time it just made me laugh a lot. Perhaps because of all the "Whoaaa"s. Thanks for another great episode.

  • @wild-blue-02
    @wild-blue-02 27 дней назад +5

    Hello, thank you for launching this channel, I really appreciate hearing your thoughts on Christianity! I've never converted to the religion due to the same thoughts you've stated in previous videos. Would love to see your thoughts on physical evidence for/against Christianity and similarities/differences between various NDEs/visions/dreams from people if you ever plan to tackle those subjects!

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +3

      thanks for that, will do.

    • @tiburd7
      @tiburd7 27 дней назад +2

      Yes, I'm particularly intrigued by detailed NDEs from devout Christians - including in some cases wives or daughters of pastors - who report never encountering any entity they could identify as Jesus, contrary to their confident expectations.

  • @ziploc2000
    @ziploc2000 27 дней назад +18

    The less you pay attention in school the more really basic biological facts appear to be mystical.

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +5

      education is absolutely an issue for where faith flourishes.

    • @sundayoliver3147
      @sundayoliver3147 27 дней назад

      I think it's fine to consider basic biological facts to be mystical-- as long as you are actually sticking to the basic biological facts. It's certainly true that science is about exploring the unknown (at least when it's not driven by grant money), which is why we have scientific advancement-- so sometimes what was once a fact ("can't split the atom") is no longer a fact.

    • @ziploc2000
      @ziploc2000 26 дней назад

      @@sundayoliver3147 I don't, but maybe we have a different idea of what mystical means.

  • @TheNamesFathom
    @TheNamesFathom 27 дней назад +33

    dude this resonates hard with me because I remember thinking “if ‘mas’ means ‘more’ in Spanish, does Christmas mean ‘more christ’?”
    in hindsight that’s such an embarrassing “connection” to make

    • @davidmgilbreath
      @davidmgilbreath 27 дней назад +3

      Yeah, but people do this all the time in all seriousness. My fav so far is: “Say Jesus in Spanish. What does that tell you?” 😂

    • @DavidRichardson153
      @DavidRichardson153 27 дней назад +3

      ​@@davidmgilbreathI actually did that a few times, and every time I did, my mind immediately jumped to Die Hard With a Vengeance - and perhaps naturally, specifically to Samuel L Jackson.

    • @crazyprayingmantis5596
      @crazyprayingmantis5596 27 дней назад +1

      😂 religion makes you talk like an idiot.

    • @Llortnerof
      @Llortnerof 27 дней назад +1

      Well, christ means anointed one, anointing somebody is to smear (holy) oils on them, so christmas "obviously" means "more oil smears".

    • @TheNamesFathom
      @TheNamesFathom 27 дней назад +1

      I like this and I’m stealing it

  • @Zachariahs3842
    @Zachariahs3842 11 дней назад +2

    Watching this doesn’t change my faith just shows how important it is to look at whole context of things not stuff that just sounds good this a perfect example of leaning on your own understanding of things instead of examining the entire picture not just parts you “think” are what you believe plus you shouldn’t look at the followers of Christ as the example that’s just ignorant were humans and as shown here their definitely miss interpreting what the Bible says the Lord should be your only example of Christianity not your neighbor who you don’t really know

  • @dasbus9834
    @dasbus9834 27 дней назад +9

    Failing so utterly in such a holistic way about both simple biology _and_ what the Bible says _and_ at making any meaningful observation about both surely must be some sort of performance art?

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +4

      now imaging these two in the studio, but you zoom out and its behind glass in a pseudo-science museum. And the little id tag simply says my new favorite word, "Apophenia"

    • @dasbus9834
      @dasbus9834 27 дней назад +4

      @@MindShift-Brandon If only... but unfortunately they're out there in the wild.

    • @maggienewton8518
      @maggienewton8518 27 дней назад +2

      yeah. I think the "whoaaa's" confirm your theory

  • @bozman247
    @bozman247 19 дней назад +5

    As a Christian…that clip couldn’t end fast enough

  • @BluStarGalaxy
    @BluStarGalaxy 27 дней назад +24

    I had the lowest of expectations for the Christian short you showed and I was still disappointed.

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +10

      ha! made me actually laugh out loud.

    • @BluStarGalaxy
      @BluStarGalaxy 27 дней назад +5

      Nice! 😂👏👏
      When that guy started talking about birds coming from water I was wondering if we were reacting to a conspiracy theory video. I’m was like, “Oh no.”

    • @davidmgilbreath
      @davidmgilbreath 27 дней назад +1

      Lol should’ve lowered the bar further @BluStarGslaxy 😝

    • @BluStarGalaxy
      @BluStarGalaxy 27 дней назад +2

      I didn’t know it was possible.

    • @davidmgilbreath
      @davidmgilbreath 27 дней назад +2

      @@BluStarGalaxy oh Satan, lead me not into temptation! 😂

  • @AdamKlownzinger
    @AdamKlownzinger 27 дней назад +8

    “In reading the Hebrew, Aramaic, you see that fish and birds…”
    Wait, do our stupid English Bibles leave out biological information about how fish and birds work that was found in the Hebrew and Aramaic portions of the Bible? Is Big Bible conning us all?
    Seriously though what is he talking about? If taken at his word he is suggesting that he gained this knowledge of how these animals are born by reading the Hebrew manuscripts. Either that’s not what he meant to say, or he’s just trying to make himself sound more authoritative by using what sounds to your run of the mill default-Christian to be scholarly language, like just blurting at any point in your comment that you’ve read the Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts and just leaving it at that

  • @9ja9ite
    @9ja9ite 27 дней назад +29

    Stopped to comment at the birds and fish part - Brandon you have a super human tolerance for BS and utter stupidity. There’s no way on earth I could take 2 hours of this 🤡

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +8

      luckily this gem came toward the end, but again there was so much rough terrain before that too.

    • @davidmgilbreath
      @davidmgilbreath 27 дней назад +4

      @@9ja9ite completely agree; there’s no way in hell I could put myself through that kind of thing on a regular basis. Hats off to Brandon! 🫡🙇🏻

  • @dylanc4376
    @dylanc4376 27 дней назад +4

    With the US election today, I can't help but connect this Christian pseudo-wisdom to the multitude of politicians who also think this way, both Republican and Democrat. I seem to be in the minority of people who has been and still is very concerned about the faith and superstition of politicians. These are people who, in many ways, have our wellbeing and lives in their hands. How refreshing would it be to see a candidate who hears stuff like this and says, "Although I respect their faith, we have gotta grow up and move away from this stuff. This is obviously not true" When social media influencers make these wide connections, I laugh. When politicians do it, I can't help but feel a pit in my stomach.

  • @jamie5mauser
    @jamie5mauser 27 дней назад +8

    Wow, the mental gymnastics of the guy with the tear drop tattoo…

    • @fcchannel6162
      @fcchannel6162 19 дней назад

      yeah like the big bang is not a mental gymnastics, explain to me how nothing can cause an accident that results in having entire universe, you literally believe that an explosion causes order, yeah talking about mental gymnastics.

    • @pmcate2
      @pmcate2 19 дней назад

      @@fcchannel6162 You're right, we don't know what happened before the big bang. But introducing a god doesn't solve the issue, it only anthropomorphizes it.

    • @fcchannel6162
      @fcchannel6162 19 дней назад

      @@pmcate2 best explanation to me, how can something come from nothing.

    • @pmcate2
      @pmcate2 19 дней назад

      @@fcchannel6162 So you're basically appealing to the watchmaker argument. It's a weak argument though, since the same type of reasoning with similar common-sense assumptions can lead to a conclusion that doesn't fit theist views: Every watchmaker has a mother who isn't themselves, therefore god has a mother who isn't himself. This reasoning follows the same method as the watchmaker argument. So if you accept the watchmaker argument you have to accept that god has a mother who isn't himself. Or you can decide that the second argument shows that this method of reasoning is faulty, and therefore so is the watchmaker argument.
      Also, when you say that god seems like the best explanation of how something came from nothing, you are implying that you're definition of something doesn't include god himself, which is clearly avoiding the issue.
      Also regarding the big bang; you will never hear top notch physicists say that the big bang came from nothing. Pop science has created that myth.

    • @fcchannel6162
      @fcchannel6162 19 дней назад

      @@pmcate2 what?

  • @kettei7743
    @kettei7743 27 дней назад +11

    Just watched the whole thing, and honestly, no notes.
    The connections were incredibly bad a were overeaching, and its my first time watching someone make such a point. If this is all of their content, they should 100% do better, and as religious it made me cringe...
    Happy tuesday

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +5

      indeed, happy tuesday! Though this may seem like a sillier or more extreme example, its still the same thinking that goes on everyday for many christians who use personal experience or bad bible reading to bolster their faith.

  • @rianceserves
    @rianceserves 13 дней назад

    THANK YOU. THIS TYPE OF "TEACHING" HAS ANNOYED ME SO MUCH

  • @hopelessidealist
    @hopelessidealist 27 дней назад +8

    Completely unrelated, I recently learned that 54% of American adults have a literacy level below a 6th-grade level. Not sure what made me think of that right now.

    • @RichWoods23
      @RichWoods23 27 дней назад +7

      "Whoooooaaahhh!"

    • @DavidRichardson153
      @DavidRichardson153 27 дней назад +2

      Did you learn this before or after watching a few episodes of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? That was the timing for when I first learned that.

    • @fcchannel6162
      @fcchannel6162 19 дней назад

      i love how atheist try make these Christians are dumb jokes and then say thing that the bible does not even say, like if you don't believe in god you going to burn in hell, the bible does not say that, the people who actually did say that the disciple was rebuke by Jesus, or say thing like the bible requires blind faith, then there people who ask god for evidence in he give them evidence, but the Christians are the dummies right.

    • @DavidRichardson153
      @DavidRichardson153 19 дней назад

      @@fcchannel6162 Too bad that it actually does say that in the Bible, right there in Revelation, where God sends nonbelievers - and a majority of believers, actually - to the pits. Meanwhile, you know what so many Christians do believe in but does not appear anywhere in the Bible? The Rapture.
      Appreciate the effort you put into proving the dumb Christian jokes correct. BTW, do you believe, as so many Christians do, that believing in Jesus is important for uniting families? Well, Matthew 10: 34-39 has something to say about that:
      “Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring not peace but the sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one’s enemies will be those of his household. Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it."

    • @DavidRichardson153
      @DavidRichardson153 19 дней назад

      @@fcchannel6162 Too bad that it actually does say that in the Bible, right there in Revelation, where God sends nonbelievers - and a majority of believers, actually - to the pits. Meanwhile, you know what so many Christians do believe in but does not appear anywhere in the Bible? The Rapture.
      Appreciate the effort you put into proving the jokes correct.

  • @prodigal_southerner
    @prodigal_southerner 27 дней назад +2

    Isnt it amazing how all living things are made of water? It's almost like life started in water then adapted ways to retain water while no longer living in water. The Lord truly works in mysterious and predictable ways.

  • @JasonHenderson
    @JasonHenderson 27 дней назад +26

    Humans have eggs too.

    • @Vadjong
      @Vadjong 27 дней назад +2

      Indeed. Women are just pre-cracked wholebody eggs with metaphorical hard shells. [Ducking real fast]

    • @JasonHenderson
      @JasonHenderson 27 дней назад +3

      @Vadjong mic drop 😎😎

    • @crazyprayingmantis5596
      @crazyprayingmantis5596 27 дней назад +1

      Stop it, you're blowing my theist mind

    • @blockiana9714
      @blockiana9714 16 дней назад

      Girl he meant it as, the egg is pushed out and birthed first. Then the baby is birthed from that egg. Imagery of 2 births

  • @tinyshepherdess7710
    @tinyshepherdess7710 27 дней назад +4

    Starting in the 80s, homeschooling took over evangelical households so you have millennials and younger who have essentially never had a decent science lesson, nor have they had any instruction on how to think critically. They are taught to NOT think too much, that it's sinful to ask questions.

    • @purple_oak
      @purple_oak 25 дней назад

      Wow, that's terrifying. No wonder we got a second Trump term. I'm trying to understand how the other side thinks and it's worse than I thought.

  • @MarkSheeres
    @MarkSheeres 27 дней назад +3

    The human mind is an amazing connection-making machine. The fortune-teller at the fair this summer made some astounding connections between the King of Cups, the Seven of Pentacles, and my career aspirations.

    • @Kelley_X
      @Kelley_X 27 дней назад +1

      Did you say “2 girls 1 cup and 7 tentacles”? Either you need to change your career aspirations or I need to get my ears checked ;p

    • @MarkSheeres
      @MarkSheeres 26 дней назад

      😂

    • @MarkSheeres
      @MarkSheeres 26 дней назад

      I probably should have said that my comment was tongue in cheek. Great, now everybody probably thinks I’m a nut. 😂

  • @simeonemascarpone
    @simeonemascarpone 19 дней назад +1

    Yes! Thank you for calling this out. Being nice should not be a way out of receiving criticism. And the influence these people got is massive.

  • @floccinaucinihilipilifications
    @floccinaucinihilipilifications 27 дней назад +5

    It actually made me ache & groan… “bro, mic drop.”

  • @FeliciaByNature
    @FeliciaByNature 27 дней назад +38

    birds don't defy gravity >:[
    But these christians defy logic and reason that's for damn sure.

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +3

      lol, indeed.

    • @crazyprayingmantis5596
      @crazyprayingmantis5596 27 дней назад

      Lucky all they need is faith.
      Yet they're constantly searching for more for some odd reason

    • @udontknowmeson.
      @udontknowmeson. 12 дней назад

      Woah you're so smart

    • @DanielParente-q9d
      @DanielParente-q9d 8 дней назад

      How did you get here? You evoldved from something that came from nothing?
      Atheist are the most unitleligent and illogical people on earth.
      You believe you came from nothing, what a braindead way to think​@MindShift-Brandon

  • @NoChance18
    @NoChance18 27 дней назад +8

    14:21 "It's BIRD-ining me to hear so much FISH-information and untruth"

  • @sanfordschoolfield710
    @sanfordschoolfield710 27 дней назад +1

    Thanks

  • @sordidknifeparty
    @sordidknifeparty 27 дней назад +4

    Some people can find meaning anywhere, even in the absolutely meaningless.

  • @GabeTheGreat
    @GabeTheGreat 15 дней назад +1

    With how brazen the religious right has been about pushing their faith in politics lately, this channel is about to be huge!

  • @lylez00
    @lylez00 27 дней назад +11

    Some fish are born live, not from eggs.

    • @davidmgilbreath
      @davidmgilbreath 27 дней назад +1

      @@lylez00 and some fish defy gravity by flying (sort of anyway).

    • @davidmgilbreath
      @davidmgilbreath 27 дней назад +2

      @@lylez00 oh and frogs, snakes, lizards, squirrels and other mammals too; lots of animals have the ability to “defy” gravity (at least to a certain degree). 🤓

    • @sundayoliver3147
      @sundayoliver3147 27 дней назад +2

      @@davidmgilbreath Human beings, too, if you count pole-vaulting and airplanes...

    • @davidmgilbreath
      @davidmgilbreath 27 дней назад

      @ hahaha! Look mom! No hands! 😅

    • @Vadjong
      @Vadjong 27 дней назад +2

      @lylez00 Yeah, totally. Like dolphins 'n stuff. Just sayin'.

  • @shriggs55
    @shriggs55 27 дней назад +3

    Well said. As you know, the Bible warns against "adding to" it's original words.But interpretations do just that. Interpreters are basically saying, "This is the way I would have put it or wrote it down if I would have written this passage or verse." Whether they are conscious of it or not, they are saying that their interpretation, or, what they've added,is superior to the plain text-and that's the way it should have been written down in the first place.

    • @davidmgilbreath
      @davidmgilbreath 27 дней назад +3

      The “Bible” has been add to, and taken away from, since before it’s inception. 🤷

    • @sundayoliver3147
      @sundayoliver3147 27 дней назад +3

      Not to mention the bajillion different translations of the Bible, in many languages and from many eras. Translations are interpretations. And then there are the books that get left out or left in, depending on the religio-political zeitgeist of the times...

    • @davidmgilbreath
      @davidmgilbreath 27 дней назад

      @@sundayoliver3147 exactly!

  • @CB66941
    @CB66941 27 дней назад +3

    If I was still a Christian, I would have absolutely pushed back against what he said. I would have stated other religions use very similar reasonings to justify their theological understandings, and that we cannot depend on our environment to determine the intentions of God, or we run the risk of wildly contradicting conclusions. I give an example below.
    It was dominion over all animals according to the narrative, not just fish and birds.
    I guess he forgot about insects, reptiles and amphibians. Are we supposed to determine some theological concept from the jewel wasp in which it paralyzes cockroaches, bites off their antenna and performs precision surgery to lead them to a burrow so that they can lay their egg on the helpless cockroach which will then eat them alive? Or how about cuckoo birds and bees laying their eggs in the nests of other birds and beehives? Now that is a theological concept I think is accurate in view of our world today.
    There are more species of beetles than any lifeform on earth. Should we therefore think God only cares about beetles because he made so many of them?
    I also see a lot of this from apologists like John Lennox, who a lot of Christians look to. Just listen to his apologetics and you can see very similar vibes.

  • @zacharylehocki
    @zacharylehocki 27 дней назад +5

    I had to stop and put down my Coffee and actually scream ``Oh cmon!`` when they made the connection about fish and birds having two births (not even true) as metaphoric of Christians being born again. The overreaching Christians need to do, a real God wouldn`t need people to do this for him.

  • @michaelhenry1763
    @michaelhenry1763 27 дней назад +16

    14:05 😂😂😂😂😂 love it, “ you know what they do after they finished swimming upstream? They die”. 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @bobbydobalina
      @bobbydobalina 27 дней назад +8

      And those are the lucky ones that didn’t fly into the jaws of feeding bears waiting for them 😂

    • @michaelhenry1763
      @michaelhenry1763 27 дней назад +3

      @ 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

  • @pinky9440
    @pinky9440 26 дней назад +9

    That "whoaahh's" made me feel second-hand embarrassment. Realy cringe.

  • @tattoojrujuarez432
    @tattoojrujuarez432 6 дней назад

    Thank you for showing us awareness for possible misleading walks in Christianity. God bless you and those who seek protection from false perception. May the form of mockery and condemnation be rebuked out the hearts of those who fail to respond with the fruits of the spirit.

  • @graveyardghost2603
    @graveyardghost2603 27 дней назад +5

    Yeah, the bible is a "mystery text" and anyone can use it to make it mean whatever they want. As you said, as with other religious texts as well. The cherry picking is incredible. 😮

  • @FinPhysio
    @FinPhysio 27 дней назад +1

    My big moment was when I realized that for many truth means nothing. It's all about what fits your narrative and what makes money. As a truth seeker I left christianity couple years ago.

  • @sauron69447
    @sauron69447 27 дней назад +7

    Happy Tuesday!

  • @doctorfox1592
    @doctorfox1592 26 дней назад +2

    @MindShift-Brandon
    Can you do a video reaction on the following videos? The subject matter has to do with concupiscence, Side A/Side B gay Christians, and how some Christians are pushing back against it. I would find it interesting to hear your take on the matter. Regardless of the views of homosexuality, I find it interesting as the idea of concuspcious as defined by the Catholic and Protestant Church.
    The videos are called:
    Big Conversation on Same-Sex Attraction and Sin (w/ Rosaria Butterfield)
    Is Same-Sex Attraction a Sin? The dangers of Side B Theology with Christopher Yuan

  • @Joe-f8r7m
    @Joe-f8r7m 27 дней назад +5

    The first thing we get into is birds lay eggs and fish lay eggs too, gotta understand the original Hebrew to know that though. I literally don’t even understand what my man is trying to say.

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +2

      but dont forget its why his bible studies are filling up, he says.

    • @Joe-f8r7m
      @Joe-f8r7m 27 дней назад +4

      @ Ah yes, must’ve been his follow up about how birds defy gravity or fish swim upstream. Very deep stuff that definitely isn’t revealed unless you read genesis in the original “Aramaic”? But let’s just assume he misspoke. He must know the distinction between Aramaic and Hebrew, right?

    • @historiansayori2089
      @historiansayori2089 27 дней назад +1

      But it’s deep man! It’s not like almost every other goddamn animal that lays eggs pairs off bc that’s just how sexual reproduction happened to evolve in the majority of species; no, clearly that’s just the birds and fish! /j
      In all seriousness though, I’m barely a few minutes in and already getting an aneurysm

    • @derreckwalls7508
      @derreckwalls7508 27 дней назад +2

      When a Christian says, "if you read it in the original Hebrew/Aramaic...", it's just their pretentious way of saying, "you have to believe me because I'm smarter than you are." They don't actually speak any ancient language, they just got it from a study guide that says someone said somebody else said that's what it says. The will never cite a reliable scholastic (i.e., non-fundamentalist) source.

  • @TW17708
    @TW17708 14 дней назад

    As a Christian, I make sure it’s essential not to reach for connections. God can see through my lies or reached conclusions, and knows what I do and don’t believe. I have problems with the Bible, but through God I’ve been able to come to terms with that. Through what Jesus said, I’ve been able to become a better person, and if all else fails, I believe in His word. Because that’s what has worked for me.

  • @JahHawks
    @JahHawks 27 дней назад +5

    I heard some believers say that evolution matches with genesis pretty well because the apes or common ancestors we come from are adam and eve....🤦🤦🤦

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +4

      it truly is amazing that once the science became unavoidable, many christians said it was so obvious and evolution fits perfectly into the bible the whole time.

    • @Ashy_Slashy3
      @Ashy_Slashy3 27 дней назад +1

      Lol! I had a friend who said that too xD it's wild for sure

  • @Carmenjunk
    @Carmenjunk 11 дней назад +1

    I'm a Christian this is very intriguing and neccessary to think about. I'm legit crying laughing though at the metaphors you came up with to diss us 😆

    • @Carmenjunk
      @Carmenjunk 11 дней назад

      Not that I think the hypocrisy and unholy living is ok and false teaching is ok...I too am guilty... and it is not ok. I'll laughing because they are funny but I'm saddened in that some ways they are true. I honestly dis not understand at all what they were saying in that video and I believe for reasons much greater as do others that I know.

  • @darbymori350
    @darbymori350 27 дней назад +4

    I'm only half way through the video: wtf is he saying that birds come from water?! And only birds and fish come from eggs?! Does he not know about turtles?! Or frogs?! This really hurts.n

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +3

      selective understanding to land a point. its so very common in apologetics/preaching, or yes hes just downright ignorant of these facts.

  • @TonyLambregts
    @TonyLambregts 27 дней назад +2

    The confirmation bias is a strong factor when believing unsupported claims. These fellows are prime examples.

  • @bootskanchelsis3337
    @bootskanchelsis3337 27 дней назад +3

    Leviticus 19: 27-28
    “‘Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard. Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord."
    .

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +4

      to be fair, modern christians have good reasons to not follow mosaic, jewish law. The issue is more the hypocrisy when they try to go back and use it for things like homosexuality.

    • @bootskanchelsis3337
      @bootskanchelsis3337 27 дней назад

      @@MindShift-Brandon ("to be fair, modern christians have good reasons to not follow mosaic, jewish law.")
      reason?
      is there a credible reason for ignoring Levitical (mosaic) laws as a christian?
      It's written in their scripture after all.
      ;)
      .

    • @tiburd7
      @tiburd7 27 дней назад +1

      Ezekiel 20:25 - "Moreover, I gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live."

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад

      @@bootskanchelsis3337 lol i mean trust me I am not arguing for Christianity, but yes, 30% of the bible is essentially dealing with how gentiles should relate to the law and what they do and do not need to keep as non jews.

  • @docmychedelic9153
    @docmychedelic9153 27 дней назад +6

    It’s so funny. I could give you a “miracle” that Jerry Garcia performed that is more impressive. Gratefully (actually came back to edit from thankfully, how could I miss that?) Jerry was adamant that no one worship him and that any magical shit you perceived wasn’t coming from him. Finding cosmic coincidence was a big Deadhead thing and I have a few, but between you and Matt D. I’ve come to appreciate they may indeed be just coincidence.

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +3

      Cosmic Coincidence is an excellent term for this.

  • @DavidRichardson153
    @DavidRichardson153 27 дней назад +1

    I'm just glad that (for the time being) none of my evangelical/born-again relatives have tried to push this around or to me. Maybe it is because I am a microbiologist and chemist as well as someone who has had quite a bit of practice along with a few years of actual experience studying, handling, and even (to a degree) manipulating infectious diseases. Perhaps they are somehow aware that I could give them quite the impactful lesson of what "playing God" actually looks like and why it is better for everyone if people like me continue to, as I put it, be more like the Devil.

  • @Lord.alucarD
    @Lord.alucarD 27 дней назад +17

    Wooooooow 😮 THAT'S CRAZY🎉

  • @thesacredprofaneco
    @thesacredprofaneco 20 дней назад +1

    I’ve been out of the church for over 12 years now, but if this is the state of depth that people are believing in… Goddess help us

  • @Muysc_quyne
    @Muysc_quyne 27 дней назад +6

    Broo! eagles can fly high, and we can look up to the sky! That's so deep! And high starts with h, and you know what else starts with h? holy! We should be holy as the eagles fly high closer to g0d 🥴

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +2

      Bars bro!

    • @maggienewton8518
      @maggienewton8518 27 дней назад +2

      whoaaa...and people can get high!

    • @Vadjong
      @Vadjong 27 дней назад +1

      Bro, like, it's deep when it's high! Sweet!

    • @Muysc_quyne
      @Muysc_quyne 24 дня назад +1

      @@maggienewton8518 🤣 That's when they say "But animals also eat feces... should we? "

  • @DannyS177
    @DannyS177 27 дней назад +1

    That clip was so deep that it was scientificly inaccurate and absurd. Sadly, when I was a Christian, so of those things worked on me and I thought they were deep at the time.

  • @SCP-SAM
    @SCP-SAM 27 дней назад +8

    Boom! Here we go!

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +2

      Hey man!

    • @SeekingTruth2023
      @SeekingTruth2023 27 дней назад

      Late today. Nice to see you here 😊

    • @SCP-SAM
      @SCP-SAM 27 дней назад +1

      @@SeekingTruth2023 nice to see you Seeking....sipping coffee?

    • @SeekingTruth2023
      @SeekingTruth2023 27 дней назад +1

      @SCP-SAM It's too late for coffee here (6:14pm) 😅
      And I am very excited anyway, because I will get a cat on Saturday morning. 😊🤗

  • @alfredthomas4990
    @alfredthomas4990 16 дней назад +1

    God is so good for him to take people, change them, and use them for his glory
    I used to be like some of yall, so full of pride thinking I know everything and didn’t want to submit to know God telling me what to do. I used to love having sex outside of marriage but when I received the Holy Spirit all of that changed. I’m so thankful God saved me that day and I hope y’all will get to know the Jesus of the Bible too

  • @Jon45678
    @Jon45678 27 дней назад +4

    It’s a dirty job, but someone needs to do these takedowns. Thanks for taking one for the team. Where do you find all these clowns? I never heard of these guys. That first clip was so cringworthy, a Christian should hear that and realize what an embarrassing cult they are part of. It is so ridiculous when you look at it from the outside.

    • @MindShift-Brandon
      @MindShift-Brandon  27 дней назад +1

      thank you. man George Janko is huge right now! its insane the reach he has and the individuals he has on.

    • @Jon45678
      @Jon45678 27 дней назад +4

      @@MindShift-Brandon
      I was really into Christian RUclipsrs about a year ago. Glad I never found that one. Now my playlist has done a 180 thanks to your channel. The evil satanic RUclips algorithm pushed one of your videos to me and it validated all the questions about the Bible I suppressed for decades, causing an unexpected but liberating MINDSHIFT 👊🏻

  • @JediMediator
    @JediMediator 27 дней назад

    Hey Brandon, have you made any videos offering perspectives on being a parent when your partner is still a Christian? I know you've mentioned it, but can't recall if you've gone into detail. That's my situation right now and I'm not really sure how to go about certain things in a fair way.

  • @ianwilliams5592
    @ianwilliams5592 10 дней назад

    Being born again is a real experience anyone can have. I was born again on June 4th 2023 when I called on Jesus after a lifetime of agnosticism and the Spirit of God entered the top of my head and I became a new creation in Christ in that moment. I understand what this guy is saying that Johnny was making a stretch, but at the same time God is extremely poetic and once you know that the bible is the true word of God you can make connections like this and it's really not that big of a deal. The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom...