Christian Rock Singer No Longer Believes In God, His Bandmates Respond
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- Опубликовано: 26 май 2020
- John Steingard, singer of Christian rock band Hawk Nelson reveals he no longer believes in god.
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Been there done that. It took me 15 years to realize that I wasn’t mad at God but rather I was upset with His “kids”, the organized church people. I just got tired of dealing with all I had gone through with “church” continually beating me down for playing in a Christian metal band and my long hair, tats and earrings. I had to come to terms that I believe in God for Him not anybody else. I respect this singer for being honest and his own man. Find your way bro. 👍🏼
@Oprah and Michael Jordan are black billionaires here for you. God bless.
I'm with you. I grew up in an extremely toxic fundamentalist baptist church. That brand of christianity makes my stomach turn. I'm on my own journey of reprogramming my mind and my spirit. I want to live for God and trust God wholeheartedly, but I have to entirely shift my perspective from how I was raised. It's difficult.
Well, you care more about tattoos, girls, piercings, you care for such meaningless things & you don’t give all your soul to God. It’s not that you are a bad person for what you do, you are not fully committed to walking with Jesus . You aren’t living righteously, you still care for worldly things. You are suppose to drop it all, friends, trends, language, everything . Narrow is the way . Not all churches are the same, most of these new age churches, new age Christian songs . It’s all leading down the path of this lead singer. They care about the world and what it thinks of them.
A lot of us have been there, as I have myself. It's all part of the journey.
@@bryanguerrero3757 As a Christian, you're not allowed to have friends and interests and hobbies??? You're wildin. Of course, certain things can take over your life and become an obsession, but in moderation it's healthy to have a well-rounded life.
Plot twist: he joins a Norwegian Black Metal band
Hahaha im dead xD
*YES YES YES YES*
Hahaha
I don't do earbuds
Who also make christian music, he just never actually learned the words.
Fair play to the guy for being honest about it. Hope he figures it all out.
Amen
He figured it out. No gods. Simple. Done. Move on snd enjoy reality.
Duke Allen god bless you
@@dukeallen432 yep, exactly. I was lucky enough to figure that out while I was young lol
@@whatisahandleplz bro watch knotfest
How to leave your Christian rock band: “I feel the lord is calling me somewhere else”
No, that'll still piss them off royally lol
Haaaa
Stole that from Jared dines comment how to quit your band
Little Mary amen
JAKe FR0M Statefarm21 nope
I'm not a fan of Hawk Nelson, but I'm glad they still love their bandmate, Jonathan Steingard. Regardless of disagreements.
God calls us to love no matter what. That comes from the Old Testament.
@@Templar-jj3ig Amen.
Amen to that
Bless his heart. I was raised in the church in a long line of generations raised in the church. I had a crisis of faith some years ago that shredded me. When I came out on the other side, joy unspeakable and full of glory. Now my relationship with the Lord and my faith are earned, which is so much more priceless than inherited
But have you studied the history of the bible? Only do it if you are totally confident in your beliefs.
Jesus himself had his faith tested and got through it. His band members did the "Christian" thing.
07.12.2022
What??😒 Jesus' "band members"?
If you're referring to his apostles ... they were no where to be found when Jesus was tempted by satan 3 x.
Then in the Garden, his "band members" scattered as fast as they could. Not 1 of them supported him in any way, except for the brief moment Peter tried to decapitate one of the Roman soldiers.
They did not want nor truely understand the reason 👑 Jesus was going to the cross.😒
his bandmates had a good response
Only good response is for them to also say magical gods are fake.
@@dukeallen432 want to know something funny? God doesn't believe in magic. You're loss. But what is lost can be restored. And not by a shrink.
This is the opportune time for a direct encounter with God! An experience with God is better than any argument! Let's continue to pray for him. God is well able!
Your so right! I was sitting there saying. This is God's mercy on his life. He's confessing his sins.
Let's continue to pray
What kind of encounter do you think he should have? I mean nothing short of him dying and being carried to heaven and have past family and friends tell him God is real would be the only encounter I would say to convince him. He seems pretty certain right now of what he believes
@Justin Gary not that I don't agree with you but usually when someone's mind is made up no amount of compelling evidence will change it. Not that it won't plant the seed but ppl don't flip flop like that especially when it comes to something as serious as this.
Even if you have an encounter you can still doubt or even reject.
I guess you could say he's Faith No More?
Not a bad band name. Faith No More.
I hate to laugh but honestly
that did make me laugh sorry,
But I do give everyone making comments credit
As I've read a lot of mean cruel and just simply wrong actions of others
Epic
🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍
What an unfortunate last name
All that sweater talk make me wanna go listen to Weezer.
First thing I thought of, too...
Right?
I was thinking of “ sweater weather”
Lmao 😂
A crisis of faith is the most crucial part of your spiritual journey....
Edit: and that's nothing about Christians, it applies to anyone's spiritual journey no matter the religion/theology that you are drawn to.... ✌
no it's just what it says, a crisis.
You are 💯👍
Mother Teresa went through a spiritual crisis. She never stopped tending to the dying bodies in the street by taking them in And caring for them, this even in the middle of her crisis.
@jad banrey
Crisis of faith has zero to do with LACK of faith, just the opposite.
@@HeavyMetalLawnsAndLandscapes Mother Teresa did little to actually help those people. She let them fester in horrible conditions. She was more concerned with "saving their souls" than providing them with relief.
I'll let God judge, its not my place, my place is to learn, grow and teach others who want to know.
Those with the the holy spirt can judge and guide them on the path of God
@@pamnob2259 not true
If you're open to learning, you might be interested to learn about the history of the bible. Check out David Fitzgerald and Richard Carrier.
Respect his choice. Whether someone believes in religion or not, there has to be respect. Please respect one another’s beliefs.
Amen 😉
I will never respect another adult that believe in something that is as real as Santa.. Its a rulebook for adults way back so they wouldn't kill eachother.
Amen
@@Gurupimp10 👍
Religion is man made. So if religion is what you live by..then your gonna have a very disappointing life. Jesus is God made.
It’s his prerogative so if someone wants to judge him then you may want to open the good book and read where it says judge not! He had the balls to be honest about it and owned it.
Thank you for your point of view.
Probably THE most incorrectly regurgitated “line” of the Bible. The cherriest of cherry picking, used by most as a defense mechanism to avoid accountability, and rarely used in its proper context.
@Stephen Joens "Everyone is an atheist today"
Wrong, a majority of the planet is either Christian, Muslim, or Hindu
Horror HistorIan because he believes in god and he did not and atheists are going to hell
Horror HistorIan Catholic’s are more or less cult like. Not Christians. They actually had Christians killed back in the day.
I appreciate the fact that you include Christian rock/music genre while taking a respective approach. Other rock music channels either exclude or ridicule this genre, I'm glad you did neither. Thank you for that.
in a way, i kind of feel where he's coming from. I'm a Christian myself and have been questioning my faith in God, not because of God, but cause of people and how their faith influences their words and actions towards others.
Hi , Well I just wanted to say I pray / hope you base your faith on God alone not people. Meaning don't let peoples actions determine what you believe in. You can take others choices into consideration but don't dwell on them. You need to decide for yourself by reading / listening to God's Word . I'm not trying to tell you what to do I'm just advising you because if you say it's not because of God but because of people then people will most of the time always let you down but God is good and will not leave your side if you abide in him. I just saw your comment and felt lead to say this to you . I hope you have a good day and know that Jesus loves you and I pray you will continue to grow in your faith rather than give up on it. ..If I may recommend something to you and anyone else reading this it's to listen / check out the radio station 1590 WARV . It has alot of great teachings that talk about faith and God's word along with good news for your life. Keep the faith ....go forward ..Godbless
Christopher Arcuri people who listen to heavy metal thinks it’s about 666 but it’s really not
George Charmo facts, people who don’t know metal think it’s all about satan. We have those bands, but so does like pretty much every genre just brought out differently
Stephen all religion is evil. Having faith and belief in Jesus and God is not religion. I do recommend you begin a journey of fact finding. Christianity is no where close to being evil compared to Islam. But, to blindly believe and do evil things because a man/woman says so is evil. Remove religion, have a personal relationship with God and love others is all one needs.
@aaronward I believe there is a universal God or at least I hope so..As of 8 months ago I no longer think that a hippy with a robe and sandals is the answer .. I live & love just fine without him.. I’ve had enough tragedy happen in my life and all my prayers to Jesus never changed any of it
It's not easy for anyone who goes through it. Everyone has their own mind and feelings on it. You have to be true to yourself before you can to anyone or anything else.
I'm currently still living with my parents because I'm 18 and I've always been raised in a very Christian way and every thing was God or nothing and over the years I've kinda got comfortable in my faith and I was very involved in the church, I played guitar and I was a media team member for the church and when I turned 17 I started challenging my faith most of the time when I search for God it felt like he didn't want to be found so the sweater analogy started to apply, then recently I watched a video by nateislame talking about religion and I started agreeing with the points and I kept thinking about it and eventually I had no sweater, but when I stumbled upon this guy and this story I felt more comfortable with admitting that I no longer believe in God and I told my friends and they're accepting of it (my friends are made up of different religions) but I'm just so scared to tell my parents because if their support mechanism is always turn to God, I fear I'll be shunned and they won't accept me, but don't get me wrong I still love them but when it comes to religion they're starting to be more accepting but they are still very traditional Christian
I just watched this old video and am very curious where you stand today. I'm former Christian and am so happy I learned the truth.
I've had the same questions that lead to my deconversion.
It's good to see his Christian, buds are understanding of his decisions. 👍
been there, I was big into church etc in my past but now like this guy, I question the beliefs I once had
He is just at a point like anybody else where you have to question what you believe in and do you even know what you believe in? It's time for him to leave religion and to find his walk in life spiritually whether there is a religious association or not. It's dope that he's at least honest rather than lying about it. Sick band too.
God bless you I’m a Christian, my freinds question about god and i don’t like what they say
@deadend actually no.. its kinda more because they are sometimes disrespecting the creator of the universe..
We all run away sometime,but one’s you experience how much Jesus loves you we run back 🙏❤️
Eddie, thank you for reminding a lost sheep like me 🐑
So he's an agnostic. Good for him. He's actually using his mind instead of just following what he's been taught his whole life.
Now use yours!
He needs to dive deeper into the Bible and seek out the answers that he's looking for. The deeper you're understanding the stronger the foundation of your faith. He grew up with Christianity all around him. It's easy to know everything about the Bible and Christianity but knowledge is not understanding. You can quote the whole Bible but not understand a single thing. If the foundation of what you believe is based off knowledge than it will crumble when life hits you in the face. Life will always try to contradict what you know to be true
Same could be said for atheists. Most just go along with all the other athiests because once you make the leap into having a faith especially the christian faith you immediatly become the enemy and also get made fun of. On top of that you have to let go a lot of things that dont jive with christianity.
Being for God is the harder of the two paths.
If he's questioning the Old Testament it's because he never read it. The Canaanites would sacrifice their children to Molech. Imagine a red-hot statue with hands I'm placing a newborn baby on those hands. Those are the kind of things that were being done by the people God wanted wiped out.
Agnostics are just wishful thinking atheists
I love his band mates response, and pray he finds his way back.
We all got choices in life... the life of a Christian is to surrender completely your life to The Lord... believe me is not easy ( but ) from my experience God truly helps, guides, directs and changes your heart. This transformation has to occur because our human nature is always to do wrong (sin). And we all know the difference between right and wrong. I serve and Love a God that has always been there when I needed Him. And I don’t serve him because I need him now... is because I Love Him... and in order to Love someone you have to spend time with them... Get to know God but reading his (Word)... and by worshipping and prayer. I thank my Lord Jesus for this cause now I have true meaning in life... my life is not my own but His. God bless y’all!
Sounds like the false gospel lordship salvation.
I thought of Romans 15 when I read your comment. We have a hope that settles like a solid rock into the soul. And that is Jesus Christ covering us with His Holiness. He's a stumbling block for many but the cornerstone for some. God bless you!
I was in that exact same place over 20 years ago. I believed in Christ and God's word, but gradually doubted to the point where I turned from it all. And for 20 years I rejected Jesus and practiced the Occult. But eventually I realized I was living a lie all those years, and came back to Christ. The joy I now have in Christ is something 20 years of the Occult could never give. Jesus is Lord!
Great and loving response from his friends and band members.
Never heard of them actually. Sounds like he got burned out. He'll be back. I "fell away" a bit when the Christian metal band I was in broke up & my dad died...
The difference between Old and New testament: Jesus. Yeshua HaMessiach.
God belief is a fairytale. Give it up
Not everyone will "be back" some simply don't believe anymore until they die. This is the case for all regions: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, Satanism, Sikhism, etc.
@@216trixie your existence is a fairly tale and if you don't learn the truth now in the end it won't be a happy ending for you ..hate to break the news for you. God is real and Jesus is Alive and is coming back soon....be ready
216trixie god bless you
Christopher Arcuri I know about that but when will he come
Glad his band mates were supportive and not horrible about it. Wishing him the best as an atheist
Exactly what I was thinking as a Wiccan.
Very honest of him. Very nice response from his band mates.
this is amazing 🙌
I can identify with him, I abandoned my faith after 20+ years as a devote Christian. My belief system failed me and it was time to move on. 7 years later and I'm still happy and content with that decision.
How are you doing now? I was a believer for almost 50 years before I decided to do an indepth study on the Bible and the history of the Bible. I'm sure glad I did because I realized it's all man made. I've been living in freedom for about 4 years now and life finally makes sense.
Wow ! Speechless! There’s no way I could go on living without Jesus. I’ve lived the life without God and it sucked and almost killed me. Jesus still loves you man!
You have no humility. You speak negative and you need to give up and do you and let people figure their own life out. Us who are different are not a threat to you until threatened. Back off. You've banned and effected enough people.
@@ManyLegions88 affected
@@ManyLegions88 relax whats your problem
@@domingosantiago6137 I'm not sure how you can see my tone and self-expression, but you seem to believe that you can demand that I relax. You also feel as if I have a problem? I've lived my entire life so far. Criminal record? Nothing. Now in my thirties, I still deal with you religious zealots, constantly on someone's back, when you can't deal with your own problems without your mighty God to step in and fix it for you. Yet you think I'm the one with the problem? You want freedom for christians. You want to take out any books you don't like and add The Bible to replace any of them. You want kids to have God back in their lives and in the schools. You want America to be more godly. At the same time you wanna be not so persecuted every day. It sounds like you're going down a dead end road when it comes to my opinion. What is it that Fox News likes to say? Whatever it could be anything right? One thing's for sure. I'm not a part of your cult over there trying to indoctrinate kids into Christianity for hundreds of years. Is even traveling as far as many other countries to convert the whole world. Is judging everyone based off your book of books and then claiming that you're persecuted. Is that people don't respect your faith. No we just don't respect baseless faith that judges everyone else and then plays a persecution complex. I like to call that hysteria, and a socially political disease. So go ahead have your cake and eat all the slices too. If your God is who he says he is. I'm gonna have a lot of fun watching what he has to say to your dumb as*** in the end. Prayers and condolences as if that helped anything ever.
@@ManyLegions88 you are so innacurate like Kapernick on this statement
ALL THE GUY DID WAS SAY THIS IS WHAT I LIVE LIKE..YOU BACK TF UP NOTHINGMAN..I hate innacurate statements like yours..💯🙈💩🙏
1 John 2:19
[19] They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us. (ESV)
This channel is not Christian brother.
I stumbled on it. Just now.
Jesus Christ Saves.
Ted, that is so not how Jesus looks at Jon. You're not showing God's heart towards people.
I pray you change dude!!!
Jesus has
INFINITE PERFECT LOVE!!! :)
Respect all beliefs and non beliefs we can all live together
My ex abandoned me almost 2 years ago because she all of a sudden wanted to follow a stoner like lifestyle so yeah, the human mind is such a complex thing and the fact people can just change how they think and leave everything behind
I wish my bible thumping relatives were as supportive as his band mates. Very cool
Amen
Good for him.
I heard about this & it's his right to feel that way. I've felt that way at certain points in my life. I don't get the knee jerk reaction from folks. Let the man be.
Thats why Faith Plus One will always be the greatest Xtian band of all time
Wow finally someone with common sense
I forgot all about this band!! I might go check them out again
Thank god for this!
So he's going to make Metal now?
lol
I said the same thing lmao
Wut you act like Christians bands ain’t hardcore there’s underoath who’s brutal af
Micquan Dawson yikes, they aren’t Christian anymore at all
Some metal is Christian...
We live in a world where if someone doesn't conform to the status quo, they are automatically vilified and demonized. I agree with my fellow commentor below. Respect his decision and don't attack his point of view. He's entitled to it.
Amen!
This breaks my heart
I think one of the biggest things that I noticed in my walk in faith is this: No matter how much I am angry, frustrated, and against God (in doing whatever I want to do). It’s fail every time to keep my anger towards him. This failure happens when I place myself besides my own feelings and noticed all the blessings God has given me. He’s kind to me, to all of us, even when we deliberately walk away from him. One thing that astonished me about him is his patience. He blesses us even when we act out against him. I lose every time against him because I always came to realize how he has stayed still despite me wanted to change him to fit my needs or my way of thinking.
Please pray for him to help him find the answers he needs, and to help him be willing to hear.
Amen.
👏 kudos to you bruh for standing up for what you truly believe in 👏 I myself can kinda relate, I was raised in a devoted Catholic home, and now consider myself a pure heretic. I denounced my religion, the Bible, and now consider myself to be Agnostic. My wife and I were married by a justice of the peace and our two daughters have yet baptized in any capacity. My wife and I feel that our children can make their own decision to be baptized in a religion, when they are old enough and willing enough to do so. I always felt while my parents had good intentions, and as loving people that they are, the whole religion aspect was thrusted upon me growing up without any type of options. With my wife being WICCAN, we want our children to reach an age where they can be intelligent enough to choose they're own spiritual path in life, and we will be fully supportive in their ultimate decision.
Brother when it comes to religion all of a sudden it’s imposed on us but we never complaint about so many other things being imposed on us through social engineering. It’s better to believe and be saved and go to Heaven than not to believe and go to hell. If I was wrong about my faith there are no consequences for me as there is nothing after death but for your the consequence for being wrong and not believing is hell bro. Like doesn’t that get you thinking if you’re making the right choice or is it even worth it?
@@leandrogonzalez6946 If making a mistake and going to hell is the motivation to being a Christian we all missed out on what's truly important; knowing God and walking along side him even in our journey here on Earth. Being burn in hell is the least of our worries, missing out on a loving relationship with our Creator is the greatest gift we could ever have
What kinda drugs yall on
I actually love his song "faithful" help me alot when i had a problem.
I'm so in support of his bold decision he has found knowledge of his own voice thoughts and that awesome..
* watches Joe Rogan once
epic hahaha
Is Joe Rogan atheist?
🎯
@@robertgrohman5555 all being "athiest" means, is you don't believe in a god. So, if Rogan isn't "anything", by definition, he'd be an Athiest.
Indeed a crisis in faith is all part of the journey. I will be praying for him and hope that others can understand and support him thought this time! He is not a traitor to Christianity!
Took a lot of courage to say that. Good for him. Facts do matter.
Glad to hear he came to his senses and left that God damn cult.
It's a shame his theology was so weak as to leave based on those objections. I wish he had had better teaching before examining his "sweater." Also some congregations, implicitly or explicitly, discourage tough questions. I don't know is that was the case here or not. Hopefully he has someone around him who can walk with him through these questions (assuming they are sincere questions and not excuses).
Let's continue praying for him. Maybe this crisis of faith is just a way for him to discover who God is and this time he will come to Christ not because he was born into it but because Jesus touch his heart.
RME - this happens in God pop, God rap, etc all the time. Even in mega worship groups like Hillsong and Bethel. Who cares. USA is awesome because he doesn't go to jail or is killed for his beliefs.
Rapping for jesus
Krazy Krabz nah lol
Krazy Krabz lol
When you read the Old Testament properly (understanding historical context etc) you actually discover how loving God truly is. God was nothing short of gracious, loving, and merciful in the OT and he continues to extend that same love to us today.
How was it loving to create humans who didn't have a chance at succeeding with the way things were set up against them?
What loving being would create a crafty serpent to trick the very first humans?
How were they supposed to know right from wrong if they hadn't yet eaten from the tree of knowledge of good and evil??
Why create humans only to drown almost all of them later? Picture all animals, pregnant women, infants, toddlers, young children, teens, and men drowning while God just looks on.
Why command followers to slaughter entire towns of people, including babies?
Why would God send horrible plagues and even though the leader wanted to change his mind, God forced him not to?
Why command people to slaughter and burn animals as a sacrifice to him?
The list goes on and on....
How do you see any of these things as loving??
The bandmates had the best response! STILL love and cover Jon. It's his journey, and questioning God's decisions is normal....I'm praying for him. The testimony that comes after this will be phenomenal!
Oh damn
"I no longer believe in God but I'm not saying there's no God"
Who else sees something severely wrong with that statement?
Nope.
He is on the first step to truth.
He has rejected a human invented God eg jesus.
But he doesn't reject the possibility of God.
He has affirmed the first half of the islamic declaration of faith. If he believes in God whom Christians call 'the Father', then he completes it.
There is no God, but Allah
@@thinkislamcheckmychannel don't get your hopes buddy. If he is denouncing Christianity or even as he says he no longer believes in God then I highly doubt he's going to convert to Ishlama.
@@joetroutt7425
His loss and yours in that case.
Islam only dictates one absolute essential and he is very close to it.
It demands the rejection of worshiping anything other than the one and only God.
He has moved very close to that and deep down may be there already.
He seems sincere and guided by a need for truth, rather than the need to defend his faith like you do.
He no longer has to use dishonest think to 'harmonise' major logical flaws.
He no longer needs to gloss over verses such as Mark 12 28-29 and John 17 3
@@thinkislamcheckmychannel where on this thread am I defending any faith? I am only pointing out a contradiction in his statement. See the problem with you is that you assuming shit an don't really know jack. Also another problem you have is that you are saying Alejandro is the one and only true God and just simply not true according to other faiths. Alejandro is not superior. Ishlama is not superior to any other faiths.
@@thinkislamcheckmychannel Islam is a evil hate group they feel it is okay to murder.... also there is no name under heaven that men might be saved other than Jesus.
Takes alot of balls to do this cheers to ya!!
Amen! Giving people freedom to doubt. Isn’t that how God treats us?
Amen was borrowed and took over from the previous Egyptians paying omage to Amun-Ra, fyi... just like christmas trees and colored eggs
MetalRIFFS& FunTHRASH well pretty much all of our language was taken from somewhere. So what?
Lets start a GoFundMe to get him a new sweater 🤔
Watch him join a black metal band
Has a huge devil on his show blows up
Christin nut jobs he sold his soul lol
I grew up super Christian and once you actually sit down and read that book as an adult with a logical thought process that book literally makes no sense.
This took me by surprise.
South park : Christian Rock.. they got it right lol
I have my own doubts as well but it doesn’t mean I don’t believe but again that’s his prerogative.
keep asking the tough questions and question the answers till you figure it out
"Prerogative"?
Recommend: How Jesus Became God by Bart Ehrman
Good for him
Wow
I’m not religious either, but his band handled this wonderfully. Glad they didn’t act like most Christians and say he is gonna burn in hell etc.
Probably never believed in the first place.
I agree with you
I have seen die hard believers walk away.
I'm glad I'm not responsible for anyone else's choices!!
I'm a Christian. I do not judge people for they're belief, but I am so suprised by this bc i grew up listening to them since i was 4... I'm now 16.
I judge you as weak by relying on fake gods.
@@dukeallen432 theres only one God buddy and that's Jesus Christ
The Lord will be waiting to welcome you back with open arms...
Unfortunately for him, given he is in the public spotlight, people will have their own judgements or opinions. It’s his journey to sort out. He was brave to share his thoughts. It’s super cool the band is supportive of him. In my view they are showing him unconditional love, something the world needs in general these days.
Love this. Great point!
No one that TRULY believes in God/Jesus can say they no longer believe. It's much more likely they never started believing in the first place. This singer was probably just going through the motions.
Alright time to bring punk rock hawk Nelson back
This must have been difficult. He knew what was at stake. Hawk Nelson’s fan base are already programmed to cancel anyone who seems to deviate from the teachings of their religion. There aren’t many Christian artists who were able to openly break away from the “Christian” industry and continue with a successful career. Christian cancel culture could be the death of this band but I fully support what he did. Surely their next record will be much different from the others as a result and I will be the first to buy it.
Tbh it dosen't really suprise when you have a lot of young people these days educating themselves away from it, like for example the mojority of the younger & youngest generations of my uncle's side of the family who all come a line of catholic Italians have pretty much all moved on from it now from what I've seen, they still take part in church stuff & things out of respect for those of their family who are still devout but other than that I don't think it's something they're really bothered about anymore 🤷🏻♂️
Calum Gardner could be because the catholics heavily blur the lines between being an actual christian. Bible itself says no man can forgive sins. Catholics say priests can forgive sins. Bible says to call no one father. Catholics call priests father.
Hard to be a true christian when every sunday you can be washed clean by a priest instead of confronting God with it....
Hawk Nelson I love you're music. It is so different from other bands. All we can do is pray from him. Is this the start of the great falling away ?
This reminds me of the South Park episode where cayman created a Christian rock band . Lmao !
Lol I remember
I sympathize with him. I was a Christian for most of my life but now consider myself an agnostic atheist. Like him, this is not something that happened over night but transpired over a number of years from questioning my faith and not finding any real answers. It is not an easy thing to admit to yourself that you no longer believe in God, much less others. In Christian circles it is literally the worst thing you can do and there is a lot of judgment. Lucky I have friends, both believers and non believes, that have supported me. Looks like it is the same with his band mates. I wish him nothing but the best.
2:15 video repeats itself. Really bad editing.
It's no surprise. Fame takes you away from true morals and what's right.
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It's crazy how these people leave the faith over questions that a good alll around pastor could answer and that are pretty elementary. What it comes down to is they've made a "god" in their own image and when it's doesn't fit their ways they jump ship, I hope he actually becomes born again and gets a good firm foundation.
Just because people might have answers to these "elementary" questions doesn't mean their answers will be satisfying to everyone. I had tons of questions myself when I started having serious doubts, and even though I came across what you might call "good" answers, those answers weren't enough to keep me in the faith. What might be a good answer to you isn't necessarily a good answer to everyone else.
Pretty brave of him honestly. Freedom from religion = freedom of thought.
Why would someone who is a Christian or w/e prevent you from thinking on your own? Lol
We all go through the journey of life, and at this time this where he is at the stage/ phase of his life's journey. No worries he will someday come full circle. He needs to know God at a deeper personal level and this is the way he must go through to get to that place. Nobody can ever pluck him out of the Father's hand. If he belongs to Christ he was His before the foundation of the Earth so no worries
good for him
I don’t know why it has to be all or nothing when it comes to the whole Christian vs Atheist thing.
Bradley Swanson the Bible says to be hot or cold. Nothing in between
@@ericlynch381 Correct me if I'm wrong, but if someone is an atheist then they wouldn't believe in what the Bible says, right? Plus isn't an agnostic kind of a middle ground, per se?
Luke warm not allowed
One either believes in magic or not. There is no grey area. No gods. No zombies. No sky daddy. Give it up
It sounds like to me that you are referring to the fundamentalist Christians & militant atheists. Not all Christians hate atheists and not all atheists attack religious people. I don’t agree with the whole all or nothing thing either.
So, he opened his eyes.
Legit the biggest thing that plagues Christianity is the community, my faith isn't in the people of the church or the people who preach the word my faith is in Jesus and that's it. I'm not a church type because I don't fit in there and the people there often judge based on looks and aint nobody got time for that.
“If you want to destroy my sweater......”
Wow..... this is ironic!
It's logic and reason... humanism
It’s always hard on kids or people who grew up and live that “religious” lifestyle, and that’s all they know and do, usually once you hit that age and wake up and see the world, or realize you have questions. They usually go buck wild 🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️
Umderoath said it best:
we're nota Christian band, we're Christians in a band. Putting a religion on a band prevents it from ever blossoming to its full potential
Appreciate his honesty tbh
God bless you to