Ben defending his ex religion but also admitting there's things wrong with it is peak respectful atheist. The love hate relationship is so real edit: just to clarify, there's nothing wrong with religion, some people just have a bad experience
Thank you bruh. As a Christian it's so frustrating seeing ppl mock religion/ and or use "devil" type themes. Like there are so many other things you can use for themes💀
I also used to be catholic but even after leaving religion in general i really respect all religions...lil nas mocking religion for clout is beyond disrespectful
I like my best friend‘s brother and she knows I like him and when I bring him up, she starts getting mad and I don’t know if I should try to stop liking him because he’s my best friend brother or she should just be happy for me
@@itzdubis9515erm, very different from any topic on the video or comment, but you should just like him I guess? It’s not like you can really help it so..😭 I mean if ur best friend doesn’t like it you should ask her why and don’t take “because he’s my brother and you’re my friend” like ask her and hope she says “because you guys won’t be good together” or something??💀😭 idk
@@Leidyybugi think they replied on accident, i think they just meant to comment it on the video as an entry for the drama reading segment at the end of the video that ben usually does
Bro I feel like artists these days feel the need to be more and more outlandish to seem appealing to be talked about instead of showcasing actual talents
my whole mothers side of the family is catholic and especially my nan is super religious and she’s so sad that people are misrepresenting christianity and catholicism, because she is not homophobic, racist, conservative or anything like that but i always feel so awkward telling people i’m religious because i’m so terrified that i’m going to be judged, which is completely how it shouldn’t be. people should be able to believe in whatever they believe in without feeling ashamed. thanks for this ben!!
I think one should respect everyone's right to their own beliefs but the content of those beliefs should be open to challenge and criticism including the kind of trolling at which Lil Nas is so adept
@@dereknewbury163mockery ≠ constructive criticism. That’s like crapping on someone’s art work and then masking it as constructive criticism. All he did was mock biblical characters.
@@brylee9318 Mockery is not, 'like crapping on someone's art work'. Why should he not 'mock biblical characters'. Religion should be mocked because it privileges faith over reason
i love how hes always so respectful omg the way i screamed when he expressed support for muslims (EVEN THOUGH ITS THE BARE MINIMUM) it still means so much, esp in a day and age where islamophobia is constantly on the rise
they are of the religion where people wear head scarfs right? what IS it with people just pulling them off? just grabbing people you don't know wowwie that's totally normal, and it's based off of what hatred? im really uncultured but i realized people do this even happened in my schools reported kids suspended for making fun of them and going above that to snatch the scarfs off of womens heads, that is beyond petty and disrespectful and people need to stop
Wait islamophobia IS A THING????!!! That’s so horrible!? How can people hate a huge population for no reason? They didn’t hurt you, they didn’t do anything. I don’t get people 🤦♀️
Thank you for standing up for us. I know there’s a lot of scumbags who say they are Christians and treat others poorly but there are also a lot of us who are genuine and it does hurt to be mocked and made fun of just like it would any other religion. Even if it’s just one person saying that they respect you, it makes your day a little better. We can make a change for the better, just one person being kind at a time.
Honestly - he isn't only offending Christians, he is also offending Muslims because Jesus is one of the important characters in Islam, he also mocked other religious stories that are shared between Christians and Muslims just to get more popular which he did- in Arabian countries we don't even know who he is just a few know him or listened to a sing or two, but after this album, everyone knows him now
As a Christian myself (not super religious tho) i didn’t care until this video because he’s not criticizing anything he’s just mocking it, the Montero video had at least something to say
Revelation 3:15-16 (KJV) I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Why though? How is doing heinous things to an "evil" in a religion worse than mocking the god itself. And either way (as an atheist) I feel like religion can go both ways only because its all up to faith. Who is to say that Satan is good and Jesus is evil.
I’m a Christian and I hate how everyone assumes that we are such bad people, yet other religions are completely ok. It bothers me a lot because I am the way I am for a reason and so are they and I don’t need to be hated for something that is normal
Not trying to spread hate but just to clarify. Christianity is hated because its the biggest fish. The biggest religion in the world and unfortunately its extremely big in america, and since Christians represent Christianity most judge Christianity by the followers. And lets just say some Christians are way too loud and give a bad rap for Christianity
Okay, that's a lie. Islam is the most hated religion. People get physically assaulted regularly for wearing hijabs and get profiled for it. I stand against anyone hating on or disrespecting all religions as an atheist. I'm just saying "yet other religions are complexly ok" is trying to erase all the abuse given to those in that religion.
well because I feel like a lot of christians have really bad beliefs “because of their religion” but it’s really because they are just bad people.. I feel like that isn’t a problem as much with other religions
Thank you Ben. I’m from a really diversely religious friend group and we were harassed last year by my ex roommate who was trying to make us angry by mocking us. Knowing you’d be our ally makes me so happy.
Alot of ppl don't understand that the reason Christens get upset when ppl do stuff like this is because the cross means so much to us and to see ppl who DONT believe in it make clout off it and mock it is just completely disgusting and disrespectful
I’m a Christian and I am VERY religious but not all Christians are the same, I support other religions and peoples beliefs and choices. I really appreciate Ben standing up for us because I love him sm and honestly I understand the people that hate religion I’ve met lots of people that had a bad experience with religion and I totally understand and see their sides.
as a Christian, catholicism and Christianity isn't the same at all. the beliefs aren't the same either. and im so sorry for what you've been through in the church. Jesus does love you!! Also, Christians aren't homophobic. We love people of all types, we're no better than anyone else,. Anybody that claims to be Christian but hates or curses on anybody else isn't really a Christian. Anybody can claim to be anything, but actions are stronger than words. Even Jesus loved everyone. He was friends w a prostitute, he used a man w depression, like the diversity of different types of people he loved wasn't limited. The goal is to be like Jesus. The type of person he was. He was a lover . He loved people and spoke to people about God, that's it.
i want to speak as a christian, firstly i’m so sorry for any kind of trauma you experienced from the church. this applies to everyone reading my comment. i’m positive that you didn’t deserve any of that, no one ever does. the church SHOULD BE a safe place, no matter who you are. many christian’s like to use our religion as an excuse to pass judgement on people, even though we are clearly told that it is not our place to pass that judgement. i’m so very sorry that people refuse to see this. as christian’s, i think that we need to respect others, regardless of whether we agree with them or not. so with that, ben, thank you for defending us. you’re truly one of the good ones :)
the song and the music video are just so distasteful. if he was to mock any other religion such as islam or judeism, he'd get his ass shut down immediately. yh sure maybe he got clout and numbers but he's got no respect from his audience.
okay as a jew no one would support us if someone mocked judaism. No one. Everyone thinks we’re religious fanatics who kill jesus and eat the blood of children. This seems like a victim complex
yeah but some are lowkey cringe and so forceful to other religions we people say Christians are 'weird' 'annoying' 'crazy' they are talking about those types of ppl lol, not all of them.
@@JazzyCrossI’m an atheist and I’m gay but I respect all religions because most of my family is Christian but there’s this one christian at my school that tries to convert every single person of a different religion and also says “being an atheist or gay is a sin”
Thank you so much for saying this! I’m Catholic and even if you don’t believe that Jesus is God, it’s still very disrespectful to mock the Founder of the biggest religion in the world.
The thing about people calling anything that's a little odd 'satanic' is so real. I'm an artist, who is not religious even though my entire family is. On my Instagram, I drew this one person who requested I draw them for one of my video series. So I drew them! I posted it and my mom of course immediately goes to her profile, and calls me down to meet her, and shames me for drawing her because she looks satanic?! None of her photos are inappropriate, but she edits her photos very dark with lighting. I had to like lecture my mom on how that isn't even satanic, and she doesn't listen to me whatsoever. Just thought I would share that to relate to what Ben said. Great video btw, you were very respectful to everyone,
as someone who was a very big nas fan, and came from a religious background, ive heard of lil nas x's religious trauma and alot of why he does what he does and i can see why he does what he does, i enjoy his stunt and how brave you have to be to do it, do i think it was needed? no. do i think it was to far, maybe but it could've been so much worse. im very split on this myself
ben i literally cried last night because i stay up till midnight to listen to the podcast right away and when it wasn't out by 1:00 am I cried myself to sleep to your "twitter is dead" podcast :C
as a māori person (indigneous ppl of nz) it is insanely rude and disrespectful to call our haka a 'satanic ritual' like come on bro u having no culture outside bloody costco and boo baskets doesn't give u the right to straight up call our culture satanic. wth
Wow by calling a small minority of Christians disrespectful and saying that said minority is the entirety of Christianity is just sad you’re criticizing “Christians” for saying something disrespectful.Yet you stereotype Christians it’s just sad.
you know, people are saying that mocking religion is wrong and even if the religion isn't yours then you shouldn't mock it. Here's the thing though. If you really look at the intricacies of multiple religions, its the most mock worthy thing ever. This is coming from a Christian that majors in religious studies. I completely understand why mocking religions is wrong, but my own religion, christianity, is extremely contradictory and most of the time does not make sense without hours of picking things apart.
I just got back into Christianity and I’m a Episcopalian. The community is very nice and Godly. But seeing how people genuinely and widely mock Christianity makes me feel like a fraud :-( and makes me very sad
im so sorry you have to go through that just remember when u feel like christianty is being mocked there is alot of people who tend to push beliefs but i respect you🥰
‼️my drama‼️ i dont know how to keep this in 1 sentence but like this girl in my class who is known to be the teacher's pet, the quiet good girl and the topper turned out to be an attention seeker. she literally took a red pen and drew some fake sh lines on her wrist and then started flexing that she c*t herself even tho we literally saw her use the red pen. and when we confronted her she literally started denying it. and also she posted a pic of a girl from pinterest on her story and acted as if it was her. the caption was like "do i look good in this or no" like girl that aint even u. she switched the topic when we brought it up to her.
@@Awh_lexi stop. it. i don't care WHO you are if you're old enough to know what self harm is, don't PRETEND TO DO IT. never an excuse, as someone wo self harms that is absolutely f**king disgusting, there's nothing attention seeking about genuinely wanting to draw blood. from. your. own. body. people that do this for attention (AKA the girl) they don't deserve excuses or empathy for it, point blank, a "friend" of mine sent us all videos of her c*tting her arm because WE unfriended her for pretending to be s*ually a**ulted. This is never a game, it's not a game.
That is so bad girl i'm sorry if you could ignore her like she were a ghost she might leave y'all alone, or stop her antics, met plenty of people like this that would do ANYTHING for attention. Ignoring them completely usually makes them stop lol
Aaah seeing someone like you say this and talk about it just makes me so thankful especially as a Christian. Your are correct this is complete blasphemy!! I am not catholic but I am christian and when I saw what lil Nas X did I wasn’t really surprised but seeing a RUclipsr I watch almost every day talk about this makes me really great full, thank you! ❤️
Ben shining the light on how the fact that not all Christians are the same is amazing. Remember, some people might not be comfortable with religion, so don’t force it on them. I love you Ben, keep up the great work❤
As a Christian (who is Episcopal aka the girlypop of Christianity), know that I apologize on behalf on the Christians with common sense for boundaries and human decency. 🎉❤
@@Tinker_Bloxz Catholics are Christian tho. Anybody that belives in christ as the messiah are called Christian, theres like a thousand denominations because althought they may differ along the lines they still believe Jesus as the messiah
You know to be honest this is kind of funny to me because people who know him know that his father is a preacher and his family owns the church where he's also always at in attending😂😂😂
18:10 New Zealander here, the dance you were talking about is a traditional Māori Haka! The vocals and face expressions were used to scare off opponents (before nz was colonised, that kinda time) also idk if it’s used before soccer games, but it’s also used before rugby games ^^ so anyways little fun fact of the day
the new zealand haka is a traditional Māori embodiment of cultural pride, strength and unity. rlly disappointing to hear that uneducated people are being disrespectful towards the culture
I wonder why people so mad at lil nas for allegedly mocking religion when they the same thing if not worse to the gay community. It doesn’t make sense.
They're more mad about a music video than the entire historical and ongoing oppression of the LGBT community. He's not even mocking religion here, but if he were, good for him.
The thing is not every Christian is homophobic, in fact the Bible says to love everyone and to treat people how you want to be treated. People would be just as mad if someone were to makes a song mocking the LGBTQ+ it’s not okay to mock people for how they live because you don’t agree with it.
My drama: i have feelings for my bsf and she has a gf and i told my bsf that i have feelings for her and she keeps making jokes behind her gfs that me and her should get together and im not sure if they r jokes anymore
i swear so many songs and things people have said “i’m back like Jesus Christ”. i doubt a single person would care if that’s what it was. the music video and advertising are just for shock value.
It's so sad that ppl have religious trauma but when it's catholic... I don't really put it past them. I know this Filipino woman who was not catholic, she was cut out of every single event for foreigners and just irrelevant things. Honestly, I've kind of detached myself from being a Christian 'cause I don't want my entire being to revolve around it. I don't think God wants that either.
I'm Jewish, and although I'm not Christian, him mocking an entire faith is just not cool. Like I'm fine about poking (respectful) jokes really about anything, even if it may be something that crosses line, just do it correctly. However, Lil Nas X did not do it correctly... at all.
Watching my mom’s reaction to the blood shoes was so funny Also like since you brought up Ariana Grande, I am not a fan but I feel that “god is a woman” was a much bigger and bolder statement with more meaning to it! My family is indigenous Christians so I feel in a very odd place. But I truly hate Catholicism. Last night I even dreamt that someone was trying to force me to be an altar server and that I had to get out of doing it. Lmao. Life is crazy
I am not super religios but i am christain and honestly its so refreshing to hear a non-religous take on this, honestly it is up to the artist to do whatever but its clear that he is doing it to mess with people now, btw huge fan of your videos
To clearify I am a fan of Lil Nas X. I wouldn’t call myself a stan because I hate stan culture but from my perspective of the situation I feel like he was making a point in visuals more than in the lyrics. He was making a point that all of the homophobic Christian’s will be the one going to hell. Referencing himself as Noah bringing on the storm and sailing away. And then he comes back like Jesus after being condemned by humanity. That’s what I took anyways. I do agree that the lyric writing in the song is lazy. I wish he portrayed that message in the lyrics and not just in the visuals. Like he never delivered any direct criticism. The song Montero was good because there was larger statement, this song doesn’t really have it. It feels more like him trying to recreate the Montero uproar but flopped. As a gay person who grows up in a southern area it’s just so easy to have this us vs them mindset with Christians and it does lead to apathy with religion.
Thank u Ben. We don’t got enough creators supporting Christian’s on social media plate forms. We are just always painted as evil and stupid. So I’m glad you bring in the aspect that religion is something that people hold highly to their heart, it’s not something to mock, it’s peoples way of life.
I stopped rocking with him a long time ago because he gave off attention seeking vibes like you're a top rapper? Why do you need to go so far with the attention seeking? I'm technically not a Christian anymore btw but it's still dummy weird that he's STILL doing this YEARS later instead of just leaving it alone and showing us his work after coming back.
idk why he’s using all these gimmicky marketing tactics. like his music isn’t even bad like that also no matter the religion it’s not ok to make fun of something so personal to ppl.
1:07 SO RIGHT!! One of my theory is that bunch of philosophers got together to figure who we are, what we are, and what is this. And just like politics there is deferring ideology. And by exploring who we are you explore spirituality and meditation without even knowing. The human mind can be so dangerous and is one of the most complex things in the world and there could be anything. Like how do you explain you psychologically feel this way?? There is physiology, but what about things like Dysphoria? That is WILD. I really got into it when I was curious about Hinduism. It’s incredible to learn. Like, every religion is so similar, you could say they are one and the same. Kind of proves that there was only one land mass on Earth or we all have the same ancestors dating back to apes. Anything and EVERYTHING is connected Edit: precisely because we are in the same universe, created out of the same universe.
This video made me respect you so much more and as a christian I also think it’s dumb that a lot of the people are reacting and commenting like; if you don’t like the music video don’t watch it and don’t put his views up …but ya I don’t really have anymore respect for lil nas x because even if it’s not my religion you just don’t make fun of other religions it’s out of respect like I’m not a Buddhist but I won’t make fun of the religion you know?
Im from New Zealand myself and when you said the dancing and singing thing I think you mean the haka! People take any chance they can get to say something is even slightly satanic or odd, it's uneeded and uncalled for. Satanic isn't mean't to be used for really like weird stuff I'd say it's mean't to be for something bad or someone is doing something bad. So when people are calling maybe an odd dance "satanic" it's uneeded and not even really being used for the right thing. Satanic and the hell sorta stuff was always based off badness so?! that's just my opinion though so yea.
Thank you Ben for talking abt this! I’m a catholic and it’s very disrespectful to see people doing this and it hurts. Thank you Ben for being respectful even if you are not catholic anymore ❤️
my drama‼️ my best friend started vaping like 3 yrs ago and now she’s addicted and it gets in the way of our friendship. i don’t wanna stop being friends with her cause our families are friends
Two wrongs do not make a right. When your point fingers at someone, there are alway fingers pointing back at you. This is true in this case. Lil nas x can do wtver he wants, but my main opinion is here 11:02
DRAMA!!: So I have a friend group at school, but I feel like im drifting apart from them and don’t really know if I really want to become as close as I was before with them but I also don’t have any other friends at school, I don’t exactly feel happy when im with them but I feel worse when im alone. What should I do Ben? LOVE YOUR VIDS KEEP BEING YOU BOO 💗💗💗💗💗 (shoutout?🙏) feel free to leave ur own advice in the comments lovely people
My drama!: I wish I had that friend. Yunno the ones that ALWAYS TOGETHER. And that rlly love eachother. because next year I'm going to a different school than my fav friend group. BTW lysm ur podcast makes me rlly happy and helps me when I'm sad:)
I had to do that as well :( though i do know that when i moved, i found better friends, and well, my life just became a little better. Sure, you’ll miss them and all, but things will brighten up 3>
Ben defending his ex religion but also admitting there's things wrong with it is peak respectful atheist. The love hate relationship is so real
edit: just to clarify, there's nothing wrong with religion, some people just have a bad experience
help cuz i also saw you on the music vid comments
Ben is atheist?
If Ben actually argued with a guy who is Christian and understands the Bible bro would fumble😭
@@RataratarawaaKikuapolidid u not watch the fucking video
@@trippple7723ok
As an atheist, I'm tired of musical artists using offensive religious imagery for everything. Like, can we get more creative? 💀
yeah like can't we do backflips or somethin
Ikr
How can you be an atheist everything is deeply intentional
Thank you bruh. As a Christian it's so frustrating seeing ppl mock religion/ and or use "devil" type themes. Like there are so many other things you can use for themes💀
I am also an atheist but i hate when people mock religions
I also used to be catholic but even after leaving religion in general i really respect all religions...lil nas mocking religion for clout is beyond disrespectful
I like my best friend‘s brother and she knows I like him and when I bring him up, she starts getting mad and I don’t know if I should try to stop liking him because he’s my best friend brother or she should just be happy for me
@@itzdubis9515 This is so random 💀. Also , why do you like it best friends brother ?
@@itzdubis9515erm, very different from any topic on the video or comment, but you should just like him I guess? It’s not like you can really help it so..😭 I mean if ur best friend doesn’t like it you should ask her why and don’t take “because he’s my brother and you’re my friend” like ask her and hope she says “because you guys won’t be good together” or something??💀😭 idk
@@Leidyybugi think they replied on accident, i think they just meant to comment it on the video as an entry for the drama reading segment at the end of the video that ben usually does
@@Toesforbreakfast I mean , it would be weird for ur friend to date ur brother , no ?
Bro I feel like artists these days feel the need to be more and more outlandish to seem appealing to be talked about instead of showcasing actual talents
Thisssss
SO. TRUE.
Every one wishes they were Lil B. The thing was Lil B had charisma and beneath the jokes he coul drap his ass off.
REALLL like im defending him but like he dont gotta do all of that for some music.
my whole mothers side of the family is catholic and especially my nan is super religious and she’s so sad that people are misrepresenting christianity and catholicism, because she is not homophobic, racist, conservative or anything like that but i always feel so awkward telling people i’m religious because i’m so terrified that i’m going to be judged, which is completely how it shouldn’t be. people should be able to believe in whatever they believe in without feeling ashamed. thanks for this ben!!
thank you for respecting everyone's religion regardless of any controversies.
I think one should respect everyone's right to their own beliefs but the content of those beliefs should be open to challenge and criticism including the kind of trolling at which Lil Nas is so adept
@@dereknewbury163mockery ≠ constructive criticism. That’s like crapping on someone’s art work and then masking it as constructive criticism. All he did was mock biblical characters.
@@brylee9318 Mockery is not, 'like crapping on someone's art work'. Why should he not 'mock biblical characters'. Religion should be mocked because it privileges faith over reason
Ben thinks that he’s losing his humour, but really, he’s just gaining more maturity. But we’ll still be on his side whenever we can. 💗
Your username is so funny
For real
I mean he’s almost 25 years old what do y’all expect 💀
I think he’s still funny lol, he’s less chaotic but still funny
@@Ch-tw4rxyeah, he’s still funny, but less chaotic.
I love Ben’s serious side, because he still has so much energy.🤣
it’s not like he just recorded it he mentioned he recorded it on saturday
@@imthetopsuperlady i was about to say 🤣
@@imthetopsuperlady but still. He has a lot of energy for a serious topic
@@Moonwalker808 this is serious ? 😨
@@imthetopsuperlady not rly actually
i love how hes always so respectful omg the way i screamed when he expressed support for muslims (EVEN THOUGH ITS THE BARE MINIMUM) it still means so much, esp in a day and age where islamophobia is constantly on the rise
Same! I'm not muslim, but it is SO sad to see people hating on muslims, it genuinely is SO sad.
AGREED!!
wait, why do ppl hate on muslims? :(@@urmom_25
they are of the religion where people wear head scarfs right? what IS it with people just pulling them off? just grabbing people you don't know wowwie that's totally normal, and it's based off of what hatred? im really uncultured but i realized people do this even happened in my schools reported kids suspended for making fun of them and going above that to snatch the scarfs off of womens heads, that is beyond petty and disrespectful and people need to stop
Wait islamophobia IS A THING????!!! That’s so horrible!? How can people hate a huge population for no reason? They didn’t hurt you, they didn’t do anything. I don’t get people 🤦♀️
Thank you for standing up for us. I know there’s a lot of scumbags who say they are Christians and treat others poorly but there are also a lot of us who are genuine and it does hurt to be mocked and made fun of just like it would any other religion. Even if it’s just one person saying that they respect you, it makes your day a little better. We can make a change for the better, just one person being kind at a time.
Off topic but the fact Ben still has those acrylic nails on 😭😭😭
One dramamama podcast a day keeps the depression away
101% real
Honestly - he isn't only offending Christians, he is also offending Muslims because Jesus is one of the important characters in Islam, he also mocked other religious stories that are shared between Christians and Muslims just to get more popular which he did- in Arabian countries we don't even know who he is just a few know him or listened to a sing or two, but after this album, everyone knows him now
It's on purpose
As a Christian myself (not super religious tho) i didn’t care until this video because he’s not criticizing anything he’s just mocking it, the Montero video had at least something to say
Revelation 3:15-16 (KJV) I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
@@oyinkansolaeshoYT being religious and having beliefs are two different things
@@oyinkansolaeshoYT not once did I say I didn’t believe in god or Jesus in that sentence sit down
@@zinnia9592 THANK YOU
Why though? How is doing heinous things to an "evil" in a religion worse than mocking the god itself. And either way (as an atheist) I feel like religion can go both ways only because its all up to faith. Who is to say that Satan is good and Jesus is evil.
Bro took a horse to an old town road, gave the devil a lap dance, and now he’s Jesus Christ💀💀
Like old town road is one of the only non rude ones😊
@@weirddreams9 "imma gonna ride till i can't no more" well, rude.
I’m a Christian and I hate how everyone assumes that we are such bad people, yet other religions are completely ok. It bothers me a lot because I am the way I am for a reason and so are they and I don’t need to be hated for something that is normal
SAME
Not trying to spread hate but just to clarify. Christianity is hated because its the biggest fish. The biggest religion in the world and unfortunately its extremely big in america, and since Christians represent Christianity most judge Christianity by the followers. And lets just say some Christians are way too loud and give a bad rap for Christianity
Same for me
Okay, that's a lie. Islam is the most hated religion. People get physically assaulted regularly for wearing hijabs and get profiled for it. I stand against anyone hating on or disrespecting all religions as an atheist. I'm just saying "yet other religions are complexly ok" is trying to erase all the abuse given to those in that religion.
well because I feel like a lot of christians have really bad beliefs “because of their religion” but it’s really because they are just bad people.. I feel like that isn’t a problem as much with other religions
Thank you Ben. I’m from a really diversely religious friend group and we were harassed last year by my ex roommate who was trying to make us angry by mocking us. Knowing you’d be our ally makes me so happy.
I’m a catholic myself, the amount of mockery of my religion is insane, im glad people are finally getting sick of it.
Alot of ppl don't understand that the reason Christens get upset when ppl do stuff like this is because the cross means so much to us and to see ppl who DONT believe in it make clout off it and mock it is just completely disgusting and disrespectful
I’m a Christian and I am VERY religious but not all Christians are the same, I support other religions and peoples beliefs and choices. I really appreciate Ben standing up for us because I love him sm and honestly I understand the people that hate religion I’ve met lots of people that had a bad experience with religion and I totally understand and see their sides.
as a Christian, catholicism and Christianity isn't the same at all. the beliefs aren't the same either. and im so sorry for what you've been through in the church. Jesus does love you!! Also, Christians aren't homophobic. We love people of all types, we're no better than anyone else,. Anybody that claims to be Christian but hates or curses on anybody else isn't really a Christian. Anybody can claim to be anything, but actions are stronger than words. Even Jesus loved everyone. He was friends w a prostitute, he used a man w depression, like the diversity of different types of people he loved wasn't limited. The goal is to be like Jesus. The type of person he was. He was a lover . He loved people and spoke to people about God, that's it.
This is so true
i want to speak as a christian, firstly i’m so sorry for any kind of trauma you experienced from the church. this applies to everyone reading my comment. i’m positive that you didn’t deserve any of that, no one ever does. the church SHOULD BE a safe place, no matter who you are. many christian’s like to use our religion as an excuse to pass judgement on people, even though we are clearly told that it is not our place to pass that judgement. i’m so very sorry that people refuse to see this. as christian’s, i think that we need to respect others, regardless of whether we agree with them or not. so with that, ben, thank you for defending us. you’re truly one of the good ones :)
the song and the music video are just so distasteful. if he was to mock any other religion such as islam or judeism, he'd get his ass shut down immediately. yh sure maybe he got clout and numbers but he's got no respect from his audience.
okay as a jew no one would support us if someone mocked judaism. No one. Everyone thinks we’re religious fanatics who kill jesus and eat the blood of children. This seems like a victim complex
As a christian THANK YOU for sticking up for us !! SOOO tired of christian being constantly mocked
Exactlyy.
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yeah but some are lowkey cringe and so forceful to other religions we people say Christians are 'weird' 'annoying' 'crazy' they are talking about those types of ppl lol, not all of them.
@@JazzyCrossI’m an atheist and I’m gay but I respect all religions because most of my family is Christian but there’s this one christian at my school that tries to convert every single person of a different religion and also says “being an atheist or gay is a sin”
@@Bearded-dragon-nerdthat person is not Christian. Being atheist isn’t a sin because God let’s us choose what to believe.
Ben is the realest, respectable, most level-headed youtuber 👏
Thank you so much for saying this! I’m Catholic and even if you don’t believe that Jesus is God, it’s still very disrespectful to mock the Founder of the biggest religion in the world.
Oh okay, I apologise, I should have said “Saviour”@alinekamugunga5450
I’m native American and I saw a video about a powwow , and I saw people saying “Ew satanic.🤮” which made me sad :(
The thing about people calling anything that's a little odd 'satanic' is so real. I'm an artist, who is not religious even though my entire family is. On my Instagram, I drew this one person who requested I draw them for one of my video series. So I drew them! I posted it and my mom of course immediately goes to her profile, and calls me down to meet her, and shames me for drawing her because she looks satanic?! None of her photos are inappropriate, but she edits her photos very dark with lighting. I had to like lecture my mom on how that isn't even satanic, and she doesn't listen to me whatsoever. Just thought I would share that to relate to what Ben said. Great video btw, you were very respectful to everyone,
Thats terrible. She had no right to get mad for drawing pictures with slightly darker colors. Im sure the picture was beautiful❤
as someone who was a very big nas fan, and came from a religious background, ive heard of lil nas x's religious trauma and alot of why he does what he does and i can see why he does what he does, i enjoy his stunt and how brave you have to be to do it, do i think it was needed? no. do i think it was to far, maybe but it could've been so much worse. im very split on this myself
ben i literally cried last night because i stay up till midnight to listen to the podcast right away and when it wasn't out by 1:00 am I cried myself to sleep to your "twitter is dead" podcast :C
As a Christian I’m EXTREMELY thankful you’re doing this, keep up the great work!
I LOVE ACTIVE BEN
Ben defending Christianity makes me soo happy and makes me respect him more ❤
is anyone else wondering where this weeks episode is?
yeah i dont get itt🥲
yeah
after he released those satan shoes, things only went downhill from there.
as a māori person (indigneous ppl of nz) it is insanely rude and disrespectful to call our haka a 'satanic ritual' like come on bro u having no culture outside bloody costco and boo baskets doesn't give u the right to straight up call our culture satanic. wth
Wow by calling a small minority of Christians disrespectful and saying that said minority is the entirety of Christianity is just sad you’re criticizing “Christians” for saying something disrespectful.Yet you stereotype Christians it’s just sad.
you know, people are saying that mocking religion is wrong and even if the religion isn't yours then you shouldn't mock it. Here's the thing though. If you really look at the intricacies of multiple religions, its the most mock worthy thing ever. This is coming from a Christian that majors in religious studies. I completely understand why mocking religions is wrong, but my own religion, christianity, is extremely contradictory and most of the time does not make sense without hours of picking things apart.
“HAS LITERALLY NEVER MADE A SONG-“ have you forgotten about Barbie Jeep ben?
And also “Water is Spicy”
@@Alilbitcrazzie Forgot about that banger
@@Alilbitcrazzie omg where's it from WHERE CAN I SEE IT
AND THE MICROWAVE BEANS
OMG YESS
I just got back into Christianity and I’m a Episcopalian. The community is very nice and Godly.
But seeing how people genuinely and widely mock Christianity makes me feel like a fraud :-( and makes me very sad
im so sorry you have to go through that just remember when u feel like christianty is being mocked there is alot of people who tend to push beliefs but i respect you🥰
UHM ITS THURSDAY ALREADY.
the panera lemonade got him
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@@arianaramirez2861EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING
as a Christian, thank you.
‼️my drama‼️ i dont know how to keep this in 1 sentence but like this girl in my class who is known to be the teacher's pet, the quiet good girl and the topper turned out to be an attention seeker. she literally took a red pen and drew some fake sh lines on her wrist and then started flexing that she c*t herself even tho we literally saw her use the red pen. and when we confronted her she literally started denying it. and also she posted a pic of a girl from pinterest on her story and acted as if it was her. the caption was like "do i look good in this or no" like girl that aint even u. she switched the topic when we brought it up to her.
honestly i love random tea spills 😮💨
The one with the cut maybe she was just playing! when I was younger the people in my class always tried to trick people with fake wounds as a game
@@Awh_lexi stop. it. i don't care WHO you are if you're old enough to know what self harm is, don't PRETEND TO DO IT. never an excuse, as someone wo self harms that is absolutely f**king disgusting, there's nothing attention seeking about genuinely wanting to draw blood. from. your. own. body. people that do this for attention (AKA the girl) they don't deserve excuses or empathy for it, point blank, a "friend" of mine sent us all videos of her c*tting her arm because WE unfriended her for pretending to be s*ually a**ulted. This is never a game, it's not a game.
That is so bad girl i'm sorry if you could ignore her like she were a ghost she might leave y'all alone, or stop her antics, met plenty of people like this that would do ANYTHING for attention. Ignoring them completely usually makes them stop lol
@@mar420.74 yes this was when we were 9 and didn’t know it was bad.
0:15 yup I feel one in my stomach😭😭😭😭😭
Aaah seeing someone like you say this and talk about it just makes me so thankful especially as a Christian. Your are correct this is complete blasphemy!! I am not catholic but I am christian and when I saw what lil Nas X did I wasn’t really surprised but seeing a RUclipsr I watch almost every day talk about this makes me really great full, thank you! ❤️
YESS A ANTOHER EPISODE, THANK YOU BEN
Where the drama mama episode at.. 🤨
Ben wheres the episodeeee Wednesday has come and goneee
i wait for these episodes the whole week
chop chop podcast boy its almost thursday (if you are in california rn unless you are in canada idk the time there.)
I love Uncle ben protecting his religous nieces and nephews 🙂
Ben shining the light on how the fact that not all Christians are the same is amazing. Remember, some people might not be comfortable with religion, so don’t force it on them. I love you Ben, keep up the great work❤
as a person who knows several lgbtq friends we dont want lil nas x 😦😦
as a queer person, i agree, get that man outta here 💀 we don’t claim lil nas x
I'm a proud atheist:) i used to be Christian (had trama got yelled out for the stupidest things) but now as a atheist i feel more free
As a Christian (who is Episcopal aka the girlypop of Christianity), know that I apologize on behalf on the Christians with common sense for boundaries and human decency. 🎉❤
@@afrofaeries it's okay :)
That's wonderful
@@rosadele9715 ? What part
i think all us christian’s have worn a rosary bc it looked cool💀
aren't roasary's catholic? 😭😭
@@Tinker_Bloxz Catholics are Christian tho. Anybody that belives in christ as the messiah are called Christian, theres like a thousand denominations because althought they may differ along the lines they still believe Jesus as the messiah
oh 😭😭thanks for the explanation
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You know to be honest this is kind of funny to me because people who know him know that his father is a preacher and his family owns the church where he's also always at in attending😂😂😂
18:10 New Zealander here, the dance you were talking about is a traditional Māori Haka! The vocals and face expressions were used to scare off opponents (before nz was colonised, that kinda time) also idk if it’s used before soccer games, but it’s also used before rugby games ^^
so anyways little fun fact of the day
BENNNN A FUTURE POD EPISODE IDEA: TALK ABOUT THE SEPHORA KIDS EPIDEMIC 😟😭😭(love you sm)
the new zealand haka is a traditional Māori embodiment of cultural pride, strength and unity. rlly disappointing to hear that uneducated people are being disrespectful towards the culture
I wonder why people so mad at lil nas for allegedly mocking religion when they the same thing if not worse to the gay community. It doesn’t make sense.
They're more mad about a music video than the entire historical and ongoing oppression of the LGBT community. He's not even mocking religion here, but if he were, good for him.
The thing is not every Christian is homophobic, in fact the Bible says to love everyone and to treat people how you want to be treated. People would be just as mad if someone were to makes a song mocking the LGBTQ+ it’s not okay to mock people for how they live because you don’t agree with it.
ben after using the same photo of himself in every single thumbnail for his podcast💀
I didn't notice that, thanks for pointing that out 😭
the worst thing is feeling forced into a religion fr
I'm sad that you are no longer with the church but I'm glad you're happy 😊😊
Yeah same, but honestly I hope he does what is best for him.
My drama: i have feelings for my bsf and she has a gf and i told my bsf that i have feelings for her and she keeps making jokes behind her gfs that me and her should get together and im not sure if they r jokes anymore
i swear so many songs and things people have said “i’m back like Jesus Christ”. i doubt a single person would care if that’s what it was. the music video and advertising are just for shock value.
It's so sad that ppl have religious trauma but when it's catholic... I don't really put it past them. I know this Filipino woman who was not catholic, she was cut out of every single event for foreigners and just irrelevant things. Honestly, I've kind of detached myself from being a Christian 'cause I don't want my entire being to revolve around it. I don't think God wants that either.
I'm Jewish, and although I'm not Christian, him mocking an entire faith is just not cool. Like I'm fine about poking (respectful) jokes really about anything, even if it may be something that crosses line, just do it correctly. However, Lil Nas X did not do it correctly... at all.
Imagine being so irrelevant you gotta disrespect others belief
I’m at school rn but school can wait, DRAMA MAMA is life.
School cannot wait , Go and read your book , drama mama has his education
Watching my mom’s reaction to the blood shoes was so funny
Also like since you brought up Ariana Grande, I am not a fan but I feel that “god is a woman” was a much bigger and bolder statement with more meaning to it!
My family is indigenous Christians so I feel in a very odd place. But I truly hate Catholicism. Last night I even dreamt that someone was trying to force me to be an altar server and that I had to get out of doing it. Lmao. Life is crazy
Respect for this man is off the charts. We love you Ben!
I am not super religios but i am christain and honestly its so refreshing to hear a non-religous take on this, honestly it is up to the artist to do whatever but its clear that he is doing it to mess with people now, btw huge fan of your videos
I love the way he tries to be respectful to everyone ❤
To clearify I am a fan of Lil Nas X. I wouldn’t call myself a stan because I hate stan culture but from my perspective of the situation I feel like he was making a point in visuals more than in the lyrics. He was making a point that all of the homophobic Christian’s will be the one going to hell. Referencing himself as Noah bringing on the storm and sailing away. And then he comes back like Jesus after being condemned by humanity. That’s what I took anyways. I do agree that the lyric writing in the song is lazy. I wish he portrayed that message in the lyrics and not just in the visuals. Like he never delivered any direct criticism. The song Montero was good because there was larger statement, this song doesn’t really have it. It feels more like him trying to recreate the Montero uproar but flopped. As a gay person who grows up in a southern area it’s just so easy to have this us vs them mindset with Christians and it does lead to apathy with religion.
Thank u Ben. We don’t got enough creators supporting Christian’s on social media plate forms. We are just always painted as evil and stupid. So I’m glad you bring in the aspect that religion is something that people hold highly to their heart, it’s not something to mock, it’s peoples way of life.
I stopped rocking with him a long time ago because he gave off attention seeking vibes like you're a top rapper? Why do you need to go so far with the attention seeking?
I'm technically not a Christian anymore btw but it's still dummy weird that he's STILL doing this YEARS later instead of just leaving it alone and showing us his work after coming back.
Guys get Ben’s main channel to 7m he needs 1k more subscribers! Let’s get him there
WE GOT HIM TO 7M YAYAYAYAYAYA
it’s crazy cuz i haven’t thought ab lil nas x since the roblox collab 😭😭
im not religious but its so obvious the way lil nas x went about making a new song was so disrespectful
Loved your take, very mature and respectful despite your poor experiences.
as a Christian I so so so so so respect Ben for putting an ad for The Chosen in here. that show is great, for Christian’s an non Christian’s alike!
get posting podcast boy
Real
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idk why he’s using all these gimmicky marketing tactics. like his music isn’t even bad like that also no matter the religion it’s not ok to make fun of something so personal to ppl.
18:11 you were talking about new zealands rugby team! they do a haka before every game to strike fear into opponents, saw it live, very cool
'viral fleeting moments that are catchy for a bit, but then fade away" - spot on. 👏
1:07 SO RIGHT!! One of my theory is that bunch of philosophers got together to figure who we are, what we are, and what is this. And just like politics there is deferring ideology. And by exploring who we are you explore spirituality and meditation without even knowing. The human mind can be so dangerous and is one of the most complex things in the world and there could be anything. Like how do you explain you psychologically feel this way?? There is physiology, but what about things like Dysphoria? That is WILD. I really got into it when I was curious about Hinduism. It’s incredible to learn. Like, every religion is so similar, you could say they are one and the same. Kind of proves that there was only one land mass on Earth or we all have the same ancestors dating back to apes. Anything and EVERYTHING is connected
Edit: precisely because we are in the same universe, created out of the same universe.
7:45 nah there ain't no way he said ben shapiro!🤣
I felt my insides get ripped out when u said lil nax maybe it’s my period idk 🥰
How very real of you, get better soon 🫡🫂(if u r on ur period)
@@fish.watts__ thanks bud 🫡
This video made me respect you so much more and as a christian I also think it’s dumb that a lot of the people are reacting and commenting like; if you don’t like the music video don’t watch it and don’t put his views up …but ya I don’t really have anymore respect for lil nas x because even if it’s not my religion you just don’t make fun of other religions it’s out of respect like I’m not a Buddhist but I won’t make fun of the religion you know?
as a member of the lgbt+ community, we dont want lil nas x
BEN I JUST NOTICED U HIT 7 MIL ON UR OTHER CHANNEL IM SO HAPPY 4 U AND SO GLAD TO BE PART OF THE 7 MILLION
Im from New Zealand myself and when you said the dancing and singing thing I think you mean the haka! People take any chance they can get to say something is even slightly satanic or odd, it's uneeded and uncalled for. Satanic isn't mean't to be used for really like weird stuff I'd say it's mean't to be for something bad or someone is doing something bad. So when people are calling maybe an odd dance "satanic" it's uneeded and not even really being used for the right thing. Satanic and the hell sorta stuff was always based off badness so?! that's just my opinion though so yea.
Thank you Ben for talking abt this! I’m a catholic and it’s very disrespectful to see people doing this and it hurts. Thank you Ben for being respectful even if you are not catholic anymore ❤️
my drama‼️ my best friend started vaping like 3 yrs ago and now she’s addicted and it gets in the way of our friendship. i don’t wanna stop being friends with her cause our families are friends
Two wrongs do not make a right.
When your point fingers at someone, there are alway fingers pointing back at you. This is true in this case. Lil nas x can do wtver he wants, but my main opinion is here 11:02
Wheres the weekly podcast ben???🤨 edit: ohhh okay that makes sense nvm
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22:39 MAC DEMARCO MENTIONED???? BEN CONFIRMED MAC DEMARCO FAN???
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that tiktok audio ben made a billion years ago was kinda fire ngl
DRAMA!!: So I have a friend group at school, but I feel like im drifting apart from them and don’t really know if I really want to become as close as I was before with them but I also don’t have any other friends at school, I don’t exactly feel happy when im with them but I feel worse when im alone. What should I do Ben? LOVE YOUR VIDS KEEP BEING YOU BOO 💗💗💗💗💗 (shoutout?🙏) feel free to leave ur own advice in the comments lovely people
My drama!: I wish I had that friend. Yunno the ones that ALWAYS TOGETHER. And that rlly love eachother. because next year I'm going to a different school than my fav friend group. BTW lysm ur podcast makes me rlly happy and helps me when I'm sad:)
I had to do that as well :( though i do know that when i moved, i found better friends, and well, my life just became a little better.
Sure, you’ll miss them and all, but things will brighten up 3>
@a-different-kind-of-human thx were still in the same town I'm just going to middle school:)
@@jaydahstockfish :) i wish you luck!
@@a-different-kind-of-human thx
I am muslim and i can not and will not tolerate this kind of disrespect. The music video makes me angry and i hope that this man will get canceled.