This is actually a really sensitive topic, I really respect you for having the courage to post videos on controversial topics like this, it's not easy as you might receive a lot of hate, people like to follow religion blindly or just hate it blindly, so when you try to speak from a different perspective, it's not easy for everyone to accept it. Good work guys.
I gave this a like precisely because it's such a hard topic to tackle. That said, I found the video extremely triggering and uncomfortable to listen to.
It's interesting how religion in general evolved and changed. If your religion makes You a better person, more respectful for everyone and self-awere that you are a part of the human race it's great. If your religion makes excuses for You to humiliate or killing other people, maybe you should to dig deeper, and find your own path.
@@Founderschannel123 And you just illustrated how many religious people only copy pre-made sentences without understanding they have nothing to do with the discussion.
Religion is a choice, not law, you’re not required to obey it down to the last letter. You can’t use your faith to discriminate, and you can’t discriminate against people for their faith.
In a heated argument, my dad once told me that he loved god more than he loved me and that he’d always put god before me and that’s I’d never be as much of a priority as his faith. I understand that’s his faith, but that definitely didn’t make it any less painful to hear. That was about 3-4 years ago and I have yet to reach out to mend things, but neither has he.
My dad married a Christian woman who was not loving at all. The two of them were so judgemental which was so damaging. They were a couple of A-holes. Dumb ones at that. Basically God loves us. End of story 😅. Some religious people are idiots. I mean Jesus basically taught love and forgiveness 💖. The bible is the word of God but some men have corrupted that. 😅
honestly, that may not be offensive, it doesnt mean he doesnt love you because he loves God more, if he really loves God then he loves you aswell, at a similar level as he loves Him.
In religion, you are supposed to put your lord before family. It might hurt, but it doesn't mean he loves you less. It does state that in the Bible. Matthew 6:33, “Seek first the kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well."
I get that according to religion God should be a top priority, including over your own loved ones (I'm Rome catholic, I was explained what it means exactly). But if your father meant it in more cultish way instead of just simply prioritizing religious opinions over yours (while still loving you for who you are), then I guess he should at least question his words. Anger and hate are sins, too. I have no idea what happened between you two, I can imagine anything between "I want to skip church today" to "I am gay and turned into atheism". So I can't really judge the situation, even if I would want to. I just hope that you two... either reunited or living your own lives... will find your own inner peace.
Yes, people all over the internet have those "Christian channels" and put hate on LGBTQ+ and different religions. I still believe there are still good Christian channels, but some have to stop.
@@_Doctor_14i agree with you. i am a christian and i hate those channels, and the comments are even worse. they anger me. why cant we just love everyone?
I agree. I consider myself Christian but I don't go to church I just study it on my own because I hate listening to preachers preach at me about how God hates the (insert practically any group of people that aren't straight men). I really wish they'd stop trying to spread hate
@@annelisewilliams03you’ve explained the exact reason why I don’t go either. I don’t like listening to any of it and the hate is just too much effort to keep up with.
@@annelisewilliams03That is not what Christianity is like honestly and I’m sick of this stereotype. Yes, we believe it a sin to act on homosexual feelings, as a person who has these feelings myself, I know they are only a temptation just like any other temptation. Women are highly respected in Christianity as Mary is quite literally the mother of God (Christ, depends on the denomination.) Women may not be the most dominant role but if you really think about it, should women have those dominant roles? The more you look at Christianity and study it the more you’ll find it’s not exclusive, it’s inclusive, more than any other religion.
My problem with religion is being forced into it when I have no interest whatsoever, and expected to somehow become apart of it when I leave. That and this mentality of "Oh our religion is the RIGHT one, everyone else's is going to hell. "
Every group does this, people want you to be like them in every way. Group think etc . Schools, friends etc. In my experience , Atheist are the most likely to push their ideals on to me after telling them I’m Christian.Your second point is a good point. After researching most major religions seem like they are following the same god lol But my church is excommunicated anyways because we followed a more progressive path.
As a Christian, I really don't like how some others think that different lifestyles and beliefs are wrong. As long as you don't cause harm to others, it's perfectly fine. I'm not hardcore or anything, I just follow God and His word. I actually look at other religions with curiosity and admiration, but that doesn't mean I turn away from my own beliefs, I'm just exploring, and it's fun and informative. Sure I may not agree with everything, but it's nothing to get worked up over. It would be like hating someone just because they like blueberries instead of raspberries. We are supposed to love thy neighbor, but that has sadly slipped the minds of many people. We're not supposed to know everything, and we shouldn't expect to. We are one world after all, and it's only best that we respect and care for one another, regardless of culture, or belief.
My mother brought me to church for a few years, at the age of 12 I became an atheist. My mother hates it, but my dad told me he was also an atheist not long after I told them. I respect all religious people, and I do like learning about religion history as I just like history and documentaries. I just hope for a day religion stops causing hate on others beliefs
As a religious person, I think that it isnt religion thats causing mass hatred, but rather a certain part of the religious community. The religious community is like all communities, it has its toxic part and its healthy part, and its really religious extremism which makes the religious community itself be seen in a bad way and be blamed at a general level when the fault lies with a small group of people without common sense. I really regret that your mother thinks that way just because of your religion, which is something totally respectable your decision, but i dont think the fault comes from the religion itself, rather by certain religious people
Yes yes yes. like if you believe in God cool if you don't cool. I feel like there can be problems if the family is religiousoy active and one person isn't.
I have suffered from several problems in the past and this channel has always helped me. Now I am totally healed since I started following Jesus and I am happier than ever, not because of religion, but because of his infinite love and justice. Thanks for bringing this up
As a Catholic, my experience has been that REAL faith is entirely personal. It's something you discover for yourself, and define for yourself, rather that it being the institutional dogma that cherry-picks aspects of religion to serve political purposes. Too often, many self-identifying Christians (especially Evangelicals) lose the forest for the trees, fixating on mankind's narrow and misguided interpretation of the word of God at the expense of the broader teachings about what it takes to live the life of a good person, to the point where their brand of faith is performative, to prove they're virtuous amongst their peers without actually displaying the virtues of Jesus, such as compassion, empathy, charity, etc. Evangelicals today criticize Jesus himself for being too "woke." That's when you know they've lost the plot. For me, I still consider myself religious despite the fact that I don't follow the dogma of the Catholic Church. Faith in God, and faith in myself, has sustained me through some very dark times. I understand others may not feel the same about religion, and that is perfectly fine. It's not my place to change anyone's mind. As I said, faith, or the lack thereof, is personal. What matters most of all is just being a good person and treating others the way you would want to be treated. It's really that simple.
If you don’t believe in Catholic dogma, you’re not Catholic. You can’t just pick and choose which parts. Embrace it all, without holding anything back.
@@franck3279 as a Catholic I would actually like to further discuss this. I can't exactly tell who you're implying we hate on, so I'm just going to assume it's homosexuality because they are normally the first being pointed to for Catholic hatred. First things first, anyone who speaks slurs at these people is bad and is not supported by the Catholic faith (they are also children of God). However, there is a difference and a fine line between attacking and not supporting these people and their beliefs. If you are a Catholic family and one of your children comes out as gay, forcing the child out of the home and speaking harshly to them is not appropriate. With that being said, you by no means are expected/encouraged to invite their partner into your home, listen to them, and treat them like a friend if they actively oppose your families beliefs (this should not be controversial because any person would do this if we replaced homosexuality with far leaning conservatives/libeals). To speak from experience, my gay cousin currently does not go to my big family gatherings. The reason she doesn't attend is not because we spewed hatred at her, threw her out, or ignored her whenever she spoke. The reason why is because she knows we don't approve of her change and instantly distanced herself from all of our family. To this day, she is still welcome to our family gatherings, but with the stipulation of not bringing her partner; we will not enable her to continue to oppose what our family's beliefs are firmly against. Something I feel is massively misinterpreted is the concept of love (what I'm saying beyond this point is in my own words of Catholic concepts instead of being ripped out of the Catholic teachings themselves, so what I say should NOT be taken as Catholic law). Love should be good and kind, but firm for the other person even at the expense of the other person's opinion of you. A child would hate you for not letting them eat only sweets, if you don't truly love them, you would let them get stomach aches and cavities because that's what they want, but true love wouldn't allow them to hurt themselves and not let them even if they hate you for it. If your friend is in an abusive relationship and still doesn't want to leave, false love would let them stay in that relationship because that's what they want, but true love would push you to implore that they should leave since it's only causing harm to them despite the friends wishes. This is what we SHOULD DO for our family and friends that say that they are gay. We talk to them calmly and tell them that they are making a big mistake.............. According to the Catholic faith. This is not a persuasive argument to not be gay, at the end of the day, I can't stop anyone who doesn't believe in the Catholic faith (as said before, I won't promote or enable it, but will not accept or ignore it either). If someone asks my opinion on this, I give it. If anyone in real life actually wants to debate me on this, I'll try to be as reasonable as possible. But I'm not going to go out of my way to preach to a bunch of people who won't willingly listen to what I have to say (I frankly wouldn't put up with it either if I was in their shoes so I feel that's fair). All of this to say, no, I don't hate homosexual people and neither should anyone in the Catholic faith. And if anyone has spewed hatred at you or anyone you know, then I personally apologize for how disrespectful they have been, they are still children of God.
Religion does have an us versus them mentality. Where it states that all non-believers are going to hell. So you’re either with them or against them. Although there also many useful teachings in religion as well.
uh yeah but it is unwanted paranoia. if you are gonna be religious believe your own religion. Imagine being paranoid your whole life because you fucked at the wrong time. ( have yet to face it xD )
Well, at least authoritarian religions do. A lot of worship and religion simply doesn't care and is more focused on taking finding serenity for your heart. Then again, most of the world is Abrahamic so that's what is almost implicitly meant by religion.
This is a very false and generalized representation of religion. Not every religion is the same, and even if thre are overzealous believers, there are also people who are kind and accepting of others. Religion is more than burning unbelievers at the stake, it can also mean being a good person and caring for suffering people, basicially many things modern society lacks.
Depending on the religion, rather than "us vs them" there's more of a "some of us" mentality where there're genuine concerns that others around them are straying. While that can lead to some radicalism too, it tends to bring about empathy & compassion.
Timestamps 1). Provides a stable philosophy for life (pro) 0:53 2). Being destructively force into that philosophy (con) 3:05 3). Used to inspire (pro) 4:15 4). Used to justify bad behaviour (con) 5:02 5). Provides answers and community (pro) 6:10 6). Religious guilt (con) 7:33 Hope this helps you out. Hope you have a nice day. Sorry this is so late. 💙💙💙💙💙💙
I am an Athiest. But i respect any religion. And any religious person who does not use their religion to discriminate against another community or religion. And if religion helps you to live life peacefully or atleast make you feel better then you have every right to do it. But please don't use your religion to discriminate against others.❤❤❤
I was a religious person with religious beliefs and was very hopeful to share them with others. But one day I learned something that I wish I could forget. It broke me and I am very conflicted about that religion. Now I am unsure if I ever wanna go back to it. I struggle with a fear of abandonment and I don't want to risk it.
I’m going to be straightforward. I’m not a strict religious person. I don’t go to church every Sunday. However, I do believe that there is a God. I do believe in Jesus Christ. I believe in heaven. I believe in hell, and I believe in the devil. But, I’m more spiritual. I’m into meditation, music, getting out in nature, and things like that. Do I discriminate against religion? Absolutely not! I’ve met some amazing Christians, and I’ve met some amazing spiritual people! I think it’s OK to be both religious and spiritual. I don’t think you have to be one or the other. But if you choose to be one, or the other, fine! Do what you do.
You have the right mindset! I think being open minded and not discriminating should be the basis for humanity's evolution, unless there is harm's done.
I was in a religion for a long time and I feel like I'm in a box. A few years ago, I went through a difficult time. I rarely went to our church but I prayed instead. This also helped me from that tough time, feeling free and not feeling guilty for not going to church.
your mistake is that you think going to church is like a chore, and you dont do it because you love God. Thats okay, people struggle with such things, knowing how much God loves me motivates me to do things, and no its not about feeling His love, but knowing it, feelings can deceive.
As someone who grew up in a very strict cult-like religion in the Philippines, I can't help but resonate with the people who had religion ruin their lives. My grandparents were heavily involved in this church hence passing on that belief to my mother and then forcing it upon us her children. It's sad that we were never really taught to think for ourselves and every decision we made is still kind of influenced by the church. You want to move to another country? No, you have to go through the church to make sure you'd still go to service. You want to marry someone outside of your faith? Well too bad, it's either you convert them or end your relationship. Our mother was always gaslighting us whenever we question the church. I am glad I had the courage and was able to leave this religion a few years ago, but at the expense of my relationship with my parents and church friends. They haven't talked to me ever since. Now that I'm older, I'm looking back at how we grew up following rules we never questioned. Now I know who I'm not gonna be towards my children.
I grew up Christian, and I have to tell you, I was conflicted. Not to say that I deny Jesus Christ, but it was the people that made me conflicted. The mentors were teaching/spewing hate due to ones sexual orientation, different religious beliefs, shacking, and holding Christianity as the only right belief to salvation. Never sat right with me, even as a kid in elementary school. I grew up as a military kid, and got exposure to many cultures, majority of them becoming dear friends, and family. The church I was a part of for over a decade, mainly by my parents choice, was more into what you could receive materially when you pray. I was more in tune with what I could receive mentally and emotionally when I pray to improve myself. I was always tapping into emotions, and how to better my feelings, and what not, and the church members including the ministers and pastor are aggressive, hostile, and very intimidating. I found out as I got older, I explored, not heavily, Buddhism, Hindu, Muslim, as well as Christian and Catholic practices like reading quotes, or practicing some form of meditations. You can always learn something from each, but I wish there weren’t labels, because it separates. I like to call it spirituality, but that might be a topic for another day. Thank you Psyche2go for a very informative video. The comments in the video are so relatable.
I would never thought you guys would make a video with this subject, and I'm so happy about it!!! I'm a psychology student, I was raised in a very religious family and I know how that influenced me in a bad way and how hard it was to get out of something that wasn't meant for me and everyone around me was pushing me to still be a part of that. I want to help people who is struggling to be who they are because of a religious family and the stuff they put inside your mind. It's hard, REALLY HARD, to stand up for yourself and have your own mind when they tell you that God is going to punish you all the time. I believe religion is freedom of spirit, not a cage that you're stuck inside and you have to obey your owner. I'm sure God is not like that!!!
Although the concept of religion is good , but the implementation is always influenced by politics and ideologies in negative or positive ways . In my opinion, spirituality is what makes people "happy" but religion is its more social accpect that can make them unaccepted , sad , angry or in the worst case dead.
I’d say social integration is the key, not any idea behind it. Being part of a large group gives you access to better jobs, larger dating pool, solidarity and safety. Religions claim to provide benefits that are merely caused by self-reinforcing dominant position.
yes , if that group treats non member people poorly, It makes issues between them , no matter what the group is. I didn't include this because it's not specific about religion. Some of the other non related groups also have this flaw , a clear example Is racism, natsisim... But these are not formal known as religion Edit : added "poorly" to first sentence
I don’t like their religion, since it’s really just gatekeeping women and the only excuse is “to hide our beauty from men.” When they aren’t beautiful or the girls (in my school) get mad and stop wearing the hijabs during school, because they can’t wear diffrent clothes or have unique hair, etc
@@Smilieface215 you can't just leave Islam. It's not easy. I need advice on how to cope with mental health and hide for my life. Leaving Islam can put somebody's life at risk because Muslims are told to kill those who leave Islam in the Qur'an. Islam is a very violent and harsh religion so we can't just leave as we would any other religion
@@PancakeRights Which is country are you from? I live in Turkey, but the west of it, İzmir specifically and most people here are atheists already so for me it wasn't hard. If you're living in a country where it's risky, you can leave but act as a muslim to not get others attention.
I think a lot of people focus on religion way more than actually growing a relationship with God after all that should be the point of religion int the first place
i'm raised Jehovah Witness and i have a 50/50 relationship with it and i want to thank you Psych2Go for covering all the Pros and Cons throughout this video all well said and all well thought out for anyone who watches it 👍👍
I’m feeling stuck right now. I’m an atheist and a lifelong atheist who was raised by parents who aren’t religious as well. I both do and do not want to join a religion, even though I’m slightly leaning towards staying an atheist. The only reason (although it’s a strong one) that I want to join religion is because I’ve been feeling very depressed and empty lately. I don’t feel like anyone truly loves me, and I’ve been feeling overly anxious with my future path in life because I’m about to go to college (which I never wanted to go to). I’m afraid I will stay pessimistic and depressed due to the fact that I have to waste a bunch of time and money going to a place I forced myself into (no one forced me into it, I just feel like I’d be a loser without it). If I go to college, I feel like I’d stay depressed and anxious, and if I don’t go to college, I feel like I’d stay depressed and anxious, so this feels like a lose lose situation for me. Though many things are stopping me from becoming religious. First of all, I honestly generally have a negative view on religious people to start because from my observations and experiences, they tend to be the people that discriminate and judge others unfairly, become homophobic, be forceful, and encourage hatred in general. Also, I so strongly believe that there is no God, and that religious people reject the facts of science (especially evolution, which I’m a STRONG believer in). So in short, I want to join a religion to cope with depression and anxiety, and to help bear hard times, but I don’t want to join because I strongly believe that there is no God, I don’t want to become a hateful person and be hated like many religious people, I don’t want to be a discriminatory individual and want to stick to my scientific beliefs, and I feel like I wouldn’t truly be accepted by the religion due to the person that I am. Lastly, I also want to have more forgiving views towards super religious individuals. I just feel like it’s more of a hateful death cult than a respectful and beneficial practice.
This last year I been considering changing christianity for agnosticism and combine with science facts Agnosticism (from what I can remember) is not believing a religion or specific god but also no questioning the existence of a god I think this combination like a god’s will (or a inmaterial thing get a will to become a god/create a god) propelled the existence of the universe or choose this planet because of its life forms potential (give a chance to many planets and ours was one of the most successful) idk And I also consider that the universe may just always have existed and sometimes renovating materia But I’m still unsure about this change because my parents religions are different but the same God and already told my dad I’m not following his (was one of my worst days of my life), in my social circle there’s some family members (specially uncles, aunts and my dad) that can go heavy when povs differ and I’m autistic and sometimes I felt it’s already enough too awful experiences (because I’m still trying to heal) but I also want to feel my true self as I can as someone neurodivergent I also went through depression (passive su.ic1dal ideation in childhood turning active in preteen) and anxiety (The ideation is something I don’t tell yet to my family, friends and even my psychologist because I’m still insecure to tell but those thoughts have been disappearing) so I feel you in a sense and also feel kinda pressured to choose a career I hope you find a way to get help! ❤️🩹 I will try to give some devices Use what’s fits better for you Think the reasons for why you have depression and anxiety and start to heal from there If you can’t effort to get therapy try to write in a diary (it can be in digital) how was your day? What have been your thoughts lately? What emotions you felt? Questions like that and always note if something good happened or it’s makes you happy even if it’s just a little thing It’s usually recommended to find a group or someone comfortable to rely on and make hangouts or activities because we humans are social beings Maybe doing a hobby or physical activity can cheer you up Change pessimistic thoughts to something more optimistic (like “I can do this task”) but also remember to be realistic (“I’m in my limit I should take some rest”) These are another question: Some say they love you and even if it’s really intended, you just don’t feel it because maybe they’re lying, they are too much for you or saying for pity? Try to do research why we feel unloved Sometimes people just don’t know, if it’s someone there who offers to help you, try to guide them like sending some videos about depression and anxiety from this channel Healing is a long road be patient and try to not be too harsh with yourself 🫂 Sorry for the long text and also english isn’t my first language in case you find some mistakes
for me religion helps me a lot in my mental health it gives life meaning and purpose and many religions give soiled advice on metal health and without religion without god... what's the point? religion always reminds you that everything will be ok because god is on your side! and religion also makes you help others in their mental health like religion tells you to be nice kind and help people which will obviously make more people in this world happy
I don't know where I fall into this. I struggle with the God is always on your side anymore these days. Due to my pastor being JUDGE, jury, Executioner and telling me that GOD COULDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR ME ANYMORE. Stripped all hope of everything I was taught / believed in. Now it's a mix of those who follow the pastors words with those who say that's wrong and God's not like that. I've tried to follow my heart BUT.....
@zoeykraft8987 keep on! Leaving the church may be the only option but it's worth it religions are ment to focus on your relationship with God, many religious leaders tend to use the religion as a way to control the members and not bring them closer to God. Religious leaders are ment to guide and teach God's word bur some are biased and full of hatred. It's about you and God. I pray everything goes well for you and you don't give up on your dreams. You can do this ❤
@@jakxxsithank you i really appreciate that (: im a muslim and thank god we don't have any religious leaders other than god thanks for the warning it's really sad how some awful people like theses "religious" leaders use religion like that just to get more money they clearly don't understand that this money won't be around in the after life and won't help them in the after life very few people like them respect religion the majority of them just use religion in such evil ways
@@socjolog90 religion is the words of god bro but yeah i think that people shouldn't treat religion like a belief and more like the rules of god that way they'll respect god more but still religion isn't man made it's the words of god
For a long time I thought I wanted to be a Christian because everyone around me was. It felt wrong not to believe in God. At the age I am now I know that I am Agnostic. I accept there is more that I don't know than what I do. I find that the Buddhist teachings are really helping in changing my mindset even though I am not a Buddhist. You can find perspective in many different religions if you are curious enough to look into it. Where the book Man's Search For Meaning saved me from despair it was key people who were able to offer me direction.
you see i believe in a god but not in a specific one and when i tell someone about how i feel about religion i always get the same answer about how i should join the religion they believe in and that they think all others are corrupted so really thank you for this making this video it helped me with a few thoughts i had about religion ^^
Very cool to see all the personal stories people shared. I believe all of them are valid. This implies that religions that make exclusive claims to truth are false and not to be believed as to the substance those claims. As long as religious groups can steer clear of this pitfall, they have a chance at being healthy and beneficial. But for some groups, disentangling themselves from it would be a tricky process.
I am a Muslim that lives in a Christian country so I understand the first con. But again, I love my religion. There’s not many things I can say about it. Just love my religion.
Religion can guide you, but it can also bind you. It's the masterpiece of the art of animal training; Religion teaches people how to think, how to act, and what to believe in.
This is why I'm spiritual, it's the best balance for life in my opinion. I accept and understand that there's some truth to all religions, but I can't nor will I ignore fact and science. Demonic possession and irrational behavior are most likely mental illness, but that which cannot be explained by science itself is the supernatural, for our reality itself consists of both.
In my experience, most forms of organized religions tend to invent problems and then sell you the solutions to the problems they created - while it does provide a sense of purpose in life, that purpose can be easily become questioned once you begin to recognize the internal contradictions within it: creating more problems than it solved in the first place - both in your own peace of mind and within your community as you voice those concerns. My advice: stay away from organized religion - if you must have a kind of spirituality, let it be one that’s completely personalized: you will be better able to address internal contradictions without the stress and turmoil that occurs when you do so in more organized settings.
As long as you act selfless and out of care and love for another instead of selfishness or self-gain you'll never have a need to worry about "damnation" or "hell". Please note: I do not associate or affiliate with any religion or cult of any kind.
To be honest, I'm a Baptist, and I still believe many Baptist views. I've started to feel more conflicted about being in this religion over time, though, especially as my beliefs changed. Before, I thought that anyone being in the LGBTQ+ community is "wrong," even though I didn't hate them. After doing a bit of research and reading an entire article about if being trans was a sin though, I learned it's not really a sin, just people being who they are. I've always known that God loves us all no matter who we are, and He wants us to love others as well, so I never got around to disliking people that were LGBTQ+. In fact, I technically am in the LGBTQ+ community now, since I sorta came to a realization I'm probably nonbinary. Male-leaning, but still. I'm thankful my family doesn't use religion to spread hate on others, but I have noticed their views don't align with mine, and they'll get upset if they get a slight hint that I'm not fully aligned with them, which I'm not. As a result, I tend to keep my beliefs to myself as much as possible. My family does really love me, and I love them a whole lot too, but I'm just scared we're growing apart and that they'll reject me if I come out.
Religion was the most traumatizing throughout the past in my life. Due to Schizophrenic voices, I was always controlled had no freedom. I was scared as it also said that my father and mother would go to nether for not going church, being a Buddhist respectively. I was even bullied at school where teachers didn't help me and ridiculed me for my lack of religious beliefs. and after long time I got diagnosed with autism in addition to OCD(Most common) and Schizophrenia. Now I feel kinda free because of becoming an atheist.
dont listen to people or to random voices in your head, listen to what God has to say about it, dont do what God tells you to do because it is a chore obligation, but because you love God, and you love God because He first loved you (1 john 4:19), once you realise how much He loves you, which surpasses all understanding, you will love God and do what he says, and trust me, living according to what God in the bible says is not going to put you in a mental prison, but the exact opposite, it will set you free. (john 8:32) The bible's teachings and God's commandments and comments about sin is the way to a prosperous life, in here and in heaven, yes you will suffer because you are doing the right thing, and the world will hate you because it is wicked (john 15:18-20). God is with you brother, i cant relate to your suffering but im sure it sucks, so yeah God is real and he wants you to come to Him. He wants to forgive your sins (john 1:19) and he even sent Jesus as a sacrifice for our sins, so that we may be cleansed and be forgiven from our sins, whoever believes in Jesus will be saved and have everlasting life in Heaven with God. (john 3:16-17). Hope this helps!
@@Nomad_7777 God is another voice, so it's better not to listen to any voice of what I can't see, touch because I always related the most dominant voice to god but yet he tortured me showing the most traumatic bible verses. Now I don't read the bible and feel that God is not real but Jesus is someone(another human being) who stood against the injustice carried on by the Jewish ...... whoever.
Not because you don’t "Feel" God, doesn’t mean that he doesn’t exist. For your torture it might have been the devil or just God who were putting you to the test
i’m on the side of cons. i was religious for a few years of my life but that was during a very emotional part of my life, i was muslim and very overzealous. Islam was how i breathed. it became suffocating quickly. I started to wonder if this is how the rest of my life would be following rule after rule, being a good pious girl, all for what? i thought to myself, i’d be damned if Allah isn’t real and I wasted my life like this. It wasn’t how I wanted to live my life, I wanted or rather felt the need to live like that was because I felt that God wanted me to. I needed know if He was real. So for months, I looked at the facts and listened to lectures and studied as i had before. I found quite a bit of flaws, I had asked muslims including family, friends and even sheepishly inquire my sheikh about it and no one had answers. I thought to myself if god allows this, then that cannot be my god because i could never accept something like that. As a person, Im either all in or all out on a lot of things. I felt like if I was Muslim, I had to accept every bit of Islam, the good and the bad and be like those who pretend that the bad doesn’t exist. I imagined if a non believer would inquire me about those same things like “Hey, in the quran it says this. Do you agree with that? Do you agree with your God?”. I could not, in my bones agree with the morality of the religion
there are a lot of things the prophet done that i had not agreed with. As a muslim, you’re to accept the prophet and god completely and wholly. I do not want to accept parts of them, or believe in them for that matter. So now i’ve been an ex-muslim, though i don’t call myself that. People can recognize from my last name and or first name that i come from a muslim family (i might change it). but i feel freedom, i feel like i can be my own person and not revolve my being around something or someone. I feel pride to make my own morals that will sit right with me.
I never been specifically religious in one religion because my mind was interested in every religious as I felt like every religion had a puzzle peice to continue a story where one religion left off.
ND Stevenson (creator of She-Ra’s reboot and Nimona) made an huge criticism against religious fanaticism and for good reason. After all, he was raised by a community of enthusiasticly close-minded zealots, who disapproved harshly his sexual orientation
My relationship with religion has been...special, to say the least. My parents tried to give me a totally unreligious childhood and early years. So I knew what catholicism was (as it was impossible for me not to know since I live in Spain), but the concept of it...or any religion, for that matter, was strange for me. When I formed my identity, for a lack of knowledge, I declared myself as agnostic. Something had to be there, I knew it, but...yeah, I knew nothing. But, then, I came across paganism (a religion I feel it was greatly left out in the video, I don't know if for the lack of answers or for any other reasons), and sumerian paganism specifically, and everything checked for me. I loved mesopotamian/sumerian myths even before knowing that paganism was a thing, but after I looked more into the way of viewing life they had/current meso pagans have, it fitted like a glove to me. And here we are, some years later. I sometimes felt like the lack of religious training from my early years was a double edge weapon, as it left me clueseless of anything, even the most basic things. But also freed me of any sort of trauma or predisposition/prejudice to paganism. So that's that. Thanks for this video, as I feel it's value, and sorry if I messed up on this comment, as english is my second language!
I remember when I went for therapy they asked if I believed in religion or a higher power during the initial intake. I Just said Baptized catholic but I don’t practice. He looked at me with a breath of relief , asked why he looked at me like that, told me if I did believe in something religious they would have to test me for disorders like schizophrenia or some kind of mental disorder/illness a lot of their patients were from religious backgrounds/families The therapist I got she said unfortunately it’s true she had a lot of people practically loose it due to being involved in a religious thing most common thing she saw was paranoia, chronic anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia.
I have two coleagues both are irreligious one is atheist and second ptobably agnostic. Both have shizoprenia. Non believers and pseudoreligious people have much easier. They can use narcotics, tobacco, harm others. As a deep believing catholic I try to be the best man. Never been drunk, nor use tobacco or other narcotics. Of course it is tired because despite I avoid addictions, physical violence and try to be the best as I can I feel unperfect. Maybe because God is only perfect.
My belief from a young age was always being agnostic and still is! I believe that you should practice a lot of the positives that religion can preach. It really outlines well the good/evil in humans. It's incredibly important to build a morally strong foundation where you will not be lead into temptation. Like any species on this planet, for the most part, all species look out for their own and protect one another. If in the name of any religion you wish harm on others, that's not what a creator would intend on.
The thing that just bothers me about it is that people force it on others then act so innocent when they get called out. People are allowed to have different beliefs to you and its infuriating to be constantly told only with their beliefs will we be happy 🙄
I would agree, much like how Billie said "No don't eat that" when she's a vegan except for me it's "No, our beliefs' more better", because that's more of a judgmental because God is the one who decides who's going who and who's going not
3:20 “Rather than making people want to repent and join there religion, they push them away from it” Question- What approach would one take to help one seek repentance if one doesn’t understand what they’re doing is “wrong” and not “okay” ?
Have you ever looked into "Cold-Case for Christianity"? He's a homicide detective that talks about the validity of Christianity without using Biblical text. One of the things he mentioned about the unsaved, as that they usually range from 1 to 4. On one extreme you have people that want nothing to do with Christianity and aren't even open to discussing it really. He talks about how the best approach with them is to live your life in a way that glorifies the Lord and build a relationship with those people. They're more likely to be open to talking about such things if they know you on a more personal basis than if you were just some random person on the street. So prayer and living a life that shows the Lords glory might be the best approach depending on what state of mind the other person is in. Definitely not the easy way for sure. Takes a lot of dedication and time.
I’m gonna assume you asked this question in earnest and I have the experience of being repeatedly told that my very existence is a sin, and I need to repent the only way that I could repent was to end my existence for by simply existing I would be sinning in the most religious way I was repeatedly told by different religious people to end myself that’s how you push people away from your religion and repenting
@@bexlennox1057 Oh woah, I have never came across that yet (and I don’t think I’m exactly looking forward to that either…), but from what I understand and know about the Bible (as it’s what I personally follow), the best way to tackle sin was taught to us that we trust in Jesus for He was and is the only one who can save us. Of course that’s a rather shortened and simple way of sharing a point, but to whom it may have been to inform you that your sins end when your life ends, I apologize you had to hear such lies, deception, and endure all of that… I appreciate you for responding back though and am grateful you are with us still, truly, may the Lord I serve be with you and bless greatly in life my friend 🤍
I'm a Muslim and to be a Muslim is the best version of myself, I don't care how am I seen by others, I don't care what others think about me, I love Allah more than anyone else in the world and I will chose Him over anything else. Religion is a good thing, thank God for making me a Muslim, I hope meeting Him still being a Muslim.❤
@@ems.master Thank you so much, I was an Atheist myself, I didn't believe in the unseen and then... the Greatest thing happened to me and cured me as if I was never hurt before, now, I don't need anyone else except Allah. He as He said it, elevated 7 skies from earth without any columns, He makes the days which take over the nights and then the nights which take over the days repeatedly, everyday. He doesn't sleep, He never dies, He indeed is Perfect, the Best, the Greatest and the Most Merciful.
On the one hand, you do you - if the mores and values of the Islamic faith resonate with you, perhaps it’s a good fit for your particular psychological needs. On the other hand, I ask you to give other belief systems the same treatment you expect others to grant you and recognize that mores and values they espouse resonate with others in the same way Islam resonates with you: treat their beliefs as being every bit as legitimate as your own - even if you disagree with them.
The more I wrote, the more reasons I found against religion from a personal and mental health perspective. So here we are xD An important factor I think that there are more bad eggs in religion than in atheism or random interest groups. I think religions that have the idea of one almighty god you have to obey, is often dangerous. Because people are used to or are even looking for authority figures, and this leads to intense ingroup outgroup thinking when the leader claims that a group of people is a problem for them. They might also instill fear in the followers because that's how they keep their members in. They might also tell people to go and convert others, and often nobody in this conversation enjoys this. It may also give one a false sense of security, like I do not have to fix much in this life, because I have an afterlife. This is not a healthy way to deal with anxiety and responsibility. Also I find thinking that other people go to hell deeply problematic, people should rather try to find common ground with others and build healthy bonds. Thinking you are superior to them can be damaging relationships and I think people with extreme beliefs are probably lonely, unless they are straight up surrounded by a cult. Being a religious minority in your area can be dangeous and isolating, but so can being an atheist if they happen to be the minority. But if you find your local community, this can also help bond. But again it could lead to seeing others as a potential threat, unlike you or less than you. Some religious groups tend to think that mental health related issues are "demons" or something, some are kind of "anti science" and try to explain everything with their spiritual beliefs. They sometimes claim humans are superior to other animals, or not even see humans as animals. I think religions that honor nature are much better for us, because we can value nature and other animals. Pets can have good effects for us and being in nature too.
Many people find Christianity at their lowest moment. Some people found it when they were going to unalive themselves. I found it in one of my lowest moments and it has saved me. I respect everyone equally and I don't discriminate, because that's what Jesus said. He said that we are all created in the image of God, so we are equal. Many people don't like Christianity because of the hypocritical Christians who discriminate. There are some bad Christians but we're not all bad
It really depends imo. I remember being a homeless guy who needed to stay in a few shelters. It was the church who ran those shelters. There was some pretty savage homophobia but that is an exception and not a rule in my experience. I'm in favor of anything that can make us more communal in these times. Dr Gabor Mate and Dr Gordon Neufeld got me on board with "the attachment village" concept. Makes sense to me.
For me, being a Jew never bothered me even though I'm traditionalist (not extremely practicing, but I tend to improve it and I have faith). On the opposite, it allowed me to meet so much great people and defines 99% of my personality since my education and my urroundings are Jewish, so yes you kinda need to agree with your religion and being taught about it correctly, but once it's done it's really nice. Apart of that, I just came here to say we need to accept everyone's religion and beliefs and respect if they don't have any, I don't know for other religions but at least in Judaism we don't think Gentiles are "following the wrong path", I believe G-od Made us in the way He Wanted, so whatever are you beliefs or religions as long as you respect other's it's totally good!
I was raised a semi-christian, not an atheist, not a christian either. When i was 13 i wanted to get closer to god but i wasn't ready to go to church, so i settled for gospel influencers on RUclips and that was my first mistake. I was pulled down the rabbit hole, and I was terrified. I was told about the rapture, and was scared that I'd have to live everyday as if it were my last. I was told not to expect to see heven. I was told that if I wanted to go to hell I should scroll. I thought my dad was in hell because he wasn't a full christian and I cried multiple times. I wanted out, but I was scared into staying like a cultist having second thoughts. After finally getting good advice from my Grandpa (bless his soul) I started to press do not recommend this channel with the gospel and i felt freer, better, happier, lighter. But the cost was my religious trauma. My experience with gospel influencers took a tole on me, and I wasn't comfortable living with christian values. I recently I've gotten more comfortable with the idea of converting, and it's something that I think will do better for me but that's not to say I'm suddenly disrespecting Christianity. There are very wonderful people I've met, but I can't be part of the religion due to the trauma I've taken from it.
I’m sorry this happened to you. You know..heres the problem..Religion is a shortterm solution for a long term problem, --> Jesus is the way truth and the life. He came became in the physical form of man and suffered on a sinners cross FOR people to stop trapping people into religious acts rather, for people to serve and instinctively love Him as He first loves us. He loves you, and Jesus loves even the people who harmed others..us..anyone.
So! Not so fun fact! I have really, really wanted to be a believer for... literally dozens of times and have failed miserably every time. I would go to church, pray, think of ways to be more religious and so on. Still the same thoughts came back to me: This just doesn't click with me no matter how hard I try. Whitch version is the correct one? How do I pray and serve God the right way? Is Jesus prophet or God? Too many very fundamental questions have no definitive answer that only can me truly answered if God himself comes down from heaven and tell humanity how it truly is. For me I enjoy religion and the community it brings. The thing I don't like is the super strickt rules and the "Our way is the only true way and everyone else will burn i hell" mentality and surpression of minorities , people who can't choose who they are is wrong.
Religion shouldn't be forced, because mine is not teaching like that. Everyone has a choice to have religion or not. Me, I found peace with my own religion, Islam. And I don't like to forcing people to follow my religion, because that's not the true essence of Islam. My family had a Islamic background, but they're not forcing anybody to follow it.
For the last point, the boyfriend and girlfriend. I myself am a christian, and I just know, that it wouldn't work out in the future with a non christian partner... I don't think that there is anything wrong with having a "standard" that you like to have in your partner.... Some have height, some have classes, some have sport, some have religion. Important is to not try to force them to change. Something like this happened to me and a girl that started writing with me and I told her at the beginning, that I don't have any plans in the future for us because there is 2 different lifestyles, and it would cause problems that can be avoided with that
As an atheist it is hurtful for having a affections towards studying religion, because of the word "atheist" they seem to really judgemental and hateful towards me when I was just trying to have fun studying the Bible or Quran, I can't even ask questions in their comment section, thus making me pulling myself away from the Bible and Quran.
I’m Buddhist ☸️, and Buddhism is the equivalent of therapy for me. But I respect all religions. People shouldn’t be angry or violent at you just because you don't believe in God, or don't follow their religion. I have experienced those things, but I’ll still be Buddhist, and respect all religions. 🤗❤️
Love this! I’m all for interfaith and understanding other religions… they are all shockingly SIMILAR in many ways. Ironic since many people use it to divide! #youcantsitwithus 🙄
Religion helps me a lot in terms of having a meaning in life and something to look forward to after I die, unfortunately my religion is different from the majority in my area which leaves me feeling alienated and isolated at times.
Religion has been stressing me out. I don't know what to think about it. I know that if I break from the LDS church, I might make my dad sad, amd my mom happy. And if I don't, my mom might be upset, and my dad happy. I don't know anymore :(
So I’m in the Southern area of America and they are VERY Christian down there. In my first three years of elementary school my Christian ‘best friend’ and I would chat about love and relationships because I had been the flower ‘girl’ at a lesbian wedding and when I told my best friend she said I was now infected with their sin and that I would go to hell for being there. (She didn’t actually say hell this was first grade) I switched schools and that girl was at the same new school as me. In 5th grade I realized I wasn’t cis and went by they/them back then and that was a school full of Christians and like one atheist. The Christians there weren’t too found of my new identity. I also see two girls 5+ times each year and being around them is inescapable, they say that they respect me but can’t support me because they’re Christian if someone could maybe explain to me what they mean by this that would be greatly appreciated because I still don’t quite understand what they mean. At a summer camp I went to as a kid a saying was “god first, others second, I am third.” I remember telling a camp counselor that saying god goes first is dumb because he isn’t actually here and having others as second seams mean. The camp counselor was nice to little third grade me and just said “Everyone believes different things and we respect that no matter what. If you wanna discuss this further talk to your parents at the end of camp.”
Religion has become a term with so much baggage and as a Christian it is honestly so sad to see how people have sometimes been treated by the church. At least in my view, religion gives me a sense of grounding and inspires me to live out in a way that can always provide love to others no matter what they believe. Whether you are religious or not should be secondary to the fact that it’s so important to always treat each other with love, kindness, and respect
Recently, there has been a lot of politics on college campuses in the United States around the Israel-Palestine issue. I had been awkwardly interrogated about it in a job interview. This is my screen name, but my name was identified as Muslim by a Jewish business owner. That was a tough, heated moment. I hope there won't be so much beef between Muslims and Jews. I have also had some Christian preachers try to convert me. I understand that most people obtain their religious affiliation from whatever they inherited from their parents, and that we grow out of it eventually. Whatever works for you. Because of these types of experiences, along with family networks, that religion can complicate social and political matters even more and as a result, I try to keep words like "God" and "religion" out of my conversations around mental health. No, I don't believe all non-believers will go to hell or anything like that. It's okay to not believe in God. It's okay to not believe in a life after death. For me, these bring up even more questions than I would be interested in knowing the answer to and may cause even more anxiety than a secular approach, ironically. But for those who find relief in it, go for whatever works for you. People's situations are complicated and I want to know people's details before making a proper conclusion.
My family is religious and I never really had a problem with it but as I gained trauma associated with my father and school I had mixed feelings about church and would shut down when put in any religious type situation, maybe because it has a school type environment that makes me fear it or just because I feel pressured into believing it when I don’t. I don’t have a positive opinion about it personally but I’m glad it can affect others positively even if it didn’t effect me that way
I'm an atheist. I used to be an "evangelizing" atheist just because I saw religion as being untrue and clearly bringing on more evil than good. I still don't find religious cosmology to be true and even interpreting a lot of stories metaphorically can lead to some iffy morals. But I don't see religion as the root of all evil anymore nor need to convince others to become atheists. What I see religion as is a point of view. A person's views on God reflect how they see the world in a moral sense, either how it is or how it should be. And those views aren't always bad. But it can explain how two people who consider themselves Christian can have VERY different opinions. Ultimately I don't find religion personally helpful because most of their factual assessments of the physical universe are wrong, no religion seems to make more people overall more moral than nonbelievers or those of other religions, and I just don't trust putting moral authority in a single book and/or person given the authority to supposedly speak for the divine. But I understand why other people feel differently and don't consider people bad just because they're religious.
I've never been a religious person, my father was a reiligious leader at some point of his life before I was born (for a short time if I got it right), then left it. Then he didn't want me or my siblings to go to church when we were childs, so thats why we grew not being religious. Right now I'm 26 yo, I have a fairly weak will and some issues like the lack or struggle to have goals in my life, low self steem and things like that. Now I had a talk with my father some time ago and we both wondered if I had gone to any church when I was little would've prevented some of my current self problems. I know there's a ton of people who are not religious and don't have any problems, but I wonder if in my case since I'm not strong willed, having an imaginary guide could've helped in any way. I tried this year to become Christian but haven't succeeded yet, I can't feel any connection or something, don't even know what I'm supposed to feel.
I do not think it is good or bad, but just a way for people to open up and consider the possibilities rather than take what is said as an absolute. It's the segregation of people due to their beliefs that becomes the issue. We were not made to be perfect. We will sin (make mistakes). We should consider how we have sinned so that we can correct ourselves in the future (part of repenting). This is why I like merging religious discussion into philosophy and discuss the similarities and differences, rather than saying what you believe is right or wrong.
A cult, shames, and guilt trips, any who do leave, or consider leaving. A religion empowers others to live their best life, regardless of whether they believe or not.
My personal experience has been the adults I had around my childhood used it to dismissed my feelings and support their abuse of me I was told that I couldn’t have problems and if I did it was because I didn’t pray enough and that they have the right to abuse me and I should praise them for even letting me live. I can’t see organized religion in a positive light because of the common abuse of the power but I can see how it how it can help the individual.
-Stable Philosophy for life, redices anxiety -Being destructively forced into a religion, oppression with religion as its justification -Used to inspire to be better -Used to justify bad behavior -Provides answers and community -Religious guilt, inability to live up to religious standards
Religion is for people who fear hell and see god as disciplinary or controlling, Spirituality is for those who have been through hell and found comfort in god ,as a father and a friend, Im going to love you and hold you up even if yours is a bit different than my own ,its how we all win .❤
I studied Christianity, and was able to take good things from it. However, when I went to church, it was all hate and bile, and I stopped going. It didn't turn me completely, but it's something I'd rather be introspective in than practice with others.
I used to be a Catholic, but I’m not so sure. I drifted from religion because one of our local priests is toxically cynical, I could only see all my actions in a negative light and believed humans are all innately selfish and flawed. My parents are religious, but thankfully they accept that being a good person is more important than being a religious one. I think I’m agnostic currently. I believe a God exists, I’m just not certain who He is.
religion works not because of the faith.. but because of the association and exposure to people. You gain friends, acquaintances and somewhat of a social life and structure that it may imply... the bad part is what this group is doing and what their leaders secret or very well know goal is.
(Sorry I wrote so much, I lost my grip and just started venting hhh) The most ironic thing about this is that this video showed up right after my dad said we were going to church again...I guess Psych2Go is just good at knowing what I need hhh, after all they helped me discover I had multiple issues (depression and ADHD just being a couple of them). But honestly, this has been a major dilemma for me lately. Ever since summer 2023, my "faith" has been dwindling... I don't even know how it got this bad. I've been struggling with something since 2021 and I suppose my faith kept me going sometimes between then and 2023, and believe me I was quite the devoted believer back then, but eventually I started having questions. And when those questions went unanswered, I guess I just slowly started losing faith. I then slowly stopped praying and believing, although I guess I still hold onto some of my beliefs. Maybe it's out of fear of damnation. Maybe they're just ingrained too deep in me and I'm too scared of the thought of abandoning them completely. I don't even have a label for myself now, although that wouldn't exactly help much. I'm only Christian by name at this point, it's only surface-level, just so I don't raise any questions from my family... One thing I do know for sure though, when you spend your whole life being told that you either believe or get punished for lack of faith on "judgement day", it's hard not to live in fear of doing the wrong thing by taking a step back or leaving behind your beliefs altogether. They keep saying that God is with us, that his presence is always with us, that the Holy Spirit is within us and that we can feel His presence, but at this point I agree with that one comment, as much as I hate to say it - it feels unsubstantiated. If the presence is here, then why did I have to make myself believe I felt it when it was actually just a belief? Shouldn't it naturally be there? It made me feel inadequate, even when I was still devoted. Like I was lacking. I don't know if that was true or not, but these beliefs just seem like just claims. Nothing really believable that I can trust and lean on. I'm sorry if that offends anyone but that's just how it is for me. And the fact that I'm forced to go to church anyway doesn't really help, because now it feels like I'm being force-fed someone's opinions/interpretations (on another note it's also nerve-wracking because I have social anxiety hhh). So I don't know how this story continues for me. Maybe I'll find some answer one day. Maybe I won't. But for now, I don't even feel like I can freely decide what to believe. (Thx to anyone that read this far hhh, I wasn't really expecting people to stick around. Have a nice day/night)
@@Ozel-yi7uc hhh surprised someone even found this, but yeah glad i could help you feel less alone hhh. hoping you figure it out soon! and if not, at least i hope you find the peace you need
The greatest problem I have with religion is that it can lead people to blindly disagree with anything constructive and well established that disagrees with their religion. Religion also establishes an absolute good and bad, which is not appropriate for a rapidly changing culture. The good and bad now is different than it was in the past.
Honestly I appreciate the positive affects of any religion in society. But ı also cannot overlook its cons İt prevents critical thinking and active emphaty. I remember having arguments with my religious dorm teachers regarding my hobbies which were watching movies and overall interest in internet culture. He was not ok with that but weirdly oblivious to others who watch porn between classes. Currently I exercise the basics of my religion but would I classify myself as religious? No. I'm too jaded for that. I can't help but roll my eyes in any kind of religious setting which is a bad thing to be honest. Because most of these settings are beneficial for both me and my surroundings. It's just that lack of flexibility ruins it all
Nor good nor bad but we still need it in some sens. Im personally a atheist and also think that faith can help you so much in your life, growing as a person etc. Let's say im past my teenage r/atheist phase xD
Guess i am more of a God loving spiritualist, just looking back it feels like my Way of living my life kind of was as if i had some watchful angels around me, not that it was always easy, there were some dark times too, but nothing i wasn´t able to go through, like my Intuition, luck and or Divine interventions mostly came at the right time to guide me through hardships. Today i am surrounded by some good like minded People. Also (so far) do not mind going/studying with a few of the Jehova witnesses, painting my own picture of them regardless of all those negative judgments, framing or rumors, especially from institutes (Church), i am not one to judge, but observe with openmind.
@@notnotneutral15 (Matthew 4:1) Jesus was tempted. (James 1:13) God cannot be tempted. (John 1: 29) Jesus was seen. (1 John 4: 12) no man has ever seen God. (Acts 2: 22) Jesus was and is a man, sent by God. (Numbers 23: 19, Hosea 11: 9) God is not a man. (Hebrews 5: 8-9) Jesus had to grow and learn. (Isaiah 40: 28) God doesn't even need to learn. (1 Corinthians 15: 3-4) Jesus died. (1 Timothy 1: 17) God cannot die. (Hebrews 5: 7) Jesus needed salvation. (Luke 1: 37) God doesn't need salvation. (John 4: 6) Jesus grew weary. (Isaiah 40: 28) God cannot grow weary. (Mark 4: 38) Jesus slept. (Psalm 121: 2-4)God doesn't sleep. (John 5: 19) Jesus wasn't all powerful. (Isaiah 45: 5-7) God is all powerful. (Mark 13: 32) Jesus wasn't all knowing. (Isaiah 49: 9) God is all knowing. (Isaiah 29 : 12 New king James version): Then the book is delivered to one who is illiterate, saying "Read this please". And he says "I'm not literate" Peace be upon the one who was mentioned years before he was born. "Read" was the first word to appear in the Holy Quran. Surah Az-Zukhruf (Chapter 43), verse 81: "Say [O Muhammad], 'If the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first of worshippers.'" 1. **Surah Al-Ma'idah (5:116)**: - "And [beware the Day] when Allah will say, 'O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, "Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah?"' He will say, 'Exalted are You! It was not for me to say that to which I have no right. If I had said it, You would have known it. You know what is within myself, and I do not know what is within Yourself. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen.'" 2. **Surah An-Nisa (4:171)**: - "O People of the Scripture, do not commit excess in your religion or say about Allah except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, was but a messenger of Allah and His word which He directed to Mary and a soul [created at a command] from Him. So believe in Allah and His messengers. And do not say, 'Three'; desist - it is better for you. Indeed, Allah is but one God. Exalted is He above having a son. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. And sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs." 3. **Surah Al-Ma'idah (5:72)**: - "They have certainly disbelieved who say, 'Allah is the Messiah, the son of Mary' while the Messiah has said, 'O Children of Israel, worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord.' Indeed, he who associates others with Allah - Allah has forbidden him Paradise, and his refuge is the Fire. And there are not for the wrongdoers any helpers." 4. **Surah Maryam (19:88-92)**: - "And they say, 'The Most Merciful has taken [for Himself] a son.' You have done an atrocious thing. The heavens almost rupture therefrom and the earth splits open and the mountains collapse in devastation. That they attribute to the Most Merciful a son. And it is not appropriate for the Most Merciful that He should take a son." "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and messenger." Jesus, known as 'Isa in Arabic, is mentioned in several verses of the Quran. Here are some key verses: 1. **Surah Al-Baqarah (2:87)** > "We gave Moses the Scripture and followed up after him with messengers. And We gave Jesus, the son of Mary, clear proofs and supported him with the Pure Spirit." 2. **Surah Al-Baqarah (2:253)** > "Those messengers - some of them We caused to exceed others. Among them were those to whom Allah spoke, and He raised some of them in degree. And We gave Jesus, the son of Mary, clear proofs, and We supported him with the Pure Spirit." 3. **Surah Al-Imran (**3:45**)** > "[And mention] when the angels said, 'O Mary, indeed Allah gives you good tidings of a word from Him, whose name will be the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary - distinguished in this world and the Hereafter and among those brought near [to Allah].'" 4. **Surah Al-Imran (**3:52**)** > "But when Jesus felt [persistence in] disbelief from them, he said, 'Who are my supporters for [the cause of] Allah?' The disciples said,' We are supporters for Allah. We have believed in Allah and testify that we are Muslims [submitting to Him].'" 5. **Surah Al-Imran (**3:55**)** > "[Mention] when Allah said, 'O Jesus, indeed I will take you and raise you to Myself and purify you from those who disbelieve and make those who follow you [in submission to Allah alone] superior to those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me is your return, and I will judge between you concerning that in which you used to differ.'" 6. **Surah An-Nisa (4:157-158)** > "And [for] their saying, 'Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, the messenger of Allah.' And they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him; but [another] was made to resemble him to them. And indeed, those who differ over it are in doubt about it. They have no knowledge of it except the following of assumption. And they did not kill him, for certain. Rather, Allah raised him to Himself. And ever is Allah Exalted in Might and Wise." 7. **Surah An-Nisa (4:171)** > "O People of the Scripture, do not commit excess in your religion or say about Allah except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, was but a messenger of Allah and His word which He directed to Mary and a soul [created at a command] from Him. So believe in Allah and His messengers. And do not say, 'Three'; desist - it is better for you. Indeed, Allah is but one God. Exalted is He above having a son. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. And sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs." 8. **Surah Al-Maidah (5:110)** > "[The Day] when Allah will say, 'O Jesus, Son of Mary, remember My favor upon you and upon your mother when I supported you with the Pure Spirit and you spoke to the people in the cradle and in maturity; and when I taught you writing and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and when you designed from clay [what was] like the form of a bird with My permission, then you breathed into it, and it became a bird with My permission; and you healed the blind and the leper with My permission; and when you brought forth the dead with My permission; and when I restrained the Children of Israel from [killing] you when you came to them with clear proofs and those who disbelieved among them said, 'This is not but obvious magic.'" 9. **Surah Al-Maidah (5:116)** > "And [beware the Day] when Allah will say, 'O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, "Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah?"' He will say, 'Exalted are You! It was not for me to say that to which I have no right. If I had said it, You would have known it. You know what is within myself, and I do not know what is within Yourself. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen.'" 10. **Surah Maryam (**19:16**-34)** > This passage narrates the story of Mary and the miraculous birth of Jesus, emphasizing his prophetic mission and miraculous abilities granted by Allah.
@@notnotneutral15 Surah Maryam: And mention, [O Muhammad], in the Book [the story of] Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place toward the east.And she took, in seclusion from them, a screen. Then We sent to her Our Angel, and he represented himself to her as a well-proportioned man.She said, "Indeed, I seek refuge in the Most Merciful from you, [so leave me], if you should be fearing of Allah."He said, "I am only the messenger of your Lord to give you [news of] a pure boy."She said, "How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?"He said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to the people and a mercy from Us. And it is a matter [already] decreed.'"So she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a remote place.And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, "Oh, I wish I had died before this and was in oblivion, forgotten."But he called her from below her, "Do not grieve; your Lord has provided beneath you a stream.And shake toward you the trunk of the palm tree; it will drop upon you ripe, fresh dates.So eat and drink and be contented. And if you see from among humanity anyone, say, 'Indeed, I have vowed to the Most Merciful abstention, so I will not speak today to [any] man.'"Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said, "O Mary, you have certainly done a thing unprecedented.O sister of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste."So she pointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?"[Jesus] said, "Indeed, I am the servant of Allah. He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet."And He has made me blessed wherever I am and has enjoined upon me prayer and zakah as long as I remain alive,And [made me] dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me a wretched tyrant.And peace is on me the day I was born and the day I will die and the day I am raised alive."That is Jesus, the son of Mary - the word of truth about which they are in dispute.It is not [befitting] for Allah to take a son; exalted is He! When He decrees an affair, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.
Whether you gave your life to Jesus yesterday or you’re a season saint with 20+ years, you can’t do Christianity without Christ. Many people give up because they put more faith in people than they do in Jesus or rely on their self instead of trusting in the finish work of the cross. It takes more faith than works however, your faith will produce works to live a life that is pleasing to Jesus. I pray you give Jesus another chance to show you who he really is. Because he love you so much. 🙏🏽
@@notnotneutral15 This life is too short and temporary my friend, there are a lot of religions out there, take it easy and don't rush anything to chose your path to an eternal life in paradise, do your own researches, and develop your own perspectives, if you wanna learn about Jesus, read about him from the original testament cause the one in English is translated and translation ain't 100% faithful to the original one. May God guide towards the Truth, Good luck.
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This is actually a really sensitive topic, I really respect you for having the courage to post videos on controversial topics like this, it's not easy as you might receive a lot of hate, people like to follow religion blindly or just hate it blindly, so when you try to speak from a different perspective, it's not easy for everyone to accept it. Good work guys.
Thanks for the support and kind words!
I gave this a like precisely because it's such a hard topic to tackle. That said, I found the video extremely triggering and uncomfortable to listen to.
@@NealKlein Thanks for the kind words, and sorry to hear about that.
@@Psych2goBecarefull when you make videos on these you don't have right to judge
It's interesting how religion in general evolved and changed. If your religion makes You a better person, more respectful for everyone and self-awere that you are a part of the human race it's great. If your religion makes excuses for You to humiliate or killing other people, maybe you should to dig deeper, and find your own path.
If they don’t make that a capital offense...
I AGREE🤍🧸
Even for most atheists they cant comprehend god's work
@@Founderschannel123 And you just illustrated how many religious people only copy pre-made sentences without understanding they have nothing to do with the discussion.
Religion is a choice, not law, you’re not required to obey it down to the last letter. You can’t use your faith to discriminate, and you can’t discriminate against people for their faith.
Unfortunatelly, unlike the french one, anglo-saxon freedom of religion protects cults, not people.
Unfortunately if your religiously indoctrinated at a young age it’s really hard for people to realize how flawed their reasoning and beliefs are
Children don't choose their parents
You also can’t use religion as a shield from criticism
@@RubbrChicknwe all choose our parents as souls prior to being born
In a heated argument, my dad once told me that he loved god more than he loved me and that he’d always put god before me and that’s I’d never be as much of a priority as his faith. I understand that’s his faith, but that definitely didn’t make it any less painful to hear.
That was about 3-4 years ago and I have yet to reach out to mend things, but neither has he.
My dad married a Christian woman who was not loving at all. The two of them were so judgemental which was so damaging. They were a couple of A-holes. Dumb ones at that.
Basically God loves us. End of story 😅. Some religious people are idiots. I mean Jesus basically taught love and forgiveness 💖. The bible is the word of God but some men have corrupted that. 😅
honestly, that may not be offensive, it doesnt mean he doesnt love you because he loves God more, if he really loves God then he loves you aswell, at a similar level as he loves Him.
In religion, you are supposed to put your lord before family. It might hurt, but it doesn't mean he loves you less. It does state that in the Bible.
Matthew 6:33, “Seek first the kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well."
I get that according to religion God should be a top priority, including over your own loved ones (I'm Rome catholic, I was explained what it means exactly). But if your father meant it in more cultish way instead of just simply prioritizing religious opinions over yours (while still loving you for who you are), then I guess he should at least question his words. Anger and hate are sins, too.
I have no idea what happened between you two, I can imagine anything between "I want to skip church today" to "I am gay and turned into atheism". So I can't really judge the situation, even if I would want to. I just hope that you two... either reunited or living your own lives... will find your own inner peace.
@@julkap4190 You said everything I wanted to say but better. Love your comment. ‹3
Religion isn't bad, using it to exclude everyone who isn't the same and force feeding it to people who don't care is bad though
Yes, people all over the internet have those "Christian channels" and put hate on LGBTQ+ and different religions. I still believe there are still good Christian channels, but some have to stop.
@@_Doctor_14The amount of hate christians receive is way bigger
@@_Doctor_14i agree with you. i am a christian and i hate those channels, and the comments are even worse. they anger me. why cant we just love everyone?
Wholeheartedly agree.
@@_Doctor_14it’s not okay to hate lgbt people but it’s okay to oppose the movement in a respectful manner
Religion shouldn't be the path for discrimination
Indeed this should be the source of mindfulness
I agree. I consider myself Christian but I don't go to church I just study it on my own because I hate listening to preachers preach at me about how God hates the (insert practically any group of people that aren't straight men). I really wish they'd stop trying to spread hate
@@annelisewilliams03you’ve explained the exact reason why I don’t go either. I don’t like listening to any of it and the hate is just too much effort to keep up with.
@@annelisewilliams03 *(straight white middle aged middle classed neurotypical men with no disabilities)
@@annelisewilliams03That is not what Christianity is like honestly and I’m sick of this stereotype. Yes, we believe it a sin to act on homosexual feelings, as a person who has these feelings myself, I know they are only a temptation just like any other temptation. Women are highly respected in Christianity as Mary is quite literally the mother of God (Christ, depends on the denomination.) Women may not be the most dominant role but if you really think about it, should women have those dominant roles? The more you look at Christianity and study it the more you’ll find it’s not exclusive, it’s inclusive, more than any other religion.
My problem with religion is being forced into it when I have no interest whatsoever, and expected to somehow become apart of it when I leave. That and this mentality of "Oh our religion is the RIGHT one, everyone else's is going to hell. "
If you feel forced than its not real religion. Its man influenced. One TRUE religion is peacefull but sadly very rare.
I think that's part of what was mentioned in the second con influence of this video.
Unfortunately, that’s the path most forms of organized religion take - which is why I suggest staying away from that as much as possible.
Every group does this, people want you to be like them in every way. Group think etc . Schools, friends etc. In my experience , Atheist are the most likely to push their ideals on to me after telling them I’m Christian.Your second point is a good point. After researching most major religions seem like they are following the same god lol But my church is excommunicated anyways because we followed a more progressive path.
I AGREE🤍🧸
As a Christian, I really don't like how some others think that different lifestyles and beliefs are wrong. As long as you don't cause harm to others, it's perfectly fine.
I'm not hardcore or anything, I just follow God and His word. I actually look at other religions with curiosity and admiration, but that doesn't mean I turn away from my own beliefs, I'm just exploring, and it's fun and informative.
Sure I may not agree with everything, but it's nothing to get worked up over. It would be like hating someone just because they like blueberries instead of raspberries.
We are supposed to love thy neighbor, but that has sadly slipped the minds of many people.
We're not supposed to know everything, and we shouldn't expect to.
We are one world after all, and it's only best that we respect and care for one another, regardless of culture, or belief.
As an atheist, I like the way you think.
As an athiest ex mormon, I hope more people like you act on this belief. Take care!
we are also supposed to show people the truth and invite them to follow Jesus
You ever heard of Omnism by any chance?
My mother brought me to church for a few years, at the age of 12 I became an atheist. My mother hates it, but my dad told me he was also an atheist not long after I told them. I respect all religious people, and I do like learning about religion history as I just like history and documentaries. I just hope for a day religion stops causing hate on others beliefs
As a religious person, I think that it isnt religion thats causing mass hatred, but rather a certain part of the religious community. The religious community is like all communities, it has its toxic part and its healthy part, and its really religious extremism which makes the religious community itself be seen in a bad way and be blamed at a general level when the fault lies with a small group of people without common sense. I really regret that your mother thinks that way just because of your religion, which is something totally respectable your decision, but i dont think the fault comes from the religion itself, rather by certain religious people
Yes yes yes. like if you believe in God cool if you don't cool. I feel like there can be problems if the family is religiousoy active and one person isn't.
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I have suffered from several problems in the past and this channel has always helped me. Now I am totally healed since I started following Jesus and I am happier than ever, not because of religion, but because of his infinite love and justice. Thanks for bringing this up
Amen ❤ 🙏
Keep it up, God bless you!
As an Atheist, sorry you had to deal with that, (despite being Atheist) I still respect you greatly
@@TheUniqueen999 Love you brother 💖
As a Catholic, my experience has been that REAL faith is entirely personal. It's something you discover for yourself, and define for yourself, rather that it being the institutional dogma that cherry-picks aspects of religion to serve political purposes. Too often, many self-identifying Christians (especially Evangelicals) lose the forest for the trees, fixating on mankind's narrow and misguided interpretation of the word of God at the expense of the broader teachings about what it takes to live the life of a good person, to the point where their brand of faith is performative, to prove they're virtuous amongst their peers without actually displaying the virtues of Jesus, such as compassion, empathy, charity, etc. Evangelicals today criticize Jesus himself for being too "woke." That's when you know they've lost the plot.
For me, I still consider myself religious despite the fact that I don't follow the dogma of the Catholic Church. Faith in God, and faith in myself, has sustained me through some very dark times. I understand others may not feel the same about religion, and that is perfectly fine. It's not my place to change anyone's mind. As I said, faith, or the lack thereof, is personal. What matters most of all is just being a good person and treating others the way you would want to be treated. It's really that simple.
But I do understand that being told who to hate regardless of your own experience is somehow very conforting.
If you don’t believe in Catholic dogma, you’re not Catholic. You can’t just pick and choose which parts. Embrace it all, without holding anything back.
@@cardboardcapeii4286 well, I din’t see many catholics adhere to the ’love thy neighbour’ part
@@franck3279 as a Catholic I would actually like to further discuss this. I can't exactly tell who you're implying we hate on, so I'm just going to assume it's homosexuality because they are normally the first being pointed to for Catholic hatred.
First things first, anyone who speaks slurs at these people is bad and is not supported by the Catholic faith (they are also children of God). However, there is a difference and a fine line between attacking and not supporting these people and their beliefs. If you are a Catholic family and one of your children comes out as gay, forcing the child out of the home and speaking harshly to them is not appropriate. With that being said, you by no means are expected/encouraged to invite their partner into your home, listen to them, and treat them like a friend if they actively oppose your families beliefs (this should not be controversial because any person would do this if we replaced homosexuality with far leaning conservatives/libeals). To speak from experience, my gay cousin currently does not go to my big family gatherings. The reason she doesn't attend is not because we spewed hatred at her, threw her out, or ignored her whenever she spoke. The reason why is because she knows we don't approve of her change and instantly distanced herself from all of our family. To this day, she is still welcome to our family gatherings, but with the stipulation of not bringing her partner; we will not enable her to continue to oppose what our family's beliefs are firmly against.
Something I feel is massively misinterpreted is the concept of love (what I'm saying beyond this point is in my own words of Catholic concepts instead of being ripped out of the Catholic teachings themselves, so what I say should NOT be taken as Catholic law). Love should be good and kind, but firm for the other person even at the expense of the other person's opinion of you. A child would hate you for not letting them eat only sweets, if you don't truly love them, you would let them get stomach aches and cavities because that's what they want, but true love wouldn't allow them to hurt themselves and not let them even if they hate you for it. If your friend is in an abusive relationship and still doesn't want to leave, false love would let them stay in that relationship because that's what they want, but true love would push you to implore that they should leave since it's only causing harm to them despite the friends wishes. This is what we SHOULD DO for our family and friends that say that they are gay. We talk to them calmly and tell them that they are making a big mistake.............. According to the Catholic faith.
This is not a persuasive argument to not be gay, at the end of the day, I can't stop anyone who doesn't believe in the Catholic faith (as said before, I won't promote or enable it, but will not accept or ignore it either). If someone asks my opinion on this, I give it. If anyone in real life actually wants to debate me on this, I'll try to be as reasonable as possible. But I'm not going to go out of my way to preach to a bunch of people who won't willingly listen to what I have to say (I frankly wouldn't put up with it either if I was in their shoes so I feel that's fair). All of this to say, no, I don't hate homosexual people and neither should anyone in the Catholic faith. And if anyone has spewed hatred at you or anyone you know, then I personally apologize for how disrespectful they have been, they are still children of God.
Beautifully said ❤
Religion does have an us versus them mentality. Where it states that all non-believers are going to hell. So you’re either with them or against them. Although there also many useful teachings in religion as well.
uh yeah but it is unwanted paranoia. if you are gonna be religious believe your own religion. Imagine being paranoid your whole life because you fucked at the wrong time. ( have yet to face it xD )
Well, at least authoritarian religions do. A lot of worship and religion simply doesn't care and is more focused on taking finding serenity for your heart. Then again, most of the world is Abrahamic so that's what is almost implicitly meant by religion.
Not all religions believe this.
This is a very false and generalized representation of religion. Not every religion is the same, and even if thre are overzealous believers, there are also people who are kind and accepting of others. Religion is more than burning unbelievers at the stake, it can also mean being a good person and caring for suffering people, basicially many things modern society lacks.
Depending on the religion, rather than "us vs them" there's more of a "some of us" mentality where there're genuine concerns that others around them are straying. While that can lead to some radicalism too, it tends to bring about empathy & compassion.
Timestamps
1). Provides a stable philosophy for life (pro) 0:53
2). Being destructively force into that philosophy (con) 3:05
3). Used to inspire (pro) 4:15
4). Used to justify bad behaviour (con) 5:02
5). Provides answers and community (pro) 6:10
6). Religious guilt (con) 7:33
Hope this helps you out. Hope you have a nice day. Sorry this is so late. 💙💙💙💙💙💙
I am an Athiest. But i respect any religion. And any religious person who does not use their religion to discriminate against another community or religion. And if religion helps you to live life peacefully or atleast make you feel better then you have every right to do it. But please don't use your religion to discriminate against others.❤❤❤
I was a religious person with religious beliefs and was very hopeful to share them with others. But one day I learned something that I wish I could forget. It broke me and I am very conflicted about that religion. Now I am unsure if I ever wanna go back to it.
I struggle with a fear of abandonment and I don't want to risk it.
I’m going to be straightforward. I’m not a strict religious person. I don’t go to church every Sunday. However, I do believe that there is a God. I do believe in Jesus Christ. I believe in heaven. I believe in hell, and I believe in the devil. But, I’m more spiritual. I’m into meditation, music, getting out in nature, and things like that. Do I discriminate against religion? Absolutely not! I’ve met some amazing Christians, and I’ve met some amazing spiritual people! I think it’s OK to be both religious and spiritual. I don’t think you have to be one or the other. But if you choose to be one, or the other, fine! Do what you do.
it depends on what you define as spiritual, either the demonic or Godly one. Stay away from all secular things or things that glorify satan and sin
You have the right mindset! I think being open minded and not discriminating should be the basis for humanity's evolution, unless there is harm's done.
I don't believe in GOD, but I love ❤️❤️ ppl like you.
@@Nomad_7777 I hope you got the vaccines...
I was in a religion for a long time and I feel like I'm in a box. A few years ago, I went through a difficult time. I rarely went to our church but I prayed instead. This also helped me from that tough time, feeling free and not feeling guilty for not going to church.
your mistake is that you think going to church is like a chore, and you dont do it because you love God. Thats okay, people struggle with such things, knowing how much God loves me motivates me to do things, and no its not about feeling His love, but knowing it, feelings can deceive.
As someone who grew up in a very strict cult-like religion in the Philippines, I can't help but resonate with the people who had religion ruin their lives. My grandparents were heavily involved in this church hence passing on that belief to my mother and then forcing it upon us her children. It's sad that we were never really taught to think for ourselves and every decision we made is still kind of influenced by the church. You want to move to another country? No, you have to go through the church to make sure you'd still go to service. You want to marry someone outside of your faith? Well too bad, it's either you convert them or end your relationship. Our mother was always gaslighting us whenever we question the church. I am glad I had the courage and was able to leave this religion a few years ago, but at the expense of my relationship with my parents and church friends. They haven't talked to me ever since. Now that I'm older, I'm looking back at how we grew up following rules we never questioned. Now I know who I'm not gonna be towards my children.
Congratulations and love you ❤❤
To be honest, we all had religion trauma, but atleast it doesn't effect us that much mentally since we still get to go through lif.e
Trauma is trauma
how have we all had religious trauma?
@@LiterallySamako. the constant feeling of hell fire just because you had a lustful thought.
Not "religion" trauma, cuz I am an atheist (someone in the distance: "no-one cares)
@applepie6513 yeah but not everyone is religious so not everyone has thought like that
I grew up Christian, and I have to tell you, I was conflicted. Not to say that I deny Jesus Christ, but it was the people that made me conflicted. The mentors were teaching/spewing hate due to ones sexual orientation, different religious beliefs, shacking, and holding Christianity as the only right belief to salvation. Never sat right with me, even as a kid in elementary school. I grew up as a military kid, and got exposure to many cultures, majority of them becoming dear friends, and family. The church I was a part of for over a decade, mainly by my parents choice, was more into what you could receive materially when you pray. I was more in tune with what I could receive mentally and emotionally when I pray to improve myself. I was always tapping into emotions, and how to better my feelings, and what not, and the church members including the ministers and pastor are aggressive, hostile, and very intimidating. I found out as I got older, I explored, not heavily, Buddhism, Hindu, Muslim, as well as Christian and Catholic practices like reading quotes, or practicing some form of meditations. You can always learn something from each, but I wish there weren’t labels, because it separates. I like to call it spirituality, but that might be a topic for another day. Thank you Psyche2go for a very informative video. The comments in the video are so relatable.
I would never thought you guys would make a video with this subject, and I'm so happy about it!!! I'm a psychology student, I was raised in a very religious family and I know how that influenced me in a bad way and how hard it was to get out of something that wasn't meant for me and everyone around me was pushing me to still be a part of that. I want to help people who is struggling to be who they are because of a religious family and the stuff they put inside your mind. It's hard, REALLY HARD, to stand up for yourself and have your own mind when they tell you that God is going to punish you all the time. I believe religion is freedom of spirit, not a cage that you're stuck inside and you have to obey your owner. I'm sure God is not like that!!!
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Im a muslim alhamdullilah, for me islam brought light in my life, and helped me on my journeys and didn’t expect me to be perfect
Although the concept of religion is good , but the implementation is always influenced by politics and ideologies in negative or positive ways .
In my opinion, spirituality is what makes people "happy" but religion is its more social accpect that can make them unaccepted , sad , angry or in the worst case dead.
I think I’d have to agree with this.
This 1000%
I’d say social integration is the key, not any idea behind it.
Being part of a large group gives you access to better jobs, larger dating pool, solidarity and safety. Religions claim to provide benefits that are merely caused by self-reinforcing dominant position.
yes , if that group treats non member people poorly,
It makes issues between them , no matter what the group is.
I didn't include this because it's not specific about religion.
Some of the other non related groups also have this flaw , a clear example
Is racism, natsisim...
But these are not formal known as religion
Edit : added "poorly" to first sentence
I'm happier as an atheist then I ever was when I was following islam, no disrespect to islam.
I don’t like their religion, since it’s really just gatekeeping women and the only excuse is “to hide our beauty from men.” When they aren’t beautiful or the girls (in my school) get mad and stop wearing the hijabs during school, because they can’t wear diffrent clothes or have unique hair, etc
Please give me advice on how to leave Islam
@@PancakeRightsjust leave ?
@@Smilieface215 you can't just leave Islam. It's not easy. I need advice on how to cope with mental health and hide for my life. Leaving Islam can put somebody's life at risk because Muslims are told to kill those who leave Islam in the Qur'an. Islam is a very violent and harsh religion so we can't just leave as we would any other religion
@@PancakeRights Which is country are you from? I live in Turkey, but the west of it, İzmir specifically and most people here are atheists already so for me it wasn't hard.
If you're living in a country where it's risky, you can leave but act as a muslim to not get others attention.
I think a lot of people focus on religion way more than actually growing a relationship with God after all that should be the point of religion int the first place
i'm raised Jehovah Witness and i have a 50/50 relationship with it and i want to thank you Psych2Go for covering all the Pros and Cons throughout this video all well said and all well thought out for anyone who watches it 👍👍
I’m feeling stuck right now. I’m an atheist and a lifelong atheist who was raised by parents who aren’t religious as well. I both do and do not want to join a religion, even though I’m slightly leaning towards staying an atheist. The only reason (although it’s a strong one) that I want to join religion is because I’ve been feeling very depressed and empty lately. I don’t feel like anyone truly loves me, and I’ve been feeling overly anxious with my future path in life because I’m about to go to college (which I never wanted to go to). I’m afraid I will stay pessimistic and depressed due to the fact that I have to waste a bunch of time and money going to a place I forced myself into (no one forced me into it, I just feel like I’d be a loser without it). If I go to college, I feel like I’d stay depressed and anxious, and if I don’t go to college, I feel like I’d stay depressed and anxious, so this feels like a lose lose situation for me. Though many things are stopping me from becoming religious. First of all, I honestly generally have a negative view on religious people to start because from my observations and experiences, they tend to be the people that discriminate and judge others unfairly, become homophobic, be forceful, and encourage hatred in general. Also, I so strongly believe that there is no God, and that religious people reject the facts of science (especially evolution, which I’m a STRONG believer in).
So in short, I want to join a religion to cope with depression and anxiety, and to help bear hard times, but I don’t want to join because I strongly believe that there is no God, I don’t want to become a hateful person and be hated like many religious people, I don’t want to be a discriminatory individual and want to stick to my scientific beliefs, and I feel like I wouldn’t truly be accepted by the religion due to the person that I am. Lastly, I also want to have more forgiving views towards super religious individuals. I just feel like it’s more of a hateful death cult than a respectful and beneficial practice.
This last year I been considering changing christianity for agnosticism and combine with science facts
Agnosticism (from what I can remember) is not believing a religion or specific god but also no questioning the existence of a god
I think this combination like a god’s will (or a inmaterial thing get a will to become a god/create a god) propelled the existence of the universe or choose this planet because of its life forms potential (give a chance to many planets and ours was one of the most successful) idk
And I also consider that the universe may just always have existed and sometimes renovating materia
But I’m still unsure about this change because my parents religions are different but the same God and already told my dad I’m not following his (was one of my worst days of my life), in my social circle there’s some family members (specially uncles, aunts and my dad) that can go heavy when povs differ and I’m autistic and sometimes I felt it’s already enough too awful experiences (because I’m still trying to heal) but I also want to feel my true self as I can as someone neurodivergent
I also went through depression (passive su.ic1dal ideation in childhood turning active in preteen) and anxiety
(The ideation is something I don’t tell yet to my family, friends and even my psychologist because I’m still insecure to tell but those thoughts have been disappearing) so I feel you in a sense and also feel kinda pressured to choose a career
I hope you find a way to get help! ❤️🩹
I will try to give some devices
Use what’s fits better for you
Think the reasons for why you have depression and anxiety and start to heal from there
If you can’t effort to get therapy try to write in a diary (it can be in digital) how was your day? What have been your thoughts lately? What emotions you felt? Questions like that and always note if something good happened or it’s makes you happy even if it’s just a little thing
It’s usually recommended to find a group or someone comfortable to rely on and make hangouts or activities because we humans are social beings
Maybe doing a hobby or physical activity can cheer you up
Change pessimistic thoughts to something more optimistic (like “I can do this task”) but also remember to be realistic (“I’m in my limit I should take some rest”)
These are another question:
Some say they love you and even if it’s really intended, you just don’t feel it because maybe they’re lying, they are too much for you or saying for pity?
Try to do research why we feel unloved
Sometimes people just don’t know, if it’s someone there who offers to help you, try to guide them like sending some videos about depression and anxiety from this channel
Healing is a long road be patient and try to not be too harsh with yourself 🫂
Sorry for the long text and also english isn’t my first language in case you find some mistakes
Almost forgot: breathing exercises are also helpful to control/calm anxiety!
Stay hydrated!
Religion is a big word with a lot of meaning
Religion is a place with u can be happy ❤
I see religion as inspiration, a basic guide, based off past people’s experiences and how they overcame hardship when alone.
for me religion helps me a lot in my mental health it gives life meaning and purpose and many religions give soiled advice on metal health and without religion without god... what's the point?
religion always reminds you that everything will be ok because god is on your side!
and religion also makes you help others in their mental health like religion tells you to be nice kind and help people which will obviously make more people in this world happy
I don't know where I fall into this. I struggle with the God is always on your side anymore these days. Due to my pastor being JUDGE, jury, Executioner and telling me that GOD COULDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR ME ANYMORE. Stripped all hope of everything I was taught / believed in. Now it's a mix of those who follow the pastors words with those who say that's wrong and God's not like that. I've tried to follow my heart BUT.....
@zoeykraft8987 keep on! Leaving the church may be the only option but it's worth it religions are ment to focus on your relationship with God, many religious leaders tend to use the religion as a way to control the members and not bring them closer to God. Religious leaders are ment to guide and teach God's word bur some are biased and full of hatred. It's about you and God. I pray everything goes well for you and you don't give up on your dreams. You can do this ❤
@@jakxxsithank you i really appreciate that (: im a muslim and thank god we don't have any religious leaders other than god thanks for the warning it's really sad how some awful people like theses "religious" leaders use religion like that just to get more money they clearly don't understand that this money won't be around in the after life and won't help them in the after life very few people like them respect religion the majority of them just use religion in such evil ways
@@هايالقناةفقطتجربة I think we need more to respect God not religion. Religion is man made. God is truth!
@@socjolog90 religion is the words of god bro but yeah i think that people shouldn't treat religion like a belief and more like the rules of god that way they'll respect god more but still religion isn't man made it's the words of god
For a long time I thought I wanted to be a Christian because everyone around me was. It felt wrong not to believe in God. At the age I am now I know that I am Agnostic. I accept there is more that I don't know than what I do. I find that the Buddhist teachings are really helping in changing my mindset even though I am not a Buddhist. You can find perspective in many different religions if you are curious enough to look into it. Where the book Man's Search For Meaning saved me from despair it was key people who were able to offer me direction.
God to save my life when I was in a car accident I need to focus more. I’m praying to God.
you see i believe in a god but not in a specific one and when i tell someone about how i feel about religion i always get the same answer about how i should join the religion they believe in and that they think all others are corrupted so really thank you for this making this video it helped me with a few thoughts i had about religion ^^
Very cool to see all the personal stories people shared. I believe all of them are valid. This implies that religions that make exclusive claims to truth are false and not to be believed as to the substance those claims. As long as religious groups can steer clear of this pitfall, they have a chance at being healthy and beneficial. But for some groups, disentangling themselves from it would be a tricky process.
I am a Muslim that lives in a Christian country so I understand the first con. But again, I love my religion. There’s not many things I can say about it. Just love my religion.
Religion can guide you, but it can also bind you. It's the masterpiece of the art of animal training; Religion teaches people how to think, how to act, and what to believe in.
This is why I'm spiritual,
it's the best balance for life in my opinion.
I accept and understand that there's some truth to all religions, but I can't nor will I ignore fact and science.
Demonic possession and irrational behavior are most likely mental illness, but that which cannot be explained by science itself is the supernatural, for our reality itself consists of both.
In my experience, most forms of organized religions tend to invent problems and then sell you the solutions to the problems they created - while it does provide a sense of purpose in life, that purpose can be easily become questioned once you begin to recognize the internal contradictions within it: creating more problems than it solved in the first place - both in your own peace of mind and within your community as you voice those concerns.
My advice: stay away from organized religion - if you must have a kind of spirituality, let it be one that’s completely personalized: you will be better able to address internal contradictions without the stress and turmoil that occurs when you do so in more organized settings.
A devoted Catholic here, religion sure is a rollercoaster! The urge to please others and not offend them conflicts with my spiritual truth!
As long as you act selfless and out of care and love for another instead of selfishness or self-gain you'll never have a need to worry about "damnation" or "hell".
Please note: I do not associate or affiliate with any religion or cult of any kind.
To be honest, I'm a Baptist, and I still believe many Baptist views. I've started to feel more conflicted about being in this religion over time, though, especially as my beliefs changed. Before, I thought that anyone being in the LGBTQ+ community is "wrong," even though I didn't hate them. After doing a bit of research and reading an entire article about if being trans was a sin though, I learned it's not really a sin, just people being who they are. I've always known that God loves us all no matter who we are, and He wants us to love others as well, so I never got around to disliking people that were LGBTQ+. In fact, I technically am in the LGBTQ+ community now, since I sorta came to a realization I'm probably nonbinary. Male-leaning, but still.
I'm thankful my family doesn't use religion to spread hate on others, but I have noticed their views don't align with mine, and they'll get upset if they get a slight hint that I'm not fully aligned with them, which I'm not. As a result, I tend to keep my beliefs to myself as much as possible. My family does really love me, and I love them a whole lot too, but I'm just scared we're growing apart and that they'll reject me if I come out.
the amount of christians i've argued with because the refuse to believe i'm a nihilist is insane, this helped me understand slightly better, but damn
Religion was the most traumatizing throughout the past in my life. Due to Schizophrenic voices, I was always controlled had no freedom. I was scared as it also said that my father and mother would go to nether for not going church, being a Buddhist respectively. I was even bullied at school where teachers didn't help me and ridiculed me for my lack of religious beliefs. and after long time I got diagnosed with autism in addition to OCD(Most common) and Schizophrenia. Now I feel kinda free because of becoming an atheist.
dont listen to people or to random voices in your head, listen to what God has to say about it, dont do what God tells you to do because it is a chore obligation, but because you love God, and you love God because He first loved you (1 john 4:19), once you realise how much He loves you, which surpasses all understanding, you will love God and do what he says, and trust me, living according to what God in the bible says is not going to put you in a mental prison, but the exact opposite, it will set you free. (john 8:32) The bible's teachings and God's commandments and comments about sin is the way to a prosperous life, in here and in heaven, yes you will suffer because you are doing the right thing, and the world will hate you because it is wicked (john 15:18-20). God is with you brother, i cant relate to your suffering but im sure it sucks, so yeah God is real and he wants you to come to Him. He wants to forgive your sins (john 1:19) and he even sent Jesus as a sacrifice for our sins, so that we may be cleansed and be forgiven from our sins, whoever believes in Jesus will be saved and have everlasting life in Heaven with God. (john 3:16-17). Hope this helps!
@@Nomad_7777 God is another voice, so it's better not to listen to any voice of what I can't see, touch because I always related the most dominant voice to god but yet he tortured me showing the most traumatic bible verses. Now I don't read the bible and feel that God is not real but Jesus is someone(another human being) who stood against the injustice carried on by the Jewish ...... whoever.
Not because you don’t "Feel" God, doesn’t mean that he doesn’t exist.
For your torture it might have been the devil or just God who were putting you to the test
@@mrcleant401 Okay. You gave me the proof of your superstitious delusions. Devil or God you can't even say who?
@@mrcleant401 Then how powerless is thy god? Or how sadistic is she?
i’m on the side of cons. i was religious for a few years of my life but that was during a very emotional part of my life, i was muslim and very overzealous. Islam was how i breathed. it became suffocating quickly. I started to wonder if this is how the rest of my life would be following rule after rule, being a good pious girl, all for what? i thought to myself, i’d be damned if Allah isn’t real and I wasted my life like this. It wasn’t how I wanted to live my life, I wanted or rather felt the need to live like that was because I felt that God wanted me to. I needed know if He was real. So for months, I looked at the facts and listened to lectures and studied as i had before. I found quite a bit of flaws, I had asked muslims including family, friends and even sheepishly inquire my sheikh about it and no one had answers. I thought to myself if god allows this, then that cannot be my god because i could never accept something like that. As a person, Im either all in or all out on a lot of things. I felt like if I was Muslim, I had to accept every bit of Islam, the good and the bad and be like those who pretend that the bad doesn’t exist. I imagined if a non believer would inquire me about those same things like “Hey, in the quran it says this. Do you agree with that? Do you agree with your God?”. I could not, in my bones agree with the morality of the religion
there are a lot of things the prophet done that i had not agreed with. As a muslim, you’re to accept the prophet and god completely and wholly. I do not want to accept parts of them, or believe in them for that matter. So now i’ve been an ex-muslim, though i don’t call myself that. People can recognize from my last name and or first name that i come from a muslim family (i might change it). but i feel freedom, i feel like i can be my own person and not revolve my being around something or someone. I feel pride to make my own morals that will sit right with me.
I never been specifically religious in one religion because my mind was interested in every religious as I felt like every religion had a puzzle peice to continue a story where one religion left off.
ND Stevenson (creator of She-Ra’s reboot and Nimona) made an huge criticism against religious fanaticism and for good reason. After all, he was raised by a community of enthusiasticly close-minded zealots, who disapproved harshly his sexual orientation
My relationship with religion has been...special, to say the least. My parents tried to give me a totally unreligious childhood and early years. So I knew what catholicism was (as it was impossible for me not to know since I live in Spain), but the concept of it...or any religion, for that matter, was strange for me. When I formed my identity, for a lack of knowledge, I declared myself as agnostic. Something had to be there, I knew it, but...yeah, I knew nothing.
But, then, I came across paganism (a religion I feel it was greatly left out in the video, I don't know if for the lack of answers or for any other reasons), and sumerian paganism specifically, and everything checked for me. I loved mesopotamian/sumerian myths even before knowing that paganism was a thing, but after I looked more into the way of viewing life they had/current meso pagans have, it fitted like a glove to me. And here we are, some years later. I sometimes felt like the lack of religious training from my early years was a double edge weapon, as it left me clueseless of anything, even the most basic things. But also freed me of any sort of trauma or predisposition/prejudice to paganism. So that's that.
Thanks for this video, as I feel it's value, and sorry if I messed up on this comment, as english is my second language!
I remember when I went for therapy they asked if I believed in religion or a higher power during the initial intake.
I Just said Baptized catholic but I don’t practice.
He looked at me with a breath of relief , asked why he looked at me like that,
told me if I did believe in something religious they would have to test me for disorders like schizophrenia or some kind of mental disorder/illness
a lot of their patients were from religious backgrounds/families
The therapist I got she said unfortunately it’s true she had a lot of people practically loose it due to being involved in a religious thing most common thing she saw was paranoia, chronic anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia.
I have two coleagues both are irreligious one is atheist and second ptobably agnostic. Both have shizoprenia. Non believers and pseudoreligious people have much easier. They can use narcotics, tobacco, harm others. As a deep believing catholic I try to be the best man. Never been drunk, nor use tobacco or other narcotics. Of course it is tired because despite I avoid addictions, physical violence and try to be the best as I can I feel unperfect. Maybe because God is only perfect.
My belief from a young age was always being agnostic and still is! I believe that you should practice a lot of the positives that religion can preach. It really outlines well the good/evil in humans. It's incredibly important to build a morally strong foundation where you will not be lead into temptation. Like any species on this planet, for the most part, all species look out for their own and protect one another. If in the name of any religion you wish harm on others, that's not what a creator would intend on.
I love how you wrote this. Building a strong moral foundation is key.
The thing that just bothers me about it is that people force it on others then act so innocent when they get called out. People are allowed to have different beliefs to you and its infuriating to be constantly told only with their beliefs will we be happy 🙄
I would agree, much like how Billie said "No don't eat that" when she's a vegan except for me it's "No, our beliefs' more better", because that's more of a judgmental because God is the one who decides who's going who and who's going not
3:20 “Rather than making people want to repent and join there religion, they push them away from it”
Question- What approach would one take to help one seek repentance if one doesn’t understand what they’re doing is “wrong” and not “okay” ?
Have you ever looked into "Cold-Case for Christianity"? He's a homicide detective that talks about the validity of Christianity without using Biblical text. One of the things he mentioned about the unsaved, as that they usually range from 1 to 4. On one extreme you have people that want nothing to do with Christianity and aren't even open to discussing it really. He talks about how the best approach with them is to live your life in a way that glorifies the Lord and build a relationship with those people. They're more likely to be open to talking about such things if they know you on a more personal basis than if you were just some random person on the street. So prayer and living a life that shows the Lords glory might be the best approach depending on what state of mind the other person is in. Definitely not the easy way for sure. Takes a lot of dedication and time.
I’m gonna assume you asked this question in earnest and I have the experience of being repeatedly told that my very existence is a sin, and I need to repent the only way that I could repent was to end my existence for by simply existing I would be sinning in the most religious way I was repeatedly told by different religious people to end myself that’s how you push people away from your religion and repenting
@@bexlennox1057 Oh woah, I have never came across that yet (and I don’t think I’m exactly looking forward to that either…), but from what I understand and know about the Bible (as it’s what I personally follow), the best way to tackle sin was taught to us that we trust in Jesus for He was and is the only one who can save us.
Of course that’s a rather shortened and simple way of sharing a point, but to whom it may have been to inform you that your sins end when your life ends, I apologize you had to hear such lies, deception, and endure all of that… I appreciate you for responding back though and am grateful you are with us still, truly, may the Lord I serve be with you and bless greatly in life my friend 🤍
I'm a Muslim and to be a Muslim is the best version of myself, I don't care how am I seen by others, I don't care what others think about me, I love Allah more than anyone else in the world and I will chose Him over anything else. Religion is a good thing, thank God for making me a Muslim, I hope meeting Him still being a Muslim.❤
May Allah azza wal jal be pleased with you and keep us firmly on the right path. Baarakallahu feekum
@@jayredz7807 Thank you so much, so to you.
As an atheist, I'm happy for you😁
@@ems.master Thank you so much, I was an Atheist myself, I didn't believe in the unseen and then... the Greatest thing happened to me and cured me as if I was never hurt before, now, I don't need anyone else except Allah. He as He said it, elevated 7 skies from earth without any columns, He makes the days which take over the nights and then the nights which take over the days repeatedly, everyday. He doesn't sleep, He never dies, He indeed is Perfect, the Best, the Greatest and the Most Merciful.
On the one hand, you do you - if the mores and values of the Islamic faith resonate with you, perhaps it’s a good fit for your particular psychological needs. On the other hand, I ask you to give other belief systems the same treatment you expect others to grant you and recognize that mores and values they espouse resonate with others in the same way Islam resonates with you: treat their beliefs as being every bit as legitimate as your own - even if you disagree with them.
Please make video about sexual orientation effecting mental health as well
Thanks for the topic suggestion! Will share with the team
Easy: going against your own nature makes you miserable
@@Psych2go Yess
@@your_mulumruu On our list of topics to do.
@@Psych2go yippeeee
The more I wrote, the more reasons I found against religion from a personal and mental health perspective. So here we are xD
An important factor I think that there are more bad eggs in religion than in atheism or random interest groups. I think religions that have the idea of one almighty god you have to obey, is often dangerous. Because people are used to or are even looking for authority figures, and this leads to intense ingroup outgroup thinking when the leader claims that a group of people is a problem for them. They might also instill fear in the followers because that's how they keep their members in.
They might also tell people to go and convert others, and often nobody in this conversation enjoys this.
It may also give one a false sense of security, like I do not have to fix much in this life, because I have an afterlife. This is not a healthy way to deal with anxiety and responsibility.
Also I find thinking that other people go to hell deeply problematic, people should rather try to find common ground with others and build healthy bonds. Thinking you are superior to them can be damaging relationships and I think people with extreme beliefs are probably lonely, unless they are straight up surrounded by a cult.
Being a religious minority in your area can be dangeous and isolating, but so can being an atheist if they happen to be the minority. But if you find your local community, this can also help bond. But again it could lead to seeing others as a potential threat, unlike you or less than you.
Some religious groups tend to think that mental health related issues are "demons" or something, some are kind of "anti science" and try to explain everything with their spiritual beliefs.
They sometimes claim humans are superior to other animals, or not even see humans as animals. I think religions that honor nature are much better for us, because we can value nature and other animals. Pets can have good effects for us and being in nature too.
Many people find Christianity at their lowest moment. Some people found it when they were going to unalive themselves. I found it in one of my lowest moments and it has saved me. I respect everyone equally and I don't discriminate, because that's what Jesus said. He said that we are all created in the image of God, so we are equal. Many people don't like Christianity because of the hypocritical Christians who discriminate. There are some bad Christians but we're not all bad
Sometimes it's not the religion that is bad
It's the "religious"
God Bless you Sheep ✝️
It really depends imo. I remember being a homeless guy who needed to stay in a few shelters. It was the church who ran those shelters. There was some pretty savage homophobia but that is an exception and not a rule in my experience. I'm in favor of anything that can make us more communal in these times. Dr Gabor Mate and Dr Gordon Neufeld got me on board with "the attachment village" concept. Makes sense to me.
In the past year I was thinking of what philosophy to follow. Existentialism is honestly the best one imo, since it's also paradoxical
Thank you very much for making this video.
Thank you for watching!
@@Psych2go You're very welcome!
For me, being a Jew never bothered me even though I'm traditionalist (not extremely practicing, but I tend to improve it and I have faith). On the opposite, it allowed me to meet so much great people and defines 99% of my personality since my education and my urroundings are Jewish, so yes you kinda need to agree with your religion and being taught about it correctly, but once it's done it's really nice. Apart of that, I just came here to say we need to accept everyone's religion and beliefs and respect if they don't have any, I don't know for other religions but at least in Judaism we don't think Gentiles are "following the wrong path", I believe G-od Made us in the way He Wanted, so whatever are you beliefs or religions as long as you respect other's it's totally good!
I was raised a semi-christian, not an atheist, not a christian either.
When i was 13 i wanted to get closer to god but i wasn't ready to go to church, so i settled for gospel influencers on RUclips and that was my first mistake.
I was pulled down the rabbit hole, and I was terrified. I was told about the rapture, and was scared that I'd have to live everyday as if it were my last. I was told not to expect to see heven. I was told that if I wanted to go to hell I should scroll. I thought my dad was in hell because he wasn't a full christian and I cried multiple times.
I wanted out, but I was scared into staying like a cultist having second thoughts.
After finally getting good advice from my Grandpa (bless his soul) I started to press do not recommend this channel with the gospel and i felt freer, better, happier, lighter. But the cost was my religious trauma.
My experience with gospel influencers took a tole on me, and I wasn't comfortable living with christian values.
I recently I've gotten more comfortable with the idea of converting, and it's something that I think will do better for me but that's not to say I'm suddenly disrespecting Christianity. There are very wonderful people I've met, but I can't be part of the religion due to the trauma I've taken from it.
I’m sorry this happened to you. You know..heres the problem..Religion is a shortterm solution for a long term problem, --> Jesus is the way truth and the life. He came became in the physical form of man and suffered on a sinners cross FOR people to stop trapping people into religious acts rather, for people to serve and instinctively love Him as He first loves us. He loves you, and Jesus loves even the people who harmed others..us..anyone.
So! Not so fun fact! I have really, really wanted to be a believer for... literally dozens of times and have failed miserably every time. I would go to church, pray, think of ways to be more religious and so on. Still the same thoughts came back to me: This just doesn't click with me no matter how hard I try. Whitch version is the correct one? How do I pray and serve God the right way? Is Jesus prophet or God? Too many very fundamental questions have no definitive answer that only can me truly answered if God himself comes down from heaven and tell humanity how it truly is. For me I enjoy religion and the community it brings. The thing I don't like is the super strickt rules and the "Our way is the only true way and everyone else will burn i hell" mentality and surpression of minorities , people who can't choose who they are is wrong.
Religion shouldn't be forced, because mine is not teaching like that. Everyone has a choice to have religion or not. Me, I found peace with my own religion, Islam. And I don't like to forcing people to follow my religion, because that's not the true essence of Islam. My family had a Islamic background, but they're not forcing anybody to follow it.
For the last point, the boyfriend and girlfriend. I myself am a christian, and I just know, that it wouldn't work out in the future with a non christian partner... I don't think that there is anything wrong with having a "standard" that you like to have in your partner....
Some have height, some have classes, some have sport, some have religion.
Important is to not try to force them to change.
Something like this happened to me and a girl that started writing with me and I told her at the beginning, that I don't have any plans in the future for us because there is 2 different lifestyles, and it would cause problems that can be avoided with that
As an atheist it is hurtful for having a affections towards studying religion, because of the word "atheist" they seem to really judgemental and hateful towards me when I was just trying to have fun studying the Bible or Quran, I can't even ask questions in their comment section, thus making me pulling myself away from the Bible and Quran.
I’m Buddhist ☸️, and Buddhism is the equivalent of therapy for me. But I respect all religions. People shouldn’t be angry or violent at you just because you don't believe in God, or don't follow their religion. I have experienced those things, but I’ll still be Buddhist, and respect all religions. 🤗❤️
I was traumatized by religion. I'm still very spiritual though.
That's great. How do you work towards your spirituality?
This feels home 😊💖
Love this! I’m all for interfaith and understanding other religions… they are all shockingly SIMILAR in many ways. Ironic since many people use it to divide! #youcantsitwithus 🙄
Religion helps me a lot in terms of having a meaning in life and something to look forward to after I die, unfortunately my religion is different from the majority in my area which leaves me feeling alienated and isolated at times.
Matthew 19:26 With God all things are possible
Religion has been stressing me out. I don't know what to think about it. I know that if I break from the LDS church, I might make my dad sad, amd my mom happy. And if I don't, my mom might be upset, and my dad happy. I don't know anymore :(
So I’m in the Southern area of America and they are VERY Christian down there. In my first three years of elementary school my Christian ‘best friend’ and I would chat about love and relationships because I had been the flower ‘girl’ at a lesbian wedding and when I told my best friend she said I was now infected with their sin and that I would go to hell for being there. (She didn’t actually say hell this was first grade) I switched schools and that girl was at the same new school as me. In 5th grade I realized I wasn’t cis and went by they/them back then and that was a school full of Christians and like one atheist. The Christians there weren’t too found of my new identity. I also see two girls 5+ times each year and being around them is inescapable, they say that they respect me but can’t support me because they’re Christian if someone could maybe explain to me what they mean by this that would be greatly appreciated because I still don’t quite understand what they mean.
At a summer camp I went to as a kid a saying was “god first, others second, I am third.” I remember telling a camp counselor that saying god goes first is dumb because he isn’t actually here and having others as second seams mean. The camp counselor was nice to little third grade me and just said “Everyone believes different things and we respect that no matter what. If you wanna discuss this further talk to your parents at the end of camp.”
Religion has become a term with so much baggage and as a Christian it is honestly so sad to see how people have sometimes been treated by the church. At least in my view, religion gives me a sense of grounding and inspires me to live out in a way that can always provide love to others no matter what they believe. Whether you are religious or not should be secondary to the fact that it’s so important to always treat each other with love, kindness, and respect
Recently, there has been a lot of politics on college campuses in the United States around the Israel-Palestine issue. I had been awkwardly interrogated about it in a job interview. This is my screen name, but my name was identified as Muslim by a Jewish business owner. That was a tough, heated moment. I hope there won't be so much beef between Muslims and Jews. I have also had some Christian preachers try to convert me. I understand that most people obtain their religious affiliation from whatever they inherited from their parents, and that we grow out of it eventually. Whatever works for you. Because of these types of experiences, along with family networks, that religion can complicate social and political matters even more and as a result, I try to keep words like "God" and "religion" out of my conversations around mental health. No, I don't believe all non-believers will go to hell or anything like that. It's okay to not believe in God. It's okay to not believe in a life after death. For me, these bring up even more questions than I would be interested in knowing the answer to and may cause even more anxiety than a secular approach, ironically. But for those who find relief in it, go for whatever works for you. People's situations are complicated and I want to know people's details before making a proper conclusion.
My family is religious and I never really had a problem with it but as I gained trauma associated with my father and school I had mixed feelings about church and would shut down when put in any religious type situation, maybe because it has a school type environment that makes me fear it or just because I feel pressured into believing it when I don’t. I don’t have a positive opinion about it personally but I’m glad it can affect others positively even if it didn’t effect me that way
I'm an atheist. I used to be an "evangelizing" atheist just because I saw religion as being untrue and clearly bringing on more evil than good. I still don't find religious cosmology to be true and even interpreting a lot of stories metaphorically can lead to some iffy morals. But I don't see religion as the root of all evil anymore nor need to convince others to become atheists.
What I see religion as is a point of view. A person's views on God reflect how they see the world in a moral sense, either how it is or how it should be. And those views aren't always bad. But it can explain how two people who consider themselves Christian can have VERY different opinions.
Ultimately I don't find religion personally helpful because most of their factual assessments of the physical universe are wrong, no religion seems to make more people overall more moral than nonbelievers or those of other religions, and I just don't trust putting moral authority in a single book and/or person given the authority to supposedly speak for the divine. But I understand why other people feel differently and don't consider people bad just because they're religious.
I've never been a religious person, my father was a reiligious leader at some point of his life before I was born (for a short time if I got it right), then left it. Then he didn't want me or my siblings to go to church when we were childs, so thats why we grew not being religious.
Right now I'm 26 yo, I have a fairly weak will and some issues like the lack or struggle to have goals in my life, low self steem and things like that.
Now I had a talk with my father some time ago and we both wondered if I had gone to any church when I was little would've prevented some of my current self problems.
I know there's a ton of people who are not religious and don't have any problems, but I wonder if in my case since I'm not strong willed, having an imaginary guide could've helped in any way.
I tried this year to become Christian but haven't succeeded yet, I can't feel any connection or something, don't even know what I'm supposed to feel.
Religion is not bad. It is the people forcing religion on others that is bad.
I do not think it is good or bad, but just a way for people to open up and consider the possibilities rather than take what is said as an absolute. It's the segregation of people due to their beliefs that becomes the issue. We were not made to be perfect. We will sin (make mistakes). We should consider how we have sinned so that we can correct ourselves in the future (part of repenting). This is why I like merging religious discussion into philosophy and discuss the similarities and differences, rather than saying what you believe is right or wrong.
I have dealt with this on my channel. My opinion is religion is very detrimental to those struggling with mental health issues.
A cult, shames, and guilt trips, any who do leave, or consider leaving. A religion empowers others to live their best life, regardless of whether they believe or not.
I really appreaciate the focus on other people{s experiences, because in a way, thats what influences our perspective
My personal experience has been the adults I had around my childhood used it to dismissed my feelings and support their abuse of me I was told that I couldn’t have problems and if I did it was because I didn’t pray enough and that they have the right to abuse me and I should praise them for even letting me live. I can’t see organized religion in a positive light because of the common abuse of the power but I can see how it how it can help the individual.
I really love this vid🥺🧸so much.
-Stable Philosophy for life, redices anxiety
-Being destructively forced into a religion, oppression with religion as its justification
-Used to inspire to be better
-Used to justify bad behavior
-Provides answers and community
-Religious guilt, inability to live up to religious standards
Religion is for people who fear hell and see god as disciplinary or controlling,
Spirituality is for those who have been through hell and found comfort in god ,as a father and a friend,
Im going to love you and hold you up even if yours is a bit different than my own ,its how we all win .❤
I studied Christianity, and was able to take good things from it. However, when I went to church, it was all hate and bile, and I stopped going. It didn't turn me completely, but it's something I'd rather be introspective in than practice with others.
I used to be a Catholic, but I’m not so sure. I drifted from religion because one of our local priests is toxically cynical, I could only see all my actions in a negative light and believed humans are all innately selfish and flawed. My parents are religious, but thankfully they accept that being a good person is more important than being a religious one.
I think I’m agnostic currently. I believe a God exists, I’m just not certain who He is.
"He or she who says they're religious deceiveth themselves in their hearts, their religion is useless"
Thank you for tackling this ❤
religion works not because of the faith.. but because of the association and exposure to people. You gain friends, acquaintances and somewhat of a social life and structure that it may imply... the bad part is what this group is doing and what their leaders secret or very well know goal is.
(Sorry I wrote so much, I lost my grip and just started venting hhh)
The most ironic thing about this is that this video showed up right after my dad said we were going to church again...I guess Psych2Go is just good at knowing what I need hhh, after all they helped me discover I had multiple issues (depression and ADHD just being a couple of them). But honestly, this has been a major dilemma for me lately. Ever since summer 2023, my "faith" has been dwindling... I don't even know how it got this bad. I've been struggling with something since 2021 and I suppose my faith kept me going sometimes between then and 2023, and believe me I was quite the devoted believer back then, but eventually I started having questions. And when those questions went unanswered, I guess I just slowly started losing faith.
I then slowly stopped praying and believing, although I guess I still hold onto some of my beliefs. Maybe it's out of fear of damnation. Maybe they're just ingrained too deep in me and I'm too scared of the thought of abandoning them completely. I don't even have a label for myself now, although that wouldn't exactly help much. I'm only Christian by name at this point, it's only surface-level, just so I don't raise any questions from my family... One thing I do know for sure though, when you spend your whole life being told that you either believe or get punished for lack of faith on "judgement day", it's hard not to live in fear of doing the wrong thing by taking a step back or leaving behind your beliefs altogether.
They keep saying that God is with us, that his presence is always with us, that the Holy Spirit is within us and that we can feel His presence, but at this point I agree with that one comment, as much as I hate to say it - it feels unsubstantiated. If the presence is here, then why did I have to make myself believe I felt it when it was actually just a belief? Shouldn't it naturally be there? It made me feel inadequate, even when I was still devoted. Like I was lacking. I don't know if that was true or not, but these beliefs just seem like just claims. Nothing really believable that I can trust and lean on. I'm sorry if that offends anyone but that's just how it is for me. And the fact that I'm forced to go to church anyway doesn't really help, because now it feels like I'm being force-fed someone's opinions/interpretations (on another note it's also nerve-wracking because I have social anxiety hhh). So I don't know how this story continues for me. Maybe I'll find some answer one day. Maybe I won't. But for now, I don't even feel like I can freely decide what to believe.
(Thx to anyone that read this far hhh, I wasn't really expecting people to stick around. Have a nice day/night)
Your story is very similar to mine im just so confused 😖😣😫 I just don't know what to do anymore
Just glad to know I'm not alone...
I found it very relatable , hope we find our answers someday
@@Ozel-yi7uc hhh surprised someone even found this, but yeah glad i could help you feel less alone hhh. hoping you figure it out soon! and if not, at least i hope you find the peace you need
The greatest problem I have with religion is that it can lead people to blindly disagree with anything constructive and well established that disagrees with their religion. Religion also establishes an absolute good and bad, which is not appropriate for a rapidly changing culture. The good and bad now is different than it was in the past.
this is what needed to be seen
Honestly I appreciate the positive affects of any religion in society.
But ı also cannot overlook its cons
İt prevents critical thinking and active emphaty. I remember having arguments with my religious dorm teachers regarding my hobbies which were watching movies and overall interest in internet culture.
He was not ok with that but weirdly oblivious to others who watch porn between classes.
Currently I exercise the basics of my religion but would I classify myself as religious? No.
I'm too jaded for that. I can't help but roll my eyes in any kind of religious setting which is a bad thing to be honest. Because most of these settings are beneficial for both me and my surroundings. It's just that lack of flexibility ruins it all
Science and religion, our 2 most popular explanation for reality, love it and can't think of a better one
Nor good nor bad but we still need it in some sens. Im personally a atheist and also think that faith can help you so much in your life, growing as a person etc.
Let's say im past my teenage r/atheist phase xD
Guess i am more of a God loving spiritualist, just looking back it feels like my Way of living my life kind of was as if i had some watchful angels around me, not that it was always easy, there were some dark times too, but nothing i wasn´t able to go through, like my Intuition, luck and or Divine interventions mostly came at the right time to guide me through hardships. Today i am surrounded by some good like minded People.
Also (so far) do not mind going/studying with a few of the Jehova witnesses, painting my own picture of them regardless of all those negative judgments, framing or rumors, especially from institutes (Church), i am not one to judge, but observe with openmind.
Hmmm this was super interesting, thanks for sharing 🙏🏻✨️
I tried being Christrian for a month and my head almost exploded so there's that
Oh I’m so sorry that is! Could you maybe elaborate on how Christianity made this happen?
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(Matthew 4:1) Jesus was tempted.
(James 1:13) God cannot be tempted.
(John 1: 29) Jesus was seen.
(1 John 4: 12) no man has ever seen God.
(Acts 2: 22) Jesus was and is a man, sent by God.
(Numbers 23: 19, Hosea 11: 9) God is not a man.
(Hebrews 5: 8-9) Jesus had to grow and learn.
(Isaiah 40: 28) God doesn't even need to learn.
(1 Corinthians 15: 3-4) Jesus died.
(1 Timothy 1: 17) God cannot die.
(Hebrews 5: 7) Jesus needed salvation.
(Luke 1: 37) God doesn't need salvation.
(John 4: 6) Jesus grew weary.
(Isaiah 40: 28) God cannot grow weary.
(Mark 4: 38) Jesus slept.
(Psalm 121: 2-4)God doesn't sleep.
(John 5: 19) Jesus wasn't all powerful.
(Isaiah 45: 5-7) God is all powerful.
(Mark 13: 32) Jesus wasn't all knowing.
(Isaiah 49: 9) God is all knowing.
(Isaiah 29 : 12 New king James version):
Then the book is delivered to one who is illiterate, saying "Read this please". And he says "I'm not literate"
Peace be upon the one who was mentioned years before he was born. "Read" was the first word to appear in the Holy Quran.
Surah Az-Zukhruf (Chapter 43), verse 81:
"Say [O Muhammad], 'If the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first of worshippers.'"
1. **Surah Al-Ma'idah (5:116)**:
- "And [beware the Day] when Allah will say, 'O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, "Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah?"' He will say, 'Exalted are You! It was not for me to say that to which I have no right. If I had said it, You would have known it. You know what is within myself, and I do not know what is within Yourself. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen.'"
2. **Surah An-Nisa (4:171)**:
- "O People of the Scripture, do not commit excess in your religion or say about Allah except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, was but a messenger of Allah and His word which He directed to Mary and a soul [created at a command] from Him. So believe in Allah and His messengers. And do not say, 'Three'; desist - it is better for you. Indeed, Allah is but one God. Exalted is He above having a son. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. And sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs."
3. **Surah Al-Ma'idah (5:72)**:
- "They have certainly disbelieved who say, 'Allah is the Messiah, the son of Mary' while the Messiah has said, 'O Children of Israel, worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord.' Indeed, he who associates others with Allah - Allah has forbidden him Paradise, and his refuge is the Fire. And there are not for the wrongdoers any helpers."
4. **Surah Maryam (19:88-92)**:
- "And they say, 'The Most Merciful has taken [for Himself] a son.' You have done an atrocious thing. The heavens almost rupture therefrom and the earth splits open and the mountains collapse in devastation. That they attribute to the Most Merciful a son. And it is not appropriate for the Most Merciful that He should take a son."
"I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and messenger."
Jesus, known as 'Isa in Arabic, is mentioned in several verses of the Quran. Here are some key verses:
1. **Surah Al-Baqarah (2:87)**
> "We gave Moses the Scripture and followed up after him with messengers. And We gave Jesus, the son of Mary, clear proofs and supported him with the Pure Spirit."
2. **Surah Al-Baqarah (2:253)**
> "Those messengers - some of them We caused to exceed others. Among them were those to whom Allah spoke, and He raised some of them in degree. And We gave Jesus, the son of Mary, clear proofs, and We supported him with the Pure Spirit."
3. **Surah Al-Imran (**3:45**)**
> "[And mention] when the angels said, 'O Mary, indeed Allah gives you good tidings of a word from Him, whose name will be the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary - distinguished in this world and the Hereafter and among those brought near [to Allah].'"
4. **Surah Al-Imran (**3:52**)**
> "But when Jesus felt [persistence in] disbelief from them, he said, 'Who are my supporters for [the cause of] Allah?' The disciples said,' We are supporters for Allah. We have believed in Allah and testify that we are Muslims [submitting to Him].'"
5. **Surah Al-Imran (**3:55**)**
> "[Mention] when Allah said, 'O Jesus, indeed I will take you and raise you to Myself and purify you from those who disbelieve and make those who follow you [in submission to Allah alone] superior to those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me is your return, and I will judge between you concerning that in which you used to differ.'"
6. **Surah An-Nisa (4:157-158)**
> "And [for] their saying, 'Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, the messenger of Allah.' And they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him; but [another] was made to resemble him to them. And indeed, those who differ over it are in doubt about it. They have no knowledge of it except the following of assumption. And they did not kill him, for certain. Rather, Allah raised him to Himself. And ever is Allah Exalted in Might and Wise."
7. **Surah An-Nisa (4:171)**
> "O People of the Scripture, do not commit excess in your religion or say about Allah except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, was but a messenger of Allah and His word which He directed to Mary and a soul [created at a command] from Him. So believe in Allah and His messengers. And do not say, 'Three'; desist - it is better for you. Indeed, Allah is but one God. Exalted is He above having a son. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. And sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs."
8. **Surah Al-Maidah (5:110)**
> "[The Day] when Allah will say, 'O Jesus, Son of Mary, remember My favor upon you and upon your mother when I supported you with the Pure Spirit and you spoke to the people in the cradle and in maturity; and when I taught you writing and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and when you designed from clay [what was] like the form of a bird with My permission, then you breathed into it, and it became a bird with My permission; and you healed the blind and the leper with My permission; and when you brought forth the dead with My permission; and when I restrained the Children of Israel from [killing] you when you came to them with clear proofs and those who disbelieved among them said, 'This is not but obvious magic.'"
9. **Surah Al-Maidah (5:116)**
> "And [beware the Day] when Allah will say, 'O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, "Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah?"' He will say, 'Exalted are You! It was not for me to say that to which I have no right. If I had said it, You would have known it. You know what is within myself, and I do not know what is within Yourself. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen.'"
10. **Surah Maryam (**19:16**-34)**
> This passage narrates the story of Mary and the miraculous birth of Jesus, emphasizing his prophetic mission and miraculous abilities granted by Allah.
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Surah Maryam:
And mention, [O Muhammad], in the Book [the story of] Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place toward the east.And she took, in seclusion from them, a screen. Then We sent to her Our Angel, and he represented himself to her as a well-proportioned man.She said, "Indeed, I seek refuge in the Most Merciful from you, [so leave me], if you should be fearing of Allah."He said, "I am only the messenger of your Lord to give you [news of] a pure boy."She said, "How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?"He said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to the people and a mercy from Us. And it is a matter [already] decreed.'"So she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a remote place.And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, "Oh, I wish I had died before this and was in oblivion, forgotten."But he called her from below her, "Do not grieve; your Lord has provided beneath you a stream.And shake toward you the trunk of the palm tree; it will drop upon you ripe, fresh dates.So eat and drink and be contented. And if you see from among humanity anyone, say, 'Indeed, I have vowed to the Most Merciful abstention, so I will not speak today to [any] man.'"Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said, "O Mary, you have certainly done a thing unprecedented.O sister of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste."So she pointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?"[Jesus] said, "Indeed, I am the servant of Allah. He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet."And He has made me blessed wherever I am and has enjoined upon me prayer and zakah as long as I remain alive,And [made me] dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me a wretched tyrant.And peace is on me the day I was born and the day I will die and the day I am raised alive."That is Jesus, the son of Mary - the word of truth about which they are in dispute.It is not [befitting] for Allah to take a son; exalted is He! When He decrees an affair, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.
Whether you gave your life to Jesus yesterday or you’re a season saint with 20+ years, you can’t do Christianity without Christ. Many people give up because they put more faith in people than they do in Jesus or rely on their self instead of trusting in the finish work of the cross. It takes more faith than works however, your faith will produce works to live a life that is pleasing to Jesus. I pray you give Jesus another chance to show you who he really is. Because he love you so much. 🙏🏽
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This life is too short and temporary my friend, there are a lot of religions out there, take it easy and don't rush anything to chose your path to an eternal life in paradise, do your own researches, and develop your own perspectives, if you wanna learn about Jesus, read about him from the original testament cause the one in English is translated and translation ain't 100% faithful to the original one. May God guide towards the Truth, Good luck.