Whenever I start to feel any sense of doubt I think about this: There is no way that a book written over 5,000 years by 50+ authors and editors with 1,800 fulfilled prophecies all bread crumbing and culminating in the most influential man in history JESUS CHRIST. (A homeless man who in 3 years convinced a group of 12 men plus some family members that he was God and they believed it so deeply they died instead of recanting it.
That's what I do too. Like think about it, The Bible is so interconnected, so complex, like how can you fake it? If a dude just decided to make a fake religion one day then how did they manage to be so consistent on their message? Like surely somebody had their ego hurt about the whole "we're sinners and are deserving of death and need God". Surely that somebody had to say that the whole thing is fake or at least make a huge chasm in the Bible. BUT NO! The Bible is consistent. There's so much stuff going on behind the scenes, so much poetry that it makes me wonder, How could somebody reject this piece of art?
It's also interesting to think about how extremely timely Christ was, He arrived precisely at the right time in history with great infrastructure and connectivity of the Roman Empire which allowed for free travel throughout much of Europe, the initial critical stages of the Christian faith coincided by divine timing with Pax Romana period, which allowed the apostles to spread the faith in such a rapid fashion, Christ died in 33 AD in the levant, just 150 years later Christianity was present in Gaul, 3000 kilometers away from where He died. And early Christianity did not spread by persecution, but despite of it, inside an empire which was extremely hostile to them, but somehow by the grace of God they continued to spread and eventually adopted the very same faith they had been persecuting.
@@MalachiWhite-tw7hl The apostle claimed Jesus rose again. Which means if they were lying they knew it. Every time they were stoned or whipped they had to endure. They just didn’t all drink poison and die in minutes. HG people died isolated from other peoples opinions. The apostles defended their faith to others. The lie in heavens gate was coming from the leader. But the apostles lie would have been sustained by EVERY FOLLOW who would of known it was a lie. They would have had to all buy into dying for a lie which is unlikely. I know times are different now but humans tend to not want to be beat to death Just for historical fame, for the most part. People die for riches, sex, and power but these are all self gratifying. Historical fame especially in those times was probably not a huge motivator.
I lapsed for 15 years because of the whole "don't ask questions" attitude at the baptist church I went to as a child. Christians and churches need to accept that doubt is normal, and we need to be able to talk about it. It was listening to apologists debating atheists that I admired at the time that ended up convincing me to return to the faith.
InspiringPhilosophy is easily the best channel for historicity studies. He lists all his resources and has given me amazing books to add to the tbr. Good to see him getting acknowledged.
When I feel doubt, I just remember, that the Apostles died as martyrs for Jesus who they saw with their own EYES, so Jesus Christ is definitely LORD! Amen!!
And to anyone doubting this just look into Sean Mcdowell's debate with Paulogia. In the end Paul agrees that it is historical fact the apostles Peter and Paul died sincerely believing in the resurrection. Sure it's not all of them but it's no surprise our only definitive records are of the two most prominent figures, this was 2000 years ago.
Has anyone else noticed how slippery faith is? Political views are so cemented, but when it comes to faith, you can be 100% sure one day, and the next you feel all these doubts, even though you were absolutely convinced the day before? I mean even that alone leads me to believe there are strange things at play, maybe invasive doubts from -someone- or -something- that doesn't want you to have faith, or maybe faith is stripped from us so that we investigate things further end ultimately find our faith reinforced, a piece of metal can only be turned into a beautiful sword with some harsh hammering after all.
Thats because (and this is using science) political views are more tangible like "X leads to Y". In religion, it doesn't work this way, its not "Pray X to get Y", but more like "Do X, and after death you will find out if it worked" type of deal.
Ive thought about this too. I see some holes in this reassurance as mentioned above but it's been proven anecdotally for me. I have done extensive research into the death and resurrection and have came to find more evidence for it than most historical things I know. Yet still im at a place of doubt today, it literally makes no rational sense but here I am. I cannot see how there is not a force acting against my faith. Just keep trusting in god and you'll be stronger than you were before, God bless.
There's definitely something spiritual about it. But not to over-spiritualize it, I do think it's (somewhat) reasonable. Political views can change and we can be wrong, but we don't really think about it that much because, really, what impact does it have on us? Faith, on the other hands, has MASSIVE impact on our lives. And it's not like anyone has truly seen God, so it's natural to ponder these things, realizing the cost if we are wrong. People who don't doubt or think about faith either do not care, do not realize the weight of faith, or do not use their brain.
I also have a friend who is similar to yours in that he wants to believe but isn’t fully intellectually convinced. We’ve had many conversations over the years and I think he is inching his way closer to the faith. However, these conversations have also served to challenge and ultimately strengthen my own faith and allow me to share it more effectively with others. Doubt can sometimes be a blessing in disguise.
I suggest you tell your friend the historical evidence for Jesus's resurrection. If this is true not only is god real but Jesus is real and therefore we are on the right side. Look into lee strobels case for. Christ and sean mcdowells fate of the apostles, it only takes the slightest amount of faith (aka only a couple apostles definitively died as martyrs but it was the two most prominent and it's not unreasonable to believe all of them did). All arguments can now be answered from a place of faith and trust me there is a good answer for all of them. The more you look into apologetics you see how futile atheist arguments are (coming from a former one). Even the best are mostly intellectual fallacies. God bless, I pray your friend can break the barrier of faith and can experience God's love!
Don’t be discouraged by doubt! It’s okay to challenge your faith because that’s how we make it stronger. As a 19 year old male I understand how terrifying it feels to think God might not care. While I can’t say I’ve seriously doubted God’s existence or the resurrection, I’ve always had issues with understanding why God puts me in the situations I’m in. My family had been attending a Nazarene church for over seven years when we left at the start of the pandemic, and 15 year old me was left doubting why God would ever take my friends and fellowship away from me. But later in 2020 my best friend, who is the pastor’s daughter, reached out to me via text to see how I was doing. She had no idea at the time but she showed me that God always has a way of making things work out. I truly believe that God was working through her to help me at a time when I was probably at my lowest. My family has tried attending a Baptist church since but hasn’t gone in like a year or so, but I’ve started reconnecting with my friend’s family at their church every once in awhile and me and my friend are hoping to start a young adults group there.
I havent finished the video but I have to say I am extremely grateful for you talking about this. The fact that this video came out right when my doubts are at their highest - I don't know how to not see that as the work of God.
Sometimes I argue with people about Christianity online to help with my doubts. Because sometimes when you argue against others you will help you find information to win those arguments. And those arguments are often the same ones that the devil uses against you. And you will learn more about God when you research and maybe change someone's mind on God.
Yeah, that's so true. I was doubting Christianity and was even considering converting to Islam until my leftist teacher taught us in class that Islam is feminist and Christianity is barbaric. I created an essay on why her view is false and while I was creating the essay, I came across some very horrifying Quran verses, which convinced me not to convert to Islam; I also used these quotes in my essay. The teacher actually said that my essay was good and took it to show some other teachers. The lesson I learnt was to never be afraid to defend your religion, and always research if you have doubts.
@@Alistoriousususus You're joking right? Islam is FEMINIST? I wouldn't call the Bible the most feminist friendly document in the world but basically everyone can agree that even the most harsh parts of some OT laws concerning women(which many modern Christians and Jews reject) are better than somethings the Quran says about women. Without lies, Islam dies I suppose.
@@fullserstorm83 there is a website that I use called human or ai where you guess whether you're talking to an ai or human there is an extend chat option where you can argue further how you want to start that's up to you
Dude I got this video at the PERFECT time. I went down a rabbit hole of anti religious stuff and it was really making me depressed and doubtful but your video brought me from my doubt! Thanks!
My dad came from a small town in the middle of nowhere "Goodland Kansas" He was sent off to the liberal university of KU the Jayhawks. Because they offered the best scholarship. For the first semester he said it was the hardest time of his life. He was constantly questioning his faith. He started going to the library and a local campus pastors group. And he found that when he was half way done with college his faith had grown higher than ever before.
Zoomer your stuff has really helped me, I've been tormented by existential doubts for about the past 7, maybe 8 years. Always thought that it meant I wasn't a Christian, I'm somewhat glad to hear I'm not alone. I've never been agnostic, athiest, always feared and loved God but there are those times and thoughts, ya know? I don't know how to describe it, I've never tried before, but just wanted to say thanks.
I’ve been agnostic for the last ten years. I grew up Christian, but other than one or two moments, I never felt the presence of god. I never had a relationship with him and the churches around me really emphasized that aspect. It wasn’t the doubts about materialism that caused me to drift. It was the silence. My brother died when I was 18 and for the next seven months I prayed desperately for anything, strength, healing, a calling, reassurance, something to help me, and nothing came, not a speck of responsibility or fellowship. I felt like I was speaking into a void, like the other end of the line had lost connection, so I left the faith. I never had any problems with the philosophical stuff, so I kept that, the lessons and tried to live my life in that way, but I can’t have a relationship with someone who I’ve never known, and I don’t want to consider myself a Christian when I can’t believe in it other than saying it’s useful, but not absolutely true.
Got a song that perfectly defines what you are talking about. "Be Concerned" twenty one pilots. It was written by a Christian. plus I'll tell you this, when God is "silent" God is at work behind you. You have the strength to keep a relationship with God, but I completely understand. You feel alone. But it seems you never had a relationship with him in the first place, that's why it seems you are talking to a void. I understand how it is bro.
It’s a very odd thing to believe in with such a noisy world. We can’t just retreat every weekend and be filled by the Holy Spirit immensely. It’s not really something that is the most obvious thing ever for sure. I struggle for sure, even if u don’t pray or read daily, but I’m still an okay person anyway I guess
I know that feeling well. I fell away from the faith for 4 years of deafening silence from God. Try posing to Him the very hardest questions, and then, one day, after what feels like an eternity, you start getting answers.
Due to ADHD, I’m always doubting and indecisive. Most denominations have good reasons for joining (and not joining). But I will admit that I’ve been alone in my endeavors. Can every Christian agree that there is less doubt if you’re surrounded by your congregation/community, even outside of a Church service?
Oh 100%. External validation increases your likelihood of believing in him, since it helps you see the impact God’s word has on others, since God’s word isn’t just for you, it’s for all the people in the world. To limit God to yourself is to miss out on the entire picture
Zoomer, could you please pray for me? I don't have doubts, but I do have anxiety about Jesus' second coming. My family is pretty unbelieving and I have many friends who are atheists. When I think of the fact Jesus could come back at any random moment, I really worry about them. I also feel like I still have to grow in my trust and love for God, and like I still have things to do here in this life, and I just simply don't feel ready for Jesus' coming. Maybe it's because I'm not really saved? I'm in a really stressful position and have even prayed for Jesus to not come back soon. I enjoy watching your videos and have learned so much theology from you (I'm a pretty new Christian). I wish you could help me with this problem I have and if you could pray for me, Zoomer. God bless you.
Hey brother, just prayed for you. I've struggled with similar worries before. But if you're worrying about your salvation, it probably means you're already saved. The Day of the Lord can be frightening, but as His children, we know that he will look on us with mercy and favor! I am reminded of one of my favorite quotes from the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. It's when the children first learn of Aslan, who represents Christ, and when they hear that he's a lion, they ask if he's safe, to which Mr Beaver replies "'Course he's not safe. But he's good. He's the King I tell you!" Jesus' coming won't be a safe time, but as His children, we'll be perectly safe in His hands. I hope I've been able to offer some encouragement!
If it helps any, don’t worry about feeling like you’re “done” before Jesus comes. Jesus is going to come at the right time! He’s not going to exclude you for not having things done before He comes, because He already knows when He’s coming and what you’ll be doing. It’s part of His bigger plane
My biggest doubts have been related to assurance. I don't doubt Christianity is true. However, I've been longing for an "experience" that I can remember but the only experience I can remember have either been false or when it felt like God cut me off due to unrepentant, willful sin. I think things are getting better and I'm thankful for the encouragement many other brothers and sisters have given me. I read a devotional from Spurgeon about Rev. 22:17 "Whosoever, take the water of life freely." Very helpful and I'm gonna trust Christ with the rest because I don't want to live without Him.
I remember my season of doubt. As a teenager I asked god how I could know that I was meant to be a christian. How could I know it was right for me. And god's answer was interesting he told me "Go without ME for a time" so for a month or so I lived as if I wasn't a christian, not carring about the spiritual consequences of my actions and to my surprise the guilt was twice that of what I would have felt if I had done so as a christian. That was how I learned that I couldn't live without god.
Doubts are a great avenue to learn more about God’s grace! I had a vast period last year where I was stuck in doubt about God’s loving nature. I eventually realized that I was using my own descriptives to define God, rather than what scripture teaches about God. I then understood that God is who He says He is, no matter what conclusions I foolishly come up with
Thank you so much. I've been dealing with this exact issue, where I want to get closer to God, and indeed, I devote all my heart to Him and pray constantly, but my mind is stubborn and refuses to accept it. I pray that God will let me see His light once more, and that I will find immense joy as I once did. It's worth noting that I find a lot of comfort in your videos, hearing about God and stuff brings me happiness and peace, so thank you for spreading the good word and making videos about our Lord and savior. God bless you and thank you again.
thank you, this video helped me. i was raised in a liberal catholic church, but always struggled with faith and was non-practicing for all of my life. about 9 months ago, i started attending catholic mass, regularly confessing, repenting, praying, receiving eucharist, i tried to do all i was supposed to as a catholic and prayed that faith would follow. but after around 3 months i realized it always felt like a chore to me and it made me very sad and ashamed of myself. i stopped going with the belief that it was not sustainable for me unless i can be more convinced God exists. sadly, i think if i go back with the same level of doubt i have, it will push me further from religion. i feel like im not sure who to talk about this with and those that i’ve reached out to don’t have great answers. i would like to believe in God, it’s just been challenging. i will check out tim keller, michael jones, and thomas aquinas, thank you for the recommendations
This is just the video i needed brother, ever since being blessed by gods grace satan has been working overtime to make me doubt his glory. This helped a lot. I think doubts are just satan trying to influence you that you are wrong and he doesn’t want you to believe and be saved.
Quick question. How do I join the server? And is it available on bedrock? Edit: Also, should they do something for Zoomer’s wedding in the server? Like have a Minecraft “wedding” in each denomination, for fun? I know it sounds a bit cringe, but it’s interesting to think about.
Hey zoomer! I just want to say thank you for the work you do in these videos! Im a very recent convert to Christianity, and your vids have helped me strengthen my new found faith. God bless you!
i had a period of doubt when i was a teenager, around the same time i had suicidal thoughts. although my doubts tended to be more along the lines of whether my faith even existed, or if God even cared. i was raised in a christian family, and was baptized when i was 6, so i remembered being born again and feeling the peace of God cover me, and his Spirit enter me, so i had that as backup everytime i doubted, but the feeling of the spirit working in and through me i had been convinced by other christians (not so much in exact words, but seeds of doubt on my having claimed operating in the gift of wisdom without any prayer or ways to verify by my youth pastor and others) was just my own self righteousness and ego, so i was kinda suicidal (due to alot of things at the time, not just that) and doubting my faith, but everytime i wanted to end it i remembered that God would disprove of suicide. so if God was real, then i was hooped. thankfully i broke out of that depression, and years later had a proper spiritual experience that has helped me to not only operate in the spiritual again, but firmed my faith in God. i cant argue intellectually for God well, but experiencially, spiritually, and emotionally i have learnt to defend my faith and explain it to others.
Couldn't agree more that doubts help motivate us to better understand the faith. That was certainly my experience. There were times when I had anxiety attacks late at night caused by existential dread. My doubts were primarily rooted in the historical aspect, as in, did these things actually happen? This led me to look more into theology and apologetics. InspiringPhilosophy, specifically, helped a ton to answer my questions about the historicity of the events in the Bible. Highly recommended, especially if you're an ancient history buff like me. While my doubts are now mostly quelled, I still love listening to stuff like this, because I find it genuinely fascinating.
Honestly, whenever I’m doubting if God could exist, I usually just rewatch one of your videos where you debunk atheist arguments. A lot of my faith is definitely placed in intellectualism so your arguments are very comforting.
I have experienced many doudts and i just wanna say enbrace them dont fear your donts they are Invitations by God to learn more about him and trust in him more
I’m having a lot of struggles with getting right with God currently. I still battle against sin (blasphemy, lust, baring false witness against myself, coveting), and I am currently torn between staying with my current denomination (Episcopal) and leaving for another (likely Lutheran or Continental Reformed). I’m also reading the Bible, and learning that some of my current theological convictions may be wrong. I genuinely feel like I’m being physically cut into parts, limb from limb, but I know the Lord will be my refuge. Amen.
For me the idea of materialism is completely ridiculous, if I wasn’t Christian I would be an occultist and that scares me. The truth I say though (as someone who has been possessed by demons in the past) is that you should side with he that wants you to live over he that wants you to die. And also, if a demon leads you away from Christianity, then Christianity is true
i was having doubts so i prayed to God for guidance. Like 1 hour later i thought of your channel then saw this video, and it was really helpful i'm thinking right now "huh, that was quick" 😹
Brother. Crazy timing. I’ve been having serious doubts the past few weeks as you said that have come on suddenly similar to yours. I actually sent you a DM for a prayer request earlier today and just saw that you posted this 🙏
No matter how much I don't want it to be so, I have recently drifted away from God because of His silence towards my prayers and questions. Since I've been trying to deepen my faith, I've noticed that everything in relation to my faith is going great until I see that my prayers, fears, anxieties, doubts, etc. are not answered. No matter how much I wait for answers, they never come. I try my best to at least keep a remnant of faith alive while waiting for the situation to change, but I increasingly doubt that it will. I try to believe as much as I have the strength and trust to do so, but I'm growing tired more and more of what seems to me is a cry for help into nothingness. I don't know how much longer I can endure my fruitless efforts, but I try every day to fight as hard as I can against letting go of faith completely.
To your biology major friend: you're in the perfect field to grow your faith from an intellectual point of view. When you realize that you can fill half a library with the information we know about just the cell and cellular processes, and all of that knowledge combined is STILL estimated at only about 1% of the entire function of the cell and its origins, you'll realize there is no possible way life is here by chance. The cell is the ultimate proof that life is here only because of a divine creator.
Personally i don't think that's enough. That's like saying that those kids on Masterchef couldnt cook those amazing recipes because they are just kids. Just because something is extremelly complex, doesn't mean it has to be created with a purpose. For example, there is that abstract art movement where the artist splashes, at random, paint on a huge canvas. You look at that and are like "wow so many colours and patterns !! I wonder what it means..." and the artist will be like "literally made in 5 minutes at random". Now, do i believe that "something coming from nothing" is extremelly suspicious ? Yes, there might have been creation there. However, complexity does not equal "purpose" if that makes sense !
I haven't been doubting my Christian faith but instead I have been doubting my Baptist faith because before finding this channel I was oblivious to other Protestant denominations and didn't know about Calvinism beyond my dad saying "its bad" but now I have been looking into Presbyterianism and got hit with Romans 9. I'm now debating in my head between Presbyterianism or Reformed Baptist but at the same time I'm wrestling with the whole idea of predestination and why God cant just save anyone who comes to him via free will. idc if Zoomer doesn't see this but I would like some Presbyterian to respond to this with something to fully convince me of Calvinism and the significance of the Sacraments
Btw so far my favorite thing about Presbyterianism is that most the people here and on the DIscord server are autistic nerds like me and I mean that in a good way
@@yaboifredrickscadon 10 Not only that, but Rebekah’s children were conceived at the same time by our father Isaac. 11 Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad-in order that God’s purpose in election might stand: 12 not by works but by him who calls-she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”[d] 13 Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.
@@yaboifredrickscadon it directly references Predestination, I'm no longer having the issues I had when I made this comment though as I am now firmly a Presbyterian
I agree with so much of the content of this video. While I can relate to being weighed down existentially by doubt, I also see how God used it to make my faith stronger. Thanks for posting this video! And may God bless your reconquista movement too!
I was lucky that I discovered neoplatonism in my first year of undergrad philosophy and learned how to refute epicureanism by my early 20's. For most of my adult life, the conflict has been between on he one hand Christian neoplatonism and on the other the neoplatonism of Plotinus, Porphyry, Proclus, etc.
Last night I had a sudden realization that although I wanted to believe in Christianity, I just wasn't so convinced. I was almost fully convinced of Monotheism, having taken Biology, and seeing the intricacies of the human mind and body, how everything interconnects. I was overcome suddenly with a wave of fear that even though I could gather as much evidence as I want for Christianity or Judaism or Islam, I would never be sure. I was so scared that I would pick wrong and spend eternity in hell, in constant unbearable pain forever, away from my creator and father. I was scared, and I prayed that whoever God may be, that of Christianity, or Judaism, or Islam, or even Hinduism or any other religion, he might send me a definitive sign of which religion was correct, and that whatever happened, if I go to hell it would not be because of my ignorance of the truth, but my violation of it. When I saw the video title, I thought that it was perfect so I clicked, but only a few minutes later did I realize that just maybe, this was the sign I had prayed for. Thank you so much God, and thank you so much for making this video. I wish you the best.
Assuming that some religion is correct, we may assume one of the following things: 1. The amount of virtuous but unaligned people would not enter the heaven. It is possible to consider that not only vast majority of people would not get to heaven 2. We have absolutely no idea what the virtue is, or alternatively 3. We have absolutely no clue what all of it is, and what we beileve in today is a mix of historical anecdotes with constantly changing reading. The word may stay the same, but it can paint a different picture for everyone who reads it. With that said, your work is amazing, and I enjoy a lot your guided tour into Christian perspective of understanding God. Maybe it's my orthodox upbringing, but during my life I have got to the conclusion that I have no faith at all, although I am clearly blessed with ability to live and enjoy life.
Hey RZ! Unrelated to the topic of your video, but you use your original music in your videos, right! I absolutely love the first track! It reminds me a bit of some of concernedape's tracks from stardew, specifically the mines. Now related to the video, I needed this. I've been doubting my faith since 2021 and it's something I've struggled with the more I spend time on the internet where folks continually try to yell at me "There is no god." Thanks for uploading this, you're a blessing to this platform! 🧡
I literally started being a christian because of doubt My muslim friend tried to convert me to Islam by asking questions so questioning your belief is really helped and makes you frim in your faith
Atheism has some pretty good points but hardly any of them hold up truly intectually. As Isaac Newton once said, "Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind that it never had many professors." Until today... I don't mean this in nearly the insult he did but I do believe if you are truly open minded it takes a lot more faith to believe there isn't a god. As many prominent atheist say, there is nothing that could convince them god is real, that is called faith.
When I start to doubt , I think of the rise of Christianity because they had nothing to gain from professing the resurrection. It would be insane to conclude they were killed and persecuted for a lie they made up. And the arguments against this conclusion are very weak in my opinion especially hallucinations lol.
Don't be hard on yourself It is finished. Don't be sad just hold on. You can't do anything without him. It is finished. It is finished He sees all believe him What else can I say. It is not about logo^s it is about condition of the heart Eventually it is not that long wait
Im struggling like that second friend of yours and my brother is like the first guy. Completely concinced that god exists but couldnt arsed to anything to do with religion. Im practicing and follow the religion to a point of being strict and I’m so happy, i dont struggle with lust or desire THAT much but god do I doubt god’s existence all the time. Its shocks people when I tell them my struggles because they think of me as a pious person, I struggle a lot….
Even while facing my most severe doubts of my faith, I could never not believe in God just from the moral argument. If one group of humans, a tribe we'll say, kills another tribe to take its possessions and territories, everyone would agree that's wrong. However, if one family of apes kills another family of apes for such a reason, it's not wrong at all. In fact, from an atheistic perspective, the latter case is actually necessary because survival of the fittest is the mechanism by which only the most dominant genes are passed along and the species as a whole becomes better equipped for survival. It only makes sense that the act is wrong in the former scenario if all humans are made in the image of God and endowed with a spark of the divine, and everyone will one day be held accountable to this supreme moral authority. Incidentally, I'm always amused when atheists counter with "I don't need any god to know that [insert act here] is wrong or to have moral standards." Perhaps they don't, but they're standard isn't authoritative. At least, it's only as authoritative as their ability to impose it on others. As soon as another party can impose a contrary standard on them, they're standard is no longer authoritative. They're also taking for granted that the reason they know something like murder or slavery is wrong is because they were born in a society built on Judeo-Christian values. They've grown up with those those standards as a ubiquitous moral code. That morality has been baked into them because of the influence Christianity has had on our society from previous generations. They know that slavery is wrong because a couple of centuries ago, Christians started the abolitionist movement which fought tirelessly to overcome the worldwide dominant acceptance of slavery. If they had been born today in a place like Punjab, India, they would have no moral opposition to the institution whatsoever. The existence of objective morality necessitates a divine authority.
Im jewish myself but you make some great content. Well, I do not agree with the Christian beliefs, you have helped me to understand them. Keep up the good work
Hey redeemed zoomer, I was going to ask if you could make a video on basically why paganism is wrong or something like paganism debate, their arguments and a chirstian counterpoint to it (perhaps even via different chirstian denomination viewpoint which I would assume would be solidly the same). I have a friend who came out to me as a pagan, and it never gotten to my mind that paganism is coming back and why we as chirstians don't believe it or atleast argue against it. I know the popular reasons for it such as idolatry, sacrifices, and the ones mentioned in the bible but has never took the time to reflect on it nor account other details. We as chirstians have an answer to almost every little disputes from other denominations, religion to atheism but have ignored the growing arguments from paganism (atleast the new ones). Thank you
Hey RZ! My friend Aaron and I love to watch your videos. Can you please call him one of the following: A Catholic, Anglican, Baptist, liberal, heretic, John MacArthur fan, or some combination of those in your next video? (He’s a devoted Presbyterian like me btw). If you could that would be really funny, thanks!
It’s awesome to see zoomer shout out IP because IP was the one that got me into apologetics and theology. After I watched an IP video zoomer got recommended to me and that’s how I became reformed
Watch the online anti-theists creep in and start saying "Oh but you SEE, YOU ARE SO close to COMING CLOSE to the truth! Get rid of those shackles and PROPERLY look into the abyss so that you won't be SCARED anymore! You don't need God. All you need is yourself and that's okay(insert paragraph about how bad religion was for society, crusades, inquistion, Galileo, science, if god good why bad things happen) TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE". It kind of makes me chuckle how similar this sounds to Christians telling atheists to convert. Just switch around some of the words and you get the exact same thing.
12:05 On this topic, I'm intellectually certain about Christianity BECAUSE I am intellectually certain about God's existence; to me it is the logical conclusion, because of how everything in Christianity lines up (such as how nearly every major part of the Old Testament foreshadows Christ in some way, even outside of specific messianic prophecies)
Whenever I have doubts I just dwell on the life of Jesus and everything he did and taught. I'm an aspiring author and it's as if Jesus is the protagonist of the story of humanity from the mind of its creator.
@@redeemedzoomer6053 Ehm, that might backfire... I would suggest: Explain to your wife that a Christian upbringing for your daughter is important to you. A child learns a lot just by going to church. Suggest to her that this could be something of a weekly family activity/ritual. Don't make the mistake to assume that she has to believe first before going. No pressure, just let God do his work.
Forcing her to go, she might go because of respect for you not god, and good way to make her fully become atheism/agnostic Probably best to just take your daughter I say all this as atheist agnostic Religion forcing itself on me being abusive turned me away
This viedo seems like it was literarly describing me at part. Im currently similar to agnostic and deist but my heart really wants christanty to be true but my mind has a hard time truly believing it. I try and live like i believe, but I want to fully believe, so pray for me, and if you know any good resources, let me know.
Thank you for this video. Right now, I’m really struggling with Full Preterism and the Resurrection of the Dead. I think 1 Corinthians 15 is undeniable but the fact that it’s even a position among Christianity scares me. Would you be willing to make a video on it?
RZ, I agree with 99% but I think it’s harmful when you give atheists false legitimacy by inflating their numbers. Secular/not religious is NOT atheism. Atheists are a tiny minority of the population, and we shouldn’t treat such a radical and small group as the alternative to Christianity. Lumping agnostics, casual/nominal Christians, those who are spiritual but not religious, etc. under one “Atheist” umbrella just makes them seem more mainstream culturally than they are and arguably helps to promote their ideology accidentally.
I also have a lot of spiritual experiences such as encounters with God and good and evil spirits, but it is still important to me to be with other believers. I'm no superChristian either, I'm not the main character. "Who am I that You are mindful of me?" should never wear off. If I don't go to church I'll become an insulated weirdo who can't connect with anyone on important topics.
RZ, I'm a former Orthobro struggling between the different Christian faiths. My extended family is Oriental Orthodox, my immediate family Pentecostal, I became Eastern Orthodox, it's all a mess. I want God to bring me closer to the truth but I don't know how to pray about it because every Christian tradition prays differently. How do I pray.
Personally im agnostic i was raised Catholic i even went to Catholic school but i grew very disillusioned with Catholicism to the point of hatred then for many years (my teens) i was a full blown edgy nihilistic atheist But as i have become a adult and a have suffered different traumas I've began to become more agnostic but i very strongly lean Anglican Christian if i ever was to return to being a Christian it would be as a Anglican 😊
“Oh, you’re approaching me? Even though I read a couple of posts on Reddit about Jesus being copied from ancient stories despite very few similarities in said stories you’re still approaching me?” “No, because you haven’t showered since the bush administration”
Whenever I start to feel any sense of doubt I think about this: There is no way that a book written over 5,000 years by 50+ authors and editors with 1,800 fulfilled prophecies all bread crumbing and culminating in the most influential man in history JESUS CHRIST. (A homeless man who in 3 years convinced a group of 12 men plus some family members that he was God and they believed it so deeply they died instead of recanting it.
That's what I do too. Like think about it, The Bible is so interconnected, so complex, like how can you fake it? If a dude just decided to make a fake religion one day then how did they manage to be so consistent on their message? Like surely somebody had their ego hurt about the whole "we're sinners and are deserving of death and need God". Surely that somebody had to say that the whole thing is fake or at least make a huge chasm in the Bible. BUT NO! The Bible is consistent. There's so much stuff going on behind the scenes, so much poetry that it makes me wonder, How could somebody reject this piece of art?
It's also interesting to think about how extremely timely Christ was, He arrived precisely at the right time in history with great infrastructure and connectivity of the Roman Empire which allowed for free travel throughout much of Europe, the initial critical stages of the Christian faith coincided by divine timing with Pax Romana period, which allowed the apostles to spread the faith in such a rapid fashion, Christ died in 33 AD in the levant, just 150 years later Christianity was present in Gaul, 3000 kilometers away from where He died.
And early Christianity did not spread by persecution, but despite of it, inside an empire which was extremely hostile to them, but somehow by the grace of God they continued to spread and eventually adopted the very same faith they had been persecuting.
The Heaven's Gate people also died for their belief in their leader.
@@MalachiWhite-tw7hl The apostle claimed Jesus rose again. Which means if they were lying they knew it. Every time they were stoned or whipped they had to endure. They just didn’t all drink poison and die in minutes. HG people died isolated from other peoples opinions. The apostles defended their faith to others. The lie in heavens gate was coming from the leader. But the apostles lie would have been sustained by EVERY FOLLOW who would of known it was a lie. They would have had to all buy into dying for a lie which is unlikely. I know times are different now but humans tend to not want to be beat to death Just for historical fame, for the most part. People die for riches, sex, and power but these are all self gratifying. Historical fame especially in those times was probably not a huge motivator.
@@MalachiWhite-tw7hl if you really feel the these two events are similar, please reexamine your heart.
i was seriously doubting my faith last night. great timing, glory to God
Praise God ❤
Amen!
I lapsed for 15 years because of the whole "don't ask questions" attitude at the baptist church I went to as a child. Christians and churches need to accept that doubt is normal, and we need to be able to talk about it. It was listening to apologists debating atheists that I admired at the time that ended up convincing me to return to the faith.
InspiringPhilosophy is easily the best channel for historicity studies. He lists all his resources and has given me amazing books to add to the tbr. Good to see him getting acknowledged.
Takeouts from this video:
- Zoomer has 2 friends
- Zoomer hears voices around him
😂😂that sums it up!
That’s so mean lol
Man, you have no idea how much this resonates with me. Thank you. God bless you.
When I feel doubt, I just remember, that the Apostles died as martyrs for Jesus who they saw with their own EYES, so Jesus Christ is definitely LORD! Amen!!
And to anyone doubting this just look into Sean Mcdowell's debate with Paulogia. In the end Paul agrees that it is historical fact the apostles Peter and Paul died sincerely believing in the resurrection. Sure it's not all of them but it's no surprise our only definitive records are of the two most prominent figures, this was 2000 years ago.
Has anyone else noticed how slippery faith is? Political views are so cemented, but when it comes to faith, you can be 100% sure one day, and the next you feel all these doubts, even though you were absolutely convinced the day before? I mean even that alone leads me to believe there are strange things at play, maybe invasive doubts from -someone- or -something- that doesn't want you to have faith, or maybe faith is stripped from us so that we investigate things further end ultimately find our faith reinforced, a piece of metal can only be turned into a beautiful sword with some harsh hammering after all.
Thats because (and this is using science) political views are more tangible like "X leads to Y".
In religion, it doesn't work this way, its not "Pray X to get Y", but more like "Do X, and after death you will find out if it worked" type of deal.
Eh, people do change their political views sometimes. They're only fixed if you're always in echo chambers.
Ive thought about this too. I see some holes in this reassurance as mentioned above but it's been proven anecdotally for me. I have done extensive research into the death and resurrection and have came to find more evidence for it than most historical things I know. Yet still im at a place of doubt today, it literally makes no rational sense but here I am. I cannot see how there is not a force acting against my faith. Just keep trusting in god and you'll be stronger than you were before, God bless.
There's definitely something spiritual about it. But not to over-spiritualize it, I do think it's (somewhat) reasonable. Political views can change and we can be wrong, but we don't really think about it that much because, really, what impact does it have on us? Faith, on the other hands, has MASSIVE impact on our lives. And it's not like anyone has truly seen God, so it's natural to ponder these things, realizing the cost if we are wrong. People who don't doubt or think about faith either do not care, do not realize the weight of faith, or do not use their brain.
Bro!!!! My freaking pastor had a sermon about this yesterday for our Wednesday class
I also have a friend who is similar to yours in that he wants to believe but isn’t fully intellectually convinced. We’ve had many conversations over the years and I think he is inching his way closer to the faith. However, these conversations have also served to challenge and ultimately strengthen my own faith and allow me to share it more effectively with others. Doubt can sometimes be a blessing in disguise.
I suggest you tell your friend the historical evidence for Jesus's resurrection. If this is true not only is god real but Jesus is real and therefore we are on the right side. Look into lee strobels case for. Christ and sean mcdowells fate of the apostles, it only takes the slightest amount of faith (aka only a couple apostles definitively died as martyrs but it was the two most prominent and it's not unreasonable to believe all of them did). All arguments can now be answered from a place of faith and trust me there is a good answer for all of them. The more you look into apologetics you see how futile atheist arguments are (coming from a former one). Even the best are mostly intellectual fallacies. God bless, I pray your friend can break the barrier of faith and can experience God's love!
Don’t be discouraged by doubt! It’s okay to challenge your faith because that’s how we make it stronger. As a 19 year old male I understand how terrifying it feels to think God might not care. While I can’t say I’ve seriously doubted God’s existence or the resurrection, I’ve always had issues with understanding why God puts me in the situations I’m in.
My family had been attending a Nazarene church for over seven years when we left at the start of the pandemic, and 15 year old me was left doubting why God would ever take my friends and fellowship away from me. But later in 2020 my best friend, who is the pastor’s daughter, reached out to me via text to see how I was doing. She had no idea at the time but she showed me that God always has a way of making things work out. I truly believe that God was working through her to help me at a time when I was probably at my lowest.
My family has tried attending a Baptist church since but hasn’t gone in like a year or so, but I’ve started reconnecting with my friend’s family at their church every once in awhile and me and my friend are hoping to start a young adults group there.
I had a lot of doubts on tuesday, this video came at the right time
I havent finished the video but I have to say I am extremely grateful for you talking about this. The fact that this video came out right when my doubts are at their highest - I don't know how to not see that as the work of God.
Me too.
Sometimes I argue with people about Christianity online to help with my doubts. Because sometimes when you argue against others you will help you find information to win those arguments. And those arguments are often the same ones that the devil uses against you. And you will learn more about God when you research and maybe change someone's mind on God.
Iron sharpens iron
Yeah, that's so true. I was doubting Christianity and was even considering converting to Islam until my leftist teacher taught us in class that Islam is feminist and Christianity is barbaric. I created an essay on why her view is false and while I was creating the essay, I came across some very horrifying Quran verses, which convinced me not to convert to Islam; I also used these quotes in my essay. The teacher actually said that my essay was good and took it to show some other teachers. The lesson I learnt was to never be afraid to defend your religion, and always research if you have doubts.
@@Alistoriousususus You're joking right? Islam is FEMINIST? I wouldn't call the Bible the most feminist friendly document in the world but basically everyone can agree that even the most harsh parts of some OT laws concerning women(which many modern Christians and Jews reject) are better than somethings the Quran says about women. Without lies, Islam dies I suppose.
Where do you find people online to chat about that?
@@fullserstorm83 there is a website that I use called human or ai where you guess whether you're talking to an ai or human there is an extend chat option where you can argue further how you want to start that's up to you
My old youth leader always said don’t be afraid of your doubts because God isn’t. Great video zoomer!
Dude I got this video at the PERFECT time. I went down a rabbit hole of anti religious stuff and it was really making me depressed and doubtful but your video brought me from my doubt! Thanks!
My dad came from a small town in the middle of nowhere "Goodland Kansas"
He was sent off to the liberal university of KU the Jayhawks. Because they offered the best scholarship.
For the first semester he said it was the hardest time of his life. He was constantly questioning his faith. He started going to the library and a local campus pastors group. And he found that when he was half way done with college his faith had grown higher than ever before.
Zoomer your stuff has really helped me, I've been tormented by existential doubts for about the past 7, maybe 8 years. Always thought that it meant I wasn't a Christian, I'm somewhat glad to hear I'm not alone. I've never been agnostic, athiest, always feared and loved God but there are those times and thoughts, ya know? I don't know how to describe it, I've never tried before, but just wanted to say thanks.
This video could not have come at a better time. Thank you.
I’ve been agnostic for the last ten years. I grew up Christian, but other than one or two moments, I never felt the presence of god. I never had a relationship with him and the churches around me really emphasized that aspect. It wasn’t the doubts about materialism that caused me to drift. It was the silence. My brother died when I was 18 and for the next seven months I prayed desperately for anything, strength, healing, a calling, reassurance, something to help me, and nothing came, not a speck of responsibility or fellowship. I felt like I was speaking into a void, like the other end of the line had lost connection, so I left the faith. I never had any problems with the philosophical stuff, so I kept that, the lessons and tried to live my life in that way, but I can’t have a relationship with someone who I’ve never known, and I don’t want to consider myself a Christian when I can’t believe in it other than saying it’s useful, but not absolutely true.
I relate so strongly to this comment
Got a song that perfectly defines what you are talking about. "Be Concerned" twenty one pilots. It was written by a Christian. plus I'll tell you this, when God is "silent" God is at work behind you. You have the strength to keep a relationship with God, but I completely understand. You feel alone. But it seems you never had a relationship with him in the first place, that's why it seems you are talking to a void. I understand how it is bro.
It’s a very odd thing to believe in with such a noisy world. We can’t just retreat every weekend and be filled by the Holy Spirit immensely. It’s not really something that is the most obvious thing ever for sure. I struggle for sure, even if u don’t pray or read daily, but I’m still an okay person anyway I guess
@@longnickname_that song is FANTASTIC!!!!
I know that feeling well. I fell away from the faith for 4 years of deafening silence from God. Try posing to Him the very hardest questions, and then, one day, after what feels like an eternity, you start getting answers.
Due to ADHD, I’m always doubting and indecisive. Most denominations have good reasons for joining (and not joining). But I will admit that I’ve been alone in my endeavors. Can every Christian agree that there is less doubt if you’re surrounded by your congregation/community, even outside of a Church service?
Oh 100%. External validation increases your likelihood of believing in him, since it helps you see the impact God’s word has on others, since God’s word isn’t just for you, it’s for all the people in the world. To limit God to yourself is to miss out on the entire picture
I go to a Christian school so every summer my doubts get worse.
Zoomer, could you please pray for me? I don't have doubts, but I do have anxiety about Jesus' second coming. My family is pretty unbelieving and I have many friends who are atheists. When I think of the fact Jesus could come back at any random moment, I really worry about them. I also feel like I still have to grow in my trust and love for God, and like I still have things to do here in this life, and I just simply don't feel ready for Jesus' coming. Maybe it's because I'm not really saved? I'm in a really stressful position and have even prayed for Jesus to not come back soon.
I enjoy watching your videos and have learned so much theology from you (I'm a pretty new Christian). I wish you could help me with this problem I have and if you could pray for me, Zoomer. God bless you.
About the second coming of Jesus, just remember that God is a just God, he will do what’s right, their is nothing to fear.
Hey brother, just prayed for you. I've struggled with similar worries before. But if you're worrying about your salvation, it probably means you're already saved.
The Day of the Lord can be frightening, but as His children, we know that he will look on us with mercy and favor! I am reminded of one of my favorite quotes from the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. It's when the children first learn of Aslan, who represents Christ, and when they hear that he's a lion, they ask if he's safe, to which Mr Beaver replies "'Course he's not safe. But he's good. He's the King I tell you!"
Jesus' coming won't be a safe time, but as His children, we'll be perectly safe in His hands. I hope I've been able to offer some encouragement!
@@brickboomthing7117 Thank you my friend for praying and writing this kind comment. God bless you.
If it helps any, don’t worry about feeling like you’re “done” before Jesus comes. Jesus is going to come at the right time! He’s not going to exclude you for not having things done before He comes, because He already knows when He’s coming and what you’ll be doing. It’s part of His bigger plane
My biggest doubts have been related to assurance. I don't doubt Christianity is true. However, I've been longing for an "experience" that I can remember but the only experience I can remember have either been false or when it felt like God cut me off due to unrepentant, willful sin. I think things are getting better and I'm thankful for the encouragement many other brothers and sisters have given me. I read a devotional from Spurgeon about Rev. 22:17 "Whosoever, take the water of life freely." Very helpful and I'm gonna trust Christ with the rest because I don't want to live without Him.
You don’t need to have a born again experience
I remember my season of doubt. As a teenager I asked god how I could know that I was meant to be a christian. How could I know it was right for me. And god's answer was interesting he told me "Go without ME for a time" so for a month or so I lived as if I wasn't a christian, not carring about the spiritual consequences of my actions and to my surprise the guilt was twice that of what I would have felt if I had done so as a christian. That was how I learned that I couldn't live without god.
Sounds like prelest
Doubts are a great avenue to learn more about God’s grace! I had a vast period last year where I was stuck in doubt about God’s loving nature. I eventually realized that I was using my own descriptives to define God, rather than what scripture teaches about God. I then understood that God is who He says He is, no matter what conclusions I foolishly come up with
Thank you so much.
I've been dealing with this exact issue, where I want to get closer to God, and indeed, I devote all my heart to Him and pray constantly, but my mind is stubborn and refuses to accept it.
I pray that God will let me see His light once more, and that I will find immense joy as I once did.
It's worth noting that I find a lot of comfort in your videos, hearing about God and stuff brings me happiness and peace, so thank you for spreading the good word and making videos about our Lord and savior. God bless you and thank you again.
truly a Christian Minecraft server
It was originally very secular but now it is Christian
@@Weavileiscool Really? I thought Zoomer started it?
Zoomer has mentioned the server has existed when he was in high school (maybe even middle school) and that was when he was an atheist
@@TradForChrist Oh, I thought it was new and he created it for the purpose of making churches!
thank you, this video helped me. i was raised in a liberal catholic church, but always struggled with faith and was non-practicing for all of my life. about 9 months ago, i started attending catholic mass, regularly confessing, repenting, praying, receiving eucharist, i tried to do all i was supposed to as a catholic and prayed that faith would follow. but after around 3 months i realized it always felt like a chore to me and it made me very sad and ashamed of myself. i stopped going with the belief that it was not sustainable for me unless i can be more convinced God exists. sadly, i think if i go back with the same level of doubt i have, it will push me further from religion. i feel like im not sure who to talk about this with and those that i’ve reached out to don’t have great answers. i would like to believe in God, it’s just been challenging. i will check out tim keller, michael jones, and thomas aquinas, thank you for the recommendations
This is just the video i needed brother, ever since being blessed by gods grace satan has been working overtime to make me doubt his glory. This helped a lot. I think doubts are just satan trying to influence you that you are wrong and he doesn’t want you to believe and be saved.
I liked this background music very much. Where i can listen to it?
I wrote it, it’ll be on my SoundCloud soon
Quick question. How do I join the server? And is it available on bedrock?
Edit: Also, should they do something for Zoomer’s wedding in the server? Like have a Minecraft “wedding” in each denomination, for fun? I know it sounds a bit cringe, but it’s interesting to think about.
SAME QUESTION HEREE
Java is better.
@@timhartman3359 Well, I don’t have a PC so I can only use an Xbox. Although, I do like the fact you can add mods to it.
@@timhartman3359 have some sympathy to us bedrocks not all of us can get java
I literally got Minecraft 2 days ago and also want to know
U helped me get over my TikTok addiction now I have an addiction to your videos
Hey zoomer! I just want to say thank you for the work you do in these videos! Im a very recent convert to Christianity, and your vids have helped me strengthen my new found faith. God bless you!
thank you, God bless!
i had a period of doubt when i was a teenager, around the same time i had suicidal thoughts. although my doubts tended to be more along the lines of whether my faith even existed, or if God even cared.
i was raised in a christian family, and was baptized when i was 6, so i remembered being born again and feeling the peace of God cover me, and his Spirit enter me, so i had that as backup everytime i doubted, but the feeling of the spirit working in and through me i had been convinced by other christians (not so much in exact words, but seeds of doubt on my having claimed operating in the gift of wisdom without any prayer or ways to verify by my youth pastor and others) was just my own self righteousness and ego, so i was kinda suicidal (due to alot of things at the time, not just that) and doubting my faith, but everytime i wanted to end it i remembered that God would disprove of suicide. so if God was real, then i was hooped.
thankfully i broke out of that depression, and years later had a proper spiritual experience that has helped me to not only operate in the spiritual again, but firmed my faith in God. i cant argue intellectually for God well, but experiencially, spiritually, and emotionally i have learnt to defend my faith and explain it to others.
Couldn't agree more that doubts help motivate us to better understand the faith. That was certainly my experience. There were times when I had anxiety attacks late at night caused by existential dread. My doubts were primarily rooted in the historical aspect, as in, did these things actually happen? This led me to look more into theology and apologetics.
InspiringPhilosophy, specifically, helped a ton to answer my questions about the historicity of the events in the Bible. Highly recommended, especially if you're an ancient history buff like me. While my doubts are now mostly quelled, I still love listening to stuff like this, because I find it genuinely fascinating.
Honestly, whenever I’m doubting if God could exist, I usually just rewatch one of your videos where you debunk atheist arguments. A lot of my faith is definitely placed in intellectualism so your arguments are very comforting.
I have experienced many doudts and i just wanna say enbrace them dont fear your donts they are Invitations by God to learn more about him and trust in him more
I’m having a lot of struggles with getting right with God currently. I still battle against sin (blasphemy, lust, baring false witness against myself, coveting), and I am currently torn between staying with my current denomination (Episcopal) and leaving for another (likely Lutheran or Continental Reformed). I’m also reading the Bible, and learning that some of my current theological convictions may be wrong. I genuinely feel like I’m being physically cut into parts, limb from limb, but I know the Lord will be my refuge. Amen.
Man your channel is amazing. I find myself so confused, but the way you put it really helps. Love ur vids
For me the idea of materialism is completely ridiculous, if I wasn’t Christian I would be an occultist and that scares me. The truth I say though (as someone who has been possessed by demons in the past) is that you should side with he that wants you to live over he that wants you to die.
And also, if a demon leads you away from Christianity, then Christianity is true
I find it very fitting that you are doing this video. This is something that I have been dealing with forever, honestly.
Soren Kirkland helped me conceptualize doubt in a more profitable and beneficial manner.
Thanks for this video, Zoomer. Really needed to hear it😁
i was having doubts so i prayed to God for guidance. Like 1 hour later i thought of your channel then saw this video, and it was really helpful
i'm thinking right now "huh, that was quick" 😹
Brother. Crazy timing. I’ve been having serious doubts the past few weeks as you said that have come on suddenly similar to yours. I actually sent you a DM for a prayer request earlier today and just saw that you posted this 🙏
No matter how much I don't want it to be so, I have recently drifted away from God because of His silence towards my prayers and questions. Since I've been trying to deepen my faith, I've noticed that everything in relation to my faith is going great until I see that my prayers, fears, anxieties, doubts, etc. are not answered. No matter how much I wait for answers, they never come. I try my best to at least keep a remnant of faith alive while waiting for the situation to change, but I increasingly doubt that it will. I try to believe as much as I have the strength and trust to do so, but I'm growing tired more and more of what seems to me is a cry for help into nothingness. I don't know how much longer I can endure my fruitless efforts, but I try every day to fight as hard as I can against letting go of faith completely.
I suggest writing down your prayers, so that later you can see what God has answered. Really helps me at least
@@JustusWpiano i'm already doing that
I had a hard prayer that took 3 years to get answered. It did get answered - in its right time, too.
Please make a video about prayer
To your biology major friend: you're in the perfect field to grow your faith from an intellectual point of view. When you realize that you can fill half a library with the information we know about just the cell and cellular processes, and all of that knowledge combined is STILL estimated at only about 1% of the entire function of the cell and its origins, you'll realize there is no possible way life is here by chance. The cell is the ultimate proof that life is here only because of a divine creator.
Personally i don't think that's enough. That's like saying that those kids on Masterchef couldnt cook those amazing recipes because they are just kids.
Just because something is extremelly complex, doesn't mean it has to be created with a purpose.
For example, there is that abstract art movement where the artist splashes, at random, paint on a huge canvas. You look at that and are like "wow so many colours and patterns !! I wonder what it means..." and the artist will be like "literally made in 5 minutes at random".
Now, do i believe that "something coming from nothing" is extremelly suspicious ? Yes, there might have been creation there. However, complexity does not equal "purpose" if that makes sense !
I haven't been doubting my Christian faith but instead I have been doubting my Baptist faith because before finding this channel I was oblivious to other Protestant denominations and didn't know about Calvinism beyond my dad saying "its bad" but now I have been looking into Presbyterianism and got hit with Romans 9. I'm now debating in my head between Presbyterianism or Reformed Baptist but at the same time I'm wrestling with the whole idea of predestination and why God cant just save anyone who comes to him via free will. idc if Zoomer doesn't see this but I would like some Presbyterian to respond to this with something to fully convince me of Calvinism and the significance of the Sacraments
Btw so far my favorite thing about Presbyterianism is that most the people here and on the DIscord server are autistic nerds like me and I mean that in a good way
what's Romans 9 about?
@@yaboifredrickscadon 10 Not only that, but Rebekah’s children were conceived at the same time by our father Isaac. 11 Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad-in order that God’s purpose in election might stand: 12 not by works but by him who calls-she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”[d] 13 Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.
@@Hecuba39 What's that relevant abt is my question tho.
@@yaboifredrickscadon it directly references Predestination, I'm no longer having the issues I had when I made this comment though as I am now firmly a Presbyterian
I agree with so much of the content of this video. While I can relate to being weighed down existentially by doubt, I also see how God used it to make my faith stronger. Thanks for posting this video! And may God bless your reconquista movement too!
Being born again is awesome. Pray for zeal as I’m over a year .
Best video you have made Zoomer!
I was lucky that I discovered neoplatonism in my first year of undergrad philosophy and learned how to refute epicureanism by my early 20's. For most of my adult life, the conflict has been between on he one hand Christian neoplatonism and on the other the neoplatonism of Plotinus, Porphyry, Proclus, etc.
After a brief period of unbelief and existential dread, I decided I wanted to galvanize my faith. That’s why I learned theology.
I had so many experiences with God that at this point it's not even about doubt.
Last night I had a sudden realization that although I wanted to believe in Christianity, I just wasn't so convinced. I was almost fully convinced of Monotheism, having taken Biology, and seeing the intricacies of the human mind and body, how everything interconnects. I was overcome suddenly with a wave of fear that even though I could gather as much evidence as I want for Christianity or Judaism or Islam, I would never be sure. I was so scared that I would pick wrong and spend eternity in hell, in constant unbearable pain forever, away from my creator and father. I was scared, and I prayed that whoever God may be, that of Christianity, or Judaism, or Islam, or even Hinduism or any other religion, he might send me a definitive sign of which religion was correct, and that whatever happened, if I go to hell it would not be because of my ignorance of the truth, but my violation of it. When I saw the video title, I thought that it was perfect so I clicked, but only a few minutes later did I realize that just maybe, this was the sign I had prayed for. Thank you so much God, and thank you so much for making this video. I wish you the best.
Nice vid man. Really appreciate it. God bless.
Assuming that some religion is correct, we may assume one of the following things:
1. The amount of virtuous but unaligned people would not enter the heaven. It is possible to consider that not only vast majority of people would not get to heaven
2. We have absolutely no idea what the virtue is, or alternatively
3. We have absolutely no clue what all of it is, and what we beileve in today is a mix of historical anecdotes with constantly changing reading. The word may stay the same, but it can paint a different picture for everyone who reads it.
With that said, your work is amazing, and I enjoy a lot your guided tour into Christian perspective of understanding God. Maybe it's my orthodox upbringing, but during my life I have got to the conclusion that I have no faith at all, although I am clearly blessed with ability to live and enjoy life.
Really liked this different style of video. Helpful. Keep it up RZ
I like Mike Winger, Cliffe and Stuart Knechtle, and daily disciple for some good insights into things!
13:17 woah that hits hard, it's precisely the advice that I as a lonely man hear all the time
Hey RZ! Unrelated to the topic of your video, but you use your original music in your videos, right! I absolutely love the first track! It reminds me a bit of some of concernedape's tracks from stardew, specifically the mines.
Now related to the video, I needed this. I've been doubting my faith since 2021 and it's something I've struggled with the more I spend time on the internet where folks continually try to yell at me "There is no god." Thanks for uploading this, you're a blessing to this platform! 🧡
Cliff Knetchel helped me out a lot
I literally started being a christian because of doubt
My muslim friend tried to convert me to Islam by asking questions so questioning your belief is really helped and makes you frim in your faith
"I thought to my self everything i could potentially lose, i could live with;but i can not live without God"
Who else can relate
Atheism has some pretty good points but hardly any of them hold up truly intectually. As Isaac Newton once said, "Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind that it never had many professors." Until today... I don't mean this in nearly the insult he did but I do believe if you are truly open minded it takes a lot more faith to believe there isn't a god. As many prominent atheist say, there is nothing that could convince them god is real, that is called faith.
When I start to doubt , I think of the rise of Christianity because they had nothing to gain from professing the resurrection. It would be insane to conclude they were killed and persecuted for a lie they made up. And the arguments against this conclusion are very weak in my opinion especially hallucinations lol.
Excellent! Thank you!
Thank you RZ!
Don't be hard on yourself It is finished.
Don't be sad just hold on. You can't do anything without him.
It is finished. It is finished
He sees all believe him
What else can I say.
It is not about logo^s it is about condition of the heart
Eventually it is not that long wait
Im struggling like that second friend of yours and my brother is like the first guy. Completely concinced that god exists but couldnt arsed to anything to do with religion. Im practicing and follow the religion to a point of being strict and I’m so happy, i dont struggle with lust or desire THAT much but god do I doubt god’s existence all the time. Its shocks people when I tell them my struggles because they think of me as a pious person, I struggle a lot….
I’ve been dealing with a lot of doubt about my salvation recently. Please pray for me.
Will we get a "Why I'm not" video for Quakerism/Deism?
Sometimes I wonder, am I a doubter or an agnostic or unbeliever pretending to be a Christian because he wants Christianity to be true?
it's like i wrote this
Even while facing my most severe doubts of my faith, I could never not believe in God just from the moral argument. If one group of humans, a tribe we'll say, kills another tribe to take its possessions and territories, everyone would agree that's wrong. However, if one family of apes kills another family of apes for such a reason, it's not wrong at all. In fact, from an atheistic perspective, the latter case is actually necessary because survival of the fittest is the mechanism by which only the most dominant genes are passed along and the species as a whole becomes better equipped for survival. It only makes sense that the act is wrong in the former scenario if all humans are made in the image of God and endowed with a spark of the divine, and everyone will one day be held accountable to this supreme moral authority.
Incidentally, I'm always amused when atheists counter with "I don't need any god to know that [insert act here] is wrong or to have moral standards." Perhaps they don't, but they're standard isn't authoritative. At least, it's only as authoritative as their ability to impose it on others. As soon as another party can impose a contrary standard on them, they're standard is no longer authoritative.
They're also taking for granted that the reason they know something like murder or slavery is wrong is because they were born in a society built on Judeo-Christian values. They've grown up with those those standards as a ubiquitous moral code. That morality has been baked into them because of the influence Christianity has had on our society from previous generations. They know that slavery is wrong because a couple of centuries ago, Christians started the abolitionist movement which fought tirelessly to overcome the worldwide dominant acceptance of slavery. If they had been born today in a place like Punjab, India, they would have no moral opposition to the institution whatsoever. The existence of objective morality necessitates a divine authority.
Im jewish myself but you make some great content. Well, I do not agree with the Christian beliefs, you have helped me to understand them. Keep up the good work
Can you make a video about the books taken out of the bible? The Ethiopian bible, Apochrypha, etc?? I’m very confused
Hey redeemed zoomer,
I was going to ask if you could make a video on basically why paganism is wrong or something like paganism debate, their arguments and a chirstian counterpoint to it (perhaps even via different chirstian denomination viewpoint which I would assume would be solidly the same).
I have a friend who came out to me as a pagan, and it never gotten to my mind that paganism is coming back and why we as chirstians don't believe it or atleast argue against it. I know the popular reasons for it such as idolatry, sacrifices, and the ones mentioned in the bible but has never took the time to reflect on it nor account other details.
We as chirstians have an answer to almost every little disputes from other denominations, religion to atheism but have ignored the growing arguments from paganism (atleast the new ones).
Thank you
Hey RZ! My friend Aaron and I love to watch your videos. Can you please call him one of the following: A Catholic, Anglican, Baptist, liberal, heretic, John MacArthur fan, or some combination of those in your next video? (He’s a devoted Presbyterian like me btw). If you could that would be really funny, thanks!
It’s awesome to see zoomer shout out IP because IP was the one that got me into apologetics and theology. After I watched an IP video zoomer got recommended to me and that’s how I became reformed
Watch the online anti-theists creep in and start saying
"Oh but you SEE, YOU ARE SO close to COMING CLOSE to the truth! Get rid of those shackles and PROPERLY look into the abyss so that you won't be SCARED anymore! You don't need God. All you need is yourself and that's okay(insert paragraph about how bad religion was for society, crusades, inquistion, Galileo, science, if god good why bad things happen) TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE".
It kind of makes me chuckle how similar this sounds to Christians telling atheists to convert. Just switch around some of the words and you get the exact same thing.
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On this topic, I'm intellectually certain about Christianity BECAUSE I am intellectually certain about God's existence; to me it is the logical conclusion, because of how everything in Christianity lines up (such as how nearly every major part of the Old Testament foreshadows Christ in some way, even outside of specific messianic prophecies)
Whenever I have doubts I just dwell on the life of Jesus and everything he did and taught. I'm an aspiring author and it's as if Jesus is the protagonist of the story of humanity from the mind of its creator.
I want to take my daughter to church more, but my wife is hesitant and not really a believer. What is the best way to start going more as a family?
exert your authority and go anyway.
@@redeemedzoomer6053 Ehm, that might backfire... I would suggest: Explain to your wife that a Christian upbringing for your daughter is important to you. A child learns a lot just by going to church. Suggest to her that this could be something of a weekly family activity/ritual. Don't make the mistake to assume that she has to believe first before going. No pressure, just let God do his work.
Forcing it on her, might be a good way to convince her to go full atheist/agnostic, might be best to just take your daughter
Forcing her to go, she might go because of respect for you not god, and good way to make her fully become atheism/agnostic
Probably best to just take your daughter
I say all this as atheist agnostic
Religion forcing itself on me being abusive turned me away
Why does CZcams keep deleting my reply
This viedo seems like it was literarly describing me at part. Im currently similar to agnostic and deist but my heart really wants christanty to be true but my mind has a hard time truly believing it. I try and live like i believe, but I want to fully believe, so pray for me, and if you know any good resources, let me know.
listen to Tim Keller!
Thank you for this video.
Right now, I’m really struggling with Full Preterism and the Resurrection of the Dead. I think 1 Corinthians 15 is undeniable but the fact that it’s even a position among Christianity scares me. Would you be willing to make a video on it?
Good stuff
RZ, I agree with 99% but I think it’s harmful when you give atheists false legitimacy by inflating their numbers. Secular/not religious is NOT atheism. Atheists are a tiny minority of the population, and we shouldn’t treat such a radical and small group as the alternative to Christianity. Lumping agnostics, casual/nominal Christians, those who are spiritual but not religious, etc. under one “Atheist” umbrella just makes them seem more mainstream culturally than they are and arguably helps to promote their ideology accidentally.
Thank you.
I also have a lot of spiritual experiences such as encounters with God and good and evil spirits, but it is still important to me to be with other believers. I'm no superChristian either, I'm not the main character. "Who am I that You are mindful of me?" should never wear off. If I don't go to church I'll become an insulated weirdo who can't connect with anyone on important topics.
Kierkegaard, Kierkegaard, KIERKEGAARD
RZ, I'm a former Orthobro struggling between the different Christian faiths. My extended family is Oriental Orthodox, my immediate family Pentecostal, I became Eastern Orthodox, it's all a mess. I want God to bring me closer to the truth but I don't know how to pray about it because every Christian tradition prays differently. How do I pray.
Pray the way Jesus told us to. Matthew chapter 5. Peace be with you
@@redeemedzoomer6053 Thank you. You've been a great help in my Christian journey for a year now.
@@theobamiumchronicles2838 God bless, brother!
Personally im agnostic i was raised Catholic i even went to Catholic school but i grew very disillusioned with Catholicism to the point of hatred then for many years (my teens) i was a full blown edgy nihilistic atheist
But as i have become a adult and a have suffered different traumas I've began to become more agnostic but i very strongly lean Anglican Christian if i ever was to return to being a Christian it would be as a Anglican 😊
‘The stomach virus’ eh??
Great video and exactly what I needed today
Stomach virus part is so real
I see that one of your cathedrals is similar to the one in Englands smallest cathedral city of Wells, Somerset.
Oh, hello there, my subscriber.
10:18 "You thought you were celebrating the birth of your Jesus, but you were actually celebrating the birth of me, Horus!"
“Oh, you’re approaching me? Even though I read a couple of posts on Reddit about Jesus being copied from ancient stories despite very few similarities in said stories you’re still approaching me?”
“No, because you haven’t showered since the bush administration”