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Hi, I am Tim Kiser. An unashamed disciple of Christ and a self-proclaimed fanatic of music. I lean towards the heavier stuff (IMHO Iron Maiden is the best of the best) but I enjoy anything that moves me emotionally.
Artists love to interject "spirituality" into their art. When they do, I will pick up the conversation at that point.
I react to videos mentioning any aspect of the Christian faith. My desire is to highlight the redemptive value in their art, and enthusiastically share it. As a result, the Light of the glorious Gospel will shine in the hearts of those listening.
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"I have no use for cranks who despise music, it is a gift of God" - Martin Luther
He curses himself at the end that even if he had a chance to do it over again a better way he would find a way to keep it the same because that is who he is. So say we all. Also, we all let down all those we love, but it really is only the way we always see it not them most of the time.
Thanks for listening to what Joe Rogan, Pete Holmes, Jeff Allen, Young Sheldon, Bill Burr, and Russell Brand say about faith, the Bible, and God. Enjoy...with an open mind. 😃
I really appreciate your comment regarding doing good for the sake of pleasing God as opposed to earning reward/salvation. I feel that Christians focus too heavily on the salvation aspect of Christs teachings and not enough on the doing good aspects. They use the tired old excuse that its too difficult and I feel that because they feel guarded by their belief in Christ as a way to their salvation that it enables them even more in not thinking enough about the consequences of their actions. I think doing good can lead to worldly salvation or blessing. Its all a matter of perspective. If you can see the consequences of your sacrifices, how in which your actions cause good things to occur that can bring you peace of mind or happiness. Also people take note of your actions and worldly rewards may come from that. But we dont do them for the rewards. Do them because they are the right thing to do as far you know or understand them to be. I know that the gospel of Thomas isnt canonical but the beginning opens up by saying that your salvation rests in your ability to UNDERSTAND the sayings therein. Likewise, the philosopher Spinoza stated that "The highest activity that a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free". Just some things to think about. Theres more to say but I suppose Ill just leave it at that.
Numbers verse 11 i think tells you to get an abortion from your Rabbi if you have ceated so the bible is pro abortion. And the singer/songwriter is a PHD and professor and has been for a few decades, was when this song was written
Suicidal is misunderstood. They sing about suicide not to do it just to tell everyone how TEENS get to this point. Suicidal saved my life in many ways cause you could listen and hear the same angst and hopelessness. Believe me when i say they have helped a hell of a lot of kids. Someone who they can listen and say yea thats how i feel. But if you still see this there is one song The Feelings Back you need to hear..that will explain all their songs..hint hint..they are saying there is a better way even thoug you feel like shit (feel like shit deja vu...and How will i laugh tomorriw when i cant even smile today)..you will get a better understanding of ST .. I was destructive..never wanted to live past 30..now I am 51 today and own my own place. Can say if i did not have that outlet i would not be here..weight off my shoulders hearing theses songs even at my age. They ARE NOT about suicide..just expressing how suicidal people feel!!!!!!!!!!!
Did you ever play telephone as a kid? By the end of the line the sentence has completely changed. Think about how many times the Bible has been translated and even changed languages? I’d venture to guess that the amount of times that book has been rewritten and translated, or bears little to no resemblance to the actual book.
First band i saw live - at the Nebraska State Fair in 1986. I like the RU-vid video of these guys playing this song at some MTV Spring Break thing - a thousand drunk bathing suited college kids on the beach... Richard Page is singing this prayer/benediction over them and most of them probably not even knowing it.😊
I would sit there for hours waiting i had to get a threat of my toys taken away mom was in tears i got mad at her not him.. it was the playbook till i was 10 or 11
4:50 lol yeah I find the fact that all these punk bands I started listening to in high school 25+ years ago now absolutely have the entire government's and establishment's units in their mouths. I still listen to them because I just love the music but I can't do the most political bands like Rise Against or Rage anymore because their politics are just too braindead for me now. I was super liberal when I graduated HS but slowly moved right as I got older and wiser and am about 180° opposite now. Wearing a CCP shirt... LOL what an absolute joke.
The song had nothing to do with a limousine crash when it was preformed originally. It had to do with the 400,000 men that said they were going to murder the all father jon by consuming his soul. All father because jon birthed the daughters and Lynn birthed the sons in soul form. Keep in mind god is jon the all father and goddess all mother Lynn, jon will turn to Lynn for approval of final judgement on judgement day. It is best to refer to Lynn as all mother Lynn and jon as all father jon
It is the all fathers song to the all mother and children saying children will fall in love with the all mother because they eat the all fathers soul, committing cosmic sin and the all father is warning the children and all mother about what to expect. god will punish any children that develop an unhealth infatuation with the all mother. Judgement day is coming, it isn't too late to give Lynn jon's soul so you don't get judged. Technically jon is the all father, and Lynn the all mother. But if you took pieces of jon's soul, return it to jon or Lynn to avoid judgement.
A few things: -Archeological evidence is often the biggest *counterpoint* to the bible. For instance, we see no archeological evidence whatsoever for a mass exodus of thousands of people from Egypt, at all. -The "eyewitness" accounts of the disciples not only contradict each other, but many of them were written at least one generation removed from the disciple. Eyewitness accounts are also the weakest form of evidence. -The Bible being a book that was written a long time ago doesn't mean whats in it is true. For instance, there was *never* a census conducted where all the people of a region leave their town to go to another one, so even Jesus' birth is already in extreme question. We have lots of old religious texts that claim every other text is false, but christians deny all of them as being made up. Not to mention things that were retroactively added or, perhaps worse, excluded from the bible (the Apocrypha, gospel of Judas, etc,) to fit the Church's narrative and teachings. I'm not saying this to be mean, but if you want to believe in Christianity, please stop pretending that there's a fact-based reason behind it, because just pointing to a self-contradictory book that has had so many holes poked in it that it makes swiss cheese look solid doesn't prove anything. Its just something you feel in your heart, and that's okay.
