Bo Burnham - Reaction - From God's Perspective 

i'm the type of person they'd recite the bible to and i'd recite another verse that contradicts theirs. Then say it's people like them and the verses within their preconceived notion of what the bible is to them, that i lost faith in their God. Granted they only play a part in the millions of things that actually did. Buut if god has no faith in me , i'm fine with that as well, deserved even i say. I tend to place my faith in death. Death is the end and that's all...or i hope that's all. An eternity with all the world and those that come after is honestly my own personal hell, mostly i can't deal with other people for more than a few hours let alone an eternity.

I relate to this so much; I've known so many, many people like that.

A long, long time ago I heard someone say: "Standing in a church makes you no more a Christian, than standing in a garage makes you a car." Now, this doesn't mean that going to church is a complete waste of time. What it is saying is that you can go thru the motions of being a devout follower, but you cannot hide what is truly in your heart from God. Bo is pretty much confirming that you can't bullshit your way in either. 😂

Ditto. I'm constantly telling my family that, "your god is an egotistical asshole".

@@Zarryon12 This is basically my pov as well, but I go a bit further even: Eternity with the god of the bi(b)le sounds like Hell to me. And I don't think he'd like eternity together with me, either. Some Christians have told me that, when we're let into Heaven, we become our best versions of ourselves that we can be, with all of our flaws removed. To that I've answered that what's regarded as "flaws" is _highly_ subjective: I'm a very argumentative contrarian, and I even feel that my contrarianism is one of my best personality traits. If I was let into Heaven, I'd never shut up about how absolutely fucked up the existence of Hell is and how badly someone who not only creates Hell but even puts beings into it needs to be overthrown and, if not outright destroyed, then at least thrown down into Hell himself... Yes, the god of the bi(b)le deserves Hell as far as I'm concerned. In fact, he deserves it more than literally any human that's ever existed. So yeah, no, having to spend eternity in Heaven in that monster's company would most definitely be Hell to me.

That makes a lot of sense, I like that interpretation

Let's be honest, if God were real he bounced long ago. He probably looks at us in horror and ran the fuck away to give it another try on a different planet he created to see if he could make a human like race like us but without all the terrible flaws.

Yes, specifically it's often the people who are the most vocal about spreading the word of their god who deviate furthest from the course they tell other people to follow. Jesus would be appalled to see our modern civilization, where our technology exceeds any of the wildest expectations someone who lived only a few decades ago could imagine. And yet, human suffering still happens on an unimaginable scale.

@@ProperlyGaming plot of supernatural right there 😂😂

@@johnnyparsnips7641 why does this sound like a plot for an anime to me ??? Would be awesome 😆

it's like the anti-Pascal's wager.

Same I live and will die by this id rather live a good and onle life by my own will and The good In my heart then try to live a "just" life out of fear from a god and worship said god because they command it if that god was just then they wouldn't care about my faith only the actions deeds ive done

Did you know, the Mormon (actually LDS, but thats semantics) church, their faith believes that you get into heaven on virtue, not faith. You can go your whole life, never even HEARING of god, and he will welcome you with open arms. Personally im not mormon, but my grandmother is, and shes taught me a ton about it, and honestly, they have a good idea.

I live under the belief all people are selfish and act according to their selfish wants. I endulge in my selfish wants, but they often correlate with helping others and doing favors, because what I enjoy most is often solving another persons problem. I don't believe a god can exist, but if they do then surely they don't care if I believe in them. The only god who would condemn someone for not believing in it would be an ultra narcissistic god.

@@JeppeBeier That is a very nihilistic way of looking at things...a way I don't necessarily disagree with, if I'm being honest. I want there to be a deeper meaning but I think, in reality, we all do things that we want and there's no greater scheme to things; or so I think on my darker days. That way of thinking takes a toll on a person, my friend

As an atheist, I love this line. There’s so much suffering and pain, but if everyone realized that there was no afterlife, that your body rots and your soul, your consciousness is obliterated when you die, that no one is right, and there’s no being you should idolize metaphorically or literally, regardless of authority, then so much could be fixed. You can’t do everything, that’s why there are other people. Doing something different doesn’t make you better, and decisions should only be made by those with experience, not those with power. The knowledge that evil people won’t be punished for their bad acts, and there’s no paradise beyond our feeble earth should encourage empowerment, activism, preservation, and a more philosophically sound discourse. Science and Philosophy is necessary, but completely separate. We like being in a group, it makes us comfortable. No more. We should be able to share thoughts as a group (including peaceful protests), but unless manpower is absolutely necessary, actions themselves should be individual and with you full accountability. People should also not be shunned because they asked for help, but should likewise not be defended just because their life is hard or their people had horrible things done to them. Judgement should only consist of action and motive, not based on looks. This is part of the reason I find celebrity crushes, idolizing famous people in other ways than just their accomplishments, and electing leaders based on looks or an interesting perspective pretty stupid. These can be factors of great people, but they can also mask incredible stupidity, cunning, and/or evil. The devil is in the details, after all.

@@vizardonator8571Thats a optimistic way of looking at things. I mean I dont even think he has the same view of this as seen in his "all eyez on me" song

I’m a theist, and when I see theists only abstain from things they think is bad because the Bible says they are bad is just dumb. Bru God doesn’t necessarily tell you not to piss on another person, but you still shouldn’t; That should be common knowledge!

This. God gave us free will and a big bright universe to investigate *for a reason.* The only people in history that have ever wanted us to shut off our free will have been tyrants. A lot of the best prophets in history have been the "choose of your own volition to follow me" types.

That is a really great point, I forgot he mentioned that right in the beginning.

Personally, the reason I personally took it to mean loving others is because of the amount of external hatred amongst humanity he mentions in the song (e.g. the “bickering” between religions, r*pe, the presence of gay folks not “going well,” we have trouble figuring out we shouldn’t be a dick, the shaming of natural bodily activity, etc.)

Actually, God spoke through the prophets and writers who wrote the Bible, which He can most certainly do since he created the universe. So although God didn't write the book Himself, he sort of did.

@@keelanelder2946 Since the song is being broad here and trying to cover all religions, it used a generalized way of speaking. That and if I dictate a book to you while you write it down, which of us is the author? In the same way you could consider your god to be the author of your holy book.

I interpret it as the only love that exists is that which we put into the universe. Love unfortunately is way too broad a concept in English, ancient Greek had like 16 words for it. But God is Love is generally the milquetoast takeaway. Love others even when it makes no sense, love thy enemy, love thy friend even when they fail. None of those necessitate abandoning self preservation but engaging in that as a “prayer” as a purposeful mental exercise, to understand those who have harmed you I tend to find helps me accept my own failures and shortcomings too. Just deciding to love yourself in a vacuum for some is about as helpful as “try being happier”, with drugs as help and anything that resets your mental framework purposefully deciding to try and understand how to love others can allow that mindset to recursively apply to a self image. Obviously not the only step but if he’s referencing the Bible that’s Jesus’ take but stated more bluntly that don’t wait for divine intervention, it’s on you. I certainly struggle with all aspects of that, tho I suppose I don’t crave the approval of extradimensional observers, but I do believe engaging the world that way can be productive regardless- assuming you are able to engage the world at all.

Yes please! Not enough people have reacted to that one!

Yes!!!

yes it's so good

Remember that the Bible says that "whosoever BELIEVETH in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life" so as long as you acknowledge the presence of the Lord, you will enter His kingdom where you'll find God waiting open arms for you. He loves you more than you could ever know, and it's the very least any of us can do to love Him back.

@@keelanelder2946 I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but isn't that a pretty bad way to handle things? Like, if a mass murderer believes in god, does that mean they're going to heaven? On the other hand, if someone only does good things, but doesn't believe in god, does that mean they have to go to hell? Because that sounds like a very arrogant way to handle things: if people are part of the "fan club" of god, they get to go to heaven, all of them, otherwise, they don't. Everyone can be wrong, we're only human, and if someone is convinced that another religion is the correct one (or, like me, doesn't know which one to believe in over the others or maybe even none at all), but they are a good person, why would a being as good and powerful as God deny them a good afterlife just due to that?

@@lilia3944 if you went to heaven and God told you he would be “fair” and judge you according to your standards of what you think “good” is do ynot u think you would live up to those standards? The answer is no. If you ever said it was wrong to lie, mistreat people, be unloving, lust, have horrible thoughts or more do you think you would have a perfect record? Never breaking any rules of your own morality? Really no one is good but God loves us all and if you were a murderer than you wouldn’t want to have to face eternal punishment either. We have all done wrong things wether it be thinking wrong thoughts or having wrong desires or mistreating someone or mistreating God. God is forgiving and I don’t see anything wrong with forgiveness really because it is beautiful and all of us need it. Also please don’t be confused by the term “believing in God” that doesn’t imply just believing he exists but also believing in what he does, says, stands for, and his love for you and the reality of what he wants to do in your life. So it’s more than just believing in the concept of God or believing that he exists. It is more than that.

@@Calebthecreator Yeah okay, there's my issue - I don't believe in everything the Christian God stands for, at least according to the Bible. I don't think attempting to kill your son (even if God stopped that before he died), no matter who tells you to, should be rewarded. I don't think a god would be in the right to kill, be it through floods or destroying cities, because of negative characteristics of beings he created - punishing others for your own mistakes is never the right thing to do. I haven't read all of the Bible, and it does contain good moral values too - but there's too many passages where God condones or even rewards violence or blind obedience for me to say I agree with the values of the Bible in general. At least in Greek mythology, people agreed that their gods were, at least most of the time, self-centered assholes.

That’s a great one

Underrated? Oh this is interesting, I’d consider it one of Bo’s most known/popular songs,, at least for the general public

That is a fantastic point

Implaying he didn’t write the book

@@frozengamer1178 or at least not all of it

That’s the thing though, people(mainly non Christians) think that “love thy neighbor” means something that it doesn’t.. I love everyone, and you can love people without supporting everything about them like sin.. if I love someone I would want someone to go to heaven not hell, so I won’t sugar coat what it takes to get to heaven. The world is way to soft these days and everyone wants everyone else to conform to what they want or believe.

@@mellowmorningsasmr3770 The bible may say to bear witness, but you can do so without being a shitty person , and that's my experience with Christians, even having been raised in the church. The religion teaches "Love thy neighbor"; there is no but, or except, or only if. The religion also says "judge not, lest ye be judged" and "let those among you without sin first cast a stone". Nowhere in the bible does it say that it is the duty of the followers of christ to condemn sinners or non-believers, but man do a lot of Christians just *love* to do that. You don't have to agree or support things you don't agree with; You just have to mind your own business and keep your mouth shut. It is perfectly fine to have an opinion and also keep it to yourself.

@@mellowmorningsasmr3770 You're exactly the kind of person whose faith is a lie. You believe in God because you think it will get you something and it makes you better than others. You love no one and nothing. It's plain in every word you typed.

I believe in God though I don’t go to church every Sunday as everyone in my toxic biological father’s family does; I don’t pray every single night before I go to bed as they do either only every now and then I do when I feel the need to when I feel lost or very hopeless, feeling like I should give up living all together but I pray because deep down I don’t want that and I need God’s help to keep me from giving up. To keep me hopeful in my rock bottom moment in life. It helps. I seen/heard my toxic family members talk nasty things about me, my mom and everyone else who they don’t agree with or like but they believe SO much of God and that they are in the right and that I will go to hell just because I cut them off of my life including my father…especially now that I changed my name and their last name out of my identity. I don’t believe I’m a good person, I don’t believe I’m a bad person either however I believe that I am just a young woman, a human being who makes bad and good choices but I’m trying to learn and grow from them because I want to make the best out of my life as much as possible because I only have one life and I don’t want to be depressed, anxious and feeling so hopeless forever…I want to be happy and be stronger than I was before. We should help one another not bring each other down based on our differences and opinions, we should be caring and loving and do the best we can do to help the helpless and the hopeless people we encounter. The world isn’t all black and white, neither isn’t the world all who’s the good guy and who’s the bad guy because life is too complex, too messy and mangled and only seen as one sided because we don’t see nor think that way. If we all did good for the soul purpose because you care, because that voice Within you gave you the feeling/the thought to help that person who needs it…because you care, and something is telling that you need to share them something that is yours either buy a homeless person food for them to eat, spare money or when you see someone who’s having a mental breakdown in public who’s crying try to talk to them help them to have someone to talk to and take them outside or somewhere else get a coffee or anything and just talk or just listen. Try to put yourself in the hopeless/helpless shoes and wonder what you would’ve wanted and needed and be exactly that person and help said stranger who’s suffering. We will not see how much of an impact we do by doing one such simple selfless action to help can do for that person…that person will remember that and help another person in need or tell another their encounter with you in memory just for you being you and doing what you felt was right in that moment. You did a good thing and you feel good that you helped their life to be a little less darker and hopeless, life is still worth living. That’s what I feel what God wants us to be and do but how should I know right? I’m just doing because I feel like it’s right and because I can’t ignore that feeling when I can have the choice to do something to help. Just try, everyone has nothing to lose by just doing something to help, being kind isn’t going to cost you anything.

Also.. ‘Goodbye’. But that one only hits deep within the context of the rest of the special (or truly, the context of his entire body of work, at least from Make Happy on.)

Glad you enjoyed it :) And thank you for the recommendations

Religious or health-related reasons? Just curios.

Thank you so much for the kind words :) I'll definitely be doing that one at some point!

I appreciate that I am doing very well. I hope the same for you

THIS

Thank you :) I am glad to hear it! I like that interpretation as well

I plan to react to that one as well