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Maybe he thinks her boyfriend is secretly trans. Gotta assume the most extreme scenario of "depravity", right? Or he just doesn't know what bisexual means, and thinks "lesbian" means any female queer person
it's possible that he thinks that everything that is written in a book is intended to be believed as a real thing, either because it is, or because the author is trying to trick you. it would explain a lot
Telling a gay person "I just don't agree with your lifestyle" is like telling a fish that you don't agree with a lifestyle that takes place in the water.
@@raistlin3462 for some reason im imagining that clip of that one person saying "why do you have asthma there's so much air in the world" but like "why are you gay there are so many women in the world"
He's a religious conservative man, and you're a relatively conventionally attractive non-religious queer woman. That's the reason he's so fixated on you and has an entire series just for you. He's probably secretly into you, and he's trying to "fix" you. It sounds creepy, because it is. They do this kind of shit all the time.
Russ responds to Emma's 8 minute video with a 40 minute "rebuttal". Emma responds with a 58 minute video. I'm now expecting a feature-length documentary from him in response, to which Emma needs to respond with a 6 part series.
They kinda do tho. The whole idea behind the eucharist is the stale cracker and welch's training booze turns into literal flesh and blood. And that no one's turned to this miraculous ability to go on a gingerbread man rampage is further proof Christianity is *******.
If he's a true Christian, he actully does drink blood on a daily basis - if only figuratively - and he'll even brag about it if you push him to explain.
Christians: "don't persecute us!" Also Christians: persecute every non-Christian for not being Christian and/or cis/straight Also ALSO Christians: TOTALLY IGNORE Jesus' direct orders to be meek, mind their own business, and treat everyone with love and respect
@@milf_Connoisseur_69They also don't want their freedom of speech infringed. But are yearning for Christian nationalist states, which will have no freedom of speech. It's insane
This strikes at the heart of the matter. I don't have a problem with people that believe in a higher power that created everything and believe that we continue to exist in some form or another after death. But they need to recognize that the arguments they present for their belief are fallacious. Every single one of them is and always will be fallacious. You cannot make a claim, "There is a supernatural creator God", without providing evidence for your claim. And no, you can't use what is written in the Bible to claim that what is written in the Bible is true. If I ask "How do you know that what is written in the Bible is true?", you can't answer "Because it's written in the Bible that what's written is true". That's beyond childish.
@Temulon I completely agree. I am a Christian myself, and I won't sit there and tell someone - "There is a God!!" - because I don't have hard proof that there is any type of divine creator. Christianity is a *faith* based religion. That being said, when science contradicts what is in the Bible, I will obviously side with science on the matter because, to me, if the Christian God did create the universe, then they must have created science as well.
@@FriendofFantasy You said Christianity is a faith based religion, but all religions are faith based. There are no religions that are rooted in science with irrefutable evidence backing their claims. About contradictions, if the Bible is supposed to be a owners manual for correct living and directly inspired by God, shouldn't it be free from errors and superfluous information? It just seems to me that if a book was so important for God to want humans to have it would have been written better.
@@Temulon the sort of argument, and now i will put it very vaguely and to the point, so the sort of argument that claims well, i would love to see a swish watch to naturally appear in the wild, and thats like 10 to the power of 100s less complex then any form of life, is quite a strong argument for a, lets call it, intelligence created universe.
@@larryn4219 It isn't a strong argument. There are three main points of criticism against the Watchmaker analogy: 1. Complexity does not necessarily require a designer; it can also come from mindless natural processes. David Hume gives the examples of a snowflake, and of the generation of crystals. These are mentioned in his works "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion" and "An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding". Other people have mentioned the Infinite monkey theorem. 2. The watch is a bad analogy. 3. The watchmaker is more complex than the watch. If complexity proves intelligent design, then the question arises who designed such a complex watchmaker.
You can tell a lot about a person's attitudes by their choice of words. Defining what a "lesbian is, or is not, aside, saying "She ADMITTED...." carries a very different implication than "She STATED..."
@@clown134 Accusing homophobes of being closeted is harmful for many reasons; one being-the trope’s premise is that the LGBTQ community is responsible for their own persecution. The majority of homophobes are heterosexual bigots.
Russ: "Contrary to what movies might try to teach you, or what authors might try to sell you on, vampires are not real." Also Russ: "So if you ever watch Ghost Adventures, a lot of their..."
I love the fact that he says "what movies tries to teach you". That is truly disturbed. Who the fuck thinks a vampire movie is trying to teach you ANYTHING?!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
A friend of mine says, _Whenever you tell someone that you're bisexual, all they hear is gay._ Maybe that's what's going on here. Emma says, *_Hello, Lovely People. Happy Pride 🌈 Month! I'm bi, and I get to be visible_* for a whole month. *_Can you believe it?!_* What he hears: _Doesn't this les-bean know that Pride is a sin?_
I think the word in their mind is "them" or "other", because they react the same if you tell them you're atheist, left wing, progressive, a secular humanist, believe in science, don't passionately hate the very idea of a federal government, etc., etc., etc... It's just wilfully ignorant bigotry all the way down...
Try explaining that you're transgender and NO, that doesn't mean I'm a transvestite (or like Dr Frankenfuter) also NO, being transgender is nothing to do with whether you're gay or not! Oh (pick your favourite deity as an expletive)!😠The best one was saying that (in all honesty) "I don't know if I'm gay, straight, bisexual or asexual these days!" Explanation: As I child I KNEW I was a girl - I just had a problem with my body between my legs. When I became a teen I wondered "Should I go out with a girl" but then thought "but I AM a girl - would that make me a lesbian and to be honest, does that matter?". I then thought "Well I'll go out with a boy" and then looked between my legs and quite frankly gave up at that point!
@@katieheys3007 add to this, feels that his speaking time must be at least 5 times more than any woman, ideally 10 times longer. Well actually, does he speak to women in real life? Is that where his crazy Emma obsession comes from? Is that why he's decided she's a lesbian, because he had to place her "off-limts?" Ergh just made myself a little sick with that thought, sorry
The "We are moving to Q+" followed by a beat of complete silence and then the "No" is a stroke of comedic genius. I actually laughed so loudly at that my cat woke up and gave me a dirty look.
If you think homosexual sex is merely a choice (speaking rhetorically), like the choice between strawberry ice cream and banana ice cream, then you sir/madam, are bisexual at the very least, since no "99%" heterosexual would consider it a simple choice. Unless the circumstances were somewhat unusual perhaps...
I have to admit I find him hilarious as well, but I'm pretty sure he's on the autism spectrum: doesn't really get jokes, doesn't really get fiction, doesn't really get the point of what others say, has very special interests he's obsessed about and researches deeply (the bible, ghosts, the moon landing), tries to imitate how other people speak, but doesn't understand the right context for it ("smash that like button"), rambles on about seemingly unrelated stuff, would be perceived as "weird" by the general population, thinks his opinion is the gold standard... Too bad he's so into Christian believes.
No kidding! I thought he would catch on to the style & setup of the video he was responding to eventually and figure it out but, wow. It’s like he genuinely thought _she_ was asking these questions lol.
I think he understood she was joking, but was pissed about that. Like that she was joking about something that to him is no laughing matter. So he tried to answer the questions genuinely.
I think my favorite part is how he sighs deeply, rolls his eyes and then proceeds to condescendingly correct Emma on the truth about demons, angels, ghosts and other fictional characters. He’s so exasperated to have to explain these obvious things that are strongly supported by feelings, ignorance and ancient books of mythology.
Don't forget to add in "I'll also 'correct her' on points I might agree with but definitely, as the alpha male christian, cannot be seen agreeing with"
the “I love them but I hate their lifestyle” is something that I generally hear from people trying hold their anti-LGBTQ+ perspective while still maintaining a relationship with people in the community. It’s frustrating because they try to come across as tolerant and loving, but it doesn’t work.
When bigots say things akin to "I don't hate [LGBT/minorities/ect.]" then follow up with something that clearly expresses hate, what they mean can be summed up in two ways: "I don't hate gay people I hate it when gay people don't pretend to be straight people." and "I'm not racist I don't hate black people, I just hate it when they want to be considered equal to white people."
@@tims.2717 Not necessarily. I repeated the same talking points for decades, but it was all internalized self-hatred. I didn't know what being queer actually meant, having been raised from childhood to believe that it's inherently immoral (for no rational reason), and ALWAYS involves or leads to some sort of predatory abuse. Being a shy, sensitive, trans-girl egg, of course I didn't want to get abused and dehumanized in wild orgies, and that hostile caricature was the only representation of queer culture that I'd been exposed to. I also grew up in a town of 600 people, and went into the military (during "don't ask, don't tell") after high school, so was being actively propagandized and officially discouraged by my employer, the US government, from associating with queer people at all IRL, which could have helped expose my hypocrisy and cognitive dissonance. So, queer-phobic Christians definitely are lying to themselves. Their own doctrine teaches that every sin can be purified by Love, but they twist that into legalistic strictures (eg, telling kids to get married before having sex, instead of teaching them to value consent and natural human diversity of behavior and desire).
God creates Eve from Adams rib, which makes Eve genetically male, then got ticked off because Eve wouldn't stop smashing her sons to create the rest of human life on Earth ... Kind of crazy to think that God would get pissed off when he could have just made some more men and women out of some clay..
I really thought that at some point this guy's mom was going to walk over with a plate of cookies and he would scream "MOM, I'M MAKING A VERY SERIOUS VIDEO AND YOU ARE RUINING IT!!!!"
“I’m not judging you but you’re going to hell” Jesus these people are awful. I had to deal with it for years and it’s soooooo difficult not to automatically distrust anyone religious person I meet because of people like this.
@@falconeshield They most likely do anyway since they believe it's real. Not most of the time, because they seem to think they're exempt from Da Rulez as set down by Oily Josh and the Greasy Boys. But the times they slip up and break one of their self-imagined "rules of the religion" or remember things done when they were wild kids, they have a small panic. Of course, all they have to do to feel fine about themselves again is either Confession (if Catholic) or be more aggressive with their proselytizing for a while.
Even though I believe in a God, my brother is worried I’m going to hell since I’m not a Christian. I have no problem with his beliefs,and I know he speaks from love. Actually, I don’t have a problem with most religions as long as they’re not used to promote hate. I don’t have a problem with atheists either and my own personal take is God doesn’t demand belief in It and God doesn’t judge us on whether we believe in It or not. What a narcissistic god that would be that demands worship. Seems a lot of religion, especially Christianity is based on an anthropomorphic idea of God. I can’t speak to others because I haven’t studied them that deeply, except perhaps Advaita Vedanta when I followed that guru. And that was definitely not an anthropomorphic understanding.
@@DraconicDuelistthat’s the dumbest thing honestly, as if confessing to a priest somehow takes away your sins and makes you innocent. Like bruh if you hit a child with a car and then go to confession, you still hit a child, but now you feel like its no worries now
One time I made a joke on instagram “it’s called the Bible not the Straightble” and a bunch of people in the replies were like “uhm actually 🤓” I feel like this guy would be the type to do that
@@JoshuaR.Collinsthen use the complete version of the joke... The Bible says "Adam and Eve", not "Adam OR Eve", so I slept with both. It's called the Bible, not the Straightble after all.
I’m here. I’m queer. I’m ready to cheer. My userpic’s a deer. Through a window it leered. Get that guy a beer. He’s unhappy, that’s clear. The time is so near for this lovely premier. I’m surrounded by peers, all such beautiful weir-does. I’m wracked with fear ’cause I’m starting to hear that I’m grinding this gear and I’ll be here for a year doing this if I don’t stop right now…
We did it guys. We cracked the lesbian code. Also, for someone who has done a series of videos on you- he apparently hasn't watched any of your videos based on what he knows about you.
@@TheLocomono9 The original variation of the quote is "you can guide a theist to water and while you can't make him realise the mistakes of his abhorrent beliefs you can drown him" - Socrates
Here's my frivolous diagnosis on this guy: Bizarro Jim Carrey sees a video by a cute girl he can't get his (metaphorically) tiny head around and gets obsessed. Incapable of understand irony or sarcasm, he decides to impersonate Ned Flanders (while muttering Mr. Mackey's "Mkay" all the time) and make a confused and rambling "debunk" video. P.S.: TL;DR: He just wants her attention.
As a Christian, I never laughed harder than I did at that video and your channel in general. Just goes to show that A LOT,of Christians have NO sense of humour. And, as a Christian, you have also made me think and re-evaluate a lot of my beliefs...
i've been an atheist/agnostic almost 99% of my life, I'm 39, and I recently realised, following Christ was the best decision of my life. Yes, i have no scientific proves of existence of God, and I don't expect it, but what made become a follower of Christ is realisation that the world doesn't exist for nothing, and we, humans, the most sophisticated creation on this planet, and may be in whole universe, with abilities to observe and appreceate the complexity, beauty and ugliness of this world, also must have a big purpose, and without God nothing just makes no sense - in the eyes of atheists, humans are just a worthless drop of water in the ocean. become a stronger Christian, sister, not just official Christian, and your life will be filled with purpose. Atheism is the way to depression, purposelessness, and eventually hell. please ignore my faulty English.
@@XAE_A_Xii My already has purpose. A lot of people's lives have purpose. It may not be YOUR purpose, but there IS purpose to our lives. I just don't feel rhe need to push my faith on to everyone else. If you want to know, ask. I will tell. But in deconstructing my faith, my relationship with God has grown stronger. But that doesn't mean I don't get a laugh out of life. And atheism DOES NOT lead to depression. I'm actually tired of Christians saying that lack of faith leads to mental illness or whatever. I know plenty of Christians who believe in God and have a strong faith and relationship but STILL have depression, anxiety, OCD, etc.
“The wise speak because they have something to say. The foolish speak because they have to say something.” Russ epitomizes the second part of that statement.
Let me just say that I (a Christian pastor serving a LGBTQ+ Affirming church) would a thousand times prefer to watch your content over people like Russ 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 It makes me sad that there are Christians who think that a sense of humour is a sin. I avoid them whenever possible. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
@@TheActualJeffery I am Ace, so part of the + of LGBTQ+. We also have openly queer folk as part of our church lay leadership, and fly the rainbow flag in front of our three church buildings. Never forget that you are beautifully and perfectly created in God's image; and that you reflect the presence of Christ to the world. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
@@draig2614I am glad to see a Christian Pastor that actually understood what the message used to be about. what is was meant to be. there i no LGBTQ in the bible, because how would it be ? it wasn't a thing yet. so what should be seen on the pages is that you should love your fellow humans not a listing of only the humans you should love and hate everything not explicitly mentioned. if more religious people in the world would just stop like books written over 1000years ago were still up to date word for word instead of actually thinking about 5the message the book tells you we'd have less wasted lifes due to it. you sir are one of the good people the world needs more of
I met someone who believed it was sinful to joke about the bible or religion at all, and would respond to anything light-hearted with deadly seriousness. Maybe this guy is the same.
I was in my friends café and the repair man had turned up to fix the coffee machine. I was chatting to her and saw the repair man and stated "Thank the gods, I can finally get my coffee!" When I wandered off to pick a cake, she told me he went up t her and said "Actually there is only one god".
@@finrothsmith7995 And let me guess, it just so happens that its the god they worship, what a coincidence! :D Can't believe this nonsense has been going on for thousands of years.
I'm a trans woman from Missouri and I get to deal with people like this in the wild and they will go on rants like this either on RU-vid...or while waiting in line at Taco Bell. 🤦🏼♀️ They are always just itching for someone to listen to their nonsense
I deal with customers like that ALL the time at the independent bookstore I work at. And I've noticed something with very Christian very conservative almost always Trump supporting people: They have literally zero conception that the person they're speaking to....might not agree with them. They seem to have no sense of theory of mind; specifically minds not like their own. In their world, liberals and atheists are these scary characters in some far off land....but surely not the nice friendly person at their local bookstore. Why, THEY can't be liberal or non-religious....they seem intelligent and kind. Unfortunately, being on the clock....I tend to avoid revealing my true beliefs/worldview cuz....well, I like this job. Also it's almost more fun to let them think I'm one of them....cuz the THINGS THEY SAY to someone they think agrees with them. I mean....my god.
Greetings from a neighbor south of you in NW Arkansas. We have to put up with some of those people of course, but others are sincerely kind and supportive. Please know many of us 100% stand by your right to live your life as a unique and special individual. Oh and we think our govenor is an idiot! Best wishes, cheers.
Ah, home. Same, but I'd be damned if I'd move to a state that calls itself lgbt friendly, cause they seem to not like some of the bill of rights... Besides, we actually have more of a say in our laws than other states. That being said, still overtly discriminatory towards us, which is just rude.
Emma. (You are awesome!) Somehow I stumbled upon your RU-vid channel by watching ”Sir Sic”. Absolutely fell in love with your channel! Please keep doing what you do ! 🙏🙏 So good!!! Love it! 😉👍🤘🙏❤
I too have been taken for a lesbian in my time. I take is a compliment honestly. Our lesbian sisters are dope af. Oh and so are our pan and bi sisters as well of course. Oh and probably you reading this comment. You're probably dope too.
Ahhh, thank you for including us pans. We're not bad af as a lot of of lesbians and bi sisters - I feel as a group we tend to be a bit geekier over all - but we're always happy to be included!
@@Skittenmeow Yeah, I know anecdotes isn't data but I feel like If I got together with every other pansexual I know, you wouldn't be sure if it was some kind of LGBT+ meet up or a mini Comic Con. Could go either way with that group, you'd say to yourself. "Actually we're doing both!" "Yeah, and we're also making a RU-vid video!" "And trading some cards!" And then you'd just walk away. What a weird group, you'd think. And you'd be right. And that's what makes us so great.
Re: Christian Vampires: I once argued with a christian woman who told me to "Just allow yourself to believe - you will see that you will like it!" I said: "How can you not see that that is impossible - it's like you wouldn't be able to just make yourself believe werewolves existed!" She looked at me dead in the eye: "But, they do!"
@@DennisMSulliva I didn't. It was my first exposure to that type of religious madness. Where I'm from, fundamental X-ians are quite rare. What's considered religiously coservative here would be thought rather liberal in the US. Bible-tells-the-literal-truth-Christians are extremely rare and have no political influence. So, no, I did not expect the werewolves.
Dude! You popped up in my feed and I was like "About time RU-vid recommended a creator I ACTUALLY would watch!" I'm loving your videos. You're awesome.
HEY! He said: "As a Christian ...". What does that even mean? Being a Christian makes him an expert for what? Comedy? Other Christians? Their Church? History? Jebus? It never gets old with these nuts:) But lets be serious, Dave: I, for example, have a heart. Which obviously makes me a specialist for "all things with hearts". Like heart surgery. ROTFL Hehehehe, have a nice weekend!:)
Strawmen, fleshlights, bibles, same things to ever laboring with words Russ.. Who no doubt jumped at the Armstrong bit because he remembered words from Alex Jones.
"HA, oh boy, time eh? Well, Isaiah 38:7, 8, God turns back the sundial, so actually, time is completely fluid. Am I having a good time? According to Doctor Who, time is a big ball of wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff, and God can turn it forwards or backwards. In fact, in The Five Doctors..."
@@HedeccaTamer : I doubt this guy watches Doctor Who, at least for enjoyment. Maybe he would watch it so he can critique it in his videos. I can imagine him "analyzing" DW and saying things like "Daleks are not real, okay?"
He also ignores that a lot of churches including Catholics believe that during the Eucharist Wine and water are very literally (in the actual sense of this word) turned into Jesus blood and wine (Transsubstantiation)
@@poolgool432 I've never met a Catholic that believes it LITERALLY turns into anyones blood. xD They know it's symbolic. Then again, I don't really know US Catholics.
@@lethfuil Speaking of the individual believers yes, kinda (coming from the German Catholic perspective), the transfiguration in church dogma so technically the people taking it metaphorically are wrong. Most Protestant and Reformed churches are clear on it being figurative though
@@poolgool432 I know protestant churches who strongly believe it's the blood of christ they are drinking, they even take offense when you say its symbolical
Closeted queer people who hold onto religion like their entire relationship with their toxic community is at stake and are heinous to out queer peoples? Yep, I know the type :( Is it ok that I do that? Call him out? He's hateful and spreading that hate which makes things more dangerous for everyone . . . and at this point in history it's so well known that the loudest haters have the most to hide - with homophobes, that's usually that they themselves are homophobic.
I'm not a Christian, but I am an academic who teaches and writes about Christianity. Emma, I've enjoyed your content for some time now. I think you and I get pushback for similar reasons, at times. We are both critical of fundamentalist Christianity, seeing it as poorly informed among other things. Thus, fundamentalists get upset, but well-informed and progressive Christians aren't going to get offended.
I had a joke for anti lesbian guys on forums. "Why are you so emotionally against lesbians? Did your wife ran away with a lesbian while you were in prison?" They usually don't know what to answer first. That their wife didn't ran away or that they never went to prison.
He's almost definitely autistic, or at least on the spectrum. Yeah, sure, he's an asshole, but I think autism and being raised in an extremist Christian community have given rise to the man that he is today. I just think autistic people are particularly susceptible to extremist beliefs and it makes me really sad. Also thankful that I, as an autistic person, didn't end up like him, considering I had a more flexible mindset and decent parenting and belief systems growing up.
@@Enirahtak8, I'm on the spectrum myself (Aspergers) and I have _nothing_ against LGBT people, unlike this fool in this video of Emma's, nor am I suspectible to extremist beliefs.
Lol... Emma casually makes a joke about the bible code and then he spends an inordinate amount dissecting the entire thing like its the goddamn Davinci code... the man truly is a work of comedy in spite of how serious he is.
I read the Bible Code book when I was at university. It was basically someone using a wordsearch program that was a perfect example of the law of large numbers. It was a total waste of time. The DaVinci code was based on an amalgam of 3 conspiracy theory books that I had already read. The man is a work of comedy because of how serious he is.
He sure got tricked by something. Something hit to close to home. I think his video is more about his own insecurity, and he tries to hold on to his believes with his fingernails. His talk about demons got me thinking about, how come demons are not still around. His believes are based on a person able to remove demons. So what about demons after that person left earth?
@@lovejoydk838To be fair, the bible doesn't say Christ drove out every demon...At the same time I don't see demons. I do see people behaving badly and blaming their actions on demons.
You mentioned opening up a piece of 3D software at the 48:00 mark and seeing if demons inhabit the Y axis. I just so happen to have 3D modelling software open as I watch this and the answer is definitely yes.
As a gay guy who knew he was gay from a very young age (inkling at four, certain at seven), I love these, "I don't hate the sinner: I hate the sin." My response, "When it comes to Christianity, I don't hate the stupid: I hate the stupidity." Homosexuality is not a "lifestyle choice," nor can one be "groomed" into it. You know what is both a lifestyle choice and something that someone is often groomed into? Christianity. These people take life way TF too seriously. Get a prescription for alprazolam already, peeps. Life should be fun and rewarding, and not a sad and miserable exercise in judgment.
When I hear people say homosexuality is a choice, I always respond, “Oh, so you could choose to be gay today and be perfectly happy with that decision.”
One theory I’ve seen a lot of people talk about that I think seems very possible is that those who say sexuality is a choice are actually bisexuals with internalized homophobia. They think it’s a choice because they themselves chose not to act on their same sex attraction and only act on their opposite sex attraction and now they think all people can choose who they’re attracted to.
“Lifestyle” is a stupid-ass word anyway, in every context. I don’t have a “lifestyle,” I just have a life. Normal people of any gender or sexual orientation or whatever are just living their lives. “Lifestyles” are for rich or otherwise privileged people who are putting on a show for other people they want to impress, or want to distinguish themselves as better than.
And regarding 'lifestyles,' the one people like Mr fun police in the video propose is one where you're expected to live your life as a punishment for a legendary noncrime that happened so far back that you wouldn't have been so much as a glancing thought at the time. It's a miserable excuse of a life that you have to be groomed to think is any way to live, that or break a number of rules just so you have some sliver of joy in life. (Also a lifestyle that in part undermines the supposed reason for Christ's death)
@@falconeshield Or alternatively, "Russ, those are bullet holes!" "No, we've clearly got a giant nephilim vampire on our hands! We have to be careful!"
I don't know.... you just KNOW that the series finale would have Russ lose his faith in a soul-crushing epiphany and then immediately afterwards Emma would get all crazy born-again. I'll pass, thank you. 🤔🫤
I found the channel. He apparently loves Dune and YOU!!! He’s OBSESSED with you!!!! So many debunking videos dedicated to you. Clearly, major stan of Emma Thorne. Also, I’m a minister’s wife. He’s all over the place with his theology and Christian ideaology. 🤦♀️
Just his absolute stone faced seriousness in the face of so many obvious jokes is... mind blowing. It's hard for me to imagine someone being this completely unawares, and that's coming from someone who doesn't naturally get social cues. Like sir... SIR. Nobody was out here thinking Christians are literally drinking blood. How do you truly not see the jokes?
also, weird note here but: Pretty sure even after huffing about your joke about demons living full lives, he did just end up agreeing with you. He just said the devil has free reign over this world and can come and go as he pleases- sounds about like what you said. lmao
That's not actually true. Whether the Eucharist prayer literally physically changes the bread and wine into the flesh and blood of Christ as it's being consumed, or if it's just a symbol of his sacrifice, is something that has massively divided Christian theology for hundreds of years.
Catholic doctrine has it that the eucharist is literally the body and blood of Jesus. I guess Jesus must have weighed about 100,000 tons, there's been so much of it consumed up to this point. I wonder if they're about to run out of him? Then they'll really be f**ked.
My theory is he understands that she’s joking around but this angers and upsets him because.. well, he believes it. And fundamentalists don’t take kindly to jokes at their expense. Basically he’s just being a sourpuss. But, it is possible that he’s neurodivergent in some way and is being completely literal here
I'd argue with that. Sometimes people say really hateful things about (mostly) minorities and try to pass it off as harmless jokes. Examining who's the punchline, how and why can be very helpful and worthwhile and that's something i could see being called "debunking the comedy". Im not saying that's what is happening here, first of all (X) doubt, second of all i didnt watch the vid yet - but i think its something to keep in mind. Comedy can be and often is weaponized E: that would be a MUCH more coherent point if I didn't miss "your" in the original post. That's an egg on my face, sorry.
I didn't know "debunking comedy" was a thing. Talk about aiming low. If he's interested in politics or society, shouldn't he be debating politicians, authors, professors or something?
In particular. A) this asshole is an asshole and noticing it is fine. B) this asshole is so theologically far from me that I see more of myself in you than in him and you don't even think theology is a thing worth doing (my conception of God is abstract enough that gatekeeper Christians like this dude who are so certain they have all the answers have decided I'm an atheist; I guess if y'all wanna claim me I won't argue but I still literally worship Christ), and C) your thought that it would be a lot more useful for him to talk to, eg, Catholics about transubstantiation so that those of us who can agree with neither can learn from their perspectives; he could make a much more interesting channel if he did that. (If you want a really good channel where a Christian respectfully talks about Christian perspectives other than his own, "Ready to Harvest" is really good.)
Same. Emma has been really helpful in my ongoing deconstruction process. I wasn't truly loving God as a Conservative Evangelical, because I was hating so many of my neighbors, especially queer people (including myself!). "Love your neighbor as yourself" is how we "love God" in practice. 1 Jn 4:20 "Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen."
i was laughing so hard, and then I was puzzling over the cobbled together belief system he was creating on the spot. Like it truly just seems like someone saying any old shit because he believes anything that comes out of his own mouth.
Watching a grown-arse man look very seriously into the camera and state "vampires. are. not. real. m'kay?" in that totally deadpan tone had me giggling uncontrollably. So very very silly.
When I'm at work, I love sneaking an earbud into my ear and hiding it with my hair so I can listen to the sorta content you make. Please keep making content like it, it's great to listen to while working. Subbed :)
I had to actually look this guy up. I couldn't resist. I'll respect the sentiment of not putting any channel names out there. With that said, this dude is a certified fruit and nut cake. He has a "Commenting on Comments" series, but since his videos have next to no comments, he instead comments on the comments left on other people's videos. I'm almost tempted to watch his actual video game content, if for no other reason than morbid curiosity. Unfortunately, and this is just my mean moment, he has a face for radio and a voice for silent films.
He was surprisingly easy to find and yea, looks kinda pathetic. I'll respect Emma's wishes as well but it's not like it takes a detective to find him if people wanted.
when christians tell me they hate my sins but not me i get so annoyed. like it is so obv an attempt to have their cake and eat it too. i immediately deem anyone who says that shit about queer folk as inherrently selfish and incapable of caring for the wellbeing of their friends, and i've literally never once been wrong about that. someone saying "love the sinner hate the sin" is a massive red flag
It's because they clearly see queers as sinners, which on their view are lower than not-sinners, less deserving of heaven as long as there isn't regret. It's impossible to "hate the sin but not the sinner" without looking down on the sinner, and that's why it is feels so bad to hear it. It's just so patronizing.
Right? They want to indulge their hatred and prejudices while also pretending they're the empathetic and compassionate people that their religion tells them to be.
When I need to do some high IQ research on ghosts, I like to watch a team of frat boys go into a spooky building with some broken electronics to yell into the dark until they scare the shit out of themselves.
This is sort of weirdly fascinating because I feel like most of the time, when men make a show of "debating" or "debunking" a woman who is very clearly making a joke, it's done in bad faith because all they really want to do is performatively act like women are nonsensical and stupid. This guy really seems to genuinely think he's adding important context and clarification to the discussion. The severity with which he talks about vampires not being real feels like he is really seriously worried about there being people who don't know that.
41:54 "in what universe words dimension and vibration equivalent"? That is a fascinating question actually. Like obviously those are two different things. But they are connected in a way. Basically if we only perceive some dimensions, we would be unable to distinguish between a thing that is stationary, or vibrating in a dimension we don't perceive. And this is where those terms got conflated as "vibration in invisible dimension = invisible vibration". And from there you have the chain of people who don't fully grasp what they are saying repeat fancy words and you arrive at equivication between a dimension and vibrations that happen within those dimensions.
I forgot 🤦 Lesbians can't be funny! What was I thinking when I laughed at all those jokes you made? Wait wait wait, she's Bi, we're in the clear everbody, it was just a drill, a really dangerous annoying drill being handled by a child, but still just a drill. However all the Lesbians may as well start cracking jokes, for research purposes 🤷
Loved a couple things here. First his constant use of “mmm’kay” made me picture him as a South Park character. Second, the fact he spent so much time talking about how “the blood of Christ is symbolic” (which obviously) but also why doesn’t the “everything in the Bible is literal” apply to the blood then??? Love and solidarity to y’all ❤
Yeah... I grew up Baptist, and they're super hardcore about translating the word "baptize" in accordance with historical practice of the first century AD (as if we can even be sure of what that was, esp. since they reject the authority of the Orthodox / Catholic teachings that were recorded in surviving texts and passed down as living tradition since those very days), but they're strangely lax about whether "wine" can be redefined to include unfermented grape juice.
The more I watch this, the more I get the feeling that Russ actually likes you on a personal level, even if he knows he shouldn't and that he really just wish he could speak with you... so he does.
oh no... I can see it, just a little bit He's also got a tiny bit of that "please let me infodump, I want to feel the joy of sharing information" pizazz, hence the trying to explain stuff extra, even when he agrees with Emma on something
Why is it always these kinds of people look absolutely miserable, whilst people like yourself are always cheerful and spread joy and even look fun? I think that speaks volumes on the kinds of nonsense they're peddling.
C’mon Emma, how long have you been on the internet? Don’t you know that people with short hair must be either men, or lesbians, or Halle Berry? Every time I cut my hair short my gender and sexuality change on the spot. People start calling me bro (then saying they call everyone bro, even when they don’t), and I suddenly stop being married, and start dating women. I’ve decided I’m going to throw a + on random things, now+
I've seen the pink plushie on another channel. Knowing that somewhere, it's making someone's eye twitch and reach for the keyboard makes me smile. I've found so many channels recently that are making ultra-religious Americans upset and spending hours of their life arguing in bad faith with facts and science or just condemning people for not adhering to their view of the world. It makes me glad we have the freedom to believe whatever way we want. Love the videos I've seen of yours.
My favourite piece of christian iconography from my youth was the point in time that I realized that every pair of lions I had ever seen boarding the Ark both had a full mane. Such great representation for gay lion bros!
@@luxghactually, that makes sense... never thought about it before but according to the "not judging you but you're going to hell" people those wouldn't be two males... you just made the accidental allies seem as terfs (which they probably were anyway) but made sense of their sheer stupidity in a whole new level...
His handling of her video screams autism to me, as someone who is autistic myself. His lack of understanding of comedic nuance and the fact that he takes everything so literally just screams autism to me.
It seems your Christian American bestie Russ is a little obsessed with you, doing an Emma Thorne series and all. You should wear this as a badge of honor.
As a Christian, I think you are a kind and respectful person. Can’t understand why anyone would give you any hate. Keep on being the bear you can be! ✝️☮️
