You got to do a reaction for "whiteboy" by Tom MacDonald. An i really enjoyed this video. I usually fast forward long videos, but i listened to every word. I can relate to the song alot. But there was something that made me want to listen to what you had to say. Thanks for the video. God bless.
I think hiss issue is not just not being able to feel God or understand him but rather the logical conclusion that in hard reality there is no God. Even if you choose to believe something doesn't mean it's true. I could have faith that I'll never get cancer and that gives me zero immunity to it. People wrote the Bible there's no actual proof of God. Nothing. To me there's a big difference between faith and reality I believed in God til I was 13 but to me its like believing for years that daddy just went to buy cigarettes and will be back soon. It gives you hope but when you look at it with a critical eye you'll find you've been lying to yourself to feel better. Now that's something I'd like to have an answer to if God is not just in your head why is there no logic argument against what I said? And just because faith helped you doesn't mean you have the actual truth or that God did anything. The faith in something good itself did it that's basic psychology. But I think religion is following a made up ancient story rather then searching for how it really is so that might be the reason why it sounds like 2 different conversations everytime I ask this. It's just a different way of thinking religious people don't even seem to interpret my questions anywhere close to what I was asking Sorry for the ramble noones gonna read this anyway
Pastor Reacts! Good video guys. Your dad really listened instead of rolling his eyes bcuz HOP is cussing. My dads a pastor also and that’s what he would do lol
Please be objective and stop being religiously. Your verdicts on the subject is flawed. You can’t use the Bible as an instrument when your contender reproaches it. Rev 7: 1-14... tells us the people are going to heaven. We the genitals are not included.
As much as I may disagree with the pastor, I do respect the fact that he was able to at least attempt to listen to this and hear Hopsin. I don't think anything he said clears anything up for anyone that feels like Hopsin, but I'm glad he didn't just write it off.
Exactly what I thought after every explanation. Pastor said Hopsin at the start wanted God to find him. Pastor said he needed to search for God. Then Rest of the song Hopsin says just how much he has done, and that hes done everything he could, and still hasnt seen a sign of evidence. Pastors response is that hes trying to do everything himself. Between waiting for God, and Doing everything yourself, when was God supposed to show up. I grew up Christian and slowly lost faith as I got older. I always want to believe in christianity, but my mind just doesn't. Pastor said other religions have parts of the answer, Christianity has all the answers. Thats what the other religions would say about Christianity, making them no different. Hopsin makes tough, valid points, and questions that i felt were unanswered.
@@mattharris3497 I ve got a very frusyrating yet satisfying answer. Yes, it's one of those clichés. You just have to believe it. Just say halelujah every once in a while and you ll be fine :) Trust Him on this one.
@@kring3l0rd some peoples brains will accept that, and some peoples just won't. I believed for 20 years until I got older and learned more science and until ive seen proof, it just seems more and more illogical to me
@@lubednoodle but by making that statement that he made, he is evidently not willing to accept any other answer than "oh, he must need jesus then". Your comment is a clear indication, that *you're* not willing to accept any answer that doesn't align with your faith.
Am I the only one who heard this song and thought, “Man, I’d love to hear a religious person’s take on this” 😂 got some good laughs out of this one lol
I showed this to my dad and he fucking lost his ever loving mind telling me to never show him shit like shit again (the song not reaction videos) but then he heard me playing it a little later and had a legit discussion with me about it, it was enlightening to hear him come to terms with a lot of the outrage that hopsin is having
@@JT-hg6cy If a pastor shuns a person for asking about faith, then they're a horrible pastor. Its literally a pastor's job to answer questions people have about faith. I've asked my pastor many questions about Christianity, usually critical of the bible and of faith, and it actually made him happy I was putting my faith to the test. He was welcoming, and glad to answer. I'm not sure how you got that image of Christianity, but its far cry from what it really is.
@@kjorndogg3244 sounds like you've got a pretty great pastor, I've known quite a few who shunned people for asking questions. here's a question for your pastor, because I've never gotten a good answer to this. Why did God allow the Israelite people, his children, to own slaves? I'm not talking indentured servitude (that existed too, but if you dig into the old testament, it becomes clear that both indentured servitude and slavery were practiced, servitude was for other Israelites, slavery was reserved for non-israelites, aka foreigners from nearby countries). Leviticus 25:44-46 depicts the real slavery of the bible, even telling the Israelites that you can pass them onto your children as inheritance, and own them for life. Please, I've never gotten an answer to this question and I've wondered for years.
This song is EXACTLY how I've felt for years. I've looked. I've searched for years. I was addicted to drugs for years and towards the end when I was seeking sobriety and God I found my sobriety but not God. This track takes the words right out of my mouth. Pastor, you dont answer ANYTHING in Hopsin's track. Why is it Hopsin, myself and others like us have to struggle every day, endure so much pain and suffering while someone like you and, I'm assuming is your son, get to walk within the light of God? Why do you get the nice, fancy house? Why do you're bills get paid? Why don't you suffer like we do? Hopsin's not saying that he wants to have 'Fun" like going out to a party or something superficial like that. We just want to be happy! To have a pleasant life. We work hard, love our families and put them before us and always try to do the right thing despite the constant shit on! We have sought out God. We've searched for years. We've humbled ourselves and opened our hearts to something greater than ourselves and still found nothing! So what are we supposed to do then? Huh? How do you find something that you've been searching for for years and still haven't found? Answer that question!!!!!
If you are search for God is in hopes to find material happiness, that's not what He promises, anybody can throw up accusations to what can could and should do, but He, and I say this without judgment but with my heart, is the only being that knows the hearts of every person including me and including you despite what we do.. I actually made a comment on this original song today about how my heart goes out to all that TRULY question and are truly searching for what God's about, but we have to put ourselves aside to get the true understanding and do what Luke 11 says, ask Him for the Holy Spirit
Pastored answered it for me but I wonder if it's because of The way my life has gone. Some of the only beauty out of each of my hardest battles have been what pastor has refered to as the voice of God .. which makes me wonder if the joy we find in preparation for the afterlife is discovering that we did seek God!.... Maybe the afterlife is whatever we seek in this life. .. if that's the case I can see how "fun" isn't so promising at least for me! Well put tho I definitely enjoyed this video Good luck to you all and/or God bless ....!
Wait, how do you know they don’t struggle ? You know their whole life based on the room their in. If you found sobriety. God got you there. Think about how many times you tried to get sober and couldn’t. What’s different this time ? Maybe the answers have been answered but you’re still struggling to see
Having to believe is proof it isn't real as the bible says. The fact so many humans can't think rationality is crazy. But it's hard to convince someone they've been fooled especially something they've been told and indoctrinated their whole life
@@dannyhilljr518 yes i tried to be christian when i was very young bc thats how i was raised but when you start thinking critically and asking smart questions the answer is always "oh you have to believe" like blind faith is a virtue to christians but not just to christians, look at a lot of politics today it's not a religion as we think of but it's a lot of the same exact mindset, very dangerous mindset imo
@@dannyhilljr518 the issue is your using logic to criticize faith. . . Faith is inherently irrational thats kinda the point you're taking a jump off the cliff and putting faith in god to catch you.
I feel you two missed many points Hopsin was trying to make. I suggest taking off the Jesus glasses and reapproaching this with an objective perspective.
I look at it like it's better to trust what you feel in your heart more than it is to believe something that was written thousands of years ago. Don't get me wrong. Not saying that the Bible is wrong. There is a whole lot of good philosophy and lessons in it, and a good guide to be a better person. But you have to remember that the word Bible literally means guide. It's meant to guide you, not to 100% tell you how to live or you're going to hell. It's not a finger pointing at you telling you to do something an exact certain way or else, and if you follow this you'll be given everything you want in life and nothing bad will ever happen. This life is a testing ground. Nothing physical will go with you, not even your body or physical form. The only thing we take is the lessons we learn about life. Whether it's through Christianity, the Bible, another religion, or just from within. You also have to remember that the Bible was translated years and years ago, and things DID get lost in translation, and when the Romans wrote it out finally and declared Christianity the religion to follow thousands of years ago they had their own agenda. Religion was law in those days, and they quite literally threw 14 different books from the Bible out. Not to mention that man is even now rewriting it to fit their own agendas. Man is fallible, and man can be corrupted. So like I said, it's good meant as what it is, a guide. But don't turn nose at someone because they arrive to the same destination only because they took a different path. That's my thoughts on religion. Better to have an idea than a set of beliefs. People die, kill, and carry out horrible atrocities in the name of a belief. But an idea can change and evolve. That philosophy is from the movie Dogma. Proof that God works in mysterious ways. Lol
How can Jesus, Job, Jacob, John and all these names in the bible starting with the letter J not be a figment of imagination when the letter J first came to frutition in the early 1500th? If there wasn't a letter for these names to even exist, you gotta come to the conclusion that it's truly inaccurate. Now, how many times exactly have humans rewritten what is supposed to be Gods words to make it fit the current empire in charge of the world? Alot. The most of you today are following the King James bible. King James being the latest human to make the Holy Book fit his way of ruling (England), which doesn't make sense neither due to the fact that he lived in the 1300th. 2 centuries before the letter J even existed which indicates once more that the creadibility of the bible being truthful is just not true. Or maybe it isn't as old as people make it seem? James is a name that shouldn't exist in that time, 1300th. Does this also mean that King James is a made up character in the history books? One could make that assumption. To understand letters and languages and its history, research this.. do not be a blind sheep in Jeshua's army. Believe in whatever God you wish, believe in whatever gets you through life but please learn to critically look at things and question whatever or whoever wishes to send you to places like hell and purgatory. The bible is not being truthful or the words of Jehovah (supposedly Gods name). There is that letter J again, strange right? His existance is not true. Life, and the universe is still tremendously beautiful, there's no way around that.
"Believe what you feel in your heart not something written thousands of years ago" too bad your opening statement in this long preach was a failed analogy, it leaves a bad first impression but I did finish reading. Some people believe with jesus in their heart, some people believe in the bible with their heart, their heart is what led them there.
@@Psyonyxe I've heard that with Muslims and other religions but I have no idea what you're talking about though. I don't ever recall Jesus saying to kill anyone, it's funny how you suggest that then quickly cut to "but I respect what you believe" as if that was a fact. Please don't strawman or state untrue things, that is not how you find common ground and it only hurts your point more than help it. But I respect what you believe to
this is a rough one, as someone who struggles with faith I appreciate the gentle reaction of this. you do not lead a flock with force. you lead it with understanding and compassion.
I am an atheist hip hop fan who just wanted to see a religious perspective of this song. I disagree with you about many of the things you said (especially about the verifiability of the Bible), but I thoroughly appreciate how you responded with genuine thought and kindness. A lot of Christians devolve into insults and belittling when facing atheists or people questioning their faith, but you remained cordial and came from a good place. Thanks!
@Jakuboooooooooo well its now been 10 months since I watched the video in question, but generally I'd wager he didn't say anything that I found compelling evidence for the existence of God.
@@zackhayes1268 Is it even about being offended? I read this comment in a lighthearted manner, of the two people being compassionate, being able to take this difference in opinions without starting to ramble on about it.
@@zackhayes1268 I mean sure maybe he offended by the language but he at least gave it an honest listen and didn't just say F this guy. I've seen far worse reaction people. Not on this song particularly, mostly metal elitists reacting to metal, pretending it ain't metal and blowing it off cause they're idiots that don't really know what metal actually is. Metal elitists are shit.
Well in this case it's really deep so just listening is doing it justice. Not to say it sounds bad, its does sound good, but it's not about the music but the meaning.
My struggle is I spent my entire life until I was about 16/17 going to church every Sunday, having both of my grandfathers as pastors and my entire family in the faith but I never could find it. I’ve struggled all my life trying to find this faith and the Holy Spirit but I never was able to. I’ve come to the conclusion that some people will have it and some won’t. And that’s what makes me believe that there isn’t one true religion. The first time I ever heard the Song I knew this is how I had been feeling for years before this song was ever released. I have distanced myself from church and religion all together because I’d rather be a non believer than a liar to myself and to everyone else.
Damn bro, I know exactly how you feel. There was a time when I hated God for allowing things to happen to me. And I've asked that question so many times. "Why do I, someone who's been a Christian my whole life, someone who's HAD faith and HAS been seeking You for 18 years, feel so unhappy when I have friends, who never even worshipped you for five years, that are now happier than I ever was?" My mentally began declining. I second guessed everything that I believed in and in the end I resented God for allowing all of these things to happen to me. One of those" friends", that I mentioned earlier, fell to her knees and started sobbing while we were praying, some people went to go console her, but I kept praying because there was something aching in my chest that I just wanted to let go, I wanted God to help me so badly, but he didn't (not then, anyway). Later, that same friend told me that she fell to her knees because "God showed her the pain that I was going through". I honestly felt lost; instead of just helping me, he decided to tell someone, who I now don't even talk to anymore, my pain? I became negative, I became obsessed with questioning God. Why do people have to go through pain when he could just create a Utopia? Why does he allow the Devil to break us down and lure us away from Him? I hated God for months and, till this day, cut ties with most of my friends. But then something happened, something that might've been small compared to what my mind wanted, but it was something that affected my heart greatly. I started believing again, and decided that I'm going to take a break from my friends in order to rehabilitate my mind, because I was really scared on what impact I might have on them if my mindset continued to decline like that. Sorry for this long message, but I just want to say that it's okay to lose faith sometimes, it's alright to question things. But you gotta understand one thing(one thing that I struggled with so long to understand), human aren't meant to understand God and his ways. That's what faith means, choosing to believe in something even though you don't understand it. Somewhere along your life something is gonna happen that influences your heart in a huge way and I hope when that day comes, that you will find God again. Much love bro, and I wish you luck❤️🔥
I cried like 3 times during this reaction. I been struggling with my faith. But this sound actually hit right at home. This song absolutely describes the way I've decided to feel about it. Love your reaction about it though. Thank u
I had grew up with elder pagan, wiccan family members that were mostly female and old aunts and a grandma. They never once showed me things or told me things against my will or bombarded me with lectures but instead was free to tell me what they thought whenever I would start to get closer and genuinely curious to ask. As the same i kept it all to myself and had respect of others feeling and beliefs because i understand human minds maybe cant all be the same itd be a little ridiculous. I just love to not judge.
It's sad, but it's the truth. This is one of my favorite songs and it made me cry. But that's about the way I see it. I know hes there, but hasnt said anything to me, so I figure he forgot about me a long time ago
Honestly this song has always made me have a complete breakdown. “Where’s the Holy Ghost at? How long does it take a man to find it?” That lyric is always where I just lose it. I feel like I’ve been searching, and struggling, and praying for so long and I’m unanswered. I feel so angry because I know In my heart that I deserve happiness so why can’t he hear my pleading? Am I begging to no one? Then other days I’m angry with myself, I feel like I’m wasting the life he’s given me by always being so negative, By not being appreciative of the life I was granted. I feel like Satan is winning, and I’m scared because I feel like I’ve completely lost touch with God, and he’s left me behind. What if it’s too late for me and I really am just a lost cause?
Maybe His answer is that you have the strength within and you need to listen to the inner voice he placed within you when you were created... No one is a "lost cause" unless they choose to be. When Jesus was hanging on the cross the two thieves hanging next to him represent the paths we must choose for ourselves. One thief mocks Jesus for being "unable to save himself"... The other... Asks Jesus if there could be salvation for him if he were to truly repent the wickedness of his sinful life... Jesus says, "Amen I say to you today, you will be with me in paradise" He is called Saint Dismas (death), and is known as the penitent thief.
Anyway, the pastor here makes a good point that hop isn't really seeking God... Just hoping he can continue living his life and that God finds HIM. Don't be that self-absorbed and look for him and he will place your feet upon the righteous and fulfilling path.
They just dismissed his "Why do I have to believe, why isn't there proof?" Argument by saying he just has to believe. The guy on the left seemed to understand the points at least a little better. I didn't expect great arguments and there weren't great arguments, but it's still nice to know what religious people think about it. The video is a good thing even though I don't think their points were very good.
If you watch it to the end, you'll see everything. He says that we need to personally seek God ourselves. You can never seek without faith. When you come to this kind of time in your life, you could even take a personal retreat to seek, but then, you must believe. Job was sustained in his afflictions because he had that personal revelation of Who God is. The journey to discovery is by faith so it has to be there first, before answers begin to come.
@Mitchell Bard Did you know that jesus christ is in every history book around the world did you know that they found Noah's ark did you know that they just discovered bone that belong to giants. You gotta do research man
@Mitchell Bard And as far as Evidence Of god well the evidence is me and you the evidence is the universe the evidence is nature the evidence is all around us
@@christianhurlburt8436 It is what the pastor said about hopsin. I believe people go through personal, and uniquely individual turmoil. Some of us vent our anger and frustration on God. Hopsin wants more self belief, but it's hard to get it when one desires hard truth.
It’s hilarious listening to a religious person try and argue that there god is better..it’s like listening to two nerds argue that Batman could beat up superman
Hopsin literally said in the video that he was a Christian, and sought after god, but nothing happened. I feel like you guys were just twisting his words around the entire time.
Just so you all know as a Christian the song hits home for my son, he got involved in the gang Life by the age of 13 and saw so much evil it was hard for him to see the good. He started going to a Christian Youth Camp that changed his perspective on God, by the way the background you're seeing is outside of Albuquerque New Mexico where he grew up. Sometimes the desert really does bring understanding and resolution from God just like the ocean and the forest Etc
Ill mind of Hopsin is basically his thoughts about life and society how he portrays things he has 9 of them. But many more other songs he is a successful underground rapper
I hope you’ve traveled far in your journey so far brother. God loves you and cares for you deeply, Our Creator wants nothing more than a relationship with us.
It's been 3 months I hope you've been doing good. But don't be afraid of questioning your faith there's is another side to it and once you get through you'll have a wat stronger. I'm not through completely but God is taking me through that journey.
Good looking Pastor, I have a Christian aunt who couldn't listen to this song. A lot of movies she can't even watch. Much props for having the patience and an open man.
Even as a pastor it can be difficult to defend the faith when considering this rap; you can't speak for everyone. Even Hopsin said he isn't trying to destroy a legacy. Christian faith is about having a common understanding in doing good- Hopsin, I believe, is venting frustration toward the persecution of being propositioned to sacrifice yourself for the sake of doing good as well as being asked for more than an individual has been inspired by God to give. This song isn't about condemning Christian's, but rather entities that move falsely in the name of God... Make sense?
He never said anything about Hopsin condemning Christians, if you think that then you didn't listen properly. On the same hand, he's not trying to speak for everyone. He's speaking from his own point of view and experience.
Stop praising so mutch and try to look at it from another perspective, start listening to what he says and don’t talk over it in a Jezus or god perspective. Christianity isn’t the only thing there is
I can't believe because Hopsin is solid and right, humans wrote the book for one sure it's "inspired by God" but there's a lot of books inspired by people and those people always put THEIR twist in it and not to mention the fact as a ex Christian, they believe it's right because the bible says it right that it's all in the bible but there's no backing in the slightest. You want blind Faith to follow an outdated book that fun fact King James was a bisexual man, a book he translated that stands solely against anything but straight a bisexual man wrote it there's history proving that and he didn't stop but he wrote that "holy book".
to be fair this song is one of the driving factors of why i left christianity once i started looking at religion analytically, i used to be the most religious follower until i prayed for 5 years for less depression and absolutely nothing changed till i dropped christianity and found it myself
Man that song 🔥 but crazy as fuck....I was rolling so hard on ecstasy when I herd that song for the first time and I couldn't help but burst into tears....it was such an emotional rollercoaster
That’s awsum that the preacher was open minded enough to listen to this. I have always absolutely loved this song it touches me deeply. When we talk to our father\God I feel we are suppose to come to him as we would our earth father, and ask questions and feel doubt at times and it’s ok to be fustrated, we r human, I am not religious person I am spiritual, to me religion is a way of control, the Bible was written by humans, god is within us, the Bible even says that.
I lost my faith 3yrs ago when I lost my dad my life has been tough but I kept going continued to have faith pray every night ect but when my dad died it hurt so much it was so sudden my cousin at same time was at another hospital with her baby who had made it through one surgery fighting and when my dad took his last breath I prayed thought maybe my dad had to go so paxton could live and I was OK with that 2days later paxton died I took off my cross necklace haven't prayed since and started questioning if religion god wasn't just made up way try keep people controlled ect anyway I like how you ask your dad questions alot think your videos make me think however not sure still were I stand
Gave up on religion too and I have felt much better. I don't rely on anything but myself. I feel like a better person than I did when I was Christian. I hope you feel better, religious or not.
I lost my little brother to a heroin OD and a couple years later my mother to cancer. I've never understood how a being so pawerful as "God" can make everything in existence but allow such horrible things to happen to good people. There is no excuse for the death of a child. Period! I'm sorry you had to go through such terrible pain. My heart aches for you.
@C S that’s exactly right. I feel like he tried to make points to refute what Hopsin was saying instead of trying to understand him, and this was one of the points that was very weak. There may be a correlation between the number of authors and the credibility of the scripture, but the way he phrased it makes that correlation impossible
@@Teddy_Gautier also the books banned and removed. The romans made the book to control the masses and decided what to keep and what to ban. Jesus was clearly talking out and against organized religion and was publicly killed and tortured to stop people from going against rome. The Roman empire lives through the religion the made and the US is the new rome as the Roman "Christian" country
I feel the hardest thing for baby Christians is the idea that everything falls into place and problems disappear. He's there with you through the good and the bad but he requires work from all of us. He helps those who help their self. And you can't make your choices ( free will) then get mad at God for the consequences of your choices.
Another reason that makes me believe in the energy that faith creates is the fact that my brother changed his life and attitude for the better after becoming a believer
I absolutely love this song of HOPSIN it’s it one of the most powerful songs I’ve ever heard and he is humbly asking every question that probably has crossed our mind when he says the i ain’t seen no talking snake unravel from tree with an apple to eat that ***** never happens to me to I think of these scriptures. ROMANS 15:15 “For all the things that were written beforehand were written for our instruction so that through our endurance and through the comfort from the Scriptures we might have hope” As for HOPSIN saying if you really care for me proof that I need to live carefully, because I’ll be damned if I put my own pleasure aside for an after life that isn’t even garunteed!! It reminds me of JERIMIAH 17:10 it reads “IJehovah, am searching the heart, Examining the innermost thoughts, To give to each one according to his ways, According to the fruitage of his works.” So I think god looks at your heart. say for example there was a man with a millions of pounds and and he was searching for a wife and showed the women and people his wealth could it not be that some of the women lining up to marry him could only be after the million pound and that the love or wanting to marry him they declared was not sincere as they were after what he had to offer instead of earnestly loving him for who he was it’s the same with our god Jehovah the fact we follow him and do his will without any full proof of our reward in view (apart from the bible of course!) shows that in our hearts we want to do his will because it’s in our hearts and we would do it because we just want to do what’s right HOPSIN is saying show me proof and then I’ll put my own pleasures aside for an after life so I’m a sense he’s only willing to do it if he’s promised something in return So if god says he examines the heart and searches the heart would HOPSIN be agreeable to god standards of heart condition at this point “1ST CHRONICLES 29:17 reads. “I well know, O my God, that you examine the heart and that you take pleasure in integrity. In the uprightness of my heart, I have voluntarily offered all these things” Just my take on this as it’s my favourite song ever not meaning any offence to anyone Edit: I don’t own a special or different bible your Christian bibles should say pretty much the same as said in here peace and love to anyone on there spiritual journey 💕 Also why Jehovah’s Witnesses go door to door Jehovah’s Witness are trying to fulfill that the good news of Jesus ransom sacrifice must be preached throughout the world ACTS 20.20 it reads “while I did not hold back from telling you any of the things that were profitable nor from teaching you publicly and from house to house” also in MATHEW28:19-20 it reads “ Go, therefore, and make disciples of people of all the nations,a baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you And look! I am with you all the days until the conclusion of the system of things” MATTHEW 10:7 “As you go, preach, saying: ‘The Kingdom of the heavens has drawn near” Also in MATTHEW 24:14 it reads “And this good news of the Kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations,and then the end will come”. I think this is why it’s so vital that we spread the word to everyone giving them a chance to know about god and the Jesus the ransom X If anyone would like a free online bible study also to do in there own time www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/online-lessons/
I’ve been in a mental position pretty much exactly like Hopsin. I was born and raised as a Jehovahs Witness and left at 18. I’m 22 now and it’s been an ongoing battle between what I wanna do with my life in terms of religion. What stuck with me from this video is “the greatest proof that God is real is a changed life.” Never had it phrased like that. I’ve always struggled with faith because I look for hard evidence that God is real when in reality, TRUE faith is the belief in things unseen. If God were to “show himself” then what’s the point in faith? It’s a choice. Faith is something you can have only if your heart is open to it and that finally clicked for me. I don’t know if I’m gonna completely turn my life around because of this video but it’s definitely opened up new paths of thinking now.
here 4 years later and i gotta respect your dads words anytime im down or in a bad place i pray. god won't give you anything you can't handle. love you god bless
Ok wow 😓.. where to begin. Well I’ll start with just one question. You said the greatest “proof” is a changed life. Has anyone ever taken their lives into their own hands and changed it for the better without supposedly relying on your god or just any deity you’d like to insert? If the answer is yes then your proof goes out of the window. The people I feel sorry for are the ones who are shackled to a delusion and can’t get through the day without it being their crutch. Losing faith was the most liberating experience of my life, don’t feel sorry for me 😅.
No dude you got it wrong. You can rely on God to give you the strength or courage to do something, it's just how you use it is what matters. God isn't responsible for everything. He can't control us, that's what free will is for. That's what everybody gets confused about. The Catholic religion isn't about "God does everything." What people don't understand is "God must not do for man what man must do for himself."
J Ditsfights256 hmmm do what you want.... but.... if you do things that a natural for humans, sometimes even hardwired in our psychology, you will suffer forever
@@keef5 anyone can take their own life into their own hands and turn things around. No one said it would be impossible. The point is there are some people who can't do it on their own. And they get faith in God to help them. This isn't about God doing all things. We all have freedom to do as we want. God is not there to make things easy as people wish. The bible says it clearly. He is there to make things possible. I think why so many people don't believe in God is because people represent God along side with religion and even the bible says religion is evil. Believing in God is a relationship.
I’m with the pastor. But I enjoy this song. It totally represents how I’ve felt through anger with my life. It took so much for me to KNOW the answer now.
I love this video…this song dropped when I was on the brink of losing faith and connected with everything he said. I converted to Islam for a few years and now I’m back.
“Sometimes people just want to stay where they’re at and bring other people down to them and they get upset when people get free” Pastor just explained himself and every other Christian like him when folks like Hopsin break free from the mental prison of religion
Not all Christians are the same? Get your mind right. Gotta open it up sometimes. Can't shit on other people for believing. I don't shit on other people for not believing. Most of my friends are atheists. But I don't let that get in the way of anything.
Me and my housemate live on the ‘other side.’ My housemate has had a lifetime of heartache with his brother being a devout believer ending in suicide. The talk in this song hits home big time especially because the brother was born again and devout before what happened happened. These things do rock you and rock any if any faith you have.
ill give the old man credit. he seems like he has his purpose. reminds me of my family member who has been a preist for over 50 years. and he didnt even complain about bad words and such. and somehow i feel he actually heard the words. my dad cant hear a song like this and its apparently "too fast" for him. so good for this guy
I’m a religious but I respect this pastor opinion for listening to this even with all the cursing. Hopsin hits a lot although of thoughts. But made respect to this Pastor.
i agree with the part when he says that each religion has a piece of the truth however i don't think anyone has the whole truth just many similar fragments of it
I like how his son has the ability to play the devils advocate very well and get into the minds of those he is on the other side of the fence with. Very smart and empathetic man.
As someone who has gone to multiple schools learning a different religion and being told every time that i can have a relationship with God, i really relate to this song. It perfectly explains my problem with religion where everyone thinks they are right then some other religion comes along and tells them they are wrong and people should listen to this different religion. I really tried and fully committed myself to believing in god for years and not once have i heard God, seen God or even felt the presence of God. So I’m done searching for him. If he really cares for me then he can prove it to me. Ive tried to have a relationship with God for so long, but i guess I’m just not enough. But he can do what he wants since we are not equal. “Im a human ill stay in my lane.” -Hopsin
This song has me thinking about a thing that happened with my brother 2 years ago. He hit his head and was seizing on the ground he then woke up later at the hospital and told me that he saw space and that it was like he was floating and didn't know what happened. While all of this happening I was watching him almost die on the ground from a fight so this honestly kind of to me makes me question all of this
I came across this song yesterday morning, it hit home. I got heart failure 8 years ago, I was at the point when doctors gave up on me somehow I survived (I had an experience in the coma real or dream that disproved stuff). But since then I’ve questioned everything. I did have questions about Christianity from a historical point of view before that but I believed. Long story short I’m now at a point where I question this..... in the Bible it says that god loves all unconditionally but at the same time it says if you don’t love him back he’s going to send you to a hole to burn forever when you die....🤔
Pastor is speaking the truth. Staying in the same cycle! I'm in and out of the "cycle" maybe just a different spin than yours. I will get over it, but not of my own strength, but of God's. With a CAPITAL G. I will overcome because God has overcame this world. 🙏
Okay. This video is like 20 minutes long so i will only do a couple. At 2:11 He said many people search and find themselves at a desert. With that being the first thing he noticed tells me already he he is not just a blabbering idiot. At 3:05 He talks about how there is no other religion like a Christianity. Okay one thing you should understand is Christianity is not a religion its a relationship with Jesus Christ. We have sinned right, (imagine sin as a crime) okay you pass away today and is facing Jesus Christ on Judgement day,(You have been busted and is standing in front of court guilty) But Remember Jesus died on the cross for our sins but HE ROSE UP AGAIN 3 DAYS AFTER. HE DEFEATED DEATH.(Jesus paid the fine for your name which clears your name and you are free to go) All you need to do is repent and build a relationship with Jesus he is the only way to heaven WE WILL RISE UP AGAIN INTO HEAVEN BECAUSE OF WHAT JESUS DID FOR US. At 4:21 He said that god said if you seek me you will find me which i believe is true. And it looks like hopsin found himself and God if you listen to his new song kumbaya.Even Kanye West found God too.A rapper that i listen to is NF. He is a christain but doesnt make christain music. you can listen to NF Like this, Remember this,Let me go and nate and oh lord
The part where he says you have to seek god and you will find him had me thinking a lot as a ashiest at the time struggling with addiction and mental health problems . That was 3 years ago and I can say with that advice that I have truly found him and beat my addiction and mental health struggles. Thankyou for that.
This song is powerful and it hits right in the heart 💓 this song had me bawling my eyes out u can just hear the emotion in his voice I totally resonate with this .they didn't really understand all what the song meant but I appreciate getting a point of view from a pastor .good video 👍
"Where there is evidence, no one speaks of faith. We do not speak of faith that two and two are four or that the earth is round. We only speak of faith when we wish to substitute emotion for evidence. ~ Bertrand Russell
"there's never been no other religion that has their savior die and raises again" Sorry, this is complete nonsense. Just to name a few gods that have died and been resurrected that far pre-date Jesus: 1 Dionysus 2. Attis 3. Osiris 4. Horus 5. Adonis (this one died every year in the fall and resurrected in the spring lmao) 6. Ganehsa 7. Krishna The ignorance in this video is absolutely astonishing, but this what happens when you're indoctrinated. You should try looking up Mithra, a god who was worshiped before 200 B.C, born of immaculate conception, Born on December 25th, was seen by shepherds and Magi who brought gifts to a cave, the place of his birth. He performed miracles like raising the dead and healing the sick and blind, he had 12 disciples. There is absolutely nothing original or unique about Christianity, or any religion.
Yeah, I only knew about one of those. I feel like if there is a higher power it'd be in a ball of pure energy since energy can't be created or destroyed. I feel like if this were the case and this god made everything it'd be in the form of the big bang or this ball of energy spreading itself as far as it can reach, anything that is energy is this god. It's the only that makes sense to me at least. Also correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't god mean both male and female in some religions? If so that's another reason why I think it's a ball of energy for it has no gender. As for people seeing this god, it'd be simple to explain since energy can take any form it wants to as long as it isn't created or destroyed. That's why there'd be so many religions, it'd all be explaining this one god it many different ways depending on how it was revealed to them at the time, taking form of what made most sense to them whether it was as one god or many gods both male and female. Like greek and roman gods (just an example where there's multiple gods). I'm probably just rambling and idk if any of this makes any sense to anyone who reads it, I hope it does but at this point idk what's real or fake when it comes to a higher power
@@rachelcox09 feel free to go through the literal thousands upon thousands of made up deities, I'm sure you'll find a few examples. You'll probably learn a thing or 2 about the cancer that is organized religion. Nothing but leeches praying of off peoples insecurities
@@nathanb9622 I can say the same thing. You go through thousands of deities and see I'm right. I could offer you all kinds of proof but you won't genuinely investigate for yourself so why waste my breath?
I struggle to see the perspective of the curators of this video, although to some extent i do believe they mean well (Although discrediting other faiths is a bit of a grey area). And i believe some of the arguments or justifications for what Hopsin says are questionable. The difference between the depictions of God in the old testament and the new testament are insane, and even then there are inconsistency within them. Hopsin suggests that the Bible is an inaccurate source, you shouldn't then refute that by citing the Bible because it just seems to prove his point. And citing something that may of happened 2000+ years ago isn't proof its speculation. Don't get me wrong, to an extent i respect religions. Because for some its a healthy outlook on life and it has had an impact on the way we view morality and right and wrong. For those who search for meaning and strive for a goal, religion might be good. But i don't believe a singular religion can help someone understand reality. I'm not Christian or really religious, id consider myself more of a deist (a Deity may of created the world or the universe we exist in, but doesn't partake in its evolution)
Man I got so many retorts to what you were preaching in this video. The fact that I can just come up with logical reasons not to believe makes me not believe. Simple.
There's always an argument and a counter argument, if you think that someone couldn't come up with a logical retort to whatever you have to say then you're just biased.
It looks like You are really living inside a buble ( not attacking you ), telling that its the only book that have this and this , go check thé Quran 😂 😂
It's very common, the statement that "no other religion has things like [lists something multiple other religions have]" is so common (primarily in Christians, but def not just them) among religious people. They grow up with one religion, conveniently only really learn about that one, and decide it's "the only one that has this one thing!" I try not to be hard on this stuff, but it so frustrating hearing that stuff when it's obvious they haven't really learned about other pantheons.
The truth is, the soul always seek for God. So the soul is pulling him to his creator, but the lust of the flesh and the pride of life is pulling him to the world. This becomes the frustration he is crying to breakthrough from. It is like a battle. That's why he said his mind is filled with heaven. He must accept the reality, and the struggle will stop
I HATE that people lose the meaning of this song! Hopsin gave up music and millions for his faith and said he NEVER felt answered! He believes there is a higher power, but not sure which one is right! This is a cry for help to God and that's Hopsins words! He still is a Christian (his words) but still wants answers!!!!! He's crying out
I love the way your dad explained the “four voices”. The voice within whether it’s positive (Good) or negative (Evil) it depends on you (own voice) what you choose. Although it can be hard when things go bad, hopefully something can pull yourself out of it. (God).
This video of u and dad is an eye and ear opening. Faith is so REAL that no one should deny it because there is one and only one true REAL HIGHER AND BEYOND US ALL . WE ALL ARE HIS AND HER CHILDREN...
Wrong.. pastor there are many figures who all died and raised again who was born all around the same time as Jesus that did miracles and even were carpenters..look into it
Idk if you’ve ever heard Jordan Peterson explain what God means. But god isn’t really supposed to be this detailed creature. It’s like God is the ideal of all ideals. If you lived exactly as you should, as far as morally and socially you would be embodying that extreme ideal, “living like god would”. Religion is really just an attempt to figure out how you should live your life to ideally to survive all its tragedies and do good for the world. Once you analyze the Bible with that in mind, you’ll see how insanely interesting and deep it is with out having to believe that god is actually real. I don’t believe but I understand now.
@@derrickg3503but where is their movement on creating a belief system that thrives for millennia, even time was affected by this belief in resurrected Christ, I do not think Hindus believe in the resurrection of the body, but rather reincarnation.. correct me if I’m wrong
