What facts though? Zero facts saying any of this isn’t true. He just says he doesn’t like to put words into Gods mouth. God said don’t eat pork, didn’t say why other than they’re not clean. He’s not going to try and explain the reasoning because all he needs is his faith and God said so.
@@nightterrors6262 Yeah but there’s a few issues with that. For the pork example why would God write something like don’t eat Pork and not provide clear explanations as to why not to. You’d think an all knowing magical deity would know these things and could explain them quite well. What it all boils down to is God didn’t write it. Man did. Ignorant superstitious primitives thousands of years ago wrote a collection of fables to try to explain things they didn’t understand. They then used that collection of fantasy stories to justify their abhorrent behavior cause, “hey look God said it’s ok.”
Fact. Scientists use to mock Christians because the Bible says “in the beginning” Scientists believed the universe Was eternal. Then an evil Catholic priest scientist discovered the Big Bang. Einstein mocked him. Einstein later had to apologize to him. Scientists don’t mock Christians no more because the Bible STILL says in the beginning. Facts don’t care about your feelings For realz
All the books in the Bible were written hundreds of years apart from each other, by people from all different backgrounds. Kings, prophets, land-owners, religious leaders, one tax collector, even poor fishermen. And every book ties the story of the Bible in one cohesive narrative. A narrative that carries the greatest message of redemption in the world. You cannot convince me that mere men alone could have written this by themselves without a divine hand guiding theirs.
All of the gospels tell a different account of the same stories. The book is not cohesive at all because each writer, at the very least in the New Testament, had a vastly different interpretation of who jesus was and why he was, his purpose, his nature, everything.
@@abd_cheese7353completely wrong and has been debunked thousands of times. They are 1st and 2nd hand testimonies that only vary in the focus of the messages they convey. The theology remains all 100% cohesive and you cannot find me 1 single place where it isn’t in agreement with itself. Even at the very end of John, the Apostle states “these things he did and many more, that if were to be written, I suppose all the books of the world could not contain them.” As a matter of fact, it only further disproves your argument because it shows they are genuinely separate eyewitness accounts and even journalistic accounts such as Luke’s gospel, and yet they all miraculously are in line with one another. One author records something happened in one chapter, while the other in the next chapter. That’s to be expected of eyewitness testimony from different people. If you said the gospels were all identical, you’d then have to imply that they plagiarized each other, and then it wouldn’t be reliable. So pick how you want to bury yourself.
@@PipsqueakNation and you believe god is jesus and jesus had a mother,lol, there no verse where jesus said he had a mother, he denied mary twice as his mother and never called her mother
You have to remember Jesus cast a demon from a mad man and cast it into a pig, which then ran off in s river and died. So pork was seen as unclean. Also it is a high risk food for getting awful food poisoning if not cooked to a high enough temperature. So mostly pork is unclean as it represents eating something seen as maybe evil too
"I'm not a fan of naturalistic explanations for religion" In the full clip Ben goes on to give a naturalistic explanation for Moses parting the red sea.
Doesn't mean he is of fan of that reason. Plus a singular event happening isn't the same as why God would tell His chosen people to do a certain practice daily.
@@FM-dm8xj oh so Buddhism has reincarnation . Hinduism has reincarnation Judaism and Christianity has judgement day the dead await until that day . Islam similar to Judaism and Christianity but their hell is on degrees of punishment. And all according to you are correct. ;) Good luck with that.
2 Timothy 3:16 “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.” Edit: Jesus Christ was a real man, almost nobody will say that He wasn’t. But the same reason you know about Jesus; the eyewitness who wrote everything or told what they saw; *saw* Jesus Christ raise from the dead, *saw* Jesus Christ never lie, heal people, heal the blind and the lame and the poor. I’ve seen mute children speak after prayers, and demons casted out, things you cannot fake. My life went from fun, pleasure, and happiness, to real joy, hard work, and hardship, because I allowed Jesus into my life. I’ve felt peace that is unexplainable, and it’s only in Jesus’ name that I can feel that peace. Jesus is real, and the evidence says He is truly God, and I’ve seen His works in my own lifetime.
Yeah, so if someone had a question they shouldn't be afraid to ask or think about it (but easier said than done at times, especially if a person didn't wanna give good thought to your question/confusion or lack of knowledge....)
@@bigbunsclassic You blame God for the world being a cursed and broken place. You also think the world has always been a cursed and broken place. Neither of those cases are true.
@@colorlessozno wonder we humans can’t move forward because people like you who believe in fairy tales and wanna push as fact. Believe what you want but leave others alone with their beliefs and opinions just like you do on sundays when you surround yourself with like minded individuals
@@willtoler6917LMAO What end ? The real one at the end of your life or the make believe one abrahamic mythology enthusiast keep telling us will happen every two years ?
I am surprised at Bens lack of aptitude and skill to defend his own religion. As a Christian who studies the Bible and Theology, we are well aware of the human authors of all the books in the Bible, including the Hebrew Bible AKA Old Testament.
Hey, just wanted to share the Gospel that all men need, the Bible says all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23) this means we all deserve death and separation from a perfect and holy God. But God did not leave us for dead, He sent His only begotten Son to die in yours and my place, so that anyone who believes in Him and repents of sin will be saved from separation from God, and have eternal life! I urge you please put your faith in Jesus Christ and follow Him, He promises to save all who cry out to Him and have a humble heart. We arent guaranteed another day so we must seek Him today while He may be found.
@user-fi8eo4rj3x begotten meaning only one of a kind, separate. Jesus is not a spirt child of God in the same way we have children, as mormons believe; He is eternal. Begotten just means one of a kind, only.
@@bbcr11 yea I agree but some things are ridiculous. Surely if we overcome an issue that was prevalent when the texts were written, as humans with free will, it is not against His judgement. Or would that be rebellion? If so, that’s not the God I know and love. Probably good that I’m not a Jew.
@@vinniehuish3987 I said I, not 'we'. Believe what you want, I don't care. What do you mean that is for muslims? afaik they can't eat pork. What are you talking about?
I used to be skeptical of it. After having encountered God felt Him heard Him seen people healed by Jesus name. Ive had around 15 dreams that came to pass in the future. Only God has the ability to show us the future. Ive had hundreds of answered prayers if not 1000. I had my rib and my wrist healed in the name of Jesus. Salvation is a gift. Its by grace through faith not our own works. If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead you will be saved.
Yes I prayed for the man who hurt my children to be unalived and shortly after months of praying for this daily he ended up with covid and I found out he died.. that’s what made me believe in God
@@CarlTuckersonn God bless you, that sounds awful. While I do preach forgiveness, there are also Psalms that say “He shall make your enemies a footstool”; for good reason too. And it requires humility before God.
Christians may eat pork because God has declared it once more to be clean. “What God has declared clean you must not call common” (Acts 10:15). Pork is one of those “foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth” (1Timothy 4:3). I guess j.c. was hip on trichinosis.
Ben Shapiro does have pretty solid logic except with religion. Which is a shame really. Its hard to believe someone so versed in debate can believe something so ridiculous.
It's upsetting to me to see Ben shut down when he was put into the same position he puts others into for a living. I believe he is a logical man. But when it comes to religion, it's like logic has left the building.
@@adammonahan687 Exactly, and I don't have faith in an all powerful being, how's supposedly a loving caring character, letting children go through what they go through, with pedofilies, trafficking, beatings and all that. So no, I don't believe in God's. I do believe in the good in people tho. That people make a choice to be kind, because it's the right thing to do.
@@Monkey-fv2km Pretty much the opposite. Albert Einstein stated "I believe in Spinoza's God" Meaning he didn't succumb to such beliefs while he discovered new scientific breakthroughs. So your statement is naive like Einstein said about mixing science with belief or religion.
The reason why they couldn’t eat pork is because in the first five books of the Bible whenever Moses was trying to get Christians to stand out, they were not allowed to eat pork so if if you saw somebody eating pork, you could say oh that’s not a Christian
Because alot of the shit in the first edition was downright embarrassingly horrible. Religion is man made mind control for the weak. Nothing more, nothing less.
I know if you really read the Bible, you would learn that it's a sin to edit and take away stuff from the bible, everyone is going to limbo, when Jesus supposedly comes back when people are judged and go to heaven, it's why I'm a satanist if you want material things you pray to him because the earth belongs to him, 2 Corinthians 4 4 Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God. Jesus is really the son of Satan “And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.” (Rev. 22:18-19.) Sad sad sad YHWH that's God's name he is either not all powerful Or he is not all good
His logic is barely scraping bottom on even gender side of talking points. His 'ownage' material is based on lack of emotions and chimps consider him superior to themselves. He cant hold his own in any conversation with comprehending person.
Who cares why, if you believe it to be a revelation from god, and you consciously make a decision to ‘listen to god’, that’s all that matters. Religions have been prescribing intermittent fasting for thousands of years, health experts just discovered the amazing health benefits of withholding food. parasites getting killed off at a specific temperature is irrelevant. Pigs are disgusting by the way, and by far the closest thing to humans in the way of composition and texture. It even smells and tastes like human meat, as claimed by cannibals who’ve experienced both.
Ben is one of the most brilliant minds in philosophy related subjects today. If he could find the courage to drop the Orthodox Judaism which stands out like a sore thumb for him as a subject he won’t think or speak critically of he could bring SO much good to the world in his last 4 or so decades of life. If he doesn’t pursue leadership in the political arena I hope like crazy he delves into philosophical writings for a great portion of the rest of his life.
scavenger animals in Leviticus 11in the bible, have bacteria and toxins in them. Clams and shellfish are water filters. Birds of prey carry strong viral bacteria and disease. You are advised not to eat clams and shellfish during winter months due to red tide. It all makes sense. Toxic meat filled with impurities is unhealthy. That is what Leviticus chapter 11 is all about. You just have to read it and ask yourself which of those animals you would consider to be inedible because they are filthy. Rat, vulture, bat, dog, cat, venomous snakes, poison spiders, insects such as cockroaches... What would you eat. Do you see the point?
This is where my respect for Ben goes down. A well educated man , known for logic and reason , choose to believe snippets of history , twisted into mind control propaganda fairytales. Fabricated by the few to have power over the many. That’s a shame.
@@sirhoopalot1125 : and for you , I have no respect. Not for having a different opinion or not even that you were telling me to shut up. That’s ok , but expressing strong views using a colourful language and not using your real name , that’s the weasel way of a full blown , pureblooded coward. How does that make you feel , you recreant?🐔
Well up to now in our last years days it's all been written and it's all happened and look at what a mess we're in so.. needless to say anymore be ready he's coming and it's a great thing
@@renaromero3430🤣🤣yea ? He’s coming? That’s what Peter thought 2 thousand years ago and right now he’s dirt. Or is he in heaven? Where is heaven btw? Is it in the sky or on mars or is it another dimension. Fallacy on fallacy
I grew up going to church every week but I don’t as an adult. I still find it cool when new studies and research comes out to back up what my religion taught me all along. Especially when it’s the weirder commandments that turn out to be good for you. In the case of finding out scientifically why pork was “unclean” historically, I think that if you find out that there was a reason for it, but now that reason doesn’t apply, there should be a re-examination of the commandment. I seriously don’t know the answer to this, but do Jewish people not have a prophet of some sort to be the mouthpiece of God or do they just believe that everything that God needs us to know is already given to us?
Religious leaders would never consent to reexamining anything in the bible. That would be the beginning of the end for them. They are stuck with how it is written, and so must contort themselves accordingly in order to explain away the existing words.
Notice how so many people are refuting your for just believing ina value system that helps govern your life, people are sick. This new wave of science has done nothing but corrupt us, live your life by science or live your life by god they’re hand in hand only to the extent that the eye can see
His reflex is to reference his dogma to explain his belief, rather than give any specific reasons. I get he’s never going to be about apologetics… but for someone that speak on the subject so much, it’s strange that this tendency persists to be his go to when confronted about any given issue.
Joe literally never heard about the Roman’s, ancient Greeks, and Egyptians. They knew all this stuff back then. He treats it as though people were ignorant
There was a better explanation why raising pigs is dangerous from epidemiological point of view. Thus prohibiting pork consumption eliminated raising of pigs in densely populated areas.
Pork isn't the only animal Israel was told not to eat. Read Leviticus. Mammals must part the hoof and chew the cud, you may eat jumping insects (like crickets), fish must have fins and scales, and domesticated birds were clean to eat. Other dietary laws include: don't cook a kid (goat) in its mothers milk and don't consume blood I think it has less to do with a healthy diet or any historical context, but rather, everything to do with obedience to God. Isaiah 55:8-9 (KJV) "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."
Yes, Scavenger animals in Leviticus 11 in the bible, have bacteria and toxins in them. Clams and shellfish are water filters. Birds of prey carry strong viral bacteria and disease. You are advised not to eat clams and shellfish during winter months due to red tide. It all makes sense. Toxic meat filled with impurities is unhealthy. That is what Leviticus chapter 11 is all about. People just have to read it and ask themselves which of those animals you would consider to be inedible because they are filthy. Rat, vulture, bat, dog, cat, venomous snakes, poison spiders, insects such as cockroaches... What would people eat.
Bruh, god didn't write the bible and put it on earth. No religion believes that. The bible is a collection on books written by each chapters respective prophet, for example Matthew, John, Isaiah, as in Mathew 3:1 -12. The original prophet was a guy named Abraham and he is the basis of all abrahamic religions such as Christianity, Judaism, and Muslim. Specifically splitting at at the prophet known as Jesus. The Jews believe up to Moses but refused the teachings of Jesus, the Christians are those that follow that teaching of Jesus, and the Muslims strictly only worship the unseen god and therefore cannot believe in the teachings of Jesus
@@francespulido5215 there were prophets after Jesus, the prophet Muhammad comes to mind for the Muslims. But the logical answer to that is that there is no need for another, all of the information, the complete teachings are there, everything one would need to ascend to the afterlife exist within the bible (or Quran if that's your game) but yes the Jews are still waiting on their final prophet
@@KEK_404 Rubbish, Jesus is fundamental in the Muslim religion He is so important that they say he will defeat the devil on the final day, he will come again. Yes, they don't agree he was resurrected, but rather died on the cross, and gave the 'appearance' of coming to life again, but they do believe he will come again on the final day. Im not a Muslim but i have a clue. He is revered in Islam.
The reason for not eating pork was because they were to separate themselves from other nations. Other pagan nations would sacrifice pigs so therefore they were to abstain from things like that
No, it’s because they lived in the middle east. The climate was not suitable for raising pigs. Deserts are not ideal for pigs, they get diseases and become unclean because of the lack of mud. This made them unsafe to eat.
Naturalist vs Jew? Two fools bickering. Naturalist uses logic to claim there is only material that exists (logic isnt material), Jew is scrambling around to justify his belief in a god of his own creation. Not sure where the brightness of these individuals is.
I think the thing I don’t understand most is why other people care if another person is religious. It’s like they go into a blind rage every time they hear someone is religious even though it has zero effect on their lives or beliefs.
One of my friends lost a roommate/friend who was murdered because someone's religious training taught him to murder Christians. Religion affects everyone.
@leonwilcox-tp2jgChristians dont get mad at athiests, not even "some" of them. Every christian I met has been nothing but loving and forgiving and just.
The fast talking is Ben’s debate tactic. Overwhelm you opponent with information. It make you seem smart and really difficult and time consuming to respond. Basically diarrehea mouth.
Zechariah 12:10 “And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn. Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 53:5-10 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment, And who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgressions of My people He was stricken. And they made His grave with the wicked- But with the rich at His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was any deceit in His mouth. Yet it pleased the Lord to [g]bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. Daniel 9:24-27 “Seventy weeks are determined For your people and for your holy city, To finish the transgression, To make an end of sins, To make reconciliation for iniquity, To bring in everlasting righteousness, To seal up vision and prophecy, And to anoint the Most Holy. “Know therefore and understand, That from the going forth of the command To restore and build Jerusalem Until Messiah the Prince, There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; The street shall be built again, and the wall, Even in troublesome times. “And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; And the people of the prince who is to come Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, And till the end of the war desolations are determined. Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, Even until the consummation, which is determined, Is poured out on the desolate.” Daniel 7:9-10 “I watched till thrones were put in place, And the Ancient of Days was seated; His garment was white as snow, And the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was a fiery flame, Its wheels a burning fire; A fiery stream issued And came forth from before Him. A thousand thousands ministered to Him; Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him. The court was seated, And the books were opened. Daniel 7:13-14 “I was watching in the night visions, And behold, One like the Son of Man, Coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, And they brought Him near before Him. Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, Which shall not pass away, And His kingdom the one Which shall not be destroyed. John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. Yeshua is the Messiah. May the Lord Yeshua bless you and guide you all 🙏🏼
And thats why its senseless to listen to that people. Cause even when they are wrong and it contradicts with their belief, they will defend it. Cause they are not humble enought to admit their wrong thinking.
I like naturalistic explanations for religion because I think it links the source of religion to human behaviour in a very logical way. For instance early people eating pork and getting sick as a result obviously at the time had no understanding of what was happening to them aside from the fact they were suffering. So I believe aside from proper understanding it was easy to suggest that there was some sort of higher power that didn't want you to eat pork.
i like ben Shapiro a lot but joe does make a good point about the pork and the reason ben “doesn’t know” is bc it goes against his religion in a sense and he would be agreeing that it doesn’t make sense to believe in that
Yep. And if he agrees with the pork argument, why wouldnt there be a ton of other arguments for all the other religious things? Thats why he cant accept such an argument, since it would put all his other beliefs in doubt.
Bible was written at the time of cooking Temps being unknown for those people in that time. Bible isn't a cookbook. If those individuals all ate that most family lineage wouldn't be here today to learn cook Temps. Don't trick yourself outta position now.
O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allāh is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Aware. -Surah Al-Ḥujurāt, Ayah 13
I think from reading the Bible that after God created the first people, He told them what their food should be (Genesis 1:29). They lived longer when they ate only that.
@@abrahamm1325 you know that "personal beliefs" isn't a magic phrase that makes anything after it logical and sensible, right? If you don't, why are you questioning my personal beliefs that the council of wizards is not logical?
@@psydrith1 What are you even talking about, people can believe whatever they want aslong as they are not pushing those beliefs onto you, and I have yet to see a single ben shapiro video where he tells anyone they have to believe what he does. I also seem to recall the United States of America having been founded on the idea of right to religious freedom, if you dont like that maybe you should move somewhere else. And some advice, when you start talking about a "council of wizards" you sound like a nutcase. Please explain to me what the council of wizards is, where do you currently reside, in narnia?
Interesting that a man who gets 100,000 dollars to speak (by his own admission)as well achieving outstanding academic performance with no participation in sports known to induce brain death, is stumped by a UFC knuckle-dragger wth a bit of logic and a love of reason
Who cares? It's idiotic, first because we now know that pigs are actually a very clean animal. Second it would make so much sense for a place that's mostly barren desert to eat pigs that can survive on pretty much anything. It's things like this that makes it clear and obvious it's man-made BS. Why would a god create animals, insects. snakes, spiders etc that are harmful to his ultimate creation, humans made in his image? I tell you why, because it's BS! No god, no creator, evolution explains it all perfectly! And it's a proven fact!
A set of instructions for people who were too stupid to get it, put out by people who cared enough to be polite and say "this guy said" instead of "do this". Later exploited by less well meaning people.
Easier to say that there's a god, and he's good if you behave according to a set of rules, than to just say "Do this or you going to die." On top of that, they create hell for those who dont care about dying, and heaven to incentivate people to behave well their whole life. Thousands of years passed, and people still cant see it.
Makes sense. Don't eat pork, you'll get sick. Don't be a steal, that's rude. Don't fuck your neighbors wife because he'll kill you. Makes more sense than a wizard on a cloud.
Isaac Newton was religious and he was the smartest person in history. Meanwhile you think you got all the answers and think going on believing in nothing is the right way but all you've contributed to humanity is maybe a kid and some edgy comments.
@@laughs150 "Isaac Newton was religious" -> As everyone in that time. Otherwise, you'd get killed if you didnt believe in christianity. You literally had laws that forced you to be christian. "he was the smartest person in history" -> Source: Trust me bro. And being smart, doesnt mean you're right. "you think you got all the answers" -> I think you are mistaking things. Religions are the ones with all the answers. "believing in nothing is the right way" -> Yes. You shoudn't believe in something just because you "feel" its the right thing / the truth. Imagine if everyone went through their lifes like that. "contributed to humanity is maybe a kid" -> And what did you contributed? A cult that deceives people? Knocking on doors to annoy everyone? Make your kids believe in your religion based on a book because thats what your parents did and you wanna do the same? Lol
@@pedropereira1285 no not everyone was religious in that time you stupid.2 point to someone smarter. 3 no tf religion doesn't say it has the answers for everything the bible alone has changed so many times.4 idk wtf you were talk about right there.5 are you seriously asking what religion has done to advance society have you read any book about how shit was before religion brought many different people into civilization, science didn't do it. Idk why you tried to pick apart a comment 6 lines long and break it into whatever that was
Jesus loves yall, he died for yall on the cross and rose 3 days later, hell is real and he doesn’t want you there. Repent and believe and you shall be saved.
Sweetheart the Ethiopian bible predates modern Bibles by thousands of years and it's also the most accurate at 88 chapters in total and in that Bible Jesus whose real name is Yeshua didn't die on any cross matter of fact he didn't die at all. And those so-called angels aren't angels they're extraterrestrials from other planets and dimensions known as the Annunaki which means those that came from heaven to earth. I'm not trying to start an argument I'm just tired of the lies the Vatican has sold society about our creators and who God is. I see God as all loving and in that new age Bible he's all about slavery which just doesn't make sense to me at all that's not God in that Bible not the real God not even close. The Catholic church has made society fear both God and death and I'm sorry but fear and love don't go together. And yes Billy Carson is right the Vatican did in fact add hell to the Bible yet again something else that's not in the Ethiopian bible that predates all other Bibles by thousands of years. The proof is out there you can even look up the Ethiopian bible and read it online as well as the ancient sumerian tablets that the Bible was heavily plagiarized from. It's all there to see for anyone with eyes to see it.
People think Ben is being hypocritical here but religion is a very hard topic to discuss especially when you can admit you truly don’t know some things and have to rely on your faith. That’s the key part. You either have it or you don’t. There is no convincing or debating
The word is God breathed! God gave the words to the people who wrote the Bible. It is a perfect book, and is cohesive even with all different people doing the writing
If you read it then tell me after it’s inconsistent , do you really think anyone of his disciples that got all murdered for believing in Jesus that they wouldn’t admit they were lying if they were put to death ?? Anyone would but they didn’t
The Bible is an interpretation of gods message to man through man’s words… so basically they did the sickest collab ever and dropped the best book in history. Oh and also the chicken came first. You’re welcome ✨
“God has transmitted his very substance into every Scripture, for it is God-breathed. It will empower you by its instruction and correction, giving you the strength to take the right direction and lead you deeper into the path of godliness. Then you will be God’s servant, fully mature and perfectly prepared to fulfill any assignment God gives you.” 2 Timothy 3:16-17
I’m not Jewish but I think the idea is that it’s simply immoral or, more likely, God spoke to man and told them to construct a holy book and they messed it up a bit bc man is not perfect and never was.
First rule of religion, there's always someone more pious than you. There's people that would call Ben a heretic for not believing God personally wrote every Bible in existence by hand.
People can hate on religion but science's best answer to how the universe came to be is that matter smaller than the eye of a needle exploded in a fraction of a second to make the entire universe. You can choose to believe that's a coincidence or that your life has some meaning. Even if the Bible or other religious texts weren't factual, what do you have to lose? You become a better person? It can only bring positivity to your life no matter what
The KKK believe in the bible it clearly hasn't taught them to be good people and that's not to mention the horrifying things God and his followers do in the old testament
I would absolutely LOVE for an Old School Conservative Bible Believing Preacher to go on the JRE podcast . It would be one of JRE's highest rated episodes for sure .
I'm a protestant Christian and Joe is correct. The rules in Leviticus were for disease prevention as well as general customs of the culture at the time. The bit about not wearing clothing of two or more different materials is another good one. At that time, such garments were more liable to fall apart and expose you. That was very shameful in that culture. When non believers throw Leviticus at us to try to prove Christianity as bad, they are taking it out of cultural and spiritual context.
You don’t think they weren’t able to cook meat to a 145 degrees back then? They mostly cooked over fires. Of course they could. The reason they did it was to identify fellow Jews. Arbitrary rules like that were specifically for Jews to be identifiable by other Jews.
Quite simply, the food restrictions were only a temporary measure to set the people of Israel apart from other nations. Those restrictions were lifted after Jesus but you're not mandated to comply, it's still a choice.
I have an amazing story. One day I was driving home, when all the sudden the Lord came to me in spirit. I felt very close to Him. I knew if I asked him to play any song on the radio he would, I guess to bless my faith. So I said "ok, Lord play "Come as you are by Nirvana". I turned on the radio and the song started playing right there on the spot, perfectly… I started getting flooded with chills like a waterfall, crying, and trembling. He stayed with me for 10 minutes in my driveway. until I got outta the car. A couple months after that I started getting amazing prayers answered way more often, because it helped me quit doubting when I pray and I was lined up with biblical instructions. It's 6 years later and I still get answered prayers in Jesus name.
Ben could no more tell you who wrote the script for his favorite teleprompter reader to read this evening on the news than he could tell you who wrote any of the books of the bible
The Holy Spirit of God inspired men to write His HolyWord down. Thats why the new testament and old testament point to each other and accurate even at thousands of years apart
I thought the reason they would not eat pork was because pigs were animals that would eat anything including human flesh and other pigs. I could be wrong though
No, the reason is: Originally, before Judaism formed, the middle east was a much cooler place, which made raising pigs suitable and make pork safe to consume. However, the change in climate made the middle east too hot to raise pigs, which made pork unsafe to eat.
The Torah explains which animals are kosher and which are not. Kosher animals are ruminants, in other words they chew cud, and they have split hooves, such as sheep or cows. Pigs are not ruminants, so they are not kosher. Animals that live in water can only be eaten if they have fins and scales. It is only in Leviticus 11:7 that eating pork is forbidden to God's people for the very first time-“… and the swine, though it divides the hoof, having cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud, is unclean to you.”
2 problems: “Because I’m an Orthodox Jew…” therefore I believe this certain thing. I think this is an invalid way to think about topics such as morals or ethics. And 2: “I’m not a big fan of naturalistic explanations.” Why not? Is it that dangerous for you to think about things in another way because it will threaten your world view?
Demons were cast into the bodies of pigs/swine, hence the reason pork is not partaken of in certain religions. I feel like Ben was trying to say this, but couldnt bc of Joes active questioning.
