"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist" is actually no longer true. Now, it's convincing the world he's the good guy.
@Onlyafool172
6 ай бұрын
When i look at satanists (atheist type) i can only see that meme of darth vader saying: Yo dudes the empire is pretty chill maybe you could like join it or something
@josephantony603
6 ай бұрын
What I find funny is they think a guy who only wishes for them to burn and suffer because he can’t share in Gods glory is the good guy 💀
@jeremysmith7176
6 ай бұрын
There is a chapter in C.S. Lewis' Screwtape Letters were the tempter's considers whether it is better to have men be atheists and unaware of devil's and their subtle temptations or to heave men be satanists and superstitious.
@niccolopaganini1782
6 ай бұрын
And folks will still fall for it. Pray for them
@sjorsvanhens
6 ай бұрын
The Devil is a gradualist (just like the Left).
@josephantony603
6 ай бұрын
"A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, 'You are mad; you are not like us.” - St. Anthony of Egypt
@Jamienewman0
6 ай бұрын
Y'all have been mad from the Jesus bled out on the cross. You've given the world nothing more or less that 2000 years of unhinged, psychotic nonsense, epitomized most hilariously by your belief that you regularly consume the actual flesh and blood of your long-dead "god."
@catholicguy1073
6 ай бұрын
Seems like we’re getting pretty close to that right now
@elpepeetesech5405
6 ай бұрын
Now the question is, who shall be the ones categorized as mad and the ones categorized as sane?
@AngelRojas-bl6bq
6 ай бұрын
@@elpepeetesech5405I’d say the people that have gone mad are the people that normalized suicide and depression and mental illness keyword “mental illness” (literally means your clinically insane) say what they want about our “imaginary God” he keeps me happy..
@katiek.8808
6 ай бұрын
@@elpepeetesech5405it’s definitely the group living a lie. That would be team “survival of the fittest” who simultaneously screams how about how bad the rich are and needing to “help” the poor. Double think is a clear sign of madness. All leftists must participate in double think.
@Forester-
6 ай бұрын
When a fundamentalist becomes a non-believer they really just become a non-believing fundamentalist.
@danielpascoe4287
6 ай бұрын
This is sooo accurate.
@Remembering1453
6 ай бұрын
Accurate
@josephantony603
6 ай бұрын
Precisely
@ten_tego_teges
6 ай бұрын
This is sooooo common. People swinging from one extreme to another.
@DavGre
6 ай бұрын
Is there truth to a lot of dogmatic atheists being former fundamentalists?
@adambombdiggidy
6 ай бұрын
Might want to change the thumbnail a smidgen. The red border at the bottom might make users think they've already watched this video.
@EpoRose1
6 ай бұрын
Good catch!
@joytheloneshadowbat129
6 ай бұрын
Yeah I was so confused when I saw this. I thought it glitched. I saw a bit of another video rebutting this same video and it had a similar thumbnail. So I thought KZitem jumped me forward.
@Lone-Lee
6 ай бұрын
I saw that as well. I thought it was some sort of trick so that people will go "have I watched that video?" and click on it.
@TheCounselofTrent
6 ай бұрын
Thanks! Just changed it
@dandyshayne
6 ай бұрын
50th like
@gavasiarobinssson5108
6 ай бұрын
"I dont believe in your book but I will tell you how to read it"
@Senko1800
6 ай бұрын
For real bruh , they don't even understand the grace of God .
@aaronadethegamer
6 ай бұрын
I mean yeah, it's easy to ignore or re-interprete blind spots when you have incentive to believe it.
@tafazziReadChannelDescription
6 ай бұрын
@Filioquist I don't reject islam because of my understanding of what the Quran teaches, I reject it because the doctrines preached by muslims are false, both those prooftexted by the Quran and those proven through other means. I know they're not true because they're incompatible with the religion that has the best evidence (in the form of miracles) in support of it: christianity.
@SenorCinema
6 ай бұрын
@@tafazziReadChannelDescription how do you know the doctrines taught by Islam are false the doctrines taught in Catholicism are true
@tafazziReadChannelDescription
6 ай бұрын
@@SenorCinema Evidence. Anyone can claim to be a messenger from God, therefore the tiebreaker are miracles. The only claimed miracles that I have sufficient (and overabundant) evidence happened confirm the christian revelation.
@user-jp5nc8zf7m
6 ай бұрын
The video is very clearly aimed at the evangelical crowd. The very first section is about those preaching the 'inerrancy' of the text.
@thecrowing1989
Ай бұрын
It's very telling that modern Christians have given up belief in inerrancy of scripture, but still believe. What will Christians give up next?
@SneakyEmu
6 ай бұрын
Recognition of genre is one of the most important aspects of biblical interpretation
@Boundless_Border
6 ай бұрын
True. But I find that apologist tend to be hyperbolic about how well it accounts for what is being pointed out. Just like those war narratives.
@LorenzoMelchionda-lp2cu
6 ай бұрын
True. Provided that it is not taken too far
@klausdalang4936
6 ай бұрын
@@evansplittorff6942 Wrong
@klausdalang4936
6 ай бұрын
@@evansplittorff6942 Idiot
@easternRomanOrthodox
6 ай бұрын
No, it is heretical! Shame on you!
@NotablySped
6 ай бұрын
"Satan's guide to the Bible" oh, you mean the father of lies is trying to convince me the Bible is evil and he is not? Very interesting implications.
@tafazziReadChannelDescription
6 ай бұрын
great pfp
@donquique1
6 ай бұрын
Have you ever seen God with your eyes? I'll wait....
@tafazziReadChannelDescription
6 ай бұрын
@@donquique1 Have you ever seen the Higgs Boson with your eyes? i'll wait. There are things that can't be known by sight alone. God is one of them. if you want to see God's full divinity and the full humanity that he acquired, you can go to a Eucharistic adoration in a church near you.
@hardbolts
6 ай бұрын
He didn't lie in the Garden of Eden, God did
@MemeLordCrusader
6 ай бұрын
@hardbolts, your profile makes the comment so much better
@supernerd8067
6 ай бұрын
I got recommended the "documentary" earlier this week; and over the last few days, recommended rebuttal videos. I was just waiting for Trent to do his work. Patience pays off.
@ShiniGuraiJoker
6 ай бұрын
Did you watch the original video?
@kooolainebulger8117
6 ай бұрын
the phrase "satan's guide" is enough for me not to watch, because why would i hear out the prince of lies?
@ShiniGuraiJoker
6 ай бұрын
@@kooolainebulger8117 Considering thumbnails are click bait, a rationale human would analyze content themselves. A Christian would match what the original video says compared to their bible to judge its worth.
@ironymatt
6 ай бұрын
That anyone would accept this as a "documentary" would be beyond laughable... ...if it wasn't for the fact that whoever produced this clearly intended it to appeal to children - or to those poor souls possessing little more than a child's mindset. One must wonder whether there'll be enough millstones to go around.
@Reclaimer77
6 ай бұрын
And it's as pathetic, reductive, and dishonest as you expected right?? Trent Horn lies for god. It's what he does. The original video is dead on and factually true. No rebuttal possible. As always detractors of the Bible know it best. Because they aren't motivated to lie about it or twist things into being more in line with their 'faith'.
@RadBruce.
6 ай бұрын
Why do they think that using the embodiment of Evil will change our minds?
@zatoichi1
6 ай бұрын
because they love their master
@calebadcock363
6 ай бұрын
Easy. Just ridicule the opposing side into submission. That’s what the documentary does.
@darklurkerirl6101
6 ай бұрын
they are doing it for the pure mockery. Jesus name trembles them.
@tomasrocha6139
6 ай бұрын
They're trolling
@Boundless_Border
6 ай бұрын
It's a bit of irony. Traditionally, the serpent is seen as the Satan character. If you pull from that then this Satan is telling you some truths (maybe in an attempt to drag you to Hell) but they are in some sense true. If you can't get past the character being used then you're kind of part of the joke.
@slidymctuesday5711
6 ай бұрын
I don’t understand how people’s reading of the “dash your babes against the rock” psalm can be so mislead. The point of the psalm is that Babylon is so horribly evil that anyone who invades it would feel happy taking the worst, most brutal kind of revenge. It doesn’t say “God says we should smash your babies on rocks” it says “happy will HE be who smashes your babes against the rock.”
@josephantony603
6 ай бұрын
Yes that's how I always thought of the passage. It represents how evil Babylon had become.
@Raiseflag_Surrender
6 ай бұрын
In Eastern Orthodoxy there is also a metaphorical reading of this. Babylon is the whore of Babylon, the root of all evil and her "babies" are sins. "Happy will he be who smashes sins against the rocks".
@traviscordeau1409
5 ай бұрын
I don't think that's as misread as you think. this is anecdotal but every time I've discussed that with someone they generally understand its talking about retributively killing babylonian children and that's still terrible.
@Goneforgoodflsh
4 ай бұрын
Because responding with evil to evil is the way to go, gotcha
@slidymctuesday5711
4 ай бұрын
@@Goneforgoodflsh nope not what it’s saying. It’s saying that some societies are so evil and oppressive that the people who successfully overthrow them delight in their misery. It’s not PREscriptive its DEscriptive
@krishnasaikia6132
6 ай бұрын
Devil is twisting God's words. Who could've thought of that
@user-jp5nc8zf7m
6 ай бұрын
No, he wasn't, he was LITERALLY using gods words to show that what preachers learn in seminary they AREN"T preaching to their congregations.
@MemeLordCrusader
6 ай бұрын
Bro is literally doing his job
@neildegrassetitan2465
6 ай бұрын
A cartoon character can twist God's words?
@laziszczotkus8672
4 ай бұрын
@@AngelRamirez-zv6qpBut they lost their immortality and died
@laziszczotkus8672
4 ай бұрын
@@AngelRamirez-zv6qp Still eating the fruit is the cause of human death. They did not die right away but the consequence of their sin is death. It's kinda similiar to saying to someone that doing drugs will kill you. After the first time someone does them, he might not die but he might get addicted and, in consequence, die.
@ShawnWilson-cl5tj
5 ай бұрын
Satan's guide to the bibe unintentionally portrays the most accurate depiction of the devil possible. Twisting Gods word to lead children into darkness.
@matthewglenguir7204
3 ай бұрын
Why? How is educating the masses of the real danger of religion supposed to be evil?
@Sanctus_xl
2 ай бұрын
@@matthewglenguir7204 real danger huh, that's interesting, I like how you said religion despite the fact that the entire documentary is cherry picking and try to argue against the inerrancy of scripture as well as the life of Jesus and the gospels meanings of what Christ said, I noticed so much cherry picking and taking every text literally.
@jordans7271
2 ай бұрын
It's crazy how a long time ago they wouldn't dare admit or openly worship satan , now they push him in music videos and stupid crap like that.
@ShawnWilson-cl5tj
2 ай бұрын
@matthewglenguir7204 Education is not biased. When you cherry puck, then exclude information and context with the express purpose of making the subject look bad it is not education. It is deception.
@theethanatorem
2 ай бұрын
The Satan you believe in is a post-Biblical theological invention. In your own book, God and Satan make a bet over Job’s righteousness, so it seems like they’re on pretty good terms according to your religion.
@robertdobie3400
6 ай бұрын
It is amazing to me how obtuse some readers of the Bible can be: it's as if a reader of Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment," which recounts the acts and inner life of a murderer, would conclude that Dostoyevsky's novel therefore approves of murder, when in fact, the novel is a powerful indictment of modern ideologies that try to justify certain types of murder.
@SenorCinema
6 ай бұрын
Except you forgot the part where god actually commanded the slaughter of amalekite infants
@Konxovar0
6 ай бұрын
@@SenorCinema You're applying the secular position that death is the greatest evil because secularism asserts existence ends with life, and applying that to the Christian position that God acted in history, and getting upset that, when looking at history as we believe it is through this lens of secular morality, God acted in a way you disapprove of. God is the one who created life and in fact is causally, though indirectly, responsible for allowing physical death to happen in the first place. You're applying an arbitrary line to what's morally acceptable in your eyes, and saying "creating life and allowing natural death is one thing, but directly causing death is too far!" How on Earth can you logically hold that position?
@andyghkfilm2287
6 ай бұрын
How is God explaining how to keep slaves and what to do with your slaves a “powerful indictment” of those justifying slavery?
@andyghkfilm2287
6 ай бұрын
@@Konxovar0 very simply, actually-it’s the only position that logic would permit one to hold, because it’s the only position there is actual evidence for.
@Konxovar0
6 ай бұрын
@@andyghkfilm2287 Did you read what I wrote before that sentence?
@Kharniela
6 ай бұрын
The 'documentary' reminds me of a saying. 'With a hammer in your hand, you tend to see every problem as a nail.'
@michaw7408
6 ай бұрын
What do you mean exactly? I'm not even sure if you're criticizing atheists or Christians here - both groups could be seen as biased.
@capitalm4605
6 ай бұрын
Atheists not repackage frequently answered Biblical challenges and misunderstand history challenge. Level: impossible.
@JesusIsKing_AlphaandOmega
6 ай бұрын
Atheists don’t use straw mans challenge! (99.99% fail!)
@michaw7408
6 ай бұрын
Did you actually watch that documentary? Most biblical scholars who point out the issues with the bible are believers. It's not atheists who "misunderstand history", it's believers who pointed out those issues first.
@capitalm4605
6 ай бұрын
@michaw7408 Did you actually watch the rebuttal? Did you know the people who pointed out that stuff first answered it, and the skeptics just stop there? Did you realize the documentary only exists to stick a finger in someone's eye and won't impress anyone but other edgy, like-minded atheists? That's why they decided to use Lucifer to give the lessons. It's a silly pseudo documentary and doesn't deserve to be taken seriously. You are not an honest person. Have the last word if you like.
@eidiazcas
6 ай бұрын
Frequently answered doesnt mean correctly answered
@utxalpha11
6 ай бұрын
Apologists answers are garbage which is why the questions keep getting asked.
@jojogodtier
6 ай бұрын
This is peak irony. Like am I supposed to trust a guy represented as satan?
@kooolainebulger8117
6 ай бұрын
the future is so advanced that satire is self authoring
@tomasrocha6139
6 ай бұрын
It's trolling
@michaelweiske702
6 ай бұрын
The video itself points out that the word "satan" just means adversary. If you have someone speaking against a particular view or idea, then they are an adversary to it, and therefore would be a "satan." The video makers are trying to have fun with that fact, making the video more provocative so that more people see it and hopefully pay attention.
@461weavile
6 ай бұрын
@@michaelweiske702 true, but unfortunately, people don't have enough of an attention span to notice the mistakes which are intentionally made subtle.
@sentjojo
6 ай бұрын
@@michaelweiske702 one of the things that bothered me about the documentary was the beginning where they stressed a distinction between "satan" and the "devil" as two different entities. I have heard arguments for that view in the past, but I think from the book of Revelation it becomes clear that Christians understand them as two names for the same thing. But the documentary was cheeky about it and didn't present any argument at all. It's the same atheist bs from satanists. While satan means adversary or accuser, devil comes from diábolos meaning slanderer. I think a lot of the documentary is slander so...
@kushtha2531
6 ай бұрын
I don't find this rebuttal very convincing. It essentially boils down to "the words don't mean what they mean, because if they did, they would be wrong and that is not an option". Honestly, I find christians who flat out deny reality instead of the bible more convincing. Because at the end of the day, under the assumption that the bible is true, what we perceive as reality could indeed be just some trick or test of faith or whatever. But this word-bending to satisfy the current state of science empties the bible and the faith from any sincerity. The interpretation of the last statistic is also very frivolous, you could also explain it that there is a gradual shift, "center" christians are becoming "atheist" and and "fundamental" christians are becoming "center". The uniformity of the change would come from demographic changes. There is no reason at all to believe there is no change to the center while the sides are switching.
@user-pc5ko8vg6i
12 күн бұрын
I swear to you, just reading through the comments (which I m sure are obviously filtered because no way everyone who saw this video don't see your point) The mind gymnastics done to defend their point of view are not impressive or convincing anymore, the plan here became just ignore it and keep chanting like in Bhudism, positive and wishfull thinking will fix your vision lol
@holyromanemperor420
6 ай бұрын
Was waiting for this rebuttal when I saw that IP had also made a rebuttal to that video. Combo of IP and Trent is great.
@contextiscool7308
5 ай бұрын
IP?
@mackadoodles
5 ай бұрын
@@contextiscool7308 InspiringPhilosophy, a Christian apologetics channel.
@CathTish
5 ай бұрын
@@contextiscool7308 InspiringPhilosophy
@Darksouls184
5 ай бұрын
Inspiring Philosophy@@contextiscool7308
@EmberBright2077
4 ай бұрын
@@contextiscool7308 Inspiring Philosophy
@Actuary1776
6 ай бұрын
Yahweh was so outraged by the child sacrifice occurring in Canaan that he ordered the Israelites to…kill all the children. Makes total sense.
@mathiasrryba
6 ай бұрын
while he also was ordering them to sacrifice their firstborn.
@Actuary1776
6 ай бұрын
@@mathiasrryba Exactly. None of it makes sense.
@ItachiUchiha-bt8yp
14 күн бұрын
Killing is not the same as sacrificing
@censoredanon8928
6 ай бұрын
This is disturbing stuff. Some really broken people out there. Happy Feast day of Saint Peter's Chair!
@Swinefeld
6 ай бұрын
You’re disturbed by a cartoon? Yes there are lots of broken people out there and many of them are priests.
@Devout214
6 ай бұрын
@@Swinefeldcartoons can be disturbing, I was disturbed when I read chapter 375 of Berserk, and I was even more disturbed when I heard of this.
@Kibaoftheleaves
6 ай бұрын
What kind of awful person do you have to be to see an opinion that goes counter to yours and deem those people 'broken'?
@Devout214
6 ай бұрын
@@Kibaoftheleaves your statement is too general and opens yourself up to rebuttals like “people disagree with me about r@ping animals, do you think they aren’t broken too?”
@lau9076
6 ай бұрын
@@Devout214I don't think they are broken if they believe in the garden of eden,i just believe they are ignorant. They just need information,you have it in the satan's guide. Also,Berserk is not a cartoon, is a comic book 😑
@josephantony603
6 ай бұрын
Trent’s knowledge of Scriptures is very impressive.
@JesusIsKing_AlphaandOmega
6 ай бұрын
I strive to one day be on his level
@robertortiz-wilson1588
6 ай бұрын
@@JesusIsKing_AlphaandOmegasame
@easternRomanOrthodox
6 ай бұрын
No, ignorant & heretical! Shame!!
@JesusIsKing_AlphaandOmega
6 ай бұрын
@@easternRomanOrthodox dude, I don’t care what stupid denomination you are, his knowledge is impressive, step off.
@rjr2344
6 ай бұрын
G@i@@easternRomanOrthodox
@PanzerkampwagenVItigerAusf.E
6 ай бұрын
Thank God we have trent on our side.
@killianmiller6107
6 ай бұрын
I had read about an interesting insight about the Canaanite slaughter narratives. Consider events where God’s wrath is kindled against some people, and someone like Moses intervenes and interceded for mercy on them, or how Abraham kept narrowing down the number of righteous in Sodom that God would not smite them for. It could be that, though God’s mortal judgment against a people is just, he is also calling his people to mercy, which they failed to do with Canaan.
@frapaschal6594
6 ай бұрын
Grateful for your approach and based responses. Have really enjoyed your book "Hard Sayings: A Catholic Approach to Answering Bible Difficulties".
@etheretherether
6 ай бұрын
The "El" thing is possibly the silliest objection. Anyone who's studied the Baal cycle and read Genesis-Exodus can easily see that the Abrahamic books are written almost specifically as a polemic against Canaanite religion. Canaanite mythology cast Baal as the better of two sons of El, but El unjustly favored his other son Yah over Baal. In that light, it's really easy to see the Abrahamic books as setting the record straight, and specifically setting themselves up as an alternative narrative to the Baal cycle. israelite mythology has way less of a "we just copied homework" relation with Canaanite mythology and much more of a Thesis/Opposing Thesis relationship.
@tanizaki
6 ай бұрын
Almost like how protestants write polemics against Catholicism. Have you noticed that protestants originally came from Catholics?
@hitreset1203
6 ай бұрын
If only more atheists understood this...we would have a lot less stupid takes on the Internet.
@leob3447
6 ай бұрын
Actually, I think you are missing the point. This was all born out of the same mess and 'cleaned up' over centuries. There was not "god's word handed down from heaven", but a slow evolution of mythology over the times. Yes, it's clear that the OT texts move away from the pantheon of gods to the monotheistic version later in the Bible, but the remnants are still clearing in the earliest texts. It's all just fan fiction in the end.
@christyadams9235
5 ай бұрын
You see that yahweh was a son of another God right? You explained that yahweh is a son, brother, once was a husband but like all women in the Bible she was disposable, even if a goddess. Yahweh was the son of Asherah, then her husband but hey inbreeding in cool right?
@EmberBright2077
4 ай бұрын
@@christyadams9235 What?
@Samuel-gg6uf
6 ай бұрын
The revisions you present could have most probably gotten you burnt at stake some time ago The thing is, the literal interpretations are what was meant by the authors, but figurativeness is what you result to to avoid the moral, scientific and logical inconsistencies Also, when the premises appear so wrong that they should lead to a different conclusion, e,g, this god may not exist, or if this god exists, then its not good etc., you result to changing to premises to maintain the conclusion Your commentary Trent is nothing but some element of revisionism, just at a different level from your predecessors, who brought revision to the point you find it "The religion of one age is the literary entertainment of the next" - Ralph
@manne8575
6 ай бұрын
Nope. It's simply called being aware of the literary genre and rhetorical devices being used.
@Samuel-gg6uf
6 ай бұрын
@@manne8575 Except that your guy Trent didn't write the Bible and the authors didn't mean for those verses/Contexts to be figurative. You are the ones resulting to figurativeness to escape the inconsistencies, for a text not meant to be that; aka. figurative Also, there's no pope in literature to tell us what is figurative and literal. As such, you/Trent have no authority to "metaphorize" what the authors meant to be literal
@rockweirdo8147
5 ай бұрын
@@Samuel-gg6uf- We aren't saying these things are figurative with no reason, you're the one saying they're all literal, but have no reason behind it. Do you think allegory, exaggeration, symbolism, etc. Was invented recently?
@1001011011010
6 ай бұрын
El was also just the word for "god". I think this may actually be a big problem in discerning what an enscription is trying to actually say. It is similar to English, where we say God speaking of the LORD, whereas 'god' is also just the word referring to any deity; a similar thing happened where el was just the word for any god, but El was also the name of their high god.
@michaelweiske702
6 ай бұрын
Along with this, the God of the Bible is sometimes written as "Elohim," which means "the powers." "Elohim" is a plural word, but for most of the Bible is treated as a singular, with one notable exception in Genesis "Let *us* make them in *our* image."
@easternRomanOrthodox
6 ай бұрын
That was my point exactly! I am fluent in the Hebrew & I can tell you that Horn & Akin are the biggest heretics of our time! Shame!
@evolgenius1150
5 ай бұрын
El Elyon
@easternRomanOrthodox
5 ай бұрын
@@evolgenius1150 El Elyon refers to the supreme God YHVH the Father, that's in Hebrew. "El" is just a general word for any "god" , whether real or not
@Aaronarea52
Ай бұрын
What about Daniel being written 400 years after Daniel? And all but the last of the the prophecies being “correct” because they were written after the fact? How do you explain that. That was a major example of the Bible containing errant writings.
@videonmode8649
6 ай бұрын
Thank you. I saw the original a while back and was thoroughly disgusted by it. The arguments are level 1 atheist talking points and everyone in the comment sections and the creator were patting themselves on the back for being "enlightened". Thank you Trent for covering this.
@Boundless_Border
6 ай бұрын
And these are pretty much level 2 responses that someone can similarly rebut in one fashion or another. The point of the first is to acknowledge that churches teach certain things to the youth to strengthen the faith and hide others to not diminish their faith. Can you acknowledge that as a bad thing?
@sh0k0nes
6 ай бұрын
It’s the same here…weird that u can’t see that.
@AquinasBased
6 ай бұрын
"The point of the first is to acknowledge that churches teach certain things to the youth to strengthen the faith and hide others to not diminish their faith." Wrong @ess_Border
@ponti5882
6 ай бұрын
@@Boundless_Borderno, since it would only be a bad thing insofar as the things “churches” taught to “strengthen the faith” were falsehoods, since one cannot build faith on lies. Likewise, if they “hid,”or - likely more accurately - didn’t focus on certain matters in order not to diminish the faith, this would only be bad if it were for dishonest reasons. It may be good not to reveal or discuss some things if a teacher or an audience is ill-equipped to grapple with them, because you would be needlessly scandalizing persons who, had they had a larger knowledge base, would not be scandalized receiving the same information. Scandal from the ill-prepared teacher, incompetence, and from the ill-prepared audience, ignorance. Whether the emphasis or de-emphasis is done in order to deceive is what would make it wrong. Not the emphasis or lack thereof itself. A difficulty doesn’t necessarily make a doubt, and as far as the prudence of when is appropriate to address particular difficulties is concerned, this could only be determined on a case-by-case basis.
@Boundless_Border
6 ай бұрын
@@ponti5882 There are false teachings that churches propagate. You can call them simplifications but they are indeed inaccurate teachings. Similarly, churches do hide details so that members don't struggle with their faith. You even agreed to it but you consider it acceptable. While it could be for entirely well meaning reasons it is a simple fact that churches purposefully focus on certain aspects of the faith and ignore others despite potential theological importance. While you may think it is for the greater good (which you allude to) a common reason for deconversions is because the church being not entirely honest despite being well meaning. A nice phrase that encompasses this is that many times the lie is more damning than the truth. The fact that you feel it is right to lie or hide information from children so that they don't struggle with their faith is very telling to the fact that this is closer to indoctrination rather than education.
@galaxybrain3259
5 ай бұрын
“However the documentary doesn’t seriously consider that God is the author of life, and so god does nothing wrong by ending our lives. If I have you 20 dollars today and took 20 dollars tomorrow, I haven’t wronged you because that’s a gift you never had any right to in the first place. God also has the right to end life as he sees fit including through violent means, if that was necessary to make a public judgment against a gravely sinful people.” So what I’m getting from this is that it’s okay for god to do the opposite of what he purveys, to murder, because he created us? Is it okay for a mother to disembowel a child she bore? We have no right to life, and yet we’re held responsible for what we’re given? If the canaanites really were so awful, that’s by gods design and it’s his fault as much as it is theirs. Dr Frankenstein isnt blameless for the sins of his monster, HE CREATED IT, and thus the ethical responsibility of putting him down lies on him as well. God isn’t an exception to a rule just because he created it, he’s just as responsible.
@EternalShiningRadiance
4 ай бұрын
Shhh, just let God continue to drown babies, throw them at rocks, feed them to bears, give them the plague, endorse slavery, commands his army to kill entire cities while telling them to spare the *VIRGIN WOMEN* so they can get r*ped by his soldiers, and the list of evil deeds goes on and on. It's cool because he's God. I guess a mom can easily shoot her ALIVE BREATHING AND CONSCIOUS KIDS because she made them. Hey wait... These same people advocate for this dumb stance, yet, are mad about aborting a clump of cells with no consciousness but God can kill babies and children that are fully alive and ARE conscious? The hypocritical thinking is crazy.
@John_the_Paul
3 ай бұрын
Frankenstein may not be blameless for the sins of his monster, or for the things he did to it, but Mary Shelly is. People don't go around calling her horrible and evil because she created characters and then had them die.
@m.b.7920
Ай бұрын
The difference between a mother and her child is astronomically different to God and His Creation. We are infinitely separate from perfection
@ThomasAquinasFan
29 күн бұрын
God cannot murder, it's his right to give and take life
@trithos7308
18 күн бұрын
And this is how you get to the reasoning that the less perfect people maybe should be taken care of @@m.b.7920
@theroundtable6371
5 ай бұрын
Saying gods moralty (eye for an eye doctrine) changed implies god was wrong and wasn't perfect. Also the analogy of "i gave you it so i can take it" implies many things. 1 that life is not our own and we are not given autonomy over our lives, and 2 that genocide/mass murder is fine as long as god does it. With this same logic killing abundant sinners could be justified based on the idea of a righteous cleansing just like in Canaan.
@thepyjamallamaloewen7655
2 ай бұрын
9:20 I once saw someone say “if it’s recorded in Judges, you probably shouldn’t do it.” And yeah, pretty accurate.
@rjproduction486
2 ай бұрын
I did not like your rebuttal about the killing of children. Sure God gift us life and he has authority to take it away any time. But I thought God is all powerful, why killed the children if they can be saved??
@koppite9600
Ай бұрын
Life doesn't die.
@exactopposite
Ай бұрын
Because that's the absolute best any apologist can do on this specific issue.
@ihatespam2
22 сағат бұрын
Because when fairy tale bumps up against another fairy tale there are inconsistency.
@ihatespam2
22 сағат бұрын
@@koppite9600that’s self contradictory. And a bold claim with zero evidence. Provide us an example (with evidence, and stories aren’t evidence) and then you will have said something worth discussion.
@strivingforheaven
6 ай бұрын
Every time that a real and sincere historian/archeologist has gone out and tried to disprove the Bible it has backfired on them, and they wind up upholding the Bible narrative. The only way, at this point, that these people can NOT believe is willful ignorance and pride. We need to pray for them, that the Holy Spirit should not abandon them to their iniquity, but rather give them the grace of conversion.
@shassett79
6 ай бұрын
"Every time that a real and sincere historian/archeologist has gone out and tried to disprove the Bible it has backfired on them, and they wind up upholding the Bible narrative." Did you mean "never?" As in, that doesn't actually happen and this is just a pleasing fiction theists tell themselves?
@Kclanks
6 ай бұрын
Nice Dogmatic BS
@461weavile
6 ай бұрын
@@shassett79 I'm hesitant to reply in case I'm feeding a troll, but it's probably worth it. How do you explain the archeological discovery of Sodom and Gomorrah? Surely you don't think there were nuclear weapons available at that point in history. When you suggest OP substitute the word "never" into his statement, it implies to me that you've never looked for any evidence and instead merely assume your easier perspective is correct. If you'd like I may have some time to collect other examples than the one at the forefront of my memory.
@FBI-ju5no
6 ай бұрын
@@shassett79 Uh, no, this kind of thing happens all the time.
@shassett79
6 ай бұрын
@@FBI-ju5no Why bother making a claim like this without offering an example?
@tonyschmitz1997
6 ай бұрын
I saw that video show up on my feed a few months ago. I started watching it and when it got to the part of their being no archeological evidence of the exodus i stopped it and thought “ I hope Trent horn discovered this and does a rebuttal.” I’m so pleased to find that you did!
@sjm9876
6 ай бұрын
Boy it seems like that original “satans guide” video was really pushed. I had it suggested to me many times. Seems like many others did as well.
@senorbb2150
6 ай бұрын
The archeological evidence of the exodus Trent produces here is SERIOUSLY weak. We basically go from the hordes of people Moses led out to a couple of guys that successfully snuck away and made it to Caanan.
@Uhdksurvhunter
5 ай бұрын
There is no archeological evidence for the exodus though. Thats just a fact. "There is no direct evidence for any of the people or Exodus events in non-biblical ancient texts or in archaeological remains, and this has led most scholars to omit the Exodus events from comprehensive histories of Israel."
@Topsealguy
Ай бұрын
Then why is there no proof of any plague happening
@thoughtlessroamer
6 ай бұрын
Trent, your books and videos have brought me deeper and deeper into my faith. Thanks so much
@Gastrictuba
6 ай бұрын
I love it when people try and say the Bible is evil, because people do evil things in it. Then they immediately quote judges. A huge part of judges is that Israel had no king, and because of that Israel fell into chaos and depravity. Shows they just looked up a list of “evil” Bible passages online, and didn’t bother with figuring out the context.
@lilshawty2605
2 ай бұрын
“In those days there was no king in Israel, and everyone did what was right in their own eyes”
@exactopposite
Ай бұрын
Does constant apologizing for the endorsement of all degrees of rape, murder, slavery, war, colonization, and promises of eternal torment ever wear on you, Trent? There's gotta be a better way.
@HLLV-jz1xw
5 ай бұрын
This is a rather sad rebuttal. 😅 If I boil your points down - you agree on how outrageous some things in the Bible are, yet these aren’t necessarily pointing to what God wants or expects 😅 and atheists and some Christians aren’t interpreting it the right way. 🤔 that would leave one question for me - what is the Bible good for??? 😂
@ThomasAquinasFan
29 күн бұрын
I think you deeply misunderstand this whole video
@HLLV-jz1xw
29 күн бұрын
@@ThomasAquinasFan yes, this might be a fair point 👌🏻 which is exactly why I have posted the comment. Please - help me understand. And just to make it clear, what I think the point of the video is - it’s to help believers cope and reaffirm held believes.
@ThomasAquinasFan
28 күн бұрын
@@HLLV-jz1xw So his whole main argument, is that many of the things recorded in the Bible God does not approve of. Some books, like the book of Judges, are more historical accounts, so atrocities can be recorded, but God doesn’t approve them
@HLLV-jz1xw
28 күн бұрын
@@ThomasAquinasFan ok. I can ride with that 👍🏻 The question then is - what is Gods word vs what are historical accounts? How are they to be treated as to what God wants? The main points of Satans Guide to the Bible are exactly those: - what does God actually say vs what is historic account? - how are clerical teachings reflected to the actual scripture and what are the actual interpretations respectively? This video does nothing to address the actual points made by the Guide Video. It is a regurgitation of what he believes 🤷🏻♂️ and quite frankly, I would care for what is true, not what Trent or any other apologist believes - if they have no basis for actual consensus. It is utterly useless and misleading to call it a rebuttal
@ThomasAquinasFan
28 күн бұрын
@@HLLV-jz1xw I think the Bible makes it kind of abundantly clear when God has a distain for an event or not. Like, for example, when the Israelites complain to God and are ungrateful. It’s implied God does not like this. When John the Baptist proclaims the kingdom of God, it is implied he does like this. It’s also important for one to consider which books are generally historical account (judges for example) and which are books of the law (Leviticus for example) Some are both (the gospels for example)
@coredeadman5980
6 ай бұрын
21:13 "There is a difference between what the sacred author says and what the holy spirit asserted through his writtings". So basically the things you pick out are asserted and the things that are obviously false or immoral are just relativised? It seems that that is what the whole video is about. It's about finding excuses for an errant book written by errant people so you can cling to the belive that it is inspired by an inerrant god.
@bman5257
2 ай бұрын
Says is not the same as asserted. What’s asserted is what matters.
@TiholiTeix
6 ай бұрын
I love your rebuttals!
@PercydeRoloFangirl
6 ай бұрын
Same
@user-no2rq3wf1c
6 ай бұрын
He sucks, no El god? ,
@cooking.with.catholicism
6 ай бұрын
Ahhhhhh first time being early!!!! Trent, I loved your debates with James White. You did amazing. Keep doing the great work
@thomassandoval8025
6 ай бұрын
Jeptha may not have killed her, but similar to when Joshua gave captured slaves to the levies, she was sent away to never marry and serve God. She laments and asks to go and mourn her virginity. If she was going to be killed as a sacrifice, wouldn't she instead plead or mourn for her life?
@scrapdog2113
6 ай бұрын
Babe, come quick! Trent posted!!
@PartnershipsForYou
6 ай бұрын
lol a Christian apologist having a girlfriend Funniest joke I’ve heard all week
@scrapdog2113
6 ай бұрын
@@PartnershipsForYou it’s not that inconceivable, especially since she’s into Catholic apologetics too, haha. I assume you came to this video to hear a counter argument from Trent? That’s pretty big of you! Glad to have you here
@LuzianJ
6 ай бұрын
@@PartnershipsForYou are you implying people whose entire identity is based on what kinks they like in bed are better long term partners than Christian apologists. Lol. Get a reality check.
@LuzianJ
6 ай бұрын
@@PartnershipsForYouSeems like some serious projection. Almost all Christian apologists on YT have nice thriving families.
@nononono-jj2bi
6 ай бұрын
@@LuzianJ name 3.
@marlonrodney2457
5 ай бұрын
Sorry but this rebuttal failed. Essentially the message is that we can just interpret the Bible with vibes when there are seemingly insurmountable problems with the text.
@timeshark8727
6 ай бұрын
Lol, I love the apologetic for the bible failing the tests of inerrancy... "Ha, it didn't fail inerrancy, its the word of God... objective, verifiable reality is what is wrong, not the bible". "Why? Because someone said the bible must be right a long time ago." ... "you're just reading it wrong, read it so that its not an error, even when it obviously is".
@goastlyarrowplays
6 ай бұрын
Nigga there are literally thousands of books on catholic doctrine. You aren’t the first person to ask those questions, you won’t be the last, read the encyclicals from the Pope, read the catechism of the Catholic Church. They have the answers you seek.
@combobreaker1059
6 ай бұрын
Christians love their circular reasoning lol
@EruIluvatar5
6 ай бұрын
Was waiting for someone of your caliber to take on this series. Thank you, Trent!
@gabrielochoa5829
6 ай бұрын
Trent Horn got owned by Matt Dillahunty
@LuzianJ
6 ай бұрын
@@gabrielochoa5829lol. Matt is super cringe.
@PartnershipsForYou
5 ай бұрын
@@LuzianJ So is christian apologists.
@LuzianJ
5 ай бұрын
@@PartnershipsForYou lol. Do you live in your mother's basement? And you think Christians have a hard dating life 🤣🤣🤣
@craigbritton1089
6 ай бұрын
Mankind is a rationalizing animal; not a reasoning one. Alexander Hamilton You are proof of that..
@manne8575
6 ай бұрын
Explain
@craigbritton1089
6 ай бұрын
@@manne8575 almost all people are more prone to using their mind to justify their actions and beliefs rather than using the scientific method with logic and unbiased facts to try and nullify their beliefs, desires and actions. A highly intelligent person usually just uses more elaborate arguments to defend their already established conclusions. A six thousand years ago Creationist with a Medical Degree will be just as hard to reason with as an eighth grade school ditch digger who believes the same.
@manne8575
6 ай бұрын
@@craigbritton1089 Nope I disagree, Trent is correct. Have a nice day.
@craigbritton1089
6 ай бұрын
@@manne8575 a rationalizing with no reasoning: thanks for illustrating the point
@manne8575
6 ай бұрын
@@craigbritton1089 Yeah, atheists are definitely great examples of that
@dsjodin2
6 ай бұрын
So the Bible condemns child sacrifice (probably just among the Israelites) but it’s ok if god does it because blah blah blah. What kind of crap is this? “God doesn’t doesn’t like it at all but he can and will do it everyday”. Youre seriously confused. Im not persuaded.
@MemeLordCrusader
6 ай бұрын
"Do as I say not as I do"
@dorettejack3997
4 ай бұрын
And God is Good, whatever God does is good. Then God murders babies. Can we murder babies? No? Why? Cause Only God can do it. But it's good. No It's Only good for God
@HMFOG
27 күн бұрын
Subscriptions-Aron Ra 😂😂😂
@Bob_Oxnard-sp1gr
6 ай бұрын
The statistics at the end of this presentation are consistent with something that was easily predictable long ago: sola scriptura ultimately undermines confidence in the Bible. Why? Because once someone puts much thought at all into sola scriptura (and Protestantism/Evangelicalism generally), it falls apart. And it’s going to keep happening because Protestantism continues to disintegrate with the opening of each additional (supposedly) Biblical church. Very sad. All easily avoidable too. All one needs to do is read about the early Church centuries before Constantine. Most people won’t do so, however, because they are lazy or afraid of what they will find. If you aren’t into reading, then Google Joshua Charles, Scott Hahn, and David Anders and hear from them - unquestionably, top experts on the Bible and former Protestant historians, pastors, and scholars. There was a reason Christ founded a single Church and prayed for unity
@achristian11
6 ай бұрын
They can trust Satan, we will trust God. Amen 🙏🏼 ❤
@shatterhacked
6 ай бұрын
It scares me that you think it’s completely moral for God to take the lives of children.
@judeugwu4987
6 ай бұрын
Why not?
@shatterhacked
6 ай бұрын
@@judeugwu4987 do you have no common sense?
@judeugwu4987
6 ай бұрын
@@shatterhacked God gives life, He takes life. Life isn’t something owed to us, even to children. Only God has the right to take life as He gives it. A human has no moral right to take life, that’s why when a human murders, it is morally evil. Killing is basically stealing life that we have no right to take. Hope that explanation helps 👍🏾
@shatterhacked
6 ай бұрын
@@judeugwu4987 life is a gift. You can’t take a gift back.
@judeugwu4987
6 ай бұрын
@@shatterhacked But it isn’t owed to us. If anything, we borrow our time here on earth from God. How God chooses to handle distribution of time to us is up to Him alone. It is a gift in the sense it is an act if mercy from Him, but we don’t own our lives and we don’t get final say on how we want to live it. God does. That’s why you’ll sometimes hear Christians say “God’s will be done with me” (Mt 6:10, Mk 14:36, Lk 22:42, James 4:13-15)
@thiccmcchicken550
6 ай бұрын
I didn’t watch the documentary, so maybe they addressed this. but animating the devil to tell you “facts” about Christianity makes as about of sense as animating Hitler to discourage antisemitism
@alpha4IV
6 ай бұрын
Well done. One of your best videos of this year so far. Great audio by the way, sounds natural.
@davivman6009
6 ай бұрын
There is a very fascinating documentary titled “Patterns of Evidence: Exodus”. It goes into how the archeological dating of ancient Egyptian dynasties may be hundreds of years off based on a misidentification of who the Pharaoh named in Exodus actually refers to. Then when looking at the archeological evidence for a mass departure of Jews from Egypt, it’s true no evidence is seen in the traditionally accepted timeline. However, if you look in the modified timeline, there is evidence for a mass departure of Jews from Egypt.
@tafazziReadChannelDescription
6 ай бұрын
that's a terrible recommendation. The author has been proven multiple times to be a fraud. If you want some good resource to recommend, point people to Jimmy Akin's 2 episodes on the Exodus, or the longer series by the channel "Ancient Egypt and the Bible" called "Evidence for the Exodus".
@kyrptonite1825
6 ай бұрын
I know Inspiring Philosophy has videos on this and other things like the Flood or the Tower of Babel, and refers to what the figurative language might have been talking about,
@RoninCatholic
5 ай бұрын
Wow, there's a whole lot of stupid comments here. "Obviously if it happened in the Bible that means God wanted it" seems to be the running theme.
@lilshawty2605
2 ай бұрын
I honestly don’t think they’re suaded by logic or the actual words in the book.
@Topsealguy
Ай бұрын
Believing in a book with no evidence is stupid
@lilshawty2605
Ай бұрын
@@Topsealguy evidence coincides with existing of these people. King Hezekiah has his name carved into ancient rock and Jesus is not debated among history anymore. Jerusalem has obviously existed. So which part isn’t
@TalkingTorah613
6 ай бұрын
Oh my! 2:50 I do believe that the exodus accounts of 600,000 adult men (ages 20-60 as per the census back then) left Egypt. What evidence do they say is missing, what is difficult about maintaining such a belief? I'm curious what they said.
@zatoichi1
6 ай бұрын
Yes. Especially since absence of evidence does not logically mean evidence of absence. What do they expect to find? Tablets from Pharoah praising his loss and the defeat of the gods of Egypt? Footprints and campfires from thousands of years ago in the middle of a desert?
@TalkingTorah613
6 ай бұрын
@@zatoichi1 if you believe the entire biblical account it says clearly, they ate bread from heaven, that their shoes on their feet didnt wear out, that they were surrounded by clouds of glory. In other words it was a miraculous existence, so looking for traces of a regular nation doesn't make sense either.
@1001011011010
6 ай бұрын
Beyond the lack of archeological evidence (which is, after all, just the absence of evidence) for a mass Exodus event, I have heard it claimed that with so many adult men (plus women and children) the time table doesn't work because of the sheer numbers. I'm just going from memory here but I think things include the red sea crossing etc. Keep in mind I am just going from memory of argument against the large numbers, so do not take my comment as expressing the best argument in that direction; I am not steel manning their argument nor do I intend to strawman it
@Boundless_Border
6 ай бұрын
@@zatoichi1 I do want to say I find it interesting that the Exodus actually speaks about the Egyptian gods as if they were real. But that is a tangential remark.
@thekatarnalchemist
6 ай бұрын
Christian and Jewish teaching on false gods is not that they are imaginary, but rather demons masquerading and deceiving people into worshiping them as gods.
@DebraR35789
6 ай бұрын
Great Rebuttal! Thank you Mr. Horn for your wise thoughts and comments.
@emanuelfrroku8050
6 ай бұрын
Babe wake up, a new Trent Horn banger just dropped
@kevincarroll4804
5 ай бұрын
You're trying to explain why the Bible is not historical by using the Bible to prove it is . Ive watched that vidio several times and l would absolutely love to discuss this with you. SATAN WAS CORRECT IN THE VIDEO.
@manuelmurielcagigal9971
6 ай бұрын
I saw this video a while ago and immediately thought of how much I would love to see Trent destroy it. Thank you Trent, you are the reason I got into apologetics. 🇪🇸
@holyguacamole4058
6 ай бұрын
wouldn't it be better to figure an objective way to find which parts of the Bible are literally true and which are not, instead of unconditonally defending your ideology? that tells me you are not looking for the truth behind the Bible stories, but instead how to support a belief system in spite of contradicting evidence.
@LuzianJ
6 ай бұрын
@@holyguacamole4058What do you mean by objective way? Trent gave both linguistic and theological reasons.
@holyguacamole4058
6 ай бұрын
@@LuzianJ "objective" is the antonym of "subjective", but ok: by "objective" I mean the property of being independent of personal opinions, beliefs, preferences, biases, etc. in addition, "reasons" are not "ways" or "methods", and precisely that's why I advocate for ways of telling apart reality from fiction, that can be tested and adopted by others.
@holyguacamole4058
6 ай бұрын
@@LuzianJ a theological reason is dependent on certain beliefs, that's why such reason can never be objective, because it will obviously be biased towards the sacred text or tradition that backs the theological framework. it would be the Bible validating the Bible.
@LuzianJ
6 ай бұрын
@@holyguacamole4058 that is why I said trent also gave linguistic reasons, plus historical accouts of people taking them as non-literal.
@JackDiamond_FBOW
6 ай бұрын
I’m so glad someone’s covering this video. I saw it in my recommended like a month ago and thought it was a funny gag video. Watched like 15 minutes and turned it off because of the bogus claims in it
@GlobalBricks1
6 ай бұрын
Yep❤️✝️
@rizzcool5983
6 ай бұрын
you turned it off because you are closed minded and couldn't possibly even see what the other side has to say.
@GlobalBricks1
6 ай бұрын
@@rizzcool5983 if its not the truth. Why watch it. Its Satan for sake. The fallen angel who lies. Why believe him. I will watch others talk about the Bible but not a demon or Satan. ❤️✝️
@rizzcool5983
6 ай бұрын
@@GlobalBricks1 you think satan made a KZitem video, or was it satire? You won’t know if it’s untrue until you watch it. How would you know if the Bible is real if you didn’t read it? Your logic makes no sense.
@JackDiamond_FBOW
6 ай бұрын
@@rizzcool5983 no I’m willing to hear people out, but when people bring strawmen at me and say it’s fact then they have less credibility. I’m open as a blank canvas or an open page. I’m saying the video made some of the weakest claims against the Bible, and god.
@chasemishio1781
6 ай бұрын
I think it's funny that the people who made the documentary took Satan, the literal main villain of the Bible, the guy known worldwide for being a manipulator and for bending the truth, the guy known as the Father of Lies, and said "Yeah, I'm gonna listen to him"
@davemoore7808
6 ай бұрын
I'll be honest, I was kind of excited when first watching the "documentary" because I thought it would bring up some interesting points and whatnot, then I almost immediately realized it's just the same old arguments that have been debunked time and time again, as well as the awful talking points of new atheists that target the stupidest takes that nobody really believes and I was like, "Of course" and went on with my day.
@przemeksledziewski1973
6 ай бұрын
That's how I feel about Trent's video.
@MemeLordCrusader
6 ай бұрын
Believing in fantasy
@ThorsDecree
6 ай бұрын
Ah, yes, an indirect "No True Scotsman" fallacy. Couldn't have seen that one coming, lmao. You Christians are so obsessed with persecution that you even do it to each other. Those Christians who disagree with _you_ aren't "real" Christians, right? Their ideas are just "the stupidest takes" that "nobody really believes?" Have you never heard of Evangelicals? Pew's "Religious Landscape Survey" of 2014 found that almost _10%_ of Americans are evangelical Christians -- Southern Baptists, Pentecostals, and the like. If you're not an American, then I kind of get it. I showed a Norwegian buddy some clips of some Baptist sermons lately and he genuinely didn't believe they weren't simply hyperbolic parody at first. The SBC president, Greer, is on record saying "we must be a gospel-above-all people." It is the explicit policy of the SBC (and many other Christian sects) that when evidence and fundamentalism come into conflict, they opt to simply ignore the evidence. "Right readers reading rightly" came from a Baptist. Most evangelicals _do_ believe that the gospels were literally written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, for example, despite the fact that it says _in most copies of the Bible_ at the intro to those chapters that the authorship is anonymous. You call those Christians' take "stupid," but they say the same of yours. I think you _both_ have beliefs that lack rational epistemic justification. It was searching for that justification that led to _me_ becoming no longer a Christian. I wanted to have the best reasons possible to believe so that I could convince others, but ended up finding out I didn't actually have _any_ good reasons. Still haven't been presented with any, though of course I do try to have conversations to ask for the reasons. I'm not so arrogant as to think my knowledge of _anything_ is by any means complete _or_ completely accurate. Is there any objective way to actually _show_ that either of you -- any theist for that matter -- isn't merely engaged in autodeception? I think it's hilarious that theists with motivations to rationalize the text to better fit their own preconceptions argue baselessly with each other and expect anyone to take them seriously while they _both_ agree that the actual academic scholarship is bogus. You guys bickering amongst yourselves is no different from a flat-earther arguing with a hollow-earther from where I'm sitting. Neither of you can actually _show_ that you're right, and in almost 100% of cases a theist will believe that they and only they have the right answer while _every other theist_ who believes in a different god has it wrong. To me, that's the peak of unjustified arrogance. As the person sitting here going "actually, I'm not convinced _any_ of you are right," I'm often accused of being the biased or arrogant or unreasonable one, but I'm the only one who can actually _show_ objectively verifiable rational justification for every truth claim I make. Theists can't. I mean, argue with the scholars all you like, but it helps if you actually articulate a specific argument and hopefully provide some evidence to back it up rather than flat-out dismissing a quarter of all Christians as having "stupid" takes *_as though your own belief in magic is any less unjustified than theirs._* The difference between academia and echo chambers is that in academics, the whole point is to try to prove ideas _wrong._ If you think the general consensus of secular scholars (most of whom are Christians) is wrong, then maybe try _showing_ how that is so rather than merely asserting that they're "the same old arguments." That would be the way to contribute to a _productive_ conversation. If I'm wrong about there being no evidence for your god sufficient to rationally warrant belief, then I'd like to know. I neither chose to no longer be a Christian nor did I _want_ to not be a Christian. I simply found out the reasons I believed which I thought were good were actually not, and I have yet to actually find a good one. So here's my question for you: *What is your **_best_** example of a "tired old argument" that was cited in Satans Guide to the Bible that has been "debunked time and again," and how was it debunked?*
@ThorsDecree
3 ай бұрын
@@MySnugglePuppy Wow, yet another Christian who doesn't know what words mean. It's cool, dictionaries exist. Here, I'll help you. According to Oxford Language: *_Evangelist_* - noun - "a person who seeks to convert others *_to the Christian faith,_* especially by public preaching." *_Documentary_* - adj - "consisting of official pieces of written, printed, or other matter." - noun - "a movie or a television or radio program that provides a factual record or report." Why don't you take Jesus's advice and take the log out of your own eye before complaining about the splinter in your neighbor's eye? Your post is not only factually mistaken about _what words mean,_ but it reeks of childish desperation to smear the opposition via ad hominem attacks rather than engaging with the subject matter itself. Was petulant childishness really the best defense you can offer for Christianity? Do you genuinely have _nothing_ to say with regard to the actual subject matter being discussed in this thread? If so, you've utterly failed at what your god commanded of you in 1 Peter 3:15. You're reinforcing many of the negative stereotypes of Christians. If that's your goal -- by all means, you do you. I'd think it was entertaining if I didn't genuinely pity such feebleminded cowards.
@lilshawty2605
2 ай бұрын
@@przemeksledziewski1973waiting on your debunking video then.😊
@rossb6204
6 ай бұрын
Trent if you keep bending over backwords thrying to justify all the wrongs in the bible you are going snap yourself in half and all wrongs will spill out. The fackt that you actually belive and justify the bible frightes me.
@lilshawty2605
2 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@estherrivers6840
5 ай бұрын
Crikey what an abmissal rebuttal. I watched that satan video today and searched frantically for rebuttals and have watched 2 you being the second one. Neither of you have done a good job. Maybe that satan video has something after all. Crikey!!
@jabel5
6 ай бұрын
I wish God had told us which parts are hyperbole and which parts he wanted us to take literally. It certainly would have reduced the number of different factions in The Church and unified the body of Christ.
@461weavile
6 ай бұрын
It's possible God could've done it another way, but God did plan for that. Jesus promised the first Pope that the Holy Spirit would guide His appointed vicar into the fullness of truth. We can be confident in the interpretation because God promised it.
@mathiasrryba
6 ай бұрын
@@461weavile"You can believe us because we tell you that he told us that we defininitely got the authority. Don't mind all the smoking bodies of people burnt on stakes that disagreed with us across time, it's actually what god wanted! Yeah"
@461weavile
6 ай бұрын
@@mathiasrryba First, if the testimonies of at least four people isn't enough for you, feel free to find any dissenting opinions. Boldly claiming "Jesus never said that" is not a persuasive argument. Secondly, are you implying that the Church is not universally persecuted by pointing out the relatively small number of executions perpetrated by the Church? That's a laughable position and I suggest you keep that opinion to yourself to avoid any embarrassment.
@mathiasrryba
6 ай бұрын
@@461weavile There are no testimonies besides Paul who admits he's had a hallucination (but can't decide if it was auditory or visual one). The church has been the tyrannical oppressor for the majority of its existence. Holding Europe by the balls, countries either kneeled to the pope or were getting invaded. Using heresy as an excuse to commit genocides across centuries. My own country back in 9th century had to get baptized as a form of self defense to take away the right to invade and raze us from the catholics.
@senorbb2150
6 ай бұрын
@@461weavile "The relatively small number of executions perpetrated by the Church" ?? Based on recent admissions, logic, and the law of averages I'm betting that throughout Catholic ecclesiastical history there must be an entire WORLD of children sexually abused by Catholic Clergy. But, hey, I guess those technically weren't "executions".
@samgodzwa7927
6 ай бұрын
They don’t call him the deceiver for nothing
@rickyricardo21
6 ай бұрын
It's always these aging hippies. BTW, InspiringPhilosophy made a 3hr response to that video 8 days ago. Haven't seen it myself, yet. So, I was pleasantly surprised you also made response. Kudos.
@MoCityJonesbeats
3 ай бұрын
When it’s convenient we’ll take this literally, when it’s non so convenient “oh this part is non literal”
@edgarariza
6 ай бұрын
Thank you for fulfilling my request to rebut this video Trent!
@pammer12345
6 ай бұрын
Soooo….basically if you believe the bible’s actual words it’s your fault. Lol
@thecrowing1989
Ай бұрын
This is just a bunch of could've/would've/should've hand-waving and is overall a very uncompelling rebuttal.
@Alien1375
Ай бұрын
New here?
@exactopposite
Ай бұрын
Don't forget the mays. Too many mays to count. 😂
@ihatespam2
22 сағат бұрын
What else would an apologist do?he doesn’t have reality on his side so…
@alias_crouton2671
5 ай бұрын
The point isn't what the Bible intended. it's how it's interpreted now and how it's understood. For example, it doesn't matter if canaanites were genocided or not. It matters that the bible is sharing that message in the first place. The bible is (whether intended or not) promoting genocide. Small note: half of your rebuttal's premises rely on the existence of a Holy Spirit and its interference in the writings of the bible. Is there any proof besides the bible that shows the existence of this spirit? Scientifically? Or any proof that this supposed spirit actually helped write these passages? If not, then that doesnt fly logically. Also, the point of this documentary isn't to convert anyone. It is to present the facts learned in seminary that most people wouldn't learn in sunday school. We aren't trying to say the bible is bunk. We're saying that it is false to say all of it is inerrant. I have no beef with anyone who says that they believe in Christianity, only beef in those who say that Christianity is the true religion and that those who say otherwise will burn in hell.
@rockweirdo8147
5 ай бұрын
" it's how it's interpreted now and how it's understood" - In the terms of the Canaanites, the command to destroy them entirely, is widely understood to be hyperbolic. Just because there are laymen giving their own literal interpretation, ignoring context, doesn't mean that it's the case. "half of your rebuttal's premises rely on the existence of a Holy Spirit" - It wasn't, in the terms of the biblical writers, he did reference it, but it wasn't the crux of his arguments. "We're saying that it is false to say all of it is inerrant" - Few people say this, most would only say it's morally inerrant, there are minor errors throughout, but none major.
@alias_crouton2671
5 ай бұрын
@@rockweirdo8147 Each part of his rebuttals relies on the concept of God already existing. It sounds like rather than making the logic normally, he's making a conclusion first, then finding the argument from that (which isn't how logic works). Also, I don't care that the massacre of the canaanites was hyperbolic; I don't think your "morally inerrant" book wants to be teaching that God's chosen people should massacre those who don't agree with them.
@rockweirdo8147
5 ай бұрын
@@alias_crouton2671 - Show me where his rebuttal relied on God existing. Working from a conclusion into a general statement, is inductive logic, although I don't believe still that this is what he was doing, as you still need to answer my first question. Saying to defeat the Cannanites, isn't a moral error, as war is sometimes necessary. Also, tell me where God says to war with the Cannanites because "they don't agree we me." Because you 100% set up a strawman there.
@alias_crouton2671
5 ай бұрын
@rockweirdo8147 Inductive Logic doesn't work like that. Inductive logic draws a conclusion from inference and a premise rather than two premises. That does not mean that the conclusion creates the premises, which, as I've stated, seems to be the case here. Second, yes it's true that I made a little strawman there. However, let's look at what is actually happening here. Canaanites are getting slaughtered and massacred all because they wouldn't leave the land they've been on for centuries! Whether hyperbole or not, the Bible is promoting conquest culture for no reason other than "because God said so." Third, the entire argument against the video's claim on biblical forgeries. The idea that someone else writes the books would be problematic, but the argument made here states that because of God speaking through them, they can accurately depict facts. That is inherently hinging on the premise that there is a God who does exist and is writing through these people.
@rockweirdo8147
5 ай бұрын
@@alias_crouton2671 - God was not warring with the Canaanites because they would leave the land, the land could hold both. However, the Canaanites were demonstrably immoral(Child sacrifice, general sexual immorality, Idolatry, etc.), and fought with Israel over the land, even as Israel was new and weak. They threatened the existence of their nation, wouldn't you go to war with them? Were they supposed to sit there and be destroyed or be corrupted? That's why it was a strawman, and you're still making a strawman, because they didn't war with them "because God said so" although God did, but He had good reason to. "but the argument made here states that because of God speaking through them, they can accurately depict facts." - No, that was a minor part of the argument. Paul may not have written some of the letters he's attributed, but someone that was trusted did, otherwise these letters wouldn't have been held in such esteem. We've really no reason to say that Paul didn't write them, but if you'd like to doubt it, then you can, it's not like we're going to know anytime soon.
@Golden_writes550
6 ай бұрын
They alway's attack the Word of God.
@ibatan7243
6 ай бұрын
Very true. Our Lord/God Jesus Christ, The Greatest Ever, said: I will build my Church on this rock and the gates of Hell shall never surpass it.
@lingding-
6 ай бұрын
If by “attack” you mean tell the truth
@JesusIsKing_AlphaandOmega
6 ай бұрын
@@lingding-nothing but fibs bucko
@ibatan7243
6 ай бұрын
@@lingding- What's yr definition of truth? when was the last time, you said something true - mostly, last century when you were still a kid?
@lau9076
6 ай бұрын
@@ibatan7243Yes,we always attack the word of God,we have a secret society whit jews, muslims and hindus because we hate the truth,we never fight between each other,is all a conspiracy aggainst Jesus.
@DominoJachas69
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for your work, Good bless you.
@gagnepower
2 ай бұрын
I think one of the problems in the first place is that this video is aimed at Protestants, so some of your answers miss the the reason why this point is even brought up and how it is presented, so not all the things apply to Catholics beliefs
@seanmeehan4867
6 ай бұрын
Wow! This was really well done, Trent! Thank you Brother for posting this 🙏
@sweetnerevar7030
6 ай бұрын
I just want to mention that the uploader blocked certain links and names, such as Mike Jones, who did a 3 hour stream adressing some of the arguments. Thats the level of petty hate we are talking about with that guy
@461weavile
6 ай бұрын
The evil adversary himself being petty? That would NEVER happen. 😂
@cipherklosenuf9242
6 ай бұрын
At 12:50 God killing the first born of Egypt is literally passed over by Trent.😢 Those children had lives that mattered to God only as innocent props to demonstrate flexing his almighty arms (figuratively speaking). That is not a loving father or a deity worthy of worship. But, if one considers Exodus as hyperbolic fiction then God is just a character in a story. So it’s ok for an author to describe God as doing and saying horrible things…right?
@461weavile
6 ай бұрын
An absolute classic; thanks for asking. Why is it wrong for God to kill people? We know it's wrong for people to kill people, but what makes you think it's not different for God?
@mathiasrryba
6 ай бұрын
@@461weavileBecause then god's just a more fucked up version of any tyrannical dictator in human history.
@461weavile
6 ай бұрын
@@mathiasrryba I can't see my own comment for some reason, but I clearly said something because you @mentioned me. My best guess is that I asked something about how a person might know that it's wrong for God to kill someone. If so, than you're interpretation of the words "version," "tyrannical," "dictator," "human," and/or "history" are flawed and your understanding of God [big-"G" "God," in case you're misinterpreting instead of simply typing the default lowercase letter] is severely lacking. I would suggest you do some research into the nature of God before you recklessly join discussions about God.
@mathiasrryba
6 ай бұрын
@@461weavile Try to define God as something other than space hitler then.
@danielcookson2644
6 ай бұрын
God killing the first born of all the Egyptians was the last straw pharaoh had a million chances to free them from slavery and nothing else worked. Also, pharaoh had previously killed all the first born of the Israelites so this was fair treatment.
@damastamindz
5 ай бұрын
Catholics really have the most reasonable, sensible view on scripture. Its very refreshing. Some of the responses like authorship were well thought out and argued well. My fiancé and myself often cringe at these fundamentalist literal interpretations of the bible, when I tell her the catholic teaching she tends to agree with that.
@kstep23
12 күн бұрын
Man, christians just can bring themselves to say "ya, the bible got some things wrong." Its not that difficult.
@mcfarvo
6 ай бұрын
Thanks be to God ❤
@mcfarvo
6 ай бұрын
God bless Trent et al. defending the faith in Christ against the attacks of Satan via Atheists
@zevgold3541
6 ай бұрын
You would never use this level of skepticism on other religions. If you did you would have to accept all of them.
@rockweirdo8147
5 ай бұрын
There is a difference between accepting, and not strawmanning a religion.
@borginburkes1819
6 ай бұрын
Why is Christianity always criticized? Who's behind this?
@shassett79
6 ай бұрын
People who are tired of Christianity's cultural hegemony in the West?
@crasnicul3371
6 ай бұрын
@@shassett79jews
@borginburkes1819
6 ай бұрын
@@shassett79 doesn’t sound right. There’s a certain group who’s hated Jesus since the beginning. Trying to erase his message. If you know, you know
@shassett79
6 ай бұрын
@@crasnicul3371 I hope this is ironic antisemitism, but I wouldn't be surprised to find out it isn't.
@shassett79
6 ай бұрын
@@borginburkes1819 Let me guess.... the Jews?
@cat_alyst6306
5 ай бұрын
Satan’s guide to the Bible is a great piece of work! I’m glad it’s out there, the Bible is not perfect but inconsistent in a lot of aspects. I hope it goes viral TBH
@fatilz7480
6 ай бұрын
God Bless You Trent🙏
@figeon
6 ай бұрын
This video was everywhere in my recommendations a few months ago, but I never bothered to watch it. With a title like “Satan’s guide to the Bible” I figured there probably wouldn’t be anything of value. Thanks for making this summary!
@DustyBrownPines
6 ай бұрын
“God created us so he can do whatever he wants with us.” With that logic it seems that God himself could dash a baby on the rocks and be glorified. What an abusive relationship Christians like Trent have with their god. If you haven’t watched Trent debate Alex O’Conner on this very subject, I would highly recommend watching it. And are we to believe God didn’t want Jephthah’s daughter sacrificed? It seems He thought it was worth her suffering. If He didn’t want it, for whatever reason, He wouldn’t have allowed it to happen. It’s curious how some verses are so cut and dry-the commandment thou shalt not kill, and God commanding the Israelites to kill-yet somehow we can discount the latter as hyperbole. Why? That’s special pleading. Trent accuses the documentary of cherry-picking and misinterpretation, and then proceeds to do the same. This is why so many Christians are leaving the faith, or their losing faith and becoming “moderates.”
@moronidiogenes654
5 ай бұрын
Okay. Watching the video, I realized how ineffective the Bible is, and confusing enough for anyone (including churches) to interpret in the most convenient way for their own interest. How about assuming that something cannot be assumed to be true, when that something can be interpreted in infinite ways? Isn't it pretty obvious that the Bible is a manipulation tool? The final message of the documentary is that the Bible is not even necessary. we just need to have empathy and follow the golden rule. Not to mention that the Bible has caused many wars and believers are very well known for their intolerance and persecution. So, if the Bible had any beneficial purpose for society, it failed. And if it failed, then God also failed, which is the obvious problem here. "but my father stopped being an alcoholic, and I was saved and bla bla bla", yes! and practically the rest of the population who often even at some point and to some degree believed in the Christian God and who suffer? It's easy to live in a bubble
@rockweirdo8147
5 ай бұрын
The bible helped shape the west, to ignore this would be to ignore history. And no, we cannot just "have empathy," Man is not inherently good, again, look at history.
@alias_crouton2671
5 ай бұрын
@@rockweirdo8147Man, that's a pessimistic way of looking at it. Unfortunately for you, that's not how empathy works. Empathy doesn't mean "good," it means understanding. We should be understanding towards our fellow man, because what's right and wrong inherently stems from what's affected in the process. And yes, while I agree that the religion shaped the west, that doesn't mean much of anything other than culturally, a lot of people believed in God back then and shaped our democracy around that.
@rockweirdo8147
5 ай бұрын
@@alias_crouton2671 - And what good comes from an understanding and malevolent person? Nothing. Nothing but even more malevolence. Don't go acting like I don't understand a word, when you didn't think through what was said. Man is not good, we have to strive to be good, but on what basis? The west had the basis of Christianity, that's what shaped us, and for the better, although we're leaving that basis, and for our detriment.
@alias_crouton2671
5 ай бұрын
@@rockweirdo8147 My friend, you're thinking in an incredibly black and white manner. No one is always "malevolent" or "benevolent". There's more nuance to feelings than that. The only rules we need are to live with empathy for our fellow man, and the humanistic golden rule. No book required. We never started off evil, that's a horrible way to look at the workd.
@rokaq5163
5 ай бұрын
@@rockweirdo8147To assume that any human is only capable of following a single nature at any point in their lives is pretty uninformed. The nuance of human psychology is that of measured change. Our values, morals, attitude and preferences mutate throughout our lives within a hefty margin, and more life-altering experiences will accelerate that change either momentarily or consistently. That is to say, you are not as you were yesterday, much less as you were last year, and nothing like what you will be like in a decade. Our lives are littered with change and evolution, and as such being constantly good or evil is impossible, as we might not even view good or evil the same way in two different moments of our lives. Instead of attempting to portray human nature as a binary, or even a spectrum, care to learn to adapt to it. The human psyche is scarcely predictable for human minds, and that's the crux of the issue: you can never fully assess what your fellow human is experiencing, and what their next step might be with absolute certainty. And yet, empathy provides you with a great tool for getting an answer about those topics as reliable as it can get. The more you experience the world first hand, the more you decide to engage with either known people or complete strangers around you, the more you will be able to understand them. And understanding is the key to building not only a better relationship with your fellow humans, but a better comprehension of your own wants and fears. Heed my advice and venture out into the world in pursuit of not a God, but a better self, and you will find yourself doing more good than any sacred text would have had you.
@rg1whiteywins598
Ай бұрын
It's of utmost importance to always read the Bible in context of itself.
@matthew_scarbrough
2 ай бұрын
19:45 -- Not only could "unlettered" mean that they didn't receive rabbinic training, it also could be an insult, a false assumption, or mean _uneducated._ It does mean illiterate, but it also broadly means uneducated. What's more, the Pharisees in one of the gospels call Jesus illiterate as an insult/false assumption, yet we also know Jesus had to be literate because he could read Isaiah.
@jasonb7330
6 ай бұрын
Trent most of this is just special pleading and moving the goal posts. Satan in the movie is correct to point out these things because not only do the scholars seem to agree on this, most Christians agree on the interpretations he's discussing. The main thrust of the points made in the book is that scholars DO know there is nuance when describing the Bible, but most pastors, laypersons, and yes, scholars, accept these inaccurate and error filled interpretations as truth and proliferate them to their congregations and pop culture. To go back and say "well there is a possibility they weren't REALLY saying what they wrote down" is just special pleading and comes off as a dishonest attempt to blur what the movie is saying to try to score points against things that were already addressed.
@nseven1117
6 ай бұрын
hopefully someone at some point will make a response to this by making a documentary titled "God's guide to Atheism"
@stargazerv2657
6 ай бұрын
Making such a comment with such degenerate content is pretty amusing
@eidiazcas
6 ай бұрын
Nah, religious people have 0 creativity
@dorettejack3997
4 ай бұрын
It exists, and it's called the Bible
@nseven1117
4 ай бұрын
@@dorettejack3997 I meant a video
@nseven1117
3 ай бұрын
@@MySnugglePuppy idk, sounds like skill issue to me
@dynamic9016
6 ай бұрын
Really appreciate this video
@thebestofallworlds187
5 ай бұрын
If a Christian believes that God is the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit, it is ridiculous for him or her to make a case based on reason.
@BaileysDad
4 ай бұрын
What is unreasonable about that assertion?
@Writer_Productions_Map
6 ай бұрын
For a moment I thought "Satan's Guide to the Bible" was a apologetic video about WoKe distortion and this was an Atheist rebuttal against it. Nope, turns out it's the contrary
@mr.iankp.5734
6 ай бұрын
As a Christian, part of me can’t help but wonder if “Satan’s Guide” is some kind of parody, given how incredibly ironic the concept is. Like it was made by a guy taking punches at both sides, laughing at the atheists who think this tired unoriginal narrative was legit, while also laughing at Christians for taking this pseudo-intellectual spew seriously enough to warrant a critical response.
@voymasa7980
6 ай бұрын
There's also middle ground between options one and two, such as the words were direct from God but also used figurative language at times to try and give humans some level of understanding of divine things a la "we see through an obscure glass." Ancient authors and philosophers viewed the divine minds as something that could be glimpsed but not fully understood
@pdxnikki1
6 ай бұрын
Good rebuttal, Trent. Your thoroughness & acceptance of nuance & diverse interpretations are a credit to the Church.
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