The Inconsistency Of Christian Living

Today's episode is about the inconsistency of Christians in acting Christ-like. This is not about sin. This is about choosing to disregard the commands of Christ that don't fit in with the modern believer's version of Christianity and lifestyle. I cover this to showcase not so much the hypocrisy but the underlying reasons most Christians don't follow these commands. They don't work. Oil doesn't cure illness, not planning for tomorrow will leave you broke, and loving your enemies is dangerous etc. Here are 20 quick examples!

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:58 Number 1
4:36 Number 2
5:24 Number 3
7:33 Number 4
8:57 Number 5
9:58 Number 6
10:30 Number 7
11:23 Number 8
12:50 Number 9
13:24 Number10
13:51 Number 11
14:29 Number 12
14:31 Number 13
14:34 Number 14
14:37 Number 15
14:48 Number 16
14:55 Number 17
15:26 Number 18
15:46 Number 19
15:54 Number 20
17:10 Final Thoughts

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[MindShift-Brandon]

I am out for a while this morning but ill be on later to reply to comments. Thanks for being here!

[markrothenbuhler]

When a hypocrite looks another hypocrite in the eye and doesn't call the other out for it - that's religion.

[DannyS]

When I was a Christian, I worried about everything. I even worried about how I worried too much. But now even though it hasn't completely gone away, I worry way less.

[mainecoonmami]

I come from a family who really tries to live these words- to their own detriment, putting up with abuse. Not getting medical care. It’s nuts.

[soyevquirsefron]

A lot of Christians would knowingly break these commands and then shrug and say “Jesus knows I’m not perfect I’ll pray for forgiveness and more strength next time.”

And then do it again

[lisachao]

I volunteered at a thrift store. The clothes that weren't "good enough" for sale, I would take them home, wash/repair them instead of putting them in the recycling then take them to a shelter. This was not part of my duties, I did it because we were wasting resources others would benefit from. We would get more water bottles than could be sold and i would bring them home, bleach them and take them to the shelter where they were a huge hit in the summer. I am an atheist. Many of the other volunteers were deeply Christian and would ask what church I belonged to. Many didn't believe me when I told them. And when I stopped volunteering, not one of the "good Christians" stepped up and now all the ugly-but-warm jackets go into the recycling/garbage instead of keeping homeless people warm. SMH.

[cloudsCoffee-mmcu]

Yep I had a problem with this even as a Christian. Christianity wants you to use your black and white thinking until it comes to stuff like this then it’s; oh it doesn’t mean what it says or a whole myriad of other excuses.

Great video and 100% agree!

[Cowplunk]

Brandon, I think this video has put you into the top tier of atheist Youtubers. I love that you and Kristi are dealing more with the "nuts and bolts" of Christianity instead of just the philosophical concepts. If Christian apologists don't have you on their radar yet, they will very soon. I would love to hear what they have to say in response to the devastation you just wrought.

[johnpoole]

Interesting that after 1, 700 years of building our civilization around Jesus, actually doing what he say is still too radical.

[_Sme__ne]

That's a mic drop video. I recall there was a progressive Christian woman several years ago that wrote a book called living Biblically iirc. Basically a challenge to live exactly as the Bible says, contrary to how almost every Christian actually lives.

When I was a Christian I struggled so much with not only beliefs, but living as I was clearly supposed to.

It's evident that virtually all Christians are either ignorant of what the Bible says, make excuses, or live in a state of cognitive dissonance.

[darthvirgin]

“we feel oppressed when we can’t oppress everyone else, especially those gays.”—christian fundamentalist.

[studiosandi]

My best friend's mother believed deeply deeply that the skin cancer on her nose would be cured if she prayed hard enough. Her religion didn't believe that you were supposed to go to a doctor you were supposed to pray the sickness away. She suffered for five years as skin cancer that started out the size of a freckle basically ate her nose off and part of her lip before it killed her. But every single day of those five years she truly believed she was going to wake up and be healed. Instead her face basically melted off.

[pauld.]

I recently rewatched Hacksaw Ridge and it occurred to me that the movie bothered me on a number of different levels. Just anecdotally, I've never encountered a Christian who was reluctant to do violence. Ever. I was a teenager when 9/11 happened and I went to a Christian school. There was no angst at all about dropping bombs wherever they "needed" to be dropped to avenge innocent people.

[HassanRadwan]

This applies to most ordinary Muslims too. They pick and choose what they follow. (Loving your channel)

[IMHip-rqel]

It says "don't worry, don't worry" but it never says "be happy, be happy".

[PeterLarsenJr]

I have WAITED for a video like this for 2 f-cking years! Hold the Christians who insist on their authenticity to WATCH THIS VIDEO and then tell me they are a “real” Christian. Thank you for having the GUTS to put this out.

[Queenread]

oh. god.
When I was a christian I struggled so hard with all of these! I have a genetic anomaly that causes chronic pain and can lead to autoimmune disease, neurodivergence ... so many comorbidities. All of the years I tried to have more faith, to pray harder during the pain because my sacrifice made my prayers more honorable or something. All the while I was trying to pray away and forgive childhood trauma because god forbid I would go to a secular therapist. Struggling with the fine line between taking care of children and giving to the poor. If a person takes the new testament seriously it is so confusing and so full of shame because there is NO WAY to completely live the way it says we should.
Brandon, it is so affirming to hear someone else say these things that I have thought in secret all of these decades. Thank you.

[mr.goldenproductions_]

This may be your greatest counter-apologetics video yet! These impossible, unreasonable demands that also go against any and every hard-wired evolutionary instinct of ours is also, I believe, the main reason why Christians who take their faith seriously always have a bad conscience, for always being too of this world and never sacrificing enough etc., at least it was like that for me and I know I‘m not alone in this. The lifting of the proverbial yoke only really occured when I was free of this insanity. Finally allowing myself to think and live like a normal person, recognising my deep motivations and our convoluted nature as homo sapiens while working at curtailing our collective and my specific worst impulses through the realisation of empathy is way more sensible a way to go.

[rrickarr]

You really nailed it. I used to be an organist in some pretty important churches. There I met some of the most unchristian people who would not help anyone for aynthing.

[salvadormartinez]

I am convinced that you are the voice of many of us. Thank you for those examples on the contradictions, it helps me put into words the inconsistencies that made my brain explode before. I don't usually explain to anyone my reasons because I don't know how to convey it, but your fluency and vocabulary helps me a lot. Great work again, I am always impressed.