Transcript of The Top 10 Lies I Told As A Pastor - And Didn't Even Realize It

Christians we need to have a conversation your pastor has been lying to you for years and he probably doesn't even realize it I used to stand on a platform week after week every Sunday and Wednesday night preaching and proclaiming what I beli to be the truth I wasn't lying intentionally I was convinced that what I was saying was right that I was leading people closer to God and His goodness in his will and his plan but here's the thing when you're in that world you don't often allow yourself to question these things you just repeat what you've been taught you accept the answers you've been given and you told the line it wasn't until I stepped away from the church that I realized just how much of what I preached was wrong false fallacious even and I'm not talking about about Minor eras I'm talking about massive foundational lies that I spread not because I was being willingly deceptive but because I honestly believed that Faith was the closest to truth that we could ever hope for that was my sincere belief these are the lies that keep Christianity going the ones that keep people Trapped In Fear guilt guilt and blind obedience called Faith So today we're going to count down the top 10 lies I told as a pastor without even realizing it let's get started number 10 God has a plan for your life oh we love this one don't we I love this one anytime tragedy strikes or anytime someone feels lost here comes the go-to line God has a plan it sounds comforting but it's a hollow plan attitude and many times does nothing to provide any real Comfort it if everything is part of God's plan then that means suffering abuse and Injustice are intentional that they are by Design if that's the case why pray why do anything why actually try to fix the problems if they're part of some Divine blueprint this lie shuts down critical thinking and convinces people to accept suffering instead of working to change it this was one of the many reasons that I deconverted realizing that the work that I was doing was not actually helping to change anything because of course I believed that God had a plan number nine the Bible is the word of God unadulterated inherent the word of God in full I used to say this with absolute conviction but honestly I struggled in examining what that even meant the Bible is a collection of books written by flawed humans over centuries copied edited and mistranslated by people with their own agendas but we call it God's word as if we're a magical Flawless text delivered Straight from Heaven meanwhile we cherry-picked what we liked and ignored the contradictions the absurdities and the outright atrocities if the Bible is God's perfect word then why did he get so many things wrong this was a real struggle for me not just the fact that God got so many things wrong but if the Bible is God's word doesn't that mean that Paul's words are now God's words and that Peter's words are now God's words where does this slippery slope end number eight Jesus loves you no matter what oh really because according to the Bible Jesus l love is conditional to the point of being cruel believe in him or face Eternal punishment that's not love that's coion but in church we marketed Christianity as a religion of unconditional love when in reality it's a system of emotional manipulation Jesus loves you sounds nice but if L if love comes with the threat of hell it's not love it's a hostage situation number seven Christianity is not a religion it's a relationship this one this was one of the most ridiculous word games we played and I I can about damn near remember when we started playing this particular game we said this to distance ourselves from the baggage of organized religion but let's be honest Christianity is a religion organized or otherwise it has rules Dogma rituals and consequences for non-compliance this relationship argument was just a way to sidestep accountability and pretend we were different from all the other religions we looked down on and honestly the problem with religion isn't that it's organized it's that it's false number six I think we're all familiar with this one prayer works oh nothing works like prayer I've absolutely found the opposite to be true nothing Fails Like prayer if prayer worked hospitals would be empty casinos would be closed down we'd see double blind studies proving its Effectiveness but instead prayer only seems to work when the outcome is vague coincidental or could have happened anyway the truth is when people get what they want they think God when they don't they make excuses prayer is just a way to make people feel like they're doing something when they're actually doing nothing number five God answers in his his own time oh how convenient this was our convenient escape hatch when prayer didn't work if someone prayed for healing and didn't get it God's timing if they died well we don't understand his ways no matter what happened no matter what happened the answer was always the same God's mysterious timing it's a NeverEnding cycle of mental gymnastics designed to protect the idea that God is listening even when all the evidence suggests that he is number four you can't be good without God this one is insulting patronizing and absurd I used to preach that without God people would have no moral compass that we'd all be lying stealing and murdering but look around atheists aren't running wild in the streets in fact some of the most peaceful ethical countries in the world today have low levels of religious belief meanwhile some of the most Rel religious places are full of corruption oppression and violence morality isn't about belief in God it's about empathy reason and human decency number three doubt is a test of your faith whenever someone would start questioning I would simply tell them most times that it's just a test this is a test from the Lord and that pushing through that doubt would make their faith stronger but doubt isn't a test yes it's a sign that something isn't adding up for you instead of encouraging people to explore their questions we made them feel guilty for even having them that's not Faith that's indoctrination number two hell is a choice no it's not a choice means informed consent if someone puts a gun to your head and says give me your wallet or die that's not a choice that's a threat Christianity does the same thing worship God or burn forever no sane loving parent would ever say love me or I'll torture you but somehow we accepted that behavior from a so-called loving God the idea that hell is a choice is one of the most manipulative lies in Christianity now before we get to number one if you like what I do and you want to show your support click that like button subscribe to the CH Channel and if you can please share this to your social media it really helps now on with number one on our list you have to have faith this is the ultimate copout faith is just a nice word for believing something without evidence when all else fails when logic doesn't hold up when questions get too difficult the fallback answer is you just have to have faith that's not an argument it's an admission that there's no good reason to believe faith is the last line of defense when religion runs out of excuses as you can see the deception from the pull pit comes hard and fast but in a great many cases you can only blame the pastor so much because they too have been deceived and indoctrinated I genuinely believe the things because they were drilled into me from a young age that's how religion works it doesn't just control what you believe it controls how you think about what you believe if you're someone who's still in that world questioning but afraid to admit it just know that you're not alone there are millions of us who've stepped away who've asked the hard questions who stood up to the oppression and who found Freedom outside of faith and if you're watching that you're already on that path join us Christians have you ever seen 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