WEBVTT - #139 Should you text your ex back? 0:00:00.040 --> 0:00:01.280 That's what I would ask you if we were sitting 0:00:01.280 --> 0:00:03.120 around a campfire right now and say, is it worth it? 0:00:04.400 --> 0:00:07.280 Can you deal with that again? Do you trust her 0:00:07.880 --> 0:00:12.680 this time? If the answer in any of those questions 0:00:12.840 --> 0:00:16.360 is I don't know, or maybe not or probably not, 0:00:17.960 --> 0:00:21.920 then the best thing for you to do is ignore 0:00:21.960 --> 0:00:36.680 the message. Hey everybody, welcome back to the podcast. This 0:00:36.720 --> 0:00:40.599 is episode one and thirty nine. Thanks for listening wherever 0:00:40.640 --> 0:00:43.479 you're coming from. I love this platform. I love to 0:00:43.520 --> 0:00:47.680 be able to speak in a podcast platform, long form 0:00:47.720 --> 0:00:51.320 with y'all. I answer your questions. You email me Grangersmith 0:00:51.360 --> 0:00:54.680 podcast at gmail dot com. It goes in the queue. 0:00:54.720 --> 0:00:58.680 I pull it up randomly and I don't have any notes. 0:00:58.960 --> 0:01:01.319 I'm not prepared and I'm not always right. But we're 0:01:01.320 --> 0:01:04.200 going to talk through it and answer these questions, just 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:05.920 like me and you are sitting in a cab of 0:01:05.959 --> 0:01:07.840 a truck and you just want to run something by 0:01:07.880 --> 0:01:09.600 me and we just talk it out like old friends. 0:01:10.240 --> 0:01:12.320 That's all it is. And you guys have made this 0:01:12.360 --> 0:01:15.679 podcast what it is, so thank you for that. My 0:01:15.760 --> 0:01:18.360 only couple requests are keep them kind of short, keep 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:20.760 it like the length of the phone. If it gets 0:01:20.800 --> 0:01:22.680 too long and I'm scrolling. It just gets too hard 0:01:22.680 --> 0:01:25.560 to read it in this platform. And then my second 0:01:25.640 --> 0:01:31.319 request is don't send the same email twice because that 0:01:31.440 --> 0:01:34.040 doesn't help. They just it ends up getting deleted and 0:01:34.480 --> 0:01:38.080 it can only come one time. Okay, let's dive in. 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:41.400 First question says living the Dream with a broken Heart. 0:01:42.560 --> 0:01:45.399 My name is Christian, twenty six years old from Nebraska. 0:01:45.720 --> 0:01:47.480 I'll listen to your podcast every week and it's helped 0:01:47.520 --> 0:01:50.720 me through many life struggles. For the past five years, 0:01:50.720 --> 0:01:54.640 I've been really struggling with people, trusting people, and especially 0:01:54.720 --> 0:01:58.480 other Christians. I've desired to have trust for people and 0:01:58.520 --> 0:02:00.480 hang out with other people that are Christians, get involved 0:02:00.480 --> 0:02:03.200 in a church, but I'm scared that I'm gonna be 0:02:03.320 --> 0:02:07.520 used and judged and taken advantage of. My question is 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:10.040 what is the best way to overcome this fear that 0:02:10.120 --> 0:02:12.200 I have with the church and other Christians. I know 0:02:12.280 --> 0:02:15.839 that there are Christians and church places that I could 0:02:15.840 --> 0:02:18.240 feel safe, but my perspective is there's none safe and 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:22.040 I've trusted Christians in church. Thank you for making this 0:02:22.080 --> 0:02:25.600 podcast for people who need a ee man. Christian, thanks 0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:28.400 for emailing Buddy. Shout out to one of my favorite states, Nebraska. 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:32.760 It's a good question. And first of all, let me 0:02:32.760 --> 0:02:38.560 tell you the church is full of hypocrites. Let that 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:41.919 settle for a second. The church is full of hypocrites. 0:02:43.320 --> 0:02:48.440 Why because it's full of humans, Guys like me and you. 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:53.600 We make mistakes. Becoming a Christian doesn't stop you from 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:55.760 making mistakes, or all of a sudden make you perfect, 0:02:55.800 --> 0:02:59.160 or all of a sudden make you able to judge 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:02.240 everyone because you're you're high and mighty. It's just not 0:03:02.480 --> 0:03:05.400 the case. And if you hear of anyone talking in 0:03:05.440 --> 0:03:09.880 that way, they're wrong. And I will go as far 0:03:09.919 --> 0:03:13.320 as saying, if you hear people talking that way, they 0:03:13.360 --> 0:03:16.079 probably haven't been reborn again, and they probably haven't been 0:03:16.440 --> 0:03:19.440 digging into what the gospel really means, because it's all 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:25.400 about humility and surrender, giving up your life for him, 0:03:26.720 --> 0:03:31.440 realizing that you are nothing without him, talking about Jesus, 0:03:32.120 --> 0:03:34.400 realizing that you're no better than anyone else, and that 0:03:34.480 --> 0:03:37.680 you should always treat your neighbor like you would treat 0:03:37.680 --> 0:03:41.400 your own self. And trust me, we treat ourselves very well. 0:03:41.720 --> 0:03:44.119 We feed ourselves, we go to sleep, we make sure 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:45.840 we have a job that makes us happy, and we 0:03:45.960 --> 0:03:49.480 fall in love with someone we really like. We love 0:03:49.480 --> 0:03:53.240 ourselves even if you have even if you struggle with yourself, 0:03:53.720 --> 0:03:56.320 the reason you struggle with yourself is because you love 0:03:56.360 --> 0:03:59.480 yourself so much that you don't want to struggle with yourself. Right, 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:03.840 Anything else is a lie. And so if you see 0:04:03.880 --> 0:04:08.120 someone that's all high and mighty and judging you because 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:10.880 they're a quote unquote Christian and they go to quote 0:04:10.960 --> 0:04:15.960 unquote church, then they're just not representing the good part 0:04:15.960 --> 0:04:21.680 of that of that idea and so, and that's okay too. 0:04:21.960 --> 0:04:25.599 I mean, we all do that at times. It's hard. 0:04:26.480 --> 0:04:28.920 It's hard for me to not go to a concert 0:04:29.000 --> 0:04:31.520 and not judge another band according to what I know 0:04:32.120 --> 0:04:34.440 from my perspective of playing in a band. I try 0:04:34.480 --> 0:04:37.240 not to, but it's hard not to. It's hard to 0:04:37.240 --> 0:04:40.080 hear a band make mistakes and think, wow, they made 0:04:40.080 --> 0:04:44.320 some mistakes. Now I shouldn't tell them about it, right 0:04:44.400 --> 0:04:47.160 I should. I should have more humility than that and 0:04:47.200 --> 0:04:50.320 realize that I make plenty of mistakes myself. That's the 0:04:50.440 --> 0:04:55.479 essence of it. But buddy, Christian, it's ironic, that's your name. 0:04:56.839 --> 0:05:00.800 You shouldn't have a fear of this or be scared 0:05:00.839 --> 0:05:02.640 of this. You said, I'm scared that I'm going to 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:06.400 be used and judged and taken advantage of. Well, isn't 0:05:06.400 --> 0:05:09.440 that the same with anything in life, Like you don't 0:05:09.440 --> 0:05:12.000 want to get a home loan and be taken advantage 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:13.960 of by the banker. You don't want to buy a 0:05:14.000 --> 0:05:16.159 car and be taken advantage of or judged by the 0:05:16.360 --> 0:05:20.760 used car salesman. So you keep your guard up and 0:05:20.320 --> 0:05:23.479 you protect your heart, and you walk into church like 0:05:23.480 --> 0:05:26.640 you would anywhere else, not skeptical of it, but you 0:05:26.800 --> 0:05:32.800 just realize what it is. It's a building full of humans. Now, 0:05:32.839 --> 0:05:35.040 the truth is those humans are going there because they 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:37.720 should go there, because they need to be saved, and 0:05:37.760 --> 0:05:41.120 they need redemption, and they need that humility, and they 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:42.760 need to be put back in their place, and they 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:45.760 need to know that they're coming in presence of their creator. 0:05:46.920 --> 0:05:48.919 That's the truth of it. If you see anything else, 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:52.760 it's just it's a form of insecurity by them. So 0:05:52.839 --> 0:05:55.680 go in with that, Go in knowing that no one 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:57.880 is better than you, and you're no better than anyone else. 0:05:58.800 --> 0:06:03.560 Then you're at the right place. This question subject line 0:06:03.600 --> 0:06:07.839 says future dreams getting destroyed. Hey Gringer, my name is Tyler. 0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:11.000 I'm from Oregon. I'm sixteen. I recently found your podcast 0:06:11.000 --> 0:06:13.880 through TikTok. My question is that there are so many 0:06:13.920 --> 0:06:16.480 people at my school bringing me down and trying to 0:06:16.560 --> 0:06:19.600 ruin my chances of making my dream a reality of 0:06:19.640 --> 0:06:22.000 going to the NFL. They make fun of me, They 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:24.360 tell me I can't do it because I'm not good enough. 0:06:24.360 --> 0:06:26.400 They trash talk me. I do my best to ignore it, 0:06:26.400 --> 0:06:29.240 but I kiss I just can't take it anymore. How 0:06:29.279 --> 0:06:32.279 would you deal with this? God blessed Tyler? What's up? Buddy? 0:06:32.279 --> 0:06:35.920 Shout out to Oregon. I love that state too. Thanks 0:06:35.920 --> 0:06:39.120 for finding me on TikTok, and let me dive into 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:45.200 your question. I want you to question any NFL player. 0:06:47.279 --> 0:06:50.000 Imagine sitting down with any of them and asking them 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:56.720 if they ever had people that doubted them in their life. 0:06:56.880 --> 0:06:58.400 What do you think the answer to that would be 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:03.280 all of them one hundred percent would say yes. But 0:07:03.440 --> 0:07:05.680 they would also say, it doesn't matter what other people 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:08.240 think of you when you're playing. It only matters how 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:12.720 you feel about yourself when you're playing. You're gonna let 0:07:12.760 --> 0:07:15.480 them stop you. Hey, I'm gonna tell you right now, Tyler, 0:07:16.360 --> 0:07:20.280 if you are sixteen, and you're in a place where 0:07:20.320 --> 0:07:24.080 it affects you what other people think, and it affects 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:28.280 you how other people are bringing you down at your school. 0:07:29.200 --> 0:07:32.280 You ain't ready for the NFL. Brother, You ain't ready 0:07:33.360 --> 0:07:35.880 because that's all you're gonna see. Wait till you get 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:38.680 to a higher level. So you want to play college ball? 0:07:38.680 --> 0:07:41.840 What til you get to play college ball? Do you 0:07:41.840 --> 0:07:44.640 think the judgment's going to be easier then? And then 0:07:44.680 --> 0:07:47.920 imagine the NFL. You think that fan base at at 0:07:47.960 --> 0:07:50.160 whatever city you go to is going to go easy 0:07:50.160 --> 0:07:53.040 on you? Do you think that coaching staff is going 0:07:53.120 --> 0:07:57.040 to go easy on you? You're in for a rude awakening. 0:07:57.120 --> 0:08:01.520 Tough enough man, tough en up, get thick skin. Football 0:08:01.600 --> 0:08:05.600 is a mental game. It's about mental toughness, right, That's 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:10.320 where it starts. Everything else, the agility, the physical ability, 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:16.400 the fundamentals, the technique, all of that comes after mental toughness. 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:19.480 And so right now you need to work on this 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:22.960 part of your game because nothing else matters more than 0:08:22.960 --> 0:08:25.240 your mental toughness. If you can't get this past you 0:08:25.680 --> 0:08:29.640 at sixteen, you will not make it. And so add 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:32.880 me right here on this podcast. Add me to the group. 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:35.840 Of people that's telling you you're never gonna make it, 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:38.360 And I hope you take that the right way. I 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:41.839 hope you take it like okay, challenge accepted. Granger Smith 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:47.120 told me that too. Challenge accepted. Get mental tough work 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:51.680 on this. Block it out, Block out the noise. Go read, 0:08:51.760 --> 0:08:54.559 Go read about Teddy Roosevelt when he wrote about being 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:58.560 in the arena write, go read about Teddy Roosevelt when 0:08:58.600 --> 0:09:01.480 he wrote deare Mighty things, the speeches that he wrote. 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:05.760 You think all those people up there in the arena 0:09:05.880 --> 0:09:09.000 that are mocking you and telling you you can't do it, 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:11.079 they're up there in the cheap seats. Do you think 0:09:11.080 --> 0:09:13.880 they know what it's like down there on the field. 0:09:14.600 --> 0:09:17.840 The answers know, and so if they don't, because the 0:09:17.880 --> 0:09:21.360 answers know, then why would you listen to them. You're 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:23.640 the one out there sweating in the middle of the field, 0:09:23.960 --> 0:09:29.520 dirt tears. That's all that matters. The people that are 0:09:29.559 --> 0:09:31.920 on the field with you listen to them, not the 0:09:31.920 --> 0:09:38.720 people in the cheap seats. Next question, subject line says, 0:09:38.720 --> 0:09:40.559 my ex reached out to me. Hey, Grangeer, my name 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:44.000 is Evan. I'm twenty three from Dallas, Texas. My ex 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:46.280 and I split after a year of dating back in January. 0:09:46.320 --> 0:09:49.280 It's been painful, but through counseling, my friends, church, and 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:52.560 your show, I've healed a lot. She reached out to 0:09:52.559 --> 0:09:55.560 me this past weekend. I have no idea why. I 0:09:55.600 --> 0:09:57.960 was immediately filled with anxiety because of it. I've tried 0:09:58.000 --> 0:09:59.800 to follow your advice and think with my brain and 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:02.600 with my heart. But what should I do about this 0:10:02.640 --> 0:10:04.960 whole deal? Continue to live my life and make her 0:10:05.040 --> 0:10:07.760 chase me? Or do I entertain this for a bit? 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:10.360 I think I know the answer, but I would still 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:12.880 like to know what you have to say. Evan. Well, 0:10:14.160 --> 0:10:17.360 it's interesting you know the answer, but you're asking it 0:10:17.400 --> 0:10:20.760 anyway to me, and I like that. It's good. Thank 0:10:20.760 --> 0:10:24.280 you for the email. Shout out to my home state 0:10:24.320 --> 0:10:30.560 of Texas here. So this all depends on where you 0:10:30.600 --> 0:10:35.480 are in your heartbreak, where your heart position is right now. Now, 0:10:35.800 --> 0:10:39.800 you getting filled with anxiety immediately because she messaged you 0:10:40.760 --> 0:10:45.280 is not a good sign. You could say, hey, what's up, 0:10:45.320 --> 0:10:47.160 I'm still thinking about you. Let's go to coffee, and 0:10:47.160 --> 0:10:50.560 then you go to coffee and then she says I 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:53.200 want you back, and then your heart opens back up again, 0:10:53.440 --> 0:10:56.280 and the wound that you had started to heal starts 0:10:56.280 --> 0:11:00.200 to bleed again, and then the same pattern happens all 0:11:00.240 --> 0:11:04.160 over again. She breaks up with you, and you're back 0:11:04.160 --> 0:11:07.719 at square one. After all that healing that you went through, 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:10.120 after the time that it took for you to get 0:11:10.160 --> 0:11:14.720 past this, you're broken all over again. So then you 0:11:14.760 --> 0:11:16.920 have to ask yourself, do I want to do that? 0:11:17.440 --> 0:11:20.720 Is that something I'm willing to do just in case 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:24.360 it does work out this second time? That's up to you. 0:11:24.400 --> 0:11:25.800 That's what I would ask you if we're sitting around 0:11:25.800 --> 0:11:27.440 a campfire right now, and say, is it worth it? 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:31.600 Can you deal with that again? Do you trust her 0:11:32.200 --> 0:11:37.000 this time? If the answer in any of those questions 0:11:37.160 --> 0:11:40.680 is I don't know, or maybe not or probably not, 0:11:42.280 --> 0:11:46.240 then the best thing for you to do is ignore 0:11:46.280 --> 0:11:49.280 the message. It's also one of the hardest things to do, 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:51.480 because your natural reaction is to reach out as fast 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:55.320 as possible. But if you truly want to protect yourself, 0:11:55.360 --> 0:11:58.240 if you truly want to heal, if you truly want 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:00.199 to move on and see what else is out there 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:04.280 for you, you'll just delete the message and move on. 0:12:06.440 --> 0:12:10.680 All right, Let's go to a very interesting question here, 0:12:10.800 --> 0:12:15.800 it says Subjecline, my very rational brain makes it hard 0:12:15.840 --> 0:12:19.240 to believe in God. Hey Grandeur, my name is Gavin. 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:22.000 I'm twenty four years old and I don't come from 0:12:22.040 --> 0:12:24.760 a religious family, but I work closely with two serious 0:12:24.800 --> 0:12:29.839 Catholics and serious Christians, serious meaning that they're strong in 0:12:29.880 --> 0:12:33.800 their faith. My issue lies here. Being surrounded with God 0:12:33.840 --> 0:12:38.080 at work has eventually chipped away at my agnostic, atheistic 0:12:38.400 --> 0:12:42.080 thoughts to the point where I want, in all caps, 0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:45.840 to believe in God. However, it's very hard for my 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:49.000 rational brain to believe in something that I can't feel 0:12:49.040 --> 0:12:51.760 with any of my senses. I want to believe this 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:54.880 isn't it. I want there to be an after I 0:12:54.880 --> 0:12:57.520 want there to be an afterlife. The idea of blackness 0:12:57.559 --> 0:13:00.240 and nothingness for eternity scares the hell out of me. 0:13:00.960 --> 0:13:03.960 I come to the conclusion myself that people that believe 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:07.360 in God are scared to die, and not that I'm not. 0:13:07.920 --> 0:13:10.200 It seems that they just want to desperately believe that 0:13:10.240 --> 0:13:13.000 there's more to life after this one. But what if 0:13:13.000 --> 0:13:16.160 there isn't. My question is this, how do I go 0:13:16.480 --> 0:13:19.040 against every rational thought that I have in my head 0:13:19.520 --> 0:13:22.480 and welcome God into my life. If you took time 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:26.080 to read this, I thank you Gavin from Ohio. Thank 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:28.880 you Gavin. I love this question. Shout out to Ohio. 0:13:29.440 --> 0:13:33.559 I love that state. And Buddy, I think I think 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:36.800 you're asking a really good question, and I want to 0:13:36.840 --> 0:13:39.760 say that I'm on the same train with you. I'm 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:43.280 a rational guy. I'm a very practical guy. I don't 0:13:43.640 --> 0:13:49.600 I don't live by people that say I just believe 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:53.760 because I believe. I just have faith because I don't know. 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:56.520 I grew up this way. It's what I was taught. 0:13:57.120 --> 0:14:02.160 So I just believe need more than that. And so 0:14:02.400 --> 0:14:04.200 let me just walk you, Gavin. Let me walk you 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:08.600 through my brain when I think about your question from 0:14:08.600 --> 0:14:15.920 an agnostic slash atheistic viewpoint, and you say, you say 0:14:16.000 --> 0:14:20.880 you're rational, and so you would rather be an atheist 0:14:21.120 --> 0:14:26.760 because that's more rational than being a Christian. So let 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:29.320 me walk you through my brain with that exact thought. Okay, 0:14:30.120 --> 0:14:35.440 I'm gonna challenge you. An atheist would believe that there 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:38.600 is no God. There never was a god. We all 0:14:38.640 --> 0:14:43.480 came from amba and pond scum, which eventually grew legs 0:14:44.040 --> 0:14:49.720 and eventually became some kind of sea creature that walked 0:14:49.760 --> 0:14:52.960 out of the water over millions of years and then 0:14:53.080 --> 0:14:55.680 grew feathers some of them, some of them grew hair, 0:14:56.760 --> 0:15:01.200 some of them turned into monkey like forms, then grew 0:15:01.240 --> 0:15:06.440 an intelligence, and then lost their hair, and millions of 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:11.080 years later, here we are. That's what you're saying is rational. 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:15.320 So I would challenge you on that and say, Gavin, 0:15:15.880 --> 0:15:22.600 is that rational? That's rational as opposed to my view. 0:15:24.040 --> 0:15:27.280 There is an almighty creator that made us in his 0:15:27.400 --> 0:15:32.000 image just the way we're supposed to be today. And 0:15:32.040 --> 0:15:34.280 you say, yeah, that's crazy Granger, and I go, okay, 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:37.080 how about this. Let's go backwards. Let's go back to creation. 0:15:39.080 --> 0:15:44.720 Let me start with this question, can something come from nothing? 0:15:46.240 --> 0:15:48.800 The answer is no. We know that that's the answer. 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:55.560 Something can't come from nothing. So let me lead you here. 0:15:55.960 --> 0:15:59.200 If there is something, which there is, we look around 0:15:59.200 --> 0:16:02.080 this earth, we see something. So if there is something, 0:16:02.440 --> 0:16:06.320 then that means because it can't come from nothing, then 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:11.160 that means there always was something, because at some point 0:16:12.160 --> 0:16:15.080 something can't come from nothing. So as far as you 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:21.000 go back in eternity past, there always was something. Maybe 0:16:21.040 --> 0:16:25.400 you're thinking, no, there's quantum physics and we've proven now 0:16:25.440 --> 0:16:28.920 that something can come from nothing. So that's the first argument. 0:16:29.520 --> 0:16:32.480 Can come say can something come from nothing? I'd say 0:16:32.520 --> 0:16:37.440 absolutely not. The rational thought. The rational thought is if 0:16:37.480 --> 0:16:41.640 there is something, there always was something. Now, as Christians, 0:16:41.640 --> 0:16:47.080 we know that that something is God. Maybe maybe that's 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:50.640 not enough for you, So let's let's move forward. Say 0:16:50.680 --> 0:16:52.800 you did come from ponds, com me and you were 0:16:52.840 --> 0:16:57.000 both ponds come literally, that's that's our ancestry. And then 0:16:57.360 --> 0:16:59.800 through millions of years we grew these legs and here 0:16:59.840 --> 0:17:03.840 we are. So if that's the case, why do you 0:17:03.920 --> 0:17:10.480 care about anything? Because nothing matters, Nothing is beautiful, There 0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:15.800 is no love. There absolutely are no morals. There's absolutely 0:17:15.840 --> 0:17:20.560 no conviction inside you that says that's probably wrong or 0:17:20.880 --> 0:17:25.520 this is probably right, or I love her. That doesn't 0:17:25.600 --> 0:17:29.320 exist because you and I are ponscum and pond scum 0:17:29.920 --> 0:17:34.080 doesn't have any of those kind of emotions. So then 0:17:34.119 --> 0:17:37.000 you say, well, no, we evolve that way because of 0:17:37.040 --> 0:17:39.840 what that's in our nature. It's in our nature to love. 0:17:39.960 --> 0:17:43.440 And I say what is nature? Where did nature come from? 0:17:44.000 --> 0:17:47.240 Did that evolve from nothing? Too? And then I say 0:17:47.240 --> 0:17:49.960 why are we different than any other creature on this planet? 0:17:50.920 --> 0:17:53.600 Now I would say it's because we're made, according to 0:17:53.640 --> 0:17:56.800 the Bible, made in the image of God. And part 0:17:56.800 --> 0:18:01.160 of that image is we think. We love of we create, 0:18:01.520 --> 0:18:05.240 we paint, we make music, we have ambition, we build 0:18:05.320 --> 0:18:11.000 beautiful buildings because in our nature we are creative beings. 0:18:11.760 --> 0:18:16.520 Why is nothing else creative? Why is nothing else a 0:18:16.600 --> 0:18:21.800 lovable creature or an emotional creature or a creative creature? 0:18:22.160 --> 0:18:27.600 Nothing and nothing ever has been? And why haven't our 0:18:27.640 --> 0:18:30.400 brains evolved any more than they were when we read 0:18:30.600 --> 0:18:34.760 ancient text three thousand years ago, four thousand years ago, 0:18:35.280 --> 0:18:37.760 when we read ancient texts that we have copies of, 0:18:38.920 --> 0:18:41.919 we look at that and we go, these people, this 0:18:42.000 --> 0:18:43.800 is what I think when I read that stuff. I 0:18:43.880 --> 0:18:49.480 think these people are no less intelligent than me, Like 0:18:49.520 --> 0:18:52.520 they're just as intelligent four thousand years ago writing these 0:18:52.520 --> 0:18:57.639 ancient documents. So our intelligence, of course, we have built 0:18:57.680 --> 0:19:00.760 upon what we've learned. And when I speak of evolution, 0:19:00.840 --> 0:19:02.879 I'm not talking about some fish that grew an extra 0:19:02.960 --> 0:19:05.640 fin because it needed it because of survival of the fittest. 0:19:06.160 --> 0:19:08.800 I'm not talking about some bird that grew a longer 0:19:08.840 --> 0:19:11.159 beak so it could reach into the pollen of a 0:19:11.200 --> 0:19:15.280 certain flower. That's just survival of the fittest. We understand that. 0:19:16.119 --> 0:19:18.920 Once again, I'm trying to stay on this rational train 0:19:19.000 --> 0:19:22.080 with you, Gavin. So then I take you to Christianity, 0:19:22.080 --> 0:19:25.840 which is different than all other religions. This is the 0:19:25.880 --> 0:19:30.200 religion where we know God finds you. You don't find God, 0:19:30.480 --> 0:19:35.080 you can't attain God. Because if there was a creator 0:19:35.480 --> 0:19:39.520 way back at the beginning of the universe, if somebody 0:19:39.560 --> 0:19:44.879 did build this, make this, create this, do you think 0:19:45.760 --> 0:19:48.639 that creator would want to keep in touch with us 0:19:48.680 --> 0:19:51.080 in some way, would want to communicate with us in 0:19:51.119 --> 0:19:55.359 some way. I mean, we'll speak rationally. Why would a 0:19:55.400 --> 0:20:01.040 creator make this and then disappear and hide man? And 0:20:01.080 --> 0:20:04.400 as Christians, we know that that's revealed to us through 0:20:04.480 --> 0:20:09.800 the Bible, through human writings inspired by God. That just 0:20:09.840 --> 0:20:11.480 so happens. We go back in the Bible and we 0:20:11.480 --> 0:20:14.159 start digging in, especially to the New Testament, and we 0:20:14.240 --> 0:20:16.960 see all these ancient prophecies that were written a thousand 0:20:17.000 --> 0:20:20.320 years before that, before the New Testament, that have been 0:20:20.320 --> 0:20:25.480 fulfilled historically. And when the New Testament speaks, it speaks 0:20:25.520 --> 0:20:31.040 of specific names in specific towns, at specific dates, with 0:20:31.240 --> 0:20:37.360 specific events that we could trace back and go, yeah, yeah, 0:20:37.359 --> 0:20:40.560 I see that. And it was in front of eyewitnesses 0:20:40.640 --> 0:20:44.639 written by many authors, the same story, by hundreds of 0:20:44.720 --> 0:20:48.560 eye witnesses that attest to this. And then here's where 0:20:48.560 --> 0:20:51.800 it gets tricky, Gavin, you said you think religion comes 0:20:52.080 --> 0:20:54.399 from people that are scared to die. Here's the trick. 0:20:55.320 --> 0:21:01.719 Those people that wrote the Bible stories died for and 0:21:01.760 --> 0:21:06.320 they didn't seem to mind. These were martyrs in the 0:21:06.359 --> 0:21:11.720 New Testament, these disciples, these apostles, died for what they wrote, 0:21:11.800 --> 0:21:15.399 and they didn't seem to mind dying for it at 0:21:15.480 --> 0:21:19.399 any time, Gavin, listen, rational speaking here, at any time, 0:21:20.080 --> 0:21:22.560 any of these people that wrote these stories could have said, 0:21:23.040 --> 0:21:26.640 because we know this, we note historically the Romans gave 0:21:26.680 --> 0:21:30.119 them options. All you have to say is it's not true. 0:21:30.320 --> 0:21:33.080 I denounce it. All it was a lie. I was 0:21:33.160 --> 0:21:36.360 tricked into this by so and so because if they 0:21:36.359 --> 0:21:38.880 were going to pay off my family or something. That's 0:21:38.920 --> 0:21:41.840 all they had to say during the most gruesome torture. 0:21:42.440 --> 0:21:47.200 And guess what they didn't. They didn't say it. They said, fine, 0:21:47.320 --> 0:21:51.320 kill me, kill me for it, and they gave them 0:21:51.320 --> 0:21:56.439 the worst death and they died for it. So then 0:21:56.480 --> 0:21:59.680 you say, well, maybe they were crazy. I say, all 0:21:59.680 --> 0:22:02.960 those people were crazy, all of them, and they all 0:22:03.040 --> 0:22:08.439 kept the same story consistently. When we find these ancient writings, Gavin, 0:22:09.119 --> 0:22:13.000 we find pieces of the New Testament and the Old Testament. 0:22:13.000 --> 0:22:15.760 We had the Isaiah Isaiah Scroll too. As we find 0:22:15.760 --> 0:22:20.600 these pieces in their original first century form, and we 0:22:20.640 --> 0:22:22.600 find these fragments and we put them together, and they're 0:22:22.640 --> 0:22:25.520 on three different continents, and we find them, and each 0:22:25.560 --> 0:22:27.600 time we find one, we still find them. Today there's 0:22:27.600 --> 0:22:30.800 over five thousand of them, these fragments. We still find them, 0:22:30.880 --> 0:22:34.240 and every time we do, it's consistent with another one 0:22:34.480 --> 0:22:40.800 two continents away, the same story. We go, Man, how 0:22:40.800 --> 0:22:44.320 could these people be crazy and keep their story straight? 0:22:45.200 --> 0:22:48.199 How could they be lying and die for it and 0:22:48.280 --> 0:22:50.639 perpetuate that lie so much that they would have to 0:22:50.680 --> 0:22:52.840 go through Say, some king wanted to lie about this, 0:22:53.280 --> 0:22:56.199 so he would have to go through these thousands of documents, 0:22:57.160 --> 0:23:00.359 spread through three continents, all over and find all of 0:23:00.400 --> 0:23:02.960 them and change them all to what he wanted the 0:23:03.040 --> 0:23:09.680 narrative to be. Is that rational? That's impossible. So there's 0:23:09.800 --> 0:23:15.280 one option left, Gavin, Listen, there's one option left. It 0:23:15.400 --> 0:23:22.080 was true? Was it true? That's what got me here. 0:23:23.240 --> 0:23:26.560 And for a rational guy like you, I respect that 0:23:26.560 --> 0:23:29.960 that's what you got to wrestle with. That man, good luck, 0:23:30.280 --> 0:23:32.000 because that's what you have to wrestle with. And here's 0:23:32.000 --> 0:23:34.920 the kicker to it all. Remember what I told you 0:23:34.960 --> 0:23:39.400 about Christianity. Every other religion it's man finding God. Christianity 0:23:39.520 --> 0:23:43.200 is God finds man. So I'm going to ask you this. 0:23:44.119 --> 0:23:48.760 I'm going to go back to your question. Why do 0:23:48.880 --> 0:23:50.920 you think this is? You're wrestling with this right now. 0:23:51.440 --> 0:23:54.639 Why do you want to know God? Is it because 0:23:54.680 --> 0:23:57.760 something bubbled up inside you and you wanted to know 0:23:57.840 --> 0:24:02.520 that you manifested? Or is God? I'm saying, Gavin, it's 0:24:02.560 --> 0:24:08.719 time to activate you. Interesting? Is God calling you? Gavin? 0:24:10.000 --> 0:24:12.960 Anyone else listening to this podcast? Is God calling you? 0:24:15.080 --> 0:24:19.399 That's what you got to wrestle with. You say you 0:24:19.440 --> 0:24:24.400 want proof? Look around you. Look at this universe, Look 0:24:24.440 --> 0:24:27.160 at the order of it, look at the design of it. 0:24:28.119 --> 0:24:31.280 Look at the air we breathe. It's perfect for humans. 0:24:31.920 --> 0:24:33.880 Look outside and out of space. You see anything else 0:24:33.960 --> 0:24:39.840 like this? It's biggest satellites and telescopes that we have. 0:24:39.840 --> 0:24:42.879 Have we ever seen anything like this? No? Not in 0:24:42.920 --> 0:24:50.040 twenty twenty two. That's interesting. Rational, Let's take a break. 0:24:50.080 --> 0:24:57.399 Bear It Back podcast is brought to you all today 0:24:57.440 --> 0:25:00.920 by Movement. You know, in a tiny apartment in southern California, 0:25:00.960 --> 0:25:03.800 two college dropouts teamed up to create a watch brand 0:25:03.800 --> 0:25:07.600 that broke all the rules with fair prices, unexpected colors, 0:25:07.640 --> 0:25:11.680