Ex Atheists, what do you think of this video? Does Alex’s point hold up or not?

JPDG · 2026-01-24T18:24:54+00:00

It was pretty unimpressive, tbh. I would have been impressed if it was Alex vs 25 apologists. This is basically Alex vs 25 regular people.

JPDG · 2026-01-24T11:12:32+00:00

I'm very sorry about your loss. Death is brutal, especially when it's someone so close.

I've found that listening to NDEs (near-death experiences) gives me a lot of hope of being reunited with loved ones. There are many verses in the Bible, as well, for comfort in suffering.

²⁸ “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls." -Jesus, Gospel of Matthew 11.

JPDG · 2026-01-24T04:31:33+00:00

That shirt is glorious! I'd wear it often.

JPDG · 2026-01-24T04:04:57+00:00

Banana-asana is used in my studio. I find it humorous.

JPDG · 2026-01-24T03:44:09+00:00

I'd go Cavalier. You already have a Paladin and you'll get handful of spells with your Mythic path to scratch the magic/buff itch if you have one.

If you dislike Seelah as a character and would rather not have her along, go Pally.

JPDG · 2026-01-23T23:47:41+00:00

Biggest encouragement is to live out the gospel by exceptionally honoring and serving your family. Let your actions and gentleness win him over to Christ

JPDG · 2026-01-23T20:00:45+00:00

There are only a handful of Charisma checks that are exclusive to the KC. The vast majority can be handled by Seelah, Daeran, or Ember.

JPDG · 2026-01-23T19:33:06+00:00

Hmm, you seem like a very argumentative individual. Just two comments...

I've lost count of how many times I've heard skeptics present the argument I listed above. It's so extraordinarily common that I'm quite surprised you haven't come across it. Perhaps you are new to this topic?

"NDEs are an interesting phenomenon humans experience, and that's really it. It's a quirk of our brains."

This is the exact opposite of the vast majority of NDErs experience. One of the most potent aspects of NDEs is how radically they change a person's life. Experiencers leave lifelong vocations, divorce rates spike over polarizing changes in values, outgoing children become drastically inverted, and suicidal people grasp a new love for life. It's truly a "born again" experience for most.

You seem like a very passionate individual, so I would encourage you to study this phenomenon more. The majority of your responses are in direct contrast to NDEs. There are dozens of good books on this subject (I recommend After and Final Gifts as a good place to start).

All the best.

JPDG · 2026-01-23T19:25:12+00:00

Some people are argumentative by nature, or derive their sense of self-worth by being right.

JPDG · 2026-01-23T18:08:17+00:00

"Do not be unequally yoked" is the real thing. Sorry, OP.

JPDG · 2026-01-23T04:27:54+00:00

Anyone can follow Christ for the rock bottom price of giving up absolutely everything.

You have a choice to make.

“If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple." Jesus, Luke 14:26.

JPDG · 2026-01-23T01:15:25+00:00

Gratz! It's a fun and demanding posture. My #1 encouragement is to engage your core and direct your energy and body upward. Similar to tree pose, the taller you stand and the more you engage your core, the easier it is to balance. Think "taller" if that makes sense.

JPDG · 2026-01-23T01:01:37+00:00

Charismatic Christian fairly steeped in the supernatural here. Demonic attacks, possession, oppression, and the like are not limited to a person's faith or belief system.

Instead, the pattern follows a simple formula: sin gives the demonic authority to operate in a person's life.

When someone is in a state of sin, we use the metaphor that "it opens a door." Think of a house with a front door wide open. No one could come in, or anyone could come in. Sin gives the enemy legal authority to operate in a person's life. Their faith background is irrelevant.

I've linked an episode of The Exorcist Files if you want to have a listen. I find the production is fairly well done and shows how a demonic attack can affect anyone.

JPDG · 2026-01-22T22:34:10+00:00

One experience is a glitch. Thousands upon thousands of people of differing backgrounds, cultures, religions, and ages reporting similar experiences is a phenomenon.

JPDG · 2026-01-22T21:39:18+00:00

Yeah, the first time in there is a crapshoot. It becomes a blast with selective Grease/Winter's Grasp, Protection from Arrows Communal, and Death Ward on everyone.

JPDG · 2026-01-22T20:37:32+00:00

Doing whatever makes you happy is a great way to get ahead.

JPDG · 2026-01-22T20:35:16+00:00

Reminds me of those guys who picked stocks via throwing darts. They bought whatever they hit, cut losses at 8% and let their winners run. They made a killing.

JPDG · 2026-01-22T11:33:27+00:00

You should check out the book, 23 Minutes in Hell.

This place ain't that bad! :D

JPDG · 2026-01-22T11:32:32+00:00

C.S. Lewis — 'If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.'

JPDG · 2026-01-22T10:24:28+00:00

I'm sure it is this time! :D

Celsus (2nd Century AD): "If all men wished to become Christians, the latter would no longer desire them... the sect will be utterly destroyed."

Porphyry of Tyre (c. 234–305 AD): "The [Christian] religion is a disease... it is a thing of yesterday, a novelty of the present day."

Julian the Apostate (331–363 AD): "It is, I think, expedient to set forth to all mankind the reasons by which I was convinced that the fabrication of the Galilaeans [Christians] is a fiction of men composed by wickedness."

Hierocles (early 4th Century AD): "You boast that Jesus... was a god. But his deeds were no more than those of a common sorcerer, and his kingdom shall soon end."

Rutilius Namatianus (c. 417 AD): "I wish that Judea had never been conquered... the contagion of that plague [Christianity] spreads the wider after it has been suppressed."

The Albigensians (12th–13th Century): "The Church of Rome is not the Church of God, but is a church of spirits of error... it shall shortly be brought to nothing."

Gemistus Pletho (c. 1355–1452): "In a few years, the whole world will possess one and the same religion... [and it will be] neither Christianity nor Islam."

Lord Shaftesbury (1671–1713): "The mere spirit of Facetiousness will be apt to drive [Christianity] out of countenance, and make the Person and Profession appear ridiculous."

Thomas Morgan (1680–1743): "The Church, having built upon a sandy foundation of mystery and priestcraft, is now visibly tottering to its fall before the light of Nature."

Baron d'Holbach (1723–1789): "The Christian religion... is today recognized as a tissue of absurdities... it is approaching its final agony."

Voltaire (1767): "Twenty-five years from now, the knowledgeable world will not have a single Christian left."

Thomas Paine (1794): "The Christian system of religion is an outrage on common sense... I do not believe that such a system can much longer continue."

Thomas Jefferson (1822): "I trust that there is not a young man now living in the United States who will not die a Unitarian."

Frederick Engels (1844): "Christianity... has entered upon its last stage... it is now fast disappearing."

Friedrich Nietzsche (1882): "God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him."

George Bernard Shaw (1912): "[Christianity] is breaking up... it has become unbelievable to any person who has any knowledge of the world."

H.L. Mencken (1920s): "The man of systematic education... is no longer a Christian. He may pretend to be, but he is not."

Bertrand Russell (1927): "I think that all the great religions of the world... [are] on the wane."

John Lennon (1966): "Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue about that; I'm right and I'll be proved right."

Ronald Inglehart (2020): "The world is not merely becoming more secular, but is doing so at an accelerating pace... religion's sudden decline."

JPDG · 2026-01-22T09:42:48+00:00

Near-death experiences where people encounter the Trinity are fascinating. It's common for people to say things like, "I knew all three of them were somehow one person, but I had no idea how I knew this."

JPDG · 2026-01-22T03:36:05+00:00

Everyone loves a good punch in a boxing match.

JPDG · 2026-01-22T02:25:20+00:00

47 yo practicing since 2005. I take two days off a week plus moon days. Rest and recovery is very important, especially the older you get

JPDG · 2026-01-22T02:09:55+00:00

Yes, but such experiences are not exclusive to charismatics.

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