The Top G Reveals Why Young Men Are Converting To Islam
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Summary
In this episode, we talk about religion, religion, and everything in between. We also talk about some of our favorite and least favorite parts of church and what we would like to see the church do in the future.
Transcript
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Honestly, I value the fact that I grew up in church because I feel like it gave me a good sense of morality
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and a good sense of, you know, just being a decent, just human being.
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And, like, even if you do something bad, like, at least you feel guilt or shame for it, you know?
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You know, I wouldn't say, I feel bad because I feel like I'm not a good Catholic.
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I mean, I don't go to church as much as I should.
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Like, I feel like I should go to church, like, every Sunday and, like...
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But I'm actually, I've decided that's one of my goals this year.
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I'm moving my Saturday shows to Fridays so I can go more.
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But I actually, you know what I like about Catholicism?
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Because it's like a coach every week to be a good person.
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Because I feel like saying your sins out loud makes them, like, real.
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Like, being confessed, like, you know, confronting your shittiness.
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And so, every week you've got to go tell a priest what you did.
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And I know people think it's so weird and, like, and I get it.
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But it's, like, it's awkward if, you know, eight weeks in a row you say the same exact
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Like, women should not have dominion over men or something like that?
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Someone in the chat, help us with that scripture.
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And the other thing I like is, like, we don't change stuff.
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So, I don't like it when all these modern churches bring in, like, modern things into the church.
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Like, I feel like it's supposed to be the same.
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We shouldn't be bringing, like, Christian rap into the church.
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I think it's supposed to be, like, reverend and holy.
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I think that's why a lot of people kind of, like, lost respect for the church because they kind of see it selling out.
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I think that's why a lot of people are converting to Islam because at least Islam, they have a backbone.
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You're never going to see, like, a gay version of Muhammad.
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No, but they think it's hilarious to do, like, gay Jesus or, like, you know, like, transgender pastors and stuff.
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And it's just, like, this is clearly against what your religious text says.
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So, even if you're not a religious person, I think people don't respect incongruency.
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I think that's the number one thing people don't respect.
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So, when you see that, they're like, okay, it's like, what are you doing?
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And it's like, there's no culture to, like, accept that.
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But, yeah, and the problem, too, is, so, this is what I've figured out about religion in, like, the U.S. when it comes to Christian, Catholic.
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Like, the issue, Catholics, and say with Methodists, like, when there's a governing body, if one church starts going crazy, then the other churches will say something.
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But the issue is the non-denominational churches, they don't have, like, any governing body.
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Like, a lot of them, it's just, like, this pastor that started a church.
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And I understand why they started a church, because a lot of times they'll say, oh, like, we interpret the Bible this way or that way.
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So, I understand why they do it, but there becomes problems, because then it's just a random guy interpreting the Bible.
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And he's saying, okay, well, my version of what I understand is that Jesus accepts gay people or this, this, and this.
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It's like these Christian OnlyFans girls on the whatever podcasts, like, I'm a Christian OnlyFans girl, like, oh, okay, no, you're crazy, that's what you are.
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Yeah, well, and I also think truth stands the test of time.
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And so, all these, like, new age, like, new churches, I just, I don't know, maybe.
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And if you look at the world today, it is very obvious that the devil does not.
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Karina, she subbed me yesterday, and she just became a member.
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Christians don't have a religion anymore because they tolerate everything and stand for nothing.
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By the way, I actually agree with you, the fact that they're tolerating way too much.
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God is something to be feared, respected, and to prove yourself to, which means you got
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It's a, hey, I want to earn your right and your respect, right?
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How did you go, if you don't mind talking about your own evolution?
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Because us as men, if you knew me at 25 years old, you probably would have liked to have
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I was a guy you would have thought I was, right?
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And we go through this phase of where the selfishness kind of comes down a little bit.
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You still need to be selfish because you need to be driven.
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But to the point where you're like, listen, man, I got to really do something.
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What's been your evolution of your faith and where are you at today?
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Yeah, I think Newton's, I think it's third law, equal and opposite force, what you just
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There has to be equal and opposite force to all the evil in the world.
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And the equal and opposite force to all that evil has to be God.
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And I've talked about this at length, even with atheists.
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And I try and say that regardless of whether you're an atheist or not, you're thinking of
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God as a man in the sky, but you need to think of God as a concept as a whole.
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And once you do that, it's impossible to accept that he doesn't exist, right?
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I said to the atheist, I said, let's say there was two islands, you're shipwrecked, right?
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On one island, you and your friend are shipwrecked.
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On one island, your friend goes and he crashes and they kill him and they eat him.
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And you go to another island and they want to kill you and eat you, but they don't because
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But their God said, don't kill shipwrecked survivors.
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The concept of God in and of itself saved your life.
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You owe God just for the concept of it, the idea of it.
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So even the idea of opposing evil as a whole is a belief in God.
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So you're either an evil person or you believe in God in some regard.
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And then I became, once I understood that there had to be an equal and opposite force, I was
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That's funny because, you know, that's that because, you know, did you know I was in school
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She was this hot Mexican girl and she was like, you know, predatory coming on to me.
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But I used to be, I know the Bible really well.
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And I just kind of add biblical lessons to, you know, modern day self-improvement techniques.
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And, you know, I went to school to get my degree in psychology, University of Central
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And then so throughout the entire like science program, you know, they kind of beat my religion
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They kind of like, you know, made me kind of become an atheist.
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But then recently, like what Tate's saying right now, me personally, I'm not just saying
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It's just, I think we just have parallel thoughts.
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Um, I've just been seeing like legitimate evil in the world, in my opinion.
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And I'm just thinking they're like, these people are so evil.
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And some of these people, I saw a transgender guy have a fake pregnancy thing on his stomach
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and then take a knife and like stab his stomach.
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Fake blood came out and he pulled out a baby and like, like a fake baby and all this blood.
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And he was like pulling out all these fake guts.
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And I just looking at myself and I'm like, how is this even about pride?
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This guy looks like an actual demon possessed person.
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Like what normal person would put that entire thing together and think that's okay to do in
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You ever see pictures of these people when they're like younger and they look like happy
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It's like when a girl has just been like her body count is through the roof.
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If you look at their eyes, it's like a lifeless stare in every pot.
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Like even when she's smiling, her eyes are dead.
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Cause it's just, she's just like a jaded war vet.
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Like I told you, it's just been through too much.
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Uh, I don't want to say, I don't know who's watching.