Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey - Ep 1043 ｜ The Storybook Bibles Promoting Atheism to Kids

00:00:00.280 Have you read the storybook Bible that your child is reading?

00:00:04.740 There is at least one parent who has been very disturbed to find out that their child

00:00:10.420 was given something called the Brick Bible at VBS this year.

00:00:15.220 And as it turns out, thousands of unsuspecting parents and children have been duped by what

00:00:22.240 looks like an innocuous storybook Bible, but it is really trying to convince children not

00:00:29.920 to believe in God.

00:00:31.540 Also, we are talking about the glorification of childlessness, its latest iteration on

00:00:37.640 Acts, and my response to it today as we talk about the problem of elevating animals to the

00:00:44.880 place of children.

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00:00:59.920 Hey, guys.

00:01:02.900 Welcome to Relatable.

00:01:03.980 Happy Wednesday.

00:01:05.420 Hope everyone is having a great week.

00:01:08.200 Thank you all so much.

00:01:09.340 Yesterday, I posted on Instagram that I have an idea for an ad or even an ad campaign or

00:01:15.460 a messaging strategy when it comes to Kamala Harris and this assault that they have launched

00:01:22.440 against J.D. Vance and Donald Trump, but even more so J.D. Vance in calling him weird.

00:01:27.800 Have you all seen that over and over again?

00:01:29.680 And I wouldn't typically even bring it up because I wouldn't want to draw attention to

00:01:34.080 the fact that they have labeled them in this way, but I think it's just so pervasive at

00:01:38.240 this point, which speaks to the uniformity of the Democratic Party.

00:01:42.740 It speaks to their effective strategy and that they can come together, they can agree on

00:01:47.560 messaging, and they can absolutely run with it.

00:01:50.420 And I've been chewing on this for the past few days because I represent women. 0.95

00:01:55.480 I mean, not all women, obviously, many, many, many don't agree with me, but I mean, that

00:01:59.960 is what I am.

00:02:00.800 I am a woman.

00:02:02.160 And so that's the only demographic that I can say I even somewhat represent and that

00:02:07.040 I am a part of, and then more specifically, the Christian woman.

00:02:09.600 And I would love to say that all Christian women are definitely going to vote Republican, 1.00

00:02:14.860 but it's not going to happen.

00:02:17.220 And we need them to.

00:02:18.480 We can't have them sit at home.

00:02:20.380 We can't have them be apathetic.

00:02:21.780 We can't have them write someone in.

00:02:22.960 We can't have them vote third party.

00:02:24.580 We can't have them, oh my goodness, vote for Kamala Harris. 1.00

00:02:28.740 And yet, I know it might seem strange to some of you, but this strategy of just calling

00:02:33.820 Trump Vance weird, just out of the realm of normal, creepy even, that actually can be

00:02:43.940 extremely effective.

00:02:45.360 Because look, in this demographic, we've got a lot of busy moms or a lot of working women. 1.00

00:02:51.020 They don't have a lot of time to look into the policies.

00:02:54.280 And while I think that we should absolutely hammer home the policy differences between

00:02:59.180 Harris and Trump, because Harris is truly a far left radical whose policies have been

00:03:04.580 and will be murderous and destructive.

00:03:07.020 We also have to remember that there is a significant voting block, specifically among women who do

00:03:14.540 operate on their feelings and emotions.

00:03:16.720 And as much as I have lamented that over the years, as frustrated as I have been by that,

00:03:22.580 I also realize it is what it is.

00:03:25.000 And I'm not going to change that in the next 100 days.

00:03:27.900 Now, I hope to convince as many people as possible by talking about the policies to at

00:03:32.940 least not vote for the Democratic candidate.

00:03:35.500 But it has to be a multifaceted approach.

00:03:38.100 And if there are people who are voting based on vibes, I want the vibes for this side to

00:03:42.980 be immaculate.

00:03:44.280 And I want the vibes for Kamala to be disastrous.

00:03:50.400 I want them to be abhorrent.

00:03:52.500 And so it takes, I think, just a certain level of strategy and thinking and labeling and messaging

00:04:00.160 to create that vibe shift.

00:04:02.260 And I apologize for that terminology because vibe shift, it's like vibrations, energy,

00:04:08.320 new age.

00:04:08.780 And I don't mean that.

00:04:09.940 I just mean the feelings, like the vibes for right now, right now for Kamala, unfortunately,

00:04:15.820 are really good.

00:04:16.720 She's got really good vibes.

00:04:17.680 And look, the right can't overcome everything that she has in her corner.

00:04:23.160 OK, she's got the mainstream celebrities. 1.00

00:04:25.340 I guarantee she'll get Taylor Swift to come out in support of her.

00:04:29.120 She's got Beyonce. 1.00

00:04:30.400 She's got Megan Thee Stallion, who I guess has influence. 0.99

00:04:34.840 I don't know.

00:04:36.120 She's got all of the media. 0.99

00:04:37.520 She's got academia.

00:04:38.560 She's got most of the federal government. 0.79

00:04:40.160 She's got even these great global institutions.

00:04:42.560 I mean, she's got all the messaging.

00:04:43.920 She's got a lot of these social media companies and social media influencers. 1.00

00:04:48.380 And look, the right's not going to be able to overcome that part.

00:04:52.540 We're not going to be able to get celebrities that have the same pull as the celebrities that

00:04:56.860 are going to be, you know, in the in the bucket for Kamala Harris.

00:05:01.620 We're just not.

00:05:03.280 But that doesn't mean that all hope is lost.

00:05:05.720 Republicans have won in the past, even with those kinds of odds stacked against them.

00:05:09.940 But it's going to require a vibe shift.

00:05:14.340 And that means that the traditional strategy of just traditional ad campaigns isn't going

00:05:20.940 to work for everyone.

00:05:22.040 That will work for some people, for sure.

00:05:24.340 Those are important.

00:05:25.060 Again, a multifaceted approach.

00:05:27.480 But to change the feeling of this female voting block, it's not enough to say, don't focus 1.00

00:05:34.360 on personality.

00:05:35.280 I've made that mistake in the past.

00:05:37.020 Only focus on policy.

00:05:38.640 I've even had this realization in like the past several days.

00:05:41.680 As much as I want that, it's got to be a vibe shift.

00:05:45.800 And I do think because I've been thinking about this and chewing on this for the past few

00:05:50.140 days, like I do think I have an idea for that.

00:05:53.020 I really do.

00:05:54.240 I do think that I have a messaging strategy that some people more talented than I am and

00:06:01.860 with more experience than I have, that they could run with the seedlings of my idea and

00:06:08.420 make it into something great that would shift how at least one demographic sees Kamala Harris. 0.98

00:06:14.400 And so I posted on Instagram about that and I asked you guys, does anyone have a connection?

00:06:23.220 Because I know I have a lot of people that are listening to this and watching this who

00:06:27.380 are in politics, who work on the campaigns.

00:06:30.400 And so I was reached out to by some people.

00:06:34.420 So I just want to say thank you for that because a lot of you spread that message.

00:06:37.840 Y'all even prayed that I would get connected to the right people.

00:06:41.040 Nothing has happened yet.

00:06:42.640 And so I'm not getting ahead of myself.

00:06:45.280 And I don't want anything out of this at all besides just giving, handing over someone the

00:06:50.740 idea. 1.00

00:06:51.120 They can say that's stupid and I hate it. 1.00

00:06:53.180 Why would you even waste my time on that? 1.00

00:06:54.680 And that's fine.

00:06:55.680 Or maybe someone can run with it and it'll work for them.

00:06:58.280 And that's all I want.

00:06:59.200 I don't want, I don't even need to be a part of it or anything.

00:07:01.620 I just have this idea, this vibe shift idea that I think could possibly work and could

00:07:06.860 really lean into this whole weird label.

00:07:09.660 Because what we're doing right now, this, I know you are, but what am I?

00:07:14.700 Okay, you're calling me weird, but you're actually weird.

00:07:18.140 I don't know if it's going to work.

00:07:20.140 Like I get it.

00:07:21.380 I get it.

00:07:21.980 And it might work for some people, but I don't think that that's sufficient.

00:07:24.920 I don't think that's enough.

00:07:26.000 So anyway, if you're listening, even though I have been reached out to by some people,

00:07:31.620 but if you're listening, super PACs, Trump campaign, Vance communications people, reach

00:07:39.200 out, reach out.

00:07:40.400 Let's connect.

00:07:41.500 And I'm not even sharing my idea.

00:07:42.860 So many of you are like, you're going to leave us hanging and you're not going to share

00:07:46.380 the idea.

00:07:47.180 No, I'm actually not because I actually want this idea to come to fruition.

00:07:54.460 I actually think it's good.

00:07:55.780 If I just wanted you to know about it, to try to get people to tell me that's a good idea,

00:08:00.920 then I would share it.

00:08:02.620 But I'm keeping it to myself.

00:08:05.360 And plus, I don't want people across enemy lines to hear it.

00:08:10.900 And I don't want them to be able to preempt it because I actually think it's a good idea.

00:08:15.420 And so reach out to me, connect with me.

00:08:19.280 You know who you are and see if you like the idea.

00:08:22.900 And then you can go from there.

00:08:23.980 So thank you all for supporting that and for pushing that message forward to try to

00:08:29.620 get it into the hands of the right people.

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00:10:45.520 OK, so one of you messaged me the other day about a Bible that is apparently kind of popular

00:10:56.420 among parents and kids.

00:10:57.860 It's marketed as a kid's Bible, and some kids have actually received this Bible at vacation

00:11:04.560 Bible school this summer.

00:11:06.040 It's called the Brick Bible, and it is a children's storybook Bible.

00:11:11.800 And if you grew up in the church or if you have kids who are in church, you know, these

00:11:15.760 storybook Bibles are basically the Bible stories condensed and put in kind of more kid-friendly

00:11:22.440 language, and they typically have illustrations of the story.

00:11:27.460 And usually they kind of leave out the most gory stories, or even if they do tell, of course,

00:11:33.280 the story of the flood or David and Goliath, they do it in a way that a kid is not going to

00:11:38.380 be disturbed.

00:11:39.000 They may ask questions, why did God flood the earth?

00:11:42.520 How did a slingshot with a tiny rock in it kill Goliath?

00:11:46.640 But it's not like blood gushing everywhere, and it's just to kind of help lay a foundation

00:11:51.860 for a child and their understanding of Scripture.

00:11:54.540 Now, some people are completely against storybook Bibles because we feel like it leaves out too

00:11:58.280 much and takes too many creative liberties.

00:12:01.840 And whether you love storybook Bibles or you hate them, I promise you will hate this brick

00:12:09.640 Bible.

00:12:10.760 It is geared towards Lego fans, and it seems like it would be awesome, especially for young

00:12:18.900 boys, because it uses pictures of Lego set up in a way that seems to be depicting biblical

00:12:24.180 stories.

00:12:24.820 The Chicago Tribune said that it is beyond remarkable.

00:12:28.540 It borders on genius.

00:12:30.260 Publishers Weekly called it a curiously powerful graphic novel.

00:12:35.240 The problem is that it is actually explicit.

00:12:39.340 It is extremely gory.

00:12:41.200 It is not theologically accurate.

00:12:43.080 And it seems that it is actually meant to shock and disturb.

00:12:47.800 It was seemingly created for adults who almost want to make fun of the Bible and to show how

00:12:54.180 maybe cruel and merciless God seems rather than for children to show them the beauty of Scripture

00:13:01.440 and the love of Christ.

00:13:03.360 So it was actually first published in 2001.

00:13:06.520 It includes the first six stories from the book of Genesis.

00:13:12.240 And then in the next decade, so through 2011, almost 5,000 biblical scenes have been added to it,

00:13:18.500 illustrated with these Lego blocks, spawning nativity scene, Christmas cards, sets of assorted greeting cards,

00:13:25.160 posters, things like that.

00:13:26.980 Many churches and Sunday school classes have reached out to the creator for permission to use his material

00:13:31.960 in their classes and sermons.

00:13:33.940 However, as we already mentioned, this has actually ended up being very detrimental to the faith

00:13:42.800 and people's understanding of Scripture.

00:13:45.380 So it depicts Bible stories in a way that is not only violent but sexually graphic.

00:13:50.860 It ridicules the nature and character of God by making him only seem garish.

00:13:57.240 So, for example, they have subtitles like this, like the headline for Revelation 21 through 1 through 22

00:14:04.180 is, quote, God's garish eternal tribute to himself.

00:14:09.140 So very blasphemous.

00:14:11.280 The author is Brendan Powell Smith.

00:14:13.920 He embraced atheism at the age of 13.

00:14:17.240 And he says when he was 13, he started going by this ironic nickname, the Reverend.

00:14:23.240 More recently, in 2015, the author Smith came out as, quote, unquote, transgender.

00:14:32.220 So he now calls himself a female and goes by the name of L.B. Sperling, referring to himself

00:14:37.820 as a, quote, unquote, blue-haired transgender lesbian atheist. 0.93

00:14:42.980 There he is. 0.75

00:14:46.380 Beauty.

00:14:47.900 In all, the book, with its skewed perspective on matters of faith and its wry commentary on

00:14:54.180 Old Testament stories, attempts to make a case against the God of the Bible.

00:14:58.660 Okay?

00:14:59.120 That's what this brick Bible is about.

00:15:01.060 It's attempting to make a case against the God of the Bible.

00:15:05.080 So this is the screenshot that was originally sent to me.

00:15:08.320 It's a part of a group called Book Reviews for Christians, and it's a picture of the

00:15:14.160 brick Bible.

00:15:15.580 And it looks like the cover of the brick Bible, if you can see it right there watching on YouTube.

00:15:20.540 Like, it looks—there's nothing that indicates that it would be blasphemous, of course, because

00:15:25.360 it wants Christians, and it especially wants unsuspecting kids, to read it. 0.71

00:15:29.960 And they want these violent images to be stuck in their head so that when they think about

00:15:35.940 God and they think about Christianity, they are fearful and angry. 1.00

00:15:40.620 But you don't get that at all when you are looking at the cover.

00:15:44.320 You know, I would probably look at this and be like, wow, this is a cute idea.

00:15:47.500 I can't believe someone put in this much effort.

00:15:49.220 You see Jesus walking on water, and it seems really sweet.

00:15:53.220 But here is what this caption says of this person who was warning others in this group about

00:15:58.440 this.

00:15:58.680 It says, do not get this book for your children.

00:16:00.980 My son won it at a VBS Sunday night.

00:16:04.400 They had a Lego competition, as it was Lego VBS starting Monday.

00:16:07.820 Donations were taken that were Lego-themed.

00:16:10.340 We left for a two-day road trip Monday, and he read it for two days.

00:16:13.460 He asked questions like, what's a eunuch?

00:16:15.980 Not realizing there were images of characters cutting off their private parts and blood everywhere.

00:16:22.000 We've had to talk about rape, as he already read that in the Bible.

00:16:25.400 But this story was in there, as well as a Lego raping another Lego.

00:16:30.800 It jumped from one horrific story to another, never showing God's love and grace.

00:16:35.840 Even God was shown from the beginning as a mean, hateful character.

00:16:38.840 I'm sick to my stomach, as I'm so careful with what he is exposed to.

00:16:42.680 I look up info on the author, and some statements he slash she question mark made are included.

00:16:51.760 The author is a trans-atheist, and this was written to mock the Bible for an adult teen audience.

00:16:59.720 All right.

00:17:00.540 So that's what the Brick Bible is.

00:17:02.080 I just wanted to warn you against that.

00:17:04.220 And again, I think it's just so insidious.

00:17:07.000 It's so sneaky, it's so sly, it's so much like Satan to make a book like this that looks

00:17:13.200 cheery and loving on the outside, that really on the inside is a poor depiction of what

00:17:19.720 God is.

00:17:20.180 Now, the Bible is gory of parts.

00:17:22.700 It does talk about some really, really disturbing stuff.

00:17:27.480 But these things are descriptive, not prescriptive.

00:17:31.660 So just because the Bible includes some things that are very violent or very gory, are very

00:17:38.320 uncomfortable to read, does not mean that they are saying these things are good.

00:17:42.120 And God certainly isn't saying these things are good.

00:17:44.880 And actually, I think that's something that lends to the reliability of the Bible, why

00:17:49.040 we can look at this biblical canon and say, yeah, wow, that must be true, is because if

00:17:56.860 the Bible were just compiled by a bunch of men who wanted to get you to believe what 0.90

00:18:00.940 they believe and believe and the idea of God that they have, if they just wanted to

00:18:05.620 create a faith that had control over you, then surely they wouldn't have included all

00:18:10.220 of these very inconvenient parts, the parts that are tough to defend, the descriptions of

00:18:14.600 God that are actually very hard to wrestle with and tough to contend with.

00:18:20.140 If they just wanted to make God as attractive and as palatable as possible and to get as many

00:18:25.480 people to latch on to it, they wouldn't have included the failures of God's people over

00:18:31.900 and over again, the hardships that they had to go through, the death and the battles and

00:18:35.720 all of that.

00:18:36.840 And they also wouldn't have depicted all of these attributes of God that can be very

00:18:40.980 difficult for us to understand.

00:18:43.680 I think that they would have created it in a way that just tells this very easy, linear

00:18:47.960 story that everyone can understand and latch on to and adhere to in this cultish way.

00:18:52.700 Um, but the, really the only explanation for the compilation of scripture is that it must

00:18:58.600 just be true.

00:18:59.620 It must just be inspired because this, you know, it's, it's certainly not a PR campaign

00:19:05.060 for one faith.

00:19:06.600 The only thing that makes it compelling is that it is true.

00:19:10.660 Um, this author, however, uh, he's got, he's got a lot more about him that I think, uh,

00:19:18.060 is important to know and tells us a lot just about deconstruction, secularism, atheism, it's

00:19:23.380 assault on Christianity in general.

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00:21:22.180 What's interesting about this guy is that he's received backlash for years because of this.

00:21:27.640 And yet somehow churches aren't hearing about that.

00:21:31.280 They're still picking up this book.

00:21:33.800 So in 2011, when he released the Brick Bible, a new spin on the Old Testament, it was followed

00:21:41.920 a year later with the New Testament volume.

00:21:45.720 And then in 2013, he was able to sell them together and it received a lot of backlash because

00:21:50.840 of the inappropriate material for children, Sam's Club actually pulled the book from its

00:21:55.720 shelves in 2011.

00:21:59.640 Most recently, Smith has been working on another book, actually, the Brick Book of Mormon, which

00:22:05.880 presents the history and teachings of Mormonism.

00:22:10.420 And so he really has it out for all different kinds of religions.

00:22:14.960 Like I said, he became an atheist when he was 13.

00:22:18.080 Before that, he was a churchgoer at the Episcopal Church.

00:22:21.100 It's not all that surprising.

00:22:22.780 The Episcopalian denomination is extremely liberal.

00:22:26.340 I think there are probably a lot of agnostics and a lot of people who may even be atheists

00:22:30.480 who attend Episcopalian churches.

00:22:33.100 They are very pro-LGBTQ.

00:22:35.220 They generally do not believe that the Bible is inerrant and infallible.

00:22:40.040 And so it never really surprises me when people go from Episcopalian to nothing. 0.78

00:22:44.440 Or maybe they try to go the other direction, too.

00:22:47.180 Praise God.

00:22:48.080 But he was probably raised in a liberal home if he was being raised Episcopalian.

00:22:53.780 He said that when he read the Bible and he studied religion and philosophy at Boston

00:22:58.600 University, there's another shift.

00:23:01.240 He found the Bible so shocking and full of dramatic, obscene behavior that he believed

00:23:06.860 that very few could actually believe this.

00:23:10.540 And then in an interview in 2008, he said,

00:23:12.520 I don't think I would have been nearly as inspired to create this project if it weren't for the

00:23:16.500 continuous, outrageous, and depraved actions of the Bible's main character, Yahweh.

00:23:21.300 Power mad, belligerent, masochistic, petty, woefully insecure, extremely dangerous and

00:23:26.720 unpredictable, and seemingly not too bright. 0.97

00:23:29.720 Yahweh exhibits all the worst attributes of man. 1.00

00:23:35.040 On Reddit, oh, oh my goodness, this person's on Reddit?

00:23:39.860 A shock of the century.

00:23:41.780 I would have never, never assumed that this person would be a Redditor.

00:23:46.560 Wow.

00:23:46.940 Smith responded to the criticism of his Brick Bible series by defending his perception of

00:23:51.500 God as vengeful.

00:23:52.600 The more of the Bible I read, the more it seemed impossible that anyone would depict Yahweh with

00:23:56.000 anything other than an angry, vengeful disposition.

00:23:59.280 I say that without making any judgment of Yahweh's character, I am strictly making an impartial

00:24:05.220 observation.

00:24:06.240 All this can be quite jarring and can cause serious cognitive dissonance for religious believers.

00:24:10.580 So that's obviously why he wrote it.

00:24:13.580 And, uh, he also tweeted this in October of 2022, he said, since Republicans and Christian 0.99

00:24:18.340 ministers are far more likely to molest or rape children than LGBTQ people, I don't think 0.98

00:24:24.100 children should be exposed to Republicans or Christian ministries in school or anywhere, 0.98

00:24:28.320 which is obviously, um, major, major projection.

00:24:33.060 Again, this is a grown man who decided that he was going to pretend to be a woman.

00:24:39.000 And we know what is typically, um, what is typically underneath those desires and that

00:24:46.240 shift, uh, for grown men, it is typically some kind of humiliation fetish.

00:24:52.140 So for him to talk about like the sexual depravity of one group of people, what it comes down to 0.98

00:24:58.360 is that he really just hates Christianity. 0.99

00:25:00.180 Like he just hates religion.

00:25:03.240 Um, he hates the God of the Bible and it's understandable because when you don't believe you see it as 0.96

00:25:10.520 you smell it as a stench of death.

00:25:12.900 And of course, I mean, the first Corinthians one talks about this, that God has shamed the

00:25:21.240 wisdom of the wise.

00:25:23.320 And so it seems like foolishness.

00:25:27.060 It seems like evil to those who are in the darkness.

00:25:30.640 And it can only seem like that if it is not true, but if it is all true, if it is all true,

00:25:37.840 that humankind fell and that we are sinful and that God is real and that he created everything

00:25:48.080 and he is perfectly holy and therefore he cannot be in the presence of sin.

00:25:55.760 And therefore he created a way that we could be reconciled to him, that we could be sinless,

00:26:02.280 that we could be made new so that we could have a relationship with him, that we could become

00:26:07.060 his friend, that we could spend forever with him, that we could, um, escape wrath.

00:26:12.580 If that is all true, then yes, God is good.

00:26:16.720 If it's not true somehow, then yes, this depiction, independent from that, independent from the

00:26:25.780 reality of the redemptive arc that I just explained, sure, you can take bits and pieces

00:26:30.460 from the Bible and say, God is just vengeful.

00:26:33.280 But if it's all actually true, then God is really good that he would give us the opportunity

00:26:38.800 to come to him and to be his heirs and to be his children and to be his friends and to live

00:26:45.260 forever with him and to be made new without any sin.

00:26:49.400 And he can say, this author can say he's objective as much as he wants to, but at the end of the

00:26:54.320 day, if he were, he would depict all of the love and the grace and the mercy we see from,

00:27:00.420 um, the God of the Bible.

00:27:03.020 Different titles in the Bible say children to be killed as warning. 0.99

00:27:07.240 God tortures, kills billions. 1.00

00:27:09.100 God tortures a whore. 1.00

00:27:11.080 Remaining humans doomed to torture. 1.00

00:27:13.620 Son of man's bloody gore fest.

00:27:15.520 Alternative to God proves very popular.

00:27:18.760 God's garish eternal tribute, um, to himself.

00:27:22.120 And then there is a bunch of sexual stuff in it, um, that is needlessly explicitly sexual.

00:27:30.360 Of course, this is something that is, again, depicted for children.

00:27:34.980 He wants children to, uh, be reading this.

00:27:38.540 And most parents would not just give their young child, uh, the Bible without any guidance

00:27:44.260 or help or explanation whatsoever, because some of it is absolutely, um, explicit.

00:27:50.040 There's a right place, a right time, and a right way for that.

00:27:52.940 That's why parents must disciple their children.

00:27:55.280 We can show you, um, some of these pictures, and we can just start putting them up on the

00:28:02.420 screen that show you that, for example, like David looking at Bathsheba, um, this is full

00:28:09.220 screen 10.

00:28:10.580 Um, and so you can see, like, her different body parts there as a Lego. 1.00

00:28:16.260 We've got Solomon's wives and concubines, sexually explicit, full screen 11.

00:28:22.180 And then we've also got some violent, very violent and strange imagery there with the

00:28:29.680 apostles.

00:28:31.420 Um, we've got apostles performing magic tricks by, like, pulling a rabbit out of the hat.

00:28:37.520 So, obviously, that is trivializing the actual miracles and healing, um, that was happening.

00:28:44.160 And so that's the Brick Story Bible.

00:28:46.340 So, unfortunately, the lesson here is we have to be so careful with what we are allowing

00:28:52.460 our children to read and consume, even when it says Christian, even when it says Bible.

00:28:57.900 And, you know, I actually received, I had just remembered this, I received some pictures,

00:29:03.320 I think, from the same person who sent me the stuff about this, uh, uh, this Brick Bible.

00:29:09.060 Um, there is another Bible that apparently is going around.

00:29:13.140 This is a storybook Bible, and it's called the Peace Table, the Peace Table Bible.

00:29:19.440 And it is all basically from the perspective, not exaggerating, of critical race theory.

00:29:25.660 So, for example, like, there's one story that says, Strong Sisters.

00:29:29.760 Apparently, that's the theme of Numbers 27, 1 through 11.

00:29:33.240 And it goes through the story that is really not about what they are saying that, um, it's

00:29:42.000 about.

00:29:42.580 And then they have, um, a love song in Song of Songs.

00:29:49.800 And then it starts with, I am black and I am beautiful.

00:29:53.160 I am like a rose or a lily of the valley.

00:29:55.660 My beloved is like an apple tree with satisfying and sweet fruit.

00:30:00.760 So apparently the Song of Solomon is about actually being, um, black.

00:30:06.360 Um, and then we've also got some other pages in the storybook Bible, and it's talking about

00:30:12.620 how we can make peace with creation.

00:30:14.560 This is apparently biblically what we should do, and it's just a bunch of environmentalist

00:30:18.440 stuff.

00:30:18.680 Not all of it is wrong and bad, but it's clearly coming from just one perspective.

00:30:22.800 For example, you, um, turn off the light when you leave a room.

00:30:28.020 You use less water, uh, you bike instead of using a car or a bus.

00:30:35.300 That's one way that you apparently make peace with creation.

00:30:38.780 Reuse things instead of throwing them away.

00:30:42.780 Um, pray for endangered animals.

00:30:46.480 Okay, so this is apparently one of the paths to sanctification according to this Peace Table

00:30:53.100 Bible.

00:30:53.560 So all that to say, just be careful out there, y'all.

00:30:57.020 Be so discerning.

00:30:58.400 Watch out, again, for the things that your kids are, uh, consuming and make sure that they

00:31:03.860 are solid.

00:31:05.180 We have to be reading and watching and listening to all of this stuff on our own, and that doesn't

00:31:09.660 mean that we have to keep our kids in, you know, this insulated bubble where they don't

00:31:13.860 know anything ever, of course.

00:31:16.280 Um, but we should be in charge of that, and we should be the ones to introduce new concepts

00:31:22.080 to them, because whoever has the power of introduction to a child has the authority to

00:31:28.240 shape what they think about that thing, which is, of course, why these books exist, and why

00:31:33.260 teachers are pushing different kinds of ideology in schools, and why there are different books

00:31:37.580 that are pushing the ideas of gender ideology, because they know if they can get to your child 1.00

00:31:42.160 first, then they can lay the foundation for what that child thinks about God, marriage,

00:31:47.400 children, their own body, sexuality, gender.

00:31:50.520 So we parents, we have to be the first.

00:31:53.540 All right.

00:31:53.980 Speaking of kids, um, there is such a push.

00:31:58.320 I know that you guys know this.

00:31:59.800 We've talked about it for a while.

00:32:01.120 For anti-natalism, that is, like, anti-children, um, celebrating childlessness.

00:32:09.320 In fact, it is now called being child-free.

00:32:13.860 And it's to the point where it's not just celebrating someone's circumstances or personal

00:32:18.960 life choices or freedom or whatever it is, but it's actually denigrating children and

00:32:24.480 child-bearing in favor of just doing what you want to do.

00:32:28.600 And it's super sad and very superficial.

00:32:31.620 So there's this person named Angela, uh, Belcomino. 0.95

00:32:35.820 I think she's a troll. 0.99

00:32:37.640 So this is just an example of what I'm talking about, but I almost positive that she's rage 0.84

00:32:42.340 baiting on X because she posts things like this and people just absolutely lose their

00:32:47.120 minds.

00:32:47.680 I think she knows that it gets her a lot of engagement.

00:32:50.160 I'm just contributing to that, but this is an example of what I'm talking about.

00:32:54.220 So she said, imagine being 42, child-free, stress-free, and being this happy.

00:32:59.400 And it's just a video of her dancing in a jean skirt.

00:33:03.180 And it says, the right hates this.

00:33:06.740 Belcomino has also, she has a new single called Bold Lib.

00:33:11.080 And the video says, being child-free threatens the patriarchy.

00:33:14.920 We don't need no man. 1.00

00:33:16.160 We can do everything he can.

00:33:17.700 Busted.

00:33:18.240 I'm a bold lib.

00:33:19.060 So I don't know if she's really a liberal or if she's just, I mean, it feels like satire.

00:33:23.560 It doesn't feel real.

00:33:25.860 But so I don't know.

00:33:27.320 I do think she's rage baiting, but maybe she is also sincere.

00:33:30.860 Oh, we have some of the Bold Libs song.

00:33:32.400 Here's thought six.

00:33:34.240 Being child-free threatens the patriarchy.

00:33:39.500 We don't need no man. 1.00

00:33:41.960 We can do everything he can.

00:33:44.360 Busted.

00:33:45.080 I'm a bold lib.

00:33:46.420 Tailor's on my side.

00:33:50.660 I'm a bold lib.

00:33:53.780 Maga starts to cry.

00:33:56.620 It's not.

00:33:57.480 It cannot be real.

00:33:59.500 I don't think it's real.

00:34:01.320 I really don't.

00:34:03.460 But this is real.

00:34:04.460 This tweet.

00:34:05.060 I looked at this person's profile.

00:34:07.020 This is real.

00:34:08.040 And this.

00:34:08.620 And whether or not that person that we just played is being legit.

00:34:12.660 Like, I think that there are plenty of people who would rock out to that.

00:34:15.980 Yeah, I believe that, too.

00:34:18.300 You go, girl.

00:34:20.940 Podcaster Alexa Curtis.

00:34:22.460 She posted on X about choosing to fly first class over choosing to have a house and children.

00:34:27.380 She said, I just met a 72-year-old woman who's been telling me about her life.

00:34:31.680 Best quote she said.

00:34:33.440 She must have said a bunch of hogwash. 0.99

00:34:35.040 Because this is the best thing she said, apparently.

00:34:37.380 You can either have a house and kids or you can fly first class.

00:34:41.100 I want to fly first class.

00:34:43.120 That's worth it.

00:34:46.280 That's worth it.

00:34:47.740 I mean, first class, I will say, is better than coach.

00:34:50.940 But it's not that much better.

00:34:53.080 Like, you're still in a metal tube with a bunch of people who probably are wearing open-toed shoes.

00:35:00.080 It's not that much better.

00:35:02.000 You have a little more room.

00:35:03.940 Your seats are a little bit wider.

00:35:05.620 Sometimes you get some gross food for lunch.

00:35:08.520 It's not really that great.

00:35:11.080 For you to say that you are going to be voluntarily barren your whole life because you get a few extra inches in first class is really sad. 0.82

00:35:22.660 It goes back to that quote that we used yesterday by C.S. Lewis.

00:35:25.400 It's not that we need more, that we need more pleasure.

00:35:30.760 It's that we are too easily pleased.

00:35:32.560 Like, we are too easily satisfied.

00:35:34.500 We're too easily entertained when the much deeper and more profound joys are there for us.

00:35:42.840 They're there for the taking.

00:35:44.400 But they require sacrifice.

00:35:46.400 They require inconvenience.

00:35:48.880 It's true.

00:35:49.420 And, you know, I realize this, that this is even a problem on the right.

00:35:54.800 And I shouldn't say realize because I've known this.

00:35:56.580 I've been talking about this for probably six years at this point.

00:35:59.640 But when I brought up the other day that I don't think animals should go everywhere.

00:36:06.500 Oh, my gosh.

00:36:10.160 The animal worshippers came out to play and they were very angry. 1.00

00:36:14.480 I just said, look, I don't think that animals should go everywhere.

00:36:17.800 I don't think this should go everywhere.

00:36:20.000 I like animals.

00:36:21.120 I am an animal person.

00:36:22.700 Like, I love dogs.

00:36:23.860 I like cats.

00:36:24.800 Okay?

00:36:25.160 Some of you animal people out there can't even say you like cats.

00:36:27.860 I like cats.

00:36:28.720 I like cats and dogs probably equally.

00:36:30.660 I like horses.

00:36:32.420 I have a lot of compassion for animals.

00:36:35.040 I can't even, like, my husband sometimes likes to watch hunting shows.

00:36:39.460 I can't watch them.

00:36:40.880 Like, I have actually nothing ethically wrong with killing a deer or killing an animal for meat.

00:36:46.880 But I do find myself, I'm such a pansy.

00:36:50.140 Like, I find myself watching that.

00:36:51.400 I'm like, that buck was just living his life that day.

00:36:55.960 Like, he was just going on his merry way and then he was just shot and killed.

00:37:00.260 I can't even watch that.

00:37:01.360 Okay?

00:37:01.500 So, that's the kind of person I am.

00:37:04.160 And so, when I say that people are too obsessed with their pets and elevate them to the point of being people and taking them everywhere and it's gross and it's uncivilized, when I met with, why do you hate animals?

00:37:19.400 And why don't you want people to have pets?

00:37:22.120 Why do you want Donald Trump to take everyone's pets out of their homes? 0.90

00:37:26.680 Why do you hate me?

00:37:29.640 Why are you anti-animal?

00:37:31.720 Literally, those are the unhinged and emotional responses that I've gotten.

00:37:34.840 And not just that, but to bring it back to our conversation.

00:37:38.060 The comments that I got from professing Christian conservatives underneath my post on this was, they were, well, I, like, you know, my dog is better behaved than most children.

00:37:51.680 My dogs are cleaner than most children.

00:37:55.240 Okay, I've got two points to make on that.

00:37:57.760 Because this is, you might not be, think you're a child hater if you are this, but you are just contributing to this whole anti-child culture, which is very, very sad.

00:38:08.560 It is symbolic of, it's symptomatic of paganism and godlessness.

00:38:13.480 It's a disordered passions, disordered affection kind of thing.

00:38:16.740 It speaks to disorder in the heart, spiritual darkness in our country, and even individually.

00:38:22.060 I have two responses to, my dog is better behaved and cleaner than kids.

00:38:28.060 Number one, even if that's true, I don't care.

00:38:31.280 I don't care.

00:38:32.340 Like, the whiny toddler gets priority over your well-trained golden retriever.

00:38:37.080 It does.

00:38:38.100 Like, I would rather that kid be in the restaurant.

00:38:40.340 I mean, of course, we all want kids to be well-behaved.

00:38:43.160 But I'd rather that kid be in the restaurant, be in the space, be on the plane, than the well-trained dog.

00:38:48.920 The non-service animal, anyway.

00:38:50.840 I'll make a caveat there.

00:38:52.140 Because he's a human, and humans matter more.

00:38:55.440 The whiniest toddler matters more. 1.00

00:38:57.760 Than the best-trained dog.

00:38:58.960 That's number one.

00:39:00.020 And number two, your dog is not cleaner than a human.

00:39:03.340 Your dog is not, okay?

00:39:04.980 Can I just be explicit for a second?

00:39:07.040 I've never classed on this show.

00:39:09.680 But let me just say, like, let us remember that dogs and cats put their entire booty hole on the ground when they sit.

00:39:15.600 Okay?

00:39:15.880 Like, that's where poop comes out.

00:39:18.720 And they put it on the floor when they sit.

00:39:22.480 Okay?

00:39:22.800 They're not wearing pants or a diaper or anything.

00:39:26.060 I literally saw a video of this, like, little pug that this woman was walking into, like, a farmer's market on the concrete. 1.00

00:39:35.380 And that pug just sat right down and diarrhea-ed all over the concrete. 1.00

00:39:40.460 Tell me, like, and literally all of the comments were defending the dog.

00:39:44.200 Like, all of the comments were like, oh, that poor dog.

00:39:47.140 I can't believe you were frustrated with the dog.

00:39:49.580 Oh, my gosh.

00:39:51.100 Y'all.

00:39:52.340 Oh, my goodness.

00:39:53.200 We have issues, y'all.

00:39:54.680 Tell me how you clean that up.

00:39:56.460 How you clean that up.

00:39:57.260 Like, at least a child is wearing a diaper.

00:39:59.900 But even if not, it's still a human.

00:40:02.020 And we have compassion, more compassion for the human than we have for a dog.

00:40:05.600 Your dog is not cleaner than a human.

00:40:07.900 Okay?

00:40:08.520 We got the booty hole problem on the floor.

00:40:10.860 We got the drool.

00:40:13.100 Okay?

00:40:13.620 We got the drool. 0.99

00:40:15.040 And your dog licks his or her private parts. 0.99

00:40:20.180 Okay? 0.99

00:40:20.920 And then licks everything else.

00:40:22.400 And then drools on everything else.

00:40:24.740 Okay?

00:40:25.020 It also, like, steps and poop and pee all the time.

00:40:28.700 And then you bring it into the hotel rooms.

00:40:30.920 Like, luxury hotels and restaurants and grocery stores.

00:40:34.600 And you have the audacity to tell me that your dog is cleaner than a human being?

00:40:39.260 Just because you let your dog eat after you doesn't mean that we all have to.

00:40:44.900 So, I actually think literally that is part of the disordered thinking that we have about animals.

00:40:51.480 That we actually, like, aren't even worried about the health hazards that they pose.

00:40:56.640 I was on a flight pose.

00:40:58.880 I was on a flight not that long ago where someone's husky. 0.98

00:41:01.560 Beautiful dog.

00:41:02.300 Again, like dogs.

00:41:04.480 Literally was just, like, splayed out into the aisle.

00:41:08.100 This is not a service dog.

00:41:09.220 And by the way, did you know that you could, you can buy these service dog vests on Amazon?

00:41:13.860 Yeah.

00:41:16.820 Like, they're probably not really service dogs.

00:41:19.020 Service dogs actually have to be very well trained for, like, years.

00:41:21.900 And there are legitimate diagnoses for that.

00:41:24.200 Okay?

00:41:24.720 Like, I have compassion for that.

00:41:26.160 People with epilepsy.

00:41:27.600 People who are blind. 0.93

00:41:28.420 People who have different forms of, like, combat injuries.

00:41:33.260 There are legit reasons for service dogs.

00:41:35.380 And I think we should welcome service dogs into the public.

00:41:38.100 But most people, just because you, like, don't like flying doesn't mean that you need your, like, a service Yorkie.

00:41:45.760 Okay?

00:41:46.480 You don't.

00:41:48.820 And anyway, yeah, this husky was just, like, in the middle of the aisle and barked at the flight attendant.

00:41:54.840 Like, is this Noah's Ark?

00:41:56.760 I just think that it is so uncivilized.

00:41:59.180 I do.

00:41:59.660 I think it's so uncivilized.

00:42:00.680 I think it's inconsiderate, like, okay, sure, dog park certain areas.

00:42:06.080 We used to, before we had kids, we had, we would take our dog.

00:42:10.940 We would walk our dog to, like, this local taco place.

00:42:14.580 But we would sit outside.

00:42:15.860 I never would have dreamed of trying to bring my dog inside.

00:42:20.200 Or, and we, like, she was on a leash and all of that stuff.

00:42:23.840 Um, and I just think that the, like, the attention and the importance that we place on animals, it just, it just speaks to where we are as a country.

00:42:37.200 And a lot of people say, well, so many other things are more important.

00:42:40.340 I don't know if there are that many more important things than animal worship.

00:42:43.940 What did Chesterton say?

00:42:46.180 Wherever there is animal worship, there is child sacrifice.

00:42:50.140 Does that not describe our country?

00:42:53.040 Like, we care so much about pets and so much about animals.

00:42:56.700 But every year, we sacrifice hundreds of thousands of innocent babies to Malak. 1.00

00:43:03.840 Yeah, I think that's important to talk about.

00:43:07.040 I'm not saying you individually.

00:43:08.940 And you can love your pet.

00:43:10.820 And, you know, I also understand, here's another part of this.

00:43:14.220 Like, I understand that not everyone can have children.

00:43:17.540 And when you don't have children, I would say that this maybe was me to a degree before I had kids.

00:43:22.640 Like, you can channel the natural instinct for nurturing and mothering that you were supposed to be having for children into your animals.

00:43:31.000 And that can make your love for them seem a lot more intense.

00:43:33.560 That's why you feel the need to call yourself a dog mom.

00:43:36.640 And I understand that.

00:43:37.920 And we can have compassion for those people.

00:43:40.140 But there are real life children that could use your resources and your love and your attention and affection a lot more.

00:43:47.940 It doesn't have to even be through adoption.

00:43:50.800 I mean, there are lots of different means and lots of different ways that you can love on and care for the living children who need it.

00:43:57.880 That are more important, just objectively, to God than a dog.

00:44:03.760 Like, I think we should care for animals and have compassion for animals.

00:44:07.460 But whenever they get anywhere close to the place of children, like, we are in major, major trouble.

00:44:17.100 I've got more to say about the importance of kids in just a second.

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00:45:15.260 Here's the thing about children.

00:45:21.340 Here's the truth is that children do make your life much different.

00:45:28.080 And they do mean that you will be able to do less of what you want all the time.

00:45:33.620 That is true.

00:45:34.480 Like, you will get less sleep.

00:45:36.680 You will have less time to focus on your wants, on your pursuits, on your health, on working out, your hobbies, your career goals, all of that stuff.

00:45:47.720 All of that stuff will be, for a long time or a little time in big ways and in small ways, pushed to the side, at least in certain moments.

00:45:58.620 It is true that there is sacrifice that's required.

00:46:05.280 There is discomfort.

00:46:06.260 There is inconvenience.

00:46:07.660 There is a downgrading of your own happiness at times, moment by moment, and that you just don't get to do what you want to do all of the time.

00:46:19.060 But that is where joy is found.

00:46:22.380 Like, human beings, we're not made to run on convenience.

00:46:25.660 We were not made to run on ease.

00:46:27.300 We were not made to run on fleeting pleasure and selfishness.

00:46:32.100 We were actually made to run on sacrifice.

00:46:35.880 Like, that is our fuel.

00:46:37.620 That is actually how we run best and run fastest and most efficiently.

00:46:43.240 That is when we are at our best, when we are in a place of sacrificing for something that is worth it.

00:46:50.700 Like, why do we call the greatest generation the greatest generation?

00:46:54.060 It's because they sacrificed so much for something bigger than themselves, for freedom, for our country, for Western civilization.

00:47:04.080 It's not because they lived lives of luxury and licentiousness.

00:47:08.400 They're actually the generation that went through some of the hardest times in American history, and they're great because they overcame challenges.

00:47:16.340 We don't call people great.

00:47:19.040 We don't lionize people who just live lives of ease and pleasure.

00:47:27.200 And having children, raising children, sacrificing for your children, discipling your children is an act of heroism.

00:47:36.240 And not only that, because I don't want it to seem like it's just sacrifice, like, it's really fun.

00:47:43.660 It is fun.

00:47:44.860 Like, I can't even describe to you just the joy that your children put in your heart.

00:47:49.720 But to love and to be loved as a mom is, like, the greatest thing I've ever experienced.

00:47:58.340 It's so hard to put it into words.

00:48:00.300 And plus, as they're getting to this age where they're developing their personalities and asking questions, and they're so independent and so much,

00:48:07.260 and even just asking the most, like, theologically sharp questions at moments that really make you think about, like, your own faith.

00:48:14.060 I mean, there's just nothing better than that.

00:48:17.360 There's nothing better than that.

00:48:18.760 No dog could ever give me that.

00:48:20.620 A dog loves me because I just happen to be the human being that gives it food.

00:48:25.220 There's no real, like, relationship there.

00:48:27.620 The dog doesn't know me.

00:48:30.220 It's so different with parenting.

00:48:32.040 And plus, you learn so much about God through parenting.

00:48:35.100 Because our relationship with our kids is reflective of the father's relationship with us,

00:48:41.020 but also the father's relationship with the son that, gosh, how much did God love me that he would send his own son to die on my behalf?

00:48:50.240 How many of us would sacrifice our own children that we love more than anything in this life on behalf of someone else?

00:48:57.580 I don't think any of us would.

00:48:59.280 That's how much God loves us.

00:49:01.080 And so you learn so much.

00:49:02.580 You become a good manager.

00:49:04.300 You become a more compassionate person, a more understanding person, a better communicator.

00:49:09.460 You're a thousand times more patient.

00:49:12.180 You're able to see the big picture of things so much better.

00:49:15.200 And I'm not saying people who don't have kids can't have all of these awesome attributes,

00:49:18.620 but I am saying God uses children to make you better and to sanctify you in a way that just pursuing what you want just can't.

00:49:29.260 It just can't.

00:49:30.360 And listen, I know that many of you out there, many of you women, like, you're listening to this and you want kids. 1.00

00:49:35.920 You don't not have kids because you're just being selfish and you're just doing what you want to do.

00:49:40.920 You're just in the circumstance in which God has placed you in and you have to make the best of it.

00:49:45.100 Look, you are fully a woman. 0.93

00:49:46.920 You are fully a Christian.

00:49:48.260 God has a full and wonderful plan for you to use you for his purposes and for his glory and to advance his kingdom.

00:49:54.720 In the circumstance you are right now, that doesn't start when you get married or have kids.

00:49:58.540 That starts right now.

00:49:59.280 So you're not less than, you're not half of a woman or anything like that.

00:50:03.440 I want you to know that, like, God's purpose for you is right now in this circumstance too.

00:50:08.520 But if you are in a circumstance to be able to have kids, don't put it off.

00:50:12.720 Just go ahead and do it.

00:50:15.000 All right.

00:50:15.780 That's all I got to say about that.

00:50:17.820 Satan is out for our kids.

00:50:19.280 He is out for our kids.

00:50:20.740 We see that throughout history.

00:50:21.940 He loves to come after kids because kids are vulnerable.

00:50:27.060 Kids are easily susceptible to his tactics.

00:50:30.940 And that is why God gave them parents.

00:50:33.820 It's our job to steward them, protect them, love them, disciple them well, help them be strong and brave and bold and wise and kind.

00:50:42.260 All right.

00:50:42.800 That's all I got for today.

00:50:44.520 We will see you back here tomorrow.

00:50:51.940 We will see you back here tomorrow.

Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey - July 31, 2024

Ep 1043 ｜ The Storybook Bibles Promoting Atheism to Kids

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