Fantastic post. You have an incredibly deeper understanding of the Bible than me, so I do comment knowing that I don't really know as much as I'd like about the Bible. I need to read it fully. I've read bits of it, and like, children's versions but that's about it honestly.

I always wondered, what are the sheer odds that I was born and Christianity was such a prominent religion/overall force? It seems like, one of the original foundations of, civilized society? I don't know. That's what it seems to me. Pardon my ignorance and/or arrogance.

Throughout my schooling, I'd say seventy-five percent of the time, it was always implied that people with Christian values/beliefs were sort of dumb, ignorant, or short sighted. Meanwhile I do feel like society has gone a bit wonky as it denies Him. I don't want to judge, but I don't know. Just an observation, an opinion.

But what is more logical really? Trusting the people around you that you know are good people and are also Christian, or to trust the teacher or politician that I've never met? A teacher is in your life for a year or a handful of years, and a politician is just some person on TV. Ideally your family is with you for life and wants the best for you. I can't pinpoint it, but something seems off there. As I get older, I am choosing to trust God, and my family.

I appreciate your post immensely. Inspiring and detailed. I'll likely look back on and read this in the future. Will also watch the video you added. Very refreshing in 2023 also. I'd say I have severe depression at times, and God is really the only thing that helps me feel at least a little bit better. Makes me a better person. I'd love to live in a world where God is loved much more openly and can perhaps happily collaborate with the more rigid atheist scientists. I don't know LOL. Just thinking.