Read the Bible. Seriously. It'll Make You a Better (All Around) Person & My 3 Reasons - 066

There's so many examples of where Jesus met with women. That he shouldn't, like, from a cultural standpoint, should have been even engaging with, let alone, be talking to, right? What about children? Children were worth less than dirt back then. He always called for the children. He was a great example of equality, social justice, and the value of human life, human dignity, and equal rights. I built many startups, most of them, the fail. So Bitcoin is exactly the place that I like to be. We're gonna end it right there. What's up, guys? This is gonna be a fun one. You should read the Bible. Yep. You should read the Bible. Okay, okay, okay, okay. Before you turn it off, before you go roll in your eyes and do all sorts of heavy size or whatever you're gonna do, trust me, it's not gonna be religious or

whatever, however you deem that. It's not gonna be spiritual. However, you deem that, guys, I am going to be talking to you from a perspective of, let's just say, I'm just gonna look at it rationally. I'm just gonna look at this idea rationally, guys. I got my notes in front of me here. And I just wanna tell you why you should read the Bible. And then at the end of all of this, maybe 20 minutes in or so, I'll give you what the Bible has done for me. So we're gonna give you good 15 minutes or so on this, talking about why you should read the Bible. And then I'll give you my personal stuff at the end. How's that, guys? So we are in a world, guys. We are in a world where Bible illiteracy, Bible illiteracy is an all time high. The Catholic

church, for example, only has a small part of the Old Testament. It's a official readings of so and so and the Jewish, the Jews, they only read like the first five books. If you're an Orthodox Jew, you actually spend most of your time in the Talmud and not even really in the Bible, all that much. So what you have is at least in America, is you have the evangelical Christians. These are the, pretty much the only type of religious group that generally have cultural desires that you should as a member of a evangelical Christian church or even Christian community that you, they have these desires that you should read the entire Bible. And they're not wrong. You really, you really, really should. So let me, let's look at this as to why this is one of those things that you don't learn in school. This

is one of those things that, well, frankly, they're trying to take obviously religion, Bible, all that stuff out of school. And maybe there's a grand agenda to that, but I'm not gonna go off onto that tangent. Here's what you need to know. There is 2.5, 2.3, 2.5, doesn't matter. It's about 2.5 billion Christians, so-called Christians, out in the world today. That's pretty much a third of the world's population. You give or take a few million, right? It's about the third of the world's population. So if you're living in America specifically, right? This is a powerful, powerful, powerful idea that in many ways, at least in America, so much of America has been formed, shaped by Christian thinkers, God thinkers, individuals who had some relevance or some context or some experience engaging with the Bible. Right? Let's just ask the question, merely ask the question. Right?

world's population. You give or take a few million, right? It's about the third of the world's population. So if you're living in America specifically, right? This is a powerful, powerful, powerful idea that in many ways, at least in America, so much of America has been formed, shaped by Christian thinkers, God thinkers, individuals who had some relevance or some context or some experience engaging with the Bible. Right? Let's just ask the question, merely ask the question. Right? Where does Christianity, where does Christianity today, if you're living in America, where does it permeate? Well, guys, you don't have to actually think that hard. Schools, obviously. Certain types of schools, Christian schools. Public schools don't like it, so there's always gonna be that rub there, sports. Right? You kinda see sometimes sports athletes, right? Raising their finger after they scored that goal, after they hit that home run,

after they got that trophy. They're raising their hands to the heavens. What? For what? Well, there's some spirituality, there's some religion, there are politics. Ooh, come on, guys. There's so much religion and so much Christianity and politics. Right? The whole idea about how you're born, when you're born, when you're a human. Right? These types of things. What about the whole Leviticus thing? The whole thing about sexuality. Right? This plays into politics real well, local and state. Right? What about TV? Entertainment, music, books, pretty much everything in the Western world, guys. Pretty much everything in the Western world has been influenced by Christianity, either directly or indirectly through actress and people who just happen to be Christian. And this is the crux. This is the crux of my argument here as I was writing down these notes. The crux of my argument is, is so important

to be, to understand, not to be, but to understand this perspective, this Christian worldview. And I think sometimes it's hard to extract ourselves, especially if we're living here in America. It's hard to extract ourselves from the realities that so much of the template of America, the template of our culture, the template of the times, is because of individuals who were affected, affected, affected by Christianity at some level. I believe, I believe, guys. And this is important to kind of the crux of my argument here, that understanding the underpinnings of the number one religion should be part of a balanced world view diet. That's what I wrote down in my notes. Understanding the underpinnings, which is Christianity, the number one religion, by like a billion people, by the way, because I think Islam is the next at like 1.5 or something, 1.6, maybe, maybe, maybe, but

it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. Is Christianity is number one? And so, therefore, understanding the underpinnings of the number one religion should be part of a balanced world view diet. So much leverages, so much in the world, especially in the Western world, leverages the messages of Christianity, the sayings, slogans, and even entire organizations view of the world and entire organizations, they have a mission that's Christian centric, that's spiritual centric, that's God centric. And frankly, and I think this is important, frankly, without biblical knowledge, you often fall victim to the misinterpretation by the world's finest, the Mockingbird mainstream media. Right? And so, without biblical knowledge, you will constantly be fed misinterpretation by those who leveraged the Bible, leveraged Christianity to their agendas, to their ideas, and to their schemes. Even if I wasn't a Christian, even if I wasn't who I am today, I would still

that's spiritual centric, that's God centric. And frankly, and I think this is important, frankly, without biblical knowledge, you often fall victim to the misinterpretation by the world's finest, the Mockingbird mainstream media. Right? And so, without biblical knowledge, you will constantly be fed misinterpretation by those who leveraged the Bible, leveraged Christianity to their agendas, to their ideas, and to their schemes. Even if I wasn't a Christian, even if I wasn't who I am today, I would still study the Bible. I would still dig into it, actually, one of my master's degrees, I focused a lot on world religions in my MDiv. And I spent a lot of time trying to understand and functionally decompose the different religions and where there was intersectionality, where there were commonality, where there was alignment and where there was misalignment, and how the leaders within those particular religions, how the leaders

and the God heads and all the representatives, how they managed and interpreted what the Word of God was to them. You see, I truly believe, and I'm pulling from myself a little bit here, but I truly believe that biblical knowledge is so important to have because so much of the world leverages it, so much of the world uses it, and I think we should be in the know. I wrote a couple of ideas down here that might help liven up the debate. Well, do you like to debate? Actually, that should be it. Do you like to debate? Do you like to discuss things with other people? Do you, do you, do you that type of individual that likes to take a side and through apologetics to be able to defend your side? Maybe that's going too far, maybe that's just me. But there are people

who like to debate. There are people who like to understand things. So then understanding, in my view, that understanding the Bible should be essential if you love to discuss things and you love to debate. The greatest understanding of good versus evil is found, in my opinion, is found in the Bible. The greatest heroes of all the Bible, right? The greatest heroes of all the Bible argued reason pleaded and fought with God. They all did. So if you would like to debate, if you would like to discuss, if you like to, to, to, to try to debunk things, if you like to have conversations, deep conversations about things of the world and certainly part of the world is Christianity, faith, and spirituality and these types of things, well, guess what? We had lots of examples of that in the Bible, for example, Job. You might know

about Job. Job question God's justice and mercy. Did he not? Did he not? Did he not ask God like, what's going on, bro? Why are you doing this? What about Abraham? Abraham demanded that God be merciful to Sodom. He did. Abraham demanded to God. And he liked to debate. He liked to have those conversations. What about Moses? Moses in the Bible. He negotiated with God at the burning bush. Do you remember that? What about Gideon demanding divine proof before going to war? Show me proof God that you're alive. And so there are many individuals. These are just four examples that I wrote down that came to mind. But there are many examples of individuals who fought with God. You know one of the things that I love about the Psalms? And David who wrote the Psalms? You know one of the things that I love

burning bush. Do you remember that? What about Gideon demanding divine proof before going to war? Show me proof God that you're alive. And so there are many individuals. These are just four examples that I wrote down that came to mind. But there are many examples of individuals who fought with God. You know one of the things that I love about the Psalms? And David who wrote the Psalms? You know one of the things that I love the most is he gave God his full heart. He talked to God in, in, like, he was like a personal relationship. It was really, really cool. And I think one of the coolest things about David's example within his relationship with God, and you can clearly see this clearly as day, if you read it for what it is, he argues with God. He gets mad at God. He

talks to God like he's a friend. He talks to God like he has a foe. He reasons with him. He says, bro, why aren't you destroying these motherfuckers? And then the next thing is like, please forgive me for being a terrible person. Like, I love the authenticity of David. And that's something that you wouldn't, that's something that's to be emulated. That's something to want to be like. To be someone who just allows you to see them for who they are. Right? That's what I love about the Bible. It gives us great examples of so many things. What about, what about if you desire I wrote this down? What if you desire finding meaning or you're into social justice and equality? The Bible is something you should certainly read. If you desire finding meaning or for social justice or equality in the world. All the greatest

characters in the Bible had encounters with God that were somewhat enviable. Right? God showed up in amazing ways and helped them find their meaning. The Bible also has a lot to say about social justice and equality. What about, you know, the Bible has a lot to say about the value of human life, human dignity, human dignity, equal rights for everyone. Jesus was one of the best examples of showing that children were valuable and even women too. Right? There's so many examples of where Jesus met with women that he's shooting, like from a cultural standpoint, should have been even engaging with, let alone be talking to. Right? What about children? Children were worth less than dirt back then. He always called for the children. He was a great example of equality, social justice, and the value of human life, human dignity, equal rights. What about the

Apostle Peter? The Apostle Peter in the New Testament, right? He was showing the value of equality of person. Right? Lord showed him that he should not call unclean, that which God had called clean. Right? Paul and his Damascus conversion, he found purpose. God gave him purpose. Like these are amazing stories that should be read. These are amazing stories of human transformation and whether you believe divine inspiration or not, the Bible is something that is part of the collective conscious of the West. The collective conscious of the West, guys, and it permeates so much thinking. For those who have listened to me on podcasts, I've had people call me out and say, wow, it sounds like you're pulling from the Christian X or Christian Y or Christian Z. It's like, well, it's just part of where I am, part of who I am. Right? It's just

or not, the Bible is something that is part of the collective conscious of the West. The collective conscious of the West, guys, and it permeates so much thinking. For those who have listened to me on podcasts, I've had people call me out and say, wow, it sounds like you're pulling from the Christian X or Christian Y or Christian Z. It's like, well, it's just part of where I am, part of who I am. Right? It's just how I communicate. What about this? What if you desire for a better life? What if you desire for a better life? If you desire for a life worth living, well, the Bible can help you find that purpose. It can help inspire you. Some of the greatest stories and plot twists and events happening in the Bible. I mean, let's, I could almost look at it this way. Some

of the best plot twists, some of the best story writing, before story writing was a thing. It's all in the Bible. Right? Be trail. Wacky things happening. Naked men sometimes doing wacky stuff with wacky people. I mean, I could think of a lot of stories in the back of my mind, guys. Many of them are hilarious. But, well, so much of the so many of the stories, they show you the depth of man, the good and the bad, the showerness of man, the foolishness of man, and certainly the pride of man. There's a lot to be learned from this book on how to live better, how to be more thoughtful, how to have a better loving life. Right? You may just appreciate life more just because you've read the Bible. And so, I haven't even talked about the spiritual side of stuff. I haven't even

talked about faith. Right? Here's my argument. The argument is that there's 2.5 billion Christians in the world today. The West is certainly been molded and formed and shaped by Christian ideology, Christian worldview, Christian effects. Right? Everything in the West has Christian context in it. There are everything in the world that you interact with has in the West. Christian undertones, whether it's school or sports or politics, TV entertainment, music, books, it all is affected. The freedoms that we have are certainly freedoms that can be emulated from the Bible. Do you like to debate? Do you like to discuss? Do you desire to find meaning? Do you care about social justice and equality? Do you desire to have a better life? And life worth living? That all of this can be found in the Bible just merely through reading it. You can find the human experience. And

find the human experience when you can find and see and experience and enjoy that for what it is. I'm telling you, it'll reveal the things about yourself that you never knew. Now, I haven't even talked about faith yet. I'm not going to talk about it. I'm not going to evangelize to anyone here. But you might just be able to find what you're looking for by reading the Bible. It should be a source of knowledge, so much of what the world around us is affected by it. And I think it's ignorant, frankly. And I'll just call it for what it is. I think, frankly, it's ignorant to not understand some of the basic tenets of what it's about. And I'll just go with that. So what? So what has the Bible done for me? I'll give you three things. And these are, this is not exhaustive

Bible. It should be a source of knowledge, so much of what the world around us is affected by it. And I think it's ignorant, frankly. And I'll just call it for what it is. I think, frankly, it's ignorant to not understand some of the basic tenets of what it's about. And I'll just go with that. So what? So what has the Bible done for me? I'll give you three things. And these are, this is not exhaustive by any means. But I'll tell you what the Bible has done for me. Number one, first and foremost, the Bible has allowed me to further inform the reasons as to why I believe what I believe. You might say, well, well, that's cool, man. What does that really mean? What it means is, now I have reasons. I have great reasons. I have excellent reasons, not just because this

was some document, right? Not because just some people wrote, read, or wrote what they wrote. But I can see the human experience, just what I was talking about, through these men and women in the Bible. And I can see why I do what I do. I can see why I'm flawed the way I'm flawed. I can see why I have broken thinking the way that I sometimes have broken thinking. Because men and women of the past who wrestled with God and met with God, met with this God, met with this Christ figure, they still failed. It shows me that I'm not that special. It shows me that I make the same mistakes that I'm human. And I have issues like everyone else. I have psychosis that some of the, these, these characters of the Bible have. The insanity of the some of them, I have

the, this, this, the, I have the, the terribleness in my heart that can be there just like all of them. Which allows me to resonate with their story. To be more than just empathetic, I can be sympathetic to their story. Because I realize that I am like so many of the characters of the Bible. And it allows me to, because of that, because I can see myself in so many of the characters in the Bible, it allows me to understand why I believe what I believe. Because I need something greater than myself. Ooh, that's deep. Number two, the Bible has allowed me to be educated in the symbolism of the world. The brain works on symbolism. The brain works on symbols, guys. I'm not going to go too much deep-brained in that. Google it. Duck, duck, go it. But the brain works on symbols. And

what I, by reading the Bible, I'm able to see the micro narratives, the undertones, the underpinnings of what people say. I can catch the little phrases that they use that might allude to who they are. And allows me an insight to their soul. And it allows me an insight to people's communication. Right, especially for me since I studied world religions, I studied all your major ones in university, especially in my master's, my MDF. Right, I focused on Christianity, certainly, the apologetics thereof. I focused on Islam. And in the Muslim culture, I studied Buddhism. I studied the, frankly, in my view, the big fallacies with this whole idea of atheism. Most people are atheists, they're just agnostic. Most, I mean, to be atheist means you know, right? But I won't go out. I think it's, I think it's far more reasonable to say, you know what?

university, especially in my master's, my MDF. Right, I focused on Christianity, certainly, the apologetics thereof. I focused on Islam. And in the Muslim culture, I studied Buddhism. I studied the, frankly, in my view, the big fallacies with this whole idea of atheism. Most people are atheists, they're just agnostic. Most, I mean, to be atheist means you know, right? But I won't go out. I think it's, I think it's far more reasonable to say, you know what? I don't know. I don't know if there's a God or not. It's probably the more rational thing to say than to look at someone straight in the eye and say, yeah, there is no. It's like, taking that one on a lot of faith, aren't you? But so number two, it allows me to understand the world of symbols. It allows me to more deeply understand humans and people

and how they operate. Right, and this was one of the big reasons, frankly, as to why I ended up getting an MDF, I got my masters in learning and cognitive science and how the brain works. I got another masters in counseling and organizational behavior, how people organize themselves, how people self-organize, how people work together in communities and groups, communal behavior, right? The systems thinking, these types of things. So for me, the third was the world view of faith, the world view of religion. How did that affect decision-making? How do people take the religion and how does it affect their behaviors? This is important for me because I have a scientific mind and this is kind of what I'm naturally drawn to, the understanding how people work. And so this made a lot of sense to me, to read the Bible. It helps me understand the

world better. And number three, I'll tell you what this has been great. Number three, it allows me to have discipline. By reading it every day, it allows me to have discipline to myself and to my kids and to my family. Because I have right notes in there. I have right notes in it. I have right notes about what it means to me in the moment. I have right notes about why this is so important to remember because there's a real life lesson here. And it allows me to share powerful passages in the future with my kids. So when I give these note-ridden Bibles to them, it allows them to see, at least, maybe in their mind's eye, be able to hear their father when I'm long and dead and the reading this thing and say, oh, look at Oppa, what did he say here? What

did he think was important here? And so it's a, it's been something, it's a way that the reading of the Bible daily is not only a great discipline, but it allows me to communicate in the future to my kids and to my family when I'm long and dead. Because this is something that's important to me. And so the Bible has improved my life in so many ways. It's informed my decisions around how the world works. It's informed my decisions around how people operate. And for me, the Bible is so crucial to be balanced. I think this is an important word here. A balanced worldview. A balanced understanding of how the world works. If we're only being in a consumerism world, we're consuming stuff that's just thrown at us and given to us in bite-sized chunks by news or whatever, we're not getting into the harder,

It's informed my decisions around how the world works. It's informed my decisions around how people operate. And for me, the Bible is so crucial to be balanced. I think this is an important word here. A balanced worldview. A balanced understanding of how the world works. If we're only being in a consumerism world, we're consuming stuff that's just thrown at us and given to us in bite-sized chunks by news or whatever, we're not getting into the harder, the deeper stuff of life. And the Bible I'll tell you has so many, so many answers. But some, maybe it creates more even questions than answers for some of you guys. But it has for me, as I've studied and studied and read it and read it, it's opened up the world to me and I'll tell you this. And I think this might sound a little spiritual here,

but I'll tell you, it's always new. It really is. Every time I read through the Bible on a different stage of life, it's always new. It's always new. It speaks to me differently. It's like a powerful magnifying glass into my soul and a powerful mirror to look at myself and say, man, can you do better? Can you be better? Is this something you need to reflect on? Is this something that you need to improve on? And so for me, the Bible is a great document. It's a great thing to be informed about, to be educated about. So that's going to be my treatise on why you should read the Bible. Let me know in the comments section below whether you think this is something that you disagree with or maybe you agree with. Or maybe this, maybe you want to just leave a comment as

to why maybe this is something that isn't taught in school. Hmm. Thanks for listening to this episode of Things You Don't Learn in School. Why I'm reading the Bible is so important in my opinion, learning and balance for all of you. Share this and subscribe, and I'll see you guys in the behind the scenes group. Peace out. Peace out.