Russell Brand announces that he has been Baptized
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Good for him!
That was a few days ago but still, praise God!
"Every head will bow. Every knee will bend. Every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord"
Speaking of old news...
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=36qhTfCWdiw
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=s53N2RPZ0ZA&t=1780s
https://greatawakening.win/p/15HbWrWkcv/x/c/
Lots of content for those wanting a deep dive.
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=y6zXs_cUSjQ
It's going to be biblical!
Is he going Catholic like many other 'celebs'? Why does it seem like there's a big push for the Catholic church lately? I'm all about people following Jesus, just not the Catholic church.
We are literally on your side.
Your opposition to your own brothers and sisters is ridiculous.
Hey fren, there are some big big differences so it's not as ridiculous as it may seem. And I called out the Catholic church, not the Jesus followers who may be in the church. If you put Jesus above the church, then no big deal!
No, it still is ridiculous. We all have the same exact aim here and we want the same exact end goal, which is the defeat of the WEF and its masonic order. Our Church is corrupted by it is not defined by the sickness in which plagues it.
How about lets just stop berating one another and work towards that goal?
One thing to keep in mind as political ideologies are being promiscuously mixed with the Christian faith lately --> down the road Catholic Christian nationalism (a phenomenon Candace has already declared more or less) will have to fight it out with the Protestant Christian Nationalism lately being pushed a la Doug Wilson and Stephen Wolfe. These have competing visions of a Christian authoritarian government they want to replace the secularist authoritarian government. If the Constitution / First amendment was somehow officially overturned (necessary at some point if the Christian Nationalist want to achieve their final vision), it will probably get bloody at some point among the nationalist factions in two Christian traditions whom you consider the exact same. I hope that doesn't happen, but its the logical consequence of these movements.
I don't agree with you. It will not get bloody, we already had that conflict. That was the 30 years war.
I don't consider Protestantism and Catholicism the same at all, they are vastly different but thats not what I was talking about in the first place. I am saying we are on the same side, fighting the same war, against the same enemy. The freemasons have taken the world and we are all fighting to take it back. I don't care if your gay, straight, protestant, Catholic or whatever else. If you are awake and will fight against this evil, thats all I care about.
We shouldn't be eating one another for the dumbest possible reason ever. Lets move past that.
Christian nationalism could never be successful without unity, which does not exist between Protestant denominations. Catholics would never start a war with other Christians. How often do you come across anti-Protestant comments, at least that are not about theological issues? Now how often do you come across anti-Catholic comments? Freemason, in bed with the Jews, one world order, etc. Anti-Catholic persecution is the last acceptable form of discrimination in this country. People are in search for the truth, and it is leading them home. is a beautiful thing to see.
“There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic Church to be.”
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
Not necessarily. A whole lot of catholics don't believe protestants are going to heaven.
That is not what I was talking about.
We are different and will probably never agree but we have the same enemy. We are fighting the same war, and that is against the freemasons and their loyalist pigs. Why the hell are we trying to destroy one another? It is the dumbest thing we could possibly do.
I am not going to lie, I think Protestantism is totally wrong but I am smart enough to recognize that you guys are our allies and we all need to stick together at the moment. I will not berate you like how I am constantly berated here.
In fairness, a lot of Protestants believe that they go to heaven because they said one prayer one time and nothing else matters. Catholics understand these things differently, for example, Catholics probably believe plenty of Catholics go to hell too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCD6QF1jCyg&pp=ygUgc2NvdHQgaGFobiB3aHkgaSBiZWNhbWUgY2F0aG9saWM%3D
Thanks for the link, fren but I will not be watching it nor becoming Catholic. Jesus only needs to die once for me and no man has any authority equal to Jesus or God.
Amen!!
Solus Christus amen
You don't know what you're talking about.
Catholics deify Mary. They pray to saints. They call preachers "Father". They have confessional. Etc.
"For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time."
1 Timothy 2:5-6
"But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ."
Mathew 23:8-10
No, we don't deify Mary. We ask for her intercession as you or I would ask our Earthly mothers for help. So what if we call priests father? In Matthew 23, Jesus is reprimanding the clergy who are not following His Father's teachings. You can't nit pick and apply phrases. Do you not have a bio father? Were you made in a lab?
Confession is like therapy but free.
Q said not to divide and I'm afraid that is exactly what you and others are doing on this thread.
The funny thing is I don't see Catholics here putting down Protestant faiths. My attitude is we all believe in Jesus and God if we're Christians.
Jesus said, "For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again."
I can't tell how much I have been yearning for another Catholic to bring fourth this defense.
Stalwart and impregnable.
Thank you.
Hugs and you're welcome! Through Christ all things are possible."
Why would you pray to anyone but Jesus for intercession?
You feel like you can't go to Jesus, so you go to his mom in the hopes that she'll ask him for you? Lol
I'm not nit picking. I'm reading the verses as they're written.
By no means am I an expert on Catholicism, but there are pretty glaring issues with it that are hard to overlook.
Being born and raised Catholic all my “Christian” friends that I've known throughout my life have been the most “judgy.” They are always hypercritical of Catholicism. Ironically, I don’t judge them because that’s not up to me to do so.
I do however equate their judgmental “criticism” to that of a irrational-commie-leftie... which, if we are all “in this together” is quite strange... all things considered... WWG1WGA... but not if you’re a Catholic!
Onwards and upwards frens!
Jesus gave her to us as our mother from the cross. Among His last words. Entrusted us to her and gave her to us as our mother in the person of St. John.
Seriously, did you not read my post? Have you never asked your mother for help? Of course, I can go to Jesus and do everyday. Mary is my Heavenly mother and if I'm having problems with family, I ask her for help just as I would my earthly mother if she was still alive.
Jesus is Lord Q is not Jesus. Q is a tool. Jesus will never unite with Satan. Light will always dispel darkness. There will always be division between the things of God and the things of satan. Wise men understand this. The Sword of the Spirit is a dividing instrument. Christians pray for the souls caught up in the delusional dead work of the RCC. Mary said to do What Jesus tells you to do. Jesus never calls mary mother. Mary is asleep and no longer a virgin as she had other children after Jesus. Rcc is nothing but idolatry and Gaia worship. Many ex Catholic There are no prayers to Jesus in the rosary. Jesus ain't gonna unite with that mess.
No, Mary did not have other children.
The whole Rosary is about Jesus.
Joyful Mysteries:
Annunciation- Angel Gabriel appears to Mary and tells her our Father wants her to be the mother of the Messiah, Jesus.
The Visitation - Mary goes to help her older cousin, Elizabeth, with her first pregnancy. When Elizabeth sees Mary, her baby, John the Baptist moves for the first time. Elizabeth exclaim, "Blessed is the fruit of thy womb", aka, Jesus.
The Nativity- Jesus birth
The Presentation in the Temple
The Finding in the Temple
Sorrowful Mysteries:
The Agony in the Garden
The Crowning with Thorns
The Carrying of the Cross
The Crucifixion and Death
Luminous Mysteries
The Baptism OF Jesus at the Jordan
The Wedding Feast at Cana
Jesus’ Proclamation of the Coming of the Kingdom of God
4.The Transfiguration
5.The Institution of the Eucharist
Glorious Mysteries
The Resurrection
The Ascension
3.The Descent of the Holy Spirit
5.The Coronation of Mary
Great video!
digaroundandfindout
Asks a question which is answered then he responds with 'I am totally confused about Catholic doctrine and I like it that way therefore I will not be looking at the link you sent me that may help in removing some obvious confusion. No thank you very much!'
😂 Priceless.
He isn’t confused about the catholic doctrine, he’s confused on the celebrity push towards it.
If you put your faith in Christianity, you’re a fool. The evidence is that Christianity has been used to oppress people and rip people off and that’s sick. But if you put your faith in Jesus Christ, you’re very wise because the evidence is he doesn’t come to rip us off of anything except our sin, guilt, death and hell. He comes to give us a gift of forgiveness and eternal life.
Exactly. Thanks, fren. :)
Welp. You got me. Where do I sign up?
Hey, fren. I'm not asking about Catholic doctrine. I am very much familiar with it as I was born into it and raised in it and left it because it is false doctrine. I was merely asking if Brand was now Catholic and as another said and why the celebrity push towards it lately. Have a good day!
Doesn't appear you are familiar with it from the looks of your comment.
Birth status or rearing in something doesn't say much about an understanding of something anymore than a liberal birthed in America and raised in a constitutional republic says about their understanding of it.
Have a good day!
Trust me fren, I understand it. I've lived it. The scales have fallen. But I'm not going to cast pearls before swine on this one because I know you will never agree with me and you are only defending the system you have come to know and love. I pray one day you will see the truth. Cheers and God bless you, fren!
"Trust me" he says about his misunderstanding of Catholic doctrine.
A statement, void of logic, from a person claiming my misunderstanding of that words root, Logos.
In fairness, I don't know that I'd watch a 48 minute video about a conversion to Catholicism either, especially when I'm sure it can be boiled down to just a couple of sentences. Not because that I'm afraid or too lazy or it goes against my religion etc., but because that's a lot of time to invest into someone's personal journey that I have no relation to in any fashion.
That would be a fair assessment of what he said if that was indeed what he said.
Except I didn't give an assessment of what he said, I agreed with him based on my own, separate grounds.
Oh I see.
So you are also not going to watch it and in that way you agree.
But it wasn't enough for you to simply agree by liking his comment.
No. You felt left out. The need or are wanting attention. So you had to express why you weren't going to watch it.
I get it.
Well good for you!
You know. You can simply just not watch it. Especially since you had nothing to add to his comment but felt the need to jump in and say...nothing really.
But we both know why you jumped in. You wanted to make a snide remark. And you wanted the attention of course.
That's adorable!
Yes, I agreed in a snarky way to poke fun at the person who refused to watch because it wasn't his religion, despite asking for reasons.
We have upvotes and downvotes, and he didn't get an upvote or a downvote because I didn't agree with his reasons.
Oh, Heavens forbid someone else vocalizes an opinion. I even upvoted your response to him, because you poked fun -- apparently much more mean spirited than I actually expected, judging from this response -- at him asking for an answer and an answer being provided.
Fren, you're really starting to sound like a passive aggressive snowflake and it's pretty childish.
I'm Catholic and love my faith.
I'm Catholic and love my faith.
Meanwhile his woke ex wife sports rainbow hair and rolls around half naked on camera, covered in Illuminati symbols...
You dodged one hell of a bullet there bro
Pause at 10 seconds. Look at the tattoo on his left wrist.
https://inkedceleb.com/russell-brand-tattoo-list/
Can’t see it clearly, is it the all seeing eye or some such?
Hopefully he gets it blasted off by a laser, he’s got the cash
It's the number "33".
Yeah he will likely get a bunch of tattoos removed or covered up on this journey. I always thought tattoos are a bad idea because people change.
For some, the tattoos are a reminder of the journey you've taken and can be meaningful. I've never been a fan of tattoos and have never felt inclined to get one, but when someone explained their reasoning as being similar to a person who left their fat behind and rather than being ashamed of their stretch marks, being reminded of how far they've come.
Sandblaster would work too !
i couldn't see it in this video but i had seen it before, it's 33.
i just keep wondering if he really hates the illuminati then why hasn't he removed that tattoo?
Lots of people end up hating their tattoos and never bother to have them removed.
This makes me feel hopeful about people. I'm happy for the peace this can bring to Russell.
“…we’ll know them by their fruits…”
I personally like Brand, he’s very charismatic and could lead many to Christ. That is supposing he stays the path.
Seeing some of the anti-Catholic responses coming from this community is a little discouraging to me. Here’s why I think that…
I think the average anon enjoys looking for the truth. Many times that leads into a real deep dive into certain historical topics. That is exactly what led me to the Catholic Church.
TL DR: convert, became Catholic while trying to prove them wrong.
First visit to a Catholic Church nearly 20 years ago. Looking back, I attended what is called a sung mass. I’m not evien a Christian at this point but thinking wow this is weird. Went a few more times but it never caught on. Few years later I’m invited to a Protestant church. The sermon really spoke to me, I left a different person. My love for Jesus and the Bible grew. Eventually this church wasn’t feeding my desire to grow deeper in my faith. Found another church… they would preach on one book of the Bible for months. Ex We studied Romans for 6+ months. We stayed here for nearly 10 years.
Along the way all I knew is anything beyond what we learned here isn’t right. And specifically Catholic are just as bad as jehovah witness. I had no reason to question it, I trust the Bible and our pastor has a doctorate, reads scripture in many languages. I basically just followed whatever was taught.
Eventually had an opportunity to send my kids to what is considered a good Catholic school in the area. My wife went there as a kid so we’re like… it’s a little weird but it’s about the education, we can combat any Catholic nonsense they bring home.
We think we’ll swat down any ridiculous Catholic stuff that comes our way. After a few months the kids start coming home telling us about Mary, etc. We tell them why it’s wrong, and move on. BUT are curious WHY, and that’s where I’d challenge many of you. So we took the time to dig into some of these topics that we blindly say that’s wrong. This led us through an interesting trip through church history.
The breaking point for me is Sola Scriptura. As someone who believes that the Bible is literal truth, I had a difficult time grappling with how a Protestant can stand behind this yet say Jesus meant something else than what he literally said. I had started to consider things like how most churches as we know them started after the reformation, and even after that many still believed in things like the Eucharist. So now we’re swimming in literally thousands of different denominations.
I’m looking for multiple sources here, I don’t want bias opinions. The more I research the more I start considering how maybe I’ve been wrong. It was a huge identity crisis for my family and also just this gigantic red pill.
Seriously after you take this deep dive you can’t go back after you know the truth. And I’ll be completely honest, life was a lot easier as a Protestant. There is a lot we miss, but it’s artificial and lacking compared to what we have now.
I could rant on for days because there is just so much. But for someone interested in really intellectual spiritual reading, look into Thomas Aquinas. Hes basically considered everything you could think of and explained it.
I guess what I’m trying to say is for non Catholics there is a lot you’re missing out on my shutting yourself out. Challenge yourself and ask are these my thoughts or do I only believe rh because someone taught me to think this way. If you haven’t taken the time to ask some hard questions you’re no better than someone who just “trusts the science “.
Maybe I can give you this take on the Eucharist, and see what you think:
Many, many ancient cults were built around blood rituals, cannibalism, and human sacrifice, especially child sacrifice. This was happening all around the world.
One of the most important things about the spread of Christianity was that it halted these practices. Now do you understand why the worldwide psychopaths have such a hatred of Christianity?
The people were told, in essence, "You no longer have to sacrifice your children, or any other humans, in an effort to appease your gods. God did that for you when he sent His only son to earth to serve as the final sacrifice. It's no longer necessary, so stop doing it."
The Eucharist is puzzling to many. Some ask, "Why would we drink his blood? Why would we eat his flesh?"
The answer is: We aren't. That's the point.
The bread and wine take the place of the human flesh and blood, because Christ instructed us to substitute them. The bread and wine are just as good ("this is my blood you drink, this is my body you eat") as long as we remember the sacrifice that Jesus made so we do not sacrifice - and consume - an actual human ever again ("if you would remember me when you eat and drink.")
Christ was the final human sacrifice and it's supposed to stay that way. That's why He was called "the lamb of God." It was not because he was weak or foolish, as sheep are usually seen as being. It's because lambs were very commonly sacrificed in the rituals of Jesus' time, whenever humans (especially children) weren't being used.
You said all that and didn't say what was so significant that you changed your mind about catholicism?
if meant for me, it were many factors over time. the big one was the Eucharist as mentioned above. as a Protestant we're taught that everything in the Bible is very literal, besides this particular passage. They say, this is figurative. Jesus didn't "really" mean that, what he meant is.... (who are we to assume he meant something other than what he said..).
This passage goes on to explain how many of his followers left after he said this, saying these are hard teachings, who can accept this. So to them, who left him, they believed it was literal and they weren't about to consume human flesh because that was against the law.
Well elsewhere in the Bible, if a parable was given and the audience was confused, Jesus would give them another one. But in this instance, he doubles down with what he said saying, amen amen. also, the original translation of this text when talking about eating, is "to gnaw". again, doesn't really translate well into figuratively speaking. Not only this but for quite some time, this was just the accepted belief. It wasn't until some 500 something years ago where we're like wait... everyone was wrong up until now...
There are also many Eucharistic miracles that haven't been explained. This would be a perfect opportunity for Catholic haters to show them whats up, but these things remain miracles.
Mary was a difficult one to grasp. It's funny, I could accept this bread was Christ true body but Mary... I dunno now that's a tough one. Eventually I came around. One thing that helped me was to consider how she is the Arc of the New Covenant. Now think back the old testament, where God gave very specific instructions on what the Arc should look like, just how perfect it should be. This was to hold the word of God. Fast forward, then you have God's mother in the flesh. It stands to reason that as she is to should be perfect if she is to give birth to God in the flesh. So as God's mother she should have a large degree of reverence. It was Mary who asked Jesus to perform his first miracle which he did.
Basically the more I dug into these things, the more they made sense than didn't.
And yeah, I can appreciate how people are upset about centuries of corruption in the church. But what they've done or said, doesn't really change our focus on Jesus. And many of these events have little to do with church doctrine. It's unfortunate that people leave the church because a priest or pope did something despicable, etc etc. It's still the same church Jesus started.
Jesus didn't start the catholic church. And to clarify what you said, you now believe Mary is perfect?
If she is perfect, she is not human. Multiple passages speak of human sin nature, and that not even one of us is good. In Mark 10:18, Jesus Himself said nobody is good, only God / the Father in heaven. Here is how various translations translate that passage. https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Mark%2010:18
Some people leave the church for other reasons than those you cited.
Well perfect may not be the right word but Catholics do believe she is without sin. It’s a complex topic but the short of it is she was saved just like everyone else but it just so happened it was before she was born and that grace continued throughout her life.
When considering all these things it helps to put everything in perspective. If you’re a believer you already believe in Jesus miracles; instantly curing disease, walking on water, raising the dead, dying then coming back to life. It’s like, how could something like Mary being sinless be more difficult to accept than some of these other things.
Because it's not biblical. There is nothing in the bible that suggests that to be true. You might think it sounds logical and makes sense, but it is not in the bible. It's something someone came up with, but not based on biblical truth. However, the fact that we are all sinners is certainly covered - extensively.
The problem with Catholicism will always be that it has a singular head, and that singular head has been proven to be false quite a few times throughout history, most infamously (though not necessarily the worst offending example) would be Pope Alexander VI and the corruption he brought.
For such a person to be "chosen by God", at least how it used to be viewed, they should be above the sins that the Papacy has been known to commit.
So now hopefully you understand a small piece of why Catholicism is not always met in a very positive light.
I don't fault people on good faith; it's not like Catholicism promises X number of virgins for Y number of lives taken like a certain other religion.
Careful who you follow.
I believe in God and goodness. Goodness and God are in right action. This is at least a symbolic step towards Good and God, so kudos.
Still lost just traded one lie for another. Sad for him. Nothing to see here. Congrats to all who saw through his bull crap. He won't fool Jesus.