Rhett echoed that hes more interested in what happens during his life on earth. On Feb. 22, the Rhett & Link's Mythical Entertainment agreed to buy Smosh in a deal that would unite two long-running YouTube channels. What about the rest of the world? That tow-headed heartthrob took my breath away with every episode of the 1980s sitcom Silver Spoons. I dont know. This! Later on, Wade asks Rhett if he understands little boys, and Rhett bitterly says he does. She Leaves Once This Christian Brings Up This Topic. Bingo! What does this obtain for you? I told him honestly that it could only lead to loss and pain, but that I didnt really have a choice. With the precision of a gifted lawyer, he laid out roadblocks to the objections he knew would follow his statements. I hope youll take the time to watch/listen to the show for yourself, along with the follow-up episode in which Link tells his own story about how he left his faith behind after he became an adult. And furthermore, who wants to embrace uncertainty? Once you've listened to that track a certain number of times, it's clear that you don't own it but would like to. With the help of the Holy Spirit, they became convinced that Christianity is true as they gazed deeply at Christs beauty. With guest appearances on, their stars have been rising for the past few years, swelling their net worth to an estimated $23 million. These are great questions that Christians have been asking for years. The YouTube comedy duo Rhett and Link are well-known for eating bizarre foods, making wacky music videos, and more recently, walking away from the Christian faith. It is one of Clark Gable's most recognizable and significant roles. Around the time I was nursing a wounded ego for being stood up by the Ricky Schroder fan club, Neil Postman made a prediction in his 1985 book, . Ray Comfort is the Founder and CEO of Living Waters, a bestselling author, and has written more than 100 books, including, The Evidence Study Bible. Watch the rest of their discussion in the video above, and read Goins-Phillips story on Rhett and Link here. When he jumped the Christian ship, he didnt jump into another boat, but into a sea of uncertainty. His Christianity has been replaced with what he calls openness and curiosity. He describes how liberating its been to let go of the appetite for certainty. To the careful observer, its evident that Rhett has traded in one worldview for another: Christianity for postmodernity, with all its skepticism, denial of absolutes, and relativism. Please make sure all fields are filled out. On the other hand, we need to be confident in our faith, so we need to listen to what non-Christians say about Christianity. For example, in 2016, they worked on a scripted television show called Rhett & Link's Buddy System that saw the pair act in a bid to entertain their viewers. None of this is brand new; its been around for years and years and years.. The song became the most-played country tune on the radio for six . With a successful career line as YouTubers, Rhett and Link have a net worth of $25 . It gives you purpose. They already know people are saying one of them led the other astray, as if we arentall being influenced by one person or another at any given time. And then my heart broke hearing not only where they are in their faith, but how they have made it easier for others to abandon their belief in God too. I never got a reply. And I pulled my wife and my children with me. Were So Spoiled. Rhett seems really reluctant to talk about it, so Scarlett doesn't ask more questions. It morphed into doubts surrounding biblical reliability, the historicity of the resurrection, and the general idea of hell and judgment. Evolutionary theory doesnt have a sufficient cause for the universe coming into existence out of nothing. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to trivialize this. The answer many of us who deconstructed Deconstructing from certain Statements of Faith doesnt mean you have to jettison the Christian faith altogetherin fact for many of us, its put the focus back on Jesus and the fire back in our faith! The REAL Reason Why Rhett and Link Fell Away from Christianity 268,033 views Premiered Mar 4, 2020 11K Dislike Share Save Living Waters 1.12M subscribers Rhett and Link, extremely. Where does that come from? Its got a destination. Which means the history matters. Augustine goes on to say that it is significant when someone of this stature converts . Its the people behind the arguments. I mean we have little finite minds and we are trying to understand an infinite God. Home of #GMM, Rhett and Link, and everything else #Mythical @rhettmc @linkneal @mythicalstore @mythicalchef With guest appearances on The TODAY Show, Live with Kelly, and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, their stars have been rising for the past few years, swelling their net worth to an estimated $23 million. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Why ban a Tim Keller or Ravi Zacharias book when you can create a community in which no one will want to read one? At one point, Rhett asked a very good question. But I dont think its the actual, people have found so persuasive. Whenever somebody other than Rhett mentions the word "Tokyo," Rhett will shout "What" for a length of time, and an overlay appears with the word "Tokyo," stylized to look like the Japanese flag, the cityscape of Tokyo, and a cat chasing a red laser beam, while a bell rings in the background. I might get a new episode once a week if I was lucky. Rhett Butler (Born in 1828) is a fictional character in the 1936 novel Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell and in the 1939 film adaptation of the same name. He predicted that with the rise of technology and communication, people wouldnt be deprived of information, but rather they would be given somuch that they would become passive and egocentric. This is how we know what there is to know about Jesus. admit in the podcast that moving to L.A. did free them of some constraints that But I also know from experience that the work of defending the faith requires enormous amounts of self-deception, closing one eye and squinting the other to make sure things look the way theyre supposed to look. So, if you want to listen to them you can do so without fear. the opposite is often true. No one that I was in personal contact withpastors, Christian friends, elders in the churchnone of them disappointed me or let me down. I cant help but notice the similarities. This is what Ive been teaching them. Heres the deal, we (at SWO) have gone back and forth on whether or not to address this. Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 2:1416 that through his missionary work, Christ spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of himself. The truth is that we have a personality-driven culture in which two comedians can persuade Christians to rethink their faith in just three hours of video. I could barely stay in my car seat listening to Rhetts story. The younger generation is even more open about questioning their faith and leaving Christianity behind. It didnt take long before quickly discovering these two were not some boys who got saved at some church youth camp alter call and then used their new found Christianity merely as a buttress against sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll after that. They decided to go get vasectomies together and filmed the experience for a video . They were also Christians, former missionaries, and Campus Crusade (now Cru) staff members. I have read and listened to many atheists over the years who have explained why they didnt believe, but what made Rhett and Links (anti) testimonies so disheartening is the fact that they use much of the same vocabulary to describe their faith as I do. However, when they got to the point where they turned the corner away from the God of the Bible, our paths split and my heart broke. Aug 05, 2012 12:57PM. Rhett and Link aren't going to church either way. This is why growth is stunted, why people abandon the faith: our church is too shallow for roots to dig deep. Rhett says hes lost his appetite for certainty, and I know what he means. Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world. What am I gonna teach my kids? How would it affect their revenue streams and net worth to remain faithful Christians in todays cultural climate? Her exact date of birth and lace of birth is currently not known yet. Evolution by natural selection seemed intolerably non-intuitiveit didnt make any senseand it struck him as a desperate and unsuccessful attempt to explain how a world like ours could come into being without an intelligent designer. Unfortunately, much of the church and pastoral leadership seems committed to stopping the proper spiritual development of Christians and instead choose to keep them artificially in a state of spiritual arrested development. Jen's post about leaving Mythical! Therefore they had to halt all the crew stuff. Rhett James McLaughlin) and Link (a.k.a. Later in Pauls ministry, however, he writes that Demas ended up loving the present world more than the things of God and walked away (2 Tim. This led to him jumping ship. So Rhett got hung up on the way that one pair of chromosomes looks (okay?. As a result, they are surprised and hurt by Christians who promptly said that they never truly were of us ( 1 John 2:19 ). They both felt a deep discomfort with biblical sexual ethics, which they perceived to oppress women and their LGBTQ+ friends. Help train Christians to boldly share the good news of Jesus Christ in a way that clearly communicates to this secular age. The lesson we can learn from the Rhett and Link story is to observe the power of the media platform, recognize the roadblocks of the new apostles of unbelief, and keep a humble eye to history, remembering that our Savior told us some would fall away. be One in Christ. Its like trying on a different head just for a little while. The most recentand arguably most influentialone has come from entertainers and YouTube sensations Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal of the Good Mythical Morning channel and Ear Biscuits podcast. By saying that he does not believe in the God of the Bible he is making a statement of certainty, even if he is trying to soften the blow by using non-threatening language. 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One of the metaphors I like to use for my own personal spiritual deconstruction and reconstruction is that of a supermarket. Get resources, podcast episodes, and SWO updates sent directly to your inbox. This channel has made Rhett and Link the fourth highest-earning YouTube stars 3 while reaching audiences around the world. Since Rhett and Link were relatively deep into religiosity, having learned "Christianese" and the culture, it took them years to complete their pilgrimage to secularism. But, Continue reading, When we talk about what it means to be a man from a biblical perspective, we have to realize that we are working completely against popular culture. While their degrees and first jobs were in engineering, funny video production ultimately became their claim to fame. Remember that even John the Baptist had a little crisis and needed to be reassured (Matthew 11:1-11). The two men, known for their daily Good Mythical Morningbroadcast, have, over the last few years, gone through what they have described as their spiritual deconstruction[s]. After having spent years in young adult ministry, Rhett and Link now call themselves hopeful agnostics.. Giza Theme by Pixel Object, G.O.P. This brings us to the salient question. Several people reached out to me personally, including pastors who reported that the faith of several kids in their youth groups was rocked by the broadcasts, leaving them shaken and doubting. They were also Christians, former missionaries, and Campus Crusade (now, When they each recorded videos walking fans through their spiritual-deconstruction stories in February, it shot through the internet like a bolt of lightning. What was scheduled as an hour-long chapel service last Wednesday has turned into a multi-day revival at Asbury University. It isnt the skeptics who crave constant assurances were on the right track. If you want Continue reading, Origin of Manhood: Every Man is a Theologian. It gives you stability. On the one hand, we dont want people who are not having doubts in their faith to listen to Rhett and Link and start doubting (Id rather have a millstone necktie). Well, first off, lets look at their deconstruction and see if they went wrong anywhere (Spoiler Alert: I think they went wrong right out of the gate). Its not like God was all of the sudden blindsided by the fact that people are struggling with their sexual orientation or that some people have gender dysphoria. As with most former evangelicals (henceforth ex-vangelicals), the majority of key turning points in Rhetts deconversion story coincide with changes in his relationship to the Bible, and to his own traditions reading of it. And, in reality, hes not living that way either. But then on top of all this, adding insult to injury, they keep underestimating the sincerity of our search, which may be the thing that stings the most of all. Co-founder of @mythical. Is Apologetics Helpful or Necessary in Evangelism? . Rhett was careful to say he doesnt think these apologists are intentionally deceiving anyone. I love it. Christy was born in the United States of America. (Hold up, before anyone gets upset because I called Rhett and Link non-Christians, and am therefore judging them, these are their words. While Rhett and Link spend some time talking about their post-Christian lives in the deconstruction episodes, they devote the lion's share of the time to looking back on the life and belief. He even says that he understands the argument that you cant have a moral law without a moral law Giver But then he says, that he just doesnt know. Reasonable answers exist for each notion the duo passed along that, in their opinion, defeats the truth of Christianity. He occasionally sends judgments to earth to remind us of this. Several people reached out to me personally, including pastors who reported that the faith of several kids in their youth groups was rocked by the broadcasts, leaving them shaken and doubting. Because of that many former Christians suddenly and unceremoniously find themselves kicked outside the church wondering what just happened (with various levels of resentment and cynicism thrown in). When Rhett says hes read all the Ravi Zacharias books and found them uncompelling, the church kid probably wont even bother with more than 30 books, containing decades worth of complex and carefully thought-out arguments that have been tested by time, debate, and rigorous scholarship. Rhett and Link have grown their brand performing hilarious satirical songs and engaging in zany stunts such as duct-taping themselves together, playing wedgie-hangman, crushing glow sticks in a meat-grinder, and flinging bags of dog feces at one another's faces. Receive weekly updates about fresh articles, videos, and audios, as well as new resources, special discounts, and upcoming events. It only even pretends to talk about how stuff became other stuff. If I wouldve found out he was a former Christian now identifying as agnostic, it would have broken my heart. Their response has been very interesting; they have lamented this by retorting something like . Over the course of a few days, social-media newsfeeds became inundated with hot takes, responses, disagreements, and praise for the comedy duo. If it can make something, can it make everything? Like him, I was told that archaeology only proves the Bible, which means theres no reason not to dive headlong into it, right? Rhett mentions to Scarlett that he goes to New Orleans to visit a young boy who goes to school there, because Rhett is his guardian. and African Christians, and South American Christians, and Indian Christians, This implies that they are, in fact, deceiving people. As an actor playing a character on a TV show, my access was limited. As the logic goes, a God who is not on board with the LGBTQ agenda is not a God worth serving. To some, it smells like beauty and life; to others, it smells like death. One article about Rhett and Link said, "they both felt a deep discomfort with biblical sexual ethics, which they perceived to oppress women and their LGBTQ+ friends.". I have a love-hate relationship with Thanksgiving Day. Thats why leaving it is so damned scary. The sad reality is that, for the deconverted, disbelief isnt sufficient. These discoveries challenged the underpinnings of his whole theological system, but like all of us he was encouraged to press on through with his questions without fear because: All truth is Gods truth. Apologetics books arent written for the lost, theyre written for the saved. They exist to collect dust on the shelves of believers who will now sleep better knowing that someone took the time to think through all that stuff long enough to get it down into print. And we as Christians shouldnt be surprised when this happens. Rhett said, If I dont have to believe [Christianity], then why would I? Link expressed, Why was I working so hard to make Christianity work for me if it wasnt even true? Aside from encountering intellectual stumbling blocks, it seems that, to YouTubes favorite pair, the gospel had begun to stink. This is the effect the gospel has, and we should expect these types of reactions. I'm super disappointed but also not surprised. Travis Tritt asked the question, but it seems Thomas Rhett knows the answer. Rhett & Link, best friends since 2 nd grade, currently host one of the most popular YouTube channels on the Internet, Good Mythical Morning. How is my marriage going to stay together? Why? These apostles of unbelief are on a mission to help others deconstruct with the same evangelistic zeal they learned from their previous tribe. Peruse many a church website and youll find a Statement of Faith list of things you will need to believe in addition to Following Me. I laughed out loud when Rhett talked about engaging people on airplanes by spouting talking points from books byJosh MacDowell and Lee Strobel. Let me help you out here. A Christians Response to the Deconstructed Faith of YouTubers Rhett and Link. It gives you direction. Should we avoid it? Rhett, who makes up one half of the comedy duo Rhett & Link and co-hosts their hit YouTube talk show Good Mythical Morning, admits that while he is eager to "settle into the space we have,". Rhett even invokes the Apostle Peters response to Jesus when Jesus asks if he will leave him to which Peter responds, Where would I go?. ", "Until we meet againhttps://www.youtube.com/wat". Spotify have songs removed so you will buy them. They launched the 'Mythical Morning' studio in 2012 in North . But dont throw the tub out. Rather, he foretold, people will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think, pointing to Aldous Huxleys satirical Brave New World. before can enthusiastically answer, YES, Jesus never answered the thief on the cross who asked Christ to remember him when he came into his Kingdom with, This Day youll be with me in Paradisejust so long as you also believe the world was created in six days. To put it bluntly. 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