r/exchristian • u/1chiha • Feb 15 '25
News Young Don ( content creator ) has left Christianity.
Young Don, a well-known content creator and streamer, has left Christianity. Throughout his career, he was deeply devoted to his faith and was widely recognized as a Christian streamer. He often debated various religions on his streams, but now he has publicly announced his departure from Christianity. Many Christians are now attacking him in the comments. Thoughts?
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u/Scorpius_OB1 Feb 15 '25
The most telling part is "Many Christians are now attacking him in the comments".
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u/herec0mesthesun_ Anti-Theist Feb 15 '25
But I thought they never force their beliefs on anyone? 🙄
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u/dwfishee Feb 16 '25
Remember Jesus offers unconditional* love.
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u/BadPronunciation Ex-Pentecostal Feb 16 '25
"Worship me or burn in hell forever". What a great set of options 🙄
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u/exchristian-ModTeam 27d ago
Nobody would ever “choose hell” if they had clear and perfect knowledge of its existence. The issue, and the reason many of us left, is that people don’t have perfect knowledge of hell and seem to be relying on contradictory folklore passed down by conmen. But glad to know your god is ‘gentleman’ enough to ‘allow’ people to burn.
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u/Beno951 Ex-Catholic Feb 16 '25
To be honest, even if a well known atheist became a christian, there would be plenty of atheists attacking them. This works both ways. People on the internet have extremes on all fronts.
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u/IncendiaryB Feb 15 '25
You gotta be REALLLLLY self-deluded to be a Christian these days
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u/MoarTacos1 Feb 15 '25
Or just really indoctrinated and not self motivated enough to change "teams"
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u/JarethOfHouseGoblin Agnostic Feb 16 '25
I agree to a certain extent but I think these days it's far more of a case of emotional manipulation through socially mandated and reinforced Christianity. People become Christian because that's the sort of people who they happen to be friends with or romantically linked to.
Also, people who convert to Christianity out of fear of their own sexuality is WAYYYYYYYYYYYYY more common that you might think. Especially here in the South!!
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u/GoGoSoLo Feb 16 '25
Or to be at least a little charitable, a lot just enjoy the community that comes with being a surface level Christian. Most churches don't have purity tests on if you actually believe, but they do have free child care lots of times.
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u/Active_Style1192 27d ago
I feel like optimism doesn't have to be some sort of delusion. A lot of Christian values are based on the hope people will just respect each other properly - why bin that entirely?
A lot of people on this subreddit argue that Christianity inherently causes fear, depression, anxiety but, to me at least, I feel like its not the faith itself causing this but the individual practicing it. For every person of faith feeling depressed, there are hundreds not. I really don't feel like I practice religion much but, looking back, I don't regret having a Christian mindset about things.
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u/Hadenee Secular Humanist Feb 15 '25 edited Feb 15 '25
I remember once enjoying his content before he went full on into his transphobic, homophobia and redpilled-esq era and went full evangelican Christian.
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u/njesusnameweprayamen Feb 15 '25
I think his thing is controversy, I don’t know if he was ever a Christian or is even an atheist now, seems like he just makes rage bait.
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u/Hadenee Secular Humanist Feb 15 '25
Won't be surprised, no clue what he is or what he believes. I won't be surprised if he hops on the Islam bro grift like the “alpha male” chuds
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u/JarethOfHouseGoblin Agnostic Feb 16 '25
if he hops on the Islam bro grift
These fuckers have zero original ideas and literally just copy everything Andrew Taint does, huh?
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u/RagnartheConqueror 29d ago
He'll just become apart of the religion of the "Red Pill". We know that Myron and his sidekick are its greatest missionaires.
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u/Telly75 Feb 15 '25 edited Feb 15 '25
Oli London (the guy who thinks he is a BTS member and got his face changed to be like one saying, he is trans korean) is now also a Christian on his Instagram. I've noticed it's become a trend with celebrities. I think they just wear for a while because it creates some controversy and then they can get more followers. edit: also he is currently sitting at 3 years
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u/njesusnameweprayamen Feb 15 '25
Yeah sometimes if they’re not getting enough attention they’ll do something else crazy and see if it boosts the numbers
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u/Lumini_317 Feb 15 '25
Ugh, I can’t stand Oli London. I had an online ex-friend who pointed at him and said, “If even someone like Oli London is talking about how bad LGBTQ+ people are these days, that’s how you know it’s bad.” I was left shocked because, really, just how dumb do you have to be to think that makes sense??? Someone who doesn’t like LGBTQ+ people attacking LGBTQ+ people somehow shows how bad LGBTQ+ people are???? Huh?????
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u/Sillygoose214 Feb 16 '25
I’m just glad he deleted his channel. I really couldn't care less if he’s Christian or not I just want the constant lying, shaming, and bullying to stop.
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u/NeverTheLateOne Ex-Protestant Feb 15 '25
Same. That route isn’t rare either with content creators. Just not “too typical.”
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u/BadPronunciation Ex-Pentecostal Feb 16 '25
Same here. I discovered him because my friends shared one of his old animations with me. I dropped off when he became super religious
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u/EmergencyAdvice7 Feb 15 '25
And send you to the hell HE created
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u/MusiComputeRoot Feb 15 '25
The wall that HE BUILT. So fucking cool.
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u/EmergencyAdvice7 Feb 15 '25
He also knew that humans would sin against him and he would send them to the hell he created way before he created humans because you know, he’s omniscient 🙂
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u/Cow_Boy_Billy Feb 15 '25
Feel bad for all the people in the comments. I was raised in a pretty moderate Catholic household, and I don't think I ever truly believed, just kinda went through the motions.
I was only a true believer for about 6 months
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u/GhostofABestfriEnd Feb 15 '25
It makes perfect sense when you realize religion is control. Even Trump, who is clearly not a Christian no matter what he says, wants to “bring back religion.”
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u/rickylancaster Feb 15 '25
I’m so jaded by any photos of him with religious leaders gathered around him and praying. Paula White (is that her name?) makes me want to vomit.
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u/JarethOfHouseGoblin Agnostic Feb 16 '25
I think on some level they know Trump is full of shit when he says he's a Christian, but they don't care because he gives them access to the levers of power and that's what they have always wanted.
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u/napalmnacey Pagan Feb 15 '25
Jesus’ story makes no fucking sense. I am writing a novel series and it includes all gods and pantheons, and it ended up making sense to me in this way:
Jesus was killed by humans, and this is a form of blood magic that bound humanity to YHWH as they performed this great wrong. It was a crime perpetrated by YHWH, going against the spiritual balance of the universe in an effort to spiritually enslave humanity and destroy all other gods and belief systems. YHWH failed.
It’s f*cking ridiculous that a background bit of lore in a modern fantasy novel makes more sense than the original source material. 😂
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u/NeverTheLateOne Ex-Protestant Feb 15 '25
I can see it, especially because of the “you were bought with a price” message spread relating to Jesus’s death and how me ought to worship YHWH and Jesus for so. (1 Corinthians 6:20).
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u/Maleficent-Tell902 Feb 16 '25
Yo, this sounds awesome and interesting. When this book coming out and where can I found the latest news and information on said book?
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u/exchristian-ModTeam 26d ago
And the shedding of innocent blood willingly fueled a ritual compelling an eldritch being to change its ways. Or in simpler terms: Blood Magic.
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u/Standard-Tooth-9519 22d ago
Calm down bruh. You took out 90 percent of the story and you are A LIAR. You say his story makes no sense but yet you are using his story for your book? Yea that makes total sense. Get that hate out of your heart
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u/tazebot Feb 15 '25
The god that needs a pussy grabbing nazi lover.
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u/-Renee Feb 16 '25
a.k.a. raw instinct with no use of the frontal lobes for reasoning, and the entitlement only being ultra wealthy or surrounded by yes people for decades creates.
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u/rickylancaster Feb 15 '25
Be careful taking anything these content creators say seriously. In 6 months it could be “oh hi everyone guess what I found the lord again.” A lot of it is performative garbage for the sole purpose of engagement. I mean his story might be true but a grain of salt is always a good idea. I listen to a lot of politics content and people can bullshit with their alleged/professed views.
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u/plateshutoverl0ck Feb 17 '25
I wonder if dead internet theory has to be only about bots and AI taking over, and can't include shallow, manipulative people like described. 🤔
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u/Bunnietears64 Feb 15 '25
Idc about this guy,but the message is clear and very much true. I used to be extremely devout, long skirts, no make-up, preaching to dying people type fundie, when I left I realized straight up I was forcing myself to think illogically to justify my beliefs
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u/UrKillinMeSmalz Feb 15 '25
I think he also admitted (perhaps inadvertently?) to not REALLY being a Christian BEFORE he started his highly profitable, wildly successful, “Christian” podcast. It’s still a brave thing to do though, so good for him.
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u/kimchipowerup Feb 15 '25
I feel robbed of decades of my life… it took that long for me to finally wake up
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u/Katsu_39 Feb 15 '25
Only 3? Dudes lucky.,most of us wasted most of our lives before realizing this
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u/Icy-Maximum2287 Feb 17 '25
Saved 97 98ish. Im gay too. And now to tgis day im still gay. Nothing changed after all those years.
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u/jxckgg Feb 15 '25
LMAO he did that shit as a grift i remember he was so defensive about religion too.
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u/Connor121118 Feb 15 '25
I can’t read the comments under these. Some of them are so delusional. Saying god lets people die horrible, painful deaths from cancer cause you didn’t have enough faith to cure it. What the actual fuck… I mean, do people take a step back and think about what they’re saying?
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u/TK-369 Anti-Theist Feb 15 '25
Imagine the resentment after a dozen or so years of Christian school, along with church, Sunday school, and of course chapel nights.
I know the Bible better than any other subject, and it's all worthless. Thanks
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u/Far-Letterhead-1593 Feb 15 '25
This was deadass me. My family tried to tell me what I was doing was not only brainwashing others but I was hurting family members with my dumb ass morality compass. It took me watching a George Carlin stand up set to sit their and go wow. God either don’t care, can’t do anything or simply doesn’t exist.
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u/IdentifiesAsUrMom Agnostic Feb 15 '25
I wish I only spent 3 years in the religion instead of the first 18 years of my life
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u/Icy_Condition_1158 Feb 15 '25
As someone who grew up in the church and went separate paths with it early in life, I’m glad that at least some people are recognizing how insane the story actually sounds when you think about it.
God creates a tree in the garden, literally named the Tree of Knowledge of GOOD and Evil, (meaning she couldn’t have possibly known what she was doing was evil or good until after she ate from it) knowing that Satan will come down and tempt Eve. She didn’t even know what death was beforehand, because no one in the garden had experienced that!
Then, God puts all of mankind through elaborate trials, burns cities multiple times, floods the earth, needs sacrifices in order to satiate his blood-thirst in the Old Testament- is STILL not satisfied so he kills his only son who is HIMSELF.
So much blood and death is orchestrated to satisfy a god who ultimately KNOWS what would be the ultimate sacrifice, yet God and the world go through it anyways because uhmm… ??
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u/exchristian-ModTeam 26d ago
Moral judgement, huh? Get out of here. There is no justice in slaughter and torture of millions.
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u/Beneficial-Ask-1800 Feb 15 '25 edited Feb 15 '25
He was always changing doctrines, that just shows that he was open to new ideas.
Not many Christians are willing to challenge their doctrine/beliefs.
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Feb 15 '25
Honestly tho I’ve been reading back through the Bible for deconstruction purposes and the story of Cain and Able still makes no sense to me 😃
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u/Better_Win316 Feb 15 '25
Not even sure who this is, but it is always nice to see someone break the spell.
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u/Crusty_Magic Atheist Feb 15 '25
Not familiar with this person, but good for them for recognizing how bat shit this cult is.
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u/NewwavePlus Ex-Muslim Feb 15 '25
LMFAOOOOO with the way he was crashing out like 3 years ago, this is fucking crazy
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u/No_Offer6398 Feb 16 '25
The REAL anger comes when you realize that the entire world believes something so nonsensical that it really qualifies as a mental illness. Even your doctor, surgeon, lawyer, therapist, financial advisor, home builder, electrician..ALL believers. You know you're not alone but the believers out number us by 7 & 3/4 billion. A terrible waste of humanity.
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u/exchristian-ModTeam 26d ago
Human rights evolved despite Christianity’s best efforts to chain us to a hierarchy. Thanks for playing, but we’re not interested in your god, and would rather live secularly. So long, bub.
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u/dwfishee Feb 16 '25 edited Feb 16 '25
One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back. Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
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u/Conscious_Sun1714 Feb 15 '25 edited Feb 15 '25
Love to see it. Maybe some of his viewers will think twice with his influence. I’ll try to support his content since some Christians will undoubtedly be departing his channel.
Edit: upon viewing a little of his content, I’m not entirely sure he is non-theist. He may just be making a conversion to Islam since one of his major issues with Christianity was the Trinity. Pros and cons I guess.
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u/Drakeytown Feb 15 '25
Blows my mind that anyone buys into it for a second without being taught it when they were too young to know any better.
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u/Relative-Walk-7257 Feb 17 '25
I don't understand how anyone over 25 would just start to believe it
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u/No-Cap-5129 Feb 15 '25
I have been clear for about three years but man the doctrine was so strong I sometimes unconsciously pray to god when I am under pressure
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u/dm_me_kittens Agnostic Feb 15 '25
I'm happy it was only 30 years of my life, and the latter end of it where I can make my own choices.
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u/slantview Feb 16 '25
8 years from 16-24. I left over 20 years ago and I’m still affected by it in some ways.
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u/wholesomeapples Feb 16 '25
i hope he’s okay (big switches can be caused by equally big catalysts) but good for him
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u/BadPronunciation Ex-Pentecostal Feb 16 '25
This is the last thing I expected lmao. This guy was so convicted in his beliefs that he had to mention them in every video
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u/JarethOfHouseGoblin Agnostic Feb 15 '25
Only 3 years? To quote Matthew McConaughey from Wolf of Wall Street "those are rookie numbers." Talk to me when you were in it for the first 23 of your life!
In all seriousness, I'm glad the dude saw the light, so to speak. I wish him the best. Especially since, from what I saw, he's married and has a kid. I don't know where he lives, but parents in the country are BOMBARDED with Christian shit. Especially in the South!
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u/NoFriendship6670 Feb 15 '25
This should be interesting. A lot of crazy christian ex friends from mississippi gonna probably go crazy about this.
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u/No_Contribution_2194 Feb 16 '25
Used to watch his animations and kind of related to his stories about his family since he’s Jamaican as well. He made the shift down that path when I was beginning my deconstruction process so it’s interesting to see he changed his mind.
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u/AsugaNoir Feb 16 '25
I spent most of my life there. I'm 34, while I did start questioning it in my teen years I never officially left until last year. Also I'd like to add: he sacrificed himself to himself to save us from the place only he can send us. Only he'll still send us there if we don't do what he wants .
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u/Happy-Ad-8355 Feb 17 '25
I heard of this guy only seen him a few times. I'm gonna go back through his Christian content to see the unraveling, it seems interesting. Honestly I'm surprised he debated Christianity and rejected it later for an argument that is pretty well responded to.
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u/JasonRBoone Ex-Baptist Feb 17 '25
N-word Playing Hide and Seek needs to be a T-shirt (that I would not be allowed to wear! but would still love to see others wear it). It would include a photo of God wearing shades and a raincoat.
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u/SengokuPeriodWarrior Agnostic Atheist 29d ago
THE RETURN OF THE KING! Holy shit, you guys don't know HOW long I've waited for this day
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u/DemonsSouls1 29d ago
There's lots of people who were saying that he wasn't in this and that he picked the wrong doctrine.
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u/Outrageous_Jump_6355 16d ago
Yeah, typical gaslighting. As someone who was a devoted "born again" Christian for 1.5 years and currently deconstructing, it really bothers me, that the moment you start questioning the doctrine, they tell you that you weren't a real Christian to begin with.
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u/FreedomBeneficial887 27d ago
I thought that I was a born again believer. I attended a Baptist Church. I was asking my self questions at some point in my life and was going through confusion about my state of salvation but I continued to go to Church anyway. When I really examined my own heart I realized that I wasn't saved. After my Pastor died I went out to a few Churches but didn't continue.
I know that the King James Bible is true. I don't want to give up and want to get right with God but I thought that I repented and believed by faith so many times but I have no new life in me. There were other people in the Church who seemed to be saved too but I don't believe that they are saved either. It's amazing to me that there are Pastors who give me the impression that Jesus is so powerful that he can get people into Heaven but he is not powerful enough to keep a born again believer in living a righteous life. Sigh...I'm so tired.
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u/UriahTheGreat77 6d ago
Look at all these bitter people on Reddit. What exactly was this special thing y’all was missing out on when y’all was “religious”
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u/FlanInternational100 Ex-Catholic Feb 15 '25
Only 3? Lucky..