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All right, all right. Well, let me just jump right into it today. A couple different topics. The first thing that I wanted to just, I don't know, maybe be as a warning to you. I'm not really sure if this is a warning or if this is just me rambling about myself.
I don't know. But you may have noticed that I can be sometimes a little bit of a contrarian. That might sound like a stupid comment because maybe it's obvious to some of you. But if everyone's hating on Bitcoin, then I'm, you know, potentially a little bit interested in Bitcoin.
If everyone's into Bitcoin, I'm going to buy some gold like, you know, a little bit of a contrarian. And I'm not always that way. And I'm not just like a hard and fast contrarian like I try to look at fundamentals and principles and history and all that kind of stuff.
And that's important because, you know, the world is upside down right now. We're in this really twisted, upside down part of the, the, the, you know, cycle of our empire in the United States. And so being a contrarian will actually be very beneficial to you a lot of the time.
You know what I mean? Like, like, I'll just give you an example. This is a tweet that Andrew Torba tweet. I got to stop saying that. I got to get rid of the lingo of the old universe, the old matrix. This is a gab that Andrew Torba reposted.
And it's just basically about like, you know, removing yourself from Twitter and how that makes you feel like a really good like it's actually you feel like mentally a lot. I don't know, just more focused when you're off of Twitter and Facebook and all their normal stuff.
I agree. I, I got myself off of Twitter primarily because it's just, you know, like what everyone is doing. And it was just, they started getting ridiculous with the, with the bannings and stuff like that.
And so my contrarian mindset, you know, with that kind of helped me, you know what I mean? And so that's going to happen very often in the upside down that we're currently living in being a contrarian when everyone else is saying up is down, but you're like, nah, nah, that's up.
Like that's going to serve you well, but it's not automatically going to serve you well. So I just, I just want to caution you. Like if you're like me and a little bit of a contrarian, I, to be honest, like when with my investments, I'm a little bit of a contrarian as well.
And it's, I think it's going to serve me well in the coming years, but being a contrarian isn't automatically good. In fact, I would argue that it's probably not a good thing. It's something that I, I know it about myself and I have to temper that somehow.
And for me, what I try to do with, as far as tempering my contrary nature is, is having, you know, friends and people that I, that I know, people that care about me, that have the ability and the willingness to kind of step in and be like, Hey D I don't know about that one.
You know what I mean? You know, and, and to be honest, my wife is very helpful in this regard because she'll disagree with me with some things and say, she doesn't quite agree with that reasoning or whatever.
And that's a good thing. That's a very valuable asset for any man. Because again, like I do think my contrarian kind of mindset is going to serve me well in the upside down, but it's not an automatic thing.
I have to temper that. I have to be careful to just be like, am I taking the opposite view because I actually believe it? Or is it just because I'm a contrarian? You know what I mean? And I have to keep an eye on that.
I think it's very helpful, you know, to think about yourself and to know what your weaknesses are. You know, there's, there's some information out there that, that's very, very cancelable if you mention it.
So I'll mention it. I'm a contrarian, you know what I mean? There's some information there out, out there about IQs and average IQs based on race and stuff like that. And I remember hearing about this information and I'm in one of the ethnic groups where the IQs tend to be lower according to this data.
And I remember, you know, thinking like, you know, why, why are people getting canceled for talking about this? Right? Like, it's not like they, they are happy about it. It's not like they're, you know what I mean?
Like they're just saying this is the case. Like there are certain ethnicities that have higher IQs on average and this and that and they get canceled over. Like people freak out and, and, and hate them for it.
But for me, it's like, well, if I'm, if I'm in one of those ethnicities that on average has a lower IQ than others, I think that's actually quite helpful to know that because if it's true, I mean, again, I'm not an expert on these things.
I'd have no idea if it's true or not, but what I'm saying is if it's true, right? Wouldn't I want to know, like, shouldn't you want to know where your limitations are? And I think this is important. Like, like if you know where your limitations are, if you have a general sense of where your limitations are, maybe you don't know exactly, you can go out and you can get the help you need to kind of make up for it.
So like, for example, I, my father is a nuclear engineer, so he's just like a science and math wizard, strong believer as well, but he's just a math and science wizard. I didn't get that gene from him.
I'm terrible at numbers and math and things like that. There's just no bone that I make no bones about it, right? I'm not good at it. I don't enjoy it and all of that kind of thing. And so, uh, I get help when it comes to my finances and my accounting and stuff like that.
I, I buy services to help me out with some of that stuff because I don't enjoy it. And because I think there's a high likelihood of me making a mistake when it comes to that kind of thing. And so it's like, wouldn't you want to know what you're good at and what you're not good at?
In fact, I pay a decent amount for someone to take care of a lot of the back office stuff regarding my, uh, my business. Um, I pay a decent amount for that because I, it's valuable to me and somebody else might see what I pay for that, some of that stuff and be like, well, what are you wasting your money for?
Why don't you just do it? And it's like, well, because I'm not good at it. You know what I mean? Like I don't want to make a mistake. And so I pay for, uh, that expertise. And so, um, I don't know, like I just, you know, like, like it, the whole reason I bring it up because I have a feeling that some people that watch this channel may, may be contrarians as well.
And that's fine. I'm not saying you're bad or anything like that, but just know that that's not automatically a strength. You know what I mean? It, I feel like it is a strength, especially in our time and day and age, but it's not automatically a strength.
And so know that there are some bad things that come with being a contrarian that you need to mitigate somehow. And so get that help. I think the body of Christ is great for this because where I'm strong, I can help others out where I'm weak.
They can help me out. And I can't say, you know, to the, if I'm a hand, I can't say to the foot, I don't need you. No, no. The hand needs the foot, right? The hand can't walk well, unless you're one of those acrobats.
Um, but you see that you see my point. I think the body of Christ is great for this. So, um, if you're a contrarian like me, you know, understand that and, uh, and do something about it. So anyway, um, so there's that, that's the first thing.
And then I did want to comment about, um, you know, a lot of people. So by now you've probably heard that, that Paul Maxwell has left the faith. And, um, you know, I, I first noticed this, somebody had sent me a link to something.
I'm off. Like I said, I'm off Twitter. I I'm off Facebook. I've never had an Instagram, you know, like, so I didn't know, uh, until, until people sent me this stuff. And then I noticed like a bunch of people commenting on my old video that I did about one of his videos.
And the comments were just so bizarre. It's like, this didn't age well, like, you know, obviously gloating that, uh, that Paul Maxwell was an unbeliever. Um, and it's, I didn't say anything in it that didn't age well.
I mean, and what Paul was saying in the video was true. So it's like, I don't understand why people think that like the truth of what you say depends on like your status as a believer, like unbelievers can say true things.
We all understand that a lot of times they get them right by accident, but they can definitely say true things. But anyway, that's not really what I wanted to talk about. I just found it very weird that people felt like they had the need to say, that didn't, that didn't age well.
Like, what do you mean it didn't age well? I don't understand. Anyway, I watched a couple of John Harris's videos on, on his apostasy. Um, and yeah, it's, it's, it's, it's sad to see no question about it.
It's sad to see. Um, and I think that a lot of John's commentary was right on the money as far as the whole idea of people making these videos and talking about how happy they are and all that kind of stuff, where that comes from, why they feel happy.
I think he's right about that. I don't think there's any question about it. Um, but the, the bizarre thing, and I do want to comment on this is, uh, Dr. Anthony Bradley's weird, bizarre tweet with him embracing, you know, Paul Maxwell and saying, Hey, he's doing great.
He's really happy. This is, I can field your questions about him and stuff like that. And I just can't help, but I've thought about it and I just felt like I just had to say this, like, I can't help but see the stark contrast between Anthony's reaction and, um, what you see in the scripture.
You know what I mean? And, and it's just very, very interesting. It's just like, like there's like, like, I just don't get the impulse to celebrate it. You know what I mean? Like, I, you know, you don't, nobody has to lament publicly or make a post about how they disavow or whatever.
I'm not saying that, but what I am saying is I just don't get the celebration. I don't get the, the buying into the lie that this is the, this is the best choice for his mental health. Like, I just can't imagine doing that.
You see in the scripture, it says, if anyone has no love for the Lord, God, damn that guy, let him be a curse. Let him be anathema. That's God damning him, right? That's a serious, like very severe way to look at people who have no love for the Lord.
And I think we're meant to feel the weight of that, of those words. That's not, it's not like a game. You know what I mean? It's not something to be trifled with. It's not something to be playing around with.
Like, you know, Anthony Bradley's posting selfies of a guy who just recently committed apostasy, and like, can you ever see the Apostle Paul doing such a thing? I just don't understand it. Like, it's just so, it's such, it's such a weird, weird thing.
I just don't get it. I can understand someone apostatizing, right? Like, I can understand someone who's an unbeliever feeling the need to publicly and just kind of bombastically leaving the faith. Because when you're suppressing the truth for so long, right, you don't believe in Christ.
You have no love for the Lord. You're suppressing the truth, but at the same time, you're pretending like you're not suppressing the truth. That is probably building up and building up. And then when you finally stop lying to yourself and to everybody else, it's, it is something that I feel like you want to draw attention to.
You want to, maybe not get accolades for, but like, the pressure release valve there is tremendous. And so there's going to be some oomph behind it. I get that. You know what I mean? I get that. Um, but from a believing perspective, I can't imagine celebrating that or feeling the need to post a selfie or to show solidarity with that, because that's not how the scripture teaches us to behave with those who leave the faith, right?
That's not how it teaches us to behave. And you might think that sounds harsh and that's fine. I'm not going to, I'm not going to argue with you about that. You know what I mean? It's just, it's just so clear, right?
You know, like the scripture takes this and it's very solemn and severe about the consequences. I just can't imagine the apostle or any of the apostles, you know, posting selfies about how genuine their happiness is once they leave Christ.
You know what I mean? I just can't accept that as a person who's an actual believer who actually believes this. I think the reason that you see that kind of reaction from Dr. Anthony Bradley, this is my opinion, is that he's on that same path.
He's on that same road to apostasy. And I think it's an encouraging sort of happy thing to see someone who's a little further on that path, have success along that path. I think that Anthony Bradley is very inspired by Paul Maxwell.
And I think that that's a very sad thing. It gives me no pleasure. It's not surprising to see it, knowing what I know about Anthony Bradley and his interactions and the way he has these conversations.
It's a very sad thing and it's a very severe thing. And so when the scripture says, if anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed. We should feel that, the weight of that. Like saying for God to damn someone because they have no love for the Lord should weigh heavy on us.
It should weigh heavy on us. And it should weigh heavier on me than it does. I'll be honest. And so I don't know if you found that helpful or if, you know, that's all I'm going to say about this. I'm not going to do a video at length about Paul or anything like that.
You know, I pray that God has mercy on Paul. I do. I pray that God has mercy on Anthony Bradley as well. Dr. Anthony Bradley. I guess it's Dr. Paul Maxwell as well. And that's all I'll say about it. I just can't imagine the joyous reaction that Dr. Anthony Bradley—it's very shameful, very shameful.
Someone, a friend of his, ought to reach out to him because that's, it's not a good sign. It's not a good sign to, instead of feeling the weight of someone's apostasy, instead of doing that, posting selfies about how genuinely happy the apostate is.
I don't get it, but it certainly seems to be something that is an indicator of the person's playing for the wrong team, is on the same path as Dr. Paul Maxwell is as well. Anyway, that's all I'll say.
I hope that you found this video helpful. God bless.
