This is So Sad...

This might actually be the greatest YouTube video of all time. The MrBeast squid game has completely blown up. It's on course to hit 100 million views in under four days.

In the YouTube universe, Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, is king. Nobody comes close in terms of rate of growth, scale of videos, quality of videos, general likeability, and philanthropy.

Before I started this Beast Philanthropy channel, I had put over half a million dollars into this charity. And it just wasn't sustainable for me to fund the charity forever. Which is exactly why we created the Beast Philanthropy YouTube channel.

And we are taking 100 of the money from this channel and funneling it into the Beast Philanthropy charity.

Jimmy's knowledge of YouTube is unparalleled. Here's my question.

If we took you, took your brain right now, and put it into a guy with no money and no subscribers. So you can't give away money, you can't make a million dollar giveaway video. How long would it take you to get to one million subscribers?

Probably three months, maybe four. From zero? Easily. Three or four months. Like, if that's all that guy was doing.

Like many others who create content on YouTube, I study and admire Jimmy's work and expertise. As well as his desire to help people in need.

I had to choose between car insurance, rent, cell phone bills. So I choose food for my kids instead of paying any of those bills.

But because of this, you don't have to pick anymore. No, I don't have to do it anymore. I appreciate you doing this interview. I also want to just give you two brand new iPads as a thanks.

MrBeast, Logan Paul, and Jimmy Donaldson’s Religious Views

Logan Paul is another extremely large YouTuber who hosts a popular podcast called Impulsive. In an interview on the Impulsive podcast, Logan asked Jimmy about what he believes. Are you saving yourself for marriage?

Are you? No, absolutely not. Absolutely not. What about—. Hold on a second. I'm not religious. Okay.

So are you saving yourself for marriage? I'm not religious. At all? No, I'm not. What about that Jesus? No. He's saying no. Are you atheist? He just asked the same question in different ways. The answer is the same.

Atheists or agnostic? Agnostic. Like, I mean, the place is—the universe is complex. And like, it's hard to believe someone didn't do it. I don't know. There's a lot.

You're open-minded, huh? So you believe in a creator or some sort of being.

But it's just hard to tell. I mean, there's a lot out there, you know.

He's agnostic, so he doesn't have proof to push him in either direction or another.

By the way, I get it. Same page as you. Jimmy and Logan say three things here that are particularly interesting. First, Jimmy implies that he's not saving himself for marriage by saying— I'm not religious.

Second, Jimmy says that he's agnostic because the universe is complex. He says it's hard to tell what the truth really is because—.

But it's just, like, hard to tell. I mean, there's a lot out there, you know.

And third, Logan says— By the way, I get it. Same page as you. Jimmy has also shared about his mission in life.

You know, I was like, we're going to be the biggest YouTube channel ever. I was like, I don't care. I'll f***ing die trying. Like, I'm going to obsess and grind. I mean, the only thing that was consistent is, like, I woke up every day and I grinded.

And I obsessed. And I was like, I'm going to die trying. Like, if we don't make it, I'm going to try until the day I f***ing die.

Jimmy's goal in life is to create the absolute best YouTube videos in the world. And in terms of scale and popularity, we could argue that Jimmy is already at the top. And his goal now is simply to stay on top.

I've grown to really enjoy the content Jimmy creates.

I'm going to spend the next 50 hours buried alive in this coffin. Probably the dumbest thing I've ever done. I tied up an FBI agent. If he steals this $100 ,000 from me before midnight, he keeps it. This is a knife.

Good luck. Let's go, Tariq. This is a never-ending giant mountain of cash. And as much cash as you can carry, you can keep. I don't care if you put it in your pockets, in your hoodie, in your pants, in your shoes.

When do I go?

Now! Now! And I appreciate that it's just wholesome, fun content. To reach such a broad and expansive audience, Jimmy is very intentional about avoiding controversy.

Ricegum. He was out within, what, a minute? Yeah, 30 seconds.

30 seconds. I guess he just... never mind.

No, no, no, say it. He wanted to be there for the clout. Is what he... Didn't he say that in the video? Let's move on to something else. Okay, man. Whatever you're comfortable with. I like how you stay out of controversy.

Yeah, I really... I want to grow without drama.

Why is Tim Tebow so hated? Because he's not ashamed to talk about sin and the cross.

Jimmy is one of my favorite non-Christians because he's an inspiring example of someone who has mastered his craft.

You've never been growing faster.

No, I mean, like, we're... we... I think we did 20 million subscribers last month across all the channels. Oh my gosh. So, yeah, that and probably 2 billion views now. And it's just going up month over month.

Because once you have 40 channels, if they're all pulling 100 plus million views a month, it gets pretty crazy.

Who creates the absolute best content in his field. Who is dedicated to purposes that are admirable.

I mean, at the end of the day, I could spend less for videos if I want to. I'm just focused on making the best videos possible, period. I don't care about making money. I don't care about time. I don't care about anything.

I just want to make the best videos on the planet.

And who loves helping others.

It's been a wild month. What did you think of it? It's been a good month.

We've got a lot of people fate this month and we're going to get even more fate next month.

Thank you so much for watching this channel. Let's change the world.

The Limits of Success Without Jesus Christ

At the same time, I'm saddened that the tremendous success Jimmy is currently experiencing will mean absolutely nothing without Jesus Christ and the gospel. Jimmy says that the universe is complex and there's a lot out there.

So he can't know whether the Bible is true. My plea to Jimmy is for him to spend more time considering foundational, ultimate questions about human existence and the purpose of human existence.

Could a book arise spontaneously from nothing? Absolutely. But could it make itself? No.

As you know, life came from non-life. That ought to be enough right there to make any rational person snicker. Excuse me? Life came from non-life? In fact, I thought it was one of the established principles of biology that spontaneous generation is not true.

What's the origin of human intelligence?

They're maintaining trust in an atheistic perspective of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, logic, history, humans and more. We're contending that because God exists, this debate is possible. Given our opponent's view of the world and commitments, this debate would be incoherent, meaningless, irrelevant and wasteful.

Why the descendants of highly evolved societies of bacteria would be exercising energy arguing for anything at all in this ultimately purposeless universe should be perplexing to all of us.

What's the origin and justification for immaterial laws of logic and the uniformity of nature?

If you're an atheist, there's no uniformity to nature. Now, I once debated an atheist, Dr. Stein, who when confronted with this kind of thing said, well, it's just the characteristic of the material world to be uniform.

Anybody see any kind of unargued philosophical bias there? Now, the most obvious indication of bias is that he just wants to say the world's like this, pure and simple. Oh, you don't need a reason for that.

Now, science is the demand for what? A reason for the events that take place. And what you want to tell me then, Dr. Stein, is the whole edifice of science rests upon no reason. So, science rests upon the opposite of itself, indeed the very violation of what it demands.

You don't need reasons for the uniformity of nature, you say, but then everything else calls for reasoning, for causes of the events that take place. So, you're not even living in terms of your own world.

Is morality universal and objective? And if so, what's the origin of objective moral standards? Are we stardust?

They say, oh yes, yes, we're stardust. Like Carl Sagan said, we are stardust, right? Neil deGrasse Tyson, he says we're stardust. Well, let me ask you a question. What makes you think stardust must flourish?

What if I want to kerosene the whole anthill? Who are you to argue with me? You're acting like stardust should flourish and should produce and should do well. I think there's actually a lot of human suffering in the world and if we just ended it all, we would end a lot of human suffering and there are actually a lot of people who think just like that.

And you have no argument with them, no objective basis for morality. All you have is preference, societal convention. That's all you have.

Christianity as the Only Sufficient Worldview

What worldview can properly answer these questions in a sufficient and self-consistent way?

My argument is not that you must profess Christianity to have knowledge. My argument is that Christianity must be true in order for you to have knowledge.

We would argue that when a rational person studies the philosophy related to these questions, the inevitable conclusion will be that only the biblical worldview can satisfactorily answer all of those ultimate questions.

So what does the biblical worldview teach? It teaches that we are all sinners who have rebelled against our Creator by not worshipping and obeying God as we should. And since our sin is against an infinitely holy and righteous God, we deserve infinite punishment for our sins, which is eternity in hell.

Sir, there is a terrible malady upon you and a judgment coming.

Christ’s Saving Work, Repentance, and New Life

But the second person of the Godhead, Jesus Christ, took on a human nature to live the perfect life we could not live and to die for sin on the cross as a substitute sacrifice. And now Jesus calls all people everywhere to repent or turn away from sin and trust in his atoning work alone for their salvation.

All I have is God wrapped himself in flesh, died on a cross, nailed my sin thereto, was placed in the grave, rose again on the third day, ascended to the right hand of the Father, and is there making intercession for me until such time as my salvation is completed and he takes me home.

That's all I got.

All who repent and believe have been born again or given new life by God and are now beloved children of God who can have assurance of eternal fellowship with God and joy in heaven. Jimmy, here's the message you need to hear.

It's only when your YouTube mission is wrapped within God's revelation and plan that your life and purpose can be truly complete. Without Christ, everything you have built will mean absolutely nothing.

When you stand before God on the last day. And obviously, this message isn't only for Jimmy. It's also for you.