Bible Expert (likely Wesley Huff or a co-host closely involved with Biblical scholarship)

original sin like the israelites want a king they're like hey god we want a king and god's like no that's gonna kings always end badly yeah you don't want that and they demand it and he gives him a king and saul is not a great guy and then david sleeps with everybody and kills people's husbands so you know it's the the narrative of this story i think that definitely happens i think

original sin like the israelites want a king they're like hey god we want a king and god's like no that's gonna kings always end badly yeah you don't want that and they demand it and he gives him a king and saul is not a great guy and then david sleeps with everybody and kills people's husbands so you know it's the the narrative of this story i think that definitely happens i think

So the common accusation is that Constantine converts and then he pollutes things, right? Yeah. I think the problem with that is that Constantine, if he wants to exert power by converting to Christianity, it's kind of a dumb thing to do because he's converting to a minority religion that worships a crucified Jew. Why did he convert the empire to Christianity?

So the common accusation is that Constantine converts and then he pollutes things, right? Yeah. I think the problem with that is that Constantine, if he wants to exert power by converting to Christianity, it's kind of a dumb thing to do because he's converting to a minority religion that worships a crucified Jew. Why did he convert the empire to Christianity?

So the common accusation is that Constantine converts and then he pollutes things, right? Yeah. I think the problem with that is that Constantine, if he wants to exert power by converting to Christianity, it's kind of a dumb thing to do because he's converting to a minority religion that worships a crucified Jew. Why did he convert the empire to Christianity?

So he converted himself to Christianity. It's only after him under Emperor Theodosius that Christianity becomes the religion of Rome. I thought he converted on his deathbed. No. But I know what you're talking about. So he got baptized on his deathbed. That's it. Yes, yes. He converts after the events of 312 with the Battle of Milvian Bridge.

So he converted himself to Christianity. It's only after him under Emperor Theodosius that Christianity becomes the religion of Rome. I thought he converted on his deathbed. No. But I know what you're talking about. So he got baptized on his deathbed. That's it. Yes, yes. He converts after the events of 312 with the Battle of Milvian Bridge.

So he converted himself to Christianity. It's only after him under Emperor Theodosius that Christianity becomes the religion of Rome. I thought he converted on his deathbed. No. But I know what you're talking about. So he got baptized on his deathbed. That's it. Yes, yes. He converts after the events of 312 with the Battle of Milvian Bridge.

So there's this battle between Maxentius, who's the leader of the West, and Constantine, who's the leader of the East, and they fight for the unification of... The empire. The story is, whether you want to consider it reliable or not, is that... Constantine and his army have a vision of the Cairo, what looks like a P and an X. It's the first two letters in Greek for the word Christ.

So there's this battle between Maxentius, who's the leader of the West, and Constantine, who's the leader of the East, and they fight for the unification of... The empire. The story is, whether you want to consider it reliable or not, is that... Constantine and his army have a vision of the Cairo, what looks like a P and an X. It's the first two letters in Greek for the word Christ.

So there's this battle between Maxentius, who's the leader of the West, and Constantine, who's the leader of the East, and they fight for the unification of... The empire. The story is, whether you want to consider it reliable or not, is that... Constantine and his army have a vision of the Cairo, what looks like a P and an X. It's the first two letters in Greek for the word Christ.

And here a voice that says, in this sign, conquer. And so he puts that on all his shields. And even though they're going against the Praetorian Guard, which is like the elite fighting force of Maxentius, they win. And so after that point, he starts to like, okay, what's going on here with this? I used the sign of the Christian God. And it worked. And I won.

And here a voice that says, in this sign, conquer. And so he puts that on all his shields. And even though they're going against the Praetorian Guard, which is like the elite fighting force of Maxentius, they win. And so after that point, he starts to like, okay, what's going on here with this? I used the sign of the Christian God. And it worked. And I won.

And here a voice that says, in this sign, conquer. And so he puts that on all his shields. And even though they're going against the Praetorian Guard, which is like the elite fighting force of Maxentius, they win. And so after that point, he starts to like, okay, what's going on here with this? I used the sign of the Christian God. And it worked. And I won.

And then we do have testimony of other early Christians who seem to give credibility to the fact that he does, in fact— And part of that is that if he wanted to exert power, he could just do what Diocletian did and say, I'm God. I'm going to kill everybody. What I say goes. And he doesn't do that.

And then we do have testimony of other early Christians who seem to give credibility to the fact that he does, in fact— And part of that is that if he wanted to exert power, he could just do what Diocletian did and say, I'm God. I'm going to kill everybody. What I say goes. And he doesn't do that.

And then we do have testimony of other early Christians who seem to give credibility to the fact that he does, in fact— And part of that is that if he wanted to exert power, he could just do what Diocletian did and say, I'm God. I'm going to kill everybody. What I say goes. And he doesn't do that.

Yeah, it's not... Why even teach that? I mean, why does anybody teach anything?

Yeah, it's not... Why even teach that? I mean, why does anybody teach anything?

Yeah, it's not... Why even teach that? I mean, why does anybody teach anything?