I Tried Believing the Bible, But “It’s Just Not True” - Pastor

On Christmas Day, Kevin Wesley posted a question on Facebook that you don’t always expect from a pastor: “What if the bible, is NOT the word of God?”

A day later, he made a video elaborating on that idea and effectively declaring himself an atheist.

I put up a post yesterday on Facebook that said, “What if the Bible is not the word of God?” Needless to say, people were appalled by — disgusted even… I’m quoting them, okay?

They said they’ve seen me preach, they have seen me cry, they have seen me minister, they have seen me with my hands raised, loving Jesus. And that’s true. I was a preacher. I was a minister. I was a dancer. All these things. I was a gospel rapper.

But if I can do all these things, and you witnessed my sincerity while I was doing these things, don’t you think I must have came across something sincere? Something that’s so valid that it shook my belief, even when I didn’t want it to?

So you say you’re going to pray for me. You don’t think I’ve prayed? You don’t think I’ve begged this Jesus I grew up believing in to just show me the validity? You don’t think I researched and tried to prove that this Bible was no doubt the inspired word of God?

I tried. And it’s just not true. Okay?

So [there] comes a time in every man’s life when he has to make a choice. I understand there’s a lot of people who saw me be Christian, who saw me love Jesus, pray to Jesus, worship Jesus. I understand that. But to all of you people that I love dearly, I have to tell you: I am making a choice to stand on what I now know to be truth. And if you don’t wanna be my friend anymore, then you were never my friend to begin with…

He continued:

… We say God don’t make mistakes.

Listen: There’s no way you’re gonna convince me that this God, that you believe in… is okay with slavery. There’s no way, when your Bible teaches you that slavery is okay, that what our ancestors went through is okay with God? Then I have a problem with that.
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Listen: We’re being lied to. At some point, we have to use common sense, that the same people who stole us from our land, raped our ancestors, hung us… why would they give us a book that would benefit us, set us free? Why would they do that? They would not.

The Facebook video was seen by 65,000 people. A separate YouTube version of the video already has 300,000 views