I am a fan of the YouTuber Charlie McDonnell. He's really funny and he likes Doctor Who - what's not to like? Some of his friends have appeared in his videos and many of them do videos like him. I decided to check out one of them. His name is Alex Day, probably better known as nerimon.
The first video I found was a video called "Alex Reads Creation." I decided to watch it. He started out by saying that the difference between Twilight and the Bible is that Twilight was poorly written. I had grinned. I liked him already.
I already knew he was an atheist, so I wasn't sure how the video was going to turn out. I was pretty sure that he would just go through it and joke about how ridiculous it was or something. In the video, he said that he believes the Bible is a work of fiction but that it is a good read.
I was amused. Never before had I heard that come from an atheist.
He opened the Bible. "'In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth,'" he read. He smiled as he said, "That's the most epic first sentence of all time."
I grinned. I hadn't heard an atheist say that, either. I can't really think of many people who aren't Christians who have had anything - anything - good to say about Christianity or the Bible. Even if he didn't believe that the book was the truth, he still had something good to say about it. It amazed me. It was also a bit of a relief. I thought I was just going to be watching a video that had him talking about how the very idea of creationism is idiotic or something.
But it gave me a new thing to think about. He was absolutely right. That is the most epic first sentence of all time. As a girl who was born and raised in a Christian home, it's often difficult to remember how amazing the Word can be. The fact that God created everything by just saying it is truly amazing. It gave me something new to think about. It let met think about how epic the Word is.
It's funny that I learned this from someone who doesn't even believe in a higher power.
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