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Rhett and Link give update 5 years after deconstructing, say they're not scared of Hell: 'It doesn't make sense'

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Five years after publicly deconstructingtheir faith, YouTube stars Rhett and Link have opened up about their religious views and revealed they’re not scared of going to Hell, dismissing it as a “human construct” rather than a biblical one and a “mechanism” to keep people in Christianity.

During a two-hour Feb. 17 podcast titled “Link Actually Prayed” on their Ear Biscuits YouTube channel, Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal, better known as Rhett & Link, gave their “annual update” on their religious views after departing from Christianity in early 2020.

“I'm in a good place, but it's like holding steady and still at arm's length,” Link said. “I like to keep it simple, you know. And I like to keep it to like, love platitudes.”

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Their life, their choice. Ultimately no one can manipulate God. Although I agree, the images of hell should never be afraid to scare people. God is not a monster.
 
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Just a couple of things...

1. I have never heard of these guys but they have 30mil followers. That makes me feel old and out of touch. But, I may not be missing much.
2. 30 million people may very well be influenced by these guys and that will make reaching those 30 million even harder. That makes me feel sad.
 
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Just a couple of things...

1. I have never heard of these guys but they have 30mil followers. That makes me feel old and out of touch. But, I may not be missing much.
2. 30 million people may very well be influenced by these guys and that will make reaching those 30 million even harder. That makes me feel sad.
You can say the same about Mr. Beast who has a huge youth following, was a devout Evangelical Christian, and is now an agnostic over so-called "homophobia."

Sad, really!
 
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Five years after publicly deconstructingtheir faith, YouTube stars Rhett and Link have opened up about their religious views and revealed they’re not scared of going to Hell, dismissing it as a “human construct” rather than a biblical one and a “mechanism” to keep people in Christianity.

During a two-hour Feb. 17 podcast titled “Link Actually Prayed” on their Ear Biscuits YouTube channel, Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal, better known as Rhett & Link, gave their “annual update” on their religious views after departing from Christianity in early 2020.

“I'm in a good place, but it's like holding steady and still at arm's length,” Link said. “I like to keep it simple, you know. And I like to keep it to like, love platitudes.”

Continued below.
We are all born unbelievers, by nature objects of wrath (Eph 2:3) and enemies of God (Ro 5:10) and remain so until the sovereign (as unaccountable as the wind, Jn 3:6-8) Holy Spirit rebirths us (Jn 3:3-5), which he does not do for all mankind.
 
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