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Jefferson Bethke, 22, and has created a vigorous online debate about God and Religion
When he posted his “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus” video on YouTube,he made a bet with his roommates about how many views the video would get by morning. The lowest bet was 1,000 and the highest bet was 6,000,
By the time Bethke woke up the next day, the video had more than 100,000 views. Eight days after the video posted, it has been watched more than 14 million times.
Bethke said the video was not an attempt to bash all religion, but rather “to write a poem against legalism, self righteousness, self-justification and hypocrisy” — the definition of bad religion that is preached at Mars Hill, the church he attends in Washington state.
Read Elizabeth Tenety’s Blog in the Washington Post
Well know catholic commentator Father Robert Barron in responding to the video fields some questions the viral clip raised, including why the video was so popular, how religion is defined, and how Catholics are to respond.
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