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Unshaken Faith

#16 Mr. Beast: When a Popular Influencer Becomes Transgender

Unshaken Faith

Alisa Childers & Natasha Crain

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, has over 147 million subscribers, and is a favorite among American families everywhere. Until recently, Jimmy has remained fairly neutral when it comes to politics and religion. That all changed when one of his best friends and costars Chris Tyson, recently announced that he is transitioning from male to female. Since then, Jimmy has ardently defended his friend’s choices and his Wikipedia page now describes him as an “American YouTuber, philanthropist, and transgender rights activist.” Today, Natasha and Alisa discuss what it looks like to talk with our kids about sensitive issues like transgenderism, and when their favorite youtube celebrity goes woke.

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0:00.0

Hey, I'm Natasha Crane, and I'm Elisa Childers.

0:05.0

Welcome to Unshaken Faith, where we equip you to live your Christian faith

0:11.0

boldly in a chaotic culture. Maybe you've already heard about the incredibly popular YouTube channel Mr Beast and one of the regulars on the channel who has just come out as

0:36.3

Transgender if you're unfamiliar Jimmy Donaldson better known as Mr Beast has over a hundred and 47 million subscribers and he's a favorite among American families

0:46.2

everywhere including ours. So my family has watched the channel for a couple of

0:50.5

years now and we've enjoyed watching videos of him doing zaney stunts like

0:54.7

picking a random fan to fly to Paris to buy him a baguette or donating hundreds of thousands of

0:59.6

dollars to charities including paying for LASIK eye Surgery for 1,000 people all over the world.

1:05.0

Well, until recently, Jimmy has remained fairly neutral when it comes to politics and religion.

1:10.9

He comes from a Christian background, and my family and I had her

1:14.3

fingers crossed that he would remain neutral and just continue surprising fast food

1:18.3

workers with $10,000 tips and showing us what it looks like to spend 50

1:22.4

hours buried alive.

1:24.3

But that all changed when one of his best friends and co-stars recently announced

1:28.0

that he is transitioning from male to female.

1:31.0

Since then, Jimmy has ardently defended his friend's choices and his

1:34.3

Wikipedia page now describes him as an American youtuber philanthropist and

1:39.2

transgender rights activist. As I said this has really affected our family and the

1:44.4

conversations we've been having. So today, Natasha and I are going to discuss what it

1:48.6

looks like to talk with our kids about sensitive issues like transgenderism and when their favorite YouTube celebrity

1:55.4

goes woke.

1:56.9

But first, some announcements and our tips of the week.

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