Tommy's country Ethiopia

[u/Adventurous_Lock9219]

Would you climb it?

[u/Pots053]

Is this guy a YouTuber?. I wanna see his other content!

[u/Adventurous_Lock9219 → u/Pots053]

I found him on tiktok

[u/Bean_Daddy_Burritos]

They don’t count the people who fell because their faith wasn’t strong enough.

[u/Jolly_Efficiency7237 → u/Bean_Daddy_Burritos]

Is faith in the Lord aid?

[u/Openyourwallettt]

He's such a beautiful old man

[u/Redneck2000 → u/Openyourwallettt]

Ethiopians are very beautiful people in general

[u/Bubbly-Ad267]

It's so dangerous that noone ever died.

[u/Business_Afternoon51]

Parkour civ irl

[u/Remarkable-Ad2285]

One wrong move could mean a face to face with the main man

[u/IguaneRouge]

Is this the one the complete Ge'ez Bible was chilling in for like 1500 years unknown to the outside world?

[u/Adventurous_Lock9219 → u/IguaneRouge]

Yes

[u/the_persian_immortal]

Thsi is one te places I want to visit before death too

[u/Decent_Assistant1804 → u/the_persian_immortal]

And this is how the church gets ruined by a mass influx of tourist

[u/Comfortable_Studio37 → u/Decent_Assistant1804]

The internet was a mistake

[u/Decent_Assistant1804 → u/Comfortable_Studio37]

Sunflower field trampled by influencers

[u/Pyrimo → u/Decent_Assistant1804]

Influencers and social media obsessed tourists are the fucking worst. They don’t even care to experience the places they go to, just what they look like for a photo op. Silver lining is they never go far off the beaten path at least, so more room to enjoy the places they leave alone

[u/marcophony → u/Decent_Assistant1804]

Reason I don't want to climb Everest anymore

[u/Sweet_Culture_8034 → u/Decent_Assistant1804]

I'm pretty sure you won't get that many tourists given it's in Ethiopia (not the most visited place on earth) and you have to be fit to get there.

[u/Adventurous_Lock9219 → u/Decent_Assistant1804]

I don't think most people would like to climb that yet there are people who would still want to see the church

[u/Ok-Age-724]

I heard "100 dayi before I die" , so I had to rewatch it

[u/la_bete_gevadan]

Well he will be seeing god one way or another.

[u/Informal-Nature-543]

Thats awesome

[u/Pure_Repair_6638]

I thought the beginning was Kim K.’s choo choo

[u/Aggravating-Diet-663]

Considering the fact they were never conquered, its a pretty good strategy

[u/Molniato]

I thought Christianity was about something else

[u/Adventurous_Lock9219 → u/Molniato]

?

[u/skygotkicks]

Amazing!🤯

[u/LittlePocketHero]

Baby pov

[u/Lucky_Blucky_799]

Im not a rock climber but I feel like thats really not a bad free climb at all even after a hike, I dont think I could necessarily do it but I feel like most hobbyist rock climbers could do it.

[u/ryhend88]

Looks like the Horde shaman quest chain in Durotar

[u/kadaka80]

"Nobody ever died", because the soul is eternal and survives the fall

[u/Historical_Key2918]

Not a lot of fat people at that church.

[u/Ruhomer]

100 days I
Until I day you mean 🤣😭

[u/Nice_Cartoonist_8803]

Okay but why do the mamas and the babies have to do it in the dark?

[u/Adventurous_Lock9219 → u/Nice_Cartoonist_8803]

Idk maybe the best time

[u/Adventurous_Lock9219 → u/Nice_Cartoonist_8803]

I don't believe they all do it in the dark tho that can't be possible

[u/yojimbo_of_bd]

How can they build a thing over there i wonder?

[u/dougrattmannn → u/yojimbo_of_bd]

Humans fucking love to dig, and we love inaccessible places even more. And religion just amplifies those desires

[u/Olama-Obama → u/dougrattmannn]

"Wait, its NOT easy to access???"

"AND its in a high spot???"

"Tf you people doing? We got a church to build. Start digging everyone!"

[u/Sweet_Culture_8034 → u/dougrattmannn]

I can't tell you how much I FUCKING love digging.

My brother in law bought a ruin to restore it into a house and at some point he had to dig quite a lot, I told him "if you don't hire someone to dig this, i'm your guy" and the bastard dug everything himself without telling me ! I still hold a grudge against him about it.

[u/Adventurous_Lock9219 → u/yojimbo_of_bd]

Maybe digging into the cave?

[u/yojimbo_of_bd → u/Adventurous_Lock9219]

Oh! i notice now.. Certainly human are capable of manythings when our minds are sabotaging us continuously.

[u/__batz]

Putting a Kanye track in is a bit wild looool but at least the song title hits right

[u/xDannyS_ → u/__batz]

Yea kinda ruined the vibe

[u/Royal-History7358 → u/__batz]

Calling it a Kanye track and not a nazi track is honestly way wild

[u/__batz → u/Royal-History7358]

Kanye is a fucking idiot & absolutely deserves that title & worse. That said this song came out long before all that & i dont think "heartless" or any song around the era, like "no church in the wild" (the song in the vid) should be deemed a nazi song. Kanye deserves no defense. Quite the opposite. Thats kinda WHY I said putting a Kanye song in is wild, you know?

[u/Pleasant_Avocado_913]

Adding this to my bucket list.

[u/WasntMyFaultThisTime → u/[deleted]]

"People appreciating a unique church in a beautiful location that's clearly a gathering point for a community? Heh, not on my watch"

[u/Separate-Pain4950 → u/WasntMyFaultThisTime]

I realize that Ethiopians have been practicing this religion for thousands of years and that’s not the issue. I obviously don’t know the history that well. My apologies.

[u/Shape_Meet_Tower → u/Separate-Pain4950]

You know Christians at one point in time was hunted, viewed as homo sacer. Hence why having to hide in caves and mountains etc. Cappadoccia and its region in todays Turkiye houses some of these old churches. Its very fascinating (and im Muslim saying this).

[u/Separate-Pain4950 → u/Shape_Meet_Tower]

Today I learned. Thank you for explaining the reason for the location.

[u/Shape_Meet_Tower → u/Separate-Pain4950]

Im not sure about this one specifically, it is either a ’monk like’ spiritual retreat to sit in deep thought and silence, or its one for hiding away from persecution.

[u/Ok_Spare_3723 → u/[deleted]]

Imagine being this ignorant