How (And Why) The Right Stole Christianity - SOME MORE NEWS
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Executive Producer - Katy Stoll
Hosted by Cody Johnston
Directed by Will Gordh
Written by Erik Barnes
Edited by John Conway
Produced by Jonathan Harris
Associate Producer - Quincy Tucker
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Researcher - Marco Siler-Gonzales
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
03:18 - Why People Are Leaving The Church
07:50 - Does "He Get Us"?
11:57 - Christian Nationalism
17:42 - Segregation and the Religious Right
22:53 - Evangelicals Get Involved In Politics
26:04 - The Right Discovers Abortion
29:20 - Bedtime For Bonzo
38:42 - Bible Study
47:50 - Being Leftist and Christian?
@cherrypopscile3385 19 днів тому
There's something insanely funny to me about the trump worship. Like, when I was a Christian years ago, I was told "The Anti Christ" would pretend to be the savior, prophet, and Christ reborn while being worshipped by people who were deceived. That legit sounds like trump.
@daveyellick6685 19 днів тому
Insanely funny but also insanely concerning that so many people have bought into an obvious scam. Also reminds me of the quote attributed to Sinclair Lewis, “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and holding a cross.”
@vyvianalcott1681 19 днів тому
He's also the only person I can think of that exemplifies every single sin lmao
@bazingaburg8264 19 днів тому
Trump had a golden statue of himself at C-PAC in late February 2021, doesn't get much more on the nose than that.
@ReallyBadJuJu 19 днів тому
My grandfather was legit convinced he was the antichrist. I argued with him because I no longer believed in his religion at all. But Trump really has been the closest thing I've seen to that description.
@landonletterman831 19 днів тому
As a Christian I have been cautioning as many as I can that: If faith the size of a mustard seed can move mountains, what can all of one's faith misplaced accomplish? and Supporting Trump, for a Christian, is like trying to turn the Rapture into the Apple of Eden, and they can't wait to take a bite.
@scottbrayton9484 19 днів тому
"Saying "jesus fucking christ" isn't taking the lords name in vain, starting a hateful and bigoted war against minorities in his name is taking the lords name in vain" ~ Cj the X
@thefruitman3200 19 днів тому
Amen
@Leith_Crowther 19 днів тому
Who is Cj the X, and what grounding do they have in biblical scholarship? Like, sure, that’s the more MORAL interpretation, but how does he know it was the intended one by the authors?
@QuikVidGuy 19 днів тому
I think it's closer to "brutally oppressing the downtrodden and forcing your religious views on them in the name of God"
@K-tw4wb 19 днів тому
@@Leith_Crowtherit's an opinion, just like the ones the scholars have.
@thefruitman3200 19 днів тому
@@Leith_Crowther CJ the x is a non-binary christian video essayiste and musician As for the meaning, i guess it's more up to interpretation, but i see using God's name in vain as framing something that isn't part of the doctrine as something that is, such as, hate campaigns, but anyone trying to make you obey them "because of God" when it's not what God says or it's just not something important fits the criteria
@ImTopin 19 днів тому
One of the last things I said to my right leaning hardcore Christian sister before we were officially estranged was "I don't know if I believe in God, but I know I don't believe in yours."
@nobody.of.importance 18 днів тому
Hope that made her think. Knowing how those types are, though, well, sorry to hear about your sister.
@totonow6955 15 днів тому
I'm glad to have you with us. We will keep trying to say what we can to them but yes, we do have to move away from it when they will not engage back with us.
@vl5008 14 днів тому
Ooh that’s good. Thats a good one.
@thefruitman3200 14 днів тому
goes hard
@imnotracistbut-9559 13 днів тому
Dude you’re cringey af
@Mae_forrest 18 днів тому
I am a Christian theologian, and a leftist. It was the Bible that got me to be as progressive as I am, and it is faith that keeps me going. It is beyond horrifying to see the words and energy of my religion being used to prop up a fool's gold idol like Trump, and it is honestly sickening how people I once respected now support these horrible things. I'm part of a progressive church, and even though I'm transgender, i've received nothing but welcoming support. The good ones are out there, but they also share your sentiment that our society can still do good things without the religious part animating it. In any case, this is a very good video, and well argued. Religion is a difficult issue to tackle, and the American Right Wing is beyond evil. It's good to see people fighting against it.
@xiaolinstyle 15 днів тому
I am also a Christian, and largely share this sentiment. I have very religious parents and extended family. The vast majority are extremely conservative and some are even openly racist. As I've gotten older I have found it more and more disappointing and frustrating to see my family use Scripture to support political beliefs, politicians, and policies that are just plain hateful. Often done so with a smug attitude and self righteous tone. They assume that their "righteousness" of faith and belief extends to their political beliefs and actions even though they often directly contradict each other. It's maddening.
@mikehorne4053 15 днів тому
Another Christian leftist chiming in. I agree wholeheartedly. The seeking of profit and belief that doing so will naturally produce the most ethical outcome as proposed by capitalist ideology is no more than an enshrinement of the love of money and false idolization of money. Christ instructed his followers to share all things in common, and ridiculed those who had wealth while others starved and it was in their power to help.
@JJ-kl5yj 15 днів тому
"It was the Bible that got me to be as progressive as I am." I was brought up in the Southern Baptist Church, and I can say pretty much the same. Although I am no longer a church-goer, it was Sunday School lessons and my mother that largely informed the values I still hold. Everything about the right wing and Trumpism represents the antithesis of my values, and I can't fathom the ignorance, hate and fear that draws evangelicals to Trump.
@totonow6955 15 днів тому
@@xiaolinstyleWhy are you still a Christian? Sincere question.
@totonow6955 15 днів тому
I'm sure that you are actively and aggressively deconstructing the text with your congregation to get them to a radically different place. Have you looked at Slavoj Zizek's book Christian Atheism ( Hegelian grounded)?
@eddieford9373 19 днів тому
Fun fact about Bob Jones University: When Bob Jones Sr. was asked if students would ever be allowed to kiss on campus, he said, "Over my dead body!" He is now burried on campus, and yes, students have made out over his dead body.
@CarbonMage 19 днів тому
I assumed the "fun" in that fact was going to be ironic, but was pleasantly surprised. That IS a fun fact.
@bob7975 19 днів тому
From his lips to God's ears! I guess the Boss was listening! Be careful what you wish for!
@AlphaCentCom 19 днів тому
This makes me happy.
@GiffyPooh 19 днів тому
Love it
@cyrus6461 19 днів тому
Little did anyone expect for the monkey's paw to curl one finger
@livesofthefreemasons 19 днів тому
Still looking for the Bible verse that says, “Only help people if you personally deem them worthy of it”.
@wakewakey 19 днів тому
Help them find corn?
@ninjalectualx 19 днів тому
Probably in Leviticus somewhere
@Rolandais 19 днів тому
You mean the one right next to "Hey, slaves are fine to keep, here's how you do it." or "Crush the Babies on the Stones below"? I'm more confused about how the left looks at the Bible and thinks that horrific fantasy gore book of villainy and murder and bad advice is somehow a book about treating anyone else well, especially considering all that thought police and advocating murder, rape and genocide, oh, and of course, yanno, the whole women are property etc.
@Domfass21 19 днів тому
What about the boars?!? The holy boars of the apocalypse!
@BrittanyAnonymous 19 днів тому
There are several. Including passages denying access to the church if you are the child of unwed parents, an atheist, or disabled.
@christophermcknight5405 16 днів тому
I grew up in the evangelical church, and vividly remember the beginning of my deconstruction: our head pastor took a sabbatical for the summer. Our church prided itself on diversity, and was motivated by mending racial relationships in the church. Our head pastor decided to bring in guest pastors from various all black churches in the area to fill his spots while he was away. On his first Sunday back, he started off his sermon with a massive stack of prayer cards (little notes people can fill out and drop in the offering bucket) and began reading them. All of them were some variation of " n****** shouldn't preach." He was quick to admonish, shame, and tell anyone in the congregation to leave immediately if they felt this way, but they had no way of proving who wrote what. It didnt matter what my pastor felt, our even how the staff felt. The fact that my church, one that prided itself on social progress had such a large, rotten and disgusting group of people who would write such things instantly turned me away from church and ministry altogether. If the "fruit" of believers indicates their faith, how can I still believe when most of the fruit is rotten?
@UnashamedCaliforniagirl 14 днів тому
Wow! I don't even know how to reply to this.
@shadylampable 13 днів тому
That sounds like one person putting in 500 cards to me, I simply can't believe a whole congregation thinks the same thing on any topic whatsoever
@averyeml 12 днів тому
And what’s wild is that, if wherever you were is like where I grew up, there’s like 80,000 other, more racist churches that those anonymous dillweeds could have just gone to instead. But nah, gotta stick in a place you don’t like when you have options you like better, and just make that first place worse
@christophermcknight5405 12 днів тому
@@shadylampable while I don't know who ended up doing it, it was verified it wasn't one person; there were also a lot of other instances I didn't mention that showed a pattern here. Even if it was just a few people, if that kind of mindset can endure in a church like mine I can't imagine what it's like in every church slightly less progressive.
@jalight27 5 днів тому
This is what happens when you're raised from an early age to submit to authority, that you can't possibly fathom your leaders goals, and that their will is absolute, you are primed and ready to be brainwashed by quite a lot.
@TF2CrunchyFrog 17 днів тому
The funny thing re: Catholic Church's stance on abortion is, the famous medieval German abbess Hildegard von Bingen, theologist, medical doctor and mystic, _who was beatified and later canonized by the Catholic Church,_ was among other things famous for her medical skills and wrote detailed herbals with illustrations (which are still in print today). Her herbals contain multiple entries for plants who can be used for abortions, with detailed instructions and wanrings how to use them without poisoning the pregnant woman. Medieval nuns knew a lot about abortions... three guesses why.
@totonow6955 15 днів тому
Could you share this with Opus Dei?
@bananas999 15 днів тому
She also wrote a cookie recipe which you can find online
@UnashamedCaliforniagirl 14 днів тому
Read the fifth chapter of the book of Numbers under " the law of Jealousy" it is basically describing giving a woman suspected of adultery an abortifacient. The real reason they started attacking the abortion issue was because they hated feminism and wanted to get rid of the birth control pill. Abortion was just the vehicle 🚜 they used to get him there .
@Legomyegoorj 3 дні тому
She was also a crazy cool music theorist and composer back in those days.
@marocat4749 2 дні тому
@@UnashamedCaliforniagirl Its the same time jesus aborted, its not a great reason, but it shows there canonically are cases for abortion endorsed. Abortion isnt condemned Also if you want to abort go to your rabbi , i paraphrase, is in the old testament.
@nico6143 19 днів тому
It's a sad state of affairs that so much of American Christianity can be summed up with "There's no hate like Chrisian love."
@arturoaguilar6002 19 днів тому
Why does it feel like they would actually use that slogan unironically?
@woundedone 19 днів тому
@@arturoaguilar6002because some did 😂
@oculttheexegaming2509 19 днів тому
I would expand that definition to other right-wing forms of Christianity around the world.
@Ryuujinv01 19 днів тому
It was also about a 100 years ago when Gandhi said "I like your Christ but dislike your Christians" they haven't changed.
@UsenameTakenWasTaken 18 днів тому
@@Ryuujinv01 I wouldn't quote him, tbh. I recommend looking into Ghandi's less than savory opinions to learn why westerners were fine holding him up as famous and good. Hit up Mother Teresa while you're at it. It just keeps happening.
@wineoneone 19 днів тому
Oh my god it finally happened. Hi! I'm a survey researcher on religion. You actually cite stuff I worked on/wrote.... that's wild. Just wanted to let you know that cellphone data report is pretty laughed at by a lot of scholars in the field. The methods are pretty wonky and don't consider a lot of additional situations. It's also based mostly on 2019 GPS data. Very scary concept though! anyway, love your stuff and if you ever have questions about reading survey stuff, lmk.
@tex824 19 днів тому
average surveillance state
@Starcrash6984 19 днів тому
It sounds like the pseudo-scientific stuff on tracing cell phones that the Serial podcast did to try to find evidence that Adnan was innocent. It doesn't work because it's based on the idea that cell phones only use the closest towers... but they don't. Or at least they don't always. I was pretty shocked that SMN used and trusted this info, too, but they have a habit of taking things that are sketchy and merely showing them briefly while not delving into them -- they're still trying to use it to make a point, but also in a way that gives them plausible deniability.
@jackbarman7063 19 днів тому
Are you in the same area of study/field as Phil Zuckerman?
@kurdtinchains 19 днів тому
I was gonna say, I'm a sociologist and if I was doing that study... definitely would've second guessed those numbers. Especially the gap between people who say they attend once a year and people who apparently actually do. That's considering people who show up to a Christmas service for their grandma's sake as "attending" when they consider it "staring into the middle distance in a room full of old people." Not to mention, I've had Google try to ask me about my experience at a store next door to the one I was in many times. GPS inaccuracies are far too common for me to think that data could be right.
@carriebee5418 19 днів тому
ok, so I’m your proud parasocial mom now❤welcome to my family
@artoriapendragon3234 19 днів тому
I am.. genuinely impressed as a Christian at how Cody explored the Right's handling of Christianity. He did it well. Regardless of what he thinks of religion personally.
@pansepot1490 18 днів тому
This episode was written by Erik Barnes who is a Christian. Cody mentioned that in the video. Credits are in the description of the video if you want to check.
@totonow6955 15 днів тому
I have to ask as a previously probably same kind of Christian as you. What do you see mainline or progressive churches doing differently at bottom line than right wing churches? What are they doing to counter, at the CORE of meaning, to push back against their extremist "brothers and sisters"? ( caps for gen x emphasis not yelling ❤) This stuff is getting dark and real btw so...
@floataway3 18 днів тому
I grew up in a pretty progressive church, and while I stopped believing around 20 or so, kept going from time to time when I was back home for my family's sake. Our choir director had just come out as trans and some of the elders in the congregation were throwing a fit. My pastor just very calmly got up there in front of every one, said "All are welcome in God's house." And then stared at some of the more outspoken members, before continuing on with the service. That is to say, church was always a community more than a religion to me, and that community is what gets destroyed when people try to co opt the message to spread hate.
@rcoppy 16 днів тому
In the same boat, grew up in a progressive New England Presbyterian church, long since lapsed, but the community is what I miss most.
@cherryghost15 12 днів тому
I grew up in a Catholic one and same, all about community.
@Iris_1217 12 днів тому
I hope he's still there and that he's still holding to that. Because, coming from an ex-Christian, *that* is being Christ-like. I firmly believe that people like those elders can't help themselves but worm their way into churches with genuinely positive messages and try to poison them from the inside. Because if you took all of those hateful, sad people and made them all attend the same church, they'd tear each other apart.
@marocat4749 2 дні тому
Its fair to be cultural more involved instead a deity, is as valid. Seriously its about potential good values and community.
@greatdinn8489 19 днів тому
"[He] didn't teach hate. He. Washed. Feet." Thank you, Christian advertisement, for making it really clear that Jesus loved feet. I'm certain this is the message you were trying to send.
@patchwurk6652 19 днів тому
...Y'know it occurs to me there may not be a more immediate way to destroy faith in Christ than just implying he has a foot fetish. XD
@andiward7068 19 днів тому
Fringe benefit of joining?
@Marjax 19 днів тому
There's sooo much context behind the act, some stuff you wouldn't even know unless you know the history of the time period and customs. Even the people at the time were confused as to why he would do it. The fact that they thought a non attending lay person would understand the act just blows my mind.
@squidbillyradio 19 днів тому
Nah, most of the Sunday school lessons and sermons I remember growing up made it pretty clear that Jesus's washing of feet was an act of subservience and humility. But I grew up in the Episcopal church.
@suchnothing 19 днів тому
He walked barefoot too, right? If not a foot fetishist, he was at least a foot appreciater.
@Jedidiah_McCain 19 днів тому
As a Christian who wants nothing to do with Trump, thank you so much for making this video. Even if it was just to help me feel sane, I think it’s good to note that this strange mutation of Christian Nationalism is not only unbiblical, but is born out of a deep insecurity concerning the changing future, demographics, and wants of the average American. To change the world with Christ is not to force everyone to act like a Christian, whether they want to or not. Jesus never did that. Neither should we.
@rebeccarittenhouse2203 19 днів тому
Your religion is so violent, i don’t know how you can look at yourself in the mirror knowing the atrocities that were committed by your “god” and his cultists.
@williamchamberlain2263 19 днів тому
I thought that having the Bible translated into the vernacular so that people could read the Gospels for themselves would stop an authoritarian church lying about Jesus' message - but apparently not.
@Daniel-wr7yh 19 днів тому
The exact same is true of Christianity/theism as a whole. People feel uncertain and insecure and are provided false confidence in the form of prioritizing "spiritual" rewards over material ones, a general promise of some form of life after death, and a promise that those who have wronged others will be punished in said afterlife and/or simply be left out of the rewards of the faithful. Theism also allows a sense of belonging, a sense of superiority in the form of secret knowledge and understanding unavailable to the uninitiated, etc etc, These fears are not unfounded but magical thinking is an incomplete, highly manipulatable, and ultimately hollow solution. Please do not pat yourself on the back for being "one of the good ones" because you'll simply allow me to be tortured forever in Hell rather than attempting to force me to be pious to avoid such consequences.
@heath6802 19 днів тому
Don’t worry, even though I’m far from Christian myself, I think most people including me understand that having that religion doesn’t automatically mean you’re a bigot. Now if only we could get everyone to understand that having ANY or even NO religion doesn’t automatically define you as evil or dangerous
@Skallanni 19 днів тому
“Jesus never did that” Yes!! While his disciples spread his teachings, my interpretation back when I was Christian (I’m agnostic now) was that the goal was to spread the messages of Jesus’ actions which included kindness, compassion, empathy, forgiveness, and acceptance. Not to forcibly convert people to a strict religion and its practices and rituals. Those said structured religious practices and rituals came much later, developing and evolving alongside the Bible and the different sects of Christianity.
@corvus2512 18 днів тому
I am a liberal and I am also a Christian. When I started to take my faith a bit more seriously and began to grow in it I started evaluating the world around me and started noticing things I, for some reason, never noticed before. Those things tended to be that almost without fail, everything conservatives believe in is antithetical to Christ’s message. To this day I don’t really understand how people who claim to be Christians AND conservatives can reconcile the fact those two belief systems are in opposition. Christ says to take care of the poor, the sick, to love, especially your enemies, not to judge, to reject the pursuit of wealth, to welcome refugees, to be of service in whatever way you can etc…. basically all of those things conservatives actively hate or at best, ignore. It just didn’t make sense to me, and then I realized they don’t actually believe in the same Jesus I believe in, they have formed some sort of opposite Jesus and worship him. That was before Trump, now that Trump is around I seriously think he is their god, their plump golden idol. If the real Jesus were to appear to them and point out this dissonance, I’m pretty sure they would call him a communist terrorist and throw him in jail. I fear them and yet I fear for them too.
@Cordieb 16 днів тому
Christian leftist here: I had such a similar experience!! It's wild to me how growing up in youth group my parents always told me to read the Bible and understand it for myself and then when someone actually does so many evangelicals call use "woke commies" for following Jesus' teaching
@bkwright7773 16 днів тому
I’m currently re-reading the New Testament myself and I genuinely do not understand how someone can read the words and subscribe to a conservative worldview
@solvseus 15 днів тому
They pick and choose the Old Testament, while acting as if the Biblical Jesus was only speaking about individuals. They justify it by saying the gov shouldn't be doing these things, people should. Except, if people who called themselves Christians actually lived by those beliefs, there wouldn't BE anyone who needed help and the gov wouldn't have to.
@user-nk9kw1ip4k 15 днів тому
"almost without fail, everything conservatives believe in is antithetical to Christ’s message. To this day I don’t really understand how people who claim to be Christians AND conservatives can reconcile the fact those two belief systems are in opposition." - Hear, hear. They espouse reactionary and bigoted beliefs while exploiting Christian aesthetics. Personally, I view the ultimate goal of Christianity as bringing about the Kingdom of God, which to me implies radical change in the existing order of things. But conservatives are explicitly opposed to this notion.
@UnashamedCaliforniagirl 14 днів тому
@@solvseusExactly 💯 that's why there were no POOR people in the first century in the book of Acts Christians sold all of their property and redistributed everything " as each had need" they lived together and the 4 th chapter of acts says that they " held all things in common" and " broke bread from house to house" and the Lord continued adding daily to the church those that would be saved. Yet we have modern preaching teaching " wealth redistribution is theft"' when that is DEFINITELY not what the bible teaches .
@MaddieS659 17 днів тому
My mother is an Orthodox Christian, and it terrifies her to see the amount of evangelicals who are weaponizing Christianity for hatred and turning away from the actual teachings of Jesus because "they're too weak"
@totonow6955 15 днів тому
What types of things does she say about this Maddie? Can you tell me about it here? How old is she? If old she will probably be okay but if young she may need intervention. (I relate. )
@kevinw712 19 днів тому
I recall seeing a tweet several months ago from a more progressive minded christian pastor, he was talking about how some of the much more conservative members of his congregation angrily approached him after one of the sermons going "so where'd you get all the liberal talking points?", and what they were referring to it turns out he was literally just quoting some scripture as is from the bible.
@Skeptimystic 19 днів тому
Was it John Pavlovitz by any chance?
@kevinw712 19 днів тому
@@Skeptimystic could be, I didn't catch the name, and wasn't by anyone I normally follow. might've been a retweet or in part of that "discover more" section
@DashOfSalt84 19 днів тому
Sounds like what happened to Greg Boyd
@AS-my3sw 19 днів тому
It was an actual recent article in Christianity Today (the long running publication featured in this episode) Several pastors discussed parishioners complaining about the Sermon on the Mount being woke propaganda.
@carriebee5418 19 днів тому
Russell Moore. They’re doing everything they can to disparage him and most of it is working within that community
@annajoy3323 19 днів тому
It’s me. I’m the one member of your religious fanbase
@johnblunt6693 19 днів тому
As the other member of the religious fanbase I take personal offense to this
@TimmyTheNerd 19 днів тому
I mean, I am a Christian who enjoys Some More News. So there's at least three of us?
@grants9282 19 днів тому
I’d like to be the fourth but that might disrupt the whole Trinity balance
@Norrieification 19 днів тому
Oddly enough I actually recently became religious after being atheist my whole life. (Still sheepish about it though to be honest).
@daniel-zh4qc 19 днів тому
Reading the 4 gospels as an adult on your own is a mind opening experience.
@chernobyl169 18 днів тому
That one awkward pixel in front of Cody's face had me thinking I had to replace my monitor for a minute
@SageRuffin 18 днів тому
So that's what that was. I thought my monitor was dirty.
@ShankF00 17 днів тому
RIP their main camera 😞 maybe it's still on warranty
@duiwel 17 днів тому
I WFH in IT so even though I swap what machine is on the dock, my monitors are all through work and I have direct access to RMA and service portals. So I had this up and running on the monitors and didn't even lean forward, just grabbed my work laptop with this in the background and had started an RMA and drafted a note to my boss about it before I stopped to test if Cody's chin pixel was actually in my monitor or not 🤣😅
@imnotok1989 16 днів тому
SAME! I had to check on a different screen
@carlclark8093 15 днів тому
I thank y'all for confirming I'm not crazy.
@stevejakab274 18 днів тому
It's no surprise that a party of criminals would embrace Christianity. "Don't worry about your suffering, you'll be rewarded after you die" is pretty much the perfect grift.
@totonow6955 15 днів тому
Once saved always saved 😂 But Catholic Opus Dei has the opposite but same outcome gear as well.
@lorenzocassaro3054 2 дні тому
That's not how it works 🤦
@jaredplaudis4825 19 днів тому
“Stealing artifacts” doesn’t just describe Indiana Jones villains. It describes Indiana Jones
@1IGG 19 днів тому
Oh, I thought you would say the British Empire.
@SinHurr 19 днів тому
He gets better tho
@fyraltari1889 19 днів тому
Well he also blows ancient monuments up.
@maxwellkazemba2299 19 днів тому
Better him than the guy with the mustache right?
@fyraltari1889 19 днів тому
@@maxwellkazemba2299 I dunno, I feel like Moustache Man opening the Ark would have been a net positive.
@thehypoxic.450 19 днів тому
I UNZIP THE TROUSERS OF THE NEWS AND AWAIT A FULL LOAD OF INFORMATION!
@GaySatanicClowns 19 днів тому
That's the most Some More News thing I've ever heard.
@grandempressvicky6387 19 днів тому
Full Load is crazy
@hatster401 19 днів тому
RELATABLE
@krysti2 19 днів тому
😂😂😂❤😊
@jbone877 19 днів тому
❤
@dena81 12 днів тому
As someone who went to Catholic School from k-8 and Islamic School... I missed the class on 'Let's just hate that one person that we don't like' in both schools.
@haley_th 19 днів тому
My mother grew up catholic in 1960’s Texas, and their church was not only integrated but, bc of many large families attending, they taught that contraception was necessary bc it would not be right to bring a child into the world that you could not care for.
@anthonytwohill9726 18 днів тому
Wow. How the F did they fall so far Astray?
@jayaplin1997 5 днів тому
As a catholic, that teaching goes against the Church..essentially making them heretics. Not to say that I’m right wing though
@Lucas-to2jc 19 днів тому
Unfortunately, that's not just on USA. Here in Brazil we recently had ex-president Jair Bolsonaro become almost a religious figure in evangelical spaces. Some meetings would just spend all the time discussing politics. It got to the point where people were posting stuff like "Bolsonaro is my Messiah" and comparing him to Jesus. Really scary.
@BeeWhistler 19 днів тому
Holy crap, y’all have a Trump? I’m so worried about this planet, man.
@Lucas-to2jc 19 днів тому
@@BeeWhistler Fascism's been on the rise in the world for a few years now
@enlacostaizquierda 19 днів тому
Authoritarians love using a source of supposed divine authority to promote their authority.
@avalokiteshvara113 19 днів тому
Argentina now has a trump too. Milei. Conmen have seen the formula work in the USA so they are popping up everywhere. @@BeeWhistler
@Lucas-to2jc 19 днів тому
@@BeeWhistler Unfortunately we and a lot of other countries do
@CrystalFlames 19 днів тому
I just want to say that I’m a lifelong Christian and a relatively recent leftist. It’s deeply disturbed me how the religion has been weaponized for politics, especially for people like Trump.
@BeeWhistler 19 днів тому
Same. I didn’t even change my political or religious views. A bunch of Republicans just grabbed the line between and hauled so hard to the right thay I realized I was now standing on the left.
@elisabethscott20 19 днів тому
@@BeeWhistlervery good illustration
@avalokiteshvara113 19 днів тому
@@BeeWhistlerha, that's such a good visualization
@PlatinumAltaria 19 днів тому
Your religion hasn't been weaponised, it was always intended as a weapon. It's just that now it's pointing at you.
@brushdogart 19 днів тому
As a non-Christian I try to think how I would feel in the place of leftist Christians like yourself. I think I would feel extremely frustrated and betrayed by those who profess to preach for Christ but behave in a distinctly non-Christ-like manner. There must be a lot of decent, honest people out there who are suffering because the churches they've gone to all their lives seem to have suddenly gone insane. They must feel so confused and trapped, scared that their doubting their pastor translates into doubting their religion.
@steverolfeca 18 днів тому
This co-opting of faith by right-wing politics (and vice-versa), is the most frightening thing I have seen in the 28 years that I’ve been a Christian.
@bradiedean7466 18 днів тому
Absolutely infuriating that the same people who kept telling me that a rich man will never enter the kingdom of heaven are now treating the archerypal rich guy constantly bashed in the new testament as gods gift to America
@SamuraiSam 19 днів тому
Christian dude here, wanted to give props for properly covering this topic. There's a book called "Jesus and John Wayne" written by a Christian author that goes into more depth on the topic.
@Dwellerindarkness 18 днів тому
That's a GREAT book.
@thomp9054 18 днів тому
🤮
@molliemurphytindle5451 17 днів тому
Love JJW and Dr. Kobes Du Mez!
@chadlord3155 17 днів тому
@@thomp9054Redditor spotted
@ddjsoyenby 16 днів тому
that book is great.
@bishop11 19 днів тому
Cody being the baby of Jon Stewart and Charlie Day that actually read Marx gives me life.
@cassiusdhami9215 16 днів тому
👍🏾😆😅😂🤣👏🏾 🎯💯🧠
@june5877 16 днів тому
Holy shit, there is no better way to describe him than this
@bellablue5285 15 днів тому
My brain kept going to Dom DeLuise's son but honestly think your description is closer
@karissimpson6631 13 днів тому
Charlie Day? Naw,....Johnny Galecki.
@rachelfox8108 11 днів тому
Speaking of Charlie Day, there's a street preacher in my city who looks disturbingly like Rob McIlhenny and all he does is loudly preach homophobia and misogyny while claiming that primary school children learning about boundaries, puberty and relationships is "paedophilia". Spoiler, he asked a 15yo minor about his "porn-watching habits", which I'm pretty sure is grooming.
@LucenProject 12 днів тому
58:05 That whispered "Corn Cream" was excellent!
@danc6167 18 днів тому
I'm an Old Testament PhD-haver and I approve this video
@Arty-Maus 19 днів тому
All of the lefty Christians in Cody's audience coming out to say "Hi" so "Hi!"
@thekidfromcanada 19 днів тому
Hi
@makedonalddrumpfagain9858 19 днів тому
Hi
@Umbra_Mask 19 днів тому
Hi
@CortexNewsService 19 днів тому
So... There's just four of you?
@willhouston588 19 днів тому
Hi!
@vincentmatamoros1757 19 днів тому
The last time I went into a church was around a year ago for mothers day with my grandma. I haven't believed since I was like 10 so I usually avoid churches like the plague. Thankfully, I didn't burst into flames upon crossing the threshold, but the entire sermon still haunts me. They kept talking about the hate and mass shootings and generic bad stuff going on (FYI my grandma had just experienced a walmart shooting like a week before) and at the end the pastor just goes "but it's okay, because Jesus will raise his faithful to join him in heaven and leave the earth behind to burn with the sinners" like they're solution to every possible thing is just to wait for God to fix everything and everyone who doesn't go to church regularly will burn. I cannot express how fucking baffled I was, trying to keep a straight face while I was internally screaming. No wonder younger folks leave the faith in droves.
@yoBmeF 19 днів тому
That pastor's closing note reminds me of Waco. Kool-aid type rhetoric that was ending with the death cult.
@OutrageIsNow 19 днів тому
I’m glad I avoid church. I wouldn’t have been able to keep my mouth shut in that situation
@ngotemna8875 19 днів тому
My gf's grandma died a few years ago and the pastor who held the sermon was ECSTATIC! Like, giggly happy about the grandma dying, cause now she is with god. And why is everyone crying? Can't we see that this is the best thing that could have happened to ol' Granny? We should all celebrate and laugh and dance because after years of pain and suffering, god in all his mercy granted her access into heaven. Utterly psychotic
@Zanist 19 днів тому
It's like no one ever listens to what they themselves are saying. In "The Lord's Prayer" a line genuinely says "Your will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven" Like that is an active process they should be engaged in and not vegetating in a pew.
@denverarnold6210 18 днів тому
Correct me if I'm wrong, but is there not a line like "God helps those that help themselves"?
@aedved2 18 днів тому
I haven't finished the episode yet, but I'm*so* excited for bible study I just *had* to comment now. Bible study!!!
@bradiedean7466 18 днів тому
The corn joke is even funnier when you think about how maize (actual name for what Americans call corn, size corn refers to different plants in different places) didn't exist yet when Jesus would have lived 😂
@atousmesamis 19 днів тому
I was raised in an evangelical church in the 90s and 00s. It was awful. I can’t imagine it’s gotten better.
@jeffersonclippership2588 19 днів тому
And a bunch of us who didn't grow up in that world were edgy atheists and satanists back then, what a time
@thegodplace7887 19 днів тому
Same and same. It's made acclimating to the outside world difficult. It's also hilarious to see the people who didn't grow up in this crap watch these megachurch pastors 'take the world for Jesus'. The said they would. No one believed them...😅🤧
@macaron3141592653 19 днів тому
Given what evangelicals support now, it almost certainly is not.
@rimbusjift7575 19 днів тому
@@jeffersonclippership2588 Out of curiosity... Quick IQ test: Solve: 4, 5, 14, 185, ...
@turquoisesnowflake4613 19 днів тому
Baby Cat, it's ✨️WORSE!✨️
@rembrandt972ify 19 днів тому
"If you gave him an enema, you could bury him in a matchbox." -Christopher Hitchens on Jerry Falwell when he died.
@jebh5203 19 днів тому
Haven’t heard that quote before, made me laugh out loud cheers
@cjboyo 19 днів тому
I’m going to steal that shamelessly lol
@stoppit9 19 днів тому
Brutal lol
@kelgreen99 19 днів тому
I'm really confused by that one. 😮
@robonarples2442 19 днів тому
@@kelgreen99 It means he’s full of shit
@Gingawhitus 18 днів тому
You never fail to spread my lips and fill me with information
@coldslaws 13 днів тому
😦
@neomerlin 18 днів тому
"The religious audience we definitely have." Aww, they made a video just for me. Thanks, guys! =)
@Snapdragon0112 19 днів тому
Don’t forget that Carter also pushed for ending the war on drugs and legalizing weed.
@Sammy2phones 19 днів тому
Happy he was able to legalize home brewing.
@KamielDV2 19 днів тому
Fucking Legend
@Tripman06 19 днів тому
Carter got absolutely fucked. I wonder how different the US would be if he won his re-election bid.
@Snapdragon0112 19 днів тому
@@Tripman06 I have a lot of hate for Regan because he basically undid everything Carter worked for. Carter put solar panels on the roof of the White House to show America green energy, he had them ripped out. Carter pushes to end the war on drugs, he double triples and quadruples down.
@sarafontanini7051 19 днів тому
huh. Seems the simpsons might be wrong in calling him "history's greatest monster". Unless that joke wwas about someone else and not carter.
@rhysandmiles 19 днів тому
Shoutout to the writer on this episode. I could feel the care and empathy in so much of this. Thank you.
@carriebee5418 19 днів тому
I can actually feel myself becoming less dejected just hanging around this comment section of sanity
@1IGG 19 днів тому
Probably have to thank David Bell. Not the parcour guy.
@malum9478 19 днів тому
nah fuck that. sick and tired of so-called "christian progressives" trying to whitewash their nonsense in leftist spaces.
@malum9478 19 днів тому
nah f that. sick and tired of so-called "christian progressives" trying to whitewash their nonsense in leftist spaces.
@mrfreddorenton 18 днів тому
This episode was written by Erik Barnes. SMN has been really good about proper credit for who does what in each episode's description
@agiar2000 19 днів тому
Anyone else watching in 1080p notice that dot that seems stuck on the camera, kind of over Cody's beard area most of the time? I can't seem to ignore it.
@willofthepeople741 18 днів тому
its way more distracting than it should be, but i'm ocd like that!
@kenk7875 19 днів тому
Amazing show, possibly your best ever.
@thinkfact 19 днів тому
I would recommend the staff of the show to look into James W. Fifield Jr., the anti-New Deal "Apostle to Millionaires" of the 1930s and 40s. He did a lot of work reshaping how many preachers perceived millionaires, and they took notice and supported him. Before televangelists there were radio evangelists, and this man did a lot of work laying the foundation that conservative Christians would build upon and he's managed to stay very low profile.
@rivera229 19 днів тому
I could have sworn I heard about him from Behind the Bastards! Right? How the Rich Stole Christianity?
@AmyNumberSeven 19 днів тому
@@rivera229 Yep! And there's another radio evangelist in The Goat Testicle Implanting Doctor Who Invented Talk Radio.
@naskivik 19 днів тому
you gonna post after 3 years or what
@thinkfact 19 днів тому
@@naskivik Working on a video right now actually.
@naskivik 19 днів тому
@@thinkfact 👍
@lich109 19 днів тому
I cannot for the life of me understand how people will say and do the opposite of the book they claim to follow. When Prager U put out their video in which they depict Jesus supporting capitalism to get rich, I felt like I was crazy. Jesus's acts, like directly opposing the concept of being rich (even directly saying you cannot serve God and money) and throwing the merchants/moneylenders out of the temple, are taught so early in youth I thought everyone who'd grown up anywhere near a church would turn against them. I identify as a Christian myself, though I don't need to in order to point out their hypocrisy, or feel insane when their fans go along with them. As another commenter said, I'm a socialist partly because of my religion, not in spite of it. If you truly believe in helping your fellow man, you realise very quickly that capitalism, and the "Christians" who support it, are incompatible with making the world a better place. That's something anyone of any background can reach, regardless of your religion, and it seems like the stronger someone professes their belief to be, the faster they turn your back on its teachings. Ironically for those people, they skipped the part in the Bible where Jesus crticizes people who go around bragging/showing off how great their faith was.
@sarafontanini7051 19 днів тому
because jesus being poor and people jsut assuming he'd have a big gold cup for no reason to reflect their own personal ego and greed and their dismissial of history beyond what they can gain from it wasn't a huge plot twist and moral in the most popular indiana jones movie or anything.
@Anonymous-54545 19 днів тому
Christian here, my partner grew up in a lutheran family and they consumed almost zero scripture (partner not a christian now which is fine). It's wild how some ppl just slap the label on anything.
@stevejakab274 18 днів тому
As pointed out, the Bible (including the gospels) is a mass of contradictions. You can use it to justify any behavior you'd like. It's why it's a crap book for basing a morality on.
@joeyj6808 18 днів тому
I remember the Daily Worker, a newspaper of the Catholic Workers Movement. I remember Dorothy Day, and the Berrigan brothers. It wasn't so long ago that there was a serious organized movement of Catholics and Christians who fought for socialism and the rights of the poor. Not sure if it's still around because I haven't heard a peep for many years...
@TF2CrunchyFrog 17 днів тому
The "Prosperity Gospel" cult only focusses on that one alleged story by Jesus only found in Matthew, the one about the master who handed money to his servants to increase it while he is gone, and then upon return punished the one servant who buried the money to make sure it didnt get lost... but didn't make fat profits for his master by "investing" it. That's their "argument" that their version of God wants his followers to be rich and despises poor people. They dont see it as an allegory, they take it literally.
@AlecWelsh-ut7cc 17 днів тому
Part of the issue with this conversation is that this is a faith-based belief system. Faith-based belief system allow people to believe things that are not true because they just want to believe them or they think they'll be blessed for believing them. With faith-based beliefs anyone's personal opinion or prospective about the world is valid because it's not about accuracy it's about personal truth. We need to move away from faith-based beliefs and believe in objective moral truth that comes from a secular perspective because that's what's more accurate and meaningful
@cassiusdhami9215 16 днів тому
👍🏾🎯💯🧠👏🏾
@weareallbornmad410 14 днів тому
Uhh... that's not how ANYTHING works.
@lorenzocassaro3054 2 дні тому
Ok. But what you described is not Christianity. We are not taught to repress our critical thinking skills, nor is blind faith part of our creed. Free will, choice, peace. These are the cores of our belief: to be good for the sake of being good, to live a life full of love for each other, no matter the differences. These things ARE God and thus bring us closer to him. I'm not sure I've explained myself well enough, but that's the best I can say.
@AlecWelsh-ut7cc День тому
@@lorenzocassaro3054 faith is blind by definition. It requires you to believe things you can't know to be true or simply don't know. Outside of believing that Jesus is the son of God there's not really much you can claim about Christianity that somebody else can't also claim or oppose. Because of the nature of faith-based belief everyone has a valid argument because faith-based beliefs are personal not based on objective reality.
@rachel_sj 19 днів тому
As someone who grew up in a Fundamentalist Christian environment (think Jesus Camp) and was in Church 6-7 days a week (due to my having to go to my rural church’s tiny school), I’ve attended enough Church and absorbed enough American Religion to last a dozen lifetimes… (I also have the therapy experience and bills paid to prove it)
@carriebee5418 19 днів тому
it’s a big club
@joeyj6808 18 днів тому
I sympathize. I grew up Catholic, an altar boy, and went to Catholic grade school. That's Mass every day. Every. Day. Then, heavens be praised, we moved to the suburbs and I got to go to public school! Finally I learned how to actually socialize, have fun, and my churchin' went down to Sundays only! Fast forward to now, I am a happy, well-adjusted agnostic commie. Well, as sane as any American can be in 2024, I guess.
@totonow6955 15 днів тому
Have you deconstructed? It's a pain but necessary? I think so via your therapy bills. Cheers real sister or brother.
@johnrippen5662 19 днів тому
I've known quite a few young Christians who stopped going to church. Why? Because they were tired of the older members of the congregation talking to them about the "sinfulness of youth today," and either questioning them about it or praising them for not being so "sinful." Basically, they were tired of everyone 50+ years old at their church either a) viewing them as a proxy for all of their perceived ideas about the "bad" and "sinful" (cannot stress that enough, they love to use that word when what they really mean is "stuff I don't like") stuff that other young people do or say or think or are, or b) holding them up as a shining example of how not all young people are terrible and sinful (spoiler alert; most people subjected to that kind of praise won't feel like they hold up to such a standard.) Reportedly, it's just exhausting and at least mildly humiliating a lot of the time. So why the fuck would they keep going to church?
@dinosaysrawr 16 днів тому
Tragically/hilariously, churches like that keep thinking the answer is to just play elevator music for Jesus and serve Christolicious lattes.
@solvseus 15 днів тому
@@dinosaysrawr And spend millions on ads that kids can smell are targeted market research by a bunch of hypocrites from a mile away, and have flat out told them they'd prefer spending on actually helping people like the Biblical Jesus actually preached, but are completely ignored by them as they continue the ads and genuinely wonder why they're still not working.
@totonow6955 15 днів тому
And I will just add these younger people can see their absolute refusal to legitately handle the text in appropriate ways and thus come to the realization that NONE of it is true in the way these people are approaching ANY of it. P.s. I'm 58 so no my comment does not come from that direction and yes, I was a Christian but not in that sense in ANY way ever again. You? ❤
@dinosaysrawr 15 днів тому
@@solvseus , on the bright side, it triggered the Christofascists like Matt Walsh to the point of getting them to say the normally-quiet-or-muted parts out loud.
@OtakuD50 13 днів тому
@@dinosaysrawr i probably would've stayed a Christian a few years longer if my church served Christolicious lattes.
@orCane 19 днів тому
Very good video, although I wished you would have brought up that American Christianity was largely socialist in the 1920s. Behind the Bastards did a couple of really good episodes about when capitalism stole Christianity.
@Tessilla-ie4pn 18 днів тому
Lol our lives, love the video, and I am not going to rant because you covered so much. Please keep making videos and educating people about different views.❤
@nixonismyhero 19 днів тому
As one of those Christians appalled by how my religion is being misused by the Right, thank you. Thank you for differentiating us from them. Some of us just want to make the world a better place by helping others, because we believe it's what God wants, rather than trying to hurt other people for power.
@user-vg3jv1uw8m 19 днів тому
I’m sure @nixonismyhero
@naomisoltesz9890 19 днів тому
Why not help others because its the right thing to do?
@nixonismyhero 19 днів тому
@@naomisoltesz9890 So, that's an interesting question. I'd probably argue that because God is good, they are synonymous concepts.
@kayosgarden 19 днів тому
@@user-vg3jv1uw8myou don't know which nixon. could be mojo, may he rest in party.
@nixonismyhero 19 днів тому
@@user-vg3jv1uw8m I assume you're commenting on my username, which is an inside joke from high school. I thought it was funny, because back then, Nixon was one of the worst presidents we'd had, and he shouldnt be anyone's hero. But that was before George W. And later Trump, so the joke doesn't hold the same relevance it once did, if it ever did in the first place. But sure, judge me by the username I came up with 25 years ago.
@Pickn4Gold 19 днів тому
Just cannot fathom why people would be bailing on Christianity when evangelicals show they do not care about anything but self profit...
@thebrightsea7125 10 днів тому
Minnesota being the only state to stand up to Regan shows that we have been and always will be number 1!
@no_funeral 18 днів тому
"envelope full of buttons" was the funniest line
@heidi3963 19 днів тому
As a Leftist and a Christian (and a huge fan of Cody's showdy from the beginning), I'm excited for this episode!
@kidalex77 19 днів тому
Same same same!
@FearlesSLaughteR1 19 днів тому
I clicked so fast it felt .... surreal.
@NaimHrustanovic 19 днів тому
Muslim here, you're not alone! There's dozens of us. I think?
@heidi3963 19 днів тому
@@NaimHrustanovic dozens of us! Absolutely! 😂❤️
@bigoltits1880 19 днів тому
@@heidi3963 There is no "us" between you 2 lol. The guy said he was a muslim and you're a christian. You both believe the other is going to Hell, and suffer from cognitive dissonance by being "religious leftists"
@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819 19 днів тому
I'm from the Midwest, so I'm not as immersed in religion as, say, the Southerners who are deeply entrenched with Southern Baptists, but I'd be lying if I said religion wasn't a fundamental part of my upbringing. But it wasn't kind for a neurodivergent individual, either. The fundies thought I was possessed with demons and the traditionalists thought that being raised by a single mother indicated a weak support structure in my life. It didn't help that there were several incidents at churches that ultimately shaped my path to agnosticism. If religion is supposed to be fulfilling then why are religious people so mean and unhappy? Also, I saw the giant cross in Effingham, Illinois. It's stupid.
@carriebee5418 19 днів тому
I’m happy to meet you here.Thank you for taking the time to share.Your words and experiences have power to effect authentic improvements in the lives of your fellow humans.We’re in this together.
@mrfreddorenton 18 днів тому
Great writing Erik
@tkmj3518 18 днів тому
I saw Cody warming up and I knew that was about to be one of the nicest episodes
@godspellflowerfr5991 19 днів тому
The world of Insane Christian nationalists/evangelicals has been an autism hyperfixation of mine for many years now, and I genuinely think this is such an important topic for people to learn about. Thank you so much for making this video and spreading the word on how bullshit the use of Christianity has been in politics, specifically on the right. Also, just want to say if there’s any way for us to fight these types of people, it is to VOTE. Especially in your LOCAL elections! Christian nationalists and evangelical are actively trying to run for school boards, city councils, representative spots, etc. to make a push for power. Local elections are IMPERATIVE to be involved in if you want to keep people like this out of power.
@jose.montojah 19 днів тому
The cold war really broke their minds. The next set may be more compassionate and less sacrificial
@Anonymous-54545 19 днів тому
Eyyyy hi fellow inconvenient SI person! Mine is terrorism 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
@elijahharris4398 19 днів тому
As a long time lover of the showdy and a longer time lover of Jesus, it is incredible to see such an accurate critique. My wife and I run a home church for our friends and family, and am called out personally by “wouldn’t it be horrifying to watch your religion be highjacked by THIS guy, and use it to push Fascist policies”. Any disagreements about validity and truth are made void when you stop applying the word to yourself, and start using it as the expectation every human needs to abide by.
@travcollier 17 днів тому
There's a pretty strong correlation between authoritarianism (as in loyal follower personality traits) and being highly religious. It is sort if a "no duh" if you think about it. Anyways, religious folks need to be extra cautious about who they elevate to leadership/power. Just want to encourage you to reach out to your community, because they don't tend to take advice from folks like me (an atheist and a scientist). ;) As with everything involving humans, typical is typical, but expect exceptions ;)
@softmanbat 15 днів тому
Cannot gloss over the fact that in Trump's divine rule ad there's a part where the narrator says "fight the marxists" and then "eat supper" over a shot of him dining next to Xi Jinping
@amielwayne 18 днів тому
Aw yeah! My favorites are colliding! So happy to see a Brad Onishi cameo. Everyone should listen to his Straight White American Jesus podcast. 🤩
@wehpudicabok6598 19 днів тому
I am unreasonably delighted to hear Cody make a Katamari Damacy joke in 2024.
@streetmermaid 19 днів тому
Very this!
@wcjerky 19 днів тому
You now have _Lonely Rolling Star_ rolling around in your head.
@carriebee5418 19 днів тому
this ain’t very GenX of me but my response is “IKR?”
@nobody.of.importance 18 днів тому
@@wcjerky It's so good. I was actually listening to it as I came across this comment!
@NattiNekoMaid 19 днів тому
Based on the bit timeline and the title I was expecting wormbo to have started a church after running away.
@kneau 19 днів тому
That expectation is proof Wormbo lives in your heart. Now and forever ever ever ever...
@ObsessiveSting 19 днів тому
@@kneau I mean the eggs do tend to nest there so yeah...
@xDanieL.A.F.x 19 днів тому
The body of Wormbo is just a heaping serving of corn cream.
@ViridianFlow 19 днів тому
So don't let anyone dunk you in creamed corn, that's how he baptizes you.
@kayosgarden 19 днів тому
we all hail Wormbo. may his holy corn cream fill us up with blessings.
@TomSka 14 днів тому
You've got a dead pixel in your sensor (stage right of Cody's mouth) that I can't look away from. Begging you to apply a slight blur on that specific area in the grade.
@CelestialHart 17 днів тому
The timeless void is my favorite part of existence.
@fennecfoxfanatic 19 днів тому
Whoever came up with the line "Jesus' Pieces?" deserves a raise
@rgs8970 19 днів тому
in the Boston area, they call them Jeesies Piecies!
@Supremo801 19 днів тому
Jesus Piece is also a hardcore band from Philly
@Octoberfurst 19 днів тому
I personally think it is a great new name for a candy! (Plus it would drive the Religious Right insane.)
@B0ULLIE 19 днів тому
You can thank Hip Hop for that one I think
@dinosaysrawr 16 днів тому
There's no wrong way to eat a Jesus.
@NFREAK141 19 днів тому
Honestly? Thank you for this video. I have found that people aren't tired of actual religious folk. People are tired of so-called "religious" people using Christianity to justify their bigotry
@nobody.of.importance 18 днів тому
YES. EXACTLY! I got nothin against christians, but I can't stand unjustified hatred.
@andrewcullen7671 18 днів тому
You have a dead pixel in your camera. It's usually just below or next to the lower lip. I originally thought my monitor was going bad. Very glad that it's on your end.
@watdew1502 11 днів тому
Sub 1 minute in and we already get some corn cream content. Thank you for frontloading the good stuff!
@xDanieL.A.F.x 19 днів тому
You know what pushed me out of the Catholic Church? The Catholic Church. Because in my communion, as a teenager, I took part in a sacrament before being confirmed. Not a big deal, right? I'm trying to participate and to see what the jesUS is all about. Well, in class a day later, and I was threatened by the priest and both of his instructors. I was told, no joke, that if it was in the past they would have stoned me to death because you're not supposed to do what I did before finishing confirmation. I told them "Wow, how Christ like guys, he did say to throw the first stone right? Nothing else?" Needless to say I spent more time ditching the classes, challenging their beliefs, making confession terrible, drinking all the coffee and eating all the food, and they just confirmed me so my Dad who thought he was like Tony Soprano at the time wouldn't get pissed. You know what pushed me out of Christianity? You guessed it, CHURCH! Bible study class my girlfriend at the time took me to. Why not. The entire class they sat there and bashed other religions without consideration for what they taught. Super fun for them because I was sitting there making Wicca look amazing to the point that two other people were seeing the bullshit they spew. Was told to never come back a few days later like I wanted to be there. YOU KNOW WHA.... there is more but you get the point. Church is bullshit. There are good communities out there but it's sad that most of them are like my examples.
@foehammer5047 18 днів тому
And then everyone clapped.
@dixieslav1274 18 днів тому
What are you talking about? The only sacraments you need to be Confirmed first in order to receive is Holy Orders, while Matrimony is debatable. Do you mean you received the Eucharist without going to Confession? That would make a lot more sense. You are not allowed to receive it outside the state of Grace-as St. Paul writes, those who partake unworthily drink judgement. Why is that such a big deal? As Jesus said in the Last Supper, "this is my body" and "this is my blood". Why would you be surprised Christians don't want you arguing for Wicca at their Bible study?
@xDanieL.A.F.x 18 днів тому
@@dixieslav1274 that's what I meant. I ate the bread and drank the blood. I walked out so don't blame me if I don't remember. Also, I legit wanted to join so I wasn't stealing anything. I didn't know I wasn't supposed to do it. It wasn't a joke until they made it a joke. It was a big deal to them. And if that is the case, it's a damn shame, because being judged for participating willingly with the intent to join is pretty evil. So you agree with stoning me to death? Because that's what I feel. Also, the Christians there brought up wicca. I educated them. They hated me because I exposed their ignorance in front of the class.
@dixieslav1274 18 днів тому
@@xDanieL.A.F.x Receiving in ignorance because you thought you were supposed to is very different from knowingly stealing it to commit sacrilege. No, I don't think you should be stoned, and doubt anybody else does. That said, in order to receive the Eucharist, you cannot be in the state of mortal sin. It is sacrilege. That St. Paul quote I gave earlier explains why. To "drink judgement" is clearly not good, but to condemn yourself. Normally it's a safe bet that non-Catholics are in the state of mortal sin, and it's the reason why Confession is always administered before youngsters and converts are ever allowed to receive. There is a right way and a multitude of wrong ways to participate in the Mass, and that's one of them. But praise be, we worship a forgiving God. Even upon the cross, Jesus said "Forgive them, for they know not what they do." Your ignorance will not be held against you, so go to Mass, pray, and sing the hymns, but do not go up to receive the Eucharist before you've made a good confession. If you cross your arms over your chest, the priest will give you a blessing instead.
@xDanieL.A.F.x 18 днів тому
@@dixieslav1274 I'm agnostic and I believe in our forgiving god as well. I feel like we're all just sick of religion becoming the cult it is today. No hard feelings at all just in case the snark I have comes off as that.
@kyleflournoy7730 19 днів тому
I am a very adamant Christian and I have been a subscriber since the very beginning of this channel and watched every single episode
@SpoonyBard88 19 днів тому
A real Jesus follower would be a massive leftist.
@notaspy1227 19 днів тому
Did Jesus really like corn?
@bigoltits1880 19 днів тому
@@SantasGAINdeer probably the part about Heaven and eternal afterlife for the soul. Religion primarily exists to soothe its followers' fear of Nothingness after life ends. Cognitively dissonant "leftist Christians" like OP always manage to give me hope and make me sad at the same time. As do "gay christians"
@MeisterJager90 19 днів тому
I don't label myself religious or a Christian but love you, that Carpenter/fisherman fella, and anyone else reading this.
@SpoonyBard88 19 днів тому
Where did my reply go?
@dreamjayme11 18 днів тому
Thanks for the Pastafarian reference. We always get left out. I’ve been touched by his noodley appendage. 🍝
@Purpleturtlehurtler 15 днів тому
Bob Jones makes me extra proud that I went to Berea. 😅
@JanPospisilArt 19 днів тому
Gonna save you all some monitor scrubbing - that dead pixel on Cody's chin is in the video, not on your screen.
@buckiesmalls 19 днів тому
hahahah.. I was like.. "Oh nooo.." Played another video to test.
@JustA-Person 19 днів тому
Me too thanks for commenting this
@jck2 19 днів тому
The pixel is all I see now. The rest of reality is a mere distraction obscuring the holy pixel
@owenhetherington2675 19 днів тому
Came here for this.
@Inignot12 19 днів тому
Was losing my damn mind, thank you
@tr2232 19 днів тому
“If we treated people who got on the floor of Congress and spoke about God as if they’d just spoken about Poseidon we would be much better off.” As I’ve learned more, grown more and understood more I’ve come to realize that Sam Harris isn’t a super good role model for most things. I’ll just leave it at that. When I was in high school I watched a lot of his debates with religious leaders and this quote stuck with me. For people who get so horny for traditionalism, fundamentalist interpretations of the founding documents, and history these types sure do seem eager to blur or remove the separation between Church and State.
@daveyellick6685 19 днів тому
Yeah I’ve definitely lost respect for Sam Harris recently. His opinions have really devolved into racist pseudoscience akin to phrenology. He’s still right in this instance tho. Forget Poseidon tho. Imagine someone praying to Allah on the house floor. They’d probably be kicked out of Congress, despite the fact that Christians and Muslims (and Jews) believe in the supposed same god, Yahweh.
@carriebee5418 19 днів тому
$$$$$ and control are their only concern
@Showdonnn 7 днів тому
Good episode, my attention was especially well-maintained because I couldn't help but hyperfixate on that little tiny dot artifacting infront of Cody's face whenever the camera was on him. I genuinely thought I had a busted pixel in my screen till I scrolled and it moved with the video.
@ElsbethMai 18 днів тому
28:40 OMG! Linda Ellerby. I loved her late night news program, NBC News Overnight. At the time it was the only news I watched regularly.
@manatillia 19 днів тому
As a queer lefty Christian, this is a topic that’s really important to me. Thank you for covering it :)
@AbsurdlyGeeky 19 днів тому
If I could ask one of two questions, it would be either: A) what do you feel like you get out of being Christian, as a queer lefty? Or B) what convinces you of Christ's divinity and however much else of the Bible you accept is true?
@Anonymous-54545 19 днів тому
@@AbsurdlyGeekyjesus literally said that the kingdom of god is within you and that he's not doing anything other ppl couldn't. I don't see him as supernatural type divine, more like "really on top of his moral shit" type divine.
@malum9478 19 днів тому
@@Anonymous-54545 soooo you explicitly deny his miracle doing? he didn't walk on water, turn water to wine, create food from nothing, cure disease and exorcize demons through a command? if so, then why believe in the bible at all?
@malum9478 19 днів тому
remember: your god very explicitly states in multiple passages in the bible that he supposedly inspired the writing of and that you must believe in order to be a christian that he hates you and wants you to die. Romans 1:26-27 Leviticus 18:22 Leviticus 20:13
@SAVarXX 19 днів тому
@@malum9478 Did you even bother to watch the video or did your r/atheism reflex immediately kick in when you saw the words Christian. Spoilers: The New Testament also has a bunch of Pro LGBT passages in it. Acts 10:28 contradicts Romans 1:26-27 and Galatians 3:28 is literally saying Gender is bullshit invented by Man.
@balinchainly420 18 днів тому
Nice dura my brother
@tedmich 15 днів тому
28:28 so nice to see Linda Ellerbee! Great video too!
@russianhacker258 19 днів тому
As a Christian, thank you for this video. I genuinely can not understand how people on the right claim to follow Jesus and yet seem to go against everything he taught. It bothers me even more when I tell people I'm Christian and they automatically assume I'm a Trump supporter or something. They follow the fire and brimstone old testament style and conveniently ignore the actual part they are supposed to identify with, the new testament and Jesus teaching to love one another. It genuinely makes me angry when people use my religion to spread their hate.
@aetherkid 19 днів тому
Your religion used hate to spread. Stop whining at the blunt historical fact that hundreds of millions of people were killed because your religion, and its followers, demanded it.
@cartoonhippie6610 19 днів тому
@@aetherkid You do not understand the history of Christianity as well as you think you do. As long as there have people using it to spread hate, there have been people using it to fight hate. All throughout history there have been Christians fighting authoritarianism. We need to stop acting like Christianity (or any religion) is a single cohesive force.
@AbsurdlyGeeky 19 днів тому
Maybe your religion is reducible to a social control mechanism that can be applied to any one of a very diverse set of ends.
@drednaught608 19 днів тому
Here in the west it feels like we're living in complete darkness. The more and more I see these things the more I can relate to everyone who sees this huge hypocrisy. Now I know basically nothing, but the faith I have been given in the reading of scripture in earnest, I'm truly not seeing anything the other Christians are saying. All these things that are swept under the rug and cherry picked don't have to be. There is a reason behind everything, and sometimes we don't always see it, but I've noticed a few of them over my time of reading the Bible recently and every single time it always ended up coming back to Jesus. All scripture relates with all other scriptures, but for some reason everyone I see who calls themself Christian seemingly don't simply trust and believe on God's Son and his words. They always try to make God and the Spirit of scripture in their own image and it comes off as strange, hateful, manipulative, and hypocritical, and no wonder. They are deciding what is sovereign, but we cannot decide that. The pride of man is being purported as the words of God, but we have no power of our own. We only have what we are given. All things from earth and from heaven are made by him, so what right does anyone have other than to faithfully accept and follow in his will? Just listen to his voice and follow him. His words are life and Spirit, and his Spirit guides you in all things.
@russianhacker258 19 днів тому
@@AbsurdlyGeeky yes, you're very smart and enlightened. Religious people are just dumb sheep.
@brianmaday9227 19 днів тому
I'm religious! I'm also NOT buying any 'corn cream.' And, as a politically liberal Christian, yes, the state of religion and politics in America is deathly frustrating.
@ucantSQ 19 днів тому
It's not uncommon... we're just not nearly as vocal as the conservatives
@luv4hutch 19 днів тому
But is there a ZINE that we can be paid to read, though?
@nobody.of.importance 18 днів тому
I getcha. I'm not Christian but I can definitely see how you might feel that your religion is being dragged through the mud by bad faith actors. Rest assured that even if we don't believe the same thing, I'll proudly stand beside you to fight for your right to your beliefs. God bless, my Christian compatriots.
@misterknite 18 днів тому
Great video!
@rbck8826 18 днів тому
I am extremely happy to live in a country where during the local pride parade I saw one counter protestor yelling about how homosexuality is a sin, and a whole delegation from our local church who walked in the parade holding banners qouting jesus about how love is what matters most.
@HisVirusness 19 днів тому
There is no hate quite like Christian love.
@kneau 19 днів тому
*Catholics are seen nodding in agreement with aggressive smiles*
@ecyor0 19 днів тому
Seriously? Couldn't bite your tongue for one episode?
@aetherkid 19 днів тому
@@kneauall Christians.
@Xiph1980 19 днів тому
@ecyor0 what? Why would they? You could also ignore a comment you don't like.
@nonasuomi282 19 днів тому
@@ecyor0how about this: you religious fundamentalists stop trying to dictate how the rest of us are allowed to live for one SINGLE election cycle, and I will bite my tongue clean the fuck off and mail it to you on a silver goddamned platter. Deal?
@LarkSachrosis 19 днів тому
33:40 He couldn't name *any* bible verse. His staff couldn't even prep him enough to have John 3:16 in his back pocket, and you see that on signs everywhere. As an agnostic (former Methodist), even I have a favorite verse: Luke 21:19 "In your patience possess ye your Soul.". More and more I think patience, compassion, and empathy are the clearest signs of a person of good character.
@preservedmoose 19 днів тому
“ye” what language is this? You are surely not still using the wildly inaccurate King James (Tyndall) version?
@shredjward 19 днів тому
@@preservedmooseif theyre a former methodist, likely they were taught and/or read the King James version. Although i was raised catholic (now agnostic) i attended a methodist youth group with a friend about 15 years ago and that was what they were using (as well as my Catholic CCD classes)
@solvseus 15 днів тому
He's been asked several times, you'd think he'd have an answer by now. He also called it 2 Corinthians. Never goes to church. And held a Bible upside down in front of a church he wasn't invited to for a photo-op after gassing peaceful protesters. The literal embodiment of every single mortal sin. Evangelicals: yeah, but he got abortion banned, so... 🙏
@UnashamedCaliforniagirl 14 днів тому
@@preservedmooseplenty of people still read from the King James version. Don't be so self righteous.
@KelmutHool 14 днів тому
@@preservedmoose No version of the bible is "accurate". They are all works of fiction.
@FearlessSon 17 днів тому
There's something that Bob Altmeyer noted in his study of North American fundamentalists, and that is that they're less interested in living according _to_ the Bible than they are in mounting a vigorous defense of what they believe _about_ the Bible. When you look at the way the religious right operates through that lens, a lot of the things they do start to become clearer.
@pezor 18 днів тому
i guessed right! Thanks as always, folks
@JonMarkDeane 19 днів тому
I can't stop looking at the dead pixel right where Cody's beard is.
@AceBackspace 19 днів тому
I came to the comments just to make sure my TV wasn't broken, thank you
@JonMarkDeane 19 днів тому
@@AceBackspace I was worried myself until I checked on another screen.
@coldspike1987 19 днів тому
WTF how did @16:29 not help one bit????? ಠ_ಠ
@JonMarkDeane 19 днів тому
@@coldspike1987 Hahaha
@CrabBaskets 19 днів тому
omg I was rubbing my screen thinking i had a crumb to wipe off the entire time
@AnacondaHL 19 днів тому
50:35 small thing, but South Korea is Christian af and has been for many decades now, centuries even. The title for largest church in the world was held by a church in Korea for many years, and Koreans are known for being avid evangelists and starting new churches everywhere. By all accounts Christianity is a major motivator in modern Korean culture.
@weareallbornmad410 14 днів тому
Thanks for telling us this, I didn't know. Which denomination is it? I come from Poland, which is also "Christian af" (love the phrase xd) and our Christianity is almost completely Catholic. Does S. Korea also have a dominant branch like that?
@c3swift 9 днів тому
Had to double down on this one... one of the best #somemorenews episodes yet!
@vecinacansada858 19 днів тому
Warmbo is staying with me. He’s the rebellious child at my family Seder. Someone told him of the singular frog plague
@IndigoViolent 19 днів тому
It was quite a big frog, however, and got into the air ducts and kept everyone awake for weeks.
@vecinacansada858 19 днів тому
@@IndigoViolent I'm afraid finds the frog(s) inspiring. We will send him back soon, with a full belly, and a creepy amount of frog knowledge... he wouldn't stop asking. Good news, Warmbo is lovely guest, and didn't break the rule about chametz. Though I have to ask, does anyone know what he eats? How does he eat? I'm not sure if he has any dietary restrictions on account of being a puppet. We were moving all the Chametz, not kosher for passover food into the garage, for the week. I caught him eating brownie mix straight, I am so sorry, I couldn't stop him.
@ngotemna8875 19 днів тому
Steven Crowder in the background "Oh my GOD is that Warmbo Seder? What a fricking nightmare!"
@liakiyo 19 днів тому
Exvangelical here, and this was a fantastic episode! My one complaint is that I wanted to hit the "like" button every time Katy came on screen, but UKposts would only let me do that once.
@totonow6955 15 днів тому
See you in the exvan chats real sister or brother.
@thorakvideos2495 19 днів тому
Great episode, I believe starting a discussion on religion is the only way to get these people to change their mind.
@BryanLeeDavidson 19 днів тому
I'm one of the Christians who is thankful you made this video.
@nobody.of.importance 18 днів тому
Then you're cool in our book. c: Keep up the good work. I'd say "God bless", but I dunno if that's offensive coming from a satanist.
@BryanLeeDavidson 18 днів тому
Na, not offensive. I always dig kindness. 🙂
@BryanLeeDavidson 18 днів тому
And I like be in a cool book.
@mikehorne4053 15 днів тому
@@nobody.of.importanceAs long as you're a Satanic Temple Satanist and not one of those LaVeyan "Just Ayn Rand with ceremony and ritual" wackjobs then you're good in this Christian Commie's book. ❤
@mikehorne4053 15 днів тому
@@nobody.of.importance as a Christian Commie I'm all cool with and can respect the Satanic Temple. LaVeyan Satanism though is a whole other matter lmao.
@SamsonSilvo 19 днів тому
As a Christian myself (not a church-going one though, largely for the very reasons cited in this video), I greatly appreciate this.
@robertstuckey6407 17 днів тому
We have to do something about the far right or not just the church is doomed
@cursesandprayers 9 днів тому
As a Bible nerd, thank you for this entire episode. Especially the jokes. The jokes were excellent.
@andrewbreding593 15 днів тому
My pastor literally got a scholarship to go to Jerusalem.... Had no idea about the tanks till they got there... 😅
@JackLalane-yt4iu 14 днів тому
Did he get spit on by a significant amount of Israeli Jews walking the streets??
@DrawciaGleam02 9 днів тому
He wasn't in any danger, right?!?!
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