@@Lolirock971 Leviticus 25: 44/46 44 “‘Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. 45 You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. 46 You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.
my sister's church (a mega-southern baptist one) had a hymn that actually had 15 words in it's entirety. seriously. I started laughing and had to leave.
"Don't worry if you don't know the words, there's only about 11 of them per song. And we'll sing them over and over and OVER again until they feel PROFOUND." Spot-on
Not-so fun fact: The songs are actually part of a sort of mind-manipulation to put you into a suggestive state by getting you to stop thinking. I know this sounds crazy, but it’s true.
These are legitimate criticisms of many churches, not an attack on the religion itself. It's only targeting the ones that do this. If your church actually does care about helping people and puts its members before profit, you've got nothing to worry about. If anyone feels attacked by this, may I suggest a closer examination of your church? The bland music, lack of reading from the Bible, putting material wealth before well being, these are legit concerns I have seen at many churches. It's painfully accurate. Well done as always, Horton.
Living a peaceful, humble, fulfilling, "love your neighbor" life. I wish these mega churches would teach this more. The congregation I attend is small, 100% volunteer, and avoids politics. We teach that every person is precious. Thus, we all feel safe to be vulnerable and honest and supportive without prejudices. Its wonderful!
"And if any of this sounds personal, don't worry. I'm talking about someone else's glorified book fan club, with a different long history of endorsing, committing, and incouraging unethical behaviour - not your own."
@@MrC0MPUT3R Is claming that "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" (also known as north korea) is not a democracy also a Scotsman fallacy? Megachurches are as close to the Christian spirit as North Korea to being a democracy. Although in name both of them imply otherwise.
Selah Luke 11:2-4 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.Give us day by day our daily bread.And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil./Inspiration+There is much we could say about this model prayer of our Lord, which will help us to pray aright. But notice the last line, "lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." Here, it seems God's "providential leading" is in view, not "instructional leading," for we would not say "God, don't instruct me to go where I will be tempted." Obviously, God would not do that anyway, and it would be an insult to pray that to Him. Instead, we pray "God, please so order events in my life that I fall not into temptation and into the snare of the evil one (Satan)." /Prayer+O God, you are the Ruler of all history and of my life too. Man thinks himself the "master of his own fate, the captain of his soul," but in truth, you rule over all. I have no right to demand tempting situations should not arise, but knowing my own weakness, I pray you will guard my steps and help me to avoid tempting situations. And if one cannot be avoided or you send it as a test, I pray I may overcome my adversary the devil, in the mighty name Jesus Christ Amen.
What is wrong with that? I think it is great where people associate with like-minded others get to share a treat and buy items that interest them. You are just jaded and hateful.
I think the issue here might be with the fact that once you start selling things in the Church it runs the risk of slowly transforming from a genuine faith to some kind of business. I’m not saying that’s always gonna happen, but I do feel like the risk is there. I mean Jesus wasn't exactly known for being violent when He was here on Earth. Steadfast? Yes. Bold? Yes. Unyielding? Absolutely. Violent? No.... EXCEPT when He saw merchants and money changers conducting business in the Temple. He overthrew their tables, threw their money on the ground, and told them not to make His Father's House "an house of merchandise." That was the one thing that was capable of causing Him to treat people with a degree of violence.
Not even mega churches, plenty of regular churches do a lot of the stuff mentioned, not all of it and not as greedy but non mega churches aren't sinless either.
@@juleneyoung5053 You're forgetting the context. This was in ancient Israel and the church was the government..A theocracy. Producers of food gave of their yearly harvest, it's true. But the people in town, who were paid with currency, had to pay the temple tax of around, I'm pretty sure, 24%. I don't consider myself so special that I’m a gift when I walk through the doors of my church, as you seem to suggest. Rather, whatever or however you feel moved to give is your gift...or offering.
I've got a fugitive cousin living in Brazil (extradition with U.S. ?) making money on this pablum as I type this. The guys always sing in the "whispery-whine" voice too.
@@siphindiwezungu6617 youre talking to a guy who grew up in a non denominational church and played guitar on the praise and worship team during the mid 2000s: guess which single band gave us literally HALF our songlist rotation
Joel Osteen wouldn't allow people stranded by flooding from a devastating hurricane to take refuge in his megachurch. Tells me all I need to know about that man.
According the Houston Chronicle article regarding the matter, Osteen feared storm refugees would trash his church the way they had trashed the New Orleans Superdome during hurricane Katrina . He only relented after public accusations of hypocrisy, but by then, his church had already deservedly suffered a public relations black eye. "Mattress Mac" Jim MacEnvale truly showed the Christian Spirit by opening his warehouses and showrooms during the weather crisis to folks flooded from their homes. He doesn't beat his chest and brag on what a great Christian he is. That's a true example of "What Would Jesus Do?" ❤
@@RemsHusband that's irrelevant. They had enough for a few, but did they? You have enough room for a few, did you? Have you ever? So why bash someone for not doing something you yourself didn't do, haven't done, & probably never will do? Seems hypocritical to me
Oh the burn?? The joke doesn't even make sense. Megachurches are all about accepting everyone and everything. Interesting to see the Catholics are making their own propaganda these days to counter the megachurch propaganda we had to deal with in the 80s. The tip off is the accusation about masks. This video is just more liberal preening.
@@melindazarkltd8551 The joke hits a a home run for those who've experienced spiritually abusive 'churches'. Megachurches are not "all" about anything. Each one is different. Some are about cult culture and abusive narcissistic-psychopathic control. For this goal they brainwash the attendees into accepting that their leadership is divine, annointed, and cannott be questioned (akin to opposing God), and they keep 'sin lists' and use 'breaking sessions', malicious false gossip, and a perverse ring of 'Flying Monkeys' (sycophants, other narcissistic-psychopaths and antisocials, who do their wicked bidding in the hopes of gaining favour and a position of control) to bully and ostricise those who raise a concern about the bullying or abuse-of-position or brainwashing or otherwise un-Biblical behaviour that they've noticed. I started to notice that the only people a 30's 'pastor' would 'trust' and connect with, were the least-Christian behaving, most personality-disordered, most narcissistic, most hateful, most bullying, most discouraging of Christian ways, least referencing of Jesus and His teachings, least loving, least accepting, most passive-aggressive, most self-serving etc. One of them whom the 'pastor' socialised with in private, called prophecy "Christian bull****" and promised to punch the church member next time they saw them, for asking if they would like an encouraging prophecy. The 'pastor' who is a close associate of this sociopath, is also in charge of the 30-year-olds connect group, which is advertised as "to connect and encourage". When this 'pastor' was alerted to the sociopath's bullying anti-Christian behaviour, in private, the group 'pastor' ingored it. When it was then again raised in public on the 'church' community group online, the 'pastor' deleted and blocked the poster, and did not address the bullying issue - as if to deliberately conceal sociopathic anti-Christian behaviour. Suggested read: "Let Us Prey: The Plague of Narcissist Pastors and what We Can Do about it" by Darrell Puls and R. Glenn Ball. Or TLDR - look up websites for "signs of spiritually abusive churches". This video, pretty much every point raised, I could tick off. Including the "before tax" added on to tithing. They talk about giving them money every 2nd Sunday. But when I asked the bullying 'pastor' for a blessing for my new job, as I'd been very underpaid for the last 8 years, the bullying 'pastor' ignored the request, but then went on a year+ campaign of ramping up the bullying, telling their rotten associates to bully me, and collude to commit false witness to increase the bullying (which, being narcissists and sociopaths, not God-fearing Christians, they had no objection to doing).
actually I'm an Optometrist.... those masks.... yeah that's just a bunch of nonsense; every medical from a doctor to a paramedic KNOWS it's complete bullshit; it's only done coz of government mandate.
More if less modern christianity: - Go to Church? Nahhhh I'm lazy - Spread the Word? Nahhh that's embarrassing - Know anything about the Bible? Nahh, you just need to accept jesus. - Pray? Nahh, only when I need something. As an atheist, nothing disgusts me more than hypocrites. Most christians these days are christian in name only.
Noah's Ark is a really fucking stupid story. 😂 Flood stories in mythology are nothing new. The oldest flood myth story known is the Epic Poem of Gilgamesh. 1) Impossible story - Hawaii had rain for longer and no flood. That was from August 30th, 1993 to August 27th, 1994. That's 247 days compared to "40 days and 40 nights". No trace of evidence in mountains for this "global" flood in mountains and so forth by archaeology. Cultures existed during this time (like no culture recorded a moon splitting in two by "Prophet" Muhammad). Sloths come from the Americas and sleep all but 4 hours a day. So much for walking all that time and then crossing a giant ocean without boats. Kangaroos? Crossing waters. Dinosaurs that are millions of years old but humans are only hundreds of thousands of years old. How did the Bible say firstly that animals were made first and then humans and then later says humans were made first and then animals (contradicts itself). If the second claim is the one they're sticking with, then impossible. Humans are like 250k or so years old. Dinosaurs go back millions upon millions upon millions ago. The t-rex and a handful of dinosaurs would probably make humans go extinct. Satan (who is rebranded in Christianity) put the dinosaur bones to trick us? Free dating is very accurate and we have trees dating millions of years old. So the trees are older than an acclaimed 10k year or younger earth (dating by an age of 1 day equating to 1000 years), how? Did the trees get magically placed here? How come trees weren't mentioned to magically go here? The boat size cannot hold millions and it was smaller than the Titanic. Enough food and water? All that poop and pee? What humans are left and why do so many cultures exist? A Sumerian boat (for the oldest spiritual writing known as The Epic Poem of Gilgamesh) was made and found to be more sturdy of design than Noah's Ark. In recent (2021) mainstream news, the Noah's Ark replica is unfit for voyage even though it was made exactly as described in the Bible and it has no damages to it. There's even a finish location for "Noah's Ark" in the Bible but no boat was ever found. The Creation "Museum" of Ken Ham has loads of unscientific and unhistorical claims. Christians even applauded and were shown visually in the crowd to be intrigued by Bill Nye (who isn't a scientist). Furthermore, on a major Christian website, Bill Nye got 93% of the votes for a poll asking who was the winner of the "debate". Bill Nye even missed a handful of explanations and still did a wonderful job at wrecking Ken Ham. 2) Why not just take away free will. They're gonna do it all over again. 3) It was a part of your plan to begin with. 4) You know the future and again, it was a part of your plan. You're everywhere and hear all thoughts so prayer is just begging. 5) Should have just killed everyone and left it at that. 6) No evidence for Noah's Ark itself. 7) Most of the Bible is proven bullshit anyways (history, science, self contradictions, unoriginal content, mistranslations, many versions, misinterpretations, forgeries, missing books, etc.). Most Jews like myself (I'm mixed) aren't religious. Einstein, Sagan, Daniel Radcliffe, and many other Jews weren't/aren't religious. Many of the religious ones admit to doing parts for cultural reasons but admit to not actually believing in it. Thankfully, much of the religions are illegal or at least not tolerated well since (Old and New Testament) pushes slavery, sexism, racism, genocide, homicide, animal abuse, etc. Furthermore, because I say that the god of Abraham is bullshit, doesn't mean I say there's no god or no spirit. It doesn't mean I accept Hinduism either, as there's plenty of bullshit there too. #Agnostic #FreeThinker #AntiTheist #Spiritual #IANDS #MonroeInstitute
Well "Satan" isn't even a fallen angel, in the sense of falling from grace. In the story of Jewish religion, ha'satan/satan, was not even a proper noun. Satan was first a verb, an idea. Later turned into a consciousness, but not a deity. He was designed to tempt people. You can clearly see such occurrences with Yahweh making a bet with Satan in one story and in other instances where Yahweh doesn't want to change Satan's ways. Christians rebranded Satan (like they did for a bunch of things) and then later on even some of them even pushed a non Jewish hell. Hell, which isn't in Jewish faith, and it is a mistranslation of 4 words (3 Greek words and 1 Jewish word). It comes from a self titled fiction called Dante's Inferno, of the Paradise Lost series. Lucifer just means light bearer in Latin and isn't tied to Satan. Even the fake unoriginal misinterpreted "Jesus" (Greek name and J doesn't exist in Hebrew) called himself Lucifer, light bearer. And then what about just blaming former abuses, brainwashing, the fake and very profitable drug "war", and evil forces instead of a person (who supposedly is under the control of "Satan" and is hurting).
Extra stuff left out: -Your donations will bless YOU, so when something bad is happening, that means more donations (wait, what is prayer again?) -The healings are sometimes for real sick people, but they are tricked into thinking they are healed (one person was "healed" from being unable to walk, walked for a bit, but after the service, they found themselves back on the wheelchair)
Used to go to a mega church, this was almost too kind. Should have mentioned all the toe-stepping that everyone does just to get a half inch closer to money…. I mean God.
Please, this. I used to go to a... (not exactly mega but a Church from a larger city) and it's the same, everything is for money, the pastors are so standoffish, everyone that works with the church are eager to take advantage of others...I was already close to being an apatheist back then, those experiences just cemented that. The serenity and the sense of 'community' that I've felt in much smaller village churches just...wasn't there. I don't like living in the village, but this is something that I always liked. If I'm being forced to go to a Church to hide my apatheism/athiesm then I'd rather go to a village church than this.
Went to a ‘smaller’ megachurch growing up. Wasn’t like a football stadium, more like a big office building with enough flashing lights to give a herd of elephants a seizure and a movie screen bigger than the local theater. I used to hide out in the bathroom when they brought the rock band out because it was incredibly overwhelming and loud for me. We left after it turned out they’d secretly hired a convicted child molester who preyed on his own daughter, claiming that they ‘just didn’t allow him near the children.’ My last memory of it was a full on protest going on outside of the church over it. There wasn’t much in the way of Christian education, more like activities centered around well known bible stories, so I’d gotten bored anyway since nobody could seem to answer my more in depth questions about the faith and went looking for other things.
@@trevrockrock16 Yes, actually. I’m planning on minoring in theology and I’m converting to Judaism. I have a healthy respect for various faiths now because I’ve spent a lot of time learning about them and listening to different opinions and theories.
@@cool06alt No Jews in my lineage, but there doesn’t have to be for conversion. If you believe in G-d, the torah, and are willing to take on the 613 mitzvot, then the next step is to find a Rabbi who will lead you through the process. Afterwards you are considered as Jewish as someone who was born into the faith. It’s a LOT of work to take on the commandments, too much for most, which is why proselytizing is forbidden.
@@cool06alt I think reading the Bible would be a good start. Starting with verses that are relevant to our time frame or dispensation. Maybe start with, Romans 3:23-24 KJV to see we all live with the same issues. Then read 1 Corinthians 15 1-4 KJV to see what the gospel says and how to be saved. Then read John 3:16 KJV. After that read Colossians 2:13 KJV Then perhaps read Romans 3:10-18 KJV to see who God declares good. 1 John 1:8-10 is a good one. 2 Timothy 3:1-5 KJV shows us where we are today. You see. The Torah is only part of God's story. The new testament is there for a reason. When Jesus was preaching on earth he was actually preaching to Jews. Not gentiles. But because Jewish people rejected Jesus as their messiah, Jesus sent a revelation to Paul who preached a message to the gentiles that faith on the blood of Jesus and what Jesus did and a belief on him is the way to salvation. That salvation is eternal and can't be taken back. It is a free gift and requires no works and just a belief.
I spent 5 years working as the media director of one of these places, and this is all so painfully true. I remember dropping $25k on projectors without even blinking, while old ladies tithed on their social security and cut their pills in half.
@@waynelast1685 Which parts are BS? Scandal/Abuse: Mark Driscoll(abusive leadership), Brian Houston (concealing child abuse), Carl Lentz(adultry), John Gray(adultry), Ravi Zacharias (sex abuse) Repetitive worship songs: The Blessing, Surrounded, King of My Heart, Oceans Abandoning Traditions/Theology: Steven Furtick, Joel Osteen, Bill Johnson 2nd Amendment/America Worship: Kenneth Copeland, Paula White, Kat Kerr, Jeremiah Johnson 10% minimum, before Taxes: Furtick, Robert Morris, TD Jakes, Copeland, Jesse Duplantis Fake Healing: Benny Hinn, Kenneth Copeland, Todd White, Bill Johnson Saved from not having enough money: TD Jakes, Kenneth Copeland, Robert Morris, Joel Osteen Abandoning Bible for Pastor Books: Best Life Now, The Blessed Life, The Prayer of Jabez, The Physics of Heaven, Sun Stand still Obnoxiously Expensive Clothing: Furtick, Gray, Mike Todd, TD Jakes, David Crank
Priest and the 80 people inside my local church were all fined $5000 each ! But in a tight city like Melbourne in Australia and during a short heavy lockdown period. How is that not fair apart from the fines that should only be $50, not hundreds and thousands. But why is that unfair? I shouldn't be asking since i started avoiding ALL news in order to not hear any political news, but this comment sparked my interest
I'm a retired Volunteer Pastor (I took NO money from the churches I served...I worked a full time job to support my pastorate), and this is extremely accurate. Megachurches, and even most small churches, are somewhat like this. The stench of the "modern" Church was so bad, for me, that I gave up on organized religion in 2006, after having served congregations for about 30 years.
@@memeboi6017honestly Catholic Churches (at least the ones I’ve been to) are pretty good too as far as being the exact opposite of most everything in this video. Unfortunately the unchecked child abuse kind of ruins everything….
@@skylark7921 The sexual abuse in the Catholic Church peaked between the 1960s and 1980s, and has dramatically dropped since then. Most cases of abuse you hear about are from that time period. I'm not making excuses or denying the actions of the clergy, which are very real and very heinous, but there have been various measures taken by the Church to correct the problem. For instance, in 2002 the USCCB instituted mandatory reporting guidelines and safe environment policies, and Pope Francis has done multiple things throughout his pontificate to crack down on abuse and cover up, so I don't think it's fair to say that the abuse has been totally unchecked. Also, clerical abuse isn't a strictly Catholic problem. There are more abuse allegations against protestant ministers per year than there are against Catholic priests.
I'm truly sorry to hear that, but honestly I can't blame you. I almost did the same until I found a decent pentecostal church near me. Not very big, and for the first time ever I felt like I was genuinely accepted. I'm 22 a d this happened when I was 19, so for 19 years I went to all kinds of churches, big and small , Romanian, American, you name it , and I just never felt like I had a place there until this one.
@@MrHumpah12 you're right. Good thing it is not dependent on me. But I can believe your ignorance ( not meaning to be mean but just the real sense of the word) . Almost the entire video is taking everything out of context so it is hard for me to believe you. Almost every church has some aspects similar to the mega churches unless you are talking about ultra conservative churches 50 years ago.
@@waynelast1685 out of context? Mega churches are masters of taking scripture out of context. Also what common link do they have? Jesus being the son of God and his blood saves. That is the most important factor for salvation but I tend to get a Santa Clause picture of God from mega churches and even a lot of "conservative churches" you speak of. I'm sorry you disagree with my stance and don't really know me or my relationship with Christ. If you are puzzled or doubtful, I'd love to answer any questions you have
This is so accurate. Doesn't make me feel so bad that I hated them as a missionary. The most significant church service I ever experienced was in the middle of nowhere with a biker gang.
Even as an atheist, I can appreciate the effect that genuine faith has on people. It's enheartening to know that that still exists, even despite the fact that almost everything's been turned into a product of some kind.
@@pranavghantasala6808 I think that’s how I feel as well. If religion helps people live better lives and they’re not hypocrites, let them be at peace. But the minute your religious views try to control matters of the State, or my person, it’s time to GTFO. Megachurches are the biggest hypocrites imaginable because people will literally go broke because Joel Osteen decided to start preaching the Prosperity Gospel again because his wife needed a manicure and his mistress a silent abortion all of a sudden.
I went to my father's church several weeks ago and I. AM. LIVING. FOR. THIS. When they started talking about the rock band singing songs with only five or so words I SCREAMED. There was an entire song (that went on for 23 minutes - I timed it) where all they kept saying over and over was "jesus banish the darkness" This. Is. Amazing.
Oof, you had it bad. A church I went to last month sang "Holy holy holy, holy is the Lord" for 7 minutes.(I timed) and yes, there were lyrics projected onto the wall behind the band.
I am a Christian, I've been to megachurches, and this is ridiculously accurate. Exactly why I DON'T go to megachurches. And that opening was ON-POINT!!
@@Campzzyzx I would argue that you've been to the wrong churches. If Christ is proclaimed accurately & truly, none if this applies. Instead, God is glorified, and lives are changed
Just as scary is how close these "churches" are to political parties. Here in Australia, the Liberal Party and Hillsong are inseparable with a shit ton of taxpayer's money being ciphered into Hillsong's coffers.
@@denverjames4864 I thought Hillsong was an American band? Scary how far their cultural influence is reaching, though I guess America is already everywhere, being the only globally expecting media producer on Earth. I mean hell, we're on UA-cam
I hope you found your way to a more biblical church, instead. The mega-churches DO NOT proclaim the Gospel message and therefore do NOT represent true Christianity.
@@AntithesisFilms How do you know mine doesn't? They clearly teach Christ and Him Crucified and Resurrected. This is honestly an attack on Christian megachurches because it generalizes this to all megachurches. And the problems you have with Hillsong and Bethel and Elevation Worship are between you and God.
That's so accurate! I was brainwashed in my late teens and I got taken to a couple "Mega churches" and it was a lot like this. They gave you pre-printed envelopes for your tithes and offerings. This was in Canada, but when I lived in the States for a year, I saw the extreme wealth of the mega churches and the expensive, custom clothing and jewellery the preachers were wearing and I was thoroughly disgusted.
@@Lolirock971 1. I do. 2.Citing the Laws regarding Kosher food and the 10 commandments in no way makes what i say incorrect. Fact of the matter is that consuming non kosher food is not a sin at all (see acts 10 & 11)
@@memeboi6017 THIS! I always feel like I'm the only one who sees the irony that the more traditional/liturgical churches, primarily Mainline, have more progressive values and are more willing to learn about things outside of their usual scope, but the modern, 'non denominational, churches? Forget about it. They're unwilling to learn new things, anything/anyone different than them is 'evil', etc. I wanna thank you in this cyber space, because it makes me feel less alone...
@@astyag8627 indeed. Especially the fact that they bring children to those places, that's the real tragedy. If all children were taught science so they'd know how to actually go about finding the answers to their questions, and _NOT_ exposed to religion until their brains were fully developed to a point where they have the maturity to decide for themselves (at least 18-years-old), then very, _very_ few of them would believe all that superstitious nonsense. It makes me sick to see children indoctrinated with beliefs that encourage them to abandon critical-thinking and logic in favor of _"don't ever question this belief. Don't be yourself, be what the god in this book tells you to be. And when things don't add up or make sense, just blindly have faith. And if none of that works for you, it's your fault; you must not be praying hard enough."_ The church knows if it doesn't get 'em young, soon enough they won't have enough believers to fill up those massive buildings. Which means they'll no longer have money and power.
@@jonathanconnor7920 I agree. It's such an insane amount of brain washing and corruption right in front of us and realistically there doesn't seem to be a damn thing we can do about it.
I went to a church that had a faith band, and there were times that I felt that the spirt had a message for the pastor to deliver, but the band just keep playing, to where the spirit just got up and left, saying I don't have all day to wait,
not really so surprising considering depicting their god nailed to such a torture device is one of their most common bits of religious iconography. since it's been so long since crucifixion was a common execution implement, it's not really amazing that most people forget the reality of what such a thing actually is.
AND THEY WEAR THAT SHIT! NO ONE who truly follows Yeshua wears that Mithra garbage because it's a FUCKING INSULT. I truly hate these people. I hate their nicolaitan doctrine, I hate their STUPID fucking music, and I hate their tax-dodging, grin-toothed, hairdo-asshole "preachers".
I’ve always thought that was weird. The cross is the murder weapon, yet people wear them as earrings and display them as decoration. I’m Christian, btw so I’m not mocking anyone’s faith. I just don’t understand the emphasis on the cross itself.
Christian here, you hit the nail on the head with this one. Doesn't insult the faith at all but rather the consumerist nightmare that is the mega church
He is just Mockers anthis this not the way to deal with Issues and He will rot in hell You playing with Fire when Mock Jesus Christ who is the Head if the Church Under Scripture before you Mock God
@@craigclose8490 Learn to write in English before you start preaching in it. Talking about hellfire is not and has not ever been the Christian way. Again no he is mocking mega churches that steal money from people and hold insincere services
I might said it eloquently My point is you don't mock God You mock God who is the Head of the Church You will see Gods Wroth Those Mega do more to put Schools put food in Eathquake hit Countries Medical supplies What have done Who are you judge You are a hypocrite and very self-righteous
He literally shut his church during Hurricane Harvey when people were looking for shelter and a safe place and didn’t open the doors till a ton of people were complaining
Meanwhile, Mattress Mac OPENED his Gallery Furniture showroom and allowed anyone who was stranded without a home because of the flooding to take shelter until those people would find somewhere to stay. He did not rush anyone out of the showroom after the hurricane passed.
@@XXXTentaclez - I don;t see why This has anything to do with Gods existence. You';ll find God is not dependent on Man to Exist. Also, there are Scam Artists everywhere, but not all Clergy are this way.
Currently serving in a small church in a low-income area in an obscure town in the north of England - pretty much the antithesis of yon “mega churches”. This video is so painfully accurate it’s funny in a depressing kind of way and exactly what happens when the love of money and self takes hold.
Sorry, but the antithesis of religion is Atheism, and well, you have nothing to be proud about believing in unsubstantiated claims based on nothing but anecdote, let alone teaching it as truth and corrupting the minds of the innocent and gullible! Shame on you!
Two red flags for megachurches: When you pull up their website, the senior minister is featured on the homepage, rather than the church Said senior minister is living in a compound that is paid for through his book sales, not any donations. Which somehow makes this OK.
@@rennietintin8701 Yup. I have a small church were I personally know the minister and they are taking proper social distancing precautions.... including masking and internet services.
@@theBestInvertebrate evangelical is too broad, to be more specific is "non denominational" as these churches thrive with a top down power structure without the need for general assemblies.
If Cracked actually started selling those "Holy non-denominational happy Jesus house" shopping bags, I'm wondering how many they'd sell? I'm pretty sure they'd have a fair few people wanting them. :)
There should have been more focus on the pastor's "one-on-one youth outreach prayer sessions". Good rule of thumb: if your church has a gift shop, you're doing it wrong. That's the kind of crap that inspired Jesus to wreck up the temple in a rage.
Jesus cleared the Temple because men were charging a premium price for items people needed to make their offerings and sacrifices to God, making it unaffordable for some to do so. Gift shops don't do that. If the "gift shop" is selling Christian books, Bibles, and other materials to help build your faith and educate you in the ways of God, I'm all for it. Having said that, I'm not a fan of megachurches. But as Paul said, regardless of the motive, Christ is preached!
@@cryo9216 You aren't supposed to sell things in church. You aren't even supposed to buy things on the Sabbath. The fact that they were buying and selling in church was the problem. They needed animals to sacrifice, and since a lot of them travelled from far to get to Jerusalem, they couldn't carry animals with them. Hence why having animals in Jerusalem to accommodate them was a good thing. The problem was when they bought things closer and closer to the temple that they were eventually in it. I'm guessing it was expensive but turning religion into capitalism is wrong.
Here's what's wild...a great many of those people are actually great...as individuals as well as a band, but does the church pay them for that skill?? NO. And you KNOW they have they money for it! But I've walked into more traditional churches(hymns, church choir, organ, etc.) that are of named denominations and they're more likely to pay than the modern, 'non denominational' ones. Outside of the music director, not necessarily everyone gets paid but at least a few are...but I've NEVER come across a modern, N.D. church, large or small, that paid anyone on their worship team. Because for some reason, musicians are "Anointed by god" and not highly trained and skilled music professionals....the cognitive dissonance with this topic is a very touchy subject for me as you can tell.
@@EyePodX because thats the only worldly music their parents were allowed to listen to. (fan from 15 in 1980, but bored by joshua tree, by which time the orher christian kids had finally caught on). also, being iIrish, the melody was familar genetically. us celts like a good drone under a singable melody, like most tradittional hymns. plus. anything in the world that is seen as evil is automaticall seen as acceptable after twebty years, and holy,vafter thirty.
@@EyePodX plus, that style must be what it takes to BRING IN THA MONEY!!!!! and uniqueness, growth or curiosity are forbidden in such churches. hence the "failed musicians". real artists get chucked out because they think.
True. Friend’s father was a pastor at a small town (2500 people max) church (one of 3 in town). He made damned good money ($60k a year in the late 90s). He only really worked 3 days a week (Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday). The rest of the week, he’d just work on his speech (sermon) and visit hospitals and do weddings and such.
@@CamaroAmx take it from me, a sermon is no easy task, my dad is an elder in the church and has to lead the service when the pastor physically is unable to do so, and I get roped in to helping him with PowerPoint, UA-cam and general I.T. for the sermon. It takes time, effort and 3 years off your life from stress.to make a good sermon without training.
You mean like where Jesus said to beat lazy slaves and kill drunk slaves? Or do you mean where Jesus said all non-Jews were dogs not worthy of table scraps? Or maybe where Jesus said he would personally torture every single person who didn't believe in him in hell forever? Or when Jesus threw a temper tantrum and destroyed a fig tree for the 'crime' of not bearing fruit when it wasn't in season? Or how about where Jesus said everyone who believed in him would be immune to all poisons? Christianity is a cult fraud, like every other religion that ever existed.
Holy shit, this is absolutely brilliant. As a southern baptist megachurch expat still living in the buckle of the bible belt, this describes my experience perfectly. I was also at one point on volunteer staff for stage, lights, cameras, and audio. Jordan, my hat's off to you. This feels like such sweet catharsis.
I've been trolling around on UA-cam for more than a decade (probably 2 decades, but I can't remember exactly when UA-cam became a thing), and this is literally the first channel I have ever hit the "subscribe" button for... His voice is my voice (with better production and a larger audience). I love these videos!
I would totally join "Horton's Holy non-denominational happy Jesus house". Sounds like one hell of a holy experience and they have an Asian guy in it somewhere. 🤣
You gotta have the three or four black kids, ten latin kids, and that one asian kid who, maybe, just maybe, may marry the only other asian person in the church.
With as much energy it took to formulate these sentences, I'm sure you all could have already been part of the solutions. Or at least created yourselves opportunities around such. You still can be worked through, it is a choice. Take care of your neighbors and God bless
That is a real Christian movie called "The Reliant". And yes, it does "star" Kevin Sorbo, in that he is in the movie and the only name you might recognize.
So a missionary organization offered me internship for a year and they said can work there after a year. When I got in the interview, I'm a male by the way, they asked if I can listen to female leaderships, and if I will date the followers. Just crazy questions. Of course I will listen to women bosses, my boss at the time was a woman and I was actually trying not to date. I turned down girls because they were "Christian enough" because some of the missionaries told me. I took it that seriously. I didnt get the job and I was offended because they came up to me and offer the job. I will never interned for free again. They got all that free labor and called me a sexist when they worked me hard. It still hard for me to trust any missionary groups or churches after that. I still love God, but I dont trust churches. I was also at a church when they made fun of my race. Of course, I left that church. I hate people making fun of my race! They think it's funny, but it isn't funny to me. I told them to stop, but they just want to bully me. I really tried to like church, but at the end, I was disillusioned by it. I really try not to hate them because I love God more than I hate them, but i wont join any more churches and tell my kids how churches are and how they treated me.
@@alexlilano1931 I am sorry you had to go through that. Personally i dont think free internships should be a thing anywhere. Labor should be paid for, even if you are provided "life skills". Sadly organizations that exploit, belittle, and impose their own values on the employees are all too common. Personally i am an Atheist, but do not think this kind of behavior is in any way limited to religious organizations. We can only hope that people will refuse to work for any business or group that demands conformity to their desires, and in the end the groups either change or wither from lack of employees.
My father and my mother spent a good several years finding a good church, which ended them up in all sorts of shady churches, even a cult at one point. My dad studied Neurolinguistics before coming to faith, and was (and still is) technically qualified as a hypnotist. During his studies, he learned about how the megachurches actually use the 11 words songs to put you into a suggestive state. It’s more complicated than simply that, but yeah, the megachurches are out to get your money, not to save you.
I know it sounds crazy but we are being brain washed daily by outer circumstances. Commercials are bombarding us with you need this to be happy for one example. So yes the songs were supposed to hypnotise. But what was the message? And mega churches dont seem to glorify God but the pastor alone.
@@amabiliabernardo372 And that was what the first churches were all about. A little haven/community within a cold uncaring world. Where they were to love one another even as christ loved us. Care for each other, support each other emotionally and financially when in need. A new family of sorts.
In other news water is wet. Yeah, I don't need Jesus to know the difference between a village gathering with songs and an obvious multi million dollar scam.
I have respect for no churches. It’s a waste of land, resources, and time. It’s an invisible obligation to spend your Sunday mornings in worship of magic man in the sky, whom they believe to be a big lovable idiot who can’t see when they sin
@@tootiethepawpatrolpupwhat about the church where Christ actually physically lives there where you can adore him face to face & actually eat his flesh & drink his blood?
I'm still a Christian and this video is so accurate. Thank you for making this video. The best part of this is where they depict Christ and who he hangs with. The people who made this video know the Bible more than mega churches that say they do.
@@Thespeaker3832 When Yeshua returns, many mega-churches are going to see a worse wrath. Because they knew the scriptures, and blatantly defied them, defiling themselves in full knowledge of the scriptures, and leading the least of these (the poor, the sick, the weak) down a path of destruction yet promising luxuries, peace and tranquility in material possessions and misinterpreted scriptures. They will face the same kind of judgement as those of the Sanhedrin in Yeshua's time. That while they knew, they refused to do what Yeshua commanded them, and instead allowed sin to rule their lives and control them.
Several comments talk of how he hasn’t disrespected christians. And they’re right. But many people who would call themselves Christians will be massively disrespected because they really aren’t.
I say this as a former Baptist, current, and lifelong southerner, and as someone whose list of people he admires loves, and respects is 90% Christian. When it comes to something as broad as and as the entirety of Christianity, I can’t say that something as specific as this video wouldn’t offend. I was part of a church that would’ve HATED this, because they’re dominionist. That included me of course so no judgement there. Same token I wouldn’t/couldn’t say that “most” Christians wouldn’t get offended. I speak only for the IFB churches I went to/visited/had a guest pastor from. Those same folks would say you aren’t a real Christian for not being offended which they take to mean you aren’t standing up for god. As such I don’t think it’s fair to say in regards to the context that only people who “call themselves Christian but aren’t” would be offended. That’s something that doesn’t deal with a religion so it wouldn’t apply to faith. To say nothing of course about people who are offended too easily and about non-religious subjects.
@David Davison actually the story is a little more complicated than that. First, the setting. The scene is within the Jewish temple, therefore on sacred ground, probably the inner courtyard. The outer was intended to be a place for the Gentile to worship if he desired, but has been taken over and crowded with people selling various things including sacrificial animals and coins. But none of that was ever to enter from the court of the Gentiles into the inner courtyard where only Jews were permitted. Such things were not clean or holy to do in the inner courtyard. These temple coins were blank, because the having an image of Caesar , who claimed to be a god, was blasphemous and idolatry, so when bringing coins as payment for holy sacrifices, there were money changers who, at a profit, exchanged Roman coins for these acceptable temple coins. Second, the questioners. It was both Pharisees and Herodians who came and asked this, and this is significant because they hated each other. Pharisees were the religious elite who scorned Rome and everything they did. Herodians, as the name might suggest, were supporters of King Herod, and more involved with international politics, including financial stuff. Their viewpoints usually had them in opposite camps, so this alliance against Jesus was very unusual. Now, the question. They asked Jesus a trick question. They said they knew he was a righteous man, so perhaps they could tell them. Was it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? If Jesus straight answered yes, then they could accuse him of blasphemy, either discrediting him completely or else giving them grounds to demand execution. If he said a straight no, then he had committed an offence against Roman authority before witnesses, and could be safely disposed of through Roman punishment of treasonous behaviour. So Jesus turned the question back on them. He asked them for a coin (perhaps it was significant that the itinerant rabbi didn’t have one), and when they brought him one, he’d already won the debate. Because they had an image of Caesar in the holy temple which should not have happened. But it goes a step further. He said, “whose image is this?” They answered, “Caesar’s.” Jesus replied, “Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto God what is God’s”. In so doing, before his audience, he submitted to Roman authority in the land while completely subverting it. He acknowledged paying taxes to the Romans, but completely rejected the idea that Caesar was divine. This answer would have left everyone watching appreciative of the way in which Jesus undercut Roman authority while submitting to the letter of their law. Those who asked the question now had no grounds anymore to accuse him based on this question. Not only that, but his answer to pay taxes would have pleased the Herodians and infuriated the Pharisees, while his denial of Caesar’s divinity would have pleased the Pharisees while disturbing the Herodians, thus splitting the tenuous alliance against him. Sorry this took so long, but I hope it makes the story more interesting. Every time in the Bible that Jesus was asked a question like that, it was a trick question in some way, and his answers tended to divide the questioners against each other.
So much of this isn't just true of the mega churches. Grew up in a bunch of small churches with similar mentalities....or worse in some regard. But this highlights pretty much every reason I haven't been to a church for a few years now.
Sure, but he's referring to mega churches, not small ones. By no means is he suggesting that it's exclusive to mega churches, but I haven't' come across a mega church where any of this ISN'T true. Small churches at least run the gamut of these bullet points.
The part about the music being inspired by "love, God, and U2's 'Joshua Tree'" had me laughing out loud. 😂 Whoever wrote this was clearly going from personal experience.
@Maximillian Wylde Well to be fair even Catholics have debated the particulars of Christ's divinity, nevermind Protestants. It's not my area (informed agnostic), but my mom took a history course along the lines of Schisms of the Early Church (she went to a Jesuit college). So much stuff folks think of as having been constant throughout has been revisited & reinterpreted (or hotly debated) over the millennia. Which makes sense to me, as I think it's healthy to examine the tenets of one's faith from time to time.
1st Mega Church: Jesus' Sermon on the mount. Handed out full baskets of fish and bread, fed 10,000 people Today's Mega Church: Hands out empty baskets and has the 10,000 put their bread in for one person. It's a much better business model.
He fed 4000 in one occasion and 5000 in another without counting women and children. It could be less or more than 10,000. However, that's not the number given in the Gospels.
@@cryo9216 That really depends on your view of what "magic" is. Science is so complicated that it might as well be magic. Lovecraft's old gods are completely in tune with the universe, so anything that comes natural to them could be considered magic to us. God created the Universe, so anything that comes natural to him could be considered magic. The term is only derogatory because the edgy minority of atheism uses it as such.
True story: A mega "church" in Oklahoma (that uses motorcycling enthusiasm as a draw) once invited the band Lamb of God to one of their "revival weekends". Three minutes in the plug gets pulled and the band makes 20 grand for the appearance. Way too funny and kind of sad how these people operate. I am a pentacostal preachers kid btw. If there is a part 2 to this and they need a consultant , just hit me up.
Nailed it. I love that it's not only true, but also pissing a lot of people off. The 30 something pastor with a suspiciously expensive wardrobe is so spot on.
If you get the chance see if you can find a ditty by Ray Stevens called , "Would Jesus Wear A Rolex." It's hilarious and really makes a super dig at these big high fashion mega churches.
„“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.“ Matthew 6:24 We know which Master he chose. Lol
Having just watched the Hillsong documentary and been made aware of other similar situations here in the UK, this is disturbingly accurate. And very funny.
Not to mention how there were always cliques like it were a high school. Back when I used to be a church goer, as a kid, we went to a church that was almost a mega church and all of this was applicable. All of it. And if your family wasn't in one of those cliques, you were no one in that church. Usually you'd find yourself practically shunned by most people. As a young adult, I left and went to a small Baptist church by myself. Difference was night and day. There was no room for cliques and the church was doing everything it could to get by. I was one of the treasurers at that church and we couldn't even afford to pay the pastor most of the time let alone keep the lights on. He instead worked night shift at a factory and was usually almost too tired to function come Sunday morning. I've stopped going altogether now, as my beliefs toward churches/religion altogether has changed, but thats another topic in and of itself. I wholeheartedly believe in taxing the megachurches. Heavily.
My ex husband's wealthy brother-in-law and sister are in one of these collossally fake mega- churches. They are literally money cults for the shallow and gullible. Thank God we were not members so they were discouraged from interacting with us and also too poor to be recruited.😉
Sadly there's whole denominations now "aka nondenominational" such as calvary chapel or assembly of God based on this megachurch dynamic. One thing I'll never understand is how "worship music" is actually preferred by anyone?
@@jdkayak7868 I really think its the fear of pissing g off. My old neighbour used to listen cos she was convinced it would make her daughter's cancer go into remission. It remitted but sadly returned... As for others?? No freaking clue. If you ever find the mockumentary "Never Been Thawed"? (2005 maybe...)? You'd LOVE how the band went from ordinary to xtian superstars!!! Its hilarious!!!
It's kind of the same reason why Jesus only kept to 12 people It's good to worship together, but we weren't made to function in crowds all the time I'm not excusing cliques, just because you don't know someone doesn't mean you can be a prick to them (obviously), but there are specific reasons they form
@@Lkendrick The Lord laid that on my heart years ago in prayer after a really disturbing dream I had. It seems as if persecution is indeed coming to the western church, but not for the reasons they often pretend. Its because of discipline. "For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?" 1 Pet. 4:17
@@namelessdork2256lol I totally pictured him with his middle-eastern looks and clothes wearing a construction helmet and saying "this is so much better than a whip"
Cards on the table I (the guy who wrote this episode), was a Music Director at a (non-mega) church, and, in fact, my wife and I still lead music there regularly FOR FREE as well as attend. But that doesn’t mean I don’t believe there aren’t things deeply wrong with the way megachurches and possibly just America generally have twisted things. As with all of these, please check the sources, and, in particular, I highly recommend The Fall and Rise of Mars Hill Church podcast.
As a Christian, this is accurate of megachurches. My dad and mom who were pastors in the PC(USA) had to learn Greek and Hebrew and go through 3 years of full-time grad school and pass an exam to preach. Megachurches? Just be a white straight cis male and/or a conventionally good-looking guy who is the embodiment of "how do you do my fellow kids of Jesus".
@@praevasc4299 All the same scam based on some antiquated book of idiotic superstitions! Each picks and chooses which of the contradictory errors they choose to push! All for the same tax scam.
@@glenncurry3041 That what you call "idiotic superstition", was the foundation of modern civilization you currently live in and enjoy the human rights it provides. Yes, Western civilization has its flaws, but it still gives common people the most rights and the best quality of life from all civilizations that ever existed. I don't know why you hate it so at much.
@@littlesmith5005 it's not the same thing. Megachurches prey on Christianity, but Christianity can still exist without megachurches. If you're gonna be ignorant, can you do it somewhere else?
@@GilDice Not all atheists are smart as they think they are. I don't know if this guy is one but I know the no brainer atheists enjoy saying snarky comments like such.
"We're not your grandma's church" was LITERALLY the catchphrase for a mega church I went to. LOL.
I am so sorry you had To go through that
whaaaaaat... lol
Leviticus 11 Exodus 20 please repent from sins
Did your grandma go there? 😶
@@Lolirock971
Leviticus 25: 44/46
44 “‘Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. 45 You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. 46 You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.
I am really disturbed by how that "love is like water" actually sounded like something they would play in church.
my sister's church (a mega-southern baptist one) had a hymn that actually had 15 words in it's entirety. seriously. I started laughing and had to leave.
@@GoddessNeith Praise Jesus. That’s wrong. lol
My first thought when the song ended was that I was pretty sure I could hear the lawyers for Hillsong sprinting for their cars. "And maybe a tree?"
Really accurate, I could have sworn I already heared it at church!!!
@@josemedina9623 well they sure didn't
If Megachurches were honest....well....there would be no Megachurches. 😁
Also, their "pastor, minister, rabbi, padre, etc." wouldn't be begging for a larger private jet!
@@waynetaylor8082have only seen Xian leaders ask for those...
That sentence also works with out the word 'mega' in it
The same applies to all religions.
Not sure about this. There are plenty of smaller churches that are honest and people appreciate those
"Don't worry if you don't know the words, there's only about 11 of them per song. And we'll sing them over and over and OVER again until they feel PROFOUND."
Spot-on
The best part was the wrong "your" on-screen. Absolutely on the nail for these sham religious institutes.
Also, every song features the same generic pop chord progressions, nice and easy for the band to play every week.
Not-so fun fact: The songs are actually part of a sort of mind-manipulation to put you into a suggestive state by getting you to stop thinking. I know this sounds crazy, but it’s true.
@@JahJah-CleverHandle It's not even manipulation, some will flat-out tell you to "shut you mind off" and let the music flow through you.
Leviticus 11 Exodus 20 please repent from sins 😊
These are legitimate criticisms of many churches, not an attack on the religion itself. It's only targeting the ones that do this. If your church actually does care about helping people and puts its members before profit, you've got nothing to worry about. If anyone feels attacked by this, may I suggest a closer examination of your church? The bland music, lack of reading from the Bible, putting material wealth before well being, these are legit concerns I have seen at many churches. It's painfully accurate. Well done as always, Horton.
Well said.
"Church house"*
We are the church
If your born again!
Living a peaceful, humble, fulfilling, "love your neighbor" life. I wish these mega churches would teach this more. The congregation I attend is small, 100% volunteer, and avoids politics. We teach that every person is precious. Thus, we all feel safe to be vulnerable and honest and supportive without prejudices. Its wonderful!
But all Religion did is killed and controlled people throughout history. How can you even say that?
Also Isaiah 58:7 - 10 plainly says to help the poor by sharing what you have, and to not be a lying oppressor.
How he offended megachurches without offending Christians is golden
@Monkey Joe "Scotsman"
LOL "What ever you have to tell yourself, Joe Dirt"
"And if any of this sounds personal, don't worry. I'm talking about someone else's glorified book fan club, with a different long history of endorsing, committing, and incouraging unethical behaviour - not your own."
@@MrC0MPUT3R Is claming that "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" (also known as north korea) is not a democracy also a Scotsman fallacy?
Megachurches are as close to the Christian spirit as North Korea to being a democracy. Although in name both of them imply otherwise.
THIS!
It's refreshing to see Roger back.
No kidding, these were missed
I thought he was dead
Selah
Luke 11:2-4 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.Give us day by day our daily bread.And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil./Inspiration+There is much we could say about this model prayer of our Lord, which will help us to pray aright. But notice the last line, "lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." Here, it seems God's "providential leading" is in view, not "instructional leading," for we would not say "God, don't instruct me to go where I will be tempted." Obviously, God would not do that anyway, and it would be an insult to pray that to Him. Instead, we pray "God, please so order events in my life that I fall not into temptation and into the snare of the evil one (Satan)." /Prayer+O God, you are the Ruler of all history and of my life too. Man thinks himself the "master of his own fate, the captain of his soul," but in truth, you rule over all. I have no right to demand tempting situations should not arise, but knowing my own weakness, I pray you will guard my steps and help me to avoid tempting situations. And if one cannot be avoided or you send it as a test, I pray I may overcome my adversary the devil, in the mighty name Jesus Christ Amen.
The king is back
I agree
I lost it at “because we want you to believe our church might have an Asian guy in it somewhere.” 😂
Leviticus 11 Exodus 20 please repent from sins 😊
@@Lolirock971Nuh uh
@@AJTheInvisibleGirlrepent
i was the asian guy in it somewhere but unfortunately i left and the asian representation came with me
@@Lolirock971cope
You forgot the insanity of having a Christian book store, clothing store, and coffee shop inside the church.
Why do I suddenly hear a voice saying, “My house is an house of prayer....”?
@@Stardweller1 "My house is a house of prayer, and also it is a house that offers large cappucino half price every sunday before 11:00 service."
What is wrong with that? I think it is great where people associate with like-minded others get to share a treat and buy items that interest them. You are just jaded and hateful.
@@Ubylmoen Sounds good to me. I love relaxing with a coffee and listening to God's word and associating with like-minded people.
I think the issue here might be with the fact that once you start selling things in the Church it runs the risk of slowly transforming from a genuine faith to some kind of business. I’m not saying that’s always gonna happen, but I do feel like the risk is there.
I mean Jesus wasn't exactly known for being violent when He was here on Earth. Steadfast? Yes. Bold? Yes. Unyielding? Absolutely. Violent? No.... EXCEPT when He saw merchants and money changers conducting business in the Temple. He overthrew their tables, threw their money on the ground, and told them not to make His Father's House "an house of merchandise." That was the one thing that was capable of causing Him to treat people with a degree of violence.
This is a pretty accurate depiction of today's heretical megachurch.
Even as a Christian this accurate and hate to see people get stuck in these churches
Not even mega churches, plenty of regular churches do a lot of the stuff mentioned, not all of it and not as greedy but non mega churches aren't sinless either.
Tithe is yearly !! how would the churches survive on that hahaha.
Gifting is when ever you visit/attend church
@@juleneyoung5053 You're forgetting the context. This was in ancient Israel and the church was the government..A theocracy. Producers of food gave of their yearly harvest, it's true. But the people in town, who were paid with currency, had to pay the temple tax of around, I'm pretty sure, 24%. I don't consider myself so special that I’m a gift when I walk through the doors of my church, as you seem to suggest. Rather, whatever or however you feel moved to give is your gift...or offering.
American megachurches not my church , I'm in a real authentic Christlike Megachurch and the scriptures is what we take seriously and biblically sound.
"we're just gonna do whatever sounds ...probably Christian."
Joel Osteen: "Hey, get your own scam!"
Huh... it's almost like he was calling him out or something. Who woulda thunk it?
Olsteen/ Osteen he had an L in his name.
@@Cornerstanding Nope.
legendary comment
@@Cornerstanding I think you are a victim of the Mandela Effect.
That "Love is like water" bit really is how contemporary Christian lyrics are written
I've got a fugitive cousin living in Brazil (extradition with U.S. ?) making money on this pablum as I type this. The guys always sing in the "whispery-whine" voice too.
Leviticus 11 Exodus 20 please repent from sins
Make sure that the drums increase in volume every time the beat drops because it needs to be moving
Christian lyrics👀👀, more of a Protestant lyrics. Be specific on ur words
@@ionictheist349 Catholic Lyrics praise Mary 90% of the time
"Jesus, your love is like water
Love is like water
Love is like water"
Hillsong: *WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN*
Chorus: "Whoaoaoaaaaaaaoaohhh"
@@stratecaster547 Could you kindly stop being this accurate
@@siphindiwezungu6617 youre talking to a guy who grew up in a non denominational church and played guitar on the praise and worship team during the mid 2000s: guess which single band gave us literally HALF our songlist rotation
This is why that kind of music started dying of in the mid 2010s.
And maybe a tree.
"Fronted by failed musicians" - holy shit that was soooooo on point.
EDIT: Thank you for the likes, Yum Yum Yummy
Absolutely savage i quit church band after i learned how to play a scale.. Can't stand the sound of an open G chord anymore...
No joke. I need earplugs to go to my parents church. Most ppl there are really deaf. The drum player is behind plexiglass to not make it so loud.
Or vice versa... like Katy Perry
Christian rock bands are the religious version of Smosh on UA-cam.
In black churches entertainers scalp talent to join their band or background singers. I dont know about white churches.
As a former member of a small-town church, where the pastor drove a school bus for a living, I am wholly... not offended.
bless him!
And this is the type of church people should support .
As a school bus driver who has served as a pastor, I am also wholly not offended, and very encouraged by your comment. Thank you for posting.
Joel Osteen wouldn't allow people stranded by flooding from a devastating hurricane to take refuge in his megachurch. Tells me all I need to know about that man.
Did you?
@@paulydwaboutit4326I can say with complete confidence that OP does not own a mega church capable of providing shelter for thousands of people.
According the Houston Chronicle article regarding the matter, Osteen feared storm refugees would trash his church the way they had trashed the New Orleans Superdome during hurricane Katrina .
He only relented after public accusations of hypocrisy, but by then, his church had already deservedly suffered a public relations black eye.
"Mattress Mac" Jim MacEnvale truly showed the Christian Spirit by opening his warehouses and showrooms during the weather crisis to folks flooded from their homes. He doesn't beat his chest and brag on what a great Christian he is.
That's a true example of "What Would Jesus Do?" ❤
@@paulydwaboutit4326well Joel sure didn't lmao
@@RemsHusband that's irrelevant. They had enough for a few, but did they? You have enough room for a few, did you? Have you ever? So why bash someone for not doing something you yourself didn't do, haven't done, & probably never will do? Seems hypocritical to me
"We sure aren't perfect but sure expect you to be."
Oh, the burn.
Oh the burn?? The joke doesn't even make sense. Megachurches are all about accepting everyone and everything. Interesting to see the Catholics are making their own propaganda these days to counter the megachurch propaganda we had to deal with in the 80s. The tip off is the accusation about masks. This video is just more liberal preening.
@@melindazarkltd8551 The joke hits a a home run for those who've experienced spiritually abusive 'churches'. Megachurches are not "all" about anything. Each one is different. Some are about cult culture and abusive narcissistic-psychopathic control. For this goal they brainwash the attendees into accepting that their leadership is divine, annointed, and cannott be questioned (akin to opposing God), and they keep 'sin lists' and use 'breaking sessions', malicious false gossip, and a perverse ring of 'Flying Monkeys' (sycophants, other narcissistic-psychopaths and antisocials, who do their wicked bidding in the hopes of gaining favour and a position of control) to bully and ostricise those who raise a concern about the bullying or abuse-of-position or brainwashing or otherwise un-Biblical behaviour that they've noticed. I started to notice that the only people a 30's 'pastor' would 'trust' and connect with, were the least-Christian behaving, most personality-disordered, most narcissistic, most hateful, most bullying, most discouraging of Christian ways, least referencing of Jesus and His teachings, least loving, least accepting, most passive-aggressive, most self-serving etc. One of them whom the 'pastor' socialised with in private, called prophecy "Christian bull****" and promised to punch the church member next time they saw them, for asking if they would like an encouraging prophecy. The 'pastor' who is a close associate of this sociopath, is also in charge of the 30-year-olds connect group, which is advertised as "to connect and encourage". When this 'pastor' was alerted to the sociopath's bullying anti-Christian behaviour, in private, the group 'pastor' ingored it. When it was then again raised in public on the 'church' community group online, the 'pastor' deleted and blocked the poster, and did not address the bullying issue - as if to deliberately conceal sociopathic anti-Christian behaviour. Suggested read: "Let Us Prey: The Plague of Narcissist Pastors and what We Can Do about it" by Darrell Puls and R. Glenn Ball. Or TLDR - look up websites for "signs of spiritually abusive churches". This video, pretty much every point raised, I could tick off. Including the "before tax" added on to tithing. They talk about giving them money every 2nd Sunday. But when I asked the bullying 'pastor' for a blessing for my new job, as I'd been very underpaid for the last 8 years, the bullying 'pastor' ignored the request, but then went on a year+ campaign of ramping up the bullying, telling their rotten associates to bully me, and collude to commit false witness to increase the bullying (which, being narcissists and sociopaths, not God-fearing Christians, they had no objection to doing).
actually I'm an Optometrist.... those masks.... yeah that's just a bunch of nonsense; every medical from a doctor to a paramedic KNOWS it's complete bullshit; it's only done coz of government mandate.
My parents church is currently trying to keep another couple's loveless marriage together because they say that divorce is 'ungodly'
@@stijnvdv2 Yeah I think the rest of these people have completely missed my point
Loved the line about ignoring thousands of years of theology and study to go with whatever feels right
More if less modern christianity:
- Go to Church?
Nahhhh I'm lazy
- Spread the Word?
Nahhh that's embarrassing
- Know anything about the Bible?
Nahh, you just need to accept jesus.
- Pray?
Nahh, only when I need something.
As an atheist, nothing disgusts me more than hypocrites. Most christians these days are christian in name only.
"As long as there's not an ongoing national crisis"
*Joel Osteen has left the chat*
ikr , i lolled at that part
LOL 🤣👍
Dude, we don't use napalm in warfare.
Noah's Ark is a really fucking stupid story. 😂 Flood stories in mythology are nothing new. The oldest flood myth story known is the Epic Poem of Gilgamesh.
1) Impossible story - Hawaii had rain for longer and no flood. That was from August 30th, 1993 to August 27th, 1994. That's 247 days compared to "40 days and 40 nights". No trace of evidence in mountains for this "global" flood in mountains and so forth by archaeology. Cultures existed during this time (like no culture recorded a moon splitting in two by "Prophet" Muhammad). Sloths come from the Americas and sleep all but 4 hours a day. So much for walking all that time and then crossing a giant ocean without boats. Kangaroos? Crossing waters. Dinosaurs that are millions of years old but humans are only hundreds of thousands of years old. How did the Bible say firstly that animals were made first and then humans and then later says humans were made first and then animals (contradicts itself). If the second claim is the one they're sticking with, then impossible. Humans are like 250k or so years old. Dinosaurs go back millions upon millions upon millions ago. The t-rex and a handful of dinosaurs would probably make humans go extinct. Satan (who is rebranded in Christianity) put the dinosaur bones to trick us? Free dating is very accurate and we have trees dating millions of years old. So the trees are older than an acclaimed 10k year or younger earth (dating by an age of 1 day equating to 1000 years), how? Did the trees get magically placed here? How come trees weren't mentioned to magically go here? The boat size cannot hold millions and it was smaller than the Titanic. Enough food and water? All that poop and pee? What humans are left and why do so many cultures exist? A Sumerian boat (for the oldest spiritual writing known as The Epic Poem of Gilgamesh) was made and found to be more sturdy of design than Noah's Ark. In recent (2021) mainstream news, the Noah's Ark replica is unfit for voyage even though it was made exactly as described in the Bible and it has no damages to it. There's even a finish location for "Noah's Ark" in the Bible but no boat was ever found. The Creation "Museum" of Ken Ham has loads of unscientific and unhistorical claims. Christians even applauded and were shown visually in the crowd to be intrigued by Bill Nye (who isn't a scientist). Furthermore, on a major Christian website, Bill Nye got 93% of the votes for a poll asking who was the winner of the "debate". Bill Nye even missed a handful of explanations and still did a wonderful job at wrecking Ken Ham.
2) Why not just take away free will. They're gonna do it all over again.
3) It was a part of your plan to begin with.
4) You know the future and again, it was a part of your plan. You're everywhere and hear all thoughts so prayer is just begging.
5) Should have just killed everyone and left it at that.
6) No evidence for Noah's Ark itself.
7) Most of the Bible is proven bullshit anyways (history, science, self contradictions, unoriginal content, mistranslations, many versions, misinterpretations, forgeries, missing books, etc.).
Most Jews like myself (I'm mixed) aren't religious. Einstein, Sagan, Daniel Radcliffe, and many other Jews weren't/aren't religious. Many of the religious ones admit to doing parts for cultural reasons but admit to not actually believing in it. Thankfully, much of the religions are illegal or at least not tolerated well since (Old and New Testament) pushes slavery, sexism, racism, genocide, homicide, animal abuse, etc. Furthermore, because I say that the god of Abraham is bullshit, doesn't mean I say there's no god or no spirit. It doesn't mean I accept Hinduism either, as there's plenty of bullshit there too.
#Agnostic #FreeThinker #AntiTheist #Spiritual #IANDS #MonroeInstitute
Well "Satan" isn't even a fallen angel, in the sense of falling from grace. In the story of Jewish religion, ha'satan/satan, was not even a proper noun. Satan was first a verb, an idea. Later turned into a consciousness, but not a deity. He was designed to tempt people. You can clearly see such occurrences with Yahweh making a bet with Satan in one story and in other instances where Yahweh doesn't want to change Satan's ways. Christians rebranded Satan (like they did for a bunch of things) and then later on even some of them even pushed a non Jewish hell. Hell, which isn't in Jewish faith, and it is a mistranslation of 4 words (3 Greek words and 1 Jewish word). It comes from a self titled fiction called Dante's Inferno, of the Paradise Lost series. Lucifer just means light bearer in Latin and isn't tied to Satan. Even the fake unoriginal misinterpreted "Jesus" (Greek name and J doesn't exist in Hebrew) called himself Lucifer, light bearer. And then what about just blaming former abuses, brainwashing, the fake and very profitable drug "war", and evil forces instead of a person (who supposedly is under the control of "Satan" and is hurting).
Extra stuff left out:
-Your donations will bless YOU, so when something bad is happening, that means more donations (wait, what is prayer again?)
-The healings are sometimes for real sick people, but they are tricked into thinking they are healed (one person was "healed" from being unable to walk, walked for a bit, but after the service, they found themselves back on the wheelchair)
Yep. Adrenaline is a powerful thing in the short-term, but when it wears off... 😢
@@leyruaand Leviticus 11 Exodus 20 please repent from sins 😊
It's indulgences all over again
People forget why Protestants exist
@@Lolirock971 oh, the part where it says "Thou shalt not explain miraculous healings"
"Jesus Christ will you shut the hell up! I'm making a commercial for GOD!" Perfection
I'm Christian and even I can laugh at this
Most accurate 10 seconds of this video!
@@cantweallplaynice3912 You should not laugh to this you should tell him to repent. I'm telling him now Repent
@@cantweallplaynice3912 how?
@@Man-lw1vp because it's the truth about these big churches
When I see his face, I smile. He's Roger by the way
what would you do if he was your dad
Wrong! He's Brother Roger. Bless you.
Same
I still love his "Cell phone games" video!
@@mathiaschwan9882 i wish he was my daddy.
Used to go to a mega church, this was almost too kind. Should have mentioned all the toe-stepping that everyone does just to get a half inch closer to money…. I mean God.
Amen! 🤣
In my country religious organisation must work for at least a century to become tax-free
I think something like this wouldn't work here
Creflo dollar churches and prosperity preaching visit the base and the website amen
Please, this. I used to go to a... (not exactly mega but a Church from a larger city) and it's the same, everything is for money, the pastors are so standoffish, everyone that works with the church are eager to take advantage of others...I was already close to being an apatheist back then, those experiences just cemented that.
The serenity and the sense of 'community' that I've felt in much smaller village churches just...wasn't there.
I don't like living in the village, but this is something that I always liked. If I'm being forced to go to a Church to hide my apatheism/athiesm then I'd rather go to a village church than this.
What about children’s church?!
Went to a ‘smaller’ megachurch growing up. Wasn’t like a football stadium, more like a big office building with enough flashing lights to give a herd of elephants a seizure and a movie screen bigger than the local theater. I used to hide out in the bathroom when they brought the rock band out because it was incredibly overwhelming and loud for me.
We left after it turned out they’d secretly hired a convicted child molester who preyed on his own daughter, claiming that they ‘just didn’t allow him near the children.’
My last memory of it was a full on protest going on outside of the church over it.
There wasn’t much in the way of Christian education, more like activities centered around well known bible stories, so I’d gotten bored anyway since nobody could seem to answer my more in depth questions about the faith and went looking for other things.
Any more complicated questions deserve the perfect generic answer: God works in mysterious ways.
@@trevrockrock16 Yes, actually. I’m planning on minoring in theology and I’m converting to Judaism. I have a healthy respect for various faiths now because I’ve spent a lot of time learning about them and listening to different opinions and theories.
@@TiktokBurnedMyCrops So I take you have jewish ancestry for that to happen? How about some of gentiles? What's ur recomendation?
@@cool06alt No Jews in my lineage, but there doesn’t have to be for conversion. If you believe in G-d, the torah, and are willing to take on the 613 mitzvot, then the next step is to find a Rabbi who will lead you through the process. Afterwards you are considered as Jewish as someone who was born into the faith. It’s a LOT of work to take on the commandments, too much for most, which is why proselytizing is forbidden.
@@cool06alt I think reading the Bible would be a good start. Starting with verses that are relevant to our time frame or dispensation. Maybe start with, Romans 3:23-24 KJV to see we all live with the same issues. Then read 1 Corinthians 15 1-4 KJV to see what the gospel says and how to be saved. Then read John 3:16 KJV. After that read Colossians 2:13 KJV Then perhaps read Romans 3:10-18 KJV to see who God declares good. 1 John 1:8-10 is a good one. 2 Timothy 3:1-5 KJV shows us where we are today. You see. The Torah is only part of God's story. The new testament is there for a reason. When Jesus was preaching on earth he was actually preaching to Jews. Not gentiles. But because Jewish people rejected Jesus as their messiah, Jesus sent a revelation to Paul who preached a message to the gentiles that faith on the blood of Jesus and what Jesus did and a belief on him is the way to salvation. That salvation is eternal and can't be taken back. It is a free gift and requires no works and just a belief.
I spent 5 years working as the media director of one of these places, and this is all so painfully true. I remember dropping $25k on projectors without even blinking, while old ladies tithed on their social security and cut their pills in half.
☹️
Please write a book about your experiences.
Wow, you spent 25k on a projector? Why did you do that?
@@jeremiahmeade710 Cause it was part of my job? I even came in under budget-
@@jeremiahmeade710 not his money the "church's"
They could have mocked megachurches with a lot of exaggerated BS but this is pretty much on point.
When the exaggerated BS is only the tip of the iceberg 😬
There's no need to exaggerate.
no, its almost entirely BS. Nice try.
@@waynelast1685 Which parts are BS?
Scandal/Abuse: Mark Driscoll(abusive leadership), Brian Houston (concealing child abuse), Carl Lentz(adultry), John Gray(adultry), Ravi Zacharias (sex abuse)
Repetitive worship songs: The Blessing, Surrounded, King of My Heart, Oceans
Abandoning Traditions/Theology: Steven Furtick, Joel Osteen, Bill Johnson
2nd Amendment/America Worship: Kenneth Copeland, Paula White, Kat Kerr, Jeremiah Johnson
10% minimum, before Taxes: Furtick, Robert Morris, TD Jakes, Copeland, Jesse Duplantis
Fake Healing: Benny Hinn, Kenneth Copeland, Todd White, Bill Johnson
Saved from not having enough money: TD Jakes, Kenneth Copeland, Robert Morris, Joel Osteen
Abandoning Bible for Pastor Books: Best Life Now, The Blessed Life, The Prayer of Jabez, The Physics of Heaven, Sun Stand still
Obnoxiously Expensive Clothing: Furtick, Gray, Mike Todd, TD Jakes, David Crank
@@thekaibosh so many sins, so little time...
"Our doors are open to everybody, as long as there's not an ongoing national emergency." Looking at you Joel Osteen.
Persecution of Christians isn’t cute. Separation of Church and State, bi***es!
You got to love how he condemns them for closing during a pandemic and then accuses them of not wearing masks during a pandemic in the same breath.
Priest and the 80 people inside my local church were all fined $5000 each ! But in a tight city like Melbourne in Australia and during a short heavy lockdown period. How is that not fair apart from the fines that should only be $50, not hundreds and thousands.
But why is that unfair? I shouldn't be asking since i started avoiding ALL news in order to not hear any political news, but this comment sparked my interest
Am a Christian but nearly fell off my chair laughing.
Bruh, shots fired haha 😂😂😂
I'm a retired Volunteer Pastor (I took NO money from the churches I served...I worked a full time job to support my pastorate), and this is extremely accurate. Megachurches, and even most small churches, are somewhat like this. The stench of the "modern" Church was so bad, for me, that I gave up on organized religion in 2006, after having served congregations for about 30 years.
Go to a traditional Lutheran church, none of this dumb modern stuff, and a true gospel being preached.
@@memeboi6017honestly Catholic Churches (at least the ones I’ve been to) are pretty good too as far as being the exact opposite of most everything in this video. Unfortunately the unchecked child abuse kind of ruins everything….
Go to an Orthodox Church, that is the true traditional church of Jesus
@@skylark7921 The sexual abuse in the Catholic Church peaked between the 1960s and 1980s, and has dramatically dropped since then. Most cases of abuse you hear about are from that time period. I'm not making excuses or denying the actions of the clergy, which are very real and very heinous, but there have been various measures taken by the Church to correct the problem. For instance, in 2002 the USCCB instituted mandatory reporting guidelines and safe environment policies, and Pope Francis has done multiple things throughout his pontificate to crack down on abuse and cover up, so I don't think it's fair to say that the abuse has been totally unchecked. Also, clerical abuse isn't a strictly Catholic problem. There are more abuse allegations against protestant ministers per year than there are against Catholic priests.
I'm truly sorry to hear that, but honestly I can't blame you. I almost did the same until I found a decent pentecostal church near me. Not very big, and for the first time ever I felt like I was genuinely accepted. I'm 22 a d this happened when I was 19, so for 19 years I went to all kinds of churches, big and small , Romanian, American, you name it , and I just never felt like I had a place there until this one.
I'm a Christian and this is hilarious and heartbreakingly accurate about cultural churches
I doubt you are a Christian. most of the video is BS.
@@waynelast1685 good thing my salvation is not dependant on you, but rather the precious blood of Christ. do you attend a mega church? Lol
@@MrHumpah12 you're right. Good thing it is not dependent on me. But I can believe your ignorance ( not meaning to be mean but just the real sense of the word) . Almost the entire video is taking everything out of context so it is hard for me to believe you. Almost every church has some aspects similar to the mega churches unless you are talking about ultra conservative churches 50 years ago.
@@waynelast1685 out of context? Mega churches are masters of taking scripture out of context. Also what common link do they have? Jesus being the son of God and his blood saves. That is the most important factor for salvation but I tend to get a Santa Clause picture of God from mega churches and even a lot of "conservative churches" you speak of. I'm sorry you disagree with my stance and don't really know me or my relationship with Christ. If you are puzzled or doubtful, I'd love to answer any questions you have
@@MrHumpah12 I can understand what you are saying but I would disagree, I can respond more tomorrow after I get some sleep.
This is so accurate. Doesn't make me feel so bad that I hated them as a missionary. The most significant church service I ever experienced was in the middle of nowhere with a biker gang.
It sounds wonderful.
You have to share the experience sir.
Even as an atheist, I can appreciate the effect that genuine faith has on people. It's enheartening to know that that still exists, even despite the fact that almost everything's been turned into a product of some kind.
@@pranavghantasala6808 these products wouldn't be bought so much if there weren't true believers to exploit
That biker gang church is something I'd like to see
@@pranavghantasala6808 I think that’s how I feel as well. If religion helps people live better lives and they’re not hypocrites, let them be at peace. But the minute your religious views try to control matters of the State, or my person, it’s time to GTFO. Megachurches are the biggest hypocrites imaginable because people will literally go broke because Joel Osteen decided to start preaching the Prosperity Gospel again because his wife needed a manicure and his mistress a silent abortion all of a sudden.
“We are not perfect people…but we expect you to be”😂😂😂😂😭 This was a beautiful roast!!
Yes yes yes
- basically anyone in US.
Joshua Graham: We cant expect god to do all the work
I went to my father's church several weeks ago and I. AM. LIVING. FOR. THIS. When they started talking about the rock band singing songs with only five or so words I SCREAMED. There was an entire song (that went on for 23 minutes - I timed it) where all they kept saying over and over was "jesus banish the darkness" This. Is. Amazing.
I would never go back there.
Oof, you had it bad. A church I went to last month sang "Holy holy holy, holy is the Lord" for 7 minutes.(I timed) and yes, there were lyrics projected onto the wall behind the band.
I am a Christian, I've been to megachurches, and this is ridiculously accurate.
Exactly why I DON'T go to megachurches. And that opening was ON-POINT!!
He called the first believers a bunch of dumb idiots... hence what you are referring to be
Same!
Says Mega Churches but 100% accurate for the church and the business of religion in general
@@Campzzyzx I would argue that you've been to the wrong churches. If Christ is proclaimed accurately & truly, none if this applies. Instead, God is glorified, and lives are changed
Legit!
"We're not perfect people, but we sure sure as hell expect you to be." Roger hits the nail on the head once again.
Which is ironic since the bible allows you to be imperfect because it says as long as you ask dor forgiveness, Jesus will always give it to you.
@@eyezxk 😱!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was too funny 😂😂
My god. This was really good. It’s almost scary how good it is.
Scary 😱
Just as scary is how close these "churches" are to political parties. Here in Australia, the Liberal Party and Hillsong are inseparable with a shit ton of taxpayer's money being ciphered into Hillsong's coffers.
@@denverjames4864
I thought Hillsong was an American band?
Scary how far their cultural influence is reaching, though I guess America is already everywhere, being the only globally expecting media producer on Earth.
I mean hell, we're on UA-cam
A lot of American Church services are glorified Trump rallies
Even after he is not an availabile canadate
If megachurches were honest that would be a real miracle.
Very true.
They wouldnt exist if they were honest
I agree with you 100%.
“It’s just business” lol
Just when the world needed a Hero, Roger stood back up.
That’s Brother Roger to you!
Dear Roger, as a Christian who left a mega church last year... this was spot on!!
Which megachurch?
Congrats on leaving the cult.
I hope you found your way to a more biblical church, instead. The mega-churches DO NOT proclaim the Gospel message and therefore do NOT represent true Christianity.
@@AntithesisFilms How do you know mine doesn't? They clearly teach Christ and Him Crucified and Resurrected. This is honestly an attack on Christian megachurches because it generalizes this to all megachurches. And the problems you have with Hillsong and Bethel and Elevation Worship are between you and God.
Fellow Ghanaian here
"Jesus Christ would you shut the hell up?!" Is a perfect response to somebody sneezing.
Haha!!!
Reference to trump maybe? When he was being interviewed and told mick mulvaney to get out for sneezing
Same meaning as "bless you."
"Jesus Christ would you shut the hell up?!" is the new motto of Christianity.
I mean.. it's situational.
That's so accurate! I was brainwashed in my late teens and I got taken to a couple "Mega churches" and it was a lot like this. They gave you pre-printed envelopes for your tithes and offerings. This was in Canada, but when I lived in the States for a year, I saw the extreme wealth of the mega churches and the expensive, custom clothing and jewellery the preachers were wearing and I was thoroughly disgusted.
I would recommend turning to some form of traditional, liturgical Christianity, the kinda without mega churches (like Lutherans and Presbyterians).
@@memeboi6017and Leviticus 11 Exodus 20 please repent from sins 😊
@@Lolirock971 1. I do.
2.Citing the Laws regarding Kosher food and the 10 commandments in no way makes what i say incorrect. Fact of the matter is that consuming non kosher food is not a sin at all (see acts 10 & 11)
@@memeboi6017 THIS! I always feel like I'm the only one who sees the irony that the more traditional/liturgical churches, primarily Mainline, have more progressive values and are more willing to learn about things outside of their usual scope, but the modern, 'non denominational, churches? Forget about it. They're unwilling to learn new things, anything/anyone different than them is 'evil', etc.
I wanna thank you in this cyber space, because it makes me feel less alone...
@@memeboi6017 So your suggestion is he go elsewhere for a different form of brainwashing?
As a Christian and ex-Megachurch member I hate how accurate and funny this is😂
Same . Many are heading out the door .
Funny? I don't think brainwashing is funny, what all religions do is scary. You live once, and they take it away from you.
@@astyag8627 indeed. Especially the fact that they bring children to those places, that's the real tragedy. If all children were taught science so they'd know how to actually go about finding the answers to their questions, and _NOT_ exposed to religion until their brains were fully developed to a point where they have the maturity to decide for themselves (at least 18-years-old), then very, _very_ few of them would believe all that superstitious nonsense. It makes me sick to see children indoctrinated with beliefs that encourage them to abandon critical-thinking and logic in favor of _"don't ever question this belief. Don't be yourself, be what the god in this book tells you to be. And when things don't add up or make sense, just blindly have faith. And if none of that works for you, it's your fault; you must not be praying hard enough."_
The church knows if it doesn't get 'em young, soon enough they won't have enough believers to fill up those massive buildings. Which means they'll no longer have money and power.
Hahaha seriously
@@jonathanconnor7920 I agree. It's such an insane amount of brain washing and corruption right in front of us and realistically there doesn't seem to be a damn thing we can do about it.
“Jesus, he loves like water” is every Christian rock song ever 😂😂😂
And mabe a tree
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I went to a church that had a faith band, and there were times that I felt that the spirt had a message for the pastor to deliver, but the band just keep playing, to where the spirit just got up and left, saying I don't have all day to wait,
Thousand Foot Krutch is better than most of these other Christian rock bands.
Sounds like a reference to Throwing Copper by Live
"Over laid with a torture device ancient Roman's used to kill criminals".
I literally just spit out my coffee.
not really so surprising considering depicting their god nailed to such a torture device is one of their most common bits of religious iconography.
since it's been so long since crucifixion was a common execution implement, it's not really amazing that most people forget the reality of what such a thing actually is.
AND THEY WEAR THAT SHIT! NO ONE who truly follows Yeshua wears that Mithra garbage because it's a FUCKING INSULT. I truly hate these people. I hate their nicolaitan doctrine, I hate their STUPID fucking music, and I hate their tax-dodging, grin-toothed, hairdo-asshole "preachers".
And the ancients said that being killed by that device was as shameful as can be, and somehow... effeminate
@@edwardmiessner6502 being nailed to a wooden cross would be quite shameful imo, Being left there to die and starve is a horrible way to die
I’ve always thought that was weird. The cross is the murder weapon, yet people wear them as earrings and display them as decoration. I’m Christian, btw so I’m not mocking anyone’s faith. I just don’t understand the emphasis on the cross itself.
"jesus your love is like water, love is like water".
That nailed the mega church music down hard.
And at MC’s that’ll be $9.99 for water sir
Christian here, you hit the nail on the head with this one. Doesn't insult the faith at all but rather the consumerist nightmare that is the mega church
He is just Mockers anthis this not the way to deal with Issues and He will rot in hell
You playing with Fire when Mock Jesus Christ who is the Head if the Church
Under Scripture before you Mock God
@@craigclose8490 Learn to write in English before you start preaching in it. Talking about hellfire is not and has not ever been the Christian way. Again no he is mocking mega churches that steal money from people and hold insincere services
I will What you sow you will reap you mock God will reap his wroth
Scripture teaches God is not mocked you with reap Gods worth
You have no clue
I might said it eloquently
My point is you don't mock God
You mock God who is the Head of the Church
You will see Gods Wroth
Those Mega do more to put Schools put food in Eathquake hit Countries Medical supplies
What have done
Who are you judge
You are a hypocrite and very self-righteous
You even have gut to put your name here
Joel Osteen isn’t going to like this. Driving his $325,000 Ferrari while qualifying for $4,400,000 PPP loan.
He literally shut his church during Hurricane Harvey when people were looking for shelter and a safe place and didn’t open the doors till a ton of people were complaining
@@kingasasin177 - His Reason was it';d mess the Place up. Which Kind of Missed the Ppint of it being an Emergency.
Meanwhile, Mattress Mac OPENED his Gallery Furniture showroom and allowed anyone who was stranded without a home because of the flooding to take shelter until those people would find somewhere to stay. He did not rush anyone out of the showroom after the hurricane passed.
Reply to me about fraud and church to come out of the closet then show your family *edit: how did it go?*
@@XXXTentaclez - I don;t see why This has anything to do with Gods existence. You';ll find God is not dependent on Man to Exist. Also, there are Scam Artists everywhere, but not all Clergy are this way.
Currently serving in a small church in a low-income area in an obscure town in the north of England - pretty much the antithesis of yon “mega churches”. This video is so painfully accurate it’s funny in a depressing kind of way and exactly what happens when the love of money and self takes hold.
"Vicar of Dibley," then? I loved that show.
Same lies. Hopefully no kids getting buggered.
Sorry, but the antithesis of religion is Atheism, and well, you have nothing to be proud about believing in unsubstantiated claims based on nothing but anecdote, let alone teaching it as truth and corrupting the minds of the innocent and gullible! Shame on you!
@@rjmunt The indoctrination itself is a form of child abuse!
@@Bob-of-Zoid He said "antithesis of mega churches" not the antithesis of religion. Read.
Two red flags for megachurches:
When you pull up their website, the senior minister is featured on the homepage, rather than the church
Said senior minister is living in a compound that is paid for through his book sales, not any donations. Which somehow makes this OK.
Books I’m sure were read cover to cover 😉😉😉
And... Those books were highly likely not written by that pastor. Written by a poorly paid ministry staff or pastor.
He pointed out every reason why I hate going to church in America. I’m a Christian and am saddened by the reality of what most mega churches are.
There are lots of solid churches out there, amarican evengelical churches are a bit of a land mine though.
Ya most churches in the untied states are anything but christian.
@@rennietintin8701 Yup. I have a small church were I personally know the minister and they are taking proper social distancing precautions.... including masking and internet services.
@@theBestInvertebrate evangelical is too broad, to be more specific is "non denominational" as these churches thrive with a top down power structure without the need for general assemblies.
@@jdkayak7868 yes, evengelical is too broad. Thus the mine feild.
This. Fucking brilliant.
"By the power of god's gift of planting people in the audience I declare you healed!"
Bad language and I have the density to say GodThe wrath of God
"Wow, I'm healed from my non-specific illness!"
Reminds me of Peter Popoff. 😂
It’s supposed to be parody but….it’s really just accurate reporting.
None of these have been parodies? They've all been accurate.
Comedy is commentary
Yeah totally on the money.
Well said
Satire is a sneaky way of teaching people things
“We are not perfect people, but we sure as hell expect you to be” is an understatement 😂
So nice to be wrapped in the sweet embrace of Roger's calm, soothing voice once again.
Amen!
"We want you to believe that our church might have an Asian guy in it somewhere"
I died🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂
Sure has been great having Roger back.
This is hilarious! Great job! Hearing you say; "Fly ass shoes" was funny AF!
“Remember, we are not perfect people, but we sure as hell expect you to be.” 👀
Lol
😆Why am I not surprised😈?
Nope. They only expect you to pay your way into heaven.
@@dontrend5956 Doesn't work that way.
@@noahpartic7586 Sure it does. Ask any mega church pastor.
If Cracked actually started selling those "Holy non-denominational happy Jesus house" shopping bags, I'm wondering how many they'd sell? I'm pretty sure they'd have a fair few people wanting them. :)
I'd buy one for sure. And a copy of that movie.
@@the_SolLoser lol I would get the bag
But wait, there's more!
10/10 would buy at least 4
I actually thought they were legit and was waiting on the information on how to get one 😂
There should have been more focus on the pastor's "one-on-one youth outreach prayer sessions".
Good rule of thumb: if your church has a gift shop, you're doing it wrong. That's the kind of crap that inspired Jesus to wreck up the temple in a rage.
Church with a gift shop should be reserved for 300+ year old cathedrals and temples lmao
Church gift shop! Ah, TBN they know you so well.
A church with a gift shop?! What the hell is going on over there!😂
Jesus cleared the Temple because men were charging a premium price for items people needed to make their offerings and sacrifices to God, making it unaffordable for some to do so.
Gift shops don't do that. If the "gift shop" is selling Christian books, Bibles, and other materials to help build your faith and educate you in the ways of God, I'm all for it.
Having said that, I'm not a fan of megachurches. But as Paul said, regardless of the motive, Christ is preached!
@@cryo9216 You aren't supposed to sell things in church. You aren't even supposed to buy things on the Sabbath. The fact that they were buying and selling in church was the problem.
They needed animals to sacrifice, and since a lot of them travelled from far to get to Jerusalem, they couldn't carry animals with them. Hence why having animals in Jerusalem to accommodate them was a good thing. The problem was when they bought things closer and closer to the temple that they were eventually in it. I'm guessing it was expensive but turning religion into capitalism is wrong.
2:40-2:43 😂 That song is so accurate. I really wish dome churches would stop letting this fly.
2:21 “fronted by failed musicians” as a church musician this is unbelievably cathartic and therapeutic to hear
As it was for me to write haha
Here's what's wild...a great many of those people are actually great...as individuals as well as a band, but does the church pay them for that skill?? NO. And you KNOW they have they money for it!
But I've walked into more traditional churches(hymns, church choir, organ, etc.) that are of named denominations and they're more likely to pay than the modern, 'non denominational' ones. Outside of the music director, not necessarily everyone gets paid but at least a few are...but I've NEVER come across a modern, N.D. church, large or small, that paid anyone on their worship team. Because for some reason, musicians are "Anointed by god" and not highly trained and skilled music professionals....the cognitive dissonance with this topic is a very touchy subject for me as you can tell.
Praise music only has 3 chords anyway, right?@@jenniferhiemstra5228
“All our music is inspired by love, God, and U2’s Joshua Tree.” lol, ain’t that the truth?
ahh... hillsong. bang on.
Funniest line hands down
Seriously why do all these mega-church bands sound like U2?
@@EyePodX because thats the only worldly music their parents were allowed to listen to. (fan from 15 in 1980, but bored by joshua tree, by which time the orher christian kids had finally caught on). also, being iIrish, the melody was familar genetically. us celts like a good drone under a singable melody, like most tradittional hymns.
plus. anything in the world that is seen as evil is automaticall seen as acceptable after twebty years, and holy,vafter thirty.
@@EyePodX plus, that style must be what it takes to BRING IN THA MONEY!!!!! and uniqueness, growth or curiosity are forbidden in such churches. hence the "failed musicians". real artists get chucked out because they think.
This is so accurate, even for a fair few non-mega churches, it's painful.
Unfortunately
A majority of all churches anymore.
True. Friend’s father was a pastor at a small town (2500 people max) church (one of 3 in town). He made damned good money ($60k a year in the late 90s). He only really worked 3 days a week (Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday). The rest of the week, he’d just work on his speech (sermon) and visit hospitals and do weddings and such.
@@CamaroAmx i knew one preacher who because of the rest of the church preached things he didnt believe such as the "rapture"
@@CamaroAmx take it from me, a sermon is no easy task, my dad is an elder in the church and has to lead the service when the pastor physically is unable to do so, and I get roped in to helping him with PowerPoint, UA-cam and general I.T. for the sermon. It takes time, effort and 3 years off your life from stress.to make a good sermon without training.
This guy is great. So refreshing to see an American with a great sense of sarcastic humour
I love the way they point out that these “Christian” mega churches totally miss the actual Christian message.
You mean like where Jesus said to beat lazy slaves and kill drunk slaves? Or do you mean where Jesus said all non-Jews were dogs not worthy of table scraps? Or maybe where Jesus said he would personally torture every single person who didn't believe in him in hell forever? Or when Jesus threw a temper tantrum and destroyed a fig tree for the 'crime' of not bearing fruit when it wasn't in season? Or how about where Jesus said everyone who believed in him would be immune to all poisons? Christianity is a cult fraud, like every other religion that ever existed.
@@flyingfree333 I think I want to be your friend
@@flyingfree333 Oooh, got sources for those? Also that's pretty mild stuff compared to some other things in the Bible.
@@flyingfree333 Yes that sounds correct - ⚛
They ALL do.
"All of our music is inspired by love, god and U2's Joshua Tree" hahahaha, this is brilliant. This is so much!
More like Michael W. Smith's Worship album, I Will Always Love You by Dolly Parton, and that stupid Titanic song from Celine Dion!
Holy shit, this is absolutely brilliant.
As a southern baptist megachurch expat still living in the buckle of the bible belt, this describes my experience perfectly. I was also at one point on volunteer staff for stage, lights, cameras, and audio.
Jordan, my hat's off to you. This feels like such sweet catharsis.
I've been trolling around on UA-cam for more than a decade (probably 2 decades, but I can't remember exactly when UA-cam became a thing), and this is literally the first channel I have ever hit the "subscribe" button for... His voice is my voice (with better production and a larger audience). I love these videos!
I would totally join "Horton's Holy non-denominational happy Jesus house". Sounds like one hell of a holy experience and they have an Asian guy in it somewhere. 🤣
IKR? I’m trying to find his book “Kissing Women with Jesus” on Amazon right now!
Amen brother !
You fool! you fell for one of the classic blunders
You gotta have the three or four black kids, ten latin kids, and that one asian kid who, maybe, just maybe, may marry the only other asian person in the church.
Cleverly disguised cults.
This is painfully accurate and funny. I’m a Christian and feel the same way about mega churches.
Me too
there is a special place in hell for megachurches
Atheist here. Megachurches always felt a little shady to me, despite never having been in a church at all.
With as much energy it took to formulate these sentences, I'm sure you all could have already been part of the solutions. Or at least created yourselves opportunities around such.
You still can be worked through, it is a choice. Take care of your neighbors and God bless
@@retro3188They arent churches, they are anti christian.
The “liberals hunting Christians for sport” line was the best.
That is a real Christian movie called "The Reliant". And yes, it does "star" Kevin Sorbo, in that he is in the movie and the only name you might recognize.
That had me dying 😂
More like Twitter liberals hunting Christians for sport
So a missionary organization offered me internship for a year and they said can work there after a year. When I got in the interview, I'm a male by the way, they asked if I can listen to female leaderships, and if I will date the followers. Just crazy questions. Of course I will listen to women bosses, my boss at the time was a woman and I was actually trying not to date. I turned down girls because they were "Christian enough" because some of the missionaries told me. I took it that seriously. I didnt get the job and I was offended because they came up to me and offer the job. I will never interned for free again. They got all that free labor and called me a sexist when they worked me hard. It still hard for me to trust any missionary groups or churches after that. I still love God, but I dont trust churches. I was also at a church when they made fun of my race. Of course, I left that church. I hate people making fun of my race! They think it's funny, but it isn't funny to me. I told them to stop, but they just want to bully me. I really tried to like church, but at the end, I was disillusioned by it. I really try not to hate them because I love God more than I hate them, but i wont join any more churches and tell my kids how churches are and how they treated me.
@@alexlilano1931 I am sorry you had to go through that. Personally i dont think free internships should be a thing anywhere. Labor should be paid for, even if you are provided "life skills". Sadly organizations that exploit, belittle, and impose their own values on the employees are all too common. Personally i am an Atheist, but do not think this kind of behavior is in any way limited to religious organizations. We can only hope that people will refuse to work for any business or group that demands conformity to their desires, and in the end the groups either change or wither from lack of employees.
My father and my mother spent a good several years finding a good church, which ended them up in all sorts of shady churches, even a cult at one point. My dad studied Neurolinguistics before coming to faith, and was (and still is) technically qualified as a hypnotist. During his studies, he learned about how the megachurches actually use the 11 words songs to put you into a suggestive state. It’s more complicated than simply that, but yeah, the megachurches are out to get your money, not to save you.
NAHHH BRO I GET THAT😭😭😭😭
I know it sounds crazy but we are being brain washed daily by outer circumstances. Commercials are bombarding us with you need this to be happy for one example.
So yes the songs were supposed to hypnotise. But what was the message?
And mega churches dont seem to glorify God but the pastor alone.
@dw3403 fr tho this is why I love little Christian community's church's of 70 people or less
@@amabiliabernardo372 And that was what the first churches were all about. A little haven/community within a cold uncaring world. Where they were to love one another even as christ loved us. Care for each other, support each other emotionally and financially when in need. A new family of sorts.
@dw3403 YES I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THOSE TYPES OF CHURCHES not the mega chrurchs or the ones who just do it for money
"Wow, I'm healed from my non specific illness!" was the part where I lost it
I'm not a church goer but I have more respect for the small hometown churches than any megachurch.
I love Christ central the small hometown Church too more than any megachurch especially Hillsong
I am a church goer though
In other news water is wet.
Yeah, I don't need Jesus to know the difference between a village gathering with songs and an obvious multi million dollar scam.
I have respect for no churches. It’s a waste of land, resources, and time. It’s an invisible obligation to spend your Sunday mornings in worship of magic man in the sky, whom they believe to be a big lovable idiot who can’t see when they sin
@@tootiethepawpatrolpupwhat about the church where Christ actually physically lives there where you can adore him face to face & actually eat his flesh & drink his blood?
I'm still a Christian and this video is so accurate.
Thank you for making this video.
The best part of this is where they depict Christ and who he hangs with. The people who made this video know the Bible more than mega churches that say they do.
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2:38 😂🤣
@@estellexlx That parody is *_scary_* and *_shamefully_* accurate. It was not even an exaggeration.
Hey if Jesus were alive today I think he would go into those churchs with a wipe and start flipping tables John 2:13-16
@@Thespeaker3832 When Yeshua returns, many mega-churches are going to see a worse wrath. Because they knew the scriptures, and blatantly defied them, defiling themselves in full knowledge of the scriptures, and leading the least of these (the poor, the sick, the weak) down a path of destruction yet promising luxuries, peace and tranquility in material possessions and misinterpreted scriptures.
They will face the same kind of judgement as those of the Sanhedrin in Yeshua's time.
That while they knew, they refused to do what Yeshua commanded them, and instead allowed sin to rule their lives and control them.
I don't know if "assholery" is a word but sadly, his description of megachurch pastors is spot on.
This is the most accurate video I’ve ever seen; parody or not.
Several comments talk of how he hasn’t disrespected christians. And they’re right. But many people who would call themselves Christians will be massively disrespected because they really aren’t.
#truth
Can confirm. The shit was hilarious. Even to me, a Christian.
I say this as a former Baptist, current, and lifelong southerner, and as someone whose list of people he admires loves, and respects is 90% Christian.
When it comes to something as broad as and as the entirety of Christianity, I can’t say that something as specific as this video wouldn’t offend. I was part of a church that would’ve HATED this, because they’re dominionist. That included me of course so no judgement there. Same token I wouldn’t/couldn’t say that “most” Christians wouldn’t get offended. I speak only for the IFB churches I went to/visited/had a guest pastor from.
Those same folks would say you aren’t a real Christian for not being offended which they take to mean you aren’t standing up for god. As such I don’t think it’s fair to say in regards to the context that only people who “call themselves Christian but aren’t” would be offended. That’s something that doesn’t deal with a religion so it wouldn’t apply to faith.
To say nothing of course about people who are offended too easily and about non-religious subjects.
@David Davison actually the story is a little more complicated than that.
First, the setting. The scene is within the Jewish temple, therefore on sacred ground, probably the inner courtyard. The outer was intended to be a place for the Gentile to worship if he desired, but has been taken over and crowded with people selling various things including sacrificial animals and coins. But none of that was ever to enter from the court of the Gentiles into the inner courtyard where only Jews were permitted. Such things were not clean or holy to do in the inner courtyard.
These temple coins were blank, because the having an image of Caesar , who claimed to be a god, was blasphemous and idolatry, so when bringing coins as payment for holy sacrifices, there were money changers who, at a profit, exchanged Roman coins for these acceptable temple coins.
Second, the questioners. It was both Pharisees and Herodians who came and asked this, and this is significant because they hated each other. Pharisees were the religious elite who scorned Rome and everything they did. Herodians, as the name might suggest, were supporters of King Herod, and more involved with international politics, including financial stuff. Their viewpoints usually had them in opposite camps, so this alliance against Jesus was very unusual.
Now, the question. They asked Jesus a trick question. They said they knew he was a righteous man, so perhaps they could tell them. Was it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
If Jesus straight answered yes, then they could accuse him of blasphemy, either discrediting him completely or else giving them grounds to demand execution. If he said a straight no, then he had committed an offence against Roman authority before witnesses, and could be safely disposed of through Roman punishment of treasonous behaviour.
So Jesus turned the question back on them. He asked them for a coin (perhaps it was significant that the itinerant rabbi didn’t have one), and when they brought him one, he’d already won the debate. Because they had an image of Caesar in the holy temple which should not have happened.
But it goes a step further. He said, “whose image is this?” They answered, “Caesar’s.” Jesus replied, “Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto God what is God’s”. In so doing, before his audience, he submitted to Roman authority in the land while completely subverting it. He acknowledged paying taxes to the Romans, but completely rejected the idea that Caesar was divine.
This answer would have left everyone watching appreciative of the way in which Jesus undercut Roman authority while submitting to the letter of their law. Those who asked the question now had no grounds anymore to accuse him based on this question. Not only that, but his answer to pay taxes would have pleased the Herodians and infuriated the Pharisees, while his denial of Caesar’s divinity would have pleased the Pharisees while disturbing the Herodians, thus splitting the tenuous alliance against him.
Sorry this took so long, but I hope it makes the story more interesting. Every time in the Bible that Jesus was asked a question like that, it was a trick question in some way, and his answers tended to divide the questioners against each other.
@David Davison
o BS. Dont twist things to justify your propaganda.
You've left out the youth pastors, just swelling with enthusiasm to get alone with your kids.
That was the guy in the ridiculous shoes. He looked the part.
I think that might be something that would happens 10 years down the road whether he is alive or not.
@@KevinWebb I thought he was the lead pastor... and leader of the music team... and, look they have one guy who runs everything okay?
I thought that was the Catholics.
@@garyowen9044Yes but at least they go to the effort of building beautiful churches, cathedrals and abbeys before they fiddle with you.
So much of this isn't just true of the mega churches. Grew up in a bunch of small churches with similar mentalities....or worse in some regard. But this highlights pretty much every reason I haven't been to a church for a few years now.
Sure, but he's referring to mega churches, not small ones. By no means is he suggesting that it's exclusive to mega churches, but I haven't' come across a mega church where any of this ISN'T true. Small churches at least run the gamut of these bullet points.
💯 agree
The part about the music being inspired by "love, God, and U2's 'Joshua Tree'" had me laughing out loud. 😂
Whoever wrote this was clearly going from personal experience.
Yeah, this felt like every person I've met who grew up in / left these churches. Not my grandma's church, indeed
@Maximillian Wylde Well to be fair even Catholics have debated the particulars of Christ's divinity, nevermind Protestants. It's not my area (informed agnostic), but my mom took a history course along the lines of Schisms of the Early Church (she went to a Jesuit college). So much stuff folks think of as having been constant throughout has been revisited & reinterpreted (or hotly debated) over the millennia. Which makes sense to me, as I think it's healthy to examine the tenets of one's faith from time to time.
"Ye have made my father's house a den of thieves!"
1st Mega Church: Jesus' Sermon on the mount. Handed out full baskets of fish and bread, fed 10,000 people
Today's Mega Church: Hands out empty baskets and has the 10,000 put their bread in for one person. It's a much better business model.
To be fair, Jesus had magic and supposedly created the entire universe which he rules. He has the real life of luxury.
He fed 4000 in one occasion and 5000 in another without counting women and children.
It could be less or more than 10,000. However, that's not the number given in the Gospels.
The Sermon on the Mount was not a megachurch. That was an outdoor rally.
"The church" didn't even exist until after Christ's death.
@@JohnSmith-xd4zd Jesus didn't have "magic."
He had (and still has) creative power.
@@cryo9216 That really depends on your view of what "magic" is. Science is so complicated that it might as well be magic. Lovecraft's old gods are completely in tune with the universe, so anything that comes natural to them could be considered magic to us. God created the Universe, so anything that comes natural to him could be considered magic. The term is only derogatory because the edgy minority of atheism uses it as such.
This is so accurate is hilarious, sad and terrifying at the same time
True story: A mega "church" in Oklahoma (that uses motorcycling enthusiasm as a draw) once invited the band Lamb of God to one of their "revival weekends". Three minutes in the plug gets pulled and the band makes 20 grand for the appearance. Way too funny and kind of sad how these people operate. I am a pentacostal preachers kid btw. If there is a part 2 to this and they need a consultant , just hit me up.
As someone who has seen Lamb of God perform I would have loved to have been there to see the reaction 😅
"The band's name is Lamb of God, what could go wrong here?" Having heard them before, I'm surprised it took three minutes.
@@SJPace1776 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
What I would give to see that go down!
I heard of that 😂 I wish I could've seen their reaction too
Nailed it. I love that it's not only true, but also pissing a lot of people off. The 30 something pastor with a suspiciously expensive wardrobe is so spot on.
@biblereader he wore a robe
If you get the chance see if you can find a ditty by Ray Stevens called , "Would Jesus Wear A Rolex." It's hilarious and really makes a super dig at these big high fashion mega churches.
" God chosed me to have a $375,000 Ferrari, don't be hatin' " Joel Osteen
His god is money.
"God gave me a Ferrari, because I am a Ferrari" - Ed Young, Jr
@@tommybrown6357 His god is money (I don't know why people are listening to those clowns)
„“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.“
Matthew 6:24
We know which Master he chose. Lol
Having just watched the Hillsong documentary and been made aware of other similar situations here in the UK, this is disturbingly accurate. And very funny.
If only Roger had a TV show at this point. The dude just makes me laugh and happy! Thanks man 👍
Perhaps he gonna open a church.. you could join.
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Not to mention how there were always cliques like it were a high school. Back when I used to be a church goer, as a kid, we went to a church that was almost a mega church and all of this was applicable. All of it. And if your family wasn't in one of those cliques, you were no one in that church. Usually you'd find yourself practically shunned by most people. As a young adult, I left and went to a small Baptist church by myself. Difference was night and day. There was no room for cliques and the church was doing everything it could to get by. I was one of the treasurers at that church and we couldn't even afford to pay the pastor most of the time let alone keep the lights on. He instead worked night shift at a factory and was usually almost too tired to function come Sunday morning. I've stopped going altogether now, as my beliefs toward churches/religion altogether has changed, but thats another topic in and of itself. I wholeheartedly believe in taxing the megachurches. Heavily.
My ex husband's wealthy brother-in-law and sister are in one of these collossally fake mega- churches. They are literally money cults for the shallow and gullible.
Thank God we were not members so they were discouraged from interacting with us and also too poor to be recruited.😉
Sadly there's whole denominations now "aka nondenominational" such as calvary chapel or assembly of God based on this megachurch dynamic.
One thing I'll never understand is how "worship music" is actually preferred by anyone?
@@jdkayak7868 I really think its the fear of pissing g off.
My old neighbour used to listen cos she was convinced it would make her daughter's cancer go into remission.
It remitted but sadly returned...
As for others??
No freaking clue.
If you ever find the mockumentary "Never Been Thawed"? (2005 maybe...)? You'd LOVE how the band went from ordinary to xtian superstars!!! Its hilarious!!!
It's kind of the same reason why Jesus only kept to 12 people
It's good to worship together, but we weren't made to function in crowds all the time
I'm not excusing cliques, just because you don't know someone doesn't mean you can be a prick to them (obviously), but there are specific reasons they form
@@jdkayak7868 Psalm 150:3-4 has something to say
“When the salt has lost its saltiness, there’s nothing left for it other than to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by man.”
My pastor used that quote last Sunday!
@@Lkendrick The Lord laid that on my heart years ago in prayer after a really disturbing dream I had. It seems as if persecution is indeed coming to the western church, but not for the reasons they often pretend. Its because of discipline. "For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?" 1 Pet. 4:17
Isn't that the truth
I'm not christian but this matches other descriptions i've heard, and this is way more funny
As a friend's father called them, "Six Flags over Jesus."
I like that! Very much true!
I like how this isn’t disrespectful to actual Christians but specifically satirizing mega churches.
As a church guy, I agree.
@Jason Bonaparte Now if we can only come together and end religious faith of all kinds forever...
@Jason Bonaparte *MAGA Churches
@@amberridenhour1411 when are fairies or beard men mentioned in the Bible?
@@amberridenhour1411 Don't be that guy
If Jesus was around today you know he’d be flipping the tables of every last one of these churches
like He did the temple
Screw that, I'm teaching him how to use a wrecking ball.
@@namelessdork2256lol I totally pictured him with his middle-eastern looks and clothes wearing a construction helmet and saying "this is so much better than a whip"
@@namelessdork2256 Okay that's brilliant. While you're at it, why not introduce him to TNT?
You took the music stuff right out of my head. I grew up in church and every word of that is 100% accurate.
Cards on the table I (the guy who wrote this episode), was a Music Director at a (non-mega) church, and, in fact, my wife and I still lead music there regularly FOR FREE as well as attend. But that doesn’t mean I don’t believe there aren’t things deeply wrong with the way megachurches and possibly just America generally have twisted things. As with all of these, please check the sources, and, in particular, I highly recommend The Fall and Rise of Mars Hill Church podcast.
I like your hat!
Jordan, you did a great job.
I was also a worship leader for 20+ years, & you hit the nail on the head here.
@@dottyjyoung haha it’s a wild job.
My favorite Christian rock group is FAITH+1 ua-cam.com/video/jFpTyem-xOY/v-deo.html
Jim Baker soured me on mega churches forever and no one has proven me wrong yet
As a Christian, this is accurate of megachurches. My dad and mom who were pastors in the PC(USA) had to learn Greek and Hebrew and go through 3 years of full-time grad school and pass an exam to preach. Megachurches? Just be a white straight cis male and/or a conventionally good-looking guy who is the embodiment of "how do you do my fellow kids of Jesus".
Same BS scam, different paperwork.
@@glenncurry3041 Not only are you too ignorant to spot the difference, but you are even bragging about your ignorance? Wow!
@@praevasc4299 All the same scam based on some antiquated book of idiotic superstitions! Each picks and chooses which of the contradictory errors they choose to push! All for the same tax scam.
@@glenncurry3041 That what you call "idiotic superstition", was the foundation of modern civilization you currently live in and enjoy the human rights it provides. Yes, Western civilization has its flaws, but it still gives common people the most rights and the best quality of life from all civilizations that ever existed. I don't know why you hate it so at much.
@@praevasc4299 it must be the crt rubbish being poured into the throats of many these days.
I love the fact that he shoots shots at megachurhes and not Christianity. Genius!!
Hahahaha 😂
It's the same fucken thing!! Lol
Wake up! Please and thank you! 😂
I know right it's refreshing.
@@littlesmith5005 it's not the same thing. Megachurches prey on Christianity, but Christianity can still exist without megachurches.
If you're gonna be ignorant, can you do it somewhere else?
@@GilDice Not all atheists are smart as they think they are. I don't know if this guy is one but I know the no brainer atheists enjoy saying snarky comments like such.
@@Jasesaster I'm sure most would crush you in a debate on the subject. Or please, call into the Atheist Experience show so we can laugh at you too.
If the devil is real, he's the one running all the megachurches.