People used to tune in for the entertainment. Scott's incessant, vindictive demands for money from strangers are hilarious. This is one TV hustler who really is missed. Thank you, Werner Herzog, for recording him in all his vituperative glory.
@@CapnSchep A highlight always came when Gene would refuse to talk until he got a stipulated amount in pledges. The camera would zoom in on the old fraud, and he'd sit there in his cowboy hat, scowling at the lens and smoking a cee-gar. He was like something out of a Sam Peckinpaugh movie. I'd cast Jason Robards in the role.
At the time I enjoyed watching him I never sent him any money. Mr Herzog did a good job of showing Scott's intensity and skill. He left it for us to decide about Scott's motives and honesty.
The only thing this documentary (intentionally?) misses was Gene's sheer intellectual power. When he started teaching, you were untterly enthralled by his unparalleled scholarship. God bless Werner for taking on such a figure.
PhotonTheta I was particularly impressed with Gene's thesis that the pyramids of Egypt were built by an extraterrestrial civilization. Yes, indeed- unparalleled scholarship.
Man I miss my OC, California childhood. Gene Scott, Wally George...TBN, grudge matches at Irvine International Raceway. Way more 'diverse' than todays Irvine Company Bland OC.
I took one of his horse trainers to LAX, in my taxi.His bunker was in Bradbury, above Duarte, California. I got an earful of memorabilia from him, he collected horses, and, Chevy Corvair’s
Dr. Gene is a cross between Gary Busey and Bill Clinton! I remember him well back in the glory days of the satellite dish. His channel was the go to channel to make sure the satellite was receiving the signal correctly. I wish we could go back to 1981! God Bless!
He lulled me to sleep many nights on the shortwave radio. Visually he is somewhat unsettling! It was amazing, just before he died , with his health problems, he bragged about being able to afford the "best" health care, anything to feel superior to his minions! He is in a better place now, in a place he deserves.
Really enjoying the Statesmen! Gene is a hero of faith! I got to see him preach the last few years of his life!(The Roman's Series) Watching melissa is wonderful to see Now!
38:05 Why is he saying that the FCC are monkeys? I remember that a few other priests also had problems with the government in the United States. Peter Popoff was caught for fraud and sent to prison for a few years. He is out now, selling holy water and other bs. Kent Hovind is a young earth creationist who was sent to prison for not paying taxes. He is out now. Probably selling bs products. Perhaps this is why in Russia, they killed off priests and closed churches. Perhaps they were speaking against the bolsheviks. The bolsheviks were violent. They would fuck you up and dump your body into a mass grave.
@@louistournas120 The FCC wanted a list of ALL the names and addresses of each one who gave an offering to the ministry. Illegal under freedom of religion law's in America. So he fought the FCC government agency, and lost the broadcast license on real principle....
@@louistournas120 The FCC wanted a list of ALL the names and addresses of each one who gave an offering to the ministry. Illegal under freedom of religion law's in America. So he fought the FCC government agency, and lost the broadcast license on real principle....
@@louistournas120 The FCC lawsuit was against the broadcast license holder FAITH CENTER CHURCH. Dr. Scott, was a very controversial, and truly successful in the largest market area, on radio 99.5 FM, and television ch.30 major coverage, by a Christian preaching Christ...in liberal state of California..... He could have stopped the lawsuit by just releasing all the names of each Christian giving ... There were no love gifts, or selling of item's for any people giving, only true teaching of the Bible on Christ....during these times.... As a Christian church of long standing, in Glendale, CA. the exposing of its people's lives and giving was not an option for Dr Scott...freedom of religion.
Grew up hearing Dr. Scott and a family joke about him saying "I'll keep a camera up my nostrils until we reach our goal" stuck in my head. It's so, outrageous that I think I am remembering a very juvenile brain thought? I'm thinking now I actually, heard him say that??? :)
@@KP09101 Everything that I saw from his 3 piece suit days, with the piano player singing "preachers wouldn't dare be seen, to be upset, or acting mean..." to his long hair, beard, pipes and cigars, and pyramid days was live recordings at the King's house.
Anyone else remember the girls on roller skates in bikinis rolling around his mansion during the intermission? I used to watch this on the satellite dishes a kid,. Legendary
I always like watching his horses getting loaded up in those containers, to be loaded up on the cargo jets so he could attend those overseas horse events, lol....blatantly showing his congregation where that money was going....lmao....I loved him
@@duanehall4311 I understand why your mocking the deceived Christians, (at the end 1995), who allowed themselves to be duped. But here's the thing about Dr EuGENE Scott was at the latter half of his ministry very weak, at the end of his lifetime...sexual sin and cancer. In the beginning of the ministry he was greatly appreciated for being truly empowered by God to help others....sincerely. I was there physically from the outset, he came mid 70's..to Glendale, CA...only to help figure a way out of debt, for a church called FAITH CENTER, the old pastor was sick and dying, desperate to pay off bank loans of around 3 million, on the church radio 99.5 FM and also television ch 30 ministry. Scott was a real PhD from Stanford University, worked with Oral Robert's University, and understood financial restructuring... I could write a book.. My point is this, if you are an effective man of God, you will be tested, and sadly some fall... Amen Christ Jesus.
@@goodasgold2012 , I admit, he gave me enjoyment sheepdog, but I had respect for him as well...he was brilliant, and a lot could be learned from his teachings...he had an uncanny understanding of some not so easy to decipher items from the archaic texts....and a way of communicating them, and making them make sense....he was simply brilliant...
@@duanehall4311 Yes, I was saved or redeemed by God, thru his early ministry. Then had to physically leave in 1986....after seeing things behind the scenes that were wrong... Mud slinging is wrong, but there's a reason why often men who are weaker in sin, fall and like Sampson it's usually over sex, and money used for self-gratification. Hence the panting, stamp collecting, show horses, cars, trips, and prostitutes. I could go on...let it be.
At 1:30 Jake Hess is singing. On The Million Dollar Quartet Elvis talks about Jake and The Statesmen. Elvis, Johnny, Carl and Jerry Lee join together in singing Statesmen songs in Sam Phillips Sun studio in 1956.
lol ..gene didn't bs his followers with seed faith, when gene took your money it was gone, with no bs claims that God will will give back 2 fold your pledge
I lived in Bible college housing for a year. It was a home converted for about 6 male students. We decided to have a Hall of Fame and post pictures of our favorite religious speakers on the lintel that separated the old living room from the dining room. Dr. Gene Scott ("Scotty") was one of the men featured. He was in good company with "Through the Bible" savant Dr. J. Vernon McGee, and a metaphysical minister, Dr. Robert Scott ("Scotty"). I think Dr. Burpo ("Burppy") rounded out the gaggle of men. :)
Robin Williams made fun of Gene Scott there is a video of it but i cant find it on youtube.But back in the 1980,s he was funny hes the only preacher who would cuss and smoke a cigar with a Patton helmut
Dude was a true genius though. Smart. I think he spoke like a dozen languages? Whether you liked him or not? Dude was well rounded knowledge on most any subject!!!
Mark....He was just sick of men of God, being weak, and gutless, or phoney's... Especially about asking for support "if you were ever taught"...by his teaching. PhD from Stanford University, not to bad.
When I saw this doc, I saw it as a very deep criticism of the church in the US, especially of Evangelicals. How people's faith is treated as a commodity to be sold. Gene was in too deep. His life, his home, his possessions were all owned by the Church, not by him. His desperation to gain that $600 was not because he believed it would be beneficial, but because the Church wanted it. His career,his reputation and his livlihood was dangling by a thread held by the church if he didnt do what they wanted. He saw orphans and poor abused dogs, and he funded orphanages and believed in justice and fairness, he was genuinely a good man. And the church exloited that, using orphans to gain sympathy in return for money they wouldnt spend on good causes.
I have to disagree with your take on this. He controlled Faith Center, not the other way around. As he stated when he became pastor one of the conditions was that the church board had to unanimously approve him and then all resign. He mentioned from time to time the church board but who was ever on it? If it even existed afterword it seems in name only that functioned like a rubber stamp to his exclusive will. This board obviously couldn't reign him in with some of his outrageous nonsense especially around the 1990s. He talked principles but it was a means to an end. He never could fleece the congregation enough. I'm not saying he was a total hypocrite. To his credit he didn't exploit human suffering for money. On the other hand, he exploited scripture to maximize giving under the guise of principle. And this giving away his wealth to prove himself in the eyes of everyone else is BS. Who did he give it away to, transferred title to his church? He just effectively giving it back to himself and probably with the tax advantages in mind.
I learned a lot of Bible from Dr Scott. I'm not a penny poorer for the joint participation and the value exchange for what I learned. Like Jesus told Peter, when Peter looked and saw the disciple Jesus loved following in John ch 21, Peter said, "Lord, what about this man?" Jesus said, "22 Jesus said to him, "If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow Me!" I am not Dr Scott's judge. He was a teacher, and a good one at that. a man of faith.
I assume that you are being sarcastic. On the contrary, sheeple who hang on to the words of a "master" are week. Gene Scott is just using christianity as a business model.
@@louistournas120 No... he was unafraid to demand from those he taught, the respect to God and the ministry...by their just responding by giving.... He loved to say "turn off" the radio/television to those who didn't learn or care to support the teaching... done. Which was teaching of Christ on the cross... He brought in the fund's to save the church from the real impending crisis of bankruptcy...that is how millions were paid back, to the banks, and individuals who had loaned money to the church, before Dr. Scott...arrived.... I was there.....Amen
100% !! I see a propensity for obesity, poverty, a yen for fairy tales. Folks putting what few bucks they do have in a little wicker basket that's being passed around. I think it's safe to say nobody here's gonna be splitting the atom, Marty. MARTY
I want to see his broadcasts on the 12 Tribes, on the Pyramids and others on UA-cam. Don't they know how much money that could bring in. Why are they not available?
The faces of the Voices of Faith were never shown on the University Network in that state of emotion... He considered that exploitative and wouldn't do it. Only his depth of emotion went out on the air. He wanted the focus on God's Word and its importance to its teacher.
The last hour of every fight was always the hardest. That used to happen over and over again; the Devil would always attack the hardest when the victory was the closest (victory defined as making the budget in pledges.)
Oz....I was there physically. From the first month's the beginning of the real total transformation from a FM radio station 99.5 and CH30 television entity....station's in collapse, under heavy debts, could not pay back the money to the bank.. Millions in loans...even sadly people in the congregation their home's in danger of being taken. EuGENE Scott came not to be a pastor, but figure out how to get the bank paid.
You can question his sincerity, but not his intellect, a very conflicted man in a lot of ways who can teach on something quite fascinating than the next minute try to guilt you into giving money above and beyond any reality found in biblical scripture a teacher, actor and business man wrapped in bubble of anger and religious duality. I am a Christian but in the end his inner Demons took over an d the God he supposedly preached had already left the building.
Daniel...You are totally correct, as a former voice of faith, 99.5 FM employee, an intern minister, I saw the beginning, what happened behind the scenes, good and bad..... And the coming collapse. Glad you also kept the faith in Christ alone... amen
Early 1980s, not much on TV...found Dr Scott on Ch 30 San Bernadino Station. His battles with the feds was classic. Im convinced Howard Stern copied this from him and its the same type of thing that made Howard Stern famous from the early 1990s when he battled the FCC.
Deuteronomy 13 Psalm 37 & 38 Psalm 84 & 85 Psalm 85 : 08 I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly. 0:50 EXODUS 5 : 1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
Always money, IF you read the bible it TELLS you it is nothing to do with money, these cretins ALWAYS bring it to the money, stop watching them, they have no shame
Don't call those phone numbers lol... they changed. The one at the bottom is still the business number (different area code) but that's reserved for that use and international use only, where the 800 number is unavailable. The number to call is 1-800-338-3030. Has been for at least 37 years, but the documentary predates that.
In the '80s, I would watch him for hours at a time. If you listened to his teaching (that means not just hearing him but actually listening) he made me a better Christian and thirty years later I still recall many of the things he taught us and warned us about. He would have loved Trump (and so so I).
Dirk... You've read about Sampson...right?? Dr EuGENE Scott was weak in the same way, I was there from the beginning...on the ministry staff from the beginning...it lead to his death by cancer eventually. Involved other issues as well, you can't hide truth from God, without paying for it... He died in terrible shape with cancer and married to a prostitute. God's will be done. Amen Christ Jesus.
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People used to tune in for the entertainment. Scott's incessant, vindictive demands for money from strangers are hilarious. This is one TV hustler who really is missed. Thank you, Werner Herzog, for recording him in all his vituperative glory.
well .... he said if I haven't taught you owe nothing, but if I have .. then you owe something.
@@stevensimpson6417 People learn more from the teacher than the teacher knows.
we watched it all the time back then at one time he would stay on all night here
In my twenties we’d spark up a big fatty and tune in to this guy, pure entertainment ..!
@@CapnSchep A highlight always came when Gene would refuse to talk until he got a stipulated amount in pledges. The camera would zoom in on the old fraud, and he'd sit there in his cowboy hat, scowling at the lens and smoking a cee-gar. He was like something out of a Sam Peckinpaugh movie. I'd cast Jason Robards in the role.
At the time I enjoyed watching him I never sent him any money. Mr Herzog did a good job of showing Scott's intensity and skill. He left it for us to decide about Scott's motives and honesty.
Anthony Danes It wasn't hard to make up my mind, frankly.
The only thing this documentary (intentionally?) misses was Gene's sheer intellectual power. When he started teaching, you were untterly enthralled by his unparalleled scholarship. God bless Werner for taking on such a figure.
PhotonTheta I was particularly impressed with Gene's thesis that the pyramids of Egypt were built by an extraterrestrial civilization. Yes, indeed- unparalleled scholarship.
The intellectual power is what most people are entranced by this beguiler - Scholarship of self edification perhaps.
@@vestibulate makes more sense than a bunch of habiru/hyksos building mud and straw structures
his mandate was to create legal precedents for tax avoidance, later utilized by scientology
@@rickdeckard1075 Sure. The Space Brothers built the pyramids. They built Las Vegas, too.
Man I miss my OC, California childhood. Gene Scott, Wally George...TBN, grudge matches at Irvine International Raceway. Way more 'diverse' than todays Irvine Company Bland OC.
omg !!!! .... you nailed it !
OCIR - Orange County International Raceway
I used to run home from HS everyday to watch Wally George and Request Video. Lol
@@cameradollies18 Wally ! Wally !
💥
The Statesmen , "I want to know" is the most played Gospel song in television history.
I took one of his horse trainers to LAX, in my taxi.His bunker was in Bradbury, above Duarte, California. I got an earful of memorabilia from him, he collected horses, and, Chevy Corvair’s
DAVID MOON Apparently he collected hookers, too. Paid for by his "regulars". The suckers.
It’s textbook negative sales. He scolded and guilted people into sending more and more...
Wernor Herzog - impressive!
Dr. Scott was an admirer of General Patton. You can see the personality similarities when he gets pissed.
Patton/Lombardi
Some of Herzog's best.
Dr. Scott's father looks like Oriville Redenbocker. The popcorn guy!. Mrs. Scott has one bad-ass wig!
He's of the same line of Cain that Jimmy Saville was. ALL THE SAME FEATURES AND FRUITS.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY PRICELESS
Dr. Gene is a cross between Gary Busey and Bill Clinton! I remember him well back in the glory days of the satellite dish. His channel was the go to channel to make sure the satellite was receiving the signal correctly. I wish we could go back to 1981! God Bless!
He lulled me to sleep many nights on the shortwave radio. Visually he is somewhat unsettling!
It was amazing, just before he died , with his health problems, he bragged about being able to afford
the "best" health care, anything to feel superior to his minions!
He is in a better place now, in a place he deserves.
Thank you Dr. Scott and all of your teachings. J.C. Ministry is my life line! Thank you Pastor Melissa Scott!
I read a lot of books because of Dr Scott .
Which books? Care to name a few?
David Britt Conversely, the only books Dr. Scott was interested in were his accountant's.
AKA "Doctor Shock" old UHF channel 38
when we were growing up.
I hope your parents did not force you to watch this clown. That would be child abuse.
Aaahhhhh....the old uhf dial.....would sure throw a millenial for a loop......
am I boring you ?
Get on the phone !!...
38.... hmm... WSBK?
Really enjoying the Statesmen! Gene is a hero of faith! I got to see him preach the last few years of his life!(The Roman's Series) Watching melissa is wonderful to see Now!
I used to watch his old satellite show. The man knew how to rake in the $$$ .. LOL
38:05 Why is he saying that the FCC are monkeys?
I remember that a few other priests also had problems with the government in the United States.
Peter Popoff was caught for fraud and sent to prison for a few years. He is out now, selling holy water and other bs.
Kent Hovind is a young earth creationist who was sent to prison for not paying taxes. He is out now. Probably selling bs products.
Perhaps this is why in Russia, they killed off priests and closed churches. Perhaps they were speaking against the bolsheviks. The bolsheviks were violent. They would fuck you up and dump your body into a mass grave.
@@louistournas120 The FCC wanted a list of ALL the names and addresses of each one who gave an offering to the ministry.
Illegal under freedom of religion law's in America.
So he fought the FCC government agency, and lost the broadcast license on real principle....
@@louistournas120 The FCC wanted a list of ALL the names and addresses of each one who gave an offering to the ministry.
Illegal under freedom of religion law's in America.
So he fought the FCC government agency, and lost the broadcast license on real principle....
@@goodasgold2012
Why did the FCC want that?
@@louistournas120 The FCC lawsuit was against the broadcast license holder FAITH CENTER CHURCH.
Dr. Scott, was a very controversial, and truly successful in the largest market area, on radio 99.5 FM, and television ch.30 major coverage, by a Christian preaching Christ...in liberal state of California.....
He could have stopped the lawsuit by just releasing all the names of each Christian giving ...
There were no love gifts, or selling of item's for any people giving, only true teaching of the Bible on Christ....during these times....
As a Christian church of long standing, in Glendale, CA. the exposing of its people's lives and giving was not an option for Dr Scott...freedom of religion.
Get on those phones!
Lol... thanks for the memories!
Get On The Telephone !!
Those were good times !
say what you want, DR SCOTT did know his history and theology
That's right 👍
lelon furr, one of the great Bible teachers
Scott was brilliant. Perhaps too brilliant for his own good.
He was a con man. And creep.
A brilliant man doesn't devote his life to conning money out of the gullible.
Grew up hearing Dr. Scott and a family joke about him saying "I'll keep a camera up my nostrils until we reach our goal" stuck in my head. It's so, outrageous that I think I am remembering a very juvenile brain thought? I'm thinking now I actually, heard him say that??? :)
Doc.....the best bible teacher I ever had....he was the reason why I installed one of those big old satellite dishes back in the 90s.
GS knew good Gospel music!
Great music. He must of paid very well for them.
I highly doubt it@@stylinstu
I've heard it was purchased stock music, but idk.
@@KP09101 Everything that I saw from his 3 piece suit days, with the piano player singing "preachers wouldn't dare be seen, to be upset, or acting mean..." to his long hair, beard, pipes and cigars, and pyramid days was live recordings at the King's house.
@@stylinstu His church could afford their fees. The Statesmen , "I want to know" is the most played Gospel song in television history.
Man... those musicians were gone by the time I was watching. This is before the Ron and Sammy era of the Unband.
✨Gene did help break the chains over the stigma of organized Religion ✨🙏🏼✌🏼✨🌹😎#RIPGENE
Anyone else remember the girls on roller skates in bikinis rolling around his mansion during the intermission? I used to watch this on the satellite dishes a kid,. Legendary
That was at the sad end of the ministry...before his death....by cancers.
I always like watching his horses getting loaded up in those containers, to be loaded up on the cargo jets so he could attend those overseas horse events, lol....blatantly showing his congregation where that money was going....lmao....I loved him
@@duanehall4311 I understand why your mocking the deceived Christians, (at the end 1995), who allowed themselves to be duped.
But here's the thing about Dr EuGENE Scott was at the latter half of his ministry very weak, at the end of his lifetime...sexual sin and cancer.
In the beginning of the ministry he was greatly appreciated for being truly empowered by God to help others....sincerely.
I was there physically from the outset, he came mid 70's..to Glendale, CA...only to help figure a way out of debt, for a church called FAITH CENTER, the old pastor was sick and dying, desperate to pay off bank loans of around 3 million, on the church radio 99.5 FM and also television ch 30 ministry.
Scott was a real PhD from Stanford University, worked with Oral Robert's University, and understood financial restructuring...
I could write a book..
My point is this, if you are an effective man of God, you will be tested, and sadly some fall...
Amen Christ Jesus.
@@goodasgold2012 , I admit, he gave me enjoyment sheepdog, but I had respect for him as well...he was brilliant, and a lot could be learned from his teachings...he had an uncanny understanding of some not so easy to decipher items from the archaic texts....and a way of communicating them, and making them make sense....he was simply brilliant...
@@duanehall4311 Yes, I was saved or redeemed by God, thru his early ministry.
Then had to physically leave in 1986....after seeing things behind the scenes that were wrong...
Mud slinging is wrong, but there's a reason why often men who are weaker in sin, fall and like Sampson it's usually over sex, and money used for self-gratification.
Hence the panting, stamp collecting, show horses, cars, trips, and prostitutes.
I could go on...let it be.
I was like 14 and he came on the old c-band satellite
I Hate Fake People Yes. I remember him on Telstar 2, Transponder 9. Telstar 2 was in an inclined orbit but still watchable. Lol.
Same here. Giant fiberglass satellite in the back yard.
Sometimes the camera would show just an empty chair 🪑 because he was pissed nobody was sending him money 💴 💰 😆 ..!
The FCC monkey band was the closest we could get to practicing voodoo as Christians, and we really hoped it worked LOL. I think it did, actually LMAO
Santeria is the closest you can get to practicing voodoo as "Christians", but I understand your point.
I just have one comment to make: This man preached sermon on faith that I have ever heard.
At 1:30 Jake Hess is singing. On The Million Dollar Quartet Elvis talks about Jake and The Statesmen. Elvis, Johnny, Carl and Jerry Lee join together in singing Statesmen songs in Sam Phillips Sun studio in 1956.
@Glenn Zornig Do you know the name of that first song? Does it appear on any of his albums?
Madness reigns.
lol ..gene didn't bs his followers with seed faith, when gene took your money it was gone, with no bs claims that God will will give back 2 fold your pledge
I lived in Bible college housing for a year. It was a home converted for about 6 male students. We decided to have a Hall of Fame and post pictures of our favorite religious speakers on the lintel that separated the old living room from the dining room. Dr. Gene Scott ("Scotty") was one of the men featured. He was in good company with "Through the Bible" savant Dr. J. Vernon McGee, and a metaphysical minister, Dr. Robert Scott ("Scotty"). I think Dr. Burpo ("Burppy") rounded out the gaggle of men. :)
whats a "metaphysical minister", like a rosicrucian or smtg?
This is in response to your question, what is a metaphysical preacher like?
The metaphysical speaker or pastor tends to present messages or talks that are positive and uplifting in nature. The talks maybe more psychological
@@dr.greggrove4413 ah you mean the norman vincent peale types
Robin Williams made fun of Gene Scott there is a video of it but i cant find it on youtube.But back in the 1980,s he was funny hes the only preacher who would cuss and smoke a cigar with a Patton helmut
Dude was a true genius though. Smart. I think he spoke like a dozen languages? Whether you liked him or not? Dude was well rounded knowledge on most any subject!!!
This guy was such a creep.
DAMN PEOPLE.....DON'T YOU KNOW MY HORSES COST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS....HOW AM I SUPPOSE TO BUY HORSES WITH THESE PENNIES
This is the most incredible freak show I have ever seen. Pure horror from start to finish. 🏆
at least he wasnt wearing lingerie and forcing 10 yr olds to strip for him at a public event
That's the power of the holy spirit that raised Jesus from the dead come Maranatha
never heard of him before but seems like he would make a great cult leader.
He knew how to rake in the money. If you weren't sending in the money you were part of them.
mark patton, FUCK YOU, you piece of shit.
A real spiritual growth
Mark....He was just sick of men of God, being weak, and gutless, or phoney's... Especially about asking for support "if you were ever taught"...by his teaching.
PhD from Stanford University, not to bad.
Joey Soprano wow! Words from the grave!
Saw Pres. Trump yesterday. He's imitating Gene Scott. Same hair colour. Give me money.
He's all buddy buddy with Dr. Scott's Widow Melissa.
Oh... one difference though.. Dr. Scot was extremely intelligent.. Trump? Dumb as a box of hammers.
Except for when he was telling people to send money, I was never able to understand what he was talking about.
That says more about you, then Dr. Scott...Amen
When I saw this doc, I saw it as a very deep criticism of the church in the US, especially of Evangelicals. How people's faith is treated as a commodity to be sold. Gene was in too deep. His life, his home, his possessions were all owned by the Church, not by him. His desperation to gain that $600 was not because he believed it would be beneficial, but because the Church wanted it. His career,his reputation and his livlihood was dangling by a thread held by the church if he didnt do what they wanted. He saw orphans and poor abused dogs, and he funded orphanages and believed in justice and fairness, he was genuinely a good man. And the church exloited that, using orphans to gain sympathy in return for money they wouldnt spend on good causes.
I have to disagree with your take on this. He controlled Faith Center, not the other way around. As he stated when he became pastor one of the conditions was that the church board had to unanimously approve him and then all resign. He mentioned from time to time the church board but who was ever on it? If it even existed afterword it seems in name only that functioned like a rubber stamp to his exclusive will. This board obviously couldn't reign him in with some of his outrageous nonsense especially around the 1990s. He talked principles but it was a means to an end. He never could fleece the congregation enough. I'm not saying he was a total hypocrite. To his credit he didn't exploit human suffering for money. On the other hand, he exploited scripture to maximize giving under the guise of principle. And this giving away his wealth to prove himself in the eyes of everyone else is BS. Who did he give it away to, transferred title to his church? He just effectively giving it back to himself and probably with the tax advantages in mind.
I fail to see how this guy is any less criminal than all the other television preachers.
Because he was moved by the Holy Spirit The Same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead come Maranatha
I learned a lot of Bible from Dr Scott. I'm not a penny poorer for the joint participation and the value exchange for what I learned. Like Jesus told Peter, when Peter looked and saw the disciple Jesus loved following in John ch 21, Peter said, "Lord, what about this man?" Jesus said, "22 Jesus said to him, "If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow Me!"
I am not Dr Scott's judge. He was a teacher, and a good one at that. a man of faith.
"I want to mate with Dr. Gene Scott and have me some weird little kids." -Mojo Nixon
Too late....he gone!
some people are too afraid to not have a master
I assume that you are being sarcastic.
On the contrary, sheeple who hang on to the words of a "master" are week. Gene Scott is just using christianity as a business model.
@@louistournas120 No... he was unafraid to demand from those he taught, the respect to God and the ministry...by their just responding by giving....
He loved to say "turn off" the radio/television to those who didn't learn or care to support the teaching... done.
Which was teaching of Christ on the cross... He brought in the fund's to save the church from the real impending crisis of bankruptcy...that is how millions were paid back, to the banks, and individuals who had loaned money to the church, before Dr. Scott...arrived....
I was there.....Amen
the greatest moment in the history of mankind 32:50
I was selfish when it came to giving.He taught me how to give Gods way.
Get On The Telephone ! 📞
100% !!
I see a propensity for obesity, poverty, a yen for fairy tales.
Folks putting what few bucks they do have in a little wicker basket that's being passed around. I think it's safe to say nobody here's gonna be splitting the atom, Marty. MARTY
What a train wreck. I can't take my eyes off this. This is crazy.
Used to watch him when I came home from afternoon shift ....roaring for support ...or he won’t speak ha ha
he had a great understanding of Good Gospel Music. The Statesmen were some of the best.
KDOC # 56 ! 😎
He would smoke cigars as well as he had videos of him and women hanging out together
And they would show his race horses prancing around
@@johnnym4400 With Playboy Playmates 😆
he looks like roger daltrey
I only watched this guy because there was nothing else to watch I liked his temper tantrums. Remember the On TV dish people.
Worth over a million when he died...not bad!
might as well start right here folks: 28:50
THIS GUY WAS BAT SHIT CRAZY AND JUST WANTED MONEY...LOTS AND LOTS OF MONEY
YEA BUT HE WAS ALSO VERY WISE
@@kenisfree8410 JUST ANOTHER CON ARTIST USING GOD TO GET MONEY....LOTS AND LOTS OF MONEY
I want to see his broadcasts on the 12 Tribes, on the Pyramids and others on UA-cam. Don't they know how much money that could bring in. Why are they not available?
The faces of the Voices of Faith were never shown on the University Network in that state of emotion... He considered that exploitative and wouldn't do it. Only his depth of emotion went out on the air. He wanted the focus on God's Word and its importance to its teacher.
The last hour of every fight was always the hardest. That used to happen over and over again; the Devil would always attack the hardest when the victory was the closest (victory defined as making the budget in pledges.)
Oz....I was there physically.
From the first month's the beginning of the real total transformation from a FM radio station 99.5 and CH30 television entity....station's in collapse, under heavy debts, could not pay back the money to the bank.. Millions in loans...even sadly people in the congregation their home's in danger of being taken.
EuGENE Scott came not to be a pastor, but figure out how to get the bank paid.
You can question his sincerity, but not his intellect, a very conflicted man in a lot of ways who can teach on something quite fascinating than the next minute try to guilt you into giving money above and beyond any reality found in biblical scripture a teacher, actor and business man wrapped in bubble of anger and religious duality. I am a Christian but in the end his inner Demons took over an d the God he supposedly preached had already left the building.
Daniel...You are totally correct, as a former voice of faith, 99.5 FM employee, an intern minister, I saw the beginning, what happened behind the scenes, good and bad.....
And the coming collapse.
Glad you also kept the faith in Christ alone... amen
Well said
Very well stated
Early 1980s, not much on TV...found Dr Scott on Ch 30 San Bernadino Station. His battles with the feds was classic. Im convinced Howard Stern copied this from him and its the same type of thing that made Howard Stern famous from the early 1990s when he battled the FCC.
...and Jake Hess & Son...come to Jesus song...just amazing
I sure miss his teachings !!!
Deuteronomy 13
Psalm 37 & 38
Psalm 84 & 85
Psalm 85 : 08 I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
0:50 EXODUS 5 : 1
And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
roll the tape!
My mom was like turn that hypocrite off I just laughed at him
He was real, and not full of B.S.
First he reminded me of Jimmy Savile but i guess hes a different character. All i can say is: holy guacamole. America. :)
Always money, IF you read the bible it TELLS you it is nothing to do with money, these cretins ALWAYS bring it to the money, stop watching them, they have no shame
6:24 It's Tex and Edna Boyle from the Organ Emporium.
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I wonder if Scott behaved worse due to the presence of Herzog's camera? By worse I mean a worse narcissist than he would normally be.
No, that was his behavior on or off camera...I was working there before, during and after this interview was made .... it's true
Don't call those phone numbers lol... they changed. The one at the bottom is still the business number (different area code) but that's reserved for that use and international use only, where the 800 number is unavailable. The number to call is 1-800-338-3030. Has been for at least 37 years, but the documentary predates that.
I think the gospel singers are the most disturbing part.
How does one make soul music so…soulless?
anyone else see rod Stewart and donald trump in him?
No, no one else sees that.
@@fedup1940 I'll jump man, don't push me 'cos I'll jump. Jump I will!!!!
Gospel great Jake Hess and members of his family can be seen in this film. Hess's eyes give him away.
Heat up your dinner, Otto, you'll enjoy it more.
Wow... Jake Hess! What song is that he is singing?
Heading Home... an old Statesmen number
A friend spotted him in one of the few Rose Bowl luxury boxes with a bevy of topless women and bags of white powder.
Does anyone have Scott’s show theme song (“I Don’t Like It”)?
The path to damnation is paved with compromise.
Who are the two creepers singing?
Another textbook narcissism case study. Same as the President.
that dude was a bona fied ding bat
This Man Hated not Loving at ALL.
This is gross. Creepy.
JP Miller playbook.
Abusive. This is disgusting.
Andreas C. You are a goof , stay delusional my friend
Andreas C.
Agreed.
It was show business. Gene Scott was a master showman.
Did he ever tell the ending to that Rabbit Story??
California was his home? Wow, what a coincidence.
In the '80s, I would watch him for hours at a time. If you listened to his teaching (that means not just hearing him but actually listening) he made me a better Christian and thirty years later I still recall many of the things he taught us and warned us about. He would have loved Trump (and so so I).
He was an amazing man of faith, intellect and reason.
Gesundheit
Dirk... You've read about Sampson...right??
Dr EuGENE Scott was weak in the same way, I was there from the beginning...on the ministry staff from the beginning...it lead to his death by cancer eventually.
Involved other issues as well, you can't hide truth from God, without paying for it...
He died in terrible shape with cancer and married to a prostitute.
God's will be done.
Amen Christ Jesus.
Intellectuals don't make a living conning the gullible out of their money.
@@goodasgold2012 You're very judgmental and hateful.
@@Stewie-th7lt That he never did, once. Go pound sand, heathen.
Oh praise the lard!
Funny what did that suit cost boy ?
I use to laugh at him
Me too. Now we can laugh at him and his sheep in this documentary.
What nonsense...ego is mad