After reading some of the comments, I feel like it is time for a teachable moment. This video is a critique of the political movement by white evangelicals to ensure far right policies under the guise of faith. It is not a "f*** Christianity" video. I am not an Angry TH-cam Atheist™, and this comments section is not a place for your "Christians are a cancer" or "Protestants can go to hell" replies. Do you not understand that criticism of the actions of a political movement is not the same as calling religion "evil" or someone the "Antichrist"? If you tried to get a comment like that through, I assure you that it was deleted in my "Held for Review" folder. Nobody saw it but me, and I was appalled. All comments on my channel are always held for review until I click Approve. I also assure you that if it was egregious enough, your account has been shadow banned. This is not a space that will engender hate. Too many TH-camrs just let the worst of the worst in their comments sections and among their audiences without saying anything or doing anything about it. If you are posting comments like that, I can only assume that you must be new here. Not in my house. I am stupefied by this response. Do you honestly believe that calling for the genocide of Christians because they voted for Trump is even remotely appropriate? Absolutely ghoulish. Don't reply to this defending that kind of behavior or any "To be FAIR..." malarkey or you will see your account banned too. Your comments will be invisible to everyone but yourself. Try harder, please. Thank you.
To whoever tried to reply to this with something like "I must speak the truth in a TH-cam comments section..." followed by a long reply, I deleted it in my Held for Review folder before reading the rest, which means nobody else read it either. This isn't a comment that requires input or debate. These are the rules. That's it. I don't care what you were trying to say. Just don't do...that. Thanks.
I think you just confirmed that Mark Taylor is Qanon. This was a great video, thanks is for making this compilation of stats, history, and political theory.
I remember the Jerry Falwell Moral Majority and seen him on TV saying God's Man is Ronald Reagan. When I was going to Evangelist John Hagee s Church in 1980's he taught the doctrine of 'Seed Line" where Blacks were the Seed of Satan through Eve fornicating with Satan in the Garden of Eden producing Black People...somehow. I am a 70 Years old student of all religions.
I'm new to TH-cam and I'm appalled at a lot of the comments I see on a lot of youtube channels. It sems like this website is a playground for angry stupid teenagers and adults with the minds of children. I've given up commenting because I will make a polite rational comment only to without fail be attacked by malicious trolls. Good for you for screening comments and filtering out some of the hatred and stupidity BRAVO!!! You've gained a new subscriber and regular viewer ( I even watch the commercials because I know that helps a channels revenue stream)
The Christianity my mom taught me was one that helped the poor, the homeless, and defended those in need. She passed on in 1982, and altho I miss her daily, I'm glad she didn't live to see what passes for Christianity today in the USA. This video was well done, and I thank you for it. Today I am a socialist and an atheist, but I love my siblings of all faiths when they stand for others. That mindset is the only thing that can save us.
My mom is a Catholic and she HATED Trump, More than anyone I've personally met and I used to think she was "overreacting" at times. And I'll tell you, that crows taste like shit... 😬😬😬
I recently asked my cousin why she liked Trump and when she replied "Because hes a Christian" I couldn't help but laugh in her face. The hypocrisy of evangelicals is truly incredible.
Even more amusingly, hurricanes are the ones usually touted as an act of god, and unlike wildfires, can't be started by one guy with some matches and lax fire safty education.
It's like that quote from Moral Orel "god makes some mistakes, one of them is called a miracle which is when wildfires and earthquakes destroy disgusting foreign cultures and reafirm our religion"
It's hard to respect religion when there are so many preachers and priests and religious leaders who have done heinous things behind the guise of being forgiven by God.
In the name of God and God's will are not the same. Even by Christian standards, trump is NOT a Christian. I live in Alabama. I am a Christian. I've witnessed the corruption of the faith firsthand by religious leaders. They DO NOT represent the whole of those whom are of the faith. Many in the south and many evangelicals use religion as a crutch and twist it to their own narrative. Religion is not corrupt itself. It's people in the religion that are corrupt. Zealots and xenophobes. I've seen these people upfront make excuses for this tyrant wannabe while condemning others whom they unjustly have sworn committed the same atrocities he has actually done. It's basically a tale of two churches.
@@mellakat80 This isn't a "minority doesn't represent the majority" issue. The fact that there is this loophole for evangelicals is the issue. That you are an outstanding citizen with high morals, than someone without it, and that any unlawful act against God can be washed away without consequence. How can anyone respect something so flimsy, yet held with high regard? We've seen it, regardless of status, people use religion as a 'get-out-of-jail' free card. And when the country is run by these hypocrites, their "sins" are immediately forgiven with little backlash. Frankly, if your religion can be so easily paraded to forgive all sins and even elect certain leaders who do not qualify for the position, we need to get rid of swearing on the bible and standing for our flag "under God". There just needs to be a separation of politics and religion.
Understand where you're coming from, but The Bible talks about false apostles among us. I'm not the best Christian,I have a lot of work to do, but seeing that made me ill.
I know this video is a year old, but it hits so hard. My evangelical parents went from saying Trump will never be president to saying that they don't know who to vote for to saying that if Trump doesn't win, America is Godless. They keep telling me that I'm not a real Christian because I'm not conservative and I'm a leftist. Its terrifying how much of a cult Trump has become.
I posted just now on the main feed something very similar - I see the core principles of Christianity as love thy neighbour, do unto others, and turn the other cheek. How this is compatible with right wing politics is something for therapists and psychologists to ponder for the ages
@@rickrolld1367 I was 8 in '01. Conservative home already. Grew more so after September. As a kid that grew up in a surge of a patriotic, conservative, religious fever? I wouldn't call it healthy. That all-or- nothing "logic" it's built on never sat right with me. It's a deep hole to dig ones self out of. It's really weird to be an ex pretend minority
@@malic_zarith I'd use it just to make rain slightly more common in California than it is. I'm tired of hearing about fires near my home, and I miss the sound of a good thunderstorm.
I almost couldn't pull through this whole video...it all makes me sick to my stomach that these people are so willingly blind to how terrible this man is.
....you think? I watched a video on youtube where a lady pastor was asked if it was Christ-like to call Joe Biden names like "sleepy joe"...do you know she said that even God calls joe biden sleepy jo??? As a christian, I was ashamed and sad
I have a bachelor of science degree in Religion, a masters of arts in theology, and I've finished all 60 credits of my doctorate in Christian Minister and everything said in this video is true. The Church has given itself over to The World and because of this it has cut it's own throat. Statistical and spiritually the Church is dying and the support for Trump is it's death gasp. How can you preach and teach about Christ and vote for a man who is his absolute opposite? This is why young people are leaving the Church in droves, the hypocrisy. Question if the Jesus of the Bible were preaching and teaching today what do you think He would about Trump? Bonus question what do you think Trump would say about Jesus? Exactly. Shep
"Blessed are the poor" and "showing love to the stranger to your land" would be met with cries of "libtard" and Jesus getting booted out of Trump's rally.
@@Windrake101 where's this coming from about gen z being more conservative last I heard they are the most opposed to trump. Or did you not hear about the tick tok incident??? Also you're wrong about millenials or young Eoppe in general. We already had skepticism about religion and the sheer hipocricy of most religious institutions in the trump era cemented our view. I like most of my millenial friends now understand that Christianity is just McDonald's for faith. And we will tell our children all about it.
@@Windrake101 Millennials are about 1980-2000 meaning at the start of the recession, the youngest were about 7 and the oldest were about 27. If anything the recession effected millennials most because Gen S were both too young to remember and the majority weren’t even born yet. So what are you even talking about?
I grew up in that. There is no changing them, I'm out now, but I never fit to begin with. The only thing that's going to stop this is if young people continue to leave evangelical churches and other demographics unite and show up to the polls.
... or is it racism. Lol. Thank you!!! As a black American that is a Christian in the evangelical tradition, I have to totally agree with your arguments... and it’s nice to hear what I have known all along, from someone not black or “foreign “.
Kay E and thank you for having an open heart and mind. I’m glad that you can practice your faith while thinking for yourself, it’s all any of us are asking. Much love from California.
That's a big part of why i drifted from the church, I just felt like the whole thing was a shame. I know Jesus isn't responsible for this outcome. but i can;t comfortable be christian anymore.
My brother is a black conservative and a trump supporter, I can understand him being a Republican but being a trump supporter has put a strain on our relationship.
As someone abused by my church, it scares me to see how much they protect their own at the cost of literally all else, especially in small town America.
This video is so relevant even till this day because honestly, the lengths they go to to justify his presidency, all while ignoring how his image is the exact opposite of what they supposedly stand for.....this is proof that it was never about faith but about protecting their power and privilege.
Holy fork! The final line is so telling, "I would rather die than my wife commit adultery!!!!" He doesn't say how he feels about his own possible adultery.
I know, that threw me for a second. I thought he was going to say "I'd rather die than commit adultery!!" but I guess he's infallible, unlike his harlot of a wife, apparently.
We'll I've seen videos of his that made me suspect that he *was* committing adultery ... and not with women or children or animals. Unfortunately he took down the most obvious one which was about his trip to NYC where he had dinner with a "friend".
What does being Christian even mean anymore? If you are looking for people in line with proto-Christian practice, those haven't existed since Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.
Well done ! Real Christians, as well as those of secular persuasion should speak out against the perverse union of politics with religion. What Jim Bakker and Frank Graham are preaching now is NOT Christianity, it is a political ideology using religious language and should be labeled as such, it is Christianism.
Is it me or were there moments where Mark Taylor in his soundbite where he had to stop himself from automatically using certain language? "Antifa, black lives matter, all these..." and then he switched directions in his monologue.
I was a queer teenager in the '90s and learning about these groups was a necessary part of my learning as an activist, even though lots of not-queer (mostly white) people thought they were just fringe groups and outsiders. To me, numbers like 25% are scary af, especially when you consider that we are living in a time of dozens of Very Bad Problems (that were once pretty preventable but not so much now) that might all peak at about the same time. Thank you for this work.
This is the first time I've had to pause an installment of Renegade Cut because I needed to process what I was hearing. Did Mark seriously suggest that hurricanes were caused by the New World Order to elect Hillary?
@@poego6045 blood rituals go back thousands of years and pop up in nearly every culture every now and then, usually when things go from bad to worse. But yes, most of the things we today associate with witchcraft came much later. People have been blaming natural disasters on "the gays" for decades now and has seen a resurgence of late that scares the crap out of me. The same goes for anti-vaxxers, flat-earthers anti-feminists and white supremacists. I'm tempted to blame it all on Trump and Pence, but this has been festering for a while now.
@@StudyofSwords As a Pagan, I can tell you I personally can't steer hurricanes. When Harvey hit here, I was living in a trailer house, so if I coulda made that not happen...Well😂
I can't wait till the day when his base wakes up and realizes they've been played. There is no excuse for them. They know right from wrong and choose to side with hate and discrimination.
When these people are denied access to the pearly gates, and demand to know why, Jesus will simply say "I warned you to beware of false prophets" and go back to having mimosas with Mohammed, Moses, Krishna, and Buddha
The early Christians were greatly influenced by the Buddhists and Krishna died on a tree between two thieves. I think Jesus would softly tell you to educate yourself and quit being prejudice against things you know nothing about. The Sermon on the Mount was originally Buddhist.
Elijah James We Christians believe that a Christ appears in other religions. Odin hung from Yggadrisil so that all men might have magick is another echo of His sacrifice.
"...of a 40 minute interview that I had to listen to." Bless you, sir. I could barely listen to 30 seconds of that rambling, incoherent, conspiratorial nonsense.
Religion has always been political. It's the oldest known method for attaining and mantaining power, i.e. the oldest known form of politics. That said, some forms of politics are violence. Nazism is not to be tolerated. Doesn't Evangelism count as a form of violence too? Their very premise is forcing their religion to other people. It's not a slippery slope to say the next reasonable step to "forcing religion into the state" is violence on those not compliant.
@@renegadecut9875 I've been watching you for years, and I definitely think you have reached a new level. not to desparage your old work, it's great, but you've definitely upped you game recently
Thank you for this video. As someone from an Evangelical family who grew up in the South, I’m surrounded by the mentality you discuss constantly. In the American South Christianity is inextricably linked to conservatism and nationalism. To vote Democrat/independent even once is enough to have your Christian faith questioned in most southern churches. It’s been difficult these past few years to deal with the cognitive dissonance of people I used to respect. On the other hand though, it’s somewhat nice to have the mask ripped off so clearly.
Excellent video. I took a political science course two years ago and the professor was a political strategist. He said many of the electoral college voters were evangelicals who sided with Trump because he said he would reverse abortion rights. He is slowly doing that with his Supreme Court nominations and court appointments.
"I sat down, I put pen to paper and I started writing down what the Holy Spirit was telling me" Wow that's incredible! I've been a Christian for all my life and never once the Holy Spirit called me on the phone and asked me to take notes. Every time I see that one of those "Christian movies" come out I want to punch a hole in the wall. Seriously though, THERE ARE good movies about the Bible and Christianity that don't offend anyone, tell a good story and don't sound like the rambling of a lunatic, "The prince of Egypt" is one of those.
Well clearly you're not *truly* a Christian, you have a dissenting opinion! /sarcasm I grew up Evangelical and have heard this BS my entire life. It's tiresome.
Most good Christian movies are many decades old and usually feature Catholics. They were just clean movies that showed positive Christan depictions. They weren't propaganda of a paranoid group.
Praying is like a telephone. What you hear depends on what number you dial. There are plenty of lesser spirits that are quite eager to give instructions. That is why there are so many false prophets.
Jesus never insisted that his followers pledge allegiance to the state. He himself did not pledge allegiance to the state. He viewed both Church and State as fundamentally flawed institutions. His program was one of direct action. He required his followers to do what needs to be done to be of help. That is what Jesus was about and it is the basis of the Kingdom of God community he made his gospel resonate with. Evangelicalism has let go of the hand of Jesus and is now holding hands with Uncle Sam. It is a dangerous situation for the world to find itself in and it is difficult to see how any good can come from that relationship.
Believe me, there is an insane rabbit hole related to this Christian conspiracy theory. In books by Tom Horn (a Christian conspiracy theorist), genetic engineering is vilified as "Luciferian Science" and a means to making soulless hybrid bodies that demons can then inhabit as Nephilim, the Flood's purpose was to wipe out these hybrids so humanity could remain pure-blooded, and now the Illuminati are plotting to turn humans into nephilim and usher in the end times. This is spelled out most clearly in his book Apollyon Rising 2012, which shows itself to be the fearmongering of a neo-luddite.
“We all know witchcraft was behind this.” I won’t lie, I had to pause because I was laughing so hard I couldn’t hear what was said afterwards. The dude is so Old Testament he went to WITCHCRAFT before spewing some bulls**t about HAARP or Chemtrails.
It actually makes perfect sense for him to say that. Sooner or later all these anti science movement are gonna throw aside their pseudoscientific claims and state out right that which they deep down believed since the beginning, That the world runs on magic
Its sad that one of the founders of the Evangelical Movement was Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the OG Anti-Fascists...He would be ashamed of what the movement has become.
Great video as always! If you swap the country to Brazil, the reality is almost the same. And being a presbyterian myself, this situation fills me with shame and concern.
What’s interesting, the late Jerry Falwell and religious right also idolized Ronald Reagan even though Reagan NEVER attended church during his presidency. In contrast, Jimmy Carter taught Sunday School every Sunday during his presidency. Yet the religious right opposed Carter. President Obama sometimes attended Christian churches but not services at mosques. But he was never able to convince the religious right that he wasn’t a Muslim. How ironic!!
Interesting. I knew we had Carter to "thank" for the religious right ('religious people vote? why didn't we think of that?'), but I didn't know he taught Sunday school as president. But, yeah, pretty much the entire point of this video is the fact that they don't care about the president's faith unless they can weaponize it against them. All they care about is implementing an anarcho-capitalst, theocratic autocracy and whoever will give it to them is their guy.
It was decided almost 20 years ago that Trump was going to be selected to be President Putin wasn't even in power then. The Simpson clip proves my comment true.
In other news, witchcraft can steer hurricanes.🤔 I'm a Pagan. I have got to up my game. I've got to make hurricanes dodge major cities. Wow. Crap. Y'all are putting a lot on me here.
Serious question(s). Do modern Pagans still conduct ritualistic/symbolic sacrifices of living beings ? Like Muslims do with sheep during the Sacrificial Feast for example. Do you worship a pantheon of gods or individual divinities/forces of nature like the old Celtic religions or Wicca ? I'm just rather informed by an actual pagan than a potentionaly biased source.
@@Weird782 most pagans do not engage in ritualistic or symbolic sacrifice of living beings. Ritualistic sacrifice would generally lead to police calls and symbolic would be considered ethically questionable. As for pantheon versus forces, it varies.
@@Weird782 I leave the occasional offering, but it's usually just bread and milk or somesuch. I personally veer more "fundamental powers of the universe" than towards a specific group of deities, but I unironically think there's a Something inhabiting a patch of nearby woods so there's that. Basically paganism is like cheese and every culture's has a different makeup, method, and history. In America I basically had stuff thrown at me until some of it stuck. It's probably wrong, but not any more wrong than Joe's religion down the street and it has yet to hurt anyone.
I like the points you brought up. I also regret watching this while eating a burger. It was a tasty burger, but my appetite lessened after hearing the claims made in the excerpts you showed. The lengths people go through to justify their bigotry is both astonishing and depressing.
Might I recommend the blog "The Slactivist" at Patheos? The author is someone who grew up in the white Evangelical tradition in the eighties but found himself drifting leftward politically as he grew up. He started the blog during the W. Bush administration to try and translate and interpret some of the dynamics and things coming from that ethno-religious group so that those outside it might have some insight into why they do what they do.
16:46 not if you heard what church leaders, priests. pastors etc. were (and still are) saying before the election. They should all have their tax exempt status revoked immediately, to say the very least.
I find many interpretations of religious teachings very bizarre. I was raised Roman Catholic and have therefore read the Old and New Testaments. Reading many stories about Jesus makes me think that he’d probably be horrified to see and hear what many people have done in his name. As horrible as some of the crimes committed by “true believers” have been, I think it’s even more terrible to see how political opportunists have used people’s beliefs to further their own agendas. If their is a god or goddess or gods or whatever it may be, many people are going to have some explaining to do if and when they meet the almighty.
Wow! I wouldn't want that man touching my Holy Bible let alone scribble his name in it! This is why I am not Religious and go to church...is because of the people that go to church. Sick and twisted world we live in isn't it?
It's so bizarre to see someone I would've considered a possible AntiChrist back in my hyper religious days being held up as a hero by so many of the ultra religious.
You're a hero just for sitting through that interview. Thanks for making this. I hope it gets more spread and traction. You deserve serious subs for this vid.
This is why I find it worrisome that the Democratic party seems to want to court and imaginary "moderate right" instead of leftists. Trump has shown us who these people are, and it's clear that there can be no compromise or bipartisanship.
i know this video is like two years old and the odds of u seeing this is prolly slim but i just wanted to say i appreciate videos like this as i was so unbelievably uneducated on many issues like this before, and because of this i rlly feel like I’ve become a better person so thank you
Something I appreciate about this video is that it highlights the sins of certain Christians, but separates them from Christ Himself. Thank you for that, because a lot of people conflate the two.
Many people who call themselves Evangelical upon investigation have either a very shallow understanding of the Gospel or have a compartment where they practice their faith on Sunday morning and then forget about it for the rest of the week.
And more recently Trump had clergy tear gassed so he could take a photo op outside of a church that according to said clergy he's been to all of twice, one of those times being that photo op.
as someone who grew up in a fairly agnostic/secular household (we didn't really go to church, only went to a Buddhist temple every so often but I was too young to understand any significance and my parents didn't force me and my siblings to "shut up and listen"), learning about the absolutely insane parts of Christianity is such a trip
He is thier orange Jesus but he does everything opposite of what Jesus taught. He tells people what they want to hear. They then think what he wants them to think.
I’m just now seeing this but it is helpful. I’m heartbroken by the continued support of Trump by people I love. I am trained as an Art Therapist and lean heavily toward Jungian depth psychology. I see the QAnon thing and the cultist level of support by Evangelicals - and other conspiracy theorists -as a form of collective psychosis. It’s like the immense shifts in collective consciousness - possibly accelerated by the stress and isolation many currently feel - are bringing out that archetype of the apocalypse. With so many looking for, expecting, and even wanting chaos, it feels more like an inner problem that’s becoming an outer reality. Like Mark Taylor... taking what should have been interpreted symbolically and his own nightmares literally. I will check out your other content. I feel my only recourse is to really get a better understanding of what’s driving what looks like collective madness to me. I grew up in the Evangelical world, by the way. Most of my extended family and many old friends are caught up in this. It’s hard to even know what to do.
After reading some of the comments, I feel like it is time for a teachable moment. This video is a critique of the political movement by white evangelicals to ensure far right policies under the guise of faith. It is not a "f*** Christianity" video. I am not an Angry TH-cam Atheist™, and this comments section is not a place for your "Christians are a cancer" or "Protestants can go to hell" replies. Do you not understand that criticism of the actions of a political movement is not the same as calling religion "evil" or someone the "Antichrist"? If you tried to get a comment like that through, I assure you that it was deleted in my "Held for Review" folder. Nobody saw it but me, and I was appalled. All comments on my channel are always held for review until I click Approve. I also assure you that if it was egregious enough, your account has been shadow banned.
This is not a space that will engender hate. Too many TH-camrs just let the worst of the worst in their comments sections and among their audiences without saying anything or doing anything about it. If you are posting comments like that, I can only assume that you must be new here. Not in my house. I am stupefied by this response. Do you honestly believe that calling for the genocide of Christians because they voted for Trump is even remotely appropriate? Absolutely ghoulish.
Don't reply to this defending that kind of behavior or any "To be FAIR..." malarkey or you will see your account banned too. Your comments will be invisible to everyone but yourself. Try harder, please. Thank you.
To whoever tried to reply to this with something like "I must speak the truth in a TH-cam comments section..." followed by a long reply, I deleted it in my Held for Review folder before reading the rest, which means nobody else read it either. This isn't a comment that requires input or debate. These are the rules. That's it. I don't care what you were trying to say. Just don't do...that. Thanks.
I think you just confirmed that Mark Taylor is Qanon. This was a great video, thanks is for making this compilation of stats, history, and political theory.
I remember the Jerry Falwell Moral Majority and seen him on TV saying God's Man is Ronald Reagan. When I was going to Evangelist John Hagee s Church in 1980's he taught the doctrine of 'Seed Line" where Blacks were the Seed of Satan through Eve fornicating with Satan in the Garden of Eden producing Black People...somehow. I am a 70 Years old student of all religions.
I'm new to TH-cam and I'm appalled at a lot of the comments I see on a lot of youtube channels. It sems like this website is a playground for angry stupid teenagers and adults with the minds of children. I've given up commenting because I will make a polite rational comment only to without fail be attacked by malicious trolls. Good for you for screening comments and filtering out some of the hatred and stupidity BRAVO!!! You've gained a new subscriber and regular viewer ( I even watch the commercials because I know that helps a channels revenue stream)
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"Is it racism? Or an honest mistake? Or racism? Or is it racism?"
I'm crying
@@timothymclean Both....and it is terrifying.
Wow. So glad a White guy said this. Racism diffently is NOT holy.
WE CANT KNOW FOR SURE-
I don't think it is racism. I think it has to do with his skin color.
maybe it is racism or not not racism, hard to say
The Christianity my mom taught me was one that helped the poor, the homeless, and defended those in need. She passed on in 1982, and altho I miss her daily, I'm glad she didn't live to see what passes for Christianity today in the USA.
This video was well done, and I thank you for it. Today I am a socialist and an atheist, but I love my siblings of all faiths when they stand for others. That mindset is the only thing that can save us.
My mom is a Catholic and she HATED Trump, More than anyone I've personally met and I used to think she was "overreacting" at times. And I'll tell you, that crows taste like shit... 😬😬😬
I recently asked my cousin why she liked Trump and when she replied "Because hes a Christian" I couldn't help but laugh in her face. The hypocrisy of evangelicals is truly incredible.
It’d be funny if it wasn’t so sad and pathetic.
Hurricanes = witchcraft
California's fires = God
So witches are as powerful as God? Epic
Even more amusingly, hurricanes are the ones usually touted as an act of god, and unlike wildfires, can't be started by one guy with some matches and lax fire safty education.
It's like that quote from Moral Orel "god makes some mistakes, one of them is called a miracle which is when wildfires and earthquakes destroy disgusting foreign cultures and reafirm our religion"
Shit, maybe I should because a witch. Lmao. At least most witches are accepting of queer people.
It's hard to respect religion when there are so many preachers and priests and religious leaders who have done heinous things behind the guise of being forgiven by God.
In the name of God and God's will are not the same. Even by Christian standards, trump is NOT a Christian. I live in Alabama. I am a Christian. I've witnessed the corruption of the faith firsthand by religious leaders. They DO NOT represent the whole of those whom are of the faith. Many in the south and many evangelicals use religion as a crutch and twist it to their own narrative. Religion is not corrupt itself. It's people in the religion that are corrupt. Zealots and xenophobes. I've seen these people upfront make excuses for this tyrant wannabe while condemning others whom they unjustly have sworn committed the same atrocities he has actually done. It's basically a tale of two churches.
@@mellakat80 This isn't a "minority doesn't represent the majority" issue. The fact that there is this loophole for evangelicals is the issue. That you are an outstanding citizen with high morals, than someone without it, and that any unlawful act against God can be washed away without consequence. How can anyone respect something so flimsy, yet held with high regard?
We've seen it, regardless of status, people use religion as a 'get-out-of-jail' free card. And when the country is run by these hypocrites, their "sins" are immediately forgiven with little backlash. Frankly, if your religion can be so easily paraded to forgive all sins and even elect certain leaders who do not qualify for the position, we need to get rid of swearing on the bible and standing for our flag "under God". There just needs to be a separation of politics and religion.
@@mellakat80please look up "No True Scotsman" fallacy. I was a Christian for 15 years. You're full of it and you need to look inward.
Two words sum up why I can’t with Evangelicals...Prosperity Gospel.
Understand where you're coming from, but The Bible talks about false apostles among us. I'm not the best Christian,I have a lot of work to do, but seeing that made me ill.
I know this video is a year old, but it hits so hard. My evangelical parents went from saying Trump will never be president to saying that they don't know who to vote for to saying that if Trump doesn't win, America is Godless. They keep telling me that I'm not a real Christian because I'm not conservative and I'm a leftist. Its terrifying how much of a cult Trump has become.
My daughters friend with conservative parents says the same. She doesn’t recognize her parents and they have become cultists-like to Trump.
I posted just now on the main feed something very similar - I see the core principles of Christianity as love thy neighbour, do unto others, and turn the other cheek. How this is compatible with right wing politics is something for therapists and psychologists to ponder for the ages
@@rickrolld1367 I was 8 in '01. Conservative home already. Grew more so after September. As a kid that grew up in a surge of a patriotic, conservative, religious fever?
I wouldn't call it healthy. That all-or- nothing "logic" it's built on never sat right with me. It's a deep hole to dig ones self out of.
It's really weird to be an ex pretend minority
Hope things are calmer for you and them now. Updates?
I think it's safe to say that Christ would weep if he knew how these people were perverting his message
hemmingwayfan : He DOES know.....that's the heart breaking part.
Or he would come back to clean up the mess
They are a disgrace to my faith
@@mothersgauri4137 yeah, I mean, to a believer, Jesus and God are watching this shit show being performed in their name smh
Remember when he gassed protestors for a photo op with a Bible in front of a church? This is still so prescient.
Not just protesters. The ministers at the church too. You'd think evangelicals would be outraged about tear gassing priests. But nope.
"We all know it was witchcraft!" is literally now my favorite thing a disturbed bigot has yelled.
@@malic_zarith I'd use it just to make rain slightly more common in California than it is. I'm tired of hearing about fires near my home, and I miss the sound of a good thunderstorm.
I really need to see your list of things a disturbed bigot has yelled. For science.
Mark Taylor is a f*cking nutcase.
Gotta love how when natural disasters hit Republican voting blocks, it's witchcraft, but Democrat ones? God's will
I almost couldn't pull through this whole video...it all makes me sick to my stomach that these people are so willingly blind to how terrible this man is.
....you think? I watched a video on youtube where a lady pastor was asked if it was Christ-like to call Joe Biden names like "sleepy joe"...do you know she said that even God calls joe biden sleepy jo??? As a christian, I was ashamed and sad
They’ve chosen him as their hero, so naturally the last thing they want to do is admit that their hero is a bag of shit
@@spookyhead1 isn't that that statement unarguably blasphemy, according to Christianity?
I have a bachelor of science degree in Religion, a masters of arts in theology, and I've finished all 60 credits of my doctorate in Christian Minister and everything said in this video is true. The Church has given itself over to The World and because of this it has cut it's own throat. Statistical and spiritually the Church is dying and the support for Trump is it's death gasp. How can you preach and teach about Christ and vote for a man who is his absolute opposite? This is why young people are leaving the Church in droves, the hypocrisy. Question if the Jesus of the Bible were preaching and teaching today what do you think He would about Trump? Bonus question what do you think Trump would say about Jesus? Exactly.
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"Blessed are the poor" and "showing love to the stranger to your land" would be met with cries of "libtard" and Jesus getting booted out of Trump's rally.
Trump would say "He's a Messiah because he was crucified. I prefer Messiahs who don't get crucified, I got to tell you!".
@@Windrake101 where's this coming from about gen z being more conservative last I heard they are the most opposed to trump. Or did you not hear about the tick tok incident??? Also you're wrong about millenials or young
Eoppe in general. We already had skepticism about religion and the sheer hipocricy of most religious institutions in the trump era cemented our view. I like most of my millenial friends now understand that Christianity is just McDonald's for faith. And we will tell our children all about it.
Steven Drumm Nice one!
@@Windrake101
Millennials are about 1980-2000 meaning at the start of the recession, the youngest were about 7 and the oldest were about 27. If anything the recession effected millennials most because Gen S were both too young to remember and the majority weren’t even born yet.
So what are you even talking about?
I grew up in that. There is no changing them, I'm out now, but I never fit to begin with. The only thing that's going to stop this is if young people continue to leave evangelical churches and other demographics unite and show up to the polls.
And that is what literally is happening. Young people have checked out of church and being Christian. And they can't understand why.
... or is it racism. Lol. Thank you!!! As a black American that is a Christian in the evangelical tradition, I have to totally agree with your arguments... and it’s nice to hear what I have known all along, from someone not black or “foreign “.
Kay E and thank you for having an open heart and mind. I’m glad that you can practice your faith while thinking for yourself, it’s all any of us are asking. Much love from California.
That's a big part of why i drifted from the church, I just felt like the whole thing was a shame. I know Jesus isn't responsible for this outcome. but i can;t comfortable be christian anymore.
My brother is a black conservative and a trump supporter, I can understand him being a Republican but being a trump supporter has put a strain on our relationship.
As someone abused by my church, it scares me to see how much they protect their own at the cost of literally all else, especially in small town America.
This video is so relevant even till this day because honestly, the lengths they go to to justify his presidency, all while ignoring how his image is the exact opposite of what they supposedly stand for.....this is proof that it was never about faith but about protecting their power and privilege.
Holy fork!
The final line is so telling, "I would rather die than my wife commit adultery!!!!" He doesn't say how he feels about his own possible adultery.
I know, that threw me for a second. I thought he was going to say "I'd rather die than commit adultery!!" but I guess he's infallible, unlike his harlot of a wife, apparently.
We'll I've seen videos of his that made me suspect that he *was* committing adultery ... and not with women or children or animals. Unfortunately he took down the most obvious one which was about his trip to NYC where he had dinner with a "friend".
I figured it out long time ago, Evangelicals are not Christians.
Because of them, I'm not anymore.
They are SATANS agents!!
i left the church. Jesus is with me.
In fact, In order to be a Christian you have to follow Christ's footsteps. Being a Christian literally means to be like Christ.
What does being Christian even mean anymore? If you are looking for people in line with proto-Christian practice, those haven't existed since Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.
You sure do suffer through a lot to keep us from being ignorant about ignorant people, Leon. And for that, I will always be thankful.
You're welcome.
Well done ! Real Christians, as well as those of secular persuasion should speak out against the perverse union of politics with religion. What Jim Bakker and Frank Graham are preaching now is NOT Christianity, it is a political ideology using religious language and should be labeled as such, it is Christianism.
They practically want to form evangelical isis. I guess you could call it ESA- Evangelical State of America.
Is it me or were there moments where Mark Taylor in his soundbite where he had to stop himself from automatically using certain language? "Antifa, black lives matter, all these..." and then he switched directions in his monologue.
I noticed that too.
But you should know, if he ever said any of those nasty words, it wasn't him. We all know it was witchcraft!
I loved “is it racism? Is it a mistake? Is it racism? Or is it racism? We cannot know for sure” lol
I was a queer teenager in the '90s and learning about these groups was a necessary part of my learning as an activist, even though lots of not-queer (mostly white) people thought they were just fringe groups and outsiders. To me, numbers like 25% are scary af, especially when you consider that we are living in a time of dozens of Very Bad Problems (that were once pretty preventable but not so much now) that might all peak at about the same time. Thank you for this work.
Hey, I was marching around in Queer Nation in 1990-1991, just wanted to give you a shout out. 😁
Another shout-out: I was in Act Up and Queer Nation in 1989-1990 in Boston
Conspiracies about hurricanes hitting states, that usually get hit by hurricanes. Sometimes stupid is just stupid...
This is the first time I've had to pause an installment of Renegade Cut because I needed to process what I was hearing. Did Mark seriously suggest that hurricanes were caused by the New World Order to elect Hillary?
Witches can conjure and direct hurricanes? Man, don't piss off Wiccans I guess?
@@poego6045 blood rituals go back thousands of years and pop up in nearly every culture every now and then, usually when things go from bad to worse. But yes, most of the things we today associate with witchcraft came much later.
People have been blaming natural disasters on "the gays" for decades now and has seen a resurgence of late that scares the crap out of me. The same goes for anti-vaxxers, flat-earthers anti-feminists and white supremacists. I'm tempted to blame it all on Trump and Pence, but this has been festering for a while now.
Yes.
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As a Pagan, I can tell you I personally can't steer hurricanes. When Harvey hit here, I was living in a trailer house, so if I coulda made that not happen...Well😂
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Absolutely
I can't wait till the day when his base wakes up and realizes they've been played. There is no excuse for them. They know right from wrong and choose to side with hate and discrimination.
The religious right spits on everything Jesus ever stood for.
They'd spit on Jesus, too, if he wasnt a conservative republican😏
Miz Raw The Mike Sparka why?
Amen!
They wouldn't know jesus if he was right in front of him.👀
RELIGION: Perfecting HYPOCRISY for thousands of years.
When these people are denied access to the pearly gates, and demand to know why, Jesus will simply say "I warned you to beware of false prophets" and go back to having mimosas with Mohammed, Moses, Krishna, and Buddha
The early Christians were greatly influenced by the Buddhists and Krishna died on a tree between two thieves. I think Jesus would softly tell you to educate yourself and quit being prejudice against things you know nothing about. The Sermon on the Mount was originally Buddhist.
Elijah James We Christians believe that a Christ appears in other religions. Odin hung from Yggadrisil so that all men might have magick is another echo of His sacrifice.
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The entire thing about "the son rising" was stolen from Paganism. So was the great flood, the cross, the yule log and Christmas.
"...of a 40 minute interview that I had to listen to."
Bless you, sir. I could barely listen to 30 seconds of that rambling, incoherent, conspiratorial nonsense.
Same here.
Try going on his Twitter account.. it's even more nutty.
No more dog whistles. Now they are using horns.
Not even that, they are just speaking plainly, saying what they really want explicitly. Proto fascist populism is the new Republican party.
if the boots fit...goosestep
Really stupid horns.
Just a whole-ass Yemeni Shofar, like it's new year.
I always thought the little horn in Daniel 7:8 referred to Trump. jk. Hope I don't get banned for saying that!
Religion has always been political. It's the oldest known method for attaining and mantaining power, i.e. the oldest known form of politics.
That said, some forms of politics are violence. Nazism is not to be tolerated. Doesn't Evangelism count as a form of violence too? Their very premise is forcing their religion to other people. It's not a slippery slope to say the next reasonable step to "forcing religion into the state" is violence on those not compliant.
This new video increases my appreciation of your content exponentially.
Thanks very much.
@@renegadecut9875 I've been watching you for years, and I definitely think you have reached a new level. not to desparage your old work, it's great, but you've definitely upped you game recently
Renegade Cut you are absolutely fantastic! I’ve loved your work ever since I saw your most recent God’s not Dead video, and this is just as fantastic!
IT IS EASIER TO COMFORT YOURSELF WITH LIES THAN TO BE HURT BY THE TRUTH...
Thank you for this video. As someone from an Evangelical family who grew up in the South, I’m surrounded by the mentality you discuss constantly. In the American South Christianity is inextricably linked to conservatism and nationalism. To vote Democrat/independent even once is enough to have your Christian faith questioned in most southern churches. It’s been difficult these past few years to deal with the cognitive dissonance of people I used to respect. On the other hand though, it’s somewhat nice to have the mask ripped off so clearly.
Thank you for saying Anti-Fa and not An-Tifa. I think it is a subtle but important distinction.
Best bit right at the end. "I'd rather die than *my wife* to commit adultery." So, his adultery is just fine.
Also big murder-suicide energy
Excellent video. I took a political science course two years ago and the professor was a political strategist. He said many of the electoral college voters were evangelicals who sided with Trump because he said he would reverse abortion rights. He is slowly doing that with his Supreme Court nominations and court appointments.
"I sat down, I put pen to paper and I started writing down what the Holy Spirit was telling me"
Wow that's incredible! I've been a Christian for all my life and never once the Holy Spirit called me on the phone and asked me to take notes.
Every time I see that one of those "Christian movies" come out I want to punch a hole in the wall. Seriously though, THERE ARE good movies about the Bible and Christianity that don't offend anyone, tell a good story and don't sound like the rambling of a lunatic, "The prince of Egypt" is one of those.
Well clearly you're not *truly* a Christian, you have a dissenting opinion! /sarcasm
I grew up Evangelical and have heard this BS my entire life. It's tiresome.
Most good Christian movies are many decades old and usually feature Catholics. They were just clean movies that showed positive Christan depictions. They weren't propaganda of a paranoid group.
Two words: Veggie Tales
Praying is like a telephone. What you hear depends on what number you dial. There are plenty of lesser spirits that are quite eager to give instructions. That is why there are so many false prophets.
I'm commenting to bump the algorithm. This needs to be seen. Great video :)
Jesus never insisted that his followers pledge allegiance to the state.
He himself did not pledge allegiance to the state.
He viewed both Church and State as fundamentally flawed institutions.
His program was one of direct action.
He required his followers to do what needs to be done to be of help.
That is what Jesus was about and it is the basis of the Kingdom of God community he made his gospel resonate with.
Evangelicalism has let go of the hand of Jesus and is now holding hands with Uncle Sam.
It is a dangerous situation for the world to find itself in and it is difficult to see how any good can come from that relationship.
“Luciferian blood line???!” damn... scary that people actually listen to him
LB- that's trumps blood type-lol
Believe me, there is an insane rabbit hole related to this Christian conspiracy theory. In books by Tom Horn (a Christian conspiracy theorist), genetic engineering is vilified as "Luciferian Science" and a means to making soulless hybrid bodies that demons can then inhabit as Nephilim, the Flood's purpose was to wipe out these hybrids so humanity could remain pure-blooded, and now the Illuminati are plotting to turn humans into nephilim and usher in the end times. This is spelled out most clearly in his book Apollyon Rising 2012, which shows itself to be the fearmongering of a neo-luddite.
I love this new direction you're going in your videos. You've become more casual while still being as analytical and brilliant as ever.
Fascism has come to America, wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.
“We all know witchcraft was behind this.”
I won’t lie, I had to pause because I was laughing so hard I couldn’t hear what was said afterwards. The dude is so Old Testament he went to WITCHCRAFT before spewing some bulls**t about HAARP or Chemtrails.
It actually makes perfect sense for him to say that. Sooner or later all these anti science movement are gonna throw aside their pseudoscientific claims and state out right that which they deep down believed since the beginning, That the world runs on magic
As a Christian who used to be a Pagan, goodness Trump was insane when he said that.
Remember when Jesus said: “I’m extremely rich. I don’t say this in a braggadocio way”
The most amazing thing about that statement is that Trump used the word "braggadocio". It's got a few more syllables than usual for him.
“Why do we build the wall, my children, my children”...
"We build to keep us free. That's why we build the wall, we build the wall to keep us free."
And our work is never done, and the war is never won
And the Enemy is Poverty!
"We all know witchcraft was behind this."
CITATION NEEDED
Nu - uh, we all know. Universal truth :)
I can hardly even believe The Trump Prophecy is real.. I had to look it up to confirm it wasn't satire.
Along with Godwin's Law, Poe's law is also now dead.
I first heard about it through Say Goodnight Kevin. (For those of you who don't know, Kevin is a christian that criticizes christian films)
It is not real... oh wait, you mean the dumb movie. That one is real. SAD!
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Glad to hear Godwin's law is dead; I'd previously heard it merely "wasn't feeling very well".
If enough people perpetuate this,it gains VALIDITY and becomes a thing
I remember when Trump got asked what's his favorite Bible verse was and he couldn't even answer.
Yeah, he said "all of it" lol
There was his comedy routine about two Corinthians walking into a bar, tho.
this. channel. is. freaking. iconic.
Its sad that one of the founders of the Evangelical Movement was Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the OG Anti-Fascists...He would be ashamed of what the movement has become.
“The Devil Can recite Scripture to suit his needs”
-William Shakespeare
Great video as always! If you swap the country to Brazil, the reality is almost the same. And being a presbyterian myself, this situation fills me with shame and concern.
This is happening in Brazil too?
@@merricat3025 already happening.
What’s interesting, the late Jerry Falwell and religious right also idolized Ronald Reagan even though Reagan NEVER attended church during his presidency. In contrast, Jimmy Carter taught Sunday School every Sunday during his presidency. Yet the religious right opposed Carter. President Obama sometimes attended Christian churches but not services at mosques. But he was never able to convince the religious right that he wasn’t a Muslim. How ironic!!
Interesting. I knew we had Carter to "thank" for the religious right ('religious people vote? why didn't we think of that?'), but I didn't know he taught Sunday school as president.
But, yeah, pretty much the entire point of this video is the fact that they don't care about the president's faith unless they can weaponize it against them. All they care about is implementing an anarcho-capitalst, theocratic autocracy and whoever will give it to them is their guy.
I am curious about their obsession with Israel.
They believe it needs to exist to fulfil the prophecies in the Book of Revelation. Also anything that works against Muslims is good for them.
@@Jasonblade9012 Now I imagine Evangelicals being a doomsday cult. Thank you for that!
Brock Sorensen Yes, they are a doomsday cult...
@@Jasonblade9012 that's messed up. It's something I'd imagine a satanic cult to believe in.
Doomsday cult, that's a better term. I knew a Satanist, decades ago, he was a very level headed, logical individual.
Mixing politics with religion creates a two headed monster 😳
"Did God intervene to get Trump elected?"
Putin: You don't have to call me God... yet.
It was decided almost 20 years ago that Trump was going to be selected to be President Putin wasn't even in power then. The Simpson clip proves my comment true.
American evangelism (is that the correct term?) is a grave danger to this world. These people are beyond deluded.
In other news, witchcraft can steer hurricanes.🤔
I'm a Pagan. I have got to up my game. I've got to make hurricanes dodge major cities. Wow. Crap. Y'all are putting a lot on me here.
There are Christians who believe that they have the ability to control the weather as well ( I am not one of them)
Serious question(s). Do modern Pagans still conduct ritualistic/symbolic sacrifices of living beings ? Like Muslims do with sheep during the Sacrificial Feast for example. Do you worship a pantheon of gods or individual divinities/forces of nature like the old Celtic religions or Wicca ? I'm just rather informed by an actual pagan than a potentionaly biased source.
@@Weird782 most pagans do not engage in ritualistic or symbolic sacrifice of living beings. Ritualistic sacrifice would generally lead to police calls and symbolic would be considered ethically questionable. As for pantheon versus forces, it varies.
@@Weird782 I leave the occasional offering, but it's usually just bread and milk or somesuch. I personally veer more "fundamental powers of the universe" than towards a specific group of deities, but I unironically think there's a Something inhabiting a patch of nearby woods so there's that.
Basically paganism is like cheese and every culture's has a different makeup, method, and history. In America I basically had stuff thrown at me until some of it stuck. It's probably wrong, but not any more wrong than Joe's religion down the street and it has yet to hurt anyone.
@@candacecasey5634 And others who by their own beliefs should be human lightening rods.
Sad to say this seems to be true about a lot of so called Christians they hold him high and lifted up more then the God they say they serve.
Let's all just send some virtual hugs to Leon for having to deal with moderating the comments on this
All I heard when Mark Taylor was speaking was “I smoke meth”
"After that I did cocaine, with a Bible Study with it"
I like the points you brought up.
I also regret watching this while eating a burger. It was a tasty burger, but my appetite lessened after hearing the claims made in the excerpts you showed. The lengths people go through to justify their bigotry is both astonishing and depressing.
Ha! My mom's abusive ex-husband was named Mark Taylor. He wasn't a firefighter, though.
I've been trying to understand this for so long. Thank you!
Might I recommend the blog "The Slactivist" at Patheos? The author is someone who grew up in the white Evangelical tradition in the eighties but found himself drifting leftward politically as he grew up. He started the blog during the W. Bush administration to try and translate and interpret some of the dynamics and things coming from that ethno-religious group so that those outside it might have some insight into why they do what they do.
You're welcome.
16:46 not if you heard what church leaders, priests. pastors etc. were (and still are) saying before the election. They should all have their tax exempt status revoked immediately, to say the very least.
11:38 Oh no! I've been found out! Ok everyone.... It was me. I did it. I pushed the hurricanes into Florida and Texas. With my Native American curses.
Dude! I thought it was my failure to do the proper Pagan ritual! I mean, Harvey hit here and all...
I’m gay, and thought it was my fault.
It was I!
Me and the power of european socialism!
Don't tell North Dakota. They're decidedly anti-Native American in the name of Jesus (See: oil pipelines).
That does take all four thunderers to do that.
imagine if Soros was really arrested and literally nothing changed
antifa and BLM: *keep existing*
mark taylor: *shocked pikachu face*
Or Soros passed away somehow.
It wouldn’t change anything. The number of time the world has not ended exactly as predicted and it gets rationalized.
Trump must have watched that movie since he literally just called himself The Chosen One 💀💀💀
I find many interpretations of religious teachings very bizarre. I was raised Roman Catholic and have therefore read the Old and New Testaments. Reading many stories about Jesus makes me think that he’d probably be horrified to see and hear what many people have done in his name. As horrible as some of the crimes committed by “true believers” have been, I think it’s even more terrible to see how political opportunists have used people’s beliefs to further their own agendas. If their is a god or goddess or gods or whatever it may be, many people are going to have some explaining to do if and when they meet the almighty.
Wow! I wouldn't want that man touching my Holy Bible let alone scribble his name in it! This is why I am not Religious and go to church...is because of the people that go to church. Sick and twisted world we live in isn't it?
It's so bizarre to see someone I would've considered a possible AntiChrist back in my hyper religious days being held up as a hero by so many of the ultra religious.
What you have described as evangelicals sounds an awful lot like Nazis.
"I used to be messed up on drugs. Now I'm messed up on the Lord." - Tommy Chong
You're a hero just for sitting through that interview. Thanks for making this. I hope it gets more spread and traction. You deserve serious subs for this vid.
This is why I find it worrisome that the Democratic party seems to want to court and imaginary "moderate right" instead of leftists. Trump has shown us who these people are, and it's clear that there can be no compromise or bipartisanship.
The ending is so funny, he said, he would rather die than see his wife commit adultery, what about him committing adultery, always the woman.
Yup...think Jerry Falwell,Jr and pool boy.....
This is so scary because we see a lot of this in Brazil too. Only weirder and sometimes more extreme.
I was at the premier of this film. I have spoken with students at Liberty. The entire production was crooked. We should talk mate.
Albert Lopez I want to hear the details of it. I heard that a lot of students hated the movie
i know this video is like two years old and the odds of u seeing this is prolly slim but i just wanted to say i appreciate videos like this as i was so unbelievably uneducated on many issues like this before, and because of this i rlly feel like I’ve become a better person so thank you
now you have trump supporters like Candice Owens testifying in front of congress saying that the southern strategy didn't happen
Something I appreciate about this video is that it highlights the sins of certain Christians, but separates them from Christ Himself. Thank you for that, because a lot of people conflate the two.
When a people and their gov't value money over human compassion. They value EVIL over LOVE.
Thank you for the time and dedication to publish this. I wasn’t sure if I should even click on this video. Glad I did!
Please do make that video. Explain evangelicals "thirst" for Israel. I need to be better educated on this.
Thanks
2:35 God did choose to make trump the president. Kinda in the same way he let slavery and WWII happen
_"Is it racism... ... or is it racism?" LOL!!! Funny, but I think you're way off base. The real truth is that it's racism.
This now comes off as an historical documentary instead of the current affairs report it initially was.
🖖🌈💚
i'm more of a "christian" than trump....and i'm an atheist
Many people who call themselves Evangelical upon investigation have either a very shallow understanding of the Gospel or have a compartment where they practice their faith on Sunday morning and then forget about it for the rest of the week.
This is the non-comedic equivalent of Last Week Tonight! Great stuff, RC!
The way you said “we just can’t know for sure” 🤣🤣🤣
And more recently Trump had clergy tear gassed so he could take a photo op outside of a church that according to said clergy he's been to all of twice, one of those times being that photo op.
it's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than it is for a rich man to get into heaven
Mark taylor didn't feel the holy spirit. That was his own political ignorance.
Or Alex Jones's conspiracy theories rattling about in his head
as someone who grew up in a fairly agnostic/secular household (we didn't really go to church, only went to a Buddhist temple every so often but I was too young to understand any significance and my parents didn't force me and my siblings to "shut up and listen"), learning about the absolutely insane parts of Christianity is such a trip
He is thier orange Jesus but he does everything opposite of what Jesus taught. He tells people what they want to hear. They then think what he wants them to think.
I’m just now seeing this but it is helpful. I’m heartbroken by the continued support of Trump by people I love. I am trained as an Art Therapist and lean heavily toward Jungian depth psychology. I see the QAnon thing and the cultist level of support by Evangelicals - and other conspiracy theorists -as a form of collective psychosis. It’s like the immense shifts in collective consciousness - possibly accelerated by the stress and isolation many currently feel - are bringing out that archetype of the apocalypse. With so many looking for, expecting, and even wanting chaos, it feels more like an inner problem that’s becoming an outer reality. Like Mark Taylor... taking what should have been interpreted symbolically and his own nightmares literally. I will check out your other content. I feel my only recourse is to really get a better understanding of what’s driving what looks like collective madness to me. I grew up in the Evangelical world, by the way. Most of my extended family and many old friends are caught up in this. It’s hard to even know what to do.
read them the parable of the sheep and the goats.