"SO...what do you do?" "I own a faith-based products store." "And your boyfriend?" "Oh--he's a drug lord who maintains his criminal empire with the use of violence and murder.-" *(gasp!)* "--annnd he's a Christian." *(big sigh of relief)*

@angrytheclown801

4 жыл бұрын

And that cop is immediately taken off the case.

@knate44

4 жыл бұрын

But he's black *gasp* But he's rich! *sigh* But he's from the hood *gasp* But he's living in style now!

@GeoffBosco

4 жыл бұрын

Her boyfriend should be punished by the entity that maintains its legitimate empire with the use of violence.

@maxdoubt5219

4 жыл бұрын

Haha! Pkmc, you are a wit!

TBH, the premise of "guy who gets rich doing crime becomes an evangelical christian to avoid getting prosecuted and he gets to keep his money" sounds like it would be perfect for a parody of a Christian movie

@H2OSaborizada7017

4 жыл бұрын

Parody?

@toracabey93

4 жыл бұрын

I thought that was what this movie was.

@dusty2366

4 жыл бұрын

@@toracabey93 It is, but I'm saying the premise sounds like would make a better parody than the real one

@KL-zt6jx

4 жыл бұрын

Except it's not a parody. They made their own parody without realizing it? Subtility is dead. :(

@TheSongwritingCat

4 жыл бұрын

It's similar to the plot of the show Impastor where Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) is a criminal/gambling addict who stumbles into stealing the identity of a pastor to hide from the cops. Except, at least in the show, he had to impersonate a different person instead of just saying "I'm Christian" to get away with his crimes.

I think the most fascinating thing about these evangelical movies (and evangelism in general) is the way it frames Christianity in people as a rare trait deserving of special notice and consideration. The whole 'Christianity is dying' propaganda tactic tends to vastly underestimate the number of actual evangelical Christians, let alone just Christians in general, to frame it as a rarity in need of protecting

@kajones93

2 жыл бұрын

I think, in their view, 'Christianity is dying' is true, as part of a purity spiral, not viewing others as 'real Christians' if they differ in opinion.

@odinkiller727

2 жыл бұрын

No you don’t understand. Christianity is “only” over 3 billion people. That’s only like half the planet’s populations and might as well be none of its not the entire planets.

@ramiel3759

2 жыл бұрын

Like Umberto Eco wrote about fascist spheres,the comtempt for the weak and a obsession with a fake plot:even though 2/4 of the Earth are christians,make a majority of the western population and the christian faith is carved on our culture still "Jesus is mad because people forgot about him"

@zugabdu1

2 жыл бұрын

I suspect they would say that TRUE Christians are rare and that most people claiming to be Christian don't count. For just one example, it's common for evangelicals to claim Catholics aren't really Christian - that drops the number by about a billion on its own.

@dirtfriend

2 жыл бұрын

the only difference between a religion and a cult is how many people are in it

"I want a church girl, to go to church, AND READ HER BIBLE"

@MyssBlewm

4 жыл бұрын

Clearly, the voice of a generation.

@raycearcher5794

4 жыл бұрын

I want a church girl with a short church and a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong Church

@Nic33rd

4 жыл бұрын

"I want a Jewish girl that go to temple, AND READ HER TORAH"

@amad8466

4 жыл бұрын

@@raycearcher5794 im crying

@wadespencer3623

4 жыл бұрын

@@raycearcher5794 With a short alter and a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong aisle!

"...and she takes him to church. Not the Hozier kind." Then what's even the point??

@blackedmirror5073

4 жыл бұрын

Like Nebraska?

@chillytoes1

4 жыл бұрын

thats the sin kind of church, not their kind of church of theft and leaving people hungry and destitute

@quinnzyker6521

4 жыл бұрын

My guess. A bash on Lutheran churches

@domojersak3449

3 жыл бұрын

The Sinead O'Connor kind

I took literally the opposite message from this movie than I think the writers intended: Evangelical Christianity is like the mafia.

@Duiker36

4 жыл бұрын

Was that... not the message?

@FractalSpiral1

4 жыл бұрын

@@Duiker36 I thought so, until I found out that it was apparently made by Evangelical propagandists.

@angrytheclown801

4 жыл бұрын

Prosperity Gospel really is.

@stefanforrer2573

3 жыл бұрын

@Black Ninja aawww, does the poor evangelical feel insulted?

“Executive producer: God”, I can’t

@M-CH_

4 жыл бұрын

The golden one, with four hooves and horns.

@Gideon13397

3 жыл бұрын

@@M-CH_ I think that's the devil you're actually describing.

@DeadmanWalking789

3 жыл бұрын

@@Gideon13397 They're referring to the Golden Calf, the Biblical "False Idol" that Moses found people worshipping after descending the mountain with the Ten Commandments.

They are correct: the Bible doesn't say style is a sin. It DOES have a lot to say about the love of money being the root of all evil, how it is harder for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, how you should give up everything you have and follow [Jesus], you should not turn the Lord's house into a hideout for thieves... and so on. I guess they just skipped those bits?

@bm1747

4 жыл бұрын

Right. There's style, and there's conspicuous consumption intended to stroke one's vanity by advertising one's own wealth. What kind of car does he get out of right before saying that, again?

@nat6098

4 жыл бұрын

They didn't skip them, they just edited them out of their church branded bibles.

@ThomasSellers

4 жыл бұрын

The Bible DOES say love of money is the root of all evil. The Bible should talk. The Bible DOESN'T mention the SOIL, which is deeper than roots and is more reality based than any verse of the Bible, which is propaganda created for the purpose of controlling others through false teachings and guilt trip psychology. The Bible condemns what it celebrates, SIN, which is necessary and essential to maintain humanity. Thus to wage war on sin is illogical and not reality. I myself escaped Christianity to celebrate sin on my own terms. I am now outlawed from God's kingdom, and currently in the world and of the world. Fair trade.

@ILikeMints

4 жыл бұрын

the thing is, it does. all the "dressing modestly" talk is actually about not adorning yourself with expensive silks and jewels (essentially, don't spend your money on designer clothes and jewelry, give it to the poor). of course, modesty has been twisted to punish women for having bodies, but disapproving of conspicuous consumption through clothes was its original intent.

@TheSandyDR

4 жыл бұрын

@@ILikeMints Exactly! Part of what is going on in that passage is that the congregation was multi-class and to show off wealth while worshipping with persons who were poor or even slaves was actively cruel. And it's not just the NT. The Hebrew prophets actually go so far as to compare the rich who get rich through the oppression of the poor to cannibals. (And yes, in other parts of the HB/OT it also celebrates rich people... the Bible is a complicated collection of works)

"Last time I checked, style ain't a sin." Then you've clearly never actually checked.

@danielsantiago4490

4 жыл бұрын

I know right? All I though was "Ain't that vanity? I'm pretty sure the bible has a something to say about that?"

@edgyspaceunicorn7215

4 жыл бұрын

Daniel Santiago mixing fabric is a sin too. Which a lot of fashion does.

@ThomasSellers

4 жыл бұрын

Then clearly you shouldn't check into him. And for the record, who is God to judge?

@palazzo1113

4 жыл бұрын

Jesus was said to have made no reputation of himself. Sounds like an unassuming guy to me.

@a.p.2356

4 жыл бұрын

Driving a Ferrari isn't even "style" though; it's a conspicuous display of wealth. The entire theme of the New Testament could be boiled down to "hoarding piles of wealth is bad, and spending it on stupid shit like fancy clothes or Italian sports cars instead of giving it to the poor is worse." I'm not sure how the hell anyone would read the Bible and come to the conclusion that a pastor driving a Ferrari isn't a ghoulish parody of the text.

It’s a shame because the concept is actually pretty good. This could’ve been a really interesting crime drama about a man manipulating religious believers to make money. The film could’ve even had a good message of “hey this is wrong, maybe keep an eye on those people running mega-churches”. But, well... the movie we got was definitely not that.

@57wookie

3 жыл бұрын

So A modern remake of the music man

@stefanforrer2573

3 жыл бұрын

@Black Ninja uuuuuh, i'm having my doubts about your assessment of the situation....

@57wookie

3 жыл бұрын

@wolf masque I'm not criticizing the idea, just making an observation of how I see it

@MarcillaSmith

3 жыл бұрын

"May I have your attention please? Attention please I can deal with a trouble friends with the sale of my merch, this very merch Please observe me if you will I'm Reverend Harold Hill And I'm here to organize an evangelical church!"

@LisaJeynd

3 жыл бұрын

I'm European, and for half the video I was genuinely confused, because to me it sounded like a movie denouncing the corruption in the church, the contradiction of the justice system. Halfway through the video it finally clicked in my head that this story is seen as a "the way things are and should be" by the evangelicals!? Oo How!?? Seriously, wtf?

I legitimately thought she was wearing a choir gown this whole time.

@davis0730

4 жыл бұрын

same here

@toddhollen

4 жыл бұрын

Wait, was she not? I thought that was intentional.

@marcuswalters8093

4 жыл бұрын

@@toddhollen I don't think so, I think it's just a jumper.

@JustinGrays

3 жыл бұрын

Huh. Same here.

@vipermad358

3 жыл бұрын

@@marcuswalters8093 “Sweater” for those of us in the states. But I watched Father Ted, and I know about Dougal’s red jumper.

This movie has inspired me to sell faith based narcotics, like cross joints, or little bibles full of coke. Seems like a pretty big market for those two things, so combining them should be aces...

@kitwhitfield7169

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve got your slogan: Lift your spirit HIGH.

@workyoutube7798

4 жыл бұрын

@@kitwhitfield7169 Welcome to your new career as our marketing exec

@itbeibitterfly2186

4 жыл бұрын

Can I join your crew, I Don't have any talent but I'm very Christian so I believe I should be entitled to things, praise jeebus

@workyoutube7798

4 жыл бұрын

@@itbeibitterfly2186 Sounds legit to me lol

@JapaneseDenim

4 жыл бұрын

I’d buy a bible filled with coke

God: "I'm taking my name off of this production."

@naftalibendavid

3 жыл бұрын

Alan God Smythee

God is listed as an executive producer in this movie, but not on this movie's IMDB page. If anything I'm oddly disappointed that IMDB doesn't have a page for god where his sole credit is... this.

@itbeibitterfly2186

4 жыл бұрын

Even he/she doesn't want to be associated with Ja after Fyrefest

@manband20

4 жыл бұрын

If you see how many times God was thanked at the Oscars, he'd probably be the third most successful Executive Producer in the history of cinema. His IMDB page would be stacked with winners.

@herbalgerbil

4 жыл бұрын

As a publisher you might think she'd get thousands of story credits.

@sigmacademy

4 жыл бұрын

Well, Greta Thunberg has her own IMDB page, so apparently she's popular enough to get on there? ;)

@sigmacademy

4 жыл бұрын

@@manband20 Weird, because the only things I hear are shoutouts to social issues and movements during interviews at award shows and on stage? :P

SJPD: “We’re supporting Christian values!” Also SJPD: “We really really really want to turn undocumented immigrants over to ICE”

@Silburific

4 жыл бұрын

"What we really support is the Old Testament, "Kill Everyone Who Doesn't Agree With Me" stuff, but 'Christian Values' has a more family-friendly ring to it."

@TheSandyDR

4 жыл бұрын

@@Silburific It's not necessary to throw the Tanakh/Old Testament under the bus to call out hypocrisy. There plenty of pro-social and economic justice (and explicit protection for the sojourner/foreigner) in the Hebrew Bible.

@stephsviolin

4 жыл бұрын

@Xyre154 Religion is about following the law, huh? So I guess Jesus was crucified by the Romans and most of his followers ended up in jail and/or executed because they were totally following all the laws and encouraging everyone else to do the same? That's what happens to polite, law-abiding citizens, right? 🤦‍♀️

@AmberAmber

4 жыл бұрын

Xyre154 I hear you - however 1. I disagree; 2. America is distinctly Anti-Legalities when it serves them. The Criminalisation & Imprisoning of ASYLUM Seekers Wasn't - nor should it ever be AGAIN - a "THING" 'til djt signed it into a law 08/2016 (HELD indefinitely - without logic, & denied basic HUMAN rights like an explanation, an attorney, any sort of a trial, ANY Hint of a release date in sight, nor Amenities which DONT violate Every protection of Human Rights EVER {housed in cages designed for temporarily holding actual criminals in violation of border laws - hence chain link & concrete floors • & not 1ce imagined nor intended to be long-term *Concentration Camps* [YES - THEY ARE *Concentration Camps* - they fit the Legal Definition to a Tee • it's not any exaggeration to refer to them precisely what they are! - WWII Germany had Concentration camps - & also many Death Camps]; they're not long enough to lie down in to sleep on the concrete floors devoid of blankets/mattresses • children torn from their mums [90% are pregnant women, new mums, their babies, & their young kids] & no further contact after, no explanations.•few/NO Spanish speaking guards; no blankets, beds, toothbrushes, soap, proper food/water, no regular bathrooms/hygiene/bathing [if at all], no doctors for those with chronic illness, no regard for the many who've already DIED, no tv, books, movement, exercise, medication, sunlight, contact t with ANYONE in the outside world, and no respect nor caring that these are NON CRIMINALS - THEY'RE TERRIFIED HUMANS who were pushed to Escape Their Homes by Brutality only to discover MORE BRUTALITY}). 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 *ASYLUM* seekers (*ASYLUM* IE. UTTERLY¡¡Desperate!! for ¡¡HELP!!•cos OMG our CITY, our town, our neighborhoods are currently UNLIVEABLE - overrun by DRUG Cartels • 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 Directly caused, no less, by The USA's {Orig. & also Currently driven by greed & racism•&•100%*Unwinnable*•} .☆*WAR*ON*DRUGS*☆.; •CREATING CARTELS • which INCREASE Asylum-Seeking, {AND the anti-drug laws which ARE responsible for creating Cartels? [Keeping in mind that MOST of the drugs trafficked by Cartels are going straight INTO THE USs market for drugs created by an insatiable lust for drugs - addiction created partly but also primarily by deeply unsatisfying sociological systems; cos statistically? There's NO ONE who quite loves TAKING drugs .•°°•. nor REALLY any other country who systemically continues to target Young Unarned Black Males just for existing whilst Black ▪︎& hence, are being subjected to the ongoing senseless mind-blowingly frequent *Being Murdered by, "I-was-Scared-for-my-life", Cops• quite as much as the USA] - ■WELL, The USAs BRAIN TUMOUR of a PRESIDENT has just recently re-INCREASED Drug Crime PENALTIES & thus AGAIN Increasing the Sociological conditions - & its most common response - to all things made inexplicably but EXTREMELY illegal ■ [like doing drugs or drinking- neither one should be illegal-nonetheless 1 is; de-criminalising drugs means more money spent on prevention of & the learning about addiction]■the activities INCREASE •aka.• MORE CARTELS•■} & WARONDRUGS ? It's Hemorrhaging tax Dollars like a slashed carotid artery}) 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 Anyhow - Asylum Seekers who weren't caged cos luckily they were granted asylum by places who've NOT made being desperate for life-saving help criminal -, All Legitimate Data Collected by Actual Journalists, & reports made by anon-cartel escapees, National Geographic Magazine, etc... The cartels are slaughtering without any rhyme/reason; leaving Human HEADS - Parents Heads - ON SPIKES out in front of schools & shopping centers...; are Raping, Killing, burning Alive, Kidnapping, & Torturing, & BURNING HOMES WITH the innocent families ASLEEP INSIDE •Regularly & DAILY • These are the people being kept in cages, & being wrongfully imprisoned maligned. They're not coming here to try to be American - they have NO OTHER OPTIONS - And when it comes to saving our kids? We will DO ANYTHING.

@NiGHTSIntoMemes

4 жыл бұрын

@Xyre154 You're aware that Jesus broke the law himself, right? That just because something is the law doesn't mean it's right or moral? That the people being put into these camps are trying to get in legally, not trying to sneak in like people have been assuming? Basing your morals on what's legal or not will just end up with your morals constantly changing, because the law is constantly changing. It's inhumane and outright malicious, how these people are being treated. Even if this was what the law said to do, that doesn't make it right, to jail these people for an undefined period of time, with no blankets or clean water or food or medical care. Pregnant women in these camps have had miscarriage upon miscarriage. Children are malnourished or sent off to be adopted by an American couple when their actual parents are *still alive.* This isn't okay, no matter what the law says.

Imagine how differently this story would go if it was I Fell In Love With A Mosque Girl. I wonder what Steven Baldwin's police dept would do then lol

@sianais

3 жыл бұрын

Well, the sequel might be called "Finding My Love in Guantanamo".

@turtleboy1188

3 жыл бұрын

They wouldn't do anything

@burningmisery

2 жыл бұрын

@@turtleboy1188 Nah, police in the US usualky treat black & brown ppl the same as whites.... NOT.

@jackzimmy8461

2 жыл бұрын

Talking of Stephen, did anyone else notice Michael Madsen? Poor guy. Imagine playing second fiddle to the Lesser Baldwin twenty years after Reservoir Dogs

@williama3600

2 жыл бұрын

Maggie Mae would not have done any video about it. Hitting on Christians is easy and requires no courage.

As a recovering Evangelical (I promise I'll never do it again) I can confirm 2 things: 1 everything you covered absolutely happens and 2 those doing it are absolutely not self aware, they genuinely attribute their transgressions to the mighty space wizard. Your takedown of this movie illustrates the amazing thing about art and criticism though. Art shows more than the author intended and creates a medium for critique and deconstruction without necessarily attacking a person. The teenager who's watching this video while still going church with their family will now have specific behaviors to notice and steer away from without the critique being pointed towards that teen who likely hasn't done anything worse than a little incognito mode browsing while mom's at her "women's group". Loved the video-essay. I always appreciate a well reasoned and educated interpretation that comes from a different perspective than mine.

"What the--? What are you doing?" "I'm double-crossing you, taking all the money for myself, and then shooting you in the face." "But--I thought you were a CHRISTIAN!" "I am," thumbs back the hammer, "so when you meet Jesus, tell Him I said 'hi.'" A Christian cop and his task force watch from afar. "Nothing to see here, boys. Let's pack it in." A gunshot rings out.

@jessiescott7795

4 жыл бұрын

Missed opportunity with "double-crossed". "I'm double-crossing you... and that's like Jesus². So even if I sin, m̶u̶l̶t̶i̶p̶l̶y̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶a̶ ̶n̶u̶m̶b̶e̶r̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶i̶t̶s̶e̶l̶f̶ ̶a̶l̶w̶a̶y̶s̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶e̶s̶ ̶b̶a̶c̶k̶ ̶p̶o̶s̶i̶t̶i̶v̶e̶ having faith means I'm forgiven. Now d̶i̶e̶,̶ ̶m̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶f̶u̶c̶k̶e̶r̶ praise the lord so you may enter heaven."

“Eat the rich.” -Jesus Christ, 2019

@cryofpaine

4 жыл бұрын

I think that's a valid modernization of 1 Timothy 6:10.

@moredetonation3755

3 жыл бұрын

Jesus says "Fuck the Police, but not, like, in an extramarital way"

@FaiaHalo

3 жыл бұрын

Boy also asked enslaved human beings to "obey their earthly masters" (Ephesians 6:5) soooo...

@alejandrokaplan7243

3 жыл бұрын

@@cryofpaine you mean the verse which states that it’s easier for a camel to go through a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven

@cryofpaine

3 жыл бұрын

@@alejandrokaplan7243 similar in spirit, but this is the one that says love of money is the root of all evil.

lol I died when cinderella by the cheetah girls started playing

@nicoleshan6410

4 жыл бұрын

We all did. ❤️

I only know them from anime, but isn’t greed a sin?

@thewhat531

4 жыл бұрын

Zander Krasny there is no such thing as 'sin'.

@pronoydutta614

4 жыл бұрын

Fullmetal alchemist is my Bible also

@angrytheclown801

4 жыл бұрын

So is Pride, which we see from Ferrari boy.

@johnrankin7135

4 жыл бұрын

@@thewhat531 why do we have a word for a concept that doesn't exist?

@psi9899

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnrankin7135 We have a word for unicorns. They don't exist.

"While the movie is called 'I'm in Love with a Church Girl', it has very little to do with love, or church, or the titular girl." 😂😂😂

"Next time: Kirk Cameron in Saving Christmas!" You're going to need a lot of energy to get through it. May I suggest Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas Blend Coffee... which, to my horror, ACTUALLY EXISTED.

@adeer87

4 жыл бұрын

tleilaxu42 Seriously? How can that movie advertise a drink of all things, since Kirk clearly never drinks anything out of those _obviously empty mugs?!_

@kayhaven4710

4 жыл бұрын

tleilaxu42 thanks I’m gonna go check it out. Maybe I’ll be able to buy some!

@AquinasBunny

4 жыл бұрын

Which is somehow worse than Alex's Jones' WAKE UP, AMERICA!! Coffee, an actual brand of coffee grounds that exists in the world.

@adeer87

4 жыл бұрын

Xyre154 That would actually be amazing lol.

That delivery on "carry his seeeed" was so perfect that I want it as a ringtone. Except also not, because that's gonna get awkward in public. Especially because I'd burst into laughter every time.

When you said, "ItS mY fAitH," I realised who you remind me of: Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian. Also, "In remembrance of me, eat the rich" - that was just... * chef kiss *

“And Steven Baldwin” Oh this can’t not be a masterpiece

The whole “protecting the Christians” thing is happening at a local university that I was planning to go to. They allowed this organization to preach over the intercom and were just causally being homophobic. Not to mention, they apparently have a history of telling people to convert, made a game where they pretended to “baptize” an “atheist”. But the university won’t allow band members for example, to practice their instruments outside when they only have like 20 practice rooms.

@lloroshastar6347

4 жыл бұрын

Ironic really that these same people try to blame University for 'poisoning the mind of our youth'. All debate is open but those 'poor oppressed Christians' get special privileges nobody else gets.

@teethgrinder83

2 жыл бұрын

@@lloroshastar6347 Gotta dumb down the youth as much as possible if your going to rip them off and strip them of any of their potential. Honestly this current era of anti-intellectualism (because this isn't the first time of course) worries me more than any other time due to the ease they can spread their rubbish using the internet whereas before you had to get out there and knock on doors or use the radio or TV (and TV was/is pretty expensive for people getting started on their scams) but now it's as simple as setting up a YT channel. Just last night I was watching a YT vid where a Phd student studying classics (who cited all her sources and basically did all the things you should be doing when you want to be taken seriously as well as imploring her viewers not to just take her word for the things she talked about but to look up other reputable sources) was talking about this tiktoker who is seriously trying to get people to believe the Roman empire was NEVER A THING and it was made up by Spanish Catholic monks in the 1500s for some reason I don't understand as well as the British Victorians and Russian tsars I think too-her "ideas" are a bit of a mess frankly and I'm not sure of her motivations although I think they are partly religious based since she seemed to have a disdain for Atheists and I don't think it's a coincidence her conspiracy starts just around the time the Protestant reformation was beginning (and she seemed cool with Protestants compared to Catholics) as well as the fact Russia is obviously Orthodox Christian-im just not sure why she had a bone to pick with the British Victorians which is why her motives aren't entirely clear. But apparently it was all Greece and not Rome in any way and it seems a fair lot of people are eating up her nonsense and it worries me as we've seen in the past, especially in the last 100 year or so how people in power have manipulated the classical era for themselves (Mussolini and his Fascists immediately spring to mind and that's just 1 group) and now we have random people on the internet doing kinda the same thing for reasons I'm unsure of but it's clearly not good reasons. I'll go find a link for the vid in case your at all interested as I'm awful at explaining things sometimes, even more so on a Sunday and I'm hungover lol Edit-just type in Lady of the Library and her video which says "tiktok conspiracy theory:Rome never existed? A Classicist reacts. Like I said I can be terrible at explaining but I think it's definitely worth a watch if your at all interested, even if just the title intrigues you

I find it hilarious that Michael Madsen is in this movie. He has like 10 kids and will take literally any role that pays a half way decent amount.

I'm scared to find out how the church I grew up in distributed their money, because money didn't end up where you would expect. They're in decline currently, but during their heyday, they were notorious for manipulating church members into providing services they should hire someone to do professionally. I recently found out they guilt tripped my dad into rewiring the entire church years ago and have pestered and pestered him into providing computer services for free for my entire life, and yet my parents are giving them money still, even though they're not attending there. My dad hasn't seen a penny of that back, even when he was unemployed for a period of time. Additionally, the music director for the church came down with some major health problems that prevented him from doing his job. Simultaneously, the church was having "money troubles." So, instead of the pastor and other staff trying to be charitable and giving him money to support him, they essentially fired him. And then magically they had enough money to remodel the church six months later, but they had to beg people to give them more money to give the kicked out music director money as a Christmas present. WHERE DID THE MONEY COME FROM, AND WHERE IS IT GOING??

@MaggieMaeFish

4 жыл бұрын

holy moly that's awful!

@sigmacademy

4 жыл бұрын

I can relate with church horror stories. Everything from the scribe helping herself to food and clothes meant for the poor, to a pastor who wanted free paint and labor from church members (who were working class people) to paint a house that the church was providing for free to him, to general discrimination against non-whites and alternative lifestyles who wanted to be part of the church, to a ban on female pastors, to money being spent on only "certain" church member cliques, to food passed from the food bank to alcoholics who would spend their money on booze and go and get food from the church, to collectors who would comment on how you didn't need some things in your home (like mags my mom got for free from someone else) and could have given that money to the church, and a gossip grapevine that would dwarf many others, usually centered on not being chic enough in a clothing-sense for "church" or scandals of the week, or pastor home visits that only happened once a year for less than 10 minutes, or no visits to my parent in the hospital, even when that person had cancer (currently in remission). And that is only the tip of the iceberg. Needless to say, haven't been to a church in years and living my life way more spiritually than I ever did inside a building which only existed as an income for some. :)

As a weirdo with a niche interest in American Christploitation, I just want to say thank you so much. Finally, there is a youtuber who does videos on this topic and isn`t involved with a dubious company!

@MichaelBreen.

4 жыл бұрын

I'd recommend Renegade Cut, another channel that does analysis on Christianity in pop culture.

@RisingRecluse

4 жыл бұрын

Big Joel also covers Christian movies.

@loveoffthedamned

4 жыл бұрын

@@RisingRecluse Thank you! I`ll check it out

@loveoffthedamned

4 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelBreen. oh I forgot here for a minute about him. He`s great. I also enjoy God Awful Movies podcast. They can be a bit too much with their jokes for my taste but their Fireproof episode is absolutely hilarious

@JohnSmith-ot4hq

4 жыл бұрын

Check out hugo and Jake too

BOLD move giving God an Executive Producer credit.

That "debate me" burn. So satisfying.

Maggie the way you said "...carry his seed" made my body flinch in pain. You are too powerful.

“The Bible didn’t say anything about style being a sin” Except that it does. Except that it does a lot of times in a lot of ways. Except that Jesus does, a lot of times in a lot of ways.

@PrincessKLS

4 жыл бұрын

Rosellyn Lindert Yes, the Bible is the reason women get shamed for their clothing.

@moustik31

4 жыл бұрын

@@PrincessKLS and jewellery. hands off my earrings Xtians!

@rikitiu369

4 жыл бұрын

PrincessKLS no it doesn’t. Greed is a sin but not style

@SorowFame

2 жыл бұрын

@@rikitiu369 the eight deadly sins: Pride, Lust, Wrath, Sloth, Envy, Greed, Gluttony and Style. That said I’m willing to bet that guy is guilty of Greed at the very least

As a disillusioned historically evangelical Christian, I love these. Please never stop making them.

My mom grew up with the “church girl” that this story is based on, and this movie has always been a joke in my household 😂🤣 she’s gonna love this video

"Christ rules everything around me, dollar, dollar bill, Y'all

@jblue1622

4 жыл бұрын

CREAM, get holy**

@dangerouslydubiousdoubleda9821

3 жыл бұрын

Wu Tang is for the kids not capitalism

That Sonic doll in the background makes me anticipate a Sonic 2019 X Christianity review coming up.

@fionatastic0.070

4 жыл бұрын

R. P. I will only accept it if it is reviewed along the lines of Brian David Gilbert’s Sonic Bible

“In remembrance of me, eat the rich.” ~Jesus, 2019 Edit: I cannot wait until you review Saving Christmas!

@sigmacademy

4 жыл бұрын

No wonder cannibalism has been such a hot topic this year?

@adeer87

4 жыл бұрын

Marinus van Zyl Oh, it’s all coming together now!

Some days I just wanna give you a hug. The mental torture you put yourself through by watching these films that are roughly equivalent to 3 weeks of waterboarding at Gitmo, is the height of modern martyrdom. We thank you for your service Maggie

Oh gosh, I was just wondering when your next Christian movie thing would come out!

I'm not sure where you're coming from with this whole "Christians love serving the Lord" crap. I know a lot of Christians, and not a single one cares to serve me. Believe me, I've done my research.

@MarcillaSmith

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, right, so I guess you think you're :: checks name :: ...

@kidd32888

3 жыл бұрын

Ur just a Lord and not DA LORD

@DAndyLord

3 жыл бұрын

@@kidd32888 My initials are DA and my last name is Lord. I really am DA Lord. Not kidding.

They played Fireproof for a group of kids aged 5-15 at a lock-in at my childhood church

What you never want to hear your significant other say... "We need to talk." What you never want to hear ANYONE say... "We need to talk about Stephen Baldwin."

The ending reminded me of how counterculture often becomes swallowed by the status-quo-culture to support the status quo. Christianity might just be the best example of that, and i never even thought about it !

@lloroshastar6347

4 жыл бұрын

The far right does the same thing. Many people aren't even aware that the Skinhead counter-culture movement was founded by working class people of different ethnicities, including white and black, and was by and large a celebration of black music such as reggae. Then white supremacists came along and made Skinhead culture all about, well, white supremacy. In fact its very hard to find anything culturally invented by the far right, they co-op almost everything.

How long until Maggie slips into the niche of only reviewing Christian movies?

@MaggieMaeFish

4 жыл бұрын

NEVER!! But I'll always come back to it once in a while haha.

@reaganbartels9993

4 жыл бұрын

SayGoodnightMaggie... I'd watch it

@drakkarlogan9070

4 жыл бұрын

@@MaggieMaeFish Crossover with Cinema Snob? :D

Kenneth Copleland looks like he is trying to zap that reporter with Force Lightning like Emperor Palpatine.

"It's my faith..." might become one of my favorite sarcastic catchphrases now.

I only have one qualm with your final thesis: Jewish Priestly establishment of the day was definitely NOT analogous to the Catholic Church. The Roman government had its boot on their neck pretty much the whole time, except for like 3 years when the Temple didn't even exist and then it was just one sect of zealots. Plus, the Pharisees of the day (the REAL ones, not the warped caricatures in the Christian Gospels) were hard side-eyeing the priesthood for precisely the reasons mentioned, and used everyday personal ritual in public and private life to oppose Temple-centric practice and hegemony. And when the Temple and Priesthood were obliterated? Guess who stuck around long enough to become the Judaism we know and practice today!

@MaggieMaeFish

4 жыл бұрын

We definitely had to flatten history to fit it into this short video. I hope it's clear that we mean the historical bits as a jumping off point, not as a end-all be-all explainer on Judaism in 33 CE. Even the part about Martin Luther becomes incorrect in Luther's later years. He became extremely authoritarian!

@Devimon4000

4 жыл бұрын

@@MaggieMaeFish It's still positioning the elites who Christianity bravely stood up to as Jews not the actual people with power, add that to following praise for Martin Luther who was a massive antisemitic the whole time, made the end of the video very uncomfortable watching,

@MarcillaSmith

3 жыл бұрын

*_Karaite Jews have entered the chat_*

@josef2012

2 жыл бұрын

Also,no one really cares.

Was it intentional you wore a shirt that looks like a choir robe on the video or just coincidence?

@goldenageofdinosaurs7192

4 жыл бұрын

It took me about 5 minutes to realize it wasn’t 😂

As someone who tries to follow the teachings of Jesus, and professes to be a Christian; I find these 'Christian' films abhorrent, fraudulent and depressing. There is nothing I've found in any of these movies that Jesus himself would even faintly recognize as an understanding of either his teachings or his principles. God help us all...

@angrytheclown801

4 жыл бұрын

When Full Metal Alchemist understands these sins are things to be avoided better than Christian Propaganda films you know it's a treat.

@SgtKaneGunlock

4 жыл бұрын

@@angrytheclown801 Freaking Preacher understands Christianity better than these films

@weatheranddarkness

3 жыл бұрын

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once in a while the youtube algorithm shows me the best youtube has to offer instead of the absolute worst, this was one of those times. subscribed

I'm so excited for 12 hours of Ja Rule explains what an echo is.

"In rememberance of me, eat the rich." Right on Jesus

"Executive Producer: God" is the funiest thing I've seen in a while

These reviews are filling the void left in my playlist when a certain bald guy went on a public interview to claim that everyone who complained about being treated like crap, abused and sexually harrased by a certain nostalgic company was either lying or crazy.

Now I have the face to match up with all the voice overs you done on other channels. 😆

"In remembrance of me, eat the rich!" I've never hit the subscribe button faster.

After watching the Righteous Gemstones, these videos hit even harder. The pure, unadulterated materialism is wild. Great video!

@josef2012

2 жыл бұрын

Praise Joel Osteen!

I know when I see a repair or contractor van with a Jesus fish painted into their business logo I always avoid them.

@Desi-qw9fc

4 жыл бұрын

S E “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall drive like shit.”

@CultOfNothoon

4 жыл бұрын

@@Desi-qw9fc I'm dead.

@josef2012

2 жыл бұрын

🤘

absolutely crying at "EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: GOD"

I like how your sweater looks like a choir gown. Really ties into the whole church story thing LOL

15:24 I've always hated and ranted about this. My christian relatives argue that it's charity, I say charities still report their expenses to prove they're not fraudulent and evangelism isn't charity.

@kenirainseeker539

Жыл бұрын

Aint nothing charitable about poor people giving rich people money for free

Executive producer: God? What happened to "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain"? Has that commandment been repealed?

@lloroshastar6347

4 жыл бұрын

They found a new God here on Earth, he is totally antithetical to the teachings of Jesus and therefore a perfect candidate for the new 'God' of the evangelical organisation. He was even signing bibles at his rallies. He blames all things on minorities which is much better than that pesky God fella in the bible who 'forgives', why forgive when you can 'stick it to the libtards'.

Was this ACTUALLY filmed in San Jose? I’m from San Jose and I don’t recognize a single outdoor shot in this. I’m sure the city lent them patrol cars less for religious reasons but because this movie makes the San Jose police seem more like an actual police department and not a frat house.

Ja rule wishes he was fyre-proof lmao

"He doesn't confront the fact that his [...] actions were wrong. [...] He's never encouraged or expected to make amends for his crimes." That's just the whole Evangelical vibe, so perfectly summed up in a handful of sentences. Literally who cares how terrible you are to others, as long as you have ~~faith~~, you can do whatever you want

Someone once told me that God was gonna roll me.

@weatheranddarkness

3 жыл бұрын

she was lookin kinda dumb with her finger and her thumb, in the shape of a fish on her forehead

Wow got a lil triggered by that Not Of This World logo. Damn I forgot what an edgy Evangelical I was!

@TheNotoriousBTG

4 жыл бұрын

As soon as I noticed that was a shop in a mall, I knew it was C28 then I saw the Notw, and my suspicion was confirmed.

In the fight between Jesus and the money-changers outside the temple, the money-changers ultimately won.

Here in Brazil there are many criminals in jail serving sentences who start repenting in the name of God and suddenly they are seen as "changed"people and get some "good behaviour" benefits. One of our most famous cases was Pedrinho Matador, who became a KZreadr that gives some godly discourse in the videos. I am not doubting the guy got better, nor I believed it blindly, but it is a very curious phenomenon to me. Edit: I had to edit things I saw because of beer. Maybe grammar errors but pfff.

Holy shit I literally forgot that The Cheetah Girls existed until RIGHT NOW! D:

If you made a shirt with "commodify your faith!" I would buy it and never take it off

gotta love that the same people who will tell you saying "oh my God" is taking the lord's name in vain will ALSO put God as the executive producer of their movie... which is LITERALLY what taking God's name in vain actually means... stating your own opinion and claiming it's the word of God. These hypocrites, I tell ya

@kenirainseeker539

Жыл бұрын

Yeah if I were a Christian that would piss me off. Like, how dare you presume to know god's opinion on your movie?

Maggie Mae Fish is simply wonderful and I absolutely love these analysis videos. We need more of this level of thought in society.

He looks like a toddler wearing his dad's suit.

The executive produced by God was a solid move on their part. I've argued with so many people that people wrote the Bible and they just say "no, God did" Religious people are adults that believe in Santa Claus

Ma'am, you randomly appeared in my recommendations criticizing films AND Christianity. This is the best freaking thing to happen!!! THANKS FOR THE VIDEO

"CHRIST-LIKE THEMED"

@creatrixZBD

4 жыл бұрын

Olivia Kidula srsly, that DID my head in! 🤷🏽‍♀️🙄

I cannot stress enough how this video is competent and funny.

Hi, I don't usually comment on KZread videos but I thought I should on this one. First, I stumbled unto your channel a couple of weeks ago and enjoy your content immensely, especially the deconstruction of faux Christian movies. That said I wanted to correct you on saying Martin Luther was a social justice type. He was definitely not and let me explain why. Martin Luther, like many of his time, was indeed dismayed by the open corruption of the church, not to mention the popes of his eras fighting actual expansionist wars in Italy which wasn't okay to say the least. However his split from the church wasn't just because of that, but more on theological grounds which as I'll demonstrate later, were quite godawful and gave birth to the very type of faith you've been criticizing in your videos. His arguments and writings would lead to cementing secular power over church power which would be good in principle if it weren't for one major problem: His view of total obedience to secular authority which at the time lay in the hands of an aristocracy whose claim to power was birthright. This was on full display when in 1525 peasant revolts shook the Holy Roman Empire following famines caused by the Little Ice Age. Martin Luther could have supported the peasants who rightfully rose against the taxation and oppression of the German princes who personally were not affected by the famine but instead defended the princes and gave them moral authority to brutally crush the rebellion. Martin Luther showed that he supported the rich who in turn patronized him and protected him from the pope. He was their propagandist. However the most poignant point about him as I said was his theology. He brought into Christianity the idea of "Predestination" - that God had already chosen who they'll save. This is a dangerous idea for for the sole reason that it removes moral imperative from individuals. If you are already saved, your actions are meaningless. if you aren't, then whatever good you do won't mean anything. In reality our actions in this world become meaningless. Of course mortals couldn't know who the saved were but Martin Luther and his ilk tried to find ways to "spot" such individuals. They believed that success in life could be an indicator of being a chosen one. I'm sure you can see where this is going. Basically the rich and powerful are more likely to be "saved" thus morally superior to the rest because of their materialistic success which often came from generational wealth and complete control of the levers of government thanks to the structure of society at the time. Poor people would work hard and be exploited because they believed if their hard work would be rewarded, they may be part of those "saved". Its a horrible way to both guarantee exploitation and justify it. Its horrible, indefensible and a huge contributor to capitalistic mindset. You can literally draw a straight line from those ideas to current capitalistic thought. Thus Martin Luther was not really a social reformer so much as a defender of local elites from the church. He was against social mobility by his very theology and defended the powerful in writing against the poor. His only saving grace is the fact that at least he wasn't as horrible as Calvin who agreed with him on many points but believed that a Theocracy was needed to make a better place for the "saved" to appear and grow up in (Handmaid's Tale). He was also a terrible scholar and was pretty much humiliated in debates by his peers at the time, including Erasmus who dismantled each and every argument he made. He truly was the Ben Shapiro of the era. Sorry for the wall of text, I very much enjoyed this video and hope to see more of your content (just don't burn yourself out please!). Have a pleasant day.

Thanks for making this video. I grew up in a church setting that worshiped these films and followed those teachings. Your analysis is SPOT ON. Plz keep it up 👍🏽

Right at 0:53: The way Maggie says "wonderful gem" is just delightful :)

“Carry his seeeeeeeeeed”

Me: *playing video games while listening to the video* Maggie: "In his book, Jesus of Nazareth, Paul Verhoeven..." Me: O.O

@mwihaki.wanjoroge635

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

The high res image of Michael Pence at 21:27 literally scares me.

Wow, I think this might be a new record? Less than a minute into this video and I am already compelled to give it a like. Maggie Mae, you are an absolute gem and I can't wait to watch the rest of this video!

"Last time i read the bible, it said nothing about style being a sin" That's like 1/3 of Leviticus lol.

So I do have a serious question if anyone feels like explaining it to me. This is the second time that I've heard Maggie reference Jesus being anti-materialism and anti-authority. I come from a religious background and thus read the Bible multiple times in my youth (Although no longer subscribe to it), so I know exactly what she means with the anti-materialism part, but I don't remember as much anti-authority in his teaching. Indeed, from what I remember he seemed relatively passive and non-confrontational toward the Roman Empire specifically ("Render unto Caesar" - yadda yadda) and power structures in general. So I'm just genuinely curious about where the perception - real or otherwise - that he was anti-authority came from.

@adelaidedupont9017

Жыл бұрын

When Jesus was 12 years old he went to the Temple and later on he turned heels on it. Look in the Gospels... A lot of Christians will tell you - his passivity and nonconfrontational attitude WAS his radicalism.

Where was this channel all my life?! And how did I not know I needed it?

The Pureflix ad before your vid’s crack me up. THEY KNOW WHAT YOURE DOING

I came here expecting an awkward Christian romcom with a former Cheetah Girl. What I got was...a heck of a whole lot more.

Smashed it Mags, ya vids got me punching the air shoutin' "Go Maggie!"

Thanks for the great video Maggie! I love this series so far!

Yes new content! Only recently discovered your channel and your videos are amazing. Your point are brought really concise and clearly, it's funny and you talk in a really engaging way that's always fun to watch.

"open up your own faith-based franchise" = join the MLM 😂

These movies are the literal definition of propaganda.

You've made my day brighter with giggles, laughs and a healthy dose of outrage. Keep doing this amazing videos and stay excellent

The research and references were so fantastic! Great job! Definitely subscribed.