Cringey Christian Clickbait: "Autism Cured by God"

[@dylandavis2737]

I have autism I live fairly freely, you know what the worst thing about autism is? How bigoted and vile people are and how ignorant people are of autism and towards people with autism

[@suitov]

It's almost like we get along just fine until society actively chooses to make things harder for us, isn't it? Funny that.

[@llt8101]

I was going to say something similar. I have been diagnosed with autism and I have siblings and other family that also have autism. None of us do gestures that show that we have autism.

[@suitov]

@@llt8101 I sometimes happy-stim (eg by clapping), but rarely, because I learned to mask via being tortured by bullies every time I did something 'weird' they could get at me for.

[@PiccoTerra]

@@suitov yeah... and it is so hard to explain to some ppl that its not the same as just learning how to behave from society like others do.

[@Hscaper]

I think you may have a biased impression. I know a lot of non autistic people and they all feel compassion for the struggle. I guess that’s the lens you choose to see things through though

[@crankydragon]

Me as an autistic, sees a kid that is probably thinking to themself, "if I just play along maybe they'll leave me the f*ck alone".

[@Aarenby]

Yeeeah that's very possible

[@idio-syncrasy]

Yeah don't you lay your hands on me.

[@davidturner1595]

Throughout the video, he did not look like he had any idea what was going on.

[@TheMrCougarful]

People are not stage props.

[@davidioanhedges]

If I just play along they will pay me what they said... and I know someone who is autistic , but i'm not ...

[@jugglajj]

Hands down, one of the best "Hey bro" white American accents i have ever heard in my life

[@James44789]

She does it better than him! 😂 The guy does such a weird exaggerated “surfer dude” accent that belongs in cartoons lol 😂

[@CodeNameX001]

I don't know... I can do a pretty good imitation of Otto the Bus driver from the Simpsons, jk

[@RedSpade37]

Factual!

[@larryaugsburger8452]

I promise to subscribe if we get an episode done entirely in American accents.

[@rhondawest6838]

​@@James44789and Dhar Mann videos. It's, like, totally relatable, dude.

[@erikrounds]

It didn't seem like the poor kid was actually "cured" or affected in any way. They just told him he was no longer autistic and moved on.

[@DocBree13]

Yep

[@Nerobyrne]

yup, two things happened when they got home: 1. the child still had autism 2. the parents were still Christian

[@ArcturusAlpha]

honestly if it made them drop the issue and start treating him normally maybe that is good. them believing it worked is bad but at least they will stop worrying about him when they dont need to.

[@Xtroid]

"ok I leave" that had me rolling

[@cato-nll4135]

I swear that was staged. I may be wrong, but I don’t believe that a person would act like this so accurately to what these people want.

[@goblin3359]

Emma, repeatedly saying "Cunt!" Me, an Australian: "Ah, she speaks my language!"

[@randomname4726]

Yes! As a New Zealander I love it too lol

[@pjmcquillan3424]

@@randomname4726 although shes a little posh, we say it alot in scotland and the north of england

[@Freja_snail]

@@pjmcquillan3424as someone from the north of England- yes we defiantly do

[@gazepskotzs4]

Being Dutch makes me appreciate her saying "cunt" too, our version of it is even shorter. "Kut" the most powerfull Dutch word.

[@picksleydust4985]

Scot that moved to Australia. This all tracks 👌

[@timediamond3921]

Worst part of being autistic is the lack of understanding from neurotypicals. I can say something in the most neutral tone and get a "don't be so sassy with me" in return.

[@ViniSocramSaint]

Don't forget being treated like a baby and having your understandings completely dismissed, even if you have a STEM diploma and are of a literal higher ranking of the person that "has pity for the... s.p.e.c.i.a.l p.e.r.s.o.n... trying their best"

[@eternallustformedusa4844]

allistics harm autistic people and then blame autism for those peoples pain

[@williamoarlock8634]

For me the worst part of being autistic is being shut up with other 'neurodivergent' misfits and retards.

[@warpey5632]

At least we are trying to understand them. Neurotypicals will legitimately think they know more about us after just knowing we exist.

[@Nerobyrne]

just say it again in the sassiest tone you can muster, and follow it up with "don't tell me what to do"

[@ajhalkeright7043]

As an autistic person, it's disgusting to see people act like it's some sort of disease. It's just being different, not something that needs to be cured.

[@dragowolfraven3806]

This. Exactly this.

[@PrincessMavenKittyDarkholme]

This

[@michaelwardle7633]

There are people on the spectrum who for that reason have decreased quality of life and cannot take care of themselves. They self-harm and require constant supervision. It can be disabling in the profoundest sense.

[@moon_sprout4525]

Remember when autism speaks told us to drink bleach to get rid of the tism Or mercery Or raw eggs Or chicken veins Modern autism medicine gos hard ngl

[@mellowthm566]

Yeah and they should have accommodations and be a part of society like every other human who has health needs.Hopefully those accomodations are not traumatizing. Disability is largely about society and how that is set up to facilitate living. Disability justice and healthcare is entwined because everyone will experience disability in some form and everyone needs healthcare. Like having a health need doesn't immediately mean you have a disease that needs curing. High need and lower need people both benefit from a system that can accommodate higher needs....

[@Pcbore]

As the parent of a child with autism, I'd love to give a big "Screw you" to Kody and anyone else who thinks it's something demonic to be cured.

[@firstwaddledee9182]

I mean, Kody might be demonic but certainly not neurodivergent people like me and your child

[@MarcusBurkenhare]

I second your remark, though I don't have any children though at least one of my two stepsons is autistic.

[@Feral_Cockroach_]

As a child with autism I will join you in that sentiment :)

[@MarcusBurkenhare]

@@Feral_Cockroach_ I'm pretty sure I'm autistic, no diagnosis but it's pretty clear for everyone to see. Too old for a diagnosis to make any difference to be honest. I just get on with being.

[@TheNinthGeneration1]

It’s why I hate Autism Speaks, the puzzle piece in their logo is meant to be “the missing piece” that autistic people are “missing” and “causes our autism”. They also do not have a single autistic person in a position of leadership and are more focused on “curing” autism than actually helping people, they want to make parent’s jobs easier instead of autistic people more comfortable.

[@stormthrush37]

My autism was "cured by God too." Oh, no, wait; it was just autistic masking and I lived in such terror from my parents and community that I just got really good at hiding the symptoms.

[@GruulAnarch]

That sounds awful, hope you're doing a lot better now!

[@stormthrush37]

@@GruulAnarch Thanks for the nice thoughts, but no, I'm not. If anything I'm worse because trying to navigate the red tape to get the support services I need has been nearly impossible, and right now I'm being denied the services I need that might actually help me get better.

[@GruulAnarch]

@@stormthrush37 I'm sorry to hear that, good luck with your future

[@Lumberjack_king]

I'm assuming that if you showed any traits they try to take to a exorcism

[@Lumberjack_king]

​@@stormthrush37 can't you get rediagnosed

[@mediabreakdown8963]

I have an autistic cousin going to therapy because he is 26 and he feels like a failure. I just found out that NO ONE TOLD HIM HE HAS AUTISM! His mother “didn’t want him labeled,” and his father “doesn’t believe in autism.” WTF? It breaks my heart…

[@dorkthrone]

I've had ADHD since I was 6. My parents wanted me to "be normal" so they never told me. I felt like I had to work so goddamned hard my entire life just to function, and now that I'm medicated, it's like I'm doing life on easy mode. I'm still pissed that they put me through that turmoil, but on the plus side, I was compelled to develop really good study habits in grad school.

[@robokill387]

That's a really common experience of autistic people. Spend thousands on therapy, get diagnosed, only to find out that you already got diagnosed in childhood and weren't told because your parents didn't want you labelled. The irony being that you still get labelled, you just get worse labels like "lazy" "attention seeking" and "stupid".

[@obsidianstar9089]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN "dOesN'T BeLIVe in AuTISm" WFT??

[@mirandarensberger6919]

Imagine being a kid and your mom thinks you're a punishment from God.

[@lyudmilapavlichenko7551]

This makes me so angry. I saw a commercial where a "psychic" was charging parents $500 to read the mind of their non verbal autistic children. I raged.

[@SeanStrife]

You could've left the quotation marks off on psychic. We know all psychics are fucking frauds.

[@Beanmachine91]

time for a witch hunt then

[@DIVC-1]

​@@Beanmachine91the only witch hunt i support

[@DocBree13]

Holy crap! That’s horrible.

[@GOUdamn]

I mean if you pay that, its on you

[@SpaceAdmiralVivi]

As a queer autistic person, I have experienced firsthand that "there's no hate like Christian love". While my two closest friends are both Christians who accept me the way I am-- they're queer and neurospicy themselves-- the vast majority of Christians in my life (mostly family) treat me like I'm something to be pitied and fixed. Either that, or they completely deny and invalidate the things that make me "different".

[@eskarinakatz7723]

“Neurospicy”? I love that!

[@SpaceAdmiralVivi]

@@eskarinakatz7723 I wish I could take credit. I think it's a tumblrism.

[@johndemeritt3460]

@@eskarinakatz7723, I agree -- it's a beautiful term!

[@mellowthm566]

The spice must flow

[@awkwardukulele6077]

@@mellowthm566my audhd butt about to enter a rap battle:

[@gonebot3669]

As a person with autism, the worst thing I can think of doing is going into a room full of people wanting to lay hands on me because they want to get rid of what makes me, me

[@Coelacanth1]

It's another form of conversion therapy

[@ShintogaDeathAngel]

I don’t really enjoy being touched, so it’s a no from me either way lol.

[@renatocorvaro6924]

Okay, for real, if God "cured" my autism, I would immediately become a Satanist in retaliation. As an aside, I appreciate how much you talk in your reaction content. It makes your reactions worthwhile.

[@pemanilnoob]

For real, I’d never wanna stop being autistic

[@Nope148]

At the very least, I won't be listening to bootleg Prince Charming from Shrek over here.

[@Lobotomized._.666]

​​@@Nope148he looks like that prince from Shrek ngl

[@kellentrout7475]

I’m an autistic man who has the unique insight of being a former devout baptist. People like this make me absolutely sick and unfortunately from what I’ve seen and experienced, “loving Christians” don’t take neurodivergence or mental health very seriously at all and spread harmful bullshit like this. Thanks for calling these people out Emma and for shining lights on the dark sides of religion that Evangelicals conveniently seem to forget to talk about when they try to induct and indoctrinate

[@phillyphakename1255]

Yeah, this video brought up some medical and queer trauma from my youth. The medical stuff was ...okaaaay..., but the queer stuff was too much, seeing the circle jerk of evangelical grifters exploiting the hatred of evangelicals towards queer people. It sucks, being on the recieving end of that harm, and knowing that its still happening to people. I learned when I was in college that my chronic illnesses aren't something to hope go away, but rather something to learn to live with, to cope with, to find a way to thrive with. Too long was I told to wait for a supernatural solution, I didnt learn any real skills to make life manageable. Chronic medical issues were pretty poignant for me, but queer issues were the same. Learn to live your life happy and healthy, you dont need to be fighting for something that wont come.

[@ChristianCatboy]

I was a devout baptist for over 30 years, but ran off to the progressive mainline churches when I finally got diagnosed as autistic and adhd and trans. It's frustrating to me that the congregations are so much smaller, and hardly anyone else in my age group attends, and they don't have organized small groups for Bible study and sermon analysis. I kinda want to go back to the church I ran off from (that my parents still attend), and challenge them to let me attend Bible studies, even though I now have views they probably deem "heretical". I just don't think they actually want to wrestle with hard questions that can't just be dismissed with doctrinaire answers. 😕

[@Beanmachine91]

i hear ya, its rare to find inclusion at churches but where i go they treat the disabled with dignity and respect, its why im presbyterian and not a bigot

[@skrtskrt22]

FACTS!!! my mother would rather say I'm possessed than say that I have borderline personality disorder.

[@shannonmariehauck]

I’m both autistic (diagnosed at 49) and transgender (knew I was a girl since I was a kid, came out at 46). People like Cody suck. Thank you, Emma, for calling out this bullshit. ❤

[@suitov]

As a transneutral autistic, I can confirm that autistic trans girls are in fact lovely AND that every time an autistic trans girl smiles, an evangelical grifter loses $10 and his underpants elastic gets slightly slacker. This has been confirmed by science (me) and peer reviewed (my cat pulling at my headphone cable) and is correct.

[@yoyoyoyo-lq4jb]

​@@suitovmy girlfriend is trans and autistic, i support this message 😊

[@MarcusBurkenhare]

Okay, I'm sorry if this sounds a bit weird but when you're doing the 'Cody' voice you are adorable. It's really making me laugh.

[@MarcusBurkenhare]

Oops, sorry, meant to post that on the main thread.

[@thedoctor14blurayreviews75]

Wrong kids can not be trans

[@lidbass]

To be fair, ‘Cody’ has a point. I’m a 58 year old white male, always been completely straight, married with two kids, never had a homosexual experience, but now I’ve learnt that a friend of some KZbinr I’ve vaguely heard of is actually a woman, I am DEFINITELY calling my doctor tomorrow morning in order to start my own transition. Because that’s exactly how that works. (Careful: I might have drunk a little too much Sarcasm Juice this morning. Hope it’s not too obvious…)

[@ChewedBubbleGun]

Oh no, but what about the children? They will obviously turn gay if someone tells them that exists (despite that not happening) and will be safe from being gay if they never learn about it (despite the fact that people can be an orientation without knowing it exists or being able to put it into words) so we must stop ALL RIGHTS of tHe GaYs so that their evil indoctrination can’t override our good indoctrination!

[@brook_angel]

To be fair, for some people it kinda do be like that. Realizing that "wait, that's a thing? That was an option? Why didn't anyone tell me?" because you see someone living their best life being trans. I didn't know trans people existed for such a long time and when I finally hears about it and watched some videos of a trans guy talking about his experience I had this Aha-moment. Was mid dog walk and just stopped and went "ohhhh... Yeah. I'm probably trans aren't I..."

[@lidbass]

@@brook_angel Assuming that you're NOT being sarcastic, yes, you are absolutely right; but the most important word in your comment was 'some'. For 'Cody' and the like, _everybody_ turns into a toilet-haunting, sports-ruining trans monster as soon as they hear anything positive about the trans community, because being trans is exactly like a virus. Apparently. Well, I might be exaggerating a little for effect... That said: good on you for accepting what you are and being proud of it. For what it's worth, you have my support. If you WERE being sarcastic, you have my undying support!

[@EDT308]

@@brook_angel Same, growing up in an ultraconservative environment, I never knew trans people existed. I always just thought I was weird and out of place for feeling the way I did about a lot of things. Then in my twenties, I made trans friends, and I realized... oh... OHHHHHHHHHH it makes sense.

[@brook_angel]

@@EDT308 that "oooohhhh" moment hits like a bus fr tho But not knowing was such agony in hindsight. I wish I'd known sooner not necessarily to transition earlier (even tho that would've been nice too obviously), but because I'd explained a bunch of why I just didn't get other people. Being autistic didn't really help with that either lol

[@HakkenGarou]

When someone is trans: "You can't change the way god made you! God doesn't make mistakes!" When a kid is autistic: "We need to change this immediately."

[@ShintogaDeathAngel]

The hypocrisy hurts. Religious nut jobs hurt my brain in general. I think though, that some people support trans people because it panders to men’s “rights” rather than women’s and we do live in a patriarchal society.

[@pr0v0cative4pple]

I hope that kid is okay... It breaks my heart to see such blatant lack of basic compassion towards people who simply behave uniquely, ESPECIALLY children.

[@elixir478]

I love how the people who preach "love and positivity" are always the most bigoted, hateful, and ignorant people. I'm not only autistic, but trans, and tons of other problems in my life and so many vile things I see online drove me from the "love and peace" preaching religions and religious people

[@stylis666]

It surprised me how many people over the age of 5 defend it with things like: "But it's a positive message! What's wrong with it?" I used to try and explain it, but people who haven't figured it out by themselves really don't care who gets hurt, as long as they get to feel nice and like they're in control, while completely surrendering their entire lives to their gut feelings. They don't think and they don't want to think. All they do is parrot excuses and lie about caring. If they cared they didn't need to say it. Their actions would show it and those show the opposite. So it's evident that they don't care and that they're liars and hypocrites and that their ideology is soctiopathic and that religion is just a symptom of it and not a cause.

[@dylantoney6971]

As ridiculous as it can sound, some Christians have literally never been confronted with the things they have said. Reason can absolutely work.

[@stevenunyabidness]

there's no hate quite as potent as christian love.

[@zena_tries]

As an autistic person, I'm glad you covered this and are exposing people who spread this nonsense. It pisses me off how many religious people think autism needs to be cured when honestly, I'm happy with how I am. I just hate how society treats autism, as if being autistic is somehow one of the worst things you can be

[@EpicgamerwinXD6669]

Tell me about it! I hate how so many people think that we need to be “cured”, but we don’t. Especially in the case with those who are autistic but high functioning. What we need is for people to treat us better, and ideally, for people to stop using autism as an insult!

[@telorand2]

Are you telling me deaf people don't all want to be hearing, blind people don't all want to be seeing, and others with experiences out of the norm might really embrace their uniqueness? /s

[@deerecoyote2040]

@@telorand2 Classic autism moment here on my part, I can't tell what you were being sarcastic about lol. If you were being sarcastic in a nice and fun way: Yippie! But if you were being sarcastic in a mean way: Deafness and blindness are nothing like autism. Autism is a disability like them, but not because we are physically impaired BECAUSE of our autism, mainly because we live in a society that refuses to accommodate us or accept us in the slightest. Videos like the one covered here are perfect examples of why autism is still a thing that makes life harder. That being said, me and many other autists will tell you that when we're allowed to be ourselves and when we aren't treated as inferior or broken in some way, it's absolutely awesome to be autistic, because it's awesome to be us. It's who we are.

[@deerecoyote2040]

Same here. Videos like the one shown here need to be taken down off of KZbin. Hopefully once more and more people accept queer folks, we can use that as a springboard to help out nuerodivergents too. We desperately need it. It's almost like we live in a society that absolutely fucking loves hating minorities and doesn't wanna stop unless we stand up for ourselves or something.

[@yippieskippy2971]

Exactly. We aren't broken, don't need fixing. Understanding would be fabulous. 🖖

[@aniieesteiner]

Here's a secret I know a lot of people like Cody don't know: Some autistic people... can do this magical thing.... called "acting".... If this kid was coached to do so or just did it on his own, I don't know, but he did it.

[@sarahgent2674]

Oh yeah as an autistic person if someone did that to me I'd probably act in a similar way to that kid just because I wouldn't want the confrontation of going "uhh nothing happened"

[@DavidPowell]

My favorite is "hate the sin not the sinner". No, you're being hateful, you just don't want to take ownership of it.

[@Cieln0va]

I genuinely have more respect for hate churches like the westboro baptists than I do anyone who says that to justify hating people. At least westboro has the confidence to say what they mean without relying on euphemism or flowery language to deny their actual beliefs.

[@ShintogaDeathAngel]

@@Cieln0va true, but they’re still shitheads.

[@ShintogaDeathAngel]

This - and the fact that everyone who has “sinned” in their eyes is just an average person, some actually going out of their ways to make things better for others when they get the chance, regardless of their faith or lack of. While a lot of Christian people have terrible character and personality traits…

[@purplestuff]

​@@Cieln0va the westboro church is a scam. They're literally a family of lawyers that do inflammatory things under the guise of religion to bait people into assaulting them so they can sue.

[@ckEagle165]

Autism isn't a curse, it's a neuro-divergent way of processing information. I was diagnosed when I was a kid, and people tell me I see the world far different from anyone else they know. It allows me to process the world in a way that I think is better than if I wasn't on the spectrum. And I'm married, my wife is from Greece, we have two amazing boys, and my life isn't hindered by my diagnosis, it makes it better. I know people have far more extreme versions of autism, but it's still not a curse. It makes those of us who work with them, have to think differently, with more grace, and with more compassion than anyone else Autism is a gift, not a curse.

[@gulanhem9495]

You're lying to yourself buddy.

[@mattsadventureswithart5764]

I'm not cursed, nor am I blessed, by having autism. I'm just me, and I'm happier since getting my diagnosis late in life, because it explained to me why I've always been different to the norm. I'm still learning how to love myself and all my oddities, and yes, they are oddities. Perhaps I'll look at them differently once I manage to process the "me"-ness of being me.

[@ShintogaDeathAngel]

@@gulanhem9495 lol. You don’t know them or their life - nobody is lying when they’re relating their own life experience. Unless you lie about your life and judge everyone else by your own actions?

[@zacharysieg2305]

Videos like Kaden’s aren’t for people with autism. He’s targeting concerned parents who are under the mistaken impression that their kids’ autism is a condition to be cured. As one with autism myself, I find that notion laughable. It makes me who I am and I’d not have anyone take that away from me.

[@joachimschoder]

The said part is that such videos will lead to even more children being tortured by religious fundamentalist for something they were born with.

[@dwaneanderson8039]

Really, he's not even targeting concerned parents. He's targeting Christians that want to reaffirm their belief that their religion is legit. "Look! It's a miracle! Checkmate atheists!"

[@HowlsMovingCastle23]

Used to attend a church that believed in healing. I once received a blessing in which I was told i would be fully healed from my bipolar. Afterwards I was like, "yeah, that's not how it works". I stick to my medication and therapy.

[@WilliamBrowning]

I've been healed of my bipolar several times and then blamed personally because it didn't work. I'm fine with my bipolar. Someone heal me of these judgmental, braindead bigots. Please.

[@WilliamBrowning]

SOLIDARITY and LOVE, comrade!

[@nephjd88]

I'm glad you saw it for the bs that it was and kept up with your treatment. It always saddens me hearing stories of people who need healing really believe they've been healed and throw out their meds and stop getting the treatments they need to stay alive. And I get pissed off at these churches who prey on these people who are so desperate to finally be rid of their affliction. It's so gross.

[@MarcusBurkenhare]

It's so good to see so much positivity here. This feels like the antithesis of toxicity.

[@marieonishenko]

I’ve seen videos where people have said they have cured bipolar by praying over these people, and it literally pisses me off as somebody with bipolar. Because it led to those people going off their medication and I don’t know what happened to them but like that is terrifying to know that people convinced people with bipolar they were cured and they did not need their meds anymore.

[@TheHarleqwin]

It's true, I prayed once and felt the autism literally leave my body. I need to get vaccinated again!

[@brb__bathroom]

cool story bro

[@TheHarleqwin]

​@@brb__bathroomWas a "/s" needed?

[@brb__bathroom]

@@TheHarleqwingosh darn it. uhm, doubling down on the vaccination bits sent me down the wrong trail I guess

[@brb__bathroom]

Look at me, I'm the idiot now

[@daedalus6796]

I got diagnosed with level 2 autism recently. I've been drinking large quantities of milk and taking all the vaccines I can in the hopes of levelling up soon.

[@bubski3821]

Emma just stopping the video to state "she" after Cody misgendered Kris made me more happy than I can say we love a trans ally 🩵🩷🤍

[@avathegryffinclaw]

i think Kris uses all pronouns but im not 100% sure

[@totallynotkodystarlight]

​@@avathegryffinclawShe used to go by all pronouns, but now she just goes by she/her. 💗

[@avathegryffinclaw]

@@totallynotkodystarlight ok thanks

[@totallynotkodystarlight]

@@avathegryffinclaw No problem! Sorry for the late response btw lol.

[@royeckhardt9016]

This stuff is predatory and disgusting. They prey on ignorance and desperation and rank among the worst of humanity.

[@CodeNameX001]

It's horrible how, in these people's minds, neuro divergence tends to be a punishment for the PARENT'S indiscretions. Bad enough that they treat their child as cursed, they also need to use the child as a prop with no agency of their own.

[@donivanthedutchie]

As a teenager with autism this title summons visceral rage in me. Why do people gotta suck so much man

[@meursault7030]

As an adult with autism, I've learned that these kinds of dickheads are always the most vocal, so they let us know from a mile off that they're not worth bothering with. Saves time and energy. Focus on the good people, they deserve your attention much more.

[@literallyjustdragons1902]

Autism Brother !

[@dethkillerspiral]

💜

[@timriley4543]

I assure you, it's human nature for a huge swath of humanity to suck hard. I'm older and full of wisdom, heh, so, listen up - Strap in, keep your head down and persevere through the shit storm known as existence.

[@Aarenby]

I'm alot older, but yeah I have autism too and was in a religious community who did this sorta stuff

[@cloudboy7750]

I have a niece who is on the spectrum, and if someone came to my sister with a 'cure' for her daughter's autism, you would see a very angry mother bear! My seven-year-old niece rules our hearts.

[@stylis666]

I hear that. I am not on the spectrum, I have bipolar disorder and I've learned to live with it and it's a part of what made me who I am, just like everything else in my life, my past, and my body. All my mistakes and all my victories. All my strengths and all my vulnerabilities. I wouldn't change that for the world. If someone offered me a cure, that would feel like someone is offering to cure who I am. They'd have to have a very good reason to even think it's okay to suggest I need fixing. And just in case someone wishes to suggest I might be more productive, I would argue that that would not make me more valuable because value is more than money or being able to earn my own money. Though, I would love to have a sturdier body and bionic legs that still have the same sensitivity in the skin and muscles. Ever stubbed a toe? Hurts like a mofo. Can we "cure" that weakness so it won't hurt and can't break or bruise? That'd be nice, Jesus. Thanks in advance, Jesus. You're a sweetheart. Amen.

[@darkdoubloontv8906]

It honestly is refreshing to see someone not shy away from saying they hate someone like this. Too many people will be WAY less harsh on this man and his dangerous ideals and that helps them spread, we need more people like you who aren't afraid to speak about how truly disgusting he is. I have autism myself, and my athiest parents have treated me far better than any church ever would

[@dillandvito5371]

My grandparents think they prayed my autism away, when I'm literally not even autistic. I was never diagnosed with autism but I guess they want to believe I was autistic so that they can have their little 'miracle' story. The idea that autism is a negative thing that needs to go away is very problematic.

[@whizthesugoi]

"Do not kill the part of you which is cringe, kill the part that cringes" - Emma, probably

[@HungryWarden]

Time to go to the guilotine! If that’s how you spell it.

[@shamedgeeky]

I had a big lupus flare up when I was 12 and it fucked up my kidneys. Later when I was a teenager, the pastor was preaching on the spiritual causes of physical illnesses, and he said that lupus is self hate based on having made a bad decision, usually a s3xual decision. The entire church was well aware that I had lupus, and he insinuated that I, as a 12 year old, made a bad “s3xual decision.” Friendly reminder that a 12 yo cannot make a s3xual decision. I was horrifically SA’d at that age though, so thanks for introducing that to the whole congregation

[@zeldamorgan9260]

Wow I'm sorry that happened to you! Blaming the sufferer for their illness and classifying differences as all bad is a Hallmark of religions and alternative medicines. As someone with lupus and some heart issues, I felt so responsible for my own condition for years. Religion didn't heal it, a healthy vegan diet didn't fix it, so I must be doing it all wrong. It was such a toxic mindset. I hope you've found support instead of all that negativity. Take care

[@blakewalker94]

I suffered grape as a 13yr old so I greatly sympathize with you.

[@ericg3415]

Wow! What a terrible terrible guy!!

[@robertmcconnell1009]

God botherers are EVIL

[@aceofspades5226]

@@robertmcconnell1009 I have no idea what this means or what is is trying to say. But I’m going to go with you are talking about how people who bother god are evil, in which case, I’m off to go pester god now.

[@Aarenby]

Transphobia and ablism realy do go together dont they..

[@Hscaper]

I think the part that we need to realize is that Mr beast friend destroyed his family by succumbing to the mind virus. Who cares what an adult pretends to be, but the destruction of others around you is bad. This is from an atheist perspective

[@annaairahala9462]

@@Hscaper So discovering who you really are and deciding to live your life not in a lie is a mind virus? Sounds like a good mind virus to have. Katie Tyson was supportive of Kris' transition, their separation appears to be a mutual decision out of both of their best interests. Unfortunately this does involve a child as well but would it really have been better for the child to have parents in an unhealthy relationship with one of them living a lie? Of course not. Kris's transition did not destroy others, it only prevented any potential further "destruction" while also enabling actual growth.

[@daviddoesntsucc]

@@Hscaper 1. How exactly did Mr Beasts friend destroy their family? 2. What 'Mind Virus'? 3. They are not pretending, Gender is a social construct that can change, and Biological sex can change via treatments and surgery, there is nothing fake about it. 4. Why does you being an atheist matter to your point?

[@tinawitte420]

@@Hscaper *her How dare she be her authentic self!

[@ChewedBubbleGun]

@@Hscaper…What. Oh oooooh I get it. You can’t find something to be mad about in this video so you take a different trans person that is in a buisness transaction with a famous person and say how dare they! That is evil now come on let’s go try to strip away all of their rights as the good Americans we are.

[@delilahhart4398]

I once saw a video, which I think was a clip from The 700 Club, if I remember correctly. They interviewed a family whose son was "cured" of autism. Speaking as someone who's actually on the spectrum, I can tell you that the boy wasn't cured. In their interview with him, you can very clearly see he's neurodivergent. What they called a "cure" or "miracle" was the fact that he had learned ways to better manage the challenges he had had on account of the autism.

[@ShintogaDeathAngel]

My life is relatively peaceful now - but I was pretty out of my depth and frequently triggered in high school by my frankly shitty class “mates”, so I don’t think I display too many obvious autistic traits as an adult compared to back then, but others on the spectrum still clock me pretty quickly, especially other women. I’d love to know why they hate autism so much, or just anything “different” than they are.

[@septixskeptix1107]

I'm neurodivergent and I don't even know what I'd be like if I wasn't. It's such a bizarre concept to me that one could just be cured of autism. That's fundamentally changing just about every aspect of that person. I can't even imagine what that would even look like or be like. To me it makes about as much sense as like saying that you were going to change the place that somebody grew up in. I'm right there with this kid. What just happened? What was all of this?

[@seansimons1257]

i have autism and i was trying to write a whole paragraph about how it's terrible what that boy is going through, but i'll leave it at this, I blamed myself for years for 'not being normal' and if i had been told it was caused by demons which were caused by moral failings, i would feel like i was no better than those demons, that i was worthless in the eyes of god and in the eyes of others.

[@meursault7030]

"We're gonna see the autism literally leave his body" Omg I haven't laughed that loud in a little while

[@thepastmaster5643]

To be honest, my brain would also leave my body in an act of self-preservation and social anxiety if that was me.

[@meursault7030]

@@thepastmaster5643 Lmao yeah, maybe his consciousness cringed itself out of his ears and nostrils for a second, there. Maybe that's why he was asking what happened.

[@Irishmando15510]

“Ok I leave” [DeMoN sPeAkInG] 💀😭

[@ShintogaDeathAngel]

I don’t know why, but this to me sounds like something a presenter would say on QVC while demonstrating one of their scammy products.

[@charleslipscomb2567]

I learned I was on the autism spectrum in 2007 at age 46. They say I'm high functioning, I finished high school, got a bachelor's degree from a university and I've been able to live on my own for years. It hasn't always been easy, but I'm still here and I participate in an informal support group sharing my own experiences with young adults on the similar spectrum. Love you Emma, keep up the good work!

[@drewcoowoohoo]

A lot of us find "high functioning" to be very distasteful. It's the equivalent of saying "I'm black but I'm really light-skinned!"

[@kevinbissinger]

​@@drewcoowoohoo"functioning by who's standards?" is how I tend to check people on it

[@irenafarm]

I’ve always defined “functional” for me, by my own standards. I make this clear to my health care team, because it’s quite different from expected norms. Like me lol. “High functioning” is a term used in other conditions with a spectrum. I do agree that it’s time to move past labeling neurodivergence as if “fitting in” were our ultimate goal. TLDR: Labels are annoying.

[@suitov]

That's excellent. Hearing from elders in your own community is such an undervalued blessing for youngsters who may have just been diagnosed, or be having difficulty with life transitions after education, etc. About the "functioning" language, while it's not preferred terminology any more, let's let people talk in the language they were first taught when they were diagnosed without jumping on them. It is funny that when people tell you you're "high functioning", it always seems to be less about how easy _you_ find life, and more about how easy or hard we make THEIR lives. If we don't need help to do that certain task, we must have the gold tier autism instead of the silver tier! Anyway, Charles, have a lovely week and keep on functioning as you.

[@angelawossname]

​@drewcoowastaken while I agree that "high functioning" isn't great, it's a fuck tonne better than the nazi apologist term that some people use. My closest friend and my son are both Autistic and Jewish, and find the nazi term really upsetting.

[@reecehalpin2537]

As a trans woman people like this really bother me. He's the kind of person that would smile and say hateful shit right to one's face. But then act all hurt like everyone else is the issue when he gets called out for being a biggot since he said he doesn't hate trans people. But, you rock Emma! Hyped for the baphomet plush! Thanks for being you 👸🏼😁

[@kittycatmeowmeow963]

I'm Christian and those people also really bother me. I mean, I have a friend who's a trans and I have no problem against it.

[@mystictheurge8354]

The church thing, where they lay hands on you, is so common in the US that for the longest time, I thought ALL churches do that.

[@kittycatmeowmeow963]

Oh, God no. My church doesn't do that bullshit. I have epilepsy and my church doesn't care. There are autistic people who go there and the church doesn't care. There are even gay people who work there and the church doesn't care. Mainly because we're Protestants (Christians who have liberal theology beliefs).

[@ElSnakeObwb]

This is not cringe... this is bloody awefull and disgusting. Seeing that dude smugly lie to people just creeps me out.

[@MarcusBurkenhare]

I'm tempted to shout out 'call the police! There's been a smugging!'

[@darkclawgreatonenas]

@@MarcusBurkenhare oh, he could get 20 years for that!

[@DrachenGothik666]

*Awful. It's spelled "awful".

[@bubbletea1985]

As I watched the video of the woman renouncing the demons, I could feel the facts about snails and plush toy collecting fall out of my brain. I have been cured. I am normal about loud noises now, amen.

[@Alexcatcatalex]

As a fellow autistic person this made me laugh so hard, thank you lol

[@gem3763]

D: not the snails

[@pzr1092]

LMAO

[@trouty7947]

Snails are pretty cool

[@ShintogaDeathAngel]

I’m still autistic, let me just pick up all these snail facts conveniently lying about 😂

[@jayhei869]

He makes a point to mention how "there are videos of doctors diagnosing him with autism". Yet oddly enough, no mention of any videos of doctors AFTER this saying he no longer had autism.

[@ShintogaDeathAngel]

Yeah! I’ve seen similar medical miracle videos where they don’t name the hospitals or doctors either. Funny, that.

[@zeebeeplayz]

10:16 Wouldnt be the first time a priest went into a childs body.

[@bicuriousdirtbikeboi2594]

Talking to an lgbt person about how you don’t hate them but just hate their sin is like going up to a black person and saying “I don’t hate you, I just hate your skin color and the way you look” ew

[@quinn0517]

Emma, it does me so much good to hear you call these *****s liars. Hearing someone with your energy & talent call them out unequivocally just makes me happy It just HELPS my jaded, autistic, tired mom self in a way I cannot describe. I am so dang grateful.

[@autieglow]

Came here to say the same thing. As an auDHD peep, first of all, f******ck this guy. And secondly, thank you Emma for calling these dingbats out and making the world feel a little more sane, silly, and wonderful.

[@Howa-ku4ec]

I agree I work with autistic people in a group home. And I’m also glad she called out the bullshit.

[@lukearts2954]

Ah man, now I'm going to be wondering all night until dawn what is behind those stars.... What kind of liars did you call them? Pi$$a$s liars? Sh!theads liars? I can't make any sense of it. Please enlighten us. Neurotic minds need to know... ;) (but seriously, my curiosity is killing me because I truly can't figure it out which word it could be)

[@sovietdoge.7369]

​@@lukearts2954 I second this

[@LangkeeLongkee]

I've had "hands layed on" me. It's traumatic. I've been taken to church to be prayed on for being gay and then again for being gay, rebellious and trying to learn about non-Christian faiths. It's so manipulative too. The pastor talked as if he knew me and everything he said was just wrong but my mum believed him and got upset with me cause he said I was misbehaving in ways she didn't see/know. And I remember at a point his wife was talking to me and she gave me a hug. And I started crying. Because she was being nice to me when I was having a silent meltdown the whole service cause I wanted to go home. And no adult had truly been nice to me in a really long time. At the time I would literally watch those videos of parents at pride giving out free hugs and cry cause I did not feel loved or wanted by any adult around me. I had a music teacher who cared in the past but I transfered schools, teachers even picked on me at that school, my mother was controlling and mean, would insult me for how I walked what I wanted to do with my life, she'd made up reasons to be blow up at me, I truly was SO alone at that time. And a woman, a mother, spoke to me with kindness and hugged me so I cried. Then the pastor came and acted like I was crying cause he delivered me or some shit. It's truly evil. That's why I have religious trauma.

[@kellydalstok8900]

Here’s a virtual hug from me

[@LangkeeLongkee]

@@kellydalstok8900 thanks, friend ❤️

[@KoryGilesYT]

You’ve got yourself another virtual hug. I myself was caught up in a manipulative authoritarian cult for a while. Thank God my wonderful mother gave me an article about the “church” I had been attended and got me the fuck out of there.

[@shittetharse]

​@@LangkeeLongkee Here's a virtual hug from me too, after talking about all of that you must need it.

[@ShintogaDeathAngel]

Ugh, that’s so nasty. I was adopted and while my parents only forced me to go to church sporadically, they still didn’t support me developing my own beliefs. One time, my mum got her vicar friend to come and “talk to” me because I was showing interest in a particular religion (not Abrahamic). Not that I ended up in that religion anyway, because it required a belief in gods and I just don’t have that (it’s not a choice), but the audacity of staging a religious intervention on me, being very nearly a legal adult at the time, is something that has stuck with me and pushed me even further from the Christian religion she and my adoptive grandmother tried to drag me kicking and screaming into.

[@hotshockstuff]

I grew up in a similar-acting cringe charismatic Baptist church. Everytime they laid hands on someone to "heal" them, they still died of their illness. In my case it was to pray the gay away, but now I have a husband🌈 and two cats lmfao! As always, love the videos Emma :)

[@gayasparagus]

I hope the bigots die mad about you being gay and i hope you, your husband, and both your cats live long happy fulfilling lives.

[@BrianLocke]

Please tell me you and your husband still attend that church.

[@ShintogaDeathAngel]

It would be funny if it didn’t have tragic consequences. I think I will die before I understand why they’re so obsessed over consenting adults boinking each other in private. It’s not like the nasty things they say about gay people can’t also apply to straights and every other orientation, because we’re all just people and our individual morals aren’t dictated by who we find attractive.

[@michaelprozonic]

Boomer from the USA and I love you being snarky and profane about al this crap. Keep up the good work

[@syderosparky2084]

when the kid was speaking it sounded exactly like a play for kids where its so obvious they are saying memorized lines.

[@markphilips6298]

When someone has to use the words "believe me" to make a point, then they're not to be trusted.

[@Aled_bo11]

The ick I got as an autistic person hearing "jesus just set you free honey"

[@karstenvoigt7280]

Preacher: "One. Two. Three.". Autism Demon: "Oh, shit! I didn't expect having to deal with someone, who can count to three. I need to get out of this body. Bye!". Preacher: "You're still there, aren't you?". Autism Demon: "Ehm... probably...".

[@ShintogaDeathAngel]

This would make a good comic strip 😆

[@lerenard3834]

I am autistic and trans, you made me feel very safe so I wanted to thank you. I know it should be a given and just basic respect from a human to another, but the fact that people like him exist and share this hatred so blatantly on the internet makes me feel even more grateful for people like you.

[@flaiqe1316]

Some creepy people came into my place of work once, and begged to pray for me because I was wearing a boot. I have nerve damage in my foot. I tried to politely tell them no and the lady leading the group bent down and grabbed my leg and started praying. She gave a prayer for healing, popped back up proudly and asked me “do you feel any better?” To which I promptly said “no.” She simply said “you’ll feel better very soon, prayer works you know!” And they all moved on to the next visibly injured person to harass. Was it like a class teaching healing through prayer? Was it a terrible version of mission work where instead of doing actual tangible things they just pray for things to be fixed? I may never know. That encounter still perplexes me to this day

[@dkalisd]

WTF that's such an awful experience!

[@spaghetto9836]

That could've constituted as harassment...

[@ShintogaDeathAngel]

Wow, I’d have felt so freaked out by that. I’m not surprised you still feel perplexed!

[@iatebambismom]

'cringe' is an interesting topic really. It's empathy and second hand embarrassment, it's pressure to conform, it's.. It's.... Yeah.

[@JesusChrist-sm4bm]

Yhea. And I feel like there is Some cringe that should be called out and some cringe that like who cares Like bullying a furry for being "cringe" that's werid because who cares. Calling a like Extra weebish weeb out I feel Is chill because they infantalize and fetishize a culture. Just like with calling this guy's channel cringe it's because like His cringe can harm others and is based off harmful ideals

[@gayasparagus]

Take a shot each time Emma says "cringe". 😂 Also, thank you so much, Emma for your exposure of this bs. I'm an autistic gay guy who almost ended up self deleting myself in march due to how much i believed that i would be sent to hell for being gay. It means a lot to have someone standing up for those of us indoctrinated into fundamentalist Christianity. Side note, we 100% need more straight white American bro dude voice mockery 😂😂😂

[@petrichorbones]

so glad you're still here, i'm autistic and queer and grew up evangelical too. its hard. sending you all the love ❤

[@gayasparagus]

​@petrichorbones thank you very much 😊

[@Reese842]

My grandmother told me we all go to purgatory to be cleaned of sin in order to be with God. I replied, "wait, he puts us in the corner like a child in trouble?" Then I said, "what if I want to be dirty ... I like to be unclean." She says, "well you have no choice." I replied, "what happened to free will?"

[@melissacooper8724]

Was your grandmother Catholic by any chance? Because I know that Protestants don't believe in Purgatory.

[@Rain-Dirt]

The way I was "taught" was that it still was a choice, we were not put there, we chose to be there. One dies, sees le glory de le god to the extent the soul can take it, then the soul makes a choice to either wanting to accept god (heaven) or to forever be away from god (hell). When chosen for the future to be with god, god decides wether we already can receive the full glory meant for us individually or that we have some "rinsing" to do before we can "take it", which is then purgatory. Today I'm in a place were it doesn't matter, since there are too many flaws in the whole construct of the religion.

[@Eric4real4321]

It's so weird that their all powerful, all knowing god allows bad things to happen, and when he supposedly does something about it they view it as a gift. Thats like starting a fire in someone's home on purpose and then expecting thanks for putting it out.

[@aumazing]

“Doesn’t have to make sense, just has to be bold.” Well said, and fitting for the American fundamentalist Christians.

[@Marychelle]

My mom yanked me off a bunch of medication without medical supervision after taking me to a faith healer, it could have killed me. . . Also, I heard that, “if you died tonight” crap all the time. Spent my childhood calling my grandmother in the middle of the night to see if she’d answer when I was worried I might have missed the rapture . . .

[@CreateAmazment]

I do truly feel bad for the kid. He probably thinks he's doing the right thing but in reality is just being taken advantage of by the adults in his life who are trying to push an agenda. I don't get how they can wake up every morning and not feel ashamed of themselves

[@ChymicalEVV]

You talk just the right amount. Your voice is comforting. You engage the audience like they are your close friend. It's good stuff what you do.

[@Despaxis]

Don't feel sorry for using "that word" Emma. You use it with the same energy as Billy Butcher from The Boys and I love it.

[@nbixel]

I love the "I'm vibing" in Emma's accent. And "Desperate to know what's in everybody's trousers" is gold.

[@HaxStudio]

I work with kids on the spectrum and this is disheartening. I wouldn’t “cure” any of them; they’re perfect little nuggets as-is.

[@stylis666]

**tries imagining what working on a spectrum would be like** Waaaiiit... that's not what you meant! But it is what you said, sort of? XD Anyway, I got hired as a rainbow cleaner for the Unicornporation :p It was the first job on a spectrum I could imagine :p

[@joshua-we9xr]

Has anyone else had the intrusive thought to start becoming a Christian content creator just for the money? 😂

[@jankodes197]

A lot of people had that thought i bet, but for me I wouldn't and I am pretty sure I couldn't force myself to perform like this. Not to mention it would be hard to get many subscribers here in Czech republic (mainly non-religious country).

[@dermottmcsorley8641]

God told me not to do that

[@DavidSmith-vr1nb]

I get that thought often, but I couldn't bear to receive a single penny from that kind of dishonesty (also, I couldn't keep a straight face for 5 seconds if I tried that)

[@joshua-we9xr]

@@dermottmcsorley8641 😂😂😂

[@annaairahala9462]

I've had that thought lol. As an ex-fundie I've wondered about how easily it would be to get people to eat up a story about me "leaving the faith only to return to christ". I'm sure I could write a few decent selling books about it too

[@keiraferrari7764]

That’s a very amiable demon: “Ok, I’ll leave.” Perhaps, they need a better script writer.

[@melissacooper8724]

I would've said it in a more demonic voice! 😂

[@andrewjenkins9965]

"Well, I'll be on my way then, thank you for your time."

[@justalittlecreacher]

As someone who came out to my family recently, im so fucking tired of hearing that it "doesnt only affect you."

[@HungryWarden]

It only affects other people if they waste their time caring about it.

[@thatliquidthing1903]

Next thing you know, churches will try to pray away a preference for crunchy peanut butter.

[@HungryWarden]

The 11th Commandment: Thou shall not eat crunchy peanut butter, for it is an abomination. Why? What do you mean “why?” It just is because I said so! So don’t question it!

[@ShintogaDeathAngel]

@@HungryWarden Luckily I’m not a Christian and prefer smooth, anyway 😜

[@vincentcomeau7844]

If I ever write a comedy novel, I'm hiring Emma to record the ebook using her American accent.

[@tomgames8616]

"Love the sinner, hate the sin" is a weird phrase. It only works for stealing or lying, not being lgbtq because being lgbtq is an intrinsic part of a person. Christians can't genuinely say they love people when they also call an aspect of a person evil or fill in the blank with whatever word. It looks like this, "hey I love you, I also hate this intrinsic part about you as person." Absolutely awful sentiment to have.

[@kellydalstok8900]

It must be how they feel about all the (sexual) abusers in their midst.

[@FaithReport]

Lust is sin.

[@tomgames8616]

@@FaithReport being lgbtq isn't lust. It's either the attraction you experience or the gender you identify with in the case if trans people. If having an attraction you can't control is a sin then the god that made the person with that attraction is cruel.

[@FaithReport]

@tomgames8616 Anyone exchanging natural affections (Heterosexual) for unnatural affections (Homosexual) is living in sin. Sexual sin can occur in the mind, and this makes it unique in which you sin against your own body. This goes for ALL forms of adultery and not just those struggling with same sex attraction. To your point on lying and stealing, if I want something bad enough to swipe it and follow through with that, it's sin. Now the question is... Surely I'm not designed by a just God to be a thief, right? All of mankind has fallen from birth, which is why we say YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN

[@tomgames8616]

@@FaithReport except people who are lgbtq didn't choose to be. God made them lgbtq and has decided to punish those people for something they had no control over. That's not a loving god, it's a cruel god I want no part of. Lying and stealing are optional things people don't have to do.

[@user-tp3tf9iz8j]

anyone else notice that the child featured in the first part of Kaden's autism cure video was a different kid than the one who was supposedly "cured"?

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

​@rboland2173😂😂😂

[@jaymeelaws1139]

As a person with ASD who has children with ASD (and a father and brother with ASD) this is SO OFFENSIVE and it makes me so mad.

[@MadCat59]

As the parent of an autistic, I'm always glad to see people like this guy put in their place. Also I really enjoy the different accents you do (quite well too). Thank you for all the joy you've given me with your videos.

[@robertegblack]

I love that he tells the audience to close their eyes but then puts words on the screen right after

[@VultureSkins]

And immediately says “you can trust me” like… now that you’re mentioning it, idk if I believe you. And THEN asks you to think about if you were to die that night? I’m gone lol

[@Rain-Dirt]

@@VultureSkins ... because Kaden Pody is a poser. A wanna be "real-deal" with only a ignorant, idiotic message to share. Yeah, I'd be gone too lol

[@mattybond]

Evangelical churches. Touch, talk in jibberish, push and blow on them and watch them fall down under "peer pressure"

[@meefbeatballs2646]

“I’ll just call him Cody” Being a Cody myself, please don’t associate us Codys with him.

[@erikrounds]

I was diagnosed with autism very early in my life and I was lucky to have a family and school that supported my special needs. The level of willful ignorance surrounding autism from people like this is disheartening.

[@FAS1948]

I've survived and thrived with autism for 75 years and I don't want to be cured, and I know I may breath my last tonight, but I don't want to go to heaven if it's full of Christians.

[@sickofemo]

The Christian depiction of heaven sounds aweful anyway, trapped in a position of prostration for eternity worshiping God doesn't sound great 😂

[@sonderfulsable]

my fave band recently said "i feel like a lot of the time 'cringe' is used as a catch all word for 'sincerity'" being silly and kind and cringe is so much fun, the only thing we should judge others for is being a d*ck

[@wrenrios728]

I love that this dude's god can apparently cure autism, but couldn't give him any acting skill.

[@emilycrow8278]

You said charisma churches and now I can't help but think of religious DnD. Charisma Proselytizer = Bard Faith Healer = Cleric Snake Kisser = Druid Exorcist = Paladin Televangelist = Warlock Street side Proselytizer = Barbarian Missionaries = Monk Those people that hand out Chick Tracts comics = Rogue Religious Debate/Podcast Bros = Ranger

[@wizardsuth]

Megachurch Pastor = Thief (Charlatan specialist) Apologist = Acrobat

[@highdough2712]

The fact that he showed someone else with more serious issues in the lead up to the autism “cure” of a boy who didn’t look like he had autism, was reprehensible. And then he got worse.

[@BeatrizGarcia-yx4oi]

There is always people willing to profit from how hard it is to access medical care.

[@dragowolfraven3806]

I have autism but I am high functioning. This makes me incredibly angry but I love your take on this.Autism is not a demon. Hell I am sure that the demons are more fun to hang out with.😂

[@giffythegif7262]

Got shown an Epoch Times ad before the video. Funny to think that a portion of their money is going to a lovely creator that couldn't be more opposed to their rhetoric!

[@longlongtran]

dude ive been getting anti trans epoch time ads for months now

[@jamescaulpetzer3566]

It definitely feels like the kid was taught was to say and how to act. I've seen videos similar to this that are from African church services where the pastor "prays" the demon out of someone and then are miraculously cured. It's the same thing. God wouldn't have to cure autism if people weren't born with it.

[@kellydalstok8900]

In Holy Koolaid’s recent video on faith healers he showed footage of a man who was convinced his ankle was healed so he over exerted it to the point it became inflamed so badly his lower leg had to be amputated. But he still believes his “spiritual leg” was healed.

[@g4dg379]

You don't have to apologize to us Americans, we know how cringe we are...

[@skeletonqueenie5269]

I love that you also read capitalised words as yelling.

[@Ella35222]

There is not a doubt in my mind that the kid is just playing along because he’s sick of his mom’s bs

[@TheNinthGeneration1]

And the mask will come off by the end of the day, but they won’t talk about that

[@annaairahala9462]

It could also be because he cares for his mom and wants to appease her or do what he thinks is best for her

[@melissacooper8724]

I felt like this kid was playing along just to appease his mother and that faith healer!

[@alwynwatson6119]

As an autistic person with a weyrd imagination, this video gives me an idea for a satirical horror movie. A kid with autism attracts the spirits of ghost dinosaurs and when the private jet preacher does an exorcism, he gets eaten.

[@martinmckee5333]

I'd watch that.

[@alwynwatson6119]

@@martinmckee5333When special interests turn paranormal no one can hear you Exorcism.

[@mattybond]

"I want you to close your eyes" so i can put words and pics on the screen you wont see if you are listening to me

[@kayreb]

I'm autistic and also work with a lot of neurodivergent students (I'm a teacher in 1-to-1 classrooms). Autism isn't 'curable', and I'm so sick of people acting like having (or being) an autistic kid is the end of the world and the worst thing ever. It can be difficult at times, but it's shocking what a difference it makes to work/be in an environment that prioritises giving you the tools you need to grow and thrive.

[@robyarrow9690]

People like this, make me sick. My grandson is severely autistic, and to sit there, and pretend that your child has autism, and then his miraculously cured by some hack on the street is completely disgusting.