How South Park DESTROYED Another Religion...

[@12DAMDO]

fun fact: unlike Scientologists, who went out of their way to find dirt on South Park Studios (they found nothing), Mormons actually like South Park and even funded Matt & Trey's musical The Book Of Mormon

[@ImprovmanZero]

We can take a joke our only issue was that it was on too early. And that got fixed

[@alexcat6685]

what chads, that actually shows confidence.

[@Hollyclown]

Mormons are based!

[@sjorspolling8275]

True...

[@LucasF25]

And it also proves the point made by them: Say what you want about mormons, but for the most part, they really are a bunch of genuinely nice and thoughtful people.

[@putz6542]

Being from Utah, this really hits different because a lot of LDS families are legitimately that unsettlingly wholesome.

[@chaoticdetectivepeach]

Yeah, I've had some Mormons say some pretty terrible things to me, living in Utah myself. Which tbh has really jaded me against their kindness, I've actually started viewing it as kinda two faced tbh.

[@YashaVatrushka]

@@chaoticdetectivepeachit's love bombing

[@malekartorian3054]

I think its like the gambit of christians. My family is conservative but theyre not gonna pitch a fit if someone dates outside their race or is gay. But i know other families that would. Ive known some of the nicest folks who are baptists and also some of the most judgemental jerks. Hell. I work with a guy whos christian and believes buddhists are closer to God because of the way a lot of them act. People are complicated, especially when you throw religion into the mix.

[@chaoticdetectivepeach]

@@YashaVatrushka That's actually a really accurate description of it, they're huge on going door to door, and tryna force people into the church, and the only reason they can get away with it is cuz they're "nice" but tbh it's a manipulative tactic for the most part.

[@GrievousReborn]

​​@@malekartorian3054yes because all conservatives are monolith who believe the exact same

[@chickencurry420]

It's crazy how every time South Park makes fun of someone, they always react exactly how South Park said they would and the mormons are no exception. They didn't even get mad, they just had fun and leaned into the joke. They even used it, and the play, to advertise their religion by saying the book was better.

[@kamikaze.33]

That's because mormons are creepily happy-go-lucky and overly nice! It feels so weird and fake but every Mormon I've ever met has been exactly like this!

[@lincolnross9000]

I love how in South Park you have to be Mormon to get into heaven, but God is a Buddhist.

[@xdimitrije]

From what I've understood it all religions are technically correct, right? Jesus IS the son of God, but they never make fun of the miracles. Moses, Muhammed, Buddha, and Shiva existed, too.

[@jansonshrock2859]

Buddhism is a philosophy and a religion but you can be a Buddhist philosophically and religiously believe in something else.

[@tananatana4011]

Honestly religion within South Park universe is the chadest possible option one could go for. EVERY SINGLE PROPHET EXISTS, and every single belief is real, none of them are better than any other, they all just have varying opinions and outlooks on life. It's strangely wholesome and beautiful for such a crass show

[@JacobFors]

@@jansonshrock2859 what’s Zen Buddhism

[@BlueSourcandy]

​@@xdimitrije yeah but to not go to hell u gotta be Mormon

[@troysinnovations4858]

Honestly, Matt stone and Trey Parker have nothing against Mormons. They just think the story is funny. That's all

[@untitledhero7669]

Thats why they made fun of the story not the Mormons themselves. I think it's actually awesome.

[@jaspertyler4557]

honestly, after seeing the Scientology creation story, anything seems reasonable in comparison.

[@jrr2480]

Hello, I'm a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We prefer to call 🤙 ourselves Latter-day Saints (though some people do call us Mormons). This is a great South Park episode, but some of the details are wrong. 😅

[@untitledhero7669]

@@jrr2480 guess It depends where you're from then cause I have a church later day saints in my town and one of my best friends was apart of it and they all call themselves Mormon.

[@untitledhero7669]

@@jrr2480 little bit of ego tho to call yourselves saints just saying

[@davidcantrell2568]

100% accurate on the account of the “join us, become a Mormon and you’ll turn white like us” Real thing they said trying to recruit Native Americans.

[@ZeallustImmortal]

Got literally any evidence for that?

[@davidcantrell2568]

@@ZeallustImmortal the book No Man Knows My History chronicles the various way Joseph and his stooges tried to recruit people to boost their numbers. This is also the same reason why they were one of the few places in a pre-civil war America that allowed black people (for a very limited time until violence was used by pro-slavery folks which lead to African Americans not being allowed to join until somewhere in the 70s/80s I can’t remember the years). A lot of people within early Mormonism would just do things thinking they were helping and counter intuitively nearly getting people killed, or leading to actual death in several cases.

[@williamklemp3764]

​@@ZeallustImmortal as a gentrified native myself, I'd say I'm pretty sure they said it, with their actions, if not their words.

[@ZeallustImmortal]

@@williamklemp3764 Were you there? If not, then you being native means nothing.

[@mr.s2005]

Amusing, considering theres nothing said nowadays about turning white, and there are alot of native Americans who are Lds.

[@TnT_F0X]

Matt and Trey tried to make it all mean spirited and shady... but every Mormon they met was just nice. So they went with the well they're too nice route instead.

[@ThePogieJoe]

What problem happened is matt and Trey went back to their parents and said they were making fun of the church and then were told that was okay but only if they make the episode funny.

[@ThePogieJoe]

And then they left with rice crispy treats

[@juiceboxbzrk]

Not at all how that shit went down lol

[@kamikaze.33]

That's literally just how mormons ACTUALLY are... it's literally insane but they're very much like this!

[@dogbackwards7658]

I love how fickle and easily swayed Randy is. That's what makes him so versatile.

[@dashingpurpool2240]

Randy got so funnier in the later seasons

[@TwilightWolf2508]

I like how many people in the chat are trying to convince him that the Joseph Smith story doesn't go that way. I had a close Mormon friend years ago who said the exact opposite, that it's pretty much the story with some slight exaggerations.

[@jwn411]

As an inactive member of the LDS Church I can confirm the South Park story is pretty much spot on

[@WolforNuva]

Yeah pretty much spot on. Reworded to sound dumber than the mormons would want it to sound, I think the only inaccuracy I caught was that the plates weren't hidden in the hat, just the stones which translated the book from a distance I guess - but I could be misremembering things since it's been almost a decade since I left.

[@jacobthompson4444]

I mean, there are some subtle false points. But it's mostly semantics. Like the Book Of Mormon doesn't say Adam and Eve lived in Missouri, but Joseph Smith said they did. Little things like that.

[@ZeallustImmortal]

Probably because it doesnt. Your friend probably never even bothered to read the book.

[@mr.s2005]

And assume this friend mention Harris didnt conspire with his wife to hide the 116 pages and while he left the church for a time, never denied what he saw.

[@alexandergonyea4642]

Honestly, I want more of this type of content from Nux. Just watching him react to/dunk on shish without drama or anything attached, is just so satisfying to watch because the madlad is so hysterical no matter the context! XD

[@jackjohnson4328]

The fucking "Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb," is the BEST shit. I love it dearly.

[@DoctorOaks]

I saw the episode before, and I didn't catch it at the time

[@bradleymoore2797]

@@DoctorOaks Even when they started to do the smart smart smart for his wife?

[@thewaltman4]

The creators of South Park has touched on the Mormon religion prior with Orgasmo (a Mormon missionary staring in pron films) this episode (and Easter eggs on future SP stuff) and their Book of Mormon play, with the Mormons having some laughs about them

[@fslayer1290]

Orgasmo is absolutely hilarious! 😂

[@darcys842]

Orgasmo sounds like the name of a magician who only does 18+ shows

[@theflowerhead]

Oh my gosh they were a porn star. 💀

[@Prrprrlmao]

​@@darcys842omg true, kinda like a stripper magician

[@angrytheclown801]

Also Cannibal the Musical goes into an obscure court case involving...well precisely the name. And yes, Orgasmo sounds so much wrong, because it is. They become superheroes with a gun that gives people a too fun a time for KZbin administration.

[@Blightlenox]

Personal Anecdote. I knew a few Mormon kids back in High school that were from different families and they were all some of the nicest people I knew back then. Like the kind of people that have to be pushed really far to express anger towards another person. Also the choice of chorus was maybe one of my favorite ideas I can remember from the show

[@asheronthedruid]

This is one of my favourite South Park episodes. I can't believe I didn't see your reaction when it came out.

[@shukuchishikeishuu9540]

It's funny how, in the South Park universe at least, Jesus lived in South Park for the first 6 seasons of the show.

[@daraghokane4236]

Jesus should show up and say the Mormons are right its all true that would have been a funny ending also

[@ZeallustImmortal]

​​@@daraghokane4236In South Park canon only Mormons go to heaven. (Except a few exceptions)

[@zer0stars]

​@@ZeallustImmortalWhich is really funny since Satan came to Heaven in one of the new seasons.

[@silverblade357]

Yeah, but the Super Best Friends were a thing with every major prophet and deity working together. Granted, I can see humanity doing that if any god reappeared with anyone less than sound and fury. Jesus or Muhammad could be like, "Actually, both sides..." and they'd see all their believers plug their ears like "LALALALALA!! I'm not listening! My side is thr best side!"

[@ghitaianis9022]

Lmao that entire jesus in America bit is a jojo's reference. Shout out to my boy jojo jesus from SBR

[@ImprovmanZero]

@@Gallium-71At least one state had a bounty to whoever could bring his head. Someone was struck by lightning when trying to remove it.

[@hatowtinow8190]

@@ImprovmanZero ya it was in Carthage right after he was murder why he was in jail with out being convited or even an arrest warent.

[@ImprovmanZero]

@@hatowtinow8190A group of people conspired to get him accused and locked up there specifically so that he would be caged when they gun him down. The idea was without it's head the religion would die. While locked up his brother Hyrum Smith, Willard Richards, and my ancestor John Taylor chose to join him there to keep him company. He and his brother didn't leave.

[@angrytheclown801]

​@@hatowtinow8190That goes into human intolerance of things alien to them. If I recall right, the guards were boasting about ending Mormon lives over a poker game in front of him and Joe stood up and told them off too, which callous on their part and big brass ones on his.

[@JayJayM57]

no, it is actually in the Mormon religion.

[@webkarma9654]

Literally just as scarily nice and wholesome as most Mormons I’ve met in my life

[@errorcringyname4044]

If I remember right the mormons didn't get upset they just bought an ad on the show after the episode.

[@dashingpurpool2240]

They help fund the Book of Mormon Musical. They have a great sense of humor

[@JayJayM57]

probably because it flew over their head.

[@PurpleGhost666]

​@@JayJayM57 everyone ain't stupid like you

[@JayJayM57]

@@PurpleGhost666 I genuinely talked with a Morman and the dumb dumb dumb flew over her head. She thought it was "dun dun dun" and this was common with a lot of Mormons who watched it. by the way, it is ironic, you call others stupid when you believe 29:28

[@tonyjgray8897]

Mormons are really that wholesome IRL, even to the point that they will get you a job and help you with food when needed. The only things they ask for when you receive the help is watch for when it's your turn to step up for another in need

[@JayJayM57]

and not be gay or anything like that.

[@djmewtwo6981]

And not be black or gay

[@djmewtwo6981]

And not be black or gay

[@Placeholder93]

If i remember right, South Park actually treated mormonism with respect

[@bunnyconcubus8468]

Yup, as dumb as the lore is they at least treated it with respect cause it's a legit religion

[@ImprovmanZero]

we know it sounds dumb

[@LucasF25]

​@@bunnyconcubus8468tbf it's not really any dumber than the average Christian lore as a whole anyways, but yeah

[@randomanun4278]

​@LucasF25 it's a fan fiction of Christian lore and nah my guy Christian lore is way way more sound than that shit.

[@LucasF25]

@@randomanun4278 Bro, it literally isn't. Christianism is already FanFiction of Jewish Lore anyways. That by itself is ripped off of Zoroastrism. Nothing is original in the world, it's all just a buncha stories anyways.

[@JJ_R]

I’m loving how you’re so lost on this whole experience, and Chat is all “Well duh, obviously.”

[@movespammerguyteam7colors]

I just remembered the creators of South Park wrote a Broadway musical called “The Book of Mormon”. This is probably where they started their research.

[@angrytheclown801]

Trey Parker lived many years in Utah. Matt Stone lived in Colorado, really close to the border. It's almost impossible not to hear all about the church.

[@tetrisdood]

one of my favorite episodes. even though i think their beliefs are goofy, its a breath of fresh air to see such genuinely wholesome people.

[@DelinquentChibi]

Growing up in Cali, one of my best friends was a Mormon. He never tried to recruit me to his religion, but he was always nice and respectful of my beliefs, especially when we disagreed. Also, one of the priests at the Oakland Temple apparently served in WW2, without (intentionally) killing a single enemy soldier. He only shot to wound. I don't keep in contact with him any more, but he's always been a good man.

[@forbiddennotes3964]

Ah yes, the Angel, Mormonie, descended from the heavens and Mormed all over everyone

[@brawl8]

Nux reacting to the Mormon episode. Say no more…..

[@NostalgiaConnoisseur]

This is one of my favorite episodes so I'm glad you covered it

[@souumamiragem5503]

I like that the point of the episode is "your religion doesn't make any sense, but you're really nice so I don't care"

[@TheCrazybloo3]

I have some experience with Mormon missionaries. I am from a small minority group with a difficult to learn language. The missionaries would literally speak it better than my brothers. Also they are very nice and persistent. It is hard to refuse talking to them, and they talk for so long, that a lot of people literally run away when they see them. One of my cousins was actually willing to talk to them, and they would show up at his house everyday because he didn't know how to tell such nice people to leave.

[@snonyabeeswax]

patience,kindness and persistence the triple threat lol

[@angrytheclown801]

That's because at the Missionary Training Center they take a really intense course in language. I didn't know they come out better than some native speakers, but it's really insane.

[@TheCrazybloo3]

@@angrytheclown801 My native tongue has 8 tones and most of the words are 1 syllable. There are even 3 main dialects and another 2 that are mostly dead. Look up hmong tongue twisters. You will understand how annoying to pronounce my language is. The written language was created by the CIA though. It's surprisingly easy to learn as long as you can speak it.

[@ZeallustImmortal]

Its crazy how fast a lot of my LDS friends learn languages. I swear its like a super power they all have. Even the most complicated and obscure languages they can pick up so fast.

[@canadianmormarchist]

@@ZeallustImmortal Well we believe that since we are learning the language for our mission the lord will make us qualified ie we have divne help in learning it. Also the missionaries are immersed in the language from like day 2 at the mtc until they come home 2 years later. They leave knowing the basics of the gospel in the language then 2 years of constant study and practice to pick up the language

[@michaelrondan9481]

I love hearing Nux's reaction to South Park. It's always fun.

[@wut_tf]

Im a simple person i saw South park on the tittle i immediately click it

[@m4teusgw10]

If south park ends society shall be doomed. Years of darkness are yet to come

[@nobodyofconsequence5084]

As someone who was raised Mormon, I always loved this episode. Everything in it about the founding of the Church is accurate. The best part is how they perfectly make fun of the religious beliefs of Mormons while also praising the general wholesomeness of the Mormon culture.

[@ZeallustImmortal]

16:40 The LDS faith barely even believes in hell. Nobody burns except the worst of the worst. They dont believe that people being born in locations where they dont get a chance to hear about their faith are going to burn, they dont believe people that go against their faith will burn. They only believe in the absolute worst of the worst burning. Everybody else gets into heaven, just on different levels. The best mormons go to super heaven where you become essentially a god.

[@connorschultz380]

It's funny then that only the mormons go to heaven in southpark

[@EksaStelmere]

One thing the show didn't talk about was the sect of weird compound Mormons who refuse to accept that most LDS denounce polygamy, but I suppose you're not likely to see those outside of Utah or, if memory serves, a weird corner of Mexico.

[@mousehole1990]

As a technical Mormon alot of this is correct I remember spending a lot of time with missionaries just talking. But yea south park is funny and so is this episode lmao

[@stevebohn4439]

As a member of the church i loved this episode. When the book of Mormon okay came out the church took out ads in the playbill.

[@TheREALSimagination]

South Park is likely the most offensive and bigoted show on the planet. I also find it probably the funniest, and this ep may be at the top. That family is so refreshingly cheesy and Utah-Mormon. I'd also recommend the movies "Suits on the Loose", "The Best Two Years", "Baptists at Our Barbecue" and "Mobsters & Mormon". Some of them may require some knowledge of Mormon lingo, but they're good movies to show someone we don't want to be seen as too stiff. The gold plates contained the history of the ancestors of who would be the first members of the Mormon church, not their commandments per se. We still believe in the 10 commandments as they are in the Bible. There is no magic in the underwear, sadly. 2:43 The vibe I get from some people online when they hear I'm a Mormon. We don't expect anyone to know what Mormonism is, though most people I've asked have heard the name, so I find it weird they'd laugh when Stan asked what the Book of Mormon is, let alone Joseph Smith. I guess that's the Utah-Mormon as well? Every member of the other churches hated Joseph for claiming he had seen God and Christ, and the only times the pastors and prists labeled him 'prophet' was in disdain, so this seems right up SP's alley to bend the accuracy. 9:03 It says in the Bible, wherein Joseph got the idea to pray about which religion was the "right one", that one should pray "in secret". The Bible is full of vague language like that, though we figure it means you should pray somewhere you can focus solely on the prayer without distractions, not that nobody can know you're praying. 9:13 Technically, they said he would help restore Christ's original church as it was during the years of his ministry (doctrinally), but details, schmetails. 10:27 It is. It's all contained in the Book of Mormon. Mormon was Moroni's father, who gathered all the stuff everyone had written down as their history and buried it in the ground. Kind of unfair he got all credit for the book, but, apparently, Joseph was told to name it such when publishing it. 10:48 No. He visited a few times as recorded in the book. 11:00 There was the war of all wars until there were just a handful of people left. God had turned them red long before that, so it wasn't because of this. The book says he put "a mark" on them but as it also says he turned their skin dark in addition, it's unclear whether that was the mark. 11:18 Not offended, man. By all means, watch it. I do. South Park isn't the greeatest of sources, thoigh, so maybe ask a Mormon who DOES know about their faith? Then again, I don't blame people for wanting to get their info from something that makes them laugh as well. 16:42 One thing Mormonism believes is only people who commit the unforgivable sin will go to "hell", which we believe to be more a state of regret more than a geographical place. The unforgivable sin, how I've been explained it, is denying the holy spirit's influence when it's worked with you to such a degree that denying that reality would be like denying your own existence. Because God loves us, and because every person is different, we believe he has prepared several places we can live after death. We'll be sorted according to how well we did in life, though even the "worst" place will be unfathomably better than the best kind of life on earth. I can only speak for myself when I say I'm never out to convert people. I thought that was our job when I went on a mission, but over time I realized we're only messengers out to inform people who are looking for it. Polygami officially ended in 1890. Still funny to hear that's the one thing people seem to know us by. In a strange way, I appreciate it. 18:33 Not "new", but yes, that's what it's called. Not "another" as in "forget the Bible, read me instead" - we absolutely believe in the Bible and believe the books, when in agreement, support our faith - but as in "yes, it's true". A testament in this case is a witness. 20:37 Oh, it can get pretty deep, at least seemingly for people who don't know much about it. 22:10 I swear that's not an official custom nor Mormon ritual of any kind. 26:08 You're allowed to say you think it's dumb, but I, for one, appreciate you trying to not sound like a dick. I mean, truth can be stranger than fiction :P 26:47 Of course the BoM doesn't say that the Garden of Eden is in Jackson, Missouri, but there's been done a lot of research and archeological digging in both places from the Bible and the BoM, and some findings suggest (may have changed, as this episode aired a long time ago) that the Garden may have been in Jackson, Missouri. Small but important detail to the "lost pages" story: Lucy Harris begged Martin to see the pages for days. Martin had asked Joseph to take the pages hom to show her. Joseph had prayed about it for as many days and after all the "no" in the world, God finally said "yes". Lucy did not know Lucy was going to hide the pages, so he never found them,. returned to Joseph and Joseph begged God for forgiveness. God eventually forgave him, of course, but this was one of the ways people tried to get him for his claims and his family for supporting him. 29:49 Convenient, but we also believe God is omniscient, meaning he saw the disappearance of these pages in the future and told Nephi, a very old dude at the very start of the BoM, to write the same story that his father, Lehi, had written, "for a wise reason". Nephi even comments on this in the book. Lucy taking the pages wasn't planned, just prepared for. 31:27 Neither the book nor the story claim Native-Americans come from around Jerusalem. 31:48 That's just it, though: we don't want everyone believing us just because we said so. We always advise them to read the Book of Mormon (and the Bible) and pray about getting to know anything if they really want to. Another convenient but no less true thing is, everything uncertain in this life comes down to faith, right? When he was asked by a newspaper after restoring the church how he ensured the members would always do according to the church's beliefs, he said that he does make sure of anything concerning the members' lives in terms of control. He only taught them the doctrine and let them choose what to do with that knowledge - believe and do according to it or not.

[@FireDragons42]

The fun part is that this is only the beginning of the weirdness that is the Mormon beliefs. I highly recommend the musical The Book of Mormon written in partnership with Matt and Trey as well as the folks who did Avenue Q (famous for the piece The Internet is for Porn). In particular the song there "I Believe" which contains many claims by a young Mormon character that are all true to the religion, including what God changed his mind about in 1978.

[@ImprovmanZero]

Correction God is by definition unchanging. The reason African Americans were denied the priesthood was because it was dangerous in a heavily racist society. By 1978 Americans as a nation got better.

[@FireDragons42]

@@ImprovmanZero sorry but you're not going to sway my mind with that obvious bullshit justification. They took that long because the heads of the Church were racist fucks and it wasn't until 1978 that they were forced to change by the government and Kimball framed it as a revelation from god.

[@TheWhiteBruceLee]

Is this the start of a new nuxalore where when something ridiculous is said as fact that we just say, “this is true”?

[@drewo.127]

12:45 This quote from Miracle on 34th Street really encapsulates this philosophical debate: “What’s worse? A lie that draws a smile? Or a truth that draws a tear?”

[@lucasvandecasteele9904]

16:10 chotto Mate! The dad is blond and the mom is a red hair, they are like Minato and Kushina!

[@ivansoto9723]

15:07 Funny, I didn't even think about the joke like that. I interpreted it as, Black guy = Buff and will kick Randy's ass lol.

[@octapusxft]

The more I live, the more I find that a supernatural tall tale that gives people a moral compass is preferable to more nihilistic beliefs which only seek standing ovations from people within their cliques.

[@notribadsvault]

Wait so the only reason Mormonism has a second M is so they wouldn’t be called Morons? Because surely that’s closer to Moroni?

[@thatguyintherain3168]

As a Mormon i find this hilarious and am not offended, they got everything pretty on point and had a lot of great criticisms.

[@elainaclark1100]

I grew up Mormon, and it was very traumatic. 10/10 wouldn’t recommend. Everyone would say that they should treat people with kindness and be nice but also judge behind peoples backs. And if you didn’t live up to their standards they would turn on you too, but act all nice to your face. Makes you question if everyone is two-faced. I also realized I was gay growing up and would hear awful shit about how gay people are sinners and couldn’t go to heaven unless they never acted on their feelings. This was my experience and I knew a lot of people with similar experiences as well.

[@vojislavS8652]

9:12 this got referenced in later episodes in hell where everyone who ended up in hell wad in the wrong religion wise and the Mormons actually got it right

[@CoachRiRiPFWG]

Commercial for Mormon plays during video: "literally can't be denied"

[@jessegordon9726]

In South Park lore, only Mormons go to heaven. Everyone else goes to hell.

[@charlemagnetheFranks]

Not exactly

[@jessegordon9726]

@@charlemagnetheFranks with some exceptions, but mostly just Mormons.

[@JayJayM57]

@@jessegordon9726 That was a joke about how many religions there are.

[@thatguyintherain3168]

That's actually hilarious

[@paulrhome6164]

Perfect for this video, the ad at the beginning was for the Hebrew Book of Mormon

[@TanookiNoKintama]

Part 7 of JoJo’s is like the Book of Mormon but with stands and Donald Trump as president in 1860 lol

[@josiahws5]

Steel ball run is literally goated, Jesus Christ is canonically a stand user

[@djmewtwo6981]

@@josiahws5he’s a stand, not a stand user All parts of his body give stands also he created the spinning power

[@kamikaze.33]

All the mormons I personally know (which is honestly only like 2), are all EXACTLY like that! They're creepily happy, overly nice, optimistic, and literally chill about everything to the point of disgust! I DON'T understand them!... It feels so fake or like something is just wrong with them...

[@behelitruler9191]

The Mormon cult is so strange, but I generally like a lot of them. The episode really captures just how pleasant many of them are to be around. Of course there are always bad people in every religion, but it's so strange because their faith is so ridiculously false.

[@ImprovmanZero]

As Christ said judge a man by his works. If a religion is making someone a better person it is a good thing

[@echidnanation8239]

Christ never said judge a man by his works? In fact the exact opposite was said- ??????????????

[@Sun2-fg3zb]

Nah.... Truth=God/Good.....Lie=Devil/Bad.....

[@ImprovmanZero]

different context it was if they are of God or not. Judge not is a different part. Vengeance belongs to God

[@dans864]

.... do you mean "Ye shall know them by their fruits"

[@MasteRgamer-mk5bp]

Bro he also says denounce all but him and his father so it's not just works as much as some like to say

[@steamedwatermelon2165]

That Joseph Smith expansion pack revived the franchise tho

[@martymohawk8360]

😂😂😂

[@JuzefaWingedCat]

What I knew about Mormons before: "Study in scarlet" What I know now: Dun dun dun dun duuun + some must be nice people

[@malice926]

Honestly, I'm kinda with Trey and Matt on this one. I might not agree with the Mormons of the world, but I've never had a bad interaction with one.

[@TechTheFeck]

I like how they have such a strange religion, and that's just another reason people dislike them, but they're just happy how they are. In this episode, it shows that most of the time, the characters of South Park are the real pricks

[@charleshardesty1828]

0:57 You forgot the part where dude was a known scammer/con artist & got exiled by almost every town/community in the area so he was banished to the woods by himself & that's when he said the Angel came & gave him the golden tablets & dictionary, then took both back & disappeared so he couldn't prove it wasn't just another scam...

[@Entrominal]

A mormon friend of mine is the fakest person I've ever met and has funny valentine level whip scars on his back.

[@ethanjackson1880]

My cousins dad side of the family sent him to live with his mom cause he couldnt grasp Mormonism as a child but still expected him to be practicing the relgion ober there as well even though they tossed him aside

[@seekerjf747]

You know you have seen too much 40K lore when the first time they say Mr. Harrison, you hear Mr. Heretic. For the Emperor!!!

[@frenchfriedstudio2651]

honestly mormons in this case are probably the least likely people to cancel you on this one. you'll might get a twitter community note and that's it.

[@LucasF25]

Yeah, he was even really respectful too, he's fiine

[@DatPlayfulSin]

That's because they self censor their people. They don't Cancel you directly, they just tell everyone in their cult you are a non believer and part of the devil's influence.

[@LucasF25]

@@DatPlayfulSin Not as devilish as you're making it out to be, buddy. It's just as much of a cult as literally any religion in the world. Some of them can definitely be Judgemental but nothing unusual there either ig

[@DatPlayfulSin]

@@LucasF25 I think you misunderstand. They will accuse South Park or anything that goes against their opinion devil influenced. So they don't have to Cancel anyone if they convince their own people that everyone else is the devil

[@RockwellSocratese]

​@@DatPlayfulSin I have never met a single Mormon like that, even when I became Pagan while in the military.

[@lorddranos1]

People can believe whatever they want. If it works for you, that's great. It becomes a problem when they start treating people as if they're under them for not having the same beliefs or when they start trying to force their beliefs onto other people.

[@GrievousReborn]

Congratulations for stating the obvious

[@zulunet3285]

Not when they are spreading misinformation.

[@lorddranos1]

@@zulunet3285 ya. When they start spreading propaganda that's when it passes the point of being about religion.

[@lorddranos1]

@@GrievousReborn as obvious as you think it is, people still try to do it so it should be said again and again.

[@KB-zq9ny]

@@zulunet3285, the whole "religious seeks to replace science" is a myth, so anti-theists can stop raging already. Most people understand the difference between the natural and the spiritual; that doesn't mean there isn't a need for both.

[@paulschuckman6604]

Obsessed with your South Park reactions. I always talk to the Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses who come to my door. I minored in Comparative Religion and am currently writing a book about the mistranslations of the Bible.

[@wahoobidy4912]

I dont want to be that guy but what happened to the scp stuff?, also again banger vid hope your doing well man

[@xdimitrije]

I don't know man I miss those videos :/

[@danielkennedy8355]

I was exactly like Gary when I moved from Arizona to Florida. And kids were definitely pretty mean for a little while

[@TheCrazybloo3]

Nux should play the South Park Stick of Truth game

[@ToyLatrine]

They made the episode cause one of em grew up with some Mormon friends and even tho the episode pokes fun, it’s more out of love then being pricks about it. You can dig up multiple interviews about it. Also yes the church as a whole loved the episode. Also this portrays the founding pretty spot on.

[@Rhinlord]

Imagine its all real and Mormoni purposefully screwed Joe Smith over by not letting him keep the tablets.

[@reesejackson5935]

Is nux ready for the adventures if lemmiwinks

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

This remains one of the few South Park episodes I actually saw when it aired, dum dum dum dum dumb.

[@SukunaIsHim]

Video 10 of me asking nux to react to hood jjk until he does this is gonna take years isn’t it

[@Haunter5959]

I find it so funny that during the song they’re litterally saying “ DUMB DUMB DUMB DUMB DUMB”

[@ssfbob456]

When I was in the Air Force there was a girl who, in her words, joined up to escape the religion. I showed her this episode and she said that it's pretty dead on for how they're taught to behave in front of outsiders.

[@daniellclary]

I had some Mormans over for dinner once, and they told me that they believe that Jesus came to America.

[@malhavac]

nux went down a rabbit hole dum dum dum duuuum dum lol

[@HexTG]

Now he just needs to react to the Book of Mormon musical!!

[@KingPrintmaker]

Mormonism: you’ll never be good enough to get into heaven… but you could try.

[@jonathanjoestar1938]

If you’re looking for another episode to react to, I’m pretty sure there’s an episode where they parody people who are aggressively agnostic 😂

[@shukuchishikeishuu9540]

Oh, you mean The Poor Kid, from Season 15. That one was a great episode, one of my personal favorites.

[@allisonwoodruff3966]

Ahhh the Book of Mormon I know what that is! It’s that one musical where they went to Africa right?

[@SkwisgaarSkwigelf-69-420]

Someone plis recommend the Super Best Friends episode to Nux.

[@natnerdz]

What’s scary is that I knew a family who looked exactly like that Harrison family. I was childhood friends with the youngest and their parents and mine would joke about who would convert to what on the wedding day. But their family was exactly the same behavior wise. It was almost creepy at times.

[@sethyuikora2]

Why tf don't Randy's kitchen chairs have cushions or backs to them?

[@ravinhud4979]

If you ever meant a Mormon irl they are legit one of the nicest people.

[@elainaclark1100]

It’s always people that haven’t been in the church that think they are the nicest people. I was raised in the church, and many are very judgmental behind the scenes and the leaders of the church were creepy towards the kids. Along with many other things… Glad you had a good experience with them tho

[@Jxuptosae]

@nuxanor You should read the first story of Sherlock Holmes. It'll expand the lore.

[@JustinCoasters]

I imagine Butters and Gary would've been good friends

[@commonsensegaming]

South Park is everyone innermost thought at once that is why it's funny we hide what the show makes fun of our thoughts about everything we don't like or are sceptical about

[@MichaelHall1989]

One thing: they actually do scam their followers. Mormons are required to give 10% of their income to the church.

[@djmewtwo6981]

That’s not a mormonism thing. Christianity also does that. Difference is that Christian’s 99% of the times find this bullshit so they don’t do it

[@djmewtwo6981]

But like in theory Christianity also does that

[@canadianmormarchist]

I dont agree that its a scam in the bible commands a tithe and we are not a fair weather church. If you end up in a rut the church will help you stabilize yourself and while it is required to get a temple reccomend thats it you can still go to church and still be active and in good standing but its generally up to your bishop and the church handbook says that if a member cannot afford to pay then they dont have too.

[@ronishamay]

For those that don't know listen the book of mormon musical by southpark

[@TKDragon75]

10:32 Part of the old mormon belief is that the native americans were distance descendents of the tribes of israel. It's basically a way to justify the forced conversion and genocide by saying they were saving the natives from the barbaric beliefs that overtook their ancient israelite ancestors. Though I should clarify, the mormons of today don't usually enforce many of the stories first developed as part of the faith as they've recognized a lot of racist undertones used. Such as all Africans being the descendents of Cane the first murderer, or the Israelite Native American thing.

[@nevermoire2020]

As a Mormon myself, I can say that there are a lot of things that South Park got right and a lot of things they got wrong.

[@colebengston3963]

It is part. Worked in a bunch of mormon churches and they have paintings of Jesus with the aztecs…

[@jamesputterlik225]

You should check out "The Second Greatest Hospital in the Galaxy." Right up your alley.

[@ZacharySnyder-ie6cg]

What I respect was when Matt and Trey made the Book of Mormon the LDS church decided to help fund it and get an ad in the playbooks basically saying come check them out. Probably didn’t work but it was being a good sport.

[@snipersougo13]

Nux you have to watch The Book of Mormon. A Musical by the South Park creators

[@jonathonhughes1442]

i actually got my very religious mom to watch the episode and if she found a major flaw i wouldn't watch south park again.... i binged a season in the living room a few days later

[@mimi-kitty222]

10:37 it is 💔

[@lagggoat7170]

13:04 I think you might enjoy Book of Mormon (the Musical) then. Of course COMPLETELY unrelated to the train of thought Im timestamping this coomment to, yuuup