The Dark World of Megachurches

[@JamesJani]

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[@BaddogSports]

Good to have you back!

[@Dom-si2pk]

Awesome to see you back at it! I have a question, what mic are you using for your audio? I think the kit you linked in the description is outdated, as i have seen you with other mics.

[@youtubeshorts9035]

The whole world was waiting for the video

[@JaysonT1]

I went though this stuff years ago. Finding out about the con was actually a blessing because it was the start of uncovering the lies of religion in general.

[@AfrilishAliceRN]

Correction: Copeland's worth 1 billion. Biggest charlatan is TB Joshua in Africa.

[@aocnetwork]

If Jesus went to many of these “prosperity churches”…he would do the same thing he did when he went to the temple in his day: FLIP over the tables of money!

[@JB-kr3xz]

Amen! And I love your channel!

[@mary0311]

I Love your channel too!!

[@lizd.8655]

Yes! Apparently, I'm a terrible Christian bc I ask too many questions and point out too many contradictions such as this example

[@kakaro635]

But you are one of them are you not ?

[@neistrong8852]

AoC is also a false prophet

[@BreenyLee]

As a Christian this is so embarrassing. Thank you for shining light on this topic, it makes those of us who disagree with TPG feel less insane.

[@dmrenterprizes4101]

There is no religion without its charlatans. No need to be embarrassed or even shocked. The very Christan apostles, even Christ himself warned that this would happen.

[@lilhoneybun5390]

@@dmrenterprizes4101 Truth!

[@zztop8592]

It makes me wonder about Copeland being rich, but can take money from people who are living on the street, and spoiling himself with jets, and multiple huge homes.

[@joshallen5225]

@@zztop8592 Copeland is super lucky that hell does not exist.

[@walterzolkin]

Don't be embarrassed, tell your fellow Christians about this. Open eyes. Those are false prophetes, Jesus warned about.

[@maninacave]

No human I've ever seen has looked more demonic than Copeland when he smiles.

[@williamlevy6964]

money won't make you rich. Education, discpline and hard work is the only thing that creates wealth.

[@laralopes193lopes5]

My thoughts exactly

[@kevinmalone3210]

Did you see the interview he had with the inside addition reporter? He got a look on his face that was downright scary.

[@zackworrell]

tru dat

[@hashtag9990]

@@williamlevy6964 give me all your money then.

[@seekeroftruths-d6k]

"Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity." Matthew 7:22-23

[@The_realManuel]

Thats the verse I wanted to comment. Lets pray for them, for we are all the same in front of our saviour. Amen

[@Chosenbeforethefoundation_1]

All praises to the Most High!!!! 🙏🏾💪🏾

[@paulstevenson789]

Yes Indeed! There will be millions of Unsaved 'Self Righteous' Christians who went after the way of Cain pointing GOD to his Works instead of Singularly Trusting in the Atonement of the Blood to the Lamb Alone for Salvation plus Nothing his Vile fallen duplicitous flesh brings. If you have not Accepted by Faith Alone that the BLOOD of the Risen Lord Jesus Christ has Paid in Full for All of your Sin, then you are NOT Saved. Once you, by Faith Alone, accept the Free Unmerited Gift of Eternal Salvation secured by the BLOOD of GOD then you are Sealed unto the Day of Redemption. Yes, Salvation is that simple because the Flesh is NO GOOD!!!

[@hansholbein1047]

And the fact that even Scripture, even Jesus warns about men like them, false prophets, and people still buy into their lies, is just saddening as a Christian myself

[@HaYahwarrior]

But here's my question 4u, if you've seen this type of behavior and disingenuous acts 4 such a long time, why do u continue 2 subscribe 2 this religion? I'm genuinely asking, not being sarcastic or anything. If people such as yourself have witnessed such distasteful and immoral practices in Christianity, have u ever stopped 2 research the history and origin of Christianity? Not just a simple wiki look up but an actual indepth research in the Roman Catholic Church, Christianity and the truth about the Greeks involvement in the creation of Christianity. I'll give u a hint, research the men Arrius Piso, Serapis Christus and Josephus flavius and I think you'll understand why there's so much immoral behavior attached 2 Christianity. Be well

[@DoraDoraDoraTheExplorer]

Exactly smh it's so sickening to see

[@ameadows091]

That’s because the vast majority that do, don’t have a personal relationship with God.

[@ltm28]

These are not the false prophets .. I do know that healing is something that can be lost .. because we get into lack of faith.. that’s the only thing that I will say about Benny .. he needs to spend more time with the scripture and teaching faith and healing instead of just getting people hyped up and not able to keep it up ..

[@lobsterlogic]

@@HaYahwarrior That's a really good question! For me, I would say it's a case of not throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Many people have definitely twisted the Bible to justify their own horrific ideas, and it makes me really angry that they have done that! As Hans mentioned, in the Bible, we find Jesus frequently opposing the megachurch pastors of his day, the Pharisees. Here's an example (forgive the length of it, I just think it does a great job of showing Jesus' take on things): As Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited Him to dine with him; so He went in and reclined at the table. But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal. “Now then,” said the Lord, “you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well? But give as alms the things that are within you, and you will see that everything is clean for you. Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former. Woe to you Pharisees! You love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces. Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.” One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.” “Woe to you as well, experts in the law!” He replied. “You weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a finger to lighten their load."

[@sunlessrose8848]

I'm a Christian myself and watching this made me remember one of the most chilling things I had ever heard "Demons can quote scripture too" And that's exactly what I see happening here. Thank you for shedding light on this topic, you're the one doing God's work, not these false teachers.

[@RNMom424]

Yes they can! Demons, & Satan himself, know that the end of their "fun" is almost over. That's why they have become uber-aggressive!

[@chicky-ek9gq]

I have to Agree with you Friend , Christ was A Human Person while Walking This Earth . Before He gave His Life so Willing for all of us So were All of His Followers , They were All very Humble Helping those in Need . And feeding the People Lucifer is is Very Ugly Sneaky and Deceitful Demon , who Misleads people away From the LORD I call Myself A Believer . I Believe in GOD with All My Heart Soul and Mind . I Know In My Heart GOD Gave Us A Promised 1 Called Yeshua or Jesus Christ .For Christ is the Greatest Teacher that walked this Earth Thankyou also to the Friend who Posted this Video .

[@AidanDaGreat]

Alas. Anyhow how long do yall think it will take for this to balloon into a comment war? I’m guessing six months.

[@obi-wankenobi1750]

@@AidanDaGreat I’m guessing 3 weeks

[@Grace_and_Truth78]

Well, the bible says Satan comes as an angel of light, so it's no wonder that his ministers transform themselves into ministers of righteousness.

[@Sleep93959]

It's easier to fool people, than to convinced people they've been fooled. - Mark Twain

[@brianlohse9733]

That's for sure

[@clydedahler9542]

You can fool some people some of the time, but not all people all the time

[@JesusistheOnlyWaytoEternalLife]

Soo True

[@TyroneSettles]

a.k.a the Trump syndrome.

[@brianlohse9733]

@@TyroneSettles sure blame it on Trump. How is Biden working out you must not be able to add and subtract

[@jonahbelprez5711]

In the story of Saint Francis God said “rebuild my church”. Francis took it literally and built a physical church but the whole time God was talking about the people not a building.

[@aaronsmith5904]

Yes, sometimes God appears to use a sense of humour. Since when God corrected him, then he went on to preach the gospel, and he could say he trusts God, not because he was rich, but he was poor. He did not take more than he needed for the day. And he gained many followers who with him, lived a life of poverty chastity and obedience and humility. And prayer. It is one of the most beautiful stories I think.

[@KellinKingdom]

If biblical Christianity is true, then these people will certainly be held accountable.

[@somebody9310]

I one hundred percent believe they be. Especially because there are many verses in the Kjv bible about false prophets receiving greater damnation for deceiving people.

[@chericandream]

200 million man-strong army setting up, scriptural: ...all will fulfill accordingly ❤ Peace ❤️ CommonWeath -- Hebrew= CrossedOver sWORD Spirit and Truth -- 7th day sAbbAth's Seal -- Covenant IN Loyalty The Most High Ahb Yahu'Ah= Spirit= AbbA Creator Father. Yahu'Sha Hebrew Anointed SonShip= sWORD and Head(ROCK) to body(stones) of congregation covenant loyal (be)living IN earth, that adhere TO His voice: (Yashra'Al) ...The Most High Ahb Yahu'Ah sovereign saves. Emet ❤️ Praise and thanks to the Most High Ahb Yahu'Ah for His 'Saving Will' Testimony IN His anointed Hebrew Son Yahu'Sha Messiah. Prayers, blessings, and peace (restoration) of the ❤️, for those that adhere TO His voice, covenant, and commandments. Love you Ahb Yahu'Ah sovereign of my breath, soul, and the blood IN my veins (DNA). (Psalm 90:12-17) So teach us TO number our days, That we (may) apply our hearts unTO wisdom. Return, Oh Most High Ahb Yahu'Ah sovereign, how long? And let it repent thee concerning thy servants. Oh satisfy us (early) with thy mercy; That we (may) rejoice and be glad all our days. And counting: ...1st day/night season of the WorkWeek, ...2nd day/night season of the WorkWeek, ...3rd day/night season of the WorkWeek ...4th day/night season of the WorkWeek, ...5th day/night season of the WorkWeek, ...6th day/night season of the WorkWeek (double up): ...for the morrow’s morning IS the Seventh day/night sAbbAth's season. Emet ❤️ What was Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob considered before the 12 tribes were born? ...And before Yahu'Sha the anointed Hebrew Messiah, rather than the Roman religion's man-made diety with the Greek name that has no power and authority IN the Kingdom's throne. ...Go to (Genesis Chapters 15-17) and (Hebrews Chapter 11) to understand the Covenant Loyalty and 'Saving Will' Testimony of the Most High Ahb Yahu'Ah sovereign ❤️ ...They were all faithful, obedient, and walked with the Most High Sovereign IN UpRightNess, Kingdom MindSet Justice, and were SetApart from embedded pagan world religious conditioning and dogma. Tsion ❤️

[@PhlexTV]

it’s not and they know it

[@mattalley4330]

It isnt but we humans can hold them accountable by the kind of exposure this content creator is advancing.

[@heartkiller75]

Biblical Christianity is true (The words that Jesus AS spoke only). The inventions of Paul are not. And the triune interpretation of God and the original sin that emerged later in the 4th centure are not true either. You find everything explained clear, in the last and final testament: The Holy Qur'an.

[@skizzojihad1608]

How can anyone look into the eyes of kenneth Copeland and not see the evil, almost non human being peering from behind them is just unbelievable to me. How can anyone look at this man and not have instant warning bells go off in their psyche

[@GerardoMartinez-cj8pq]

Yeah there serpent like, forgive me Lord for saying it.

[@irenemassey6292]

I agreed, he looks so scary

[@dawncarrasco8320]

Totally agree. It’s complete evil in his eyes.

[@darwinmendoza7061]

Exactly what I was thinking. Kenneth Copeland has no conscience and no shame. When I see preachers like him and Benny Hinn, 2 Peter 2:1 comes to mind - "In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping." They have all the time in hell to think about all the people they fooled."

[@wildolive3630]

He scares me. Wonder what it is like for his wife at home.

[@YetiUprising]

How the hell does a religious person look at Kenneth Copeland and not think, "That's definitely what a demon looks like"? lmao

[@Afolorunso]

I agree coz jeeeez he demonic

[@rayalevesque]

You can feel the evil of his gaze in that first clip.

[@mbustube1]

Exactly. Right out of Central Casting. The pointed teeth are a nice touch.

[@codeewehrman3838]

I RECKON!

[@conchronic]

It's in the eyes, swaggert also has it

[@wadew4449]

My mom is so deep into this and when we chatted one time, it turned into a big argument where she defended the prosperity gospel, she even proclaimed she's a believer in it. When I brought up some points in brought up in this video, she defended the prosperity gospel and even twisted my words around. It's really sad, we follow Christianity and it unifies us, yet this divided mine.

[@hurbig]

As a christian myself it really saddens me to see how many of my siblings in Christ have been led astray. Jesus taught us about love and compassion and how money corrupts. This is not the way.

[@frankboff1260]

The entire world revolves around the false idol of the dollar. There’s almost nothing in the prosperity teachings about giving to others, being part of your community, loving others such as neighbours and strangers. I don’t mind some of the prosperity teachings but seeing the way these preachers live while others in their own community go hungry is absolutely shameful.

[@andreichetan4694]

Jesus taught you nothing, you never new him. Just people tellings. Gluck

[@m-777]

@@andreichetan4694copium

[@alkebabish]

Yeah it's the literal opposite of Christianity. It does say in the Bible that this would happen. False teachers, people walking after there own lusts and all that.

[@ibrahimerlangga6460]

This is where I draw the line actually. Because many times, it's like, Jesus Himself has lost. I'm really sad, but even I couldn't bargain for the reality like Jesus had said, a healthy community of Christian.

[@Lavthefox]

One of the churches I grew up in was a small little church in Virginia. I remember when they finally said they had to build a new space and upgrade because the congregation and youth ministry had gotten too large. The preacher even said "we will only build the new building with donations. If it takes us a decade, it takes us a decade" --> and sure enough, the pastor was extremely transparent and it took forever to build that new church. "The contractors asked if I wanted stained glass, chandeliers, all these frills... I said I just want comfortable chairs" he'd give little updates like that! He owned a little house out in the country, drove an old car, wore an old suit... a breath of fresh air in a religion that is more and more being consumed by rampant wealth/corruption and hate.

[@yikesgina]

My grandpa was the same way. I’m disgusted at the pastors who take donations and use them for themselves

[@spankowitzmusic]

Sigh... if only everyone was as not blatantly evil as him...

[@DrShadow179]

Sounds like a church I know of in Mclean Virginia. Not a sermon just a thought. Iykyk

[@Pixe1Ga1axy]

when you say transparent, do you mean transparent as in the bad way or good way?

[@BenjaminBjornsen]

@@Pixe1Ga1axy as in open

[@heather000burton]

It’s great to see these scammers exposed. It’s disgusting to see these people exploit other’s religions and faith to line their pockets it’s awful.

[@vilijamstankovski753]

Why exposed his a smart peapol who take money from desperat stupid peapol 😂😂😂

[@rawendreality]

He hasn't researched each pastor, he is just pooling them all together, please.....

[@kostazarikos3383]

​@@rawendrealitylol what?

[@woyenetuengedaw4175]

I cam up with this brilliant idea its : a village for jesus Christ a place far from any city where we leave of grid like no outside help we get few acres of land where we leave totally free from sin no greed money is not allowed because everything's is free we share and no lust before marriage . we grow are own food and got a farm for the cow and chicken too provide are milk and eggs we install solar panels on the roof of the houses so we dont need go to work because the main things are provided and the other things are not important materialistic things dont give long term happiness but leaving GOD'S footsteps will provide you long lasting happiness. This life we leaving at this moment is pure slavery with out us knowing + we leaving in a dark time sin is all around the world trying to pull us in this demonic life and sadly for most of the population it worked but im here to let you guys know that the truth to happiness is by repent to God ask for forgiveness and and avoid sin. And no it's not by just saying sorry and your saved it's by your actions after you repent to avoid doing sin's so by doing the 2 main things you will see a big improvements in your life you be feeling happy. It's not every body in the church's that be intrested in doing this because they still want to continue too indulge in there sin live and the sad part they belive there saved but there really not like I said before it's not by just repenting to God that the individual will be saved is by the action you do after that will determine your fath. So much people belive that when you just repent to God then your saved then there back on there sin's. that's what sad

[@diogenez471]

This doesn't change much, the sheep will continue to give them money.

[@moses_githinji]

This documentary is life. It should be shouted and declared in the highest and highest of the rooftops.

[@pinoytechniko6925]

This Copeland is so creepier than a zombie in a horror movie. The way he talked to the lady gave me goosebumps.

[@nikkitennison6938]

He's got demons hanging off of him like bats.

[@debbiewilkins1623]

He is filled up with demons!!!

[@mologadi-acceptedinthebelo2923]

There's something dark about his eyes 🤞🤞🤞

[@FreshAirRules]

He's used to communicating with a large audience where exaggeration of facial expressions is effective. He hasn't learned to tone that down for person to person settings. He's also totally out of touch with reality. Like many false teachers I'm sure he started well, then got lost along the way when money, power and influence clouded his judgment.

[@tanyakamal]

he looks no less than a demon himself.!!!! you took the words right outta my mouth

[@Dibblesoldhollywood]

As a Christian, I’ve always avoided this. My family purposely went to smaller family churches against the mega churches in my area because we felt that it was easier to connect to people who were literally in our tax bracket. Our pastor made less than us and it was nice to see someone walk the walk. This is disgusting

[@7vnnn]

These mega churches also preach false doctrines. Glad your staying away from these

[@miliyn17]

A mega church is ok if it is actually based on biblical teaching unlike these churches

[@tannermanasco2110]

I was raised thinking that there were a lot of occupations a person could have but a pastor was one of the lowest earning ones. It’s a nice thought to think that they believe in what they’re saying so much that they would give up the potential to live a luxurious life.

[@jonjackson7979]

I'm sorry but your statement that your pastor being in a lower tax bracket is extremely wrong. I'm sorry just cause you were called by God to preach his word means that you must live a life a poverty. Now I will say my father is a pastor. He has been a pastor my whole life. Now does that mean that my family has to grow up poor because my father job. My family did happen to be poor and it was extremely difficult on my family. My father would work also close to 60 hours a week. Has to sacrifice his time and his family time to be there for the people to learn about Jesus and help people. Listen I'm honestly sorry that your pastor is forced to be in a lower tax bracket. I would question your church make sure they take care of him and I don't know what your job is. However if you don't have a really great job I would ask to see how much work your pastor actually has to do. You would be surprised. I would just question yourself about why you believe that your pastor should be in poverty. Now I'm not saying that pastors need to be rich like these guys. These guys are scammers using Gods name to make money and they will have to face God one day and tell him why they did this. However I'm asking you to question your reasoning on why pastor need to live in poverty because that like saying Doctor should live in poverty cause getting money to help someone is wrong

[@Dibblesoldhollywood]

@@jonjackson7979 my father makes 195,000 dollars a year and my mom makes 60,000. Im not saying poor just saying REASONABLE. As long as you’re not ripping someone off or making well over 500 grand is fine. A normal respectable living is fine. My grandfather was a pastor for 55 years before dying. He had a reasonable income. That’s all I’m saying. Never mentioned a low bracket just a bracket equal to ORRR lower since my dad makes a very reasonable amount.

[@ryanmalone2681]

Imagine getting up in the middle of the night and seeing Copeland smiling on your couch. Like something out of a horror film.

[@CaptainTrips560]

I’d kms

[@successfulperson3304]

That exactly! Insane stuff

[@ashieez24]

sleep paralysis demon

[@munkeeboi1982]

That's hot

[@ryanmalone2681]

@@munkeeboi1982 So hot 🤣

[@sinruwngbeningwal5955]

This was very informative, thank you for making this video.

[@chrisylthemissile26]

James, as a Christian, I can't thank you enough for making this documentary and exposing such churches.

[@skaneateles100]

Admitting ur a christian lol. Do u believe in Santa and the tooth fairy also?

[@Tebz47]

He's just exposed the entire fable, not just churches

[@YosefReborn]

@@Tebz47 what fable

[@YosefReborn]

@@Tebz47 idk if u know what ur talking about, he was exposing the lie that is called “the prosperity gospel” the prosperity gospel isn’t biblical it’s made up from mega church’s and/or greedy people

[@yankee2666]

Leave them alone. If people are stupid enough to part with their money over these frauds, they deserve to be taken.

[@yiy3429]

To me the greatest evil one can do is take advantage of the already vulnerable.

[@davidcooper1201]

Anyone who doesn't possess wisdom is vulnerable to being led astray.

[@jessicadoctordresimmons7042]

the greatest evil is fucking animals I have never have i ever want to play?

[@hokagenaruto3986]

And to use god to scam believers and hurt people... I wouldn't be surprised if god gets rid of us... he made us, gave us the chance…sent us his son who died in our name…and we use his sacrifice to scam people? it would be reasonable for god to get rid of us all or gives up on us... he gave us rules that make us be decent humans... gave us choice to sin or not...and It's pretty clear... devil has been roaming the earth for a long time...in shape of humans

[@yve6126]

They are vulnerable because they are seeking God for wealth rather than who He is...they are seeking teachings tickling to their ears, what they'd love to hear...this is judgement they have brought upon themselves...

[@petermadara443]

Money is your defense 😅

[@bt4582]

I hate the idea of a woman dying of cancer that instead of spending the money on herself or giving it to her family, donated all her money to the church as seed money. There are so many good people that are taken advantage of IMO.

[@pm5206]

Because it’s a test of loyalty to YAH. Trust YAH and not money and not men who don’t have the power of YAH pretending to. Not everyone will be healed because it’s only for some for the purpose of YAH getting the glory. It says He shares His glory with no one else. Yes, we can have glory, but it has to be given back. Deep concept to ponder on.

[@elvinakatretchko7114]

Not even just your opinion, I think you’re absolutely correct! It’s so sad://

[@ilias-4252]

@@pm5206 How do you people reach that point...? How do indoctrinated / uneducated strong opinioned people think an old book made by ancient stupid people has all the answers they will ever need (not to mention there are thousands such books and you just pick the most popular)? You have the same reasoning skills i had when i was 8. You can discard anything i say as you probably will and i did make some assumptions about you but i do think you are a fanatic so it s unlikely i m wrong. Type "brilliant logic puzzles" on google and try doing some and watch how bad you are at them , for reference i can do most of the easy ones in seconds. In general as people get more and more educated they become agnostics or atheists as you might have heard, maybe some education will help you not be a fanatic although you are probably far gone.

[@liammcconnell9322]

@@pm5206 I’m really having trouble understanding this, let alone seeing it in a positive light as you do.

[@Daraxyn]

@@pm5206 shut up

[@TheLordGodsPlaylist]

❤I love you James, Lord God put your hedge of protection around him and give him the strength and courage to continue to uncover the truth. Amen

[@puzzLEGO]

Christian or not, you can see how much of a problem this has become. Being a Christian involves suffering, not being poor, but definitely not what these preachers are saying. And it’s infecting the minds of the people who watch, really sad to see

[@seantaggart7382]

Indeed Christianity is about love and faith and the freewill we have

[@Tester-sh1mn]

"Being a Christian is suffering", fixed it for you.

[@johnpettigrew83]

My wife's aunt had a "weak moment" and called Peter Poppers church in Florida. They sent her a cut from Jesus's robe and and a vile of holy water. She did not send them any money and they sent her a letter asking for them back.

[@enerjeffic]

Please be careful what you share. To say that being a Christian "is about suffering" sends a dangerously deceptive message to potential seekers and is completely Biblically wrong. "By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another" (John 13:35 ESV), "For God so loved the world that He gave...", etc. show that it's about LOVE not suffering! (And yes I HATE the prosperity perversion -- definitely won't call it a gospel -- as much as anyone)

[@DannaAMora]

@@johnpettigrew83 oh wow

[@hunzhurte]

As a Christian, I want to thank you for making this video and being so objective and respectful of Christianity as a whole. I really hope that the people who need to see it see it.

[@robproductions2599]

those megachurch leaders will hear "depart from me I never knew you" on judgement day

[@adampierce7468]

I'm glad that devout Christians are too smart to fall for this all to obvious bullshit. Your faith in your God is all you need. Not dumping your money into a con man whose soul is a narcissistic ,burning pit filled with excess and hubris.

[@sedoniadragotta8323]

Yahuah ( what you call God ) that's his real name and Yahusha Natsarim ( what you call Jesus). That's is real name , didn't invent religion Christianity is pagan your worshiping the devil and you don't even know it. Your no better than these fools. Seek out the truth . It will set you free

[@cameronslote4181]

How are these mega churches any different than "normal' churches? followers in both cases are still expected to path tithes to an institution preaching about an unproven dogma. Kenneth Copeland is lying to you and expecting tithes just as much as pope Francis, I see very few differences in their morality. Just seems like more Christians pushing the "us and them" agenda within the denominations of the religion.

[@geducam]

What a bunch of scammers. But… if they are making money, it is because there are suckers paying them.

[@outofcompliance1639]

My brother was mentally handicapped. We went to one of those healing services and right in the middle he jumped up and wanted to be healed. He came on the stage and the preacher touched his head and he fell back like everyone else. He wasn't screened and he wasn't faking it. Of course, he wasn't healed either.

[@geodez2959]

I really hope your brother is doing well. God bless.

[@micahscott3895]

I was raised under christianity and I'm lucky my family wasn't on the extreme side because I'm flooded with problems such as autism, ADHD, seizures as I would learn later in life, hypoglycemia, chronic allergies and a missing testicle which I don't know if it's undescended or if it simply never developed. I also learned that I was bisexual as a teen which doesn't play out well with extreme evangelicals

[@outofcompliance1639]

@@micahscott3895 You have a lot of issues but the only thing that matters is your personal relationship with God. That will make all of your issues seem not to matter.

[@briguy677]

@@outofcompliance1639 There are no gods. Stop bullshitting others and yourself. If you think the Christian god is real you don't know your own religion.

[@micahscott3895]

@@outofcompliance1639 While I am not religious I do appreciate the advice but I am already at peace with my issues my seizures rarely happen anymore, I embrace my autism and ADHD as they aren't necessarily bad they make me view the world from a different perspective bringing new ideas where others wouldn't, my allergies have also been dealt with by medication and I've been missing that testicle for as long as I remember so I really don't mind it.

[@Spider-le6bp]

This was the best explanation and excellent expose Video kudos

[@prabhatsourya3883]

0:33 That "don't you ever say I did" line was incredibly scary. That reporter deserves a Gallantry Award for her bravery standing in front of such a face.

[@prabhatsourya3883]

PS: Those appearances at 1:48, and again at 1:53 are even scarier. How can people cheer there? I would immediately call an exorcist and say, "Sir, please come here immediately and look at this person, he is clearly possessed by a demonic force and needs help."

[@phillipwindsor1674]

@@prabhatsourya3883 😂😂Lol but honestly the guy's face ("man of God")was terrifying😂

[@aharichannel1756]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@Sh0koUN1776]

Dude looks like a deadite

[@jakinluk2513]

bro was just projecting when he called those people demons

[@MasterEth]

As a Christian myself, the prosperity gospel is definitely a problematic one. As Christians, we called, not to have riches on earth, but heavenly riches instead. We are called to help others, not profit off of them.

[@schrire39]

“problematic” Are you in the running to win euphemism of the year ?

[@wakeupthisisntreal8168]

I'm an atheist but doesn't the Bible say to store up treasures in heaven and not on earth? If I remember correctly, Jesus said it's very hard for rich people to enter heaven. It makes sense though, if you're rich it's pretty clear where your priorities are.

[@snopure]

@@wakeupthisisntreal8168 You remember correctly. There's nothing wrong with being materially rich per se, but wealth can be seductive and can become an idol, especially with all the luxury, comfort, and power it could bring. Another Bible verse clarifies it: "For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows." (1 Tim 6.10). This verse is often misquoted as "money is the root of all evil".

[@jcruzzero2729]

@@wakeupthisisntreal8168 but as a christain I should remain poor and hungry so the angels will bring me food right, so because I'm Christian there's a problem with me driving a rolls Royce and having a jet common lets all get logical here if satan can give his children good things how much more the creator himself, yes there might be imbalabces but then what we don't know we shouldn't talk about.................................. there is nothing wrong with a rich person zaccheus in the bible was rich he gave half of his wealth to the poor and kept half.......... the parable you spoke about where Jesus said it would be hard for the rich to enter the kingdom of heaven was because he told a scribe to give all he has to the poor...... Jesus made that statement because his wealth is practically his God and Jesus saw right through his heart...... but zaccheus; Jesus never asked him to do any of that he did what he did willingly in other words Jesus needs our heart its funny every other persons in the world can be rich but not Christians come one because we are none humans or what.........

[@h3w45]

Maybe the problem is with the bible being a corrupt book?!!

[@micheltran7955]

“Beware of the false prophets, [teachers] who come to you dressed as sheep [appearing gentle and innocent], but inwardly are ravenous wolves." Matthew 7:15

[@OPHANIM98]

What if I told you this bad catholic church was keeping this bible for centuries and it is very possible they manipulated it and now you basically believe on loads of crap?

[@AlbertM170]

@@OPHANIM98 we would say that despite the despicable track record of the Catholic Church and all that it's guilty of, there is simply no evidence of anything resembling widespread manipulation of the Bible. How do we know that? Cause we have thousands of whole copies and fragments of Biblical New Testament texts from the ancient world (a fragment is any copy of a work that has not fully survived to the modern day, so that even a 249-page copy of a 255-page book still counts as a fragment). Greek texts alone number more than 5,000 with another almost 10,000 in other languages, from Latin to Syriac and Coptic. These documents were all written down when the Christian Church was still very decentralised, long before it had anything even remotely resembling any central authority capable of making uniform manipulation of texts across the Roman Empire. Islam had the Rashidun Caliph Uthman, who was able to create a standard Quran to be used throughout the Islamic world, and then burn any copies that did not agree with what his scholars had created. Christianity had no such person(s) or group(s) that could accomplish anything even remotely similar. Using these original 'pure' copies, we can conclude that the Bible has remained intact, with only about 40 verses in the entire New Testament in question. For the Old Testament, it's even easier. We have the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Septuagint. These are copies that are even older than the Christian Church. The Dead Sea Scrolls were about as old as Jesus Himself (give or take a few decades) and the earliest version of the Septuagint about 2 centuries older. The Dead Sea Scrolls contained multiple copies of almost every book of the Old Testament in Hebrew, and had remained undisturbed for almost the entirety of Christian history. The Church cannot manipulate what it doesn't know exists. The Greek Septuagint is so widespread among Jews and Christians that we have too many copies from the ancient world to have been changed uniformly at any point.

[@FollowingTheMasters]

religion is business

[@bbwiebz3994]

I charge any religious door knockers 500 bucks a minute cos I know they are loaded

[@bbwiebz3994]

@@OPHANIM98 the bible being raped by the devil so many times.

[@oweezy3rdi.]

0:39 That smile came from the devil himself

[@WisdomunlockYTC]

U are reading me... I was thinking exactly that

[@GH0STRIDEZ]

Guy is the homelander of megachurches

[@GrampaCramps]

I do believe these people know what they're doing. Extreme levels of narcissism, an ego unrivaled. Its the same thing as self help gurus and cults. They've seen that they can manipulate certain people through the guise of religion.

[@dawndishsoap3398]

I feel that some (not all) of these people are so deep in their own bullshit that they believe it themselves. People distance themselves from their own wrong doings all the time, explain it away. Most cult leaders didn't just serve this shit up to there disciples / congregation / whatever you want to call them. They sat at the table and ate it up with everyone else. It doesn't make it okay, in fact i think it makes it worse. A lie is more convincing when it comes from someone who believes it to be true.

[@mruegge]

As a christian I will say the mega church as ruined what church is supposed to be, greedy people who only care about money who disguise themselves as pastors is really sad to see and I pray that they will all see that what they are supporting is wrong and that the church will be what it was always supposed to be, a place of love and not a place of greed and false preachers.

[@Jesus_Christ_loves_you_alot]

The devil himself works through them

[@ryanward8039]

@@Jesus_Christ_loves_you_alot And they are going to face righteous judgement for it.

[@lisapatrona1791]

@@Jesus_Christ_loves_you_alot Agreed! They even have a demonic look, especially Copeland.

[@olabanjiolawale2920]

“Why don’t they go to hospitals to heal people,why do they need the lights and cameras to be able to perform miracles “That hit me.

[@michaellama8374]

Hospital doesn't allow...only one relative is allowed to stay for a patient

[@GH-uq7wr]

They can't heal shit

[@dataslid]

@@michaellama8374 crap

[@Purplecolors88]

@@michaellama8374 that before the pandemic. They still didn't go to the hospital it always gotta be behind a camera lol

[@michaellama8374]

@@Purplecolors88 I don't know out there but in my country though it is before or after pandemic, only one relative is allowed to take care of the patients and there is no permission for all of these thing

[@WomanNextDoor]

Monetizing God for personal gain has to be one of the vilest things a "preacher" can do. It breaks my heart knowing that so many have financed lavish lifestyles of these snake-oil-salesmen-esque individuals, yet live a humble life free of millionaire trappings. Wonderful video, James. You've got yourself a new subscriber.

[@davetus]

So sad that almost all 'churches' of any religion do, Christian's and non-Christians alike especially pastors/ministers with families. Saving one's self I guess.

[@boaoftheboaians]

kinda ironic considering how much jesus lashed out when he saw people monetizing god in the temple

[@PETERJOHN101]

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[@sussyangel7492]

It is a red flag in the bible.

[@ROTALOT]

@@sussyangel7492Righteous. Good reason to start actually reading it, including content traditionally EXCLUDED.

[@mo_7199]

"You cannot serve both God and money." Matthew 6:24

[@Lovemealot]

Congrats

[@ivana2607]

Amen,✝️❤️🕊🇭🇷ne mozemo sluziti Bogu i novcu(vragu)

[@Mozart-n6w]

Who said

[@summerohara554]

That's it

[@고도현-l2j]

​@@Mozart-n6wMay God be with you

[@me-zb7qm]

Making that Indian man feel guilty for passing on a "generational curse" to his son was just pure evil. How do these people sleep at night?

[@bungalowwil]

They sleep well...on silk sheets. To have shame requires that you have a conscience.

[@Lule8603]

​@@bungalowwiltrue

[@jrrr2313]

It doesn't matter if he feels guilty or shame or sad or happy. The truth sets him and his family free. Truth doesn't tend to feelings. So what if a gay person gets hurt if they know God hates their sexually immoral activity? So what if a person gets hurt if they find out that their Buddhism/hinduism was actually a form of devil worship? They now are aware of their evil works, which they used to be tricked into thinking was good.

[@SonofGodSieglinde]

It has all been about getting money I knew of elderly people that got robbed of there little income the kids had to step in and stop them

[@SonofGodSieglinde]

They lie also sickening

[@juststasia5823]

I grew up as a child of pastors who preached the prosperity gospel. During 2008 my oldest brother sold drugs because he never wanted to be poor again and because as an atheist he would have not been able to be blessed by giving to the church. I struggled with endometriosis and never felt better through prayer. All pastors i know personally, through my parents, have terrible relationships with their children. They act as if they are superior and that if their children don’t work in the ministry these children are disappointments or even demon possessed. Most of these pastors are also abusive to their children. Child protective services showed up at my house at least 1 to 4 times a year till I was 18. If you wanna be a good Christian donate into your community and not into the hands of abusive money hungry men.

[@maryonoja284]

Sad indeed

[@SargeScum]

Add Creflo Dollar to the pastor with weird relationships with their kids.

[@thundageon5962]

Thank God I'm a Muslim

[@ayusuatika3688]

@@thundageon5962 Pray for minority in ☪️ country 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@annavermmaak2649]

I agreed these are false prophets.

[@REALCalicoC10V3R]

The fact that penguinz0 even reacted to Kenneth Copeland is insane

[@RuslanKD]

Man as a follower of Jesus, this is brutal to watch. Thanks for putting this together.

[@ciendiez]

facts my dude!

[@Normalyz]

Keep the faith. Man is imperfect but God can be trusted! 🙏🏽

[@whatcanwelearn9140]

Please leave Christianity brother as there was no Jesus. Follow Hinduism as it is the true religion.

[@christopheroshea9799]

DNT be afraid ,if you find this ugly ,remember Jesus spoke against his own religious power Let love and truth protect you from the criminals in the pulpit. I was a fundamentalist Christian,now I realize I was in a cultic christian fantasy,Jesus is life but pastors like this are cons

[@hastytarsier6270]

@@whatcanwelearn9140 😂😭

[@computernaut]

As a Christian myself, I just wanted to thank you for remaining respectful of the Christian faith as a whole. These are the kinds of things that garner bitterness against all of Christianity in many who are eager to generalize, and so I'm glad that, even as a secularist, you aren't throwing Christianity, religion, or anything like that under the bus.

[@metiu2342]

He's fr a breath of fresh air! Ngl was expecting a couple jabs or snydes but nah he's very chill and normal bout it

[@kuwandak]

Yeah, because your religion and its members are not worth of any contempt at all. Good thing your precious feelings were saved, after all, since the world does revolves around you.

[@TaskForce-th5sl]

Yeah these kind of people really give religion and Christianity in particular a bad name. It’s sad

[@Dark-Horizon15]

Your faith is garbage

[@seijikun791]

@@TaskForce-th5sl Well, we are told there will be many false prophets... All according to His plan. Which sucks from one perspective, because I think this pain is just unnecessary to people who have yet to believe. But why do I gripe? I should be okay with this.

[@emilski3453]

What I hate about it the most, is that these churches create a bad image for actual Christianity. As a Chrisitian myself I'm really thankful for this video James! I wish you the best!

[@chantalcampbell7545]

Exactly! The real Christianity is out there! Not these scammers who swindle you out of your money!!!!! It's unfortunate that so many people are being lead astray by this.

[@aspenfall4019]

Amen to that

[@SlothySlothSloths]

As someone who was heavily involved in the worship music industry for most of my life, it's not that these churches are creating a bad image. This IS the entire image of Christianity. These mega pastors may be going farther than others, but the entire religion is built upon removing your sense of self worth. It's incredibly manipulative.

[@mutiur7396]

According to Islamic teaching one has to give 2.5% of his or her excess wealth each year to needy... Six types of people are not entitled like, father, grandfather, son, daughter, mother, and the last category is Family of Prophet (these people, one can give gift) .... The most important ones are ones' relatives like brother, sister, uncle, aunts and the community... Then the poor student who study Islamic teaching and mostly cannot earn enough due to studies...Then so on... So the money received by church must be used in helping poor among church members and in community and not to make the priests more wealthy....

[@godinhumanform9577]

Real Christians? You sure there is a real Christian? Do your research about Christianity? Everything you celebrate which includes Christmas is all made up and yes you’re gonna create an excuse for everything in the name of Christ. Check out Bart Erhman to start your research

[@susanthomas3607]

I really appreciate your genuine and sincere presentation. The Lord has done many wonderful things in my life. There are many prosperity and healing scriptures in the Bible and I have looked to them when I faced some very serious health challenges. Unfortunately, they can be exploited by some people. During my healing journey I prayed and read many of these scriptures. 1 Peter 2:24 and 3 John 1:2 to name only a few. I choose to look to Jesus. He is the way, the truth and the life. Been healed 2 1/2 years, now. I thank God every day!

[@janedoe5229]

I went to a megachurch. We were young newlyweds and we didn't have much money. We had a new baby. The church wanted to build a newer, bigger sanctuary, but they wanted to pay cash. We were exhorted to tithe our gross income (so that God would give us a gross blessing), PLUS give offerings. We gave, and it was difficult. When the sanctuary was done, I was glad we could keep our money now. But then the pastor said, "Now that you know you are capable of giving, you need to keep giving at that amount". And you can be sure: the pastor and the staff all had nice homes, nice cars, nice suits, and nice things. But we felt guilty and materialistic if we spent our money on anything even halfway nice for ourselves. We were doing all our shopping at thrift stores and discount groceries. That was a long time ago. We don't to go church anymore, and our policy is not to give money to people who have MORE than us. We give our money to people who help widows and orphans in 3rd world countries. They truly do need it, and appreciate it.

[@bookofbrah]

I am glad you learnt the lesson! These megachurches getting money from the normal/poor people is just insane. Sadly it's also working because a lack of intellect.

[@leusmaximusx]

My wives and I are attending some mega churches and fundamental evangelicals , but we are not giving any money to that organization, because we give directly to our poor neighbors as our brother Jesus had modeled . We listen mainly as to experience how greedy men turn a tribal propaganda fiction book into a mind control way to suck other people's money while avoiding income taxes. We are Deists in sheeps clothing and we enjoy to watch those shit heads do their scams , they are all the same, prosperity churches and evangelicals and other "churches of god" diferrent faces of the same fake coin

[@LibertyJasper]

​@@bookofbrahI wholeheartedly believe your conclusion: lack of intellect. The more I study the word of God and the more I have experiences with him the more I realize there is deception in the American church especially in the area of finances.

[@stypa1717]

I would go further; stop giving anything altogether, unless, you know someone in need personally. There are many scums regarding anything '3rd world countries' and very likely your money is continuing lining up pockets of some crafty devils.

[@gingerbred2533]

People fail you, Jesus won't. Please consider giving him another chance...

[@STBill]

As long as sheep exist so will wolves.

[@wilnaviljoen1369]

This is very true!!

[@jbertrand5959]

I've never heard that one but you are spot-on.

[@rudhra5957]

True true

[@coconut-wt8uw]

Damn.

[@BigD-jc6rj]

Yes sir! Even the "good shepherd" fleeces his flock each year in the Spring. This is exactly why sermons on tithes and offerings are most common during tax season!

[@riccardopetrina4212]

When I was younger and still went to Church with my dad there was this priest that was always nice and asked everyone how were things going and, at the end, a bunch of kids and teens would swarm him, some knew him for a long time and helped him manage things. He even helped my dad when he was sick by bringing him food and goods. That's a real priest, one that does those things without wanting money in return. He's the only priest I've ever liked, very nice guy. Can't forget the soccer matches behind the building.

[@pauljohnagustin237]

Too few and far in between the true shepherd

[@nickobryant01]

this is why the catholic church and its priests are the one true church. yes, there are some good and some bad priests, but most want to lead you to heaven and will do anything to get you there

[@rc-t3k]

These people are true followers of God's work to help others like a team work in a town. There are many devil priests that do want money and wealth for themselves and charge for God's work lol. The evil is everywhere nowadays in America and many other countries, yet many that do believe are guided by his voice to live a good, healthy life Small town and big city people need to wake up from brainwashed life, avoid what's on television.

[@pauljohnagustin237]

@@nickobryant01 as a rule of thumb, those who preach a modest life and emulate it are the ones to follow The opposite are the ones to avoid, regardless of religion Charlatans i tell you

[@benjamintodd5637]

@@nickobryant01 In all my life, there has been no institution as apostate and corrupt as the Catholic church. Putting the pope as "head of the church" undermines the purpose of Christ and His work. No fallible man can speak for Christ but Christ alone. Praising and praying to the saints and angels is a blatant disrespect to God, who demands all glory. The invention of purgatory, apart from not once being mentioned in scripture, undermines the entire purpose of the consequences of sin, and when you remove purgatory from the equation, Catholicism immediately becomes a very hard sell, because Catholicism is presupposed on faith by works, which no matter how much you try to stack up, no good work or ritual or infant baptism or false forgiveness by confessions to priests can earn your way into Heaven as you will always be deemed lacking; the long short is there will never be assurance of salvation by Catholic standards. The Catholics themselves knew this, and is why they had their dissenters exiled and killed. So no, they are not, and never will be the one true church.

[@donaldprokop1949]

thank you for this video. Well thought out, well presented

[@CarolBarbour]

It’s truly excellent work.

[@rossandfayemilne]

The bible warns of false teachers, wolves in sheep’s clothing. These preachers definitely fall into this. Your quite right, if these people were true Christians with this type of wealth they would be be helping those in true need, as Jesus would.

[@todddoetken2594]

Our common sense warns us about senseless, fictional stories like the Holy Bible.

[@AchievingYourGoal]

How do you know? Make sure you keep your own salvation till the end! Smaller churches are no guarantee either! Neither big churches, if you are not personally awakened, it doesn’t matter the seize of the church, period!

[@lidmc796]

​@tictac6161 You can definitely not trust a church this size that doesn't donate 90% of all its earnings. Forget the smaller churches. A group of three can be a scam. But these churches, avoid like the plague

[@todddoetken2594]

@@AchievingYourGoal - Get back to me when you learn to grasp reality.

[@miriambochenek9083]

Look at Vatican They sit on Gold and people are starving. This is why Give directly to someone in a need ...not through someone.

[@torievans7183]

I knew an old preacher whose greatest fear was that someone might think he was doing it for the money, He kept a regular job to pay his bills and take care of his family. He drove old cars that he worked on himself. He knew one day he’d be gone and the church would have to pay someone, so to train them for that he took a salary - and gave it back, He hated passing the plate and rarely did it. Instead, at the end of the service he’d say, ‘the offering plate is by the door if you want to use it. I guess a lot of people would say he went too far. But it’s clear why he never had a “mega church.”

[@raspberryjam9258]

God bless his soul. It's how a pastor should be. A great example.

[@darlingmei6600]

im ex-christian but i wish more pastors would follow in his footsteps. i think its a wonderful thing to life a modest life to help others, and its surely in line with what jesus preaches himself.

[@mattiabucci921]

In italy this is basically of 90% of evangelical churces are run... this is how it should be

[@kristintipps6735]

He stored his treasure up in heaven ❤️

[@LindaYariger]

I think that's the tradition that inspired the Jehovah's Witnesses, they don't have a paid clergy. Congregation members give the sermons. There's never a "collection" or anything said about money

[@estrobart6785]

As a Christian who is not at all associated with the Prosperity Gospel, thank you for shedding light on this topic. Please know not all "religious" people are fueled by money. I hate the Prpsperity message and the bad reputation that we get because of it. True Christian's are not like this.

[@Seeker7257]

Indeed. True Christians are the ones who are led by the Holy Spirit.

[@trafficjon400]

These profit makers are atheist who know God never responded to them. So they make up there own talents and Manipulate the moneys of millions. and why so many are leaving the church is because God does not respond to much of this corrupt earth any way shape or form. one way scripture responds is Slavory kept to its fullest. People are suffeing for what reason so badly today and not the sinners that are in scripture but still suffer worse makes one see the difference become more factually sad. Reading more of scripture with faith and context is horror of the things approved. yet people back 1000 to 2000 years ago had no other way to live and get pay but by being slaves was the only way they could get food on the table. so God allowed all nations for the gentiles to own and beat them if they don't behave witch makes little sense. Yet they were having food clothes and a place to sleep.

[@MrMarinus18]

As a Catholic I feel we should be weary of the flaws inside the system and focus on reforming it to be better. Spirituality is a need that we have and trying to leave it leaves the door open to even less upstanding individuals. Unfortunately while I still hold out hope even the Vatican has bend to a lot of morally bankrupt people. I wouldn't say they are quite as morally bankrupt yet as these megachurches but they are unfortunately moving in that direction.

[@trafficjon400]

@@MrMarinus18 If its willing to work with us is the problem. when you have to use Faith of the unknown your usless in understanding nothing but what you read . all we have is a spirit that failed to respond like it said in scripture and nature to prove it was Created. though in many it seems to solve some of the problem. Sin is just a nother part to believe blindly? though sin in many would see that sin never Helped any thing. it is all way's best to be Good but when one has no honest reason to believe Creation then they go by being Good naturally.

[@reactionswitherin5504]

Amen!

[@Bruce-m9l]

Amen. They have a lot to answer to. Over recent years I have asked the same question.

[@brisket5588]

I’m a devout catholic. I take religion very seriously. This type of fake Christianity is exactly what Jesus and the church fathers warned us about. I really appreciate this video 🙏🏻

[@jacobtoomey3141]

Ah yes the no true Scotsman fallacy; tell me, have you ever eaten shellfish or worn clothing of mixed fabrics?

[@crazyand2099]

@@jacobtoomey3141 ah yes, the atheist who knows nothing of Christianity but acts like they do, the laws in the Old Testament do not apply to Christians, especially today.

[@SandalDad]

@@jacobtoomey3141you don’t know what your talking about. You need Jesus in his holy Catholic and apostolic church.

[@bavlysedrak9448]

​@@crazyand2099bro disproved him just like that

[@mercmemes1715]

as a Lutheran in a small country, i agree with you

[@PedanticNo1]

If I lacked morals, I could be wealthy. What a world.

[@jayden7951]

Not true, you can be wealthy by selling things that actually benefit people's lives!

[@letsgoooooo1]

Wealthy and rich are not the same. Wealth is when you have a cashflow business that generates you money while you are sleeping. If you are generating $500 of passive income every single month you are already wealthy.

[@fcktherich6913]

@@jayden7951 nah, capitalisms foundation is exploitation, therefore wealth creates poverty.

[@letsgoooooo1]

@@SourceHades when you look it that way I agree with you

[@bbwiebz3994]

That's why drug dealers make more money than most 9-5 jobs

[@leeannehudson7314]

I go to a small church in a poor area.The minister and people there are real and I love it ❤

[@Avije-oz7su]

Amen ❤

[@TheBuckeyeHistoryGuy1776]

Small town churches are some of the peaceful places you can find in this world. My classic old wood and brick Lutheran church. Can’t beat that

[@Nancie6290]

These mega churches are an embarrassment . How can the leaders sleep at night . All they r doing is building their own empire and we know that’s not what Jesus would do . He would overturn their money tables in church

[@jefffreeman1118]

Then ask your leader if fertilization or birth is your origin. If it's the former then you don't need a savior. Luke5:31

[@PotatoPirate123]

​@@Nancie6290I suspect many of these leaders are not even faintly religious. They're operating a business and it's a lucrative one. When you think about it, if you had no religious belief and a sense of disdain towards people who you feel are daft enough to believe it, entering this sort of business would be a great idea. They don't even have to pay taxes!! Genius.

[@Lummox874]

If a church has people clapping, I’m not going. It is a worship of the lord God, not of a person who owns jets and what not.

[@richardroy6490]

I remember growing up - I genuinely looked up to Joel Osteen.. I wrote him a letter. What I got back was the typical mock-up and a send a donation request. At the age of 9 I knew these people were charlatans.

[@angieang26]

I hope you didn't send anything he is s phony just like the other TV preachers

[@stevangelical7052]

Richard Roy you were truly saved from these arsewipes.

[@lawrencefoster2120]

I walked up to that church to as a twenty something in the late 80's after I had been part of the church and I was treated like a bum. The Lord has really revealed who these people are the last couple years.

[@strattuner]

he is one of the worse,he lives in a 23 million dollar mansion,what did he say to the rich kid in the bible,sell all you have and give it to the poor,think JOEL WILL DO THAT,NO WAY,he is his own god,ask him,he's a feel good man

[@SandraAnnEvans]

RIGHT ON & WORSE BECAUSE YOU DON'T MESS WITH GOD.

[@Jay-uy6jj]

My mother took me to a church when I was 14 because I was struggling with severe SI. After the service, she took me down where I kneeled and had the preacher and several other people sit around me with their hands on my head, shoulders and chest. They began speaking in tongues and then after the preacher hit my forehead so hard that I fell back. Everyone began cheering and hugging me. But all he did was hit me when I wasn't expecting it. I was sick thinking that these people genuinely believed that he had done anything.

[@h2rv]

It’s a complete joke, I honestly feel sorry for your parents.

[@Jay-uy6jj]

@@h2rv my dads an atheist and i believed my mom has stepped away from that scene. she’s still very spiritual but from what i see, she doesn’t partake in all of that. but i agree. i genuinely feel bad for people who believe in it. or those who actively pay into those churches thinking it’s for a good cause.

[@trafficjon400]

What is the abbreviation SI ? Seriously its Criminal all most for him to hit your head against your will. did that leave a mark on your mother? i would have been traumatized with all this nonsense added abuse. a criminal effence and he probably knows it but can get away with it because of Manipulating People in to his evilness.

[@Jay-uy6jj]

@@trafficjon400 SI means suicidal ideation. i do think that was one of her last visits to that church. after months of seeing ‘healing’ and then witnessing first hand that it did not work. they had me sit on my knees so when he hit my head i fell. they all rejoiced and she started to cry thinking that the ‘holy spirit’ went through me. i laughed about it later that day and explained what happened from my pov and she seemed so disappointed and sad about it.

[@trafficjon400]

@@Jay-uy6jj Christians can go so far as to act like idiots in front of there own god? Makes ya wonder why god left the earth 2000 years ago with total embarrassment.😳🤭🤦🤦‍♂😬😬

[@coversbyrichard]

I once was offered a job from Kenneth Copeland Ministries as a software engineer to work on an online platform and I couldn’t help but laugh because they were offering me half my normal rate and then suggesting that if I worked for them that God would bless me with more money. Um… aren’t YOU the one signing that check??? Needless to say, I declined the job offer.

[@julieperry8158]

Incredible

[@archangelmichael8209]

this is churchianity. not christianity.

[@kati1017]

Toxic!

[@JesseJones-oq9ty]

Kenneth Copland is living adultery. He's not fit to be a pastor. He's blamed not blameless. This is 3rd wife. Living in adultery. Mark 10 11 12. Read 1timothy 3 1:5

[@absolutelyfookinnobody2843]

Liar

[@crimsonwarrior9443]

"Demons Can Quote Scripture's too" And in much much sweeter detail that favors you

[@jen30551]

I was severely burned at age 7. My mother was repeatedly pressured to take me to a faith healer. She finally asked if I wanted to try it. I said no. Even as a child I could see these people were monsters. It hurt to know the depths of my mother's desperation. She'd have done or given anything to ease my suffering. This is what they depend on, gleefully, lustily feed on. I agree with James. This is true evil.

[@ponygirl6258]

You are right. False prophets are rightly condemned in the Bible. Of course your mother wanted to try anything available. These charlatans are predators, and they should be regarded as such.

[@HiHi-ek1dd]

Read about Hazrat Imam Ali AS an etc.

[@savagesalvage9449]

@@ponygirl6258 And yet these "false prophets" are somehow raking it in, despite that message in the bible.

[@ponygirl6258]

@@savagesalvage9449 Sadly, we are not always wise enough to see such people for what they are. The Bible tells us that the wicked will prosper. They will prosper because they don't care what they do to other people--they lie, they cheat, they exploit the vulnerabilities of desperate and lonely people. If there is eternal hellfire, then that is where such monsters will end up.

[@cybercomets7260]

i wish ypu the best of luck, God bless you .. 😁

[@paddygalloway8780]

Great to have you back mate. You’re a credit to the youtube community.

[@GBUTR]

You too Paddy!!!!

[@Louziaa]

I really hope that you Analyze James jani videos, that would be so helpful

[@JamesJani]

Feels good to be back, man -- missed you guys :)

[@mehmetgurdal]

@@JamesJani yo :) I've just discovered your channel buddy. gotta say what you have accomplished is nothing short of impressive. a good example of a clear goal, high standard and successful execution. What you are doing in this channel is ironically the same as the internet guru's that you hate, you're getting us hooked to your content. :D

[@archibaldfranklin288]

@@JamesJani you really got good content bro.... Keep it up 💓💓

[@fruitsandvegetables4ever]

This is also a big problem in South Korea. When pastors love money and materialism, it is like flying with a blind pilot.

[@joelmathew8168]

We are also equally held responsible. We cannot remove ourselves from the list

[@adamsmith1692]

Just open our minds open 😊

[@joelmathew8168]

@@adamsmith1692 which?

[@nes4604]

Reminds me of this kdrama called save me, where after her brother commited, this girl along with her mom and dad are caught up in this religious cult.

[@bajovato]

In Africa too

[@josephcafariello365]

Excellent piece. Well done. Great research. I'm glad you put the effort into it, as I'm sure it can really help a lot of innocent people. I remember one experience I had with a Freemason, who told me that he became wealthy when he started donating to a cherity. He encouraged me to donate to cherity regularly and I would receive more in return. And wouldn't you know it, he then told me he has a registered cherity I could donate to. Yes, they can be that forward about it. Thanks for the video. Keep up the great work.

[@yikesgina]

My grandpa was a pastor. Drove the same car from 1970 until he couldn’t anymore. He wore suits every day- but I went with him a few times and they were all from thrift stores. It’s insane that pastors of all people want to take advantage of and hurt people- because my grandpa’s been gone for six years and people STILL tell me how much they loved him.

[@kevinmalone3210]

He got his reward by being let into heaven.

[@yikesgina]

@@kevinmalone3210 yes he did. It was his life goal. ❤️

[@saposemnocao]

Are you saying poverty is a sign of salvation? May a christian not be rich? My friend, seek help.

[@yikesgina]

@@saposemnocao lmao my grandparents were actually pretty wealthy- just lived like poor people but okaaaay

[@circle7489]

No, it means your priorities are properly set and not worried about material. Ofcourse you can have money but that is not the goal.

[@Invicta117]

Lifelong Christian here. I have long been skeptical of Megachurches but never before have I seen someone expose them so thoroughly. Keep up the good work James. These people give believers a bad name.

[@morganfreeman5260]

educate yourself before buying into anything my friend.

[@lahsini2818]

LEARN ABOUT ISLAM

[@Invicta117]

@@lahsini2818 hahaha I'm not THAT skeptical lol

[@JuliaRoxanna]

@@lahsini2818 nope

[@user-sn8oe5sb1b]

But this is the basis os christianity. This is how the lies where born, and why they are created. Now there is competition, before it was just a few megachurches scamming credulous idiots. Other than that, it's business as usual.

[@barrycharles4640]

This is a very good video, thank you. Well worth viewing! Viewers... keep away from these scammers.

[@chiwantstea]

What harms a lot of people with these churches is that they fail to go for medical treatment. I can’t tell you what damage this has caused in my wider family in Nigeria.

[@ImInYourEars]

I'm telling you. I can't imagine how many people go to church rather than hospitals. Blind faith is a huge enemy in Nigeria

[@joykenn9772]

@@ImInYourEars What an ignorant take. You don't know how many cases i have seen healed in the church after being 'treated' in the hospital with no relief. Don't talk about stuff you don't know.

[@ImInYourEars]

@@joykenn9772 I get if you go as a last act but I'm Nigerian, bruh. I've seen people skip hospitals altogether and run to church camps for 'healing'. This is a country where people pray on burning buildings and damaged transformers and you have people putting stickers of pastors on their cars for protection while those same pastors go around in convoys 😂😂. I literally said above that some people would rather go to a camp than visit a hospital.

[@veechannel.]

A lot of homes in Nigeria are victims. Will make a video on this topic soon and it will be brutal

[@flexinclouds]

Yep. My granpda was super religious, and we used to go to church with him as kids. Some mega church in Illinois called life changers, (pretty sure joel olsten preached there). Well he ended up getting really sick, and all but refused/avoided seeing doctors saying "God will heal me". Well that didnt happen, he died shortly after from several cancers he didnt know about. We tried telling him that God gives you skilled, knowledgeable doctors, who are there to heal you etc.. But that only works if you actually let them help🤦‍♂️

[@T262-u9n]

I was part of Hillsong church for years. I was a new Christian back then and I didn’t know any better. The amount of exploitation and abuse that goes on is mind blowing. They had us at 7am setting up auditoriums and stadiums for conferences which we then had to pay $100s to attend while the leaders were flown in on Singapore Airlines suites and staying at luxury hotels. It was drilled into us that God demanded excellence and therefore we had to give all of our time, money and strength to make sure conferences were “perfect” . It was unbelievably cliquey and toxic.

[@gabrielj9776]

God will spew all them out of his mouth. These so called churches have fleeced the flock to no end. They don't help people either.

[@tommynorton-rh4nv]

Cult

[@Shi-g8y]

I was also part of it for many years, I left a 2yrs ago I was à host and all that. I couldn't miss London conference and since I was not going there as a host, it was more than $100 plus plane ticket. Oh good Lord, volunteers work! Oh yes and you have to pay for t-shirt.

[@hughjassol2072]

But Hillsong introduced you to the word. There’s no price on that.

[@T262-u9n]

@@hughjassol2072 yes but plenty of churches introduce you to the word and they don’t take half your money, your entire weekend and days off in the name of serving God. I just didn’t know any better to find a proper church. All my friends who attended Hillsong with me have either left the faith, don’t attend a church anymore or are engaged in other religious practices. They make you believe that it’s one big family, that church is home etc but they suck you dry financially. Hillsong is not a church it’s a den of thieves

[@bad_money]

I've never seen people that hyped about any new Netflix release as much as they are about a new James Jani video!

[@khaledfareed4290]

Facts

[@valoranttv1856]

I was just thinking that lol

[@unnamed3893]

With the same quality - if not better

[@KnoName1]

I’m on of those people 🤚🏾

[@AB-np8pq]

I was excited too! This guy is next level.

[@franciscodanconia4324]

I went to Ed Young’s Fellowshio Church in Dallas for a while. I finally got fed up with it after he had a guest preacher give the “sermon” one Sunday which was basically an infomercial for the guest preacher’s book series. And Kenneth Copeland’s eyes have always looked insane to me.

[@truthmatters82]

When Benny Hinn told the parents of the young boy with the brain tumors to give $2,000 dollars after God didnt heal him the first time that they brought him to Hinn-- was absolutely sickening .

[@kovici7226]

isnt the entire point of the sewed money to go to someone else's struggles, so your charity gets paid back?!!

[@truthmatters82]

@@kovici7226 ya right! It to go straight into these lying, deceitful wolves pockets!

[@JoshuaTraffanstedt]

How's it any different that doctors pumping radiation into children saying that that's going to cure them? The reason there isn't a cure for cancer is because they don't want there to be a cure. They want to continue n charging people thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars a year for medical bills, co pays, and prescriptions. The medical field is not much different at all. The family was hit a lot worse than $2,000 by doctors offices and hospitals, I guarantee it.

[@romit177]

Then tell them they have a generational curse that goes back 3 or 4 generations. Completely putting the blame on them in a twisted way. I truly think there are no worst charlatans in the world than these guys.

[@Meowmeowmum]

I used come from a mega-prosperity gospel church. They taught that if your prayers werent answered, you were not praying hard enough. They even recorded how long we prayed each day. I left

[@Onlygirltips]

That is a fair judgement, God bless:)

[@AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69]

You used come? wtf

[@AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69]

You used come? wtf

[@Meowmeowmum]

@@AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69 it was just a transcription/typo error. You need to relax. God bless.

[@Onlygirltips]

@@Meowmeowmum frfr

[@chukwuemekanneke221]

I'm a Christian, and I must say that I cringed to all these. Damn, the situation of megachurches is really worrying. I'm also Nigerian, and seeing David Oyedepo on the list makes me kinda ashamed that he's joined the bandwagon. If only people could open their eyes and think for themselves; let the Bible guide them and not clowns who disguise as men of God.

[@gautheny]

They are all the same my brother, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Cameroon you name them. As soon as you call yourself whatever religious name, you stand at the door of being manipulated without getting it. But even born in it, not everybody is a sheep. Peace !

[@collins5872]

It's fascinating how you've mentioned Kenya first. Glad you're aware. Actually I've started to believe that churches in Kenya today are established as forms of business, where they preach prosperity message while the bible truth of the current time is closed out. However let's not forget that these were long ago foretold to happen, and they're the signs of the times fast upon us.

[@ironplank]

"Let the bible guide" them because it was written by men inspired by God right? The writers of the bible were just men like you and I. Just because their identities have been abstracted away and the book is old doesn't mean some divine being orchestrated it....... The bible is nothing more than Jewish origin stories and folklore mixed with some history that have just been taken as fact by it's followers. You're Nigerian so you probably hail from a tribe with it's own creation story and indigenous religious belief system. The entirety of Christianity is akin to your tribe's stories. Certain events in history just took place to cement the Jewish religions as the most valid. And it has been constantly perpetuated and reinforced from generation to generation. Heck, your ancestors were most likely practicing their indigenous religions for thousands of years before seemingly superior slave traders and colonisers came with advanced technology, medicine and a "superior" religion to go with it. Paul Adefarasin, Adeboye, Joshua Selma and many others are just as deluded as the rest of the preachers in the video. If Christianity were to have been swapped out for Hinduism, they'll be preaching on a different side, same goes for you. If you were born deep within Mecca, you'll most likely be a hardcore Muslim and you'll hold your beliefs till you pass. Ideology is no respecter of persons.

[@dreamrabbits5072]

@@ironplank Don't waste your breath with these people. Most humans are severely brainwashed and terrified of death and the unknown so they cling to false fake beliefs.

[@ineedabetterusername7424]

@dream rabbits At the risk of sounding flippant -- Even Nihilism brings its cold comforts against the fear of death...

[@MichaelReed-u4o]

Dunno how this made it my way, but I'm thankful I saw it...well done, and kinda puts a fire under my ass to stop these dark souls in white suits

[@simplelogic9090]

As a born raised and practicing catholic your intro was me for sure. Literally my priests were not rich men. Then I heard about these guys and was blown away.

[@Plethorality]

The riches are in the vatican.

[@joandarc441]

The Vaticans are lol plus where they did mostly get those money or finance to build their churches too.

[@mannyzx1]

I’m Catholic (not a very good one, but I believe… most of the time) my mom actually worked for the church down the street. She basically took care of the priests. Cook for them, clean their offices, took calls. They were all old and lived in poverty conditions. Four guys basically running a church that saw tens of thousands of people on the weekends, and to boot? They help run the school too, with like over a thousand kids. This was and still is a huge Catholic Church in a lower class neighborhood. My mom needed a car, and one of the priest sold it too her because he was getting too old and too tired to drive, an old Saturn with no frills, just air con (literally, just air conditioning) for 100 dollars. It had 50k miles on it it was worth at least 1000 at the time. I remember having a cup of tea and just chilling in Fr. Stan’s office, that man, to me, is a saint. He helped so much with my anxiety and depression. 24/7 these men worked. 3am, someone needed their last rites? Fr. Stan, Luis, Juancho (John), Tom, would show up without fail. Homeless man having a crisis down the street? One would be there. Someone would show up hungry? One of them would feed them. In contrast. My great great uncle’s son was a pastor of a church of his own creation. Had a huge house, drove a Mercedes Benz and had the audacity of saying “the Catholic Church is the whore of the apocalypse”… I wonder if he’s still in prison for running that Ponzi scheme on his “flock”. Luis Serna of “living Zion” or some crap church in San Fernando California. The Catholic Church isn’t perfect (hence the me not being a good Catholic) but, I’ve never met a pastor that lives in poverty or worked as hard as those four guys in funny clothes.

[@RazzlyCrunch]

Amen brother.

[@charbelyoussef604]

Thank you for this. Also, a point of advice: don't reply to the comment asking you to communicate on WhatsApp.

[@Miraiana]

No faith chooses it's believers, and this is the reason why many religions and faiths have a bad rep. I'm not religious myself, I do however respect tradition within the faith and the truly good kanons they can teach people (do not onto another what you wouldn't want done onto yourself ✨). When people ask me, I can easily say I consider myself Christian, but not "religious", mostly because I hate the institution of church in my country, but even then I have met some priests and believers who are genuinely amazing, kindhearted and generous people. 💖

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

Agree. As a Catholic, I know our Church isn't perfect, but sure a lot better than those wicked Protestant churches...

[@cesarsalinas93]

Amen! 🙏

[@arak3ii]

As someone who is Christian and forced to be in one of these megachurches (I'm a pastors kid and still to young to move out lol), I can confirm they know exactly what they are doing. It feels like a cult. Its just about money and any of the pastors own beliefs, it kills me since there's so many nice people i know there who genuinely believe like i do but they just donate massive amounts of money just so the top guy can spend it all on materialistic things that contribute nothing to the church

[@kevinroylancephotography9437]

The exploitation of Christ's teachings for monetary gain is called a priestcraft. These churches mix the gospel of Jesus Christ with the philosophies of men and focus 100% on material gain and nothing on spiritual development and progress. They claim to be Christian but have nothing to do with Christ. Society defines progress and happiness in terms of material gain and priestcrafts latch onto this philosophy and pretend it's how God is and thinks. Christ never had a dime to his name. He told the rich man to sell everything he owned, give it to the poor and live solely off the mercy and providence of God. I'm sorry you're trapped in this life for now. Study it. Write privately about your observations. Save your knowledge for the day when you're able to break free. Look up the Church of Jesus Christ. See if that version of Christianity resonates with you. I've found it to be in alignment with what Christ actually taught.

[@whitegoose2017]

​@@kevinroylancephotography9437 Priesthood as an estate has always been rich and powerful through out history. Christianity is simply going back to its roots in America. My advice is embrace secularism and end this nonsense. Secularism means religion backs out of the social and political activities of the state. If you are a believer you should pay a tax sufficient enough only to keep the sacred places of your religion open and maintained--- I'm not a believer. I don't think there are any gods. BUT. I don't want the beautiful wooden church from the 1800s in my hometown to fall into disrepair. However as things stand churches are allowed to operate as tax-free businesses, which means they can operate outside the rules of commerce. This inevitably draws in bad actors or we could call them what they are.. malicious people.

[@2B34ever]

It pains me to hear of your turmoil. I grew up in megachurches, went to a bible collage that taught the prosperity message, I was once a Zionist Christian, Oh dear Lord I swallowed it all. Now I have a simple faith that's based on personal experience and my faith in Christ, that He is the messiah. This is the only wealth a person needs! Faith, in Christ.

[@antriggs4190]

All churches are cults.

[@agentsbf969]

This is wild and probably won't go anywhere but could you or anyone else who reads this comment check on the church I'm in, Word of Life Hawaii, and determine if it's a megachurch? I know they have ties to some of the megachurches in the video.

[@benholland1140]

While I'm not a christian, even I know that the mass accumulation of wealth is HEAVILY frowned upon by actual Christianity. "The meek shall inherit the earth" and all that. One word kept running through my head while watching this video: "Idolatry." They are not worshiping the Lord, they are worshiping money.

[@gahtsno1]

you are probably more a Christian than you think.....

[@drunkenphilosopher5159]

Even todays christians are idol worshippers. They worship the virgin Mary and Jesus as if they have power equal to the one.

[@kelvinosas6518]

You said it all!

[@Holly-jp6vr]

Same goes for Christmas

[@golfer435]

Mass accumulation ld wealth isn't so much frowned upon as the reasons behind the mass accumulation of wealth.

[@SuperMarioJustin4]

Look at Kenneth Copeland, his smile, the way he gestures, listen to his laugh, and tell me he isn't Freddy Kreuger.

[@noewantstosleep]

I recognized at a young age that there were darker motivations behind certain churches and religious groups. It caused me to distance myself from faith for a long time. Nowadays I’ve learned to reconnect with my spiritual beliefs… I don’t need church to be one with God. Love and prayer do just fine.

[@bloopdaddy]

godbless u noelle

[@blakechiles3628]

Well said, God bless

[@kaidotran2302]

Hello sister Noelle, love and prayer is wonderful to be close to God. But you still need to read and know God's word in order to go to heaven and to truly know God. I highly recommend you check Shincheonji parables and basic understanding of the bible to learn the word.

[@jdxiong]

Thank you for this post. I've been wondering for a long time how I can be one with God without falling prey to churches like these.

[@samboriboun2213]

@@kaidotran2302 no you dont you just need to accept him for dying for your sins.

[@SakitomiXD]

It's crazy how this many people are deceived by the prosperity gospel when the bible itself literally condemns the worship of money in the first book of the bible. Like how could anyone miss that?!?!

[@suindoe8141]

Amen!! Putting value to the wrong thing 😔

[@ulrichleukam1068]

Most people followed Christ not for his teachings but for miracles and self-fullfilment :( When Chist said: "eat my flesh, drink my blood" people who folled him for miracles left, but those who were really there for the word of God said: "could you explain what you mean"

[@bigolbear2510]

I've been walking with God since 1985, and (at least in America) I've learned..."Christians" do NOT read their Bibles. Everything is, "Well, MY CHURCH says..." and they shut their ears to all else. As the Holy Spirit told me, "They love their religion so much they hate God." They are the modern day Pharisees, following the doctrines of man and stoning the prophets and teachers God sends to correct them. One of the great themes in Scripture is follow God, not men. Read John's Gospel the 15th chapter, the "men" who gather up the spiritually dead believers as dead branches and burn them are religious leaders. The safety net is to stay in the Spirit and in God's Word for yourself. Omein.

[@gbeaver57]

Because Christians don’t read their bibles.

[@fidelramirez5173]

they ain’t real jesus fans

[@usafr81291]

Jesse duplantis REFUSED to preach at a church where I live because they couldn’t pay him $20,000 to come speak one Sunday. These people are evil

[@mbanzakongoinfinitynation7945]

What ???? That’s mean they are sold the free seeds

[@humbertothebeliever2443]

Lovers of money.

[@theressurrector4157]

$20,000.00.....That's quite a huge honorarium for speaking at a church. I can see $2,000.00 but never $20,000.

[@beholdenages]

Dodged a bullet, honestly.

[@pamelaulery2772]

It would be interesting to know how you know that's true. Did the Pastor tell somebody that's what Jessie Duplantis said?

[@D-drawings]

When i was around 10 years old my mother lost herself in a small version of a church like that. She never eas religious but she felt like she had nothing to lose. Now 20 years later that church is everthing to her, her husband and my little sister. There are so many more ways and things they do. Also they are not in a hurry. I never saw poeple believing from one moment to another. They either born into it or desperate to believe in something bigger because somthing traumatic happend or they need forgiveness for something they cant forgive themselves. They give it a chance and Slowly, day by day they believe more and more. And before they know, they believe that if only they dedicate there life a little more and more to it maybe than.... False hope, their only hope and the alternative is hoplesness.. believe me, the people preaching can and WILL DO LITTERALLY EVERYTHING GOD FORBIDS. Worst thing, they just get away with it. While i know, and i see and they know,i know what they do. But there is nothing i can do. Because before you know it they make the people you love, believe you are send by the Devil or possessed by something demonic..😒

[@indiascarlett]

As a Christian, thanks so much for this video. These churches are mostly associated with the USA but organisations like Hillsong are setting up everywhere. One branch is near me in the UK and its members act like they are in a cult. It's not Jesus saved me, it's this specific church did. They aren't concerned with deepening your walk with Christ only bringing in new members constantly, meaning more money. They will often treat members who question the leaders very harshly. God bless everyone reading this, hopefully God will continue to expose false teachers and teachings. A lot of people are walking away after some scandals this year.

[@basegrid461]

Agreed these guys are just another in a line of false prophets and teachers.

[@mr_indie_fan]

@@basegrid461 just like the pope.

[@xsystem1]

I was invited once and my experience about them is when the time of preaching comes, they influence it's members to hate the non-members of their church. They should preach the word of God and spread positivity to motivate and inspire people but what they are spreading is hate. Opposite of what have Jesus taught us.

[@tammyg8031]

Jehovah's Witnesses are the biggest deceptive CULT OUT THERE. NONE OF THESE CHURCHES ARE ANY PART OF TRUE RELIGION. BECAUSE THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS TRUE RELIGION. PSLAMS 146: 3-4 & ACTS 17: 24-25. These cults are profiting from using God's Word the Bible...THE BIGGEST CON JOB IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD 🌐....no one needs religion in order to serve God. Wake up people!!!!...

[@James35142]

The exact reason I dislike the Catholic church. Why should I tell a priest my sins and let him tell me what the bible says when that's between me and God? Also the praying to saints, angels, and the virgin Mary for some insane reason.

[@taters2883]

I use to intern at a mini megachurch, and during this program we were pretty much at the church more than we did anything else. One day on a Saturday evening service, the pastor asked everyone to raise both their hands in worship to God and raise them high and close our eyes. I didn't do any of it because at that point I was ready to leave, but when I looked around and saw everyone with their hands raised and their eyes closed, I saw that these people weren't praising God... they were praising the man on stage. Their hands reached out toward him, and he looked like he was soaking in all of the praise and worship for himself. I couldn't fake worship if I tried, and for that people did not like me and it made it very hard to be in that internship because all of the fakenes about that church never sat right with me and I always called it out.

[@SandraAnnEvans]

HUM . . . DEN OF INEQUITY?

[@rprimbs]

Exactly! And I think it becomes addictive to the pastor, and how can they be wrong with so many people supporting them?

[@HalfLifeExpert1]

And that literally violates the FIRST Commandment.

[@wesleytyler9599]

BEWARE of the TAKERS $$$ 2ND TIMOTHY 2:15 🎯 READ 4 YOUR LIFE

[@micahwatson9017]

Read Matt. 6-Jesus said they are receiving their reward in full!

[@bendmc88]

My mom had a severe case of MS for about 15 years. My dad followed and sent money to these guys the whole time. Especially Hinn. They ended up going to one of his events, tried to go up to the stage, and they were not allowed on stage. She was in a wheelchair btw. He followed and gave $ to these guys, and to a local guy who did a similar thing. She ended up dying a couple years after that. The worst part is because of this teaching, they hesitated a long time to get her medical treatments. The whole thing was bullshit and horrible, and he still watches some of these guys. Oh yeah, they would tell her, and in turn my dad, that she wasn’t getting healed because she didn’t have enough faith. Telling her that as she’s crying all the time.

[@Phonixem]

so sad

[@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers]

I'm so sorry for what you went through.

[@marionmarcetic7287]

I'm So Sorry For Your Loss! May GOD Richly Bless You're Mother Up In Heaven! And Condolences And Prayers For You And Your Family Too.🌺🌺🌺🙏🙏🙏🇨🇦🇮🇱♾️🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🦅🗽‼️

[@abraxasjinx5207]

That's so evil. How do these snakes sleep?

[@skay6454]

And here I thought you just needed the faith of a mustard seed. How do they measure faith?

[@armelcedrickouakoussui7063]

We do not worship God with money, but in spirit and in truth.

[@daMillenialTrucker]

✝️❤️‍🔥☦️

[@VarsVerum]

I'm Christian, but I've never thought of my faith as belonging to one group, or one church, or one people. To me, Christianity is a personal relationship with me and Him. I don't exactly subscribe to "ALL RELIGION BAD" but at the same time the abuse of religion to control people or for personal gain has always left a bad taste in my mouth, and it's one of the reasons I don't go to church at the moment. IMO the smaller the church, the less likely it is to be a bad one. Big churches often get really... weird. One of the things I really appreciate about your videos is that rather than explicitly saying X or Y, you simply introduce criticality. A lot of people will take this video to further their confirmation bias against the abuse of religion for power or money or the existence of religion at all, but I love that all you're trying to do is make people double take on these kinds of things. Truly one of the best content creators of the modern generation :)

[@Anonymous-md2qp]

Being convinced of something without any evidence is not good for society. Religion then goes one step further and tries to convince other people. That is inherently bad. There are many religions and they all follow a similar script.

[@legendaryvegangaming7761]

I dunno man some small churches get away with some pretty awful stuff specifically because they're flying under most peoples' radar.

[@anonymousindia27]

Who is god ??? I know and my teachings of adveta philospy teach me that ... Everyting is god its realty its only talk in hinduism

[@potatopower2410]

Hello there Vars

[@celticwinter]

@@Anonymous-md2qp I don't think many Christians would think of it as "something without any evidence". That isn't even historically true. Or in terms of the theology, philosophy, corpus of writings. It's very likely also not true for other religions. So why claim it? To just claim something without evidence is not good, is inherently bad -- as you said. But what ever makes you sleep at night. Be good

[@rosenbaum75]

I live in Houston, born and raised and when hurricane Harvey , one of the worst natural disasters on record hit, Joel Osteen refused to open his church as a shelter for the thousands of Houstonians who lost their houses because he didn't want his carpeting to be ruined. After he was confronted about it by local news stations, he had a change of heart and opened his church to victims. So gross.

[@hannahmayz]

Mattress Mike deserves all of the love! Osteen is the worst.

[@_theerealnono_7694]

What's sad is that The Church doesn't belong to any man, it is God's Church -- it's called His Bride. However, many of these men aren't even called or chosen by God.

[@rosenbaum75]

@@hannahmayz Yes!!!! Mattress Mac ALWAYS looks out for Houston. He's such a genuinely good person. I have such respect for him and his unwavering generosity.

[@aaronroseman]

He’s soooooo gross. He’s a non-humanitarian nor gives a fuck about humanity. He’s greedy and disgusting. This is a reason why people stopped going to church and/or stopped believed in God or all organized religion

[@larrypatterson3839]

I'm going to be honest I can't blame you for that cuz they would tore up and stole everything but he had enough money to help.

[@ludens5129]

I wasn't expecting to watch a 30 minute documentary on megachurches but you've made it so educational and interesting at the same time backed with thorough investigation I just had to watch it.

[@Runeranzau]

Same, i behind ny morning routine because i fell into this

[@bosun99uk]

I had to go back and check the time, felt like 5 minutes

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[@oronsayepaul6709]

IT'S well on the last day we all will see

[@jimjimsandbern9382]

It's the Holy Rollers, Snake Oil Peddlers, Lunatic, Mega Churches! Only in America. There is a place for your money brother. And it's right here in my pocket. Praise the Lord.

[@matthewl1187]

Colossians 3:2 KJV [2] Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

[@aldonroe4558]

I’m not particularly religious, but I’ve been raised in the Lutheran Church. I’ve been to mega churches before, and it was beyond alien to me. The difference in even just where they hold the services was crazy. It was basically an auditorium with like tiered seating. It just felt very needlessly extravagant for a religion that preaches disconnecting your personal value from material wealth.

[@morganseppy5180]

Grift is the real oldest profession. Then they projected their guilt on others, who are at least honest about how they make a living.

[@jjj8317]

As a Roman Catholic, I appreciate your work, and including at the end the churches that fight against this. In my school, the priest taught us not to stop believing in science, or to question things, so indeed being Christian does not mean you will follow blindly or that your common sense has be forsaken. Critical thinking is also a virtue that was believed as a core of our believes since before the Renaissance. Don't let people scam you, especially when they use God

[@johnflorio3576]

Catholic here too; that was very well written!

[@jjj8317]

@John Florio people forget that the catholic church literally paid for the kick start of the Renaissance, the preservation of Roman culture and tradition, and today being the largest sponsor of hospitals and education centers in the world.

[@Lililouvre]

Same, i was lucky enough to be in a catholic school that encouraged questions and even taught lessons about the certain hypocrisies and errors within our faith within the bible and how it can be misleading to some. People using religion to justify their actions anger me sm because so many ppl blindly follow these idiots in the name of “religion”

[@tunasandwich8049]

I remember a Catholic priest once preached "God literally gave you the resources you need to solve all your physical problems, don't come to me to "cure" your cold through prayer, I only cure those who are spiritually sick"

[@doms5755]

@@tunasandwich8049 what’s the verse that gods says this.

[@jurajlenc1677]

when youtubers can do better documentaries than tv shows we know there is something quite wrong with tvs and something very right with individual creators

[@phantomluffy9476]

TV in general and big corporations don't really give their creators much freedom. They always focus on the things that matter the least.

[@narkzz2381]

you are missing the point, tv is not our enemy, these scams are.

[@jesse_-]

@@phantomluffy9476 same with the topics covered in politics and media. They are not where nearly the most important topics.

[@biplav32]

He is using the same videos gathered by the tv shows and corporations.

[@colin1818]

@@narkzz2381 - The modern media is a scam too. There are just too many examples of them peddling lies in order to get your viewership.

[@TargetRenegade]

I don't know why, but I'm fascinated by how many people are taken in by these shysters. I've watched a few documentaries on these Megachurches and I'm still looking for answers.

[@theferalceo]

Fear is apart of our perspective. Society takes care of all our natural fears. This doesn't remove fear from our perspective, just makes room for new things to fear. The new things we end up fearing become less logical as the more logical fears get taken care of. Fear being the greatest motivator, as it becomes more illogical the ways people are able to manipulate others using their fear against them becomes more illogical. Basically it boils down to being the same grift as any other scam artist. Give people hope that you can protect them from what they fear and they'll give you anything you want no matter how ridiculous the ask may be.

[@forlaw3625]

My wonderful, Godly dad was a country Preacher of a little white wooden church. He worked full time as a local truck driver. He would very often come home after a long day, shower & put on a dress shirt w/ tie, go to a hospital or do "visitation", which was knocking on doors & telling people about God. He did funerals & weddings, but never charged a fee. Usually, the family would give him what they could. He did ask for tithes, but it was a matter of passing a dish & asking God to bless the congregation, while we sang. He always paid the bills & many times with his own money. He was the most charitable, kind, loving man I ever knew. These prosperity gospels are such a stain on the church. They would think my dad a silly little country roob. If I follow the God of my father, I will see daddy again. I can't wait to see his beautiful crown!

[@nushu1330]

God bless your father! God has richly blessed your family and your descendants to come all because of your father, he’s smiling down at you in heaven and rejoicing in the Lord! Men of Godly character shows true faith and love in the Lord, may God anoint your family and you in every aspect.

[@sparklecat60]

God bless your family. Literally doing the Lord’s work!

[@newdiary6978]

​@@sparklecat60God bless your family.

[@sweetie.pie.757]

God bless your father!❤

[@mariecoheng]

What a sweet man. God bless him!

[@dvdaltizer]

As a Christian this makes me angry. The prosperity gospel is not Christianity. It’s a cult.

[@AskAW]

What is Christianity?

[@prissy240]

@@AskAW Christianity is centered around the gospel (good news) that is, Jesus reconciling us back to God, through His life, death and ressurection

[@zenawarrior7442]

It is 100%. Miracles can happen but not by a pastor shouting, making billions, they have zero power.

[@andrewortiz5797]

Political MAGA evangelical christianity is an abomination and unscriptual. Jesus Flipped over their tables

[@thegrigs777]

@Sonna stupidest comment today..congrats.

[@leegaesswitz181]

When I started this video - I was cracking my knuckles ready to talk about the millions of Christians like me who try daily to combat the prosperity gospel. I waited to watch it all the way through first and I must say this was extremely well done. You did great research, understood the narrative, and went out of your way to tell the other side. Great job brother.

[@chrismerkel9604]

Collective Schizophrenia - Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally.

[@davidb2]

I'm on the same page, Lee!

[@leegaesswitz181]

@@skyeblu817 More than you are probably aware. Obviously, we don't have the money or resources as they do, so we do every bit we can to influence our inner circles and spread the dangers of this prosperity gospel. When you say, "Organized" I'm not sure it is an all-encompassing organization but you can find this all over the place on youtube and social media.

[@lilchristuten7568]

@Isaac Jesus is the Son of God, the king of kings the lord of lords. He came humbly in human flesh to show us how to get into the kingdom of God and to sacrifice Himself for our redemption. Jesus didn't lack a single thing while He walked this earth, in fact He had rich people following Him taking care of all His needs (which included the 12).

[@chrismerkel9604]

@@joenuts6533 Wow I really hit a nerve with Collective Schizophrenia! 9 Replies.

[@StephanieGauthier]

Thanks for making such a thoughtful, charitable, and eye opening documentary. As a Catholic Christian, I have long been baffled and judgemental about why anybody would believe and support the "prosperity gospel" as it goes so clearly against what Jesus and the early church taught and lived. However, I now have a deeper empathy for those who have fallen victim to following and believing the "prosperity gospel". I see now how our deep psychological needs as humans can make us vulnerable to deceiving ourselves and being deceived.