Kirk & Candace Cameron

[@grindminion1086]

"When God closes one door, he opens up a crisis pregnancy center" is my new motto to say around my Pentecostal family

[@sarah3796]

Hahah

[@rfrolicarts]

The way I shout-laughed at that...

[@grindminion1086]

@@rfrolicarts I heard it while in the office and it's all I could do not to shriek 😂

[@shawn3550]

🤣💀💕

[@dominicfucinari1942]

It's also a good jab at how detrimentally obsessed United Statish religious extremists are with reactionary politics.

[@katrabbit]

"I'm an atheist, but I'm a _big_ fan of Jesus" I love this. This perfectly describes how I'm so interested in religion but would never actually align with one.

[@k10batmama]

Did we just become best friends?

[@Onyx421]

Have you read the fanfictions about him? He's so out of character in them. It's called "The Bible"

[@TEM14411]

Jesus belongs to everyone. Jesus was never religious and openly spoke on the hypocrisy of religious men of his time. I hope more people incorporate Jesus' teachings into spiritual truth.

[@izabelasiczek3547]

omg i thought it was only me

[@bethsplants8110]

same

[@mrsf9424]

Petition for James to propose. One like = one prayer. (Just kidding, bud.)

[@MIRAIDONF00Đ]

LMFAOOO...

[@triciam4798]

🤣🤣🤣🤣!! I Stan!

[@nicnaknoc]

😆😆😆 yo Jesus it's your atheist fanclub with a petition

[@urbanbeachbum2148]

Thoughts and prayers….

[@Schokoladentoertchen]

Petition for Jen to propose.

[@slimkt]

I remember someone from my sister’s abusive ex-husband’s hyper-religious family gifted her Fireproof. It sat still shrink wrapped in our DVD case. When I found it, I took it and tossed it in the fireplace. Turns out, it was not, in fact, fireproof.

[@quinn799]

Do NOT do that, burning plastic can give you cancer and shit lol

[@stinkerbelle6595]

😂

[@AdultThirdCultureKid1971]

I love that last sentence:"Turns our, it was not, in fact, fireproof" 😅😂

[@lc5666]

That is really interesting because someone from my ex-husband's hyper-religious family gifted me Fireproof as well. It turned out that many elements of that whole equation went up in spectacular flames. Lol

[@philobrien8920]

And the world gasps in shock

[@Akursedtime]

You know my grandmother was a devoted Catholic and when gay marriage became legal in Canada. There was minor protest and my grandma was like "Mind your own business because I'm sure those who are against them have more skeletons in their own closets."

[@B.A.Pilgrim]

Catholics are pretty liberal...

[@josephprovencher6345]

Your grandmother is awesome

[@MimiB1974]

Minding your business doesn’t cost a dime… and studies show you’ll live a longer happier life. Grandmas be knowin

[@biancat7761]

Yeah the Catholics in Australia put up a pretty half hearted pathetic protest when the gay marriage vote happened. Like they just stated their position, but nothing super loud or resembled a legitimate hateful protest. The Catholics here are pretty liberal

[@josabby474]

The Duggars certainly come to mind.

[@madelion24]

I remember Raven would get very emotional whenever Candace spoke so openly & negatively about anything LGBTQ+. Raven sometimes had to sit there and hear hate directly from a co-worker. But because she was a small conventionally beautiful white woman anytime someone came back at her and she got upset it was painted as an angry black woman against a poor defenseless christian. I had to stop watching The View because I realized they were giving a platform to some really horrible people every week.

[@AJ-cq5pw]

Yeah I was watching around that time as well and I noticed that too. Raven has said some pretty fucked up things when she was on the view as well but I definitely empathized with her in that moment

[@officialjasonstatham7481]

Hello

[@alexlewis8143]

This is more accurate now than I was two weeks ago.

[@hope-cat4894]

8:23 Just putting this out there. Plantains (which look like bananas) actually taste sweeter when you fry them after they turn black. Not every fruit that turns black means it's bad. This has been your fun fruit fact for the day.

[@elizabethschreiter1127]

And "rotten" bananas make the best banana bread and banana cream pie!

[@glass.hammer]

Rotten isn’t even a fair description. When fruits ripen, they only get sweeter and softer as the fiber and starches break down into fructose. It’s not poisonous, it’s not bad for you, at least not until it grows mold and decays. I love eating soft, “over-ripened” raspberries because I find that they’re too tart straight out of the box.

[@GoldenMom815]

You can make awesome wraps out of plantains, too! Although I like them better before they’re soft and sweet. 😉

[@jordynbassford6893]

please put fun fruit facts on every Fundie Friday video from here on out

[@Mimi-cq4bg]

Fun fact add on... if you're allergic to plantains, youre more likely to be allergic to peaches and raw bell peppers.

[@ripwednesdayadams]

the banana part killed me. he really said “ease of entry” with a straight face. 😂 your makeup looks gorgeous btw

[@tshidi129]

😂😂😂😂

[@Deadcops]

Yeah what is he talking ab rn

[@alleycat-oy5kv]

So this is my first time on this channel. I saw your comment during the intro and I was like "yeah, it looks super clean and natural and what foundation is that? It's so perfect" and then she started and I realized that's not makeup she's just got amazing skin 😂

[@DM-kl4em]

Haha! Me too! He also said "When you pull the tab, the contents don't squirt in your face."

[@kodythomas9880]

Billie just quickly gripping that dude by the throat is so incredible, I hope they are living their best life

[@elliskujak8820]

Icon behavior. "Listen, Yank-" They were not here to fuck around.

[@Sammy86Lynn]

I didn’t appreciate that guy calling him a transvestite

[@garlgarlic]

The correct way to respond to being filmed without your consent

[@crazeekids9744]

Way to promote violence. Let all those true colors fly!

[@amiaswolfgang]

@@Sammy86Lynn While transvestite isn't an inherently bad word (its' actually a queer identity), it was DEFINETELY being used as a slur by Cameron.

[@elizabethlevine1079]

Fun banana facts: that specific banana is actually a Cavendish Banana, genetically engineered (as Jen mentioned) by a gardener named Sir Joseph Paxton in the 1830s. He was employed by William Cavendish, the 6th Duke of Devonshire. The duke had asked for a banana that could be cultivated in an English climate and the first ones were grown in the greenhouses at Chatsworth House (you can visit them!). It's now the most cultivated banana in the world because it can basically grow anywhere. So we not only had to see him use a banana in such a way, but it's a colonized banana he used.. the layers on this one are just *chef's kiss*

[@lindsayobrien8110]

This is information I never new I needed to know. Thank you banana expert!!

[@maggiekarabel123]

Colonized Banana new band name I call it!

[@Jax_the_poo]

Well well ...learn something new everyday lol. Thank you for an informative comment!

[@aureliagold1222]

It's also popular because the previous banana, the Gros Michel, which was the basis of artificial banana flavor, died out in a banana plague in the 1950s. The Gros Michel was smaller and more flavorful. Not only did he use a genetically modified, colonized banana as his example of creationism, it's also one that came to popularity after the last popular type, which was considered better, fell to disease that was the predicable result of monocropping. Interestingly, we might get a new banana soon, as mono cropping is even more an issue with climate change, and another banana plague is currently underway!

[@sydposting]

@@aureliagold1222 A quick search has revealed there are small growers keeping the cultivar alive! A small (3-5 lb) box of them costs $67, which... seems kinda reasonable to me! I'd pool money with friends and get a box tho, not just for myself.

[@janwilliams1781]

I am a lady of a certain age. In all my years I have never understood why so many rail against homosexuality. I don’t care who a person sleeps with. I don’t understand why others care so deeply to the point of turning your back on a child.

[@joaquinaortuno4023]

It’s absolutely heartbreaking and incredibly stupid, thank you for not being one of them!

[@ddjsoyenby]

fundie br@1nw@shing and jealousy.

[@Ksmall92]

I think part of it is they are so hellbent (no pun intended) on the whole Adam and Eve thing. 😬

[@AnneBurns-pv6xc]

I have a few theories. Self-identified Christians, and especially “Christian” men believe it runs afoul of traditional gender roles. This is especially true, I believe of their views on sex. Sex, according to them, is something men do to women, and that women must submit to. The thought of men allowing other men to penetrate them is emasculating. Homosexual sex is also non-procreative, which is a big no-no. Finally, I assume lesbians anger them because the idea that women can choose to reject men emasculates them.

[@cousinmajin]

The banana clip is iconic for so many reasons 1) Bananas are genetically modified by humans 2) If bananas are a perfect example of intelligent design, then shouldn't god have created ALL fruit to be shaped like a banana for human convenience? 3)phallic

[@chikari123]

You literally went through every fucking stage of thinking I did lmao. Also some people are born with birth defects lmao guess god said fuck them eating bananas.

[@millsykooksy4863]

😂😂😂

[@mariahclaar7915]

Yes, on all 3... the fact that, say, oranges are more difficult to peel... or what about coconuts or watermelon? Did God just forget? Wtf, lmao...

[@Skelleste]

Also look up photos of undomesticated bananas, those bastards are like 90% seeds with very little fruit.

[@wynngwynn]

Explain coconuts Kirk. Those are hard AF to open.

[@scottyottyotty8883]

"She's the exact kind of Evangelical who would own a winery and I mean that as an insult" was the read of the century.

[@dominicfucinari1942]

What kind of personality traits repeat themselves among winery owners? As someone who ever used wine to boil it into chicken marsala, I can't relate either.

[@sisuguillam5109]

Winemakers must be very very different from the ones in Germany then 🤔🧐😐

[@katiempojer]

Oh I get this wine is an aesthetic. When wine was an aesthetic to me I realized I was an alcoholic. Sober now two years by grace of god

[@jfm14]

I would just like to acknowledge that this comment had 666 likes when I saw it.

[@jfm14]

@@sisuguillam5109 Generally speaking, yes. Winery owners, at least in the wealthier parts of California, often have more money and contribute far less to their finished products than those I met and worked for in central Europe. Owning a vineyard or winery is mostly just a status symbol for people like Candace Cameron Bure.

[@oliviamarr6476]

that girl being like "yeah, i know

[@trala8911]

“And that’s without even getting into the ACTUAL murder I committed. If he’s mad about the thoughts he’s probably gonna hit the roof when he hears about that”

[@Cat_Woods]

​@@trala8911 Well, that's the whole point, the absurdity of Christianity. They think the two are completely equivalent -- to God and in reality. Nope. Thinking about strangling someone because you're angry is NOT the same as actually killing them. But Christians base their entire unfounded ideology on the idea that they are identical.

[@Thelastunicornlover]

😎❤️

[@user-qg8qu6gg4s]

"Notably, Leo is the same age in this show as the women that he likes to date currently." Hahaha!

[@ambriaashley3383]

No lies told! What a weirdo

[@melissamenchaca9121]

Holy crud

[@Maialeen]

@@ambriaashley3383 Feels like weirdo is mild. The man is a genuine misogynistic creep.

[@dominicfucinari1942]

Though I'm actually 31 y.o., I resemble a high schooler. Moments like that make me wonder how old someone can be yet still be drawn to me.

[@La_Ru-yg8es]

I'm a lot older than my husband, so, no room to talk here. 😁😁 But, that comment made me laugh, anyway. (Husband & I laugh off any shit we get. Our best in joke is that I've exited cougar territory, & I'm a sabre tooth cat. 😅😅😅) Hey, you can't stop time & you can't change love. I was a two time loser at love, & now I've found a man I can't breathe without.

[@delaneyanddelaneyanddelaney]

A memory unlocked deep in my mind when you showed Fireproof. My class watched it in grade school, and it was definitely something. Besides everyone giggling about the porn in typical preteen fashion, the one big thing I remember was when the other fireman was trying to convince Kirk not to get divorced and he glued salt shakers together and was like "See?? If I pull them apart, they'll both break!! That's also what happens to real human people woah!!" There were only two kids with divorced parents in the room, and I was one of them. We both were like "hmmmmm" and slowly looked over and side-eyed each other. It was the greatest demonstration of children-of-divorce solidarity I've ever witnessed, and I was honored to have been a part of it

[@cindys9491]

Sheesh. I'm sorry they put you two in that position. Also..."It will break both of them" is not a great advertisement for getting married (gluing the salt shakers) in the first place.

[@gabrieladerre2862]

I was a kid from divorced parents. They divorced when I was like almost 2. So I don't remember them ever even being together. But knowing them both, I was always glad that they had split! Because even I, as a very young boy, could see why they were not compatible! 😹 I remember watching The Parent Trap, ad thinking "My God! Your parents split, and separated twins, with the intention of never speaking of it again! And letting each of you grow up thinking you're only children!; Did you two not consider that, and what a freaking mess their relationship likely was? And y'all to rekindle that, and live in a house with it, until you're either 18, or they kill one another! Or, split again!?!? Hell no! 😹😹😸

[@eliaswolfe6986]

Lmaoooo 😂 as a kid with divorced parents since I was 11 months old that analogy makes me laugh a lot with how inaccurate and stupid it is.

[@Kiss_lynda]

Fireproof wasn’t good. But Kirk hasn’t experienced a bad marriage. When I go to a doctor for kidney stones I don’t take advice from anyone unless they themselves have passed one. To my surprise my doctor said almost everyone he’s had work in his office has passed one. He has over 26ppl working in his office. Including 4 doctors. I don’t go to male doctors for female problems. They don’t know my pain. Kirk would be better telling a story about how he over came temptations of fame and Hollywood life. But I’m finding it hard to believe your happy that your parents couldn’t get over themselves and change, so you would have a family? Sometimes divorce is best, especially if abuse is coming from one. The point Kirk was trying to make with fireproof is IF 2 ppl can get over there bad habits and be godly people… then that’s God’s will. But this world is becoming too evil to accept they need change.

[@maryvampiregirl666]

​@@Kiss_lynda go place your spam somewhere else you dolt

[@museumgrackreads]

As someone who worked in a Family Christian Store at the height of the Left Behind book craze I would LOVE LOVE LOVE a deep dive into the authors and the books. Also excellent Friday video! (per usual)

[@tabbypurrkins9129]

Yes, please.

[@sardineRN]

Check out Renegade Cut's video Left Behind and the Translation of God

[@Trenshin123]

I was intensely interested in the Left Behind series as a kid. Specifically the teen version that included comic books and a really well done (production wise) audio drama series. I have since moved away from the church and no longer consider myself Christian but I’d LOVE a Jen deep-dive into the series and ones like it from that time! An early 2000s Christian teen media deep dive 🤩 there’s some really problematic stuff to uncover there!

[@ryancoulter4797]

For the longest time after the series came out, the magazine writers digest - the gold standard of magazines about writing and authors - started featuring the LB authors a LOT. So much so that I wondered if the magazine had been sold to the LB publishing company.

[@ajoverholt7343]

This! Please!

[@adiegrass1616]

Billie calling Kirk a “yank” and choking him was so iconic. Shoutout to the guy who protested against the maskless Christmas caroling event as well.

[@luigi7834]

yeah i really feel the energy of the protester especially

[@rachaelshort1704]

that wasn't kirk but I agree that was amazing. Shame that it had to get to that point, because they just wouldn't fuckin leave billie tf alone.

[@tteokbokkibxtch]

Billie makes me proud to be from Christchurch, I hope they're doing well 💗

[@pattyo4703]

The banana thing is beyond bizarre. Sometimes these folks are hysterically funny without intending to be. There is a comedian named Pete Holmes who created parody skits which seemed to be about the Duggars. This was several years ago, before Josh was outed as a p-rv. In one of the skits, Pete's character (the dad) tells his oldest son that Kirk Cameron says bananas prove there is a God. I was a little confused, but now I understand why he put that line in the skit!

[@_gay_grim_]

Billie is a badass and I love them

[@Zaddy-Lu]

I was taught gay marriage was a sin. Guess who moved 2,000 miles away as soon as I could. The shame cycle of purity culture combined with the shame of being gay was very damaging, and still haunts me.

[@stylis666]

I'm sorry to hear that, but I do like to add that because scriptures of any religion _can_ be interpreted that way and because no one can show that interpretation to be wrong or correct, all religions are fundamentally toxic because of the basis of faith that requires you to believe without and against all evidence instead of encouraging to make reasonable decisions based on evidence. No loving god that is at least smarter than my sorry ass would be able to ask people to have faith and would let people interpret scriptures without telling which interpretation is correct or not and punish people for not trying or for getting it wrong, or just let people like you suffer the consequences and perhaps the christian god thinks all interpretations are just fine, regardless of the damage it does - all of those options suit his perfectly narcissistic character. But don't worry the christian god doesn't exist and neither does any loving or other god that we would need to worry about. There is no good reason why being gay would be wrong and why gay people shouldn't have the same freedom to marry the person they love that anyone else has. I mean, not even the christian or islamic god was able to give a good reason and they just ended up conflating atheism, curiosity, rape, murder, homosexuality to assert that the only good thing is to worship god and ask for forgiveness. And if being gay is somehow wrong after all, I still don't want forgiveness, I take my own responsibilities and as far as I can tell, the consequences of being free to love and share love are quite nice.

[@Zaddy-Lu]

@@stylis666 Thank you so much for your comment ❤ I agree with you, and if any monotheistic "god" was as perfect as they say, why are their religious writings so flawed? I only specify monotheistic because the pantheon religions I know of have gods and goddesses as flawed as humans (sometimes moreso, like with Aphrodity and Medusa). My deconstruction took a long time, first I was a Christian that believed that "god" wouldn't have made me gay if it was wrong. Then after a few really tough things happened, I decided that either the Christian god doesn't exist, or he hated me, and either way, he didn't deserve my loyalty. Then I was a Pagan for many years, then I ran into Fundie Fridays, Jimmy Snow/Mr Atheist, Owen (can't remember his channel name rn), Cosmic Skeptic, GM Skeptic, (I'm sure I forgot people) and started to heal. Then a friend died who was a big part of our local Pagan community, and I went to the memorial. They had praying, raising hands, worship songs, and even 2 people who claimed they were receiving messages from her. And...I realized every religion is equally stupid, just humans trying to find order in the chaos. Now I am a proud Secular Humanist Atheist. And yeah, this is the only life we know we will get, so spending it being happy is a much better option than being miserable for a lifetime in hopes sky-daddy is that inept or narcissistic enough to require such weird tests of faith, while providing us with all the evidence we need to prove he doesn't exist.

[@officialjasonstatham7481]

Very interesting

[@Zaddy-Lu]

@@officialjasonstatham7481 what do you find interesting?

[@officialjasonstatham7481]

@@Zaddy-Lu I just like what you said that’s all..

[@Alexi_Texas]

Billy the Kiwi saying, “Listen Yank, we have rights in this country!” Literally was the best thing ever 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mgpitt8331]

That was brilliant!

[@eagonwild]

we stan

[@LittleHerdaz]

He's a legend ❤

[@normajeanmcdaniel4491]

Being called a Yank: My Aunt and Uncle lived in Australia for 25+ yrs (mid 1960s-1980s), and it took 2 decades, and them bringing 🍕 pizza to their rural Aussie community, for Aussies to quit calling them "Yanks" (slur for Yankee / American). 😂 Funny part? My cousin was born there! My Uncle has lived in Australia all of his adult life now (still surfing as a Boomer!). The Yank Uncle from California has an Aussie accent, and my cousin had dual citizenship, but grew up in the US, and has lived here. Zero Aussie accent. So, the Boomer, who was a Yank, is now an Aussie (citizen); My Aussie-born cousin has a Yank accent. 😂 Personally, I dig the slur! ✌️ - just me in Palm Springs 🌴

[@Thelastunicornlover]

😎❤️

[@Ginarocks600]

My mom, who’s a huge fundie, made me watch courageous when I was like 12 because I was going down ‘a bad path’. It was probably one of the best things she ever did for me because the movie was so incredibly terrible, it was one of the events that led to me now being agnostic. So thanks Kirk, you did one thing right.

[@noahbossier1131]

Intresting. I hope your okay.

[@FaiaHalo]

I love this comment! I had the same experience with my family. I was raised Catholic but funnily enough my parents made me watch this fundie movies, like God's Not Dead and such. And now I'm an atheist lol So I guess trying to brainwash your kids is not an 100% effective job. Edit: typos.

[@Ginarocks600]

@@FaiaHalo I think because it was successful on my two older sisters, they thought it would be successful on me. But between being told I had a demon in me because I'm bipolar and being told I would burn in hell for being bi, let's just say the fundie brainwashing was not at all effective

[@Ginarocks600]

@@noahbossier1131 I actually am now that I'm away from everything, thanks for asking

[@noahbossier1131]

@@Ginarocks600 your welcome. my family was not fundelmantist and did not make me watch these types of films. was raised on a bunch of animated shows like courage the cowardly dog, and billy and Mandy

[@Fuwutaba]

Looking forward to the new fundie Fridays vid about “check subtitles” 😂

[@justaladyj]

Lol I was thinking the same like hmmm what’s this 😂😂

[@FundieFridays]

@@justaladyj kill me

[@xxkillerklownxx3462]

@@FundieFridays It made me turn on subtitles so I guess it’s a good thing haha love the subtitles, good job to whoever did them!! :)

[@poilaaliop]

I saw and was like, "What hijinks have Jen and James gotten up to now?" I thought it was a bit 😂 Great work on the subtitles though!

[@Mdsnmrieprksvlet]

I thought there was going to be a secret message in the subtitles 😂

[@persephonenovak932]

The Left Behind kids book series scarred me as a child. Imagine being 8 years old and reading about CHILDREN dying in painful and horrendous ways, but it's okay bc they're going to heaven and they don't have to suffer on earth anymore. I was traumatized.

[@workoutmom2b1g]

Same! I was 11-12. I was so scared to read them.

[@Meganec3810]

Omg someone gave me the first book as a gift for my 9th (ish?) birthday and the idea that I would miss the rapture scared me so much I started sleeping with the radio on low because I figured if I could hear the broadcast everything was ok it’s a habit I maintain to this day only now it’s KZbin videos 😴

[@boojersey13]

I had a TERRIBLE time reading those books, so bad that I've completely blocked out every single part of those stories. I just remember at this point that one of the characters had a stupid name. I think it was Jud?

[@strangeduckling]

Those books became massively popular at my little middle school library. Like, had a waiting list and everything. I only read the first 3 or 4 books (it got so slow and boring that I couldn't be bothered to read past that) and I don't really remember anything bad happening up until that point, so all the fucked stuff must have happened in the following books. Books about dying children is the best form of Christian literature for kids :^) (sarcasm)

[@brittanyadams5223]

They were so popular when I was a kid growing up in the Midwest. A friend's mom tried to encourage my parents to have me read them.Thankfully my Mom identified them for what they were (fear-mongering propaganda) and when I asked her if I could read them, she said it would be too intense/scary for me and that I should hold off until I was older. I eventually forgot about them until I saw there was a random Nicolas Cage movie adaptation.

[@LifeAsMegan]

Candace Cameron's daughter wrote a book, I read it. It's mostly about staying pure until marriage. She talks about how she went to a bible camp every year until she was 18 and each year there was a sermon about purity. The pastor would give pennies out to the girls who were still pure, and talk about why they would be rewarded.....yeah.

[@nicoleshan6410]

Sounds like operational conductism to me.

[@victoriadiesattheend.8478]

Rewarded by what? Going to their graves without ever having understood their own sexuality or what brings them physical pleasure? Getting the clap or worse from their almost certainly unfaithful husbands? Being forced to pop out six kids bc everyone refused to explain how sex worked to them before marriage and by the time they get their bearings they are pregnant, and realize they can never say no to their husbands? Its my personal belief that if we treated all men like women for one calender year (they would need to live in a woman's body), suddenly their sympathy for us would skyrocket. They would suddenly change their views, I tend to think.

[@cindys9491]

Eww. Paying them 1¢ for their virginity, in effect. That's disgusting of him. And notably "not" to the virgin guys.

[@emilybarclay8831]

So he’s literally telling them their virginity is worth a penny? What?

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

And what did the boys get for saving it for marriage?

[@TheBurnsChild]

I'm a pediatrician. I heard that same evangelist pitch from one of my teenage patients after I did my standards sex, drugs, and safety questions. I was so taken aback. This kid was sitting on the exam table in just his underwear and gown talking about how I was going to hell because I have human emotions but I can be saved by Jesus.

[@ddjsoyenby]

sadly evangelicalism brainwashes people into being that way.

[@mckenziejeanne4508]

I was too afraid to take birth control for my endometriosis for 4 years. My doctor literally had to talk me down from panicking because I felt so guilty. This isn't uncommon. Purity culture is so damaging to the mental health of teens.

[@LittleMissLounge]

@@mckenziejeanne4508 I work for a pediatric NP, and I heard a mom state she would never allow her daughter to use a tampon. I don't think she was a fundie, but that shit bleeds into everything.

[@dominicfucinari1942]

@@mckenziejeanne4508 Knowing how dangerous and psychiatrically destructive purity culture like that found in Independent Baptism and Gothardism are, why isn't the US doing more to protect people, especially teenage girls, from it?

[@HeyitsBri_]

@@dominicfucinari1942 because we’re still trying to decide if women own their bodies or not

[@highlyderivedfish]

The banana thing always gets me lol. They are one of the oldest domesticated fruits but since they were bred by people in Southeast Asia, many westerners think they emerged from the ether like that instead of acknowledging the labor and expertise of other groups. if one wants to see what the "god created" bananas looked like the ancestral parents are still around such as Musa acuminata. Fruit is smaller and has large, functional seeds instead of the typical domesticated ones which were selected for seedlessness.

[@sisuguillam5109]

They probably think wheat just popped up like that too. The cheek!

[@ThunderStruck15]

This is true of literally every fruit and vegetable around

[@millsykooksy4863]

Fascinating!!!!! I love that branch of science

[@alicepotter8165]

When I was a child, 60 odd years ago, the bananas always had seeds. Thank you for this information.

[@egoranonymous3223]

Is THAT why my dad told me the bottom 1\2 inch was poison!?!?!? LOLOL! I never understood that! 😂🍌

[@madisonmault4547]

The hype for fireproof was real in my family's christian community. I remember my parents making us watch it as a family and then my mom and dad who had a terribly unhealthy marriage bought the love dare book as if that was going to fix it lol. They are finally getting a divorce this year like 10 years later...

[@lilafeldman8630]

Josh and Anna were really into that.

[@dominicfucinari1942]

And to think there was no room for that south Georgia Megabaptist propaganda piece on the Bottom 40 Films of '008. That year had the most competitive Bottom 40 race ever, and its 30-some-odd approval rating on the Tomatometer took away from its competitive edge, especially against 3 Uwe Boll films and 2 Seltzer-Friedberg spoofs, plus 1 more adaptation of a video game and one Seltzerberg-style spoof movie by another director. Although I did put fellow Kendrick brothers propaganda piece Overcomer (whose curved review average was their personal worst) on the far less competitive Bottom 40 Films of '019. The most off-putting things about films like theirs are their pushy fans who often catch people by surprise in order to drag them to see it, and the obsessive efforts to sanitize the works so they can be screened in one particular megachurch.

[@johnsmith2875]

My parents ran a bible study based on the movie... we are Canadian

[@missmoxie9188]

Sheesh

[@jama3997]

I never watched that damn movie and I’m only 46 secs into the video but I swear to god I know what you’re talking about. The movie with the firefighter having marital problems?

[@oliviamarr6476]

“Mommy, I want to marry daddy” BARF

[@thenopedetective]

I don't think that's so unusual for young kids who don't understand romantic attraction - but it is so normalized by some moms who encourage that! Ew

[@megan2207]

As someone who grew up with patronising yanks coming to my country and screaming in the streets about god, harassing people and being general nuisances - seeing Billy put that man in his place was cathartic haha.

[@andromedaspark2241]

Sorry about that. It's bad enough they do it here in the US, going to other's countries and trying to change people is obnoxious and embarrassing. The people that try to convert others are weird. At work, I have customers that try to convert me at least once a month. When I was a kid, Christian kids would tell me I'm going to hell because if I wasn't like them then I must be a Satanist. Of course their churches sent them on 'missions' to other countries as they grew up. They've been totally brainwashed by the time they get to a country like yours.

[@chemiKalz]

Favorite part of the entire video

[@aazhie]

So great xD

[@savybeanie]

They went for the neck😂 TWICE🤣

[@Kiss_lynda]

Is that what you really think happened? Scoffers will have their day. Kirk isn’t perfect but at least he adopts children and they’ve turned out good. He comes at people with good intentions. He isn’t a tv preacher swindling old ladies out of their pension. He donates his time and money. He feels it’s his duty to share the lord in world that doesn’t even see god’s glory in nature. Please share what you have done to make the world a better place? Do you have happiness like Kirk? I doubt it

[@BonnieKellySparks]

I actually attended his marriage conference with my now ex husband when I was still evangelical. You can see that it worked so well. Lol I was so excited to attend but now looking back, it was terrible. I've seen most of the movies too. What garbage. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. - a reformed and healed evangelical and therapist

[@purplezombie4940]

I hope the two of you are happy with the paths you choose, with our without each other🥰

[@BonnieKellySparks]

@@purplezombie4940 we are co-parenting our daughter well together and I'm happily re-married to an atheist. Lol thank you for the kind words!

[@purplezombie4940]

@@BonnieKellySparks no prob bob🥰

[@BabyMango]

Glad you’re on the other side now!! 👏🏽🖤

[@BonnieKellySparks]

@@BabyMango thank you so much!!

[@lisatitirangi]

So proud of Billy from my home country New Zealand telling that Yank, who he would never have heard of, that we have rights in this country 😀

[@Mama_Bear524]

Billy is the best!!!

[@reeree5259]

Although, maybe violence isn't necessary, ya? I get the frustration. But the violence.... 😩

[@tteokbokkibxtch]

I hope they're still living in Christchurch and thriving ❤️ made me proud to be a Cantabrian haha.

[@TititoDeBologay]

@@reeree5259 what do You think dehumanization is? Those types would have Billy tortured and killed at the drop of a hat. Sometimes a slap is needed to tell them off and to make understand that folks won't stand their shitfuckery.

[@izabelasiczek3547]

​@@reeree5259 yes never an answer but I can see and I believe that he was harrasing him and talking to him long before he showed this cut clip he knew his name and he was clearly mocking him !

[@paulmaccaroni]

The cake situation, I love how she was like "it's in the Constitution" but if it were a business refusing to serve Christians specifically, I bet she would not be using that same argument.

[@AnneBurns-pv6xc]

Candace’s position violates public accommodations law. Businesses that are open to the public may not discriminate. However, since the current court majority no longer feels bound by precedent, that will be a quaint relic from the past.

[@jamiemichelle30]

I enjoyed the moment when marriage equality first passed during the Obama administration and everyone was posting the hashtag "lovewins", Candace Cameron's daughter posted "love already won" with a picture of Jesus. Like sit down, it's not your turn? Thanks for covering this one, they fed into my evangelical years in such a toxic way.

[@gamere105ek2]

Jamie Michelle Sometimes I wonder if Candace’s daughter is like that just because her family is. I’ve seen her Instagram, it definitely doesn’t have “Christian values.”

[@jamiemichelle30]

@@gamere105ek2 definitely, she's a product of her upbringing. We all are, I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to question some of the harmful things I was taught growing up. I have respect for any adult who puts in the work to look at their inherited worldview through a critical lens. Even if they arrive at a different conclusion to me :)

[@gamere105ek2]

@@jamiemichelle30 Yeah I never understood the whole like “have the same ideas and values as your parents and grandparents” because that’s what keeps humanity from evolving. I think Natasha (Candace Cameron Bure’s) daughter probably disagrees with her parents on a lot, but I think her lifestyle in general depends on upholding her parents beliefs, so who knows maybe she disagrees with them on a personal level, but not public.

[@jamiemichelle30]

@@gamere105ek2 yeah always possible. They seem like a pretty tight knit family though, and I'm a little wary of that. Doesn't usually leave a lot of room for differences of opinion 😕

[@gamere105ek2]

@@jamiemichelle30 Yeah I mean it’s one thing to be close to your family, but tight knit usually leads to “Think and say as we do or we will shut you out.” Idk if that’s the situation with Candace’s daughter but I wouldn’t be surprised.

[@lotusfae]

That banana clip is also hilarious considering other primates eat it the other way around (and it's honestly easier to open that way once you get used to it). Of course, Ray doesn't believe we're related anyway, so...

[@goclockworkriot]

Don't forget about how crazy-modified our bananas are by science and mankind's agricultural engineering! Bananas without science would be *crazy* different.

[@jeb284]

So i’m right. My house has a conflict. Hubby opens the way shown and I do the other way lol

[@glittery_cucumber]

Seems like god made the banana to fit into a monkey's hand... Hmmmm....!

[@irishlizzie]

I was going to say that! It's harder to open by the stem! Monkeys open by pinching the bottom end.

[@HeidiFaith]

Also - by his logic, God did NOT create harder-to-eat/peel fruits such as mangoes and pomegranates.

[@rachelh7356]

As someone who grew up in a fundamentalist church, I was always triggered any time I heard anything religion related and it used to just make me angry. Watching your videos has helped me heal that wound and find an intellectual interest in the subject again. Thank you for being you!

[@rileymosier7731]

this! i was no fundie but i was raised in a more extremist catholic church. this channel made me realize how much i was taught that what evangelicals are taught. really put a lot into perspective for me on who i could’ve been if i actually let the teachings in and not let them just run over my head. i’m happy you found solace in this channel 💖

[@sherilynm9271]

Hello, me too! I grew up in an evangelical church right at the height of popularity of Left Behind's book series and they gave me SUCH ANXIETY. I won't even get into what purity culture taught me. Hope y'all are doing well.

[@officialjasonstatham7481]

@@sherilynm9271 Very nice of you

[@morganqorishchi8181]

I'm really glad you've been able to find some healing and peace via this. I wish you nothing but the best in life.

[@meg7221]

THANK YOU. EXACTLY. I grew up JW and man oh man how much of a journey it's been.

[@cattc6946]

I feel so bad for Raven having to hear Candace’s comments especially while on TV that must have been so hurtful

[@divn5538]

I think Candence is a dangerous type of evangelical xtian.. she is attractive and very sleek with her messages most of the time. Thanks for this video, I don't watch the view so i wasn't aware she was once part of the panel. Jen and James, you rock!

[@Genderanarchy]

Yeah… she has SEVERAL movies in a series on hallmark and to me she always seemed off… and the 90 minute episodes seemed to only get more pro cop and pro m/f marriage (and by pro m/f marriage I mean like in the creepy way, where it is absolutely shoved down your throat and not relevant to the plot whatsoever) as the years go by. Big yikes!!!

[@dominicfucinari1942]

@@Genderanarchy If Bure was ever to get grilled on what straight-only mandates on marriage had ever done for our society, would Bure even be able to come up with anything?

[@katy4523]

Honestly Left Behind used to be a super fringe belief system made into a fictional book. It fundamentally changed a lot of people's beliefs in Revelations. Idk if you're able to do a video on it, but if you could find enough sources, I'd love to see it

[@lindseyhendrix2405]

I second this! I used to flip through Revelations during chapel to keep myself “entertained” lol. Read the left behind books as well and used to trip out anytime I saw a left-behind jacket or article of clothing somewhere thinking the rapture had happened and I actually _wasn’t_ saved and my many salvation prayers during fire and brimstone sermons didn’t work.

[@glass.hammer]

When glee did an episode where the c-plot made fun of them, I truly thought that was going to cancel it.

[@candace1542]

Really glad Jen is so transparent about not being able to respond to comments. Healthy boundaries in action. Great video!

[@officialjasonstatham7481]

Very great indeed

[@kafitty]

I agree, but Jen! This is your job now! You can (and should) hire a virtual assistant to manage this kind of thing for you. I know it seems indulgent but think about it :)

[@highoninfinity]

my mom went to kirk cameron's marriage improvement tour in i think 2017. which was the height of my dad's abuse towards her and me. they are still married and he is still abusive. his speech was DEFINITELY not something she needed to hear... i hold a personal grudge against him for that lmao

[@bruisedkneecap]

man, i hope you're in a safer space now and wish a better future for your mom. fuck kirk cameron's message for sure

[@KISSArmygroupie]

Yes..because staying in an abusive marriage is preferable to the 'sin' of divorce. Way to go, Kirk. 😒 Hope you got out of there asap. ❤️

[@charliekelly7539]

I’m sorry please protect urself fjrst

[@melissacooper8724]

I would rather commit the "sin" of divorce than to put up with an abusive partner!

[@Poppy-333]

I’m so sorry to hear this. 😔

[@adaywithroandkay5532]

My ex husband did the “Love Dare”, which I found while packing up when I was moving out after he told me he wanted a divorce. A few months later, he proposed to a girl we went to church with. I think that says everything you need to know about how effective that book is. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@OfJournalandJourney]

You dodged a bullet lol 😂

[@Happymind-happyworld.]

Girl celebrate that divorce. Sounds like one I would buy a cake for

[@adaywithroandkay5532]

@@Happymind-happyworld. I went out and got a celebratory tattoo as soon as the judge signed those papers! It’s the words “Shine Like The Sun” in my daughter’s handwriting ❤️

[@tippusmaximus]

It's been a while since a KZbin video has shocked me but here I am, 35 years old, genuinely stunned that I never realized until now that Kirk Cameron and Candace Cameron are related.

[@glitterberserker1029]

Neither did I. When I saw the thumbnail I assumed they were married.

[@tippusmaximus]

Same! I spent a few seconds trying to work out why she wasn't known as Cameron Bure when she was on Full House.

[@oomiesays]

I kept confusing kirk Cobain for her brother

[@disgruntledmoderate5331]

Me too!

[@KatherineHugs]

As a 40 year old woman who watched them both after school every day, this is also the first time I've made the connection!

[@MichiganCrimeTime]

I so needed this today! I found a painful hard 3mm lump last night in my right armpit. The same side I had breast cancer in almost 40 years ago. My doctor ordered an ultrasound and a referral back to a breast surgeon. Trying to keep from worrying.

[@annafe9920]

I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope it's benign 💖 Jennonite Thoughts and Prayers!

[@bethanythatsme]

Sending you big hugs from Oregon

[@mst3kharris]

Oh gosh, how scary. I hope it’s something benign. Hang in there.

[@AmandaPaige71]

Well wishes and hugs for you! I hope all is well. 🤗💜🤗

[@stupidxxvideos]

Sending you hugs ❤

[@MasonShmason]

Good on Billie. i hope she's doing well today. She stood up for herself and wasn't afraid to tell them what's what.

[@imnotirish3221]

As someone who was raised in a fundie family, I can say that your suspicion of "I was an atheist" testimonies being false is correct. Also, fundies have weird attitudes toward Jews. They really hate them for "denying Jesus," but at the same time, they believe they are the "chosen people" who must continue to exist for end times prophecies to come true.

[@bigfootswife966]

As an agnostic jew, I honestly can't fucking stand most Christians bc of this shit. It's antisemitic and a fucking slap in our faces.

[@debphelan-devon7928]

What is a fundie ?

[@debphelan-devon7928]

What is a fundie ?

[@polly-fe3pq]

@@debphelan-devon7928 a fundamentalist christian

[@aesanonymous8936]

@@bigfootswife966 also the fact they were linked to a video game based on their movie that advocated for killing Jewish and other non Christian, but Jews specifically. Totally not giving n@zi vibes 😒🤮 You know they HATE POC

[@LunaMoth_Love]

I watched Left Behind as a child because it was in my church library. It scared the crap out of me at the time but it just made me more devoted to Christianity. I recently rewatched it with my husband and my jaw dropped. I obviously did not understand all of the propaganda when I was a child. It's absolutely terrifying to me now that I was so influenced by that movie.

[@Gildedmuse]

I tried to read the books because they were like everywhere when I was in elementary/middle school. Let me tell you, I didn't pick up so much on the propaganda but I saw plenty boring. Just so much boring in so many places.

[@BenSwagnerd]

I am a trans man. My husband is a cis bisexual man. His mom got us a Kirk Cameron sanctity of marriage themed Christmas gift. We are both atheists. Do you want it? Lol The best part is she was trying to passively aggressively tell us we should get married. We got married in July lol

[@emo_penguin420]

Oi! You poor guys! Parents/parents in law can be certain types of "fun" and "challenging" to deal with! 😬 Wishing y'all a happy and long marriage, congratulations on your July wedding!

[@AnotherTruth]

Burn it. Y'all deserve better than that.

[@electrofonickitty823]

Why punish her, a gift like that would worry her too much

[@lorianabanana6066]

Awe!! That's almost cute in a horribley passive-aggressive way. Congrats on the wedding!!! Lotsa love, hopefully MIL chills the f^ck out over time. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

[@carolinev8038]

I’ll be your new mom lol I’m only 27 but I’m here ❤️

[@melissahollowell7255]

Hoping to see a video addressing Candace's departure from Hallmark over their move towards inclusivity.

[@denisemayosky1955]

I thought of that too!

[@sarahg.9781]

I would love a video on Candace herself. She’s been everywhere lately and especially with her being on the view in the last few years, it just feels like she has more Christian conservative capital that allows for her to actually be a relevant influence to several generations compared to her brother… also, have you watched her daughter Natasha‘s KZbin channel? It’s surreal sometimes

[@KJ-qs3xf]

What alarming things have you seen from the daughter's channel?

[@victoriadiesattheend.8478]

I feel sorry for both her and Kirk's kids.

[@obi-wan-pierogi]

Love when people like Kirk talk about people getting handouts and being lazy and not wanting to work. As a disabled person there’s nothing I’d want more than to work so I can feel better about myself but I may never be able to do that! My own step father constantly tells me I should just “ look for a job” like it’ll be easy for me and autistic person to just get a job and hold it, even if I find someone willing to give me a chance I’m gonna likely have issues but people expect me to just get over them.

[@-redacted2554]

Same boat we are worthy without working we are more then cogs

[@rushmore309]

He said “lazy”…not disabled. Big difference.

[@-redacted2554]

@@rushmore309 its the same to people like him

[@rushmore309]

You’re putting words in his mouth to fit your narrative. But if that’s what floats your boat. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@-redacted2554]

@@rushmore309 lol

[@AaronMorris611]

"You're telling me 15 people are gonna eat 3 1/2 Subway sandwiches and a bundt cake?" had me laughing way too hard

[@TheKatarinaGiselle]

I was today years old when I realized that Kirk and Candace were brother and sister. 🤯 I can’t believe I never put two and two together!

[@bradr3541]

Yea if she wasn’t his sister she wouldn’t have been DJ

[@katemock8260]

I did not know that either.

[@juliemiller6966]

Left behind traumatized me as a child. There was more than once that I couldn’t find my mom or sibling at home and would find a pile of clothes and I would have panic attacks and start bawling my eyes out because God took everyone but me and I was going to die alone because Jesus didn’t love me

[@mschrisfrank2420]

I’m 33 years old and deconstructed. Still, when I wake up alone in my parents house and don’t hear anyone outside, the thought that the rapture happened and I’m alone still pops into my head.

[@dominicfucinari1942]

What Tim LaHaye's books have done to young people infuriates me, and so does the fact that many parents and authority figures treat kids like criminals just for suffering any form of distress that fundamentalism brings about. I'm through with decorum when it comes to LaHaye and his brand of theology, and I make no apologies for what I'm about to say: It's a pity LaHaye didn't die more painfully and gruesomely, and that his body wasn't defiled in the ways he feared most when he died.

[@NefariaAdventures]

We were forced to watch “Fireproof” in our church and my dad, a(n actual) firefighter and deacon, made snarky commentary the entire viewing 🤣 It was one of the cheesiest movies I’ve ever seen.

[@NefariaAdventures]

Also, a deacon is a church elder.

[@mckenziejeanne4508]

Your dad is my hero. 😂

[@NefariaAdventures]

@Alias Fakename I find reaction videos to be better than the real thing, typically lol

[@maryeckel9682]

I love your dad.

[@kellysamons1065]

I tried. It was just so bad. I've never put out any fire bigger than a 3 wick candle and I would make a better fireman than Kirk.

[@Katie-gr6qq]

As someone who grew up evangelical, and has real trauma behind these movies, specifically Left Behind, it's so refreshing to see someone laugh at it all. Because seeing all of this as an adult, it IS funny, but as a child, told all this would happen as a fearmongering tactic? I cried and cried at night, and prayed that the events that would bring this all about would never happen, so we could be spared. Thank you, Jen, for making me feel at least a little better about the things I was forced to watch and thing about as a child.

[@RerePK78]

I feel what your saying . It’s not really even funny . Always something funny that’s just not funny !

[@angrykatrants]

for real! I would have nightmares about the horns playing and everyone disappearing except me

[@hollydawn07]

Not me still sort of having religious trauma and having anxiety about the rapture 🥰

[@marym361]

Yuuuup. It really helps to have an outside perspective to see how ridiculous these things can be. Doesn't make them any less harmful, but it's something.

[@torizzle_14]

I remember being 12 when I was told about the rapture and I genuinely had a crisis stressing about if God would view me as enough of a believer to be taken up or not. I was so terrified of these events and read about them nonstop because I wanted to look for the “signs” like it writes. Thankfully 5 years later I realized I was queer and an atheist but making children think about that shit as a fear tactic is so evil.

[@SixxThirtyFive]

My blood started boiling when you described "blanket training". My heart is still beating so hard. I have a feeling I'd be in tears if I Google it to get a deeper understanding. 😠

[@joannamarieart]

Yeah it's horrific :(

[@NellyMacharia]

I was in shock 😲 😳 why would you hit them?

[@KristenK78]

@@NellyMacharia because children are inherently rebellious and need to be taught obedience pretty much from the womb. 🤮 I wish I was joking.

[@NellyMacharia]

@@KristenK78 What!!! 😳 that's horrible and terrifying to tiny babies 😢

[@Cheirosa81]

Its depravity.

[@wendymccoy1093]

I can't believe you talked about Candace Cameron-Bure without mentioning how she was roasted by Bianca Del Rio for wearing a "Not Today Satan" shirt. It was such a beautiful moment.

[@sydposting]

ILLITERATE!!

[@dominicfucinari1942]

Where were the Cameron siblings when Satan staged a pay per view boxing match, disguised it as a battle over whether Christ or Satan would be humankind's ruler, convinced all the townspeople to bet on himself, secretly bet on his opponent Christ, then took a dive in order to collect on all those wagers?

[@westcoastweird455]

@@dominicfucinari1942 such a brilliant episode

[@anonivan]

WHAT LMAOOOO HOW DID I MISS THIS GEM

[@elysiabarr425]

One of my favorite sp episodes

[@alanefideler7234]

"But Lord knows we don't have that kind of time today." Jen....I really don't think you understand the amount of time we have because I spend my days doing literally nothing.

[@gd2234_]

Whenever one of her videos pops up I realize I’ve wasted another week doing nothing. Then I spend the week waiting for her next upload😂😭

[@reanndacli3421]

Same so I listen to these videos and rearrange my furniture multiple times over lol. Longer videos are life

[@bluebutterflyxo]

Right like there's a pandemic and it's cold outside. I've got nowhere to be.

[@AdamsBrew78]

I always imagined Kirk’s Growing Pains cast mates must have regretted that they ended up with this pretentious guy, instead of someone cool and relatable, like Michael J. Fox from Family Ties.

[@frankvelazqiez2961]

Funnier show classy cast.

[@cathyharris4968]

The thing that really grinds my gears about the anti social safety net pamphlets is that not all of us have a dad leaving us a business, but they act like it's an everyday occurrence. They literally can't conceive that other people live different lives.

[@DarkbutNotsinister]

“Where will you be when everyone else disappears?” Getting the best damn parking space everywhere I go.

[@TheCanadianCricket]

Dancing in the street.

[@christinabrenneman7641]

I saw a bumper sticker once that said..when the rapture comes can I have your car? I laughed so hard.

[@DarkbutNotsinister]

@@christinabrenneman7641 I’d bet my unicorn I’ve seen it before. Whenever someone mentions the rapture, all I can think about is great parking. I’m starting to think it might be more crowded than we think. How many of these people will God actually want? GET OUT OF MY POST-RAPTURE EXISTENCE. YOU SAID YOU WERE ALL LEAVING. YOU PROMISED.

[@MaidenUtah1]

Raiding the cannibus dispensaries

[@DarkbutNotsinister]

@@MaidenUtah1 DAMN! Best answer ever!

[@carlyannawx]

I managed a used bookstore, and single-handedly without a question, the Left Behind series was the most brought in series. We had thousands, almost an entire isle dedicated to all the copies people didn’t want anymore. It was fascinating

[@Matt-ze1wx]

my local used bookstore/practical warehouse had a left behind corner.

[@victoriadiesattheend.8478]

Omg. I always wanted to work in a bookstore. A used bookstore, even better.

[@nicoleshan6410]

When God closes a door, He opens a entire aisle of "Left Behind" copies.😂😂😂😂

[@itswickedsweet4409]

Alternative fuel source?

[@guntotingleftist8004]

@@itswickedsweet4409 Remember The Day after Tomorrow? You gotta burn the left behind books for survival.

[@terraformthesun2896]

A lot of Kirk’s witnessing tactics can be easily countered. “What do you call someone who tells lies?” “A liar. Have you ever told lies?” “...yes.” “So that makes you a liar. Why should I listen to anything you say?”

[@hopefulagnostic336]

But then he'd just say that he's been washed clean by the blood of the Lamb and that he acknowledges himself to be a sinner but knows he's forgiven because he's accepted Christ.

[@angelamaryquitecontrary4609]

@@hopefulagnostic336 "How do I know you're not lying again?" (Tee-hee.)

[@hopefulagnostic336]

@@angelamaryquitecontrary4609 LOL

[@fisheyenomiko]

I've seen a clip where either Kirk or Ray are going through that script, and they get to the "What does telling lies make you", and the guy replied with something like, "A normal person." Hee!

[@fizz4442]

The left behind series horrified me growing up. My heavily religious grandma pushed it onto me, constantly checking up on whether I was reading it or not even if I read other books. She'd take me to bookstores to pick them up too. That wasn't even the end of it; she found out there was a spinoff series made for young kids and teens. She pushed that series onto me too. I got six books in. The books were way shorter. But still, it made me feel pressured to save myself, that I was gonna be left behind any day now if I didn't, but made sure to also emphasize that trying to say the prayer to save oneself for any selfish means / just to get into heaven after being left behind wouldn't work and you'd still go to hell when you died. Needless to say, almost ten years later, looking back, it's horrifying imaging how hard it ruined me. I was not even a teenager, panicking full-on if I was home alone and didn't hear my family leave thinking I was left behind and doomed to hell. I was scared to make the prayer because I was worried I was being selfish. It's fucked up ! I was a child ! The for-kids books were just as violent as the main books if i recall, or just weirdly violent. Still. Those books ruined me for years, until I finally fled the church. and even then I'm still struggling to shake off all it caused me.

[@bookFreak8191]

My god, that’s the first time I’ve heard anyone else voice that same anxiety of being home alone and fearing your family left you behind in the rapture. So sorry for the trauma you experienced, but I feel you

[@marisasanchez9641]

i screamed when billy grabbed that guy by the throat TWICE and slapped him. that was well deserved

[@elliskujak8820]

Honestly icon behavior, they were having none of their shit.

[@sullendragon8900]

heck yeah that human is my hero

[@kerrid5717]

Living for Billy calling the evangelist a yank and standing up to him. Good for her standing up for herself

[@reneel1007]

Thank you, Jen, for reminding me what an hysterically awful time it was growing up as an evangelical Christian in the early 2000s. That banana clip is something that would have been played, with absolute self-seriousness, in my youth group. Why are evangelicals so bad at media of any kind? 😂

[@shadewitch333]

Movies, music, even Heavy Metal. Like, C'mon Evangelicals. TRY HARDER!!

[@mschrisfrank2420]

I went to church with my parents on Christmas Eve and they played a clip of a fourth wiseman who was bringing hummus to baby Jesus.

[@MeadowSongs]

@@mschrisfrank2420 I’m sorry…….what??

[@princesskristan]

I grew up in the church, and I remember being obsessed with the Left Behind series as a kid. Watched the movies, and read all the books. Now I cringe thinking about those days

[@kasstlekrasher5468]

Fight these gender norms Jen!!! Propose to James!!! I proposed to mine!!!! His exact response was, "you son of a gun, you actually did it." I BELIEVE IN YOU JEN!!! *there is also no reason to get married. Two people can love and co exist and never need a ring or a piece of paper to prove that. Always rooting for you both ❤

[@robinsonhomestead4745]

i was just like "hey baby, we should get married" he said ok, lets do it. 3 years later in November of last year we said i do. he's the best husband ever! now when we have a kid we can keep trail blazing, and leading by example

[@LochNessy13]

Same here! (But also married people get certain financial benefits!)

[@btwjststfu]

I was planning on proposing to my now husband as well ! I was even looking up rings/ bands to give him, proposing on top of a mountain after a day's hike, but he ended up beating me to it before I could put the plan in motion ! Married or not, Jen and James have such a great dynamic. They mesh so well together.

[@siriuslyconfused1]

Raven’s face as Candace Cameron spewed homophobia slayed me

[@1993TheDuke]

Jen: Now I'm going to show you a clip that is probably single handedly the funniest clip that I have ever seen in my entire life. Me: Please be the banana clip, please be the banana clip, please be the banana clip.... Ray: Behold the atheist nightmare! Me: Whooooo!

[@LadyHawke78]

The minute Jen mentioned Ray Comfort, I immediately knew the banana clip was coming. She did not disappoint.

[@persephonenovak932]

I had seen the banana clip once before, have no idea where I saw it, and was so pleased to watch it again.

[@christinafedderke3751]

Same! It's so funny! I just love that even Kirk can't keep it together.

[@amityislandchum]

The parodies of the banana clip, where people talk about how it's perfectly shaped to fit in someone's ass, make it even better.

[@workoutmom2b1g]

Haha! Hilarious.

[@QueenOfTheNorth65]

I can tell you why Kirk had Julie McCullough fired from Growing Pains. Julie posed for Playboy while she was appearing on Growing Pains, and this made Kirk angry. He went to the producers of the show, claiming that if they didn’t fire her, they were supporting pornography. 🙄

[@sarah3796]

Wow what a judgmental bully

[@melissacooper8724]

And they never reconciled over that!

[@andu1854]

I wish the producers had told Kirk to frack off, knowing he was the least talented actor on that show

[@daniboy4153]

​@melissacooper8724 Years later after the series, he refused to even speak to her during one time they saw each other. It's no wonder why she's so critical of him, I'd be pissed too.

[@OhThatsSoPunny]

I spent the greater part of my life thinking that those two were MARRIED not siblings omg.

[@therapizza]

I came to this channel for Jen, but I find myself loving James just as much. The hard cut to his angry, bitter rant put the biggest smile on my face.

[@dominicfucinari1942]

Well, it serves Kirk Cameron right. The south Georgia Megabaptist church tied to the Kendrick brothers, the Trinity Broadcasting Network, and all his interviews where he blamed it all on LGBT-etcs for crashing the foundations of civilization, have hurt a lot of innocent people, mostly children and youth, and the way Kirk Cameron abuses his former star power to spread Zionist foreign policy aggression and internalized straight supremacy, makes him stand out as a danger to society even among fundamentalists.

[@4Mr.Crowley2]

“Doesn’t squirt on your face” and “ease of entry” - I just can’t…oh my cats. That HAS to be a joke…right?!!

[@EmGrace4012]

I have never cringed so hard lol

[@angelsnaiilz]

EXACTLY LMAOOO

[@maryeckel9682]

It really looks like Kirk is just dying.

[@victoriadiesattheend.8478]

He really even made a little "moue" with his mouth for the camera at "ease of entry". I'm never going to recover 💀

[@MyMerryMessyGermanLife]

And fits perfectly into the human mouth 😜😂😂 Tell us you’re sexually repressed without telling us you’re sexually repressed.

[@wenrl1]

I was planning to marry Kirk. I’ve never been more happy a childhood dream never came to fruition.

[@blaineishere3851]

Oh god. The episode literally just started and the first sentence has me in pain 😭

[@MeadowSongs]

Bless Raven for staying as calm as she did, I can’t -

[@oilybohunk7]

Her eyes were saying so much.

[@nelle1899]

all raven had to do was sit there and candace made herself look dumb and prejudiced

[@citydweller99]

Emotions cloud judgment

[@aubreywagnerr]

Have you seen all the shit raven has said?

[@leyshy99]

As a transgender woman I was dying over the "transvestite" terminology... We've come so far.

[@AM-kr4pv]

I also I laughed when they were dressed entirely gender neutrally.

[@Lauraphoid]

@@AM-kr4pv jeans and a t-shirt, crossdressing!

[@glass.hammer]

Billy trying to strangle that bastard with their bare hand was catharsis.

[@Espresso_plz]

I hear the term still used unfortunately and I CRINGE EVERYTIME

[@AM-kr4pv]

@@Lauraphoid really makes you realise how many crossdressers are out there! Gosh sometimes even I'm a crossdresser!

[@cindys9491]

K. Cameron's statement that if each person in a marriage focuses on getting their own part right, "REGARDLESS OF HOW THE OTHER PERSON TREATS THEM," the marriage will improve, is concerning. This sounds like a recipe for abuse.

[@imaneassi]

If he said that, he mdsunderstood the bible.Cheating and abuse are valid reason to divorce in the bible.

[@helene8706]

"she's exactly the kind of evangelical that would own a winery, and I mean that as an insult" I love you both

[@dominicfucinari1942]

Yeah, but my imagination only tells me that Candace is pretentious. What's a more accurate description of a winery owner's personality?

[@savagerampage69]

Srsly 😂

[@macgirl1234]

Just stepping in here to let you know that I think it's great you're creating boundaries with the jennonites. Please don't let yourself feel guilty. That only zaps your energy more. Your videos are such a gift but you don't owe us all of your time and energy. We love you no matter what!

[@Meganec3810]

Beautifully put! 🥰

[@MissHilPaige]

When I was 10, my Sunday school class started listening to the Left Behind series on tape… eventually our teacher was made to stop by our parents because several of us were having nightmares or had trouble sleeping at night. I’m in my 30’s now and looking back, I cannot believe I was told as a 10 year old that this could happen to me. My Sunday school teacher was honestly one of the the most loving people I’ve ever known too. She thought she was helping us.

[@frozenraspberries1552]

Welcome to my childhood lol. I had nightmares but was told that was normal. I feel like people who leave don't talk enough about the trauma that Apocalyptic shit caused

[@MissHilPaige]

@@frozenraspberries1552 I am so sorry you were told that was normal!! How isolating and terrifying. My heart goes out to you. Yeah the rapture teachings are so traumatic. I wasn’t allowed to watch horror movies but Left Behind was acceptable? Ugh.

[@4and20blackbirds]

i had the same experience!!! what’s wrong with Christians!!!!

[@frozenraspberries1552]

@@MissHilPaige Oh for sure! Like Harry Potter was bad but LOTR and Narnia was okay? Or I can't watch pokemon but reading about Lot getting assaulted by his daughters was okie dokies?????

[@biancat7761]

As an Australian. That man speaks for everyone. Dont come into our country and tell us what to believe hahah 🤣🤣🤣

[@taliaroses]

Well you guys gave us Hillsong, so I'd say we're even

[@firesideshats]

​@@taliarosesyeah well you guys spread neo liberalism and utter bullshit and on top of that don't mention your companies stealing tax dollars off of us through subsies and out right theft and your intelligence agency the CIA overthrowing Gough Whitlam. Where not even close to even yank.

[@lolilikefrogs8509]

​@@taliarosesGod idk why but reading Hillsong sent literal shivers down my spine and brought back memories I thought my brain suppressed well

[@manicpixiedreamdanni1967]

I have made a tragic discovery. The banana clip was filmed at the Christian summer camp I went to growing up and now I am feeling many things.

[@asuma7683]

I was “listening” to, instead of “watching” you for the first half, then I glanced over! Well shit Jen, your makeup is GORGEOUS today. Guess I’m going to have to finish the video then start back at the beginning to see what you did!

[@yayaaabunni]

As a Christian (New Age Baptist) I appreciate you calling the fundamentalist side of the religion out. You do it way more eloquently than I could or will 😂😂😂

[@lindseyhendrix2405]

New Age Baptist?? Huh. 🤔 Sounds interesting. You in the states?

[@yayaaabunni]

@@lindseyhendrix2405 yes ma’am. In chicago specifically. As far as I know it’s that we believe in baptism and in charismatic Christianity but we also aren’t sexist, misogynistic, racist or homophobic. It’s literally come as you are cause God loves you exactly how he made you.

[@beyondallmeasure]

As my FIL used to say baptist just means that at sometime, someone gets wet. It really represents a huge variety of beliefs within Christianity. There are many various groups with very different views that all consider themselves baptist.

[@merricat3025]

I never heard of new-age Baptists and I googled it. First thing it came up was New Age Baptist Pastor charged with child sexual abuse eta I just found it ironic and doubt representative of beliefs

[@yayaaabunni]

@@merricat3025 okay and you tell me this because why? I don’t know that pastor or that church - so Are you lumping all of us in with them? Cause I’m a CA/SA survivor and my church surrounded me with love, support and pushing me to go to therapy….

[@karenmacdonald6190]

Jennette McCurdy wrote in her book about being represented as child by Kirk and Candice’s mom as child actor.

[@crystalclear111]

That's a lie, their Mother is a novelist, she writes Christian fiction.

[@HM-cq2rv]

@@crystalclear111she could do both to a certain degree. Jeanette’s mom was religious, but Mormon I believe. But she could have partnered with powerful religious people to get her kid ahead

[@Ditcho13]

"Their empire of foolishness" is probably my favourite thing to say now. Thank you for giving that to us. Brilliant video as always

[@maggierosemakousky2146]

Now I want you all to close your eyes and imagine being 4 years old in a southern Baptist church basement, the teacher hands you some crayons and says color what you think heaven will be like and then she puts on the left behind series. I present to you rapture anxiety

[@hlewis74]

That's so awful 😔

[@nicoleshan6410]

What?!!!

[@katiewheeler9212]

Man that guy showing up to scream at all those anti maskers made my heart burst with joy.

[@littlewillowlinda]

He's always struck me as closeted. His response is p much what I've been told too.."Just don't follow those impulses " do they not realize that some people don't have those impulses at all lol. You'd still be bi even if you haven't been with anyone (as an example)

[@nathanielcraig3588]

That seems... surprisingly likely. He has that vibe to him.

[@victoriadiesattheend.8478]

I agree totally

[@cooperminion825]

I always had this suspicion that he and his sister were more than just siblings. They're just a little too close for me

[@BrigitofBergental]

Just like the song "Turn it Off" in the Broadway show "Book of Mormon"....

[@stephaniebutler81]

Totally agree. Kirk i most definitely a closeted gay or at the very least; bisexual. He's also a disgusting moron.

[@emilybetz8662]

I’d LOVE to see a whole vid on Candace- Kirk has definitely made himself known, but I feel like Candace has been popping up in so many places since Fuller House started and I don’t love the small amount of influence she has again -__-

[@Ellllliiiiiiee27]

I don’t condone violence but I can understand Billy’s frustration.

[@SpaceSamuraiKelsey]

Left Behind: The Kids! I really hope you cover those as well in your future video about the LB authors. Let me tell you, that series of books fucked up my early 2000's. Fresh after September 11 and the media has been telling me the world is basically ending, and as a gullible kid I somehow got my hands on that series. I was obsessed. Absolutely convinced that the rapture could happen any time and if I wasn't Christian enough I'd be left behind too. I even got myself an "Extreme Teen Bible"! (Yes! I am not joking! TAZ fans know why this is ridiculous.) Thankfully, I had some great friends who got me out of it because I was on the road to evangelical bs. I know I'm not the only one who had a similar reaction to those books. Absolutely bonkers. Why would you make a series that sounds like it's for Good Christian Kids if not to brainwash them? All it did was give me guilt for existing and not being Christian enough. Kirk Cameron always reminds me of that series and I'm so glad I never got into the movies. It's way better to hear commentary on it so thank you, Jen!

[@zz12233]

That banana clip is the best 30 seconds of media on this entire platform. Beautiful.

[@witchywoman2008]

If God designed the banana to be so perfect then I need Ray to explain why tangerines are such a nightmare to eat.

[@kamaliancirranoush1916]

Uh well they must be of the devil 😂

[@hopelessone15]

Or coconuts.

[@kellysamons1065]

Pomegranates. Can't be done without making a huge mess.

[@klaythoring1326]

Bananas weren’t naturally made that way anyway - humans did that. These people are so bizarre.

[@arbutusviper1]

Pineapples are prickly products made by none other than the Prince of Darkness 🍍😈

[@suajjf]

Fundie Fridays are my 20/20 and James’ wrap-up is my CBS Sunday Morning. Much talent. Very good.

[@LK-lb8cg]

Billie made my day. I could watch that chokehold and slap 20 more times.

[@Mama_Bear524]

Same. It was cathartic

[@alessandrajackson3768]

I love that the clip right after is the most homoerotic thing I’ve ever seen

[@annevanity3922]

queen behavior

[@quinn799]

I wonder what her real name is, surely not billy, although maybe it is.

[@virginiarogers9391]

@@quinn799 i don’t think he was actually trans. he called billie a transvestite probably just to be rude.

[@maddylions5680]

Feels so uncomfy to be on Pierce Morgan's side