Megachurch Pastors Make NO Sense

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[@DankSpoony]

"You look like the pastor of a megachurch" is such a specific but deeply cutting insult. It's perfect.

[@aidanhoward5111]

It really is

[@eternallustformedusa4844]

unless you use the insult on wood. then it doesn’t cut anymore.

[@OfficialButtKissers]

I would be so genuinely upset if someone said that to me

[@theodour8617]

But the Christ meter looks like a penis! 🤭🍑💦

[@maybemablemaples2144]

​@@eternallustformedusa4844 IM LOSING IT 🤣🤣🤣

[@funnyccore]

I think the most fascinating part of evangelical Christianity is how classist it is. Someone who is threatened by eviction can't "drop their worries" to receive god's blessings, and the pretending that they can implies that people who have issues just aren't trying enough to fix them. It's the same rhetoric you see behind the idea that you can pray away poverty, sickness, etc. or that you "choose" to be poor by not believing hard enough.

[@SilverDragonJay]

@Judy Mwanzo "Blaming systems for issues takes the power out of god's hands" omg, everything makes sense now! This is why conservative Christians refuse to acknowledge that we might have systemic issues to resolve!

[@Ruscharound19]

@Judy Mwanzo right! Thankfully I was only raised Catholic, not hardcore Evangelical, but even in the Catholic Church, you're expected to tithe 10% to the church, regardless of your personal situation. IF the Biblical God actually existed, I think he would be more apt to tell the church that they need to be helping their congregation instead of having their congregation giving to them. I think the Biblical God (if he existed, which I don't personally believe, but to each their own) would be more apt to tell his followers to spend what they have to support themselves and their children and loved ones, and if they somehow ended up in a situation where they had more money than they needed, *then* they could start giving to the church.

[@tatiana4050]

I think it's worse when they say you can cure illness by believing in god hard enough.

[@johnforestersworstnightmar3756]

@@Ruscharound19 the early Christians followed a form of anarchism and would probably not be impressed by the hierarchy found in churches today. Jesus was also very much about helping people in need. you’d think that would extend to church communities as well but that part seems to always go ignored, especially when it comes to advocating for social change.

[@lisdexamphetamine]

@@johnforestersworstnightmar3756 give me your poor, your sick, your elderly. but only if you give me 10% of your total income. -Jesus H Christ, ~27 AD

[@alanabanana4013]

I definitely grew up being told Satan was just a bad evil guy out to getcha. My mom told me my OCD was Satan having a "stronghold" in my head

[@boggie8754]

I was told my depression and anxiety were demons in me because I wasn’t praying and believing hard enough 👍🏻 lmao

[@Cr0ut0n]

Evangelical Christians are really awful to people with mental illness 😔 I was told my depression was because I needed to pray more and wasn’t close enough to God 🙄

[@brookejon3695]

Yeah, that's not gonna fuck a kid up for life or anything. Thanks, mom.

[@alanabanana4013]

@@brookejon3695 lol yeah i haven't talked to her in like 2 years for a reason haha

[@brookejon3695]

@random name here He busy keeping that traffic light green for an extra second because someone's late to work and winning sports games.

[@skinsuitfullofbees4135]

Dude I remember a friend calling me, distressed, because they were having tics at a church they attended with a friend and the people were trying to exorcise the demons outta them. 🤨

[@ziggyflame6988]

I have a very soft spoken voice, and a leader who does deliverance literally was rebuking my voice cuz it sounded abnormal to him. Obviously no demons manifested. He did that a few times and nothing manifested. I got so angry and told him “dude I just have a very soft voice. Been like this since I was born” man it pissed me off cuz no way he never heard people like Latoya or MJ talk,now their voice is mouth softer than mine lol

[@wafflecult27]

The amount of religious people telling people with tics/tourettes that it can be "cured" by turning to God is astonishing

[@bentramer682]

I love how since one writer portrayed Exorcism for a made up story the catholic church wielded it like, well a kid who found his dad's gun

[@gutmunch]

The megachurch in my city invited victims of a mass shooting that occurred here for a memorial but then just played footage from the shooting then made them cry then recorded them crying for their ads.

[@olilumgbalu5653]

Which city was this?

[@cocomuffin]

Wtf

[@keegantayolr1860]

What the actual fuck

[@JesusisLord756]

Mega church (the bad ones, not all) are some of the most evil people alive

[@katashworth41]

“The word dating isn’t in the Bible” well there’s no mention of social media but there that guy is.

[@KitchenGun]

There is also no Pizza in the Bible but I'm eating it right now. Something is fishy here...

[@thenotsoamazinggracetnsag3463]

There’s also no mention of eating raw cookie dough either, and I’m eating it right now.😱😊

[@Eliqueme]

There is no mention of getting bitches, But here I am w/o any bitches 😔 Maybe he's right y'know? 🥲

[@idontevenknow9758]

So are private jets too, but a lot of these mega churches seem to love them and say they are “praying airplanes”.

[@ladyyyhokage]

also “courting” is definitely in the bible and that’s basically what we do in modern dating lmfao.

[@fara16]

The weird, threatening way many Christians talk about sex definitely needs to be studied

[@ziggyflame6988]

Yup,sex is a beautiful thing but make sure to break all soul ties cuz it can F*@&k you up big time Not religious but it’s true,even people who don’t believe In God believe in soul ties because it’s all spiritual. We are spirits living and renting this body

[@cutienerdgirl]

I remember my Youth Pastor told us that he was scared to have sex with his wife for a week because of how long he was told to wait. An African Megachurch pastor my mom watches said doing oral sex on a woman is unclean in God's eyes whilst the Bible says that the only times people are permitted from sex is during fasting & women's periods and wives & husbands should do whatever sexually pleases one another so they don't cheat. 😂

[@DM-kl4em]

I remember when Ted Bundy was telling "Dr" James Dobson how p**n turned him into a serial killer. The evangelical community bought it hook, line, and sinker. I remember being warned as a teenager about how p**n turns men into serial killers. I wish I was kidding, but I am dead serious!

[@pinkfurret6245]

​​@@ziggyflame6988 You cannot state what everybody believes.

[@ona512]

How they're so scared about it but when they think it's okay to talk about it like the elephant in the room they giggle like toddlers who heard a fart

[@amoureux6502]

"Christianity + capitalism" reminds me of when Jesus flipped a table because he was angry that people were selling things at his place of worship

[@shakersword]

damn jesus was a real one

[@SanctusPaulus1962]

@@shakersword He's the son of the original G

[@Democracylover710]

@@SanctusPaulus1962Jesus Christ is my- NOOOOOO

[@johntodd6413]

Jesus was a Marxist before the man

[@dliap98]

conservative christians truly just ignore most of the lessons in the bible. like christians against masking and social distancing are going directly against the bible. like i thought this was your book dude! what happened? so frustrating

[@amadough7590]

“You don’t need insulin… You have the Lord…” 😂

[@NORAMA01]

You get to meet him if you stop taking it

[@orangeslicerz]

​@@NORAMA01omg 😭😭

[@Ragnarok2kx]

4:00 Funny thing about divorce rates is, the big spikes in the later half of the last century were mostly because of increased ability of women to be financially independent. For reference, it only became illegal to deny a credit based on gender in 1974. Before this, many banks literally required a husband's signature to issue a credit card to a woman. If you go a bit further back before the 60s, many banks would deny you an account based on you being a woman.

[@TheShariasKnowledge]

They forgot the part where the reason divorce rates shot up was because women were finally able to leave from the abuse.

[@ticrific]

You could make an entire video for hours on Greg Locke, a local absolutely insane pastor here in Tennessee. It’s not a mega church but my god the content you can milk from this man… he says autistic kids are just possessed and I could go on and on but I don’t have the energy for it lmao. This year on Halloween his church burned “demonic” and “witch” stuff like dungeons and dragons, tarot cards, Harry Potter books, etc which is ironically much more ritualistic and witchy than the objects themselves. For some reason he has this thing where he says Waffle House witches and Cracker Barrel witches so my sister started a coven called Waffle House witches lol

[@garbagegremlins4707]

Oh I hate that man I discovered him from telltale

[@artiseen]

Oh he’s the dude that said that about autistic children , I saw it on TikTok and was wondering who tf was this guy

[@ashtonisvibing]

why yes, i am possessed! but it's not the autism (nor the queerness because $5 says greg would be against that as well), i'm just a pureblood demon spawn, and greg better run! :D

[@loganbradford2343]

Counterpoint: Burning shit to the ground is one of the most fundamental Christian practices

[@crowbot748]

(For the unenlightened about this guy) he also had to take up all the wood chips in his church cause people kept putting tarot cards under them to troll him~ and 100% believed there were witches in his church

[@9s0lly_mauk9]

Reminds of the good old days before I got banned from my church for cutting my hair off and coming out as non-binary 🤣 best decision of my life

[@nixpixl442]

makes you wonder what happened to god’s “unconditional love”

[@Doctor-Infinite]

this type of sh*t is what turned me into an atheist lmao 🤭😆

[@micro4431]

That's so badass lol

[@ciaociara]

I’m glad you left 💗hope all is well

[@AutumnF]

As a closeted pansexual whose family are extremely homophobic Christians, I avoid going to church at all costs. The guilt that they put on people is horrible. I’m AFAB, and the dudes there make me uncomfortable as hell! The way they talk about women is toxic and disgusting.

[@gettin_the_scoop]

they give off the same vibes as motivational speakers, snake oil salesmen, and televangelists. Prove me wrong.

[@milometric2736]

dont forget cult leaders

[@brookejon3695]

These are all the same people lol

[@Our_Remedy]

Different flavors of the same scam

[@TheSupernitro6]

You did just define megachurch pastors

[@tjenadonn6158]

Motivational speakers are just megachurch pastors that quote books like "Think and Grow Rich" and "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" instead of quoting books like Luke and Leviticus.

[@DaDewd2112]

Y'know, I feel like Jesus would rather have these ludicrous amounts of money be funneled into building mega-homeless shelters, or mega-rehab centers, or literally anything that would actually benefit the less fortunate.

[@floraschmitt5067]

"even at my youngest stage" ethan doesn't go through ages he goes through stages like a pokemon

[@KaylaNoelle1]

I'm getting flashbacks to my 12 -year-old undiagnosed autistic self sneaking out of the megachurch summer camp sermon with my friends and telling them "was he not speaking exactly like a cult leader would speak???" as we went to spend some time with actual god (nature). If you want to feel close to a source or something bigger than yourself you could pay these clowns all of your savings to say the same three lessons over and over again in slightly different ways ... OR, you could just go on a hike.

[@sillyguy7034]

Based. Organized religion is a complete sham

[@KaylaNoelle1]

@@sillyguy7034 It sucks how much power it still has over those of us who don't fall for it.

[@badger6882]

Gets me thinking about The Colour Purple by Alice walker. The idea of god found in creation

[@tjenadonn6158]

@@badger6882 I mean that's basically the entire idea behind pantheism, panentheism, and most ideologies related to them. Many pagan traditions are close to that but with a greater tendency to personalize it into worshipable deities.

[@Tiny_Koi]

This is so real ngl

[@jonathanperigo6853]

What I got out of the axe/wood analogy: Axe = man? Wood = Woman? Axe need Iron to stay sharp so it can chop wood Man need to have sex with man to be good at having sex with woman If you want to be good at being Straight, be gay. - Well shit, it's worked for me so far.

[@kiyote437]

He mentioned being "unequally yoked" which is Evangelical code for "being married to a filthy unbeliever." It's something they talk about quite a bit. I believe that iron = true believer and wood = godless apostate. So two believers will "sharpen" each other, but if a believer marries a nonbeliever it will "dull" them.

[@jonathanperigo6853]

@@kiyote437 ahh man that sucks. My joke post about it being rad to be gay is way more fun.

[@kiyote437]

@@jonathanperigo6853 It is, I agree.

[@lisdexamphetamine]

nah but if you practice with the homies you'll know what your girl has to go though thus giving you another level of empathy understanding and solidarity with her

[@ddog-kh8gl]

@@jonathanperigo6853 definitely

[@alanabanana4013]

"We aren't even TALKING about right-wing megachurches" *holds out my little spoon expectantly*

[@alien_from_andromeda]

🥺👉👈 can i please have sum more sir

[@tjenadonn6158]

I honestly wasn't aware that there was any other kind? Are there left-wing, like I'm talking full on communist/socialist/anarchist leaning megachurches?

[@gdadder]

@@tjenadonn6158 the “left” leaning meagachurch is Scientology lol

[@Valentine-kx7fk]

@@gdadder yeaahh, no.

[@ejedwards988]

@@gdadder just because you don't like those things doesn't mean they're related

[@pearl_b]

So I grew up in church, I still consider myself a Christian .. but ya I started listening to the actual words people were saying in these moments with that music playing, and that dramatic/v spiritual voice, and a lot of the time I’m like … “wait a second… did they just… what did they just say..??”

[@FurukawaAkane]

I consider myself to fall into the Catholic group of Christianity as of late, but it surprises me every time how most modern Christians I see in America simultaneously believe the Bible is a rule book and also choose to blatantly ignore the most important aspects of it, like being a kind and considerate person. I bring mine to work every day, but I don’t treat it as the end-all, be-all but more of a reminder to keep my heart open to others’ struggles and give of myself. I couldn’t care less about converting people or calling others “sinful” because that’s not my place to pass judgement or impose my ideas onto another. Crazy how profitable and harmful some churches politicising a book written by long dead men can be, though.

[@Imcuke]

Come to seventh day Adventist church

[@Neo_Chord]

"god said" sounds like "mom said" when youre fighting with your sibling. Actual man-children

[@peachy_lili]

is this a good time to remind anybody who didn't know that Joel Osteen refused to put anybody up in his megachurch, Lakewood, during Hurricane Harvey? he had to get put through the media ringer before he gave in and it turned out there were areas that would have safely held shitloads of people. like it was actually a perfect shelter and he refused until he was forced to give in. these people are monsters

[@sladesigoii5983]

Yeah if a mattress salesman opens his doors before your church you have a problem.

[@peachy_lili]

@@sladesigoii5983 a super conservative mattress salesman at that lmao

[@maybemablemaples2144]

I remember that. He was wild too.

[@tjenadonn6158]

@@peachy_lili As in "long time personal friend of the Bush Family" conservative. He's on a first name basis with more war criminals than most people who've worked at The Hague or The UN, and he still was more compassionate than Joel Osteen.

[@needguccithanks2258]

shoutout Mattress Mack 💀💀

[@AnnaRenee]

The divorce rate thing reminds me of when I was a fundie and my uncle was getting divorced and I wrote a Bible verse about divorce and arguing is a sin and was gonna give it to him so he wouldn’t do that. What was I thinking

[@onlyneptuneintheworld]

THIS IS SO FUNNY IM SO SORRY 😭

[@Ruscharound19]

You were brainwashed. You were a young, impressionable kid, and the adults in your life took advantage of you. It's not your fault!

[@brookejon3695]

That's literally how the Bible was written. Your psalm is as valid as any other lmao

[@mrmeowingtonw]

this is so funny at first but when u stop and think... damn.. we're really brainwashing our children into being terrified of a mythological figure, threatening them with eternal torture for being human, and telling them that believing anything else is wrong... I hope all children raised like that get the chance to form their own beliefs eventually because everyone deserves to think freely without fear.

[@kwarra-an]

@@brookejon3695 "You know what, I actually just had a flash of divine inspiration and God says it's YOUR turn to wash the dishes, Ishmael."

[@bready2crumble]

When I was about ten, my dad was asked to be a guest speaker at one night of a week long revival at a baptist church here in Kentucky. He assembled a four foot tall wooden iPod nano prop and preached a sermon titled “The Sinister Minister” it was about music’s influence over us. How if you listen to ANGY MUSIC, it make you angy. And if you listen to HORNY SONG it makes you lustful. He mentioned he feared Katy Perry might make his only daughter (me) think that kissing girls was okay. I was uncomfortable but figured he was right. Found out six years later I’m bi as hell. The trauma is comedy

[@Doctor-Infinite]

this comment made me feel a roller coaster of emotions jesus christ

[@tjenadonn6158]

And now the only thing going through my head is "The Sinister Minister" by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. That song, that band, and really everyone in it kicks absolute ass (seriously check out Fleck: you will never look at the banjo the sane way ever again.) And yes, the song came out before the iPod nano, so in all likelihood he stole the title from them.

[@zacharyriley4561]

What's funny is that song isn't a gay/ lesbian song. It's about a straight girl taking advantage of a lesbian for sick kicks.

[@samuelthrift7282]

Traumedy, one could say

[@unHolyEvelyn]

And if he knows I'm sure he's really blaming Katy Perry for you being bisexual, even though you're bisexual because that's just who you are.

[@comfortagunbiade2094]

“Comfort has a name!” Me literally being named Comfort: 👁️👄👁️

[@AuroraArtStudy]

Thanks Ethan for another banger! You know, I went to a christian college that required 4 religion credits as part of the basics and unironically those were some of the most enlightening and interesting classes I had (when the ultra religious would shut up) because they added nuance and thoughtful discussion to the text from a (mostly) unbiased POV. My favorite thing was actually how the professor teaching World Religions had a doctorate in like a million things, but specifically in Ancient Hebrew, as in the language the bible was written in, and he debunked half of the religious talking points of modern right-wing churches just via "So, that word in Hebrew did not mean 'witch' or 'black magic', it meant liar" or recontextualizing their abhorrence of sodomy (because that passage theyre talking about was specifically in context to the romans sleeping with young boys they took on as apprentices and not consenting adults). I learned not to trust the interpretations of a 2000 year old collection of books that's been translated by people with agendas (King James) and to define my own moral compass.

[@petrichorbones]

yeah it was learning about the hebrew (and greek) translations of the bible that really made me stop trusting anything the bible had to say tbh. obviously there's some parts that are fine but how am i supposed to base my whole belief system off a book full of malicious mistranslations lol

[@beatricelee3348]

wait yo, what college

[@AuroraArtStudy]

@@petrichorbones "but it's the word of god!" Yeah, written by men

[@thesinfultictac5704]

Hi Ethan, My degree was in Anthropology and Religious Studies. The cadence of the speech of these pastors seems(though Im not sure, and any one who knows better please correct me) to be derivative of both the historical black preaching style, dominant in black sects such as Baptist and Episcopalian and the modern evangelical movement. The majority of the Protestant Evangelical movement was at one point anti-racist and this changed in the 70s and 80s and the black Evangelical movement broke off, so the two styles of preaching co-mingled. Also a few of the motifs are common in Christian sermons: the object metaphor/lesson- using a daily thing to make a point about the scriptures or doctrine The Answer and call back- the priest/preacher/pastor says something and the crowd answers back. Black Christian movements have a particularly unique way of doing this (and I don't know if there is a term for it.) Call out- the leader of the sermon calls out to a certain group or person, and praises them, includes them in the dialogue of the sermon or tears them down. I hope thid helps.

[@heatherlee2967]

+

[@naeshelle]

Hello, grew up in a Black church (we’re Missionary Baptists, specifically). I’ve only ever known it as “call & response.”

[@thesinfultictac5704]

@@naeshelle yes! My brain was a little fried and I couldn't think of the correct name of the term, thank you!

[@itsonlydanteluv]

at first i didn't agree when you said it sounds similar to the preaches in black churches until i imagined the pastors from the black church i grew up in speaking this way i assume its because megachurchs will be more likely show up in southern states, meaning some areas with a heavy black population and just the accent it self, even if a southern person is from a big city they will have a certain flow with their words

[@ecliiipsssse]

That's fascinating

[@avab9870]

Grew up in a megachurch and it sucked 😎 the only thing that kept me going was the off brand frappuccinos from their franchised coffee shop in the lobby. Also they made me go to a boys group and they just spent an hour trying to make cans of spraypaint into flamethrowers and then told us to be celibate lol. I grew up and figured out I’m trans and they don’t like me as much now 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@mollykircher3104]

I'm sorry go back, flame throwers? I wanna go.

[@TheGateShallStand]

I always thought megachurches were awful until I heard this bitch got a megachurch with spray paint flamethrowers, I'm in

[@catfilmz]

Y’all I’m so blessed my pastor tells me to let go of things so I ate my children! God works in mysterious ways, and now I’m eating my entire neighborhood in Gods name. Thanks Ethan! Amen!

[@tortillaflavoured1828]

Now you can rob groceries without having to definitely legally threaten mr beast to pay for them! How wonderful! I aspire to be like you one day. I will eat the world.

[@BadWallaby]

Mans got an eraser built into the cap but still chooses to sacrifice Baby Yoda :( Im saddened by this

[@AliciaMajo]

"Be fruitful and multiply!" Well I doubt I'll multiply, but I sure am fruity! Does that count?

[@tylerf.145]

omg a megachurch gave my friend an exorcism when they found out they were trans and burned all their stuff

[@tannerbruning868]

I thought exorcisms where a Catholic thing?

[@joshknowsnothing]

@@tannerbruning868 they're usually called demon deliverances in most protestant settings

[@joshknowsnothing]

but more or less the same concept without holy water and stuff

[@FlareStorms]

bruh

[@thealdavis]

That's so scary, I hope they're okay now 🥺

[@obi-wan-pierogi]

Shout out to my mom who left the church entirely after the pastor at her local Waterschurch ( mega church brand idk man) started spouting Anti LGBT sermons. She walked up to him and told him she didn’t appreciate that days sermon cause literally all her kids are gay. Anyway my mom is Pagan now and I’m showing her all my favorite “Ex Christian “ KZbinrs lol.

[@elevensloosehair]

That is one commendable woman

[@aristogatos1o1]

I know this woman’s green bean casserole absolutely SLAPS

[@ImmortalHDizzle]

​@@aristogatos1o1 this comment is so fucking funny oml. PLEASE invite us to the next family BBQ!! 😫✌️❤️

[@garysticks]

Ummmmm,I'm an atheist but the pastor was right though. I mean,the God of the Bible literally hates gays. Like literally. So I mean if it's something you believe, then yeah it's a sin.

[@paris4590]

The truth always hurts karens

[@alexisannoyinggg]

i grew up evangelical, and the presure of 'not sinning' was so overwhelming. thankfully i got out of it young, and im now more free and able to be openly queer. if i hadnt left the church, i would be incredibly miserable, and these kind of videos juts make me incredibly frustraited

[@mrmeowingtonw]

im so sorry, and im so glad things are better now! I grew up as an atheist, but I had lots of friends who were very religious and sometimes I worry that they never got to break free. this kinda makes me believe that theyre doing better, and I wish all kids were given the proper freedom to live how they want to. off topic, but I love the lovejoy pfp! what's your fav song/s of theirs?

[@jedharrington6234]

Same with me, I grew up Mormon and did everything I could to follow everything that they said would let me have a happy life but was still miserable. Best choice of my life was to leave

[@whatarehumans3680]

100th like(always wanted to do that😅) Anyway, I grew up Christian, and boy was it a struggle. I remember always feeling guilty and scared all the time. Crazy how people think it’s okay to talk to kids about the world ending and being doomed to eternal damnation. I’m so thankful I had queer friends. Being friends with them pushed me into questioning my religion, while also discovering I was also queer. Unfortunately, I still live with my religious parents.

[@AwesomeFreakMadd]

oh my gosh same! every day was a bundle of stress and anxiety and fear that i was sinning! constant prayers for forgiveness. i can't express how much lighter i feel without all of this

[@louie1338]

THANK YOU!!! My parents raised me the same way!! Trust and believe that when I move out, I’ll be my own self. I’m tired of them pushing religion down my throat😭

[@MrLEADshed]

10:30 i thought he was gonna go like "well guess what, a man is an axe and a woman is a wood, so go get in relationships with guys and sharpen yourself".

[@MrLEADshed]

12:25 wait, "a good thing" is literally gay lol.

[@mercyorbit9351]

This is exactly why Jesus warned us of the wolf in sheeps clothing. And why he was murdered for preaching that a relationship with God doesn’t come through another man or church, but an intimate and personal relationship between only God and yourself.

[@Window4503]

Actually, the relationship comes through Jesus. He preached that multiple times. He was murdered for claiming to be God. As for the church, it’s the body of Christ. It’s like the testing ground for practicing love, speaking the truth, and encouraging each other in your spiritual walk. The church serves as accountability, but only under the authority of the Bible, which every Christian should know enough of individually to stamp out any abuse.

[@Chuck_EL]

Mercyorbit they won't get it , they want to be "charmed" and passified

[@kdot3726]

@@Window4503 replace the words "Jesus" and "church" with like literally ANYTHING else and it should become glaringly apparent that you are very clearly in a cult...

[@spookyariel1]

​@@Window4503 Well all of them are failing. The abuse is All types of Christianity are rampant.

[@psychedelicpayroll5412]

@@spookyariel1Because they don’t read and study the Bible or do and take things out of context. Apostle Paul referred to these mega churchgoers as having itching ears and that the pastors entertaining them will make merchandise out of them. They only wanna hear something about God that makes them feel good and not the truth. These pastors are either ignorant or know what they are doing when twisting the scripture. One unfortunate example is Jamal Bryant who was known as a adulterer and never stopped. He gave a twisted narcissistic seminar about himself and compared himself to king David when he got caught in his 1st set of major sins after he cheated using the verse 2 Samuel 12:7-“You are the man!” Nathan told David. “This is what the Lord God of Israel says: I anointed you king over Israel and rescued you from Saul.” Well Jamal proceeded to say I am the man💪 and nothing is gonna stop him. In the context Nathan was giving a parable about a rich man and poor man and how the rich man stolen the poor man’s animal to prepare as a meal so he wouldn’t have to give up his own. David got angry about the rich man and Nathan called him out saying he was the rich man. It’s on KZbin if you wanna see it. Jamal also was bragging about his accomplishments too and even said was gonna put a curse on the people who spoke out against him and the audience cheered.🫤

[@kat_kami]

As a non-American this is truly fascinating, hilarious and also terrifying all at the same time

[@juliam.2135]

real

[@vintagewannabe]

It’s terrifying

[@bobhope4288]

As an American, I too found this fascinating, hilarious and also terrifying all at the same time. But then I realizes how much political power they have, and I stopped finding it funny, now it's just horrific.

[@mother8304]

there are thousands of megachurches outside of the US…

[@HomoLegalMedic]

There may be thousands of mega churches outside the US, but you guys take this shit beyond next level. I mean, you have pastors asking for donations to buy a second private jet because he can't fly with the demonic public. I'm not even joking.

[@patriciaantal6436]

“My brother in Christ they are going to the Macy’s after this” sobbing rn this is too good

[@ChelseaDewey]

Literally 😂

[@frankensteinlives]

I wish I could favorite this comment ty

[@angeline6477]

As someone who would do weekly Costco trips with my family after church growing up, it's very accurate 😂😂

[@aaronharvey5625]

What I got from the Wood/Axe thing is that I should be gay, because Iron sharpens iron, and if I’m the iron and I need to be sharpened then I should rub up on another piece of iron.

[@YourDad-dh6fj]

Slam wood together also, make fire, and arson is wonderful

[@Cr0ut0n]

Arson and homosexuality!!!! :D 🎉

[@sugasweet435]

@@Cr0ut0n be gay, do crime 💅🏽

[@tjenadonn6158]

@@sugasweet435 Be trans, throw hands. Be bi, Feuer Frei! Be Sapphic, stop traffic. Be Ace swing a mace.

[@louie1338]

😂😂😂😭😭😭😭

[@AshaGlenn]

This is amazing. So healing for this woman who was in a religious cult for 21 years.

[@beefcakesmchunkerson9079]

This distinctly reminds me of when a lady told me my sisters cancer was demons inside her and that by getting her help my mother was allowing them to remain

[@vintagewannabe]

😟

[@xChaosFlower]

🤨

[@xChaosFlower]

So if she dies, (not pushing that upon you) was it because she didn't have enough faith in God? Or that the church failed to excersie the demons?

[@ziggyflame6988]

I have an auto immune desease that I’m working on reversing and I wanted to be added in the prayer list for they can pray for me every Tuesday and my gosh the pastor told me “you don’t have cancer!! You’re ok! You’re not going to die and don’t expect me to feel sorry for you” man it was so bad,I left that church and told my doctor about it and she was pissed.

[@roseaeries]

The first point is already making me laugh so much. “Dating isn’t in the bible” do you know how many people there were in your dating pool back then? No cars to meet up with people even at a medium distance from you, no dating services to meet people outside your inner circle. Like, max 10 people were possible

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

Also like Market places and festivals were THE meetup place

[@mrod87]

Right we can advance in our dating practices but they got satellites in the sky to stream their sermons. The hypocrisy.

[@marlo8528]

We're also not dating cousins these days...with the exception of some states lol

[@greyisnthere]

thank you for the sermon Pastor Piss 🙏

[@jgcoverkknot5701]

Pastor Piss 😩🙏

[@aformofmatter8913]

Pisstor

[@lanaharper9798]

Commenting to let you know that you got 69 likes

[@greyisnthere]

@@lanaharper9798 nice, thank you for your service

[@samanthagiraffe3088]

ironically, both marriage and divorce rates receding at the same time indicates that being more discerning as to who and whether you marry is more beneficial for the institution of marriage. When it was a more cemented social norm, the rate was high, when it was not considered as essential, the people who do get married more often stay married

[@aysnottouse4972]

the whole thing they say about how "god never gives us more than we can handle" reminds me of a moment from a show i love where a character responds "your god expects way too much from 13 year old boys". their god expects way to much of 15 year olds. i still have nightmares.

[@coolocelot]

Ive always wanted to watch a wolf of wall street style movie about the particular kind of megalomaniac narcissist grifter that it takes to be a mega church pastor. Righteous Gemstones is like on the right track but like with a serious tone

[@kineta_works]

my family transitioned from a black church to a white mega church AND THE STORIES I COULD TELL😭😭😭 im still in that situation (unfortunately) and the insane amount of useless rhetoric they push and ACTUALLY BELIEVE is insane. like genuinely. it’s turned me away from all organized religion to where i can’t look at religious people the same because i know that fundamentally we disagree on smth that’s such a huge part of their life. im not traditionally religious and never talk abt my beliefs because im aware i’d sound delusional, which makes me wonder if that’s just human beliefs in general, because if I sound delusional to THEM, and THEY sound delusional to ME, maybe we both are. but they are disrespectful about it. smh now im ranting.

[@undrwatropium3724]

Google 'is there any historical records of Jesus ' the answer is no.

[@beafraid5467]

​​@@undrwatropium3724the historians consensus on that matter is that he did live in Palestine in the 1st century and he was crucified. And tbh it is quite more likely that he did than not, just like Abraham did before him and Mohammed did after (though for that one there’s not even a question that he did, he was literally involved in political life). For a religion to appear out of a thin air is way less likely than for there to be actual people and historic events involved. As for his miracles, that’s obviously unprovable. But as a person, yes, there was a dude named Jesus that was probably a very eloquent public speaker with a political ambition at least.

[@ziggyflame6988]

Everyone’s got different beliefs,some worship monkeys,elephants,frogs and serpents. It’s just that when it comes to Christianity,it’s all man made because people have added so much to it like silly things such as it’s evil to praise and worship and dance, women should only wear long skirts and wearing make up is so jezebel. It’s so man made that they have so many names like methodist, Baptist,non denominational🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ so many different rules and beliefs and yet they say they follow the same God. Like literally everything is spiritual and churches no longer teach about spirituality and the spiritual realm cuz they want people to stay stuck in the matrix,which is being controlled by people,specially those with higher positions. It’s all a business now. Don’t know if you believe in the Bible but Jesus wasn’t a strict asshole like some people act or say due to their silly rules. Dude got hated by his own people and people thought he was a warlock cuz he would cast demons out of people, all spiritual. Just stick with your beliefs,whatever they are. People will always be hating.

[@AbeeraUsmanKhawaja]

​@@undrwatropium3724well we Muslims also believe in Jesus PBUH but as the one of the mightest messenger of God Almighty. We Muslims are saying this for so long that Jesus PBUH was a messenger not God or son of God . But White Christians are not listening us. Bible is not His book. Even Jesus isn't his name. His name in Arabic is Isa . In Hebrew it is Iso or in Classical Hebrew it's Yehasuah . Jesus (Isa) language was Aramaic not English 😂😂😂😂. He never claimed divinity. According to us Muslims He was a Muslim & preach Islam.

[@undrwatropium3724]

You really hit the nail on the head. I personally didn't grow up religious or in church but most of my family are Christians. When my oldest daughter converted to Islam I had the opportunity to study both religions to see if one spoke to me but after 2 years of studying both religions and also multiple other religions like Mormonism and catholicism I accidentally became an atheist. Shout out to #KristiBurke. Christianity and Islam both believe in the same God. The God of Abraham. Both can't be right but they can both be wrong. There are 4,000 religions and 45,000 denominations of Christianity globally. There are currently 18,000 gods worshipped world wide today. They can't all be right but they can be All wrong as they can't agree on anything.

[@auggiemain]

My parents force me to go to a megachurch lol Actually the last time I went he literally went after a small time pastor who said something about how he didn't like our church because it's a mega church. So that's cool.

[@theinfernoburns]

I'm deeply sorry

[@muridae05]

My deepest condolences for your loss (your sanity)

[@caseyjones-esque]

I really hope you can convince them to stop soon, because that sounds like actual torture

[@auggiemain]

@@caseyjones-esque lol, absolutely not. I told my parents I didn't want to go to church and they literally threatened to kick me out. I'm just going no contact

[@caseyjones-esque]

@@auggiemain Good on you!

[@VampiricChick08]

Steven Furtick's church is one of the biggest megachurches where I live. He built himself a multi-million dollar mansion with the profits of his church years back and his parishioners all supported him when the local media called him out. They also sold a coloring book for kids where half the pages were pictures of Steven himself or quotes from him. The amount of bumper stickers and shirts I see for his church is disgusting. 🤢🤢🤢

[@ricebuhbye]

i was forced to go to elevation by my mom a couple years ago and he said that anxiety is a form of narcissism so... even more gross

[@cutesylittlefairy]

in the coloring book he calls himself the unifier 🤧🤧

[@carolinemarie4654]

Are you from NC? I know there’s a huge church in Charlotte and a few around the state but I didn’t know that Elevation was actually based here. Side note- I live in Greenville so the closest thing to these guys we have is Mr Beast and at least he gives away some of the millions he earns from his followers looooool

[@VampiricChick08]

@@carolinemarie4654 Yes. There are a few megachurches in Charlotte. Elevation probably has the most locations, though. They've been buying up properties and strip mall locations for the past few years. It's inescapable.

[@maddylevine7861]

Yeah I was asked to go to elevation by my AA friend who was early in sobriety. She ended up drinking wine before she went and had shots too. Regardless Evolution is a big shit

[@noahquiles5791]

As a devout Christian in a *normal* church, I can always appreciate a video calling out megachurch pastors & culture. Not here to fight or anything!

[@thatliquidthing1903]

Now I can only imagine some dude in a suit coming out of these big stadium doors screaming, “ARE YOU READY FOR JESUS?!?!” before tearing off his shirt and the air horns and pyrotechnics go off.

[@chrisjyoub]

I have two missionaries for parents and grew up in the church and pastors are just theater kids who were given a microphone and no plan lmao

[@Camila-ke5yt]

LMAO STOP

[@Kingofthenet2]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@neverneverland5836]

The thing that always gets me about these churches is that they always seem so great at a glance - they're headed by charismatic, well spoken, (usually) young people with a really open, encouraging and friendly energy. But when you look into what they're actually saying, it sounds hopeful but is really uncomfortable. You mentioned the way one of the pastors talks about Satan as if he is a tangible being, the opposite of god - that's one sign/belief I've always thought of as a red flag for sects of christianity. I grew up (and still am) protestant, in a church where bible stories were used as symbolic guides, not literal histories, and where the devil was rarely mentioned in relation to our real lives (more as a force of temptation, or a representation of desires which might hurt others), and that environment was truly nurturing, and encouraged me and the other children to think freely and question our elders if we were curious. But I know people who grew up having a literal being of Satan held over them like a threat to control their thoughts and behaviour, and that almost always came along with a whole host of other abusive, manipulative tactics to keep the congregation almost fearful of their religion. It especially works on children, who tend not to be able to figure out when something is symbolic, or think critically about other people's motivations. TLDR; religion should cause joy, not shame, and these mega "churches" seem like the perfect environment to create toxic positivity while forcing people to supress themselves.

[@Doctor-Infinite]

beautifully said

[@mattuwu9978]

It was the same in my Catholic school. The masses on Wednesday mornings _never_ mentioned Satan or the Devil. We even had a priest (super funny, short old dude who walked around with an actual shepherd’s crook twice as tall as him) that frequently cracked jokes about the scripture. One of the nuns made sure to emphasize that most of the Bible is a reflection of time it was written - like Romans just being a long rant about the issues Paul had with Rome’s government. Of course, I still have significant trauma from Catholic school, but none of it arose from fear-mongering.

[@missmymama1140]

How I wish i grew up around Christians like you.

[@neverneverland5836]

@@missmymama1140 there are more of us than you'd think, but it makes me so sad that there are so many Christians who use their religion to shame and abuse others

[@Blahgirl283]

This was a compelling view

[@lovis9306]

ethan is legit the most likeable dude on youtube, I just wanna smoke a doobie with the guy and talk about dumb shit

[@Nathan-Croft]

Did you see when he took an edible and roasted Peterson on his second channel (Peethan)

[@lovis9306]

@@Nathan-Croft yeah! Great stuff

[@notcosteffective9920]

Oof, chill

[@lovis9306]

@@notcosteffective9920 what

[@Ruscharound19]

1000% agree, OP!

[@brookedee3902]

As someone who grew up in a Pentecostal mega church.....everything you are saying is accurate. Many of the reasons why I haven't stepped foot in a church since I was 20.

[@richardsimpson9039]

I couldn’t help but notice that not one of these pastors quoted scripture, or if they bothered to reference the Bible at all they took it completely out of context. You’re right that nothing they said made very much sense.

[@MF-R]

11:00 As an experienced wood splitter, the analogy is flawed from the get go. Your axe shouldn't be sharp enough to cut you or the blade will get all messed up when you hit. You want it just sharp enough to create a wedge, but still sturdy enough to take the impact. This is because the axe cuts by forcing itself between the wood fibers with kinetic impact, not by severing soft materials like a knife would. And his axe skill sucks, you hit from the top, not the side; that's prolly why his axe is broken.

[@b.collins2656]

"this should be able to slice me wide open" does he think people chop wood with carving knives or some shit

[@graceronan7982]

Anne Bolynnen comment

[@drburbles1274]

“Is he hitting the woah right now?” Really got me😂

[@dylnpickl846]

Living with religious trauma and having my mental illnesses framed as spiritual fuck ups as a kid, thank you for the reframing of "slam poetry" for this pastor-style cadence. Genuinely helpful.

[@twdgs3]

i was brought to the megachurch "lifechurch" when i was little and its so strange. theres not even a pastor physically there. just a guy who introduces the video of the pastor that goes for an hour and then the same guy collects tithe at the end. it also had really fucking loud live music beforehand. like they literally gave out earplugs at the front lmaoo.

[@twdgs3]

i also remember people would cheer for the video and be like "YEAH." loud as hell in the middle of it and i always got irritated because who were they talking to??? the guy wasnt even there!!!

[@JustMonkeh]

I have watched this video like 3 times and this is the first time I have thought you had no shirt on

[@finncoleman697]

Love how the iron axe and wood analogy is pretty much supporting gay relationships haha, total accidental ally

[@S.M.9]

4:59 🥺 okay but Ethan’s little cat drawing is adorable

[@sean-8838]

Something that struck me a while back is how much the relationship between most Christians and their god strongly resembles that of an abusive relationship. After getting out of an abusive relationship myself and having much time to reflect on it since, I keep seeing the way these folk behave and recognising my own trauma. Like, assuming you are at fault unless (or even despite) explicitly being told otherwise? I've been there girlfriend, and you need to get OUT.

[@eloisecole3579]

An abusive Dad to be exact.

[@its_just_me3214]

Scarily accurate

[@tobi_talks_2_much]

They breathe so loud. All of them inhale in their speeches like God has given them asthma.

[@senpais]

"god wants to meet you in your lonely places" bro is god flirting with me right now

[@xChaosFlower]

That sounds more predatory than comforting

[@SabertoothedTiger69]

I needed this today 😌 Ethan ragging on mega church grifters is everything

[@strawberry-squid6511]

so glad i heard someone talk abt this. as someone who grew up in a megachurch and had a tough time leaving that ideology behind, it's quite nice to be reassured in my position that like, yeah, that was a fucked up place. cool vid ^_^

[@gypsylee333]

You should check out Logicked, AronRa or Sir Sic (he's the funniest less serious one) they're atheist creators, a lot of people that are in your stage find it really helpful and reassuring ❤️ I like them 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@allisonavery7273]

Telltale is another great KZbinr who talks and “debunks” (idk if that’s the right word) mega pastors

[@hannahyaskovic6063]

I used to have this friend as a kid who was really Christian, and one day he asked me where humans came from. I said, "we evolved from apes." He said, "No, we cake from God. You need to read the Bible more because you obviously don't know." I haven't ever really been into religion and I would consider myself agnostic. After that interaction, my opinion still didn't change, but I just think it's funny to think about now.

[@witchflowers6942]

10:40 Thats what the pastor said at my aunts funeral. She was murdered by her boyfriend. He stabbed her in the chest with a sword. The pastor was trying to explain her death as the result of her being “yoked” to the wrong person, and turned it into a lecture about how we shouldn’t be yoked to nonbelievers… but her boyfriend WAS a believer. Just as much she was. The whole thing basically put the blame on her. Framing her death as some sort of cautionary tale about choosing the right partner. but it wasn’t her fault. it was very upsetting, honestly

[@Julia-tk2em]

That’s so disgusting. I’m sorry.

[@bwctubes]

Right-wing Christians hate women so much that they'll victim-blame them under literally ANY circumstances.

[@ili.a9123]

I am christian, Ethan’s videos as always are really good and funny 😩🙏. mega churches are weird and honestly the christian community is embarrassing for people like me since I have the same mindset like Ethan and most christian’s are conservatives 🙄

[@jgcoverkknot5701]

I'm also a Christian and I find megachurches so weird. Such a strange place. I used to go to a Pentecostal school and it was wild. They said Catholics were going to hell for blasphemy, gay people regularly did the do with animals, it was insane and I'm so glad I got out of there. All the kids were like a pipeline, everyone was expected to come out the same hateful person spouting hypocritical and bigoted nonsense

[@amoureux6502]

Just remember your values are more in-line with Jesus' original teachings than these weirdos'

[@frankiesayspanic]

@@amoureux6502 not true, jesus said he came not to abolish the law but to fulfill it. people act like jesus was so amazing to make “true” christianity not seem so bad. he sucks just as much as the rest of the bible, sorry.

[@naeshelle]

cw: transphobia I just moved to a metropolitan city & was looking for a new church home. We tried out a smaller megachurch (a midichurch?) in the area. Like halfway through his sermon, the pastor starts going off about the church being doomed because no one knows what a man or woman is anymore & how Christians need to “stand for the truth” & call “a woman a woman & a man a man.” I was so weirded out that we left early & never went back. The transphobia came way outta left field too, like out of nowhere. NOTHING he was preaching about was relevant to gender in any way. All of this to say, it’s hard being a leftist Christian these days lol.

[@darthbane5676]

@@naeshelle I swear, when I actually read the Bible, it blows my mind how much sense it all makes with full context, especially if you take the time to research the historical context and what everything means. Even if you’re not like me and you don’t believe in God, it’s just filled with stories that have so many good life lessons that so many people are missing out on because they’re focusing on individual verses, as if a single sentence out of a whole book is supposed to mean anything. I’m so used to hearing big pastors either rant about bigoted nonsense or just give a motivational speech that goes on and on and doesn’t really say anything.

[@ricebuhbye]

my mom made me go to a megachurch (shout out elevation which you included a clip of) and that pastor dude said that anxiety is a form of narcissism.. like bro.... how are you so wrong.... (edit more than one clip)

[@krimsonkarma8412]

My mom went to Elevation for a little while and now goes to Transformation. Megachurch after megachurch, and she's getting more and more fundamentalist.

[@theomegajuice8660]

The fucking nerve to call anything narcissistic while claiming to speak on behalf of God. These fucking guys!

[@sarascarpati887]

??

[@cenobite2309]

i grew up going to a megachurch that claims it wasn't (but has several different locations in the area and is like, one of two churches christians in the are go to) and they're really out here just talking in circles and training you into what they want you to be. and the kids' services were the absolute worst. i feel so gross thinking about the rhetoric that was pounded into my head as a kid and teenager

[@miahgracesews7366]

Vinyard or Harvest network? Lol

[@mega_l_odon4138]

If iron sharpens iron... Let them be gay.

[@NessNan3599]

When that guy started talking about the ship, youtube cut it with a commercial of a lobster in bubbles and I laughed so hard 🤣 😂

[@TaraMooknee]

anyone know if these guys perform at birthday parties? i want them at my 28th

[@mollykircher3104]

Me too.

[@dexdb5707]

10:25 bro just advocated for same sex relationships without knowing it

[@Cr0ut0n]

Hell yeah 😎

[@byjovecannibalcove]

'god wants to meet you in your lonely place' is really givingsome Silent Hill 2 special place energy

[@DavidRYates-tk2tq]

"If iron sharpens iron" um, it usually doesn't? You usually sharpen with a whetstone, not more iron.

[@JetsMind]

Lmao the ad i get before this video is about a bible app 😭😭

[@JakeTheHawk]

Same! 😂😂

[@fizzzycat4389]

I was just desperately searching for content to watch while getting ready and got this notification ❤️ Ethan always coming in clutch with the bangers

[@MF-R]

Man, these guys make me at peak mania look grounded and well thought out.

[@pamwishbow8826]

My partner is a blacksmith, I had to show him the axe part and now he's crying. Thanks.

[@JillyBean199314125]

I went to one “sermon” of Elevation church with my nieces (before turning full heathen) and the whole speech was him bragging about how far he’d come in life. That friends told him he wouldn’t make it as a pastor but “look at me now”. It was so transparent and so vain yet every brag he made about numbers, buildings, followers, etc was met with resounding “AMEN!”s. He wasn’t even there in person- it was a live TV sermon but at one of their buildings. I don’t understand what people see in that guy besides the obvious acting and self serving messages.

[@TeaSerpent]

I clicked on this video and this video and some insane ridiculous Christian rap video came on. It fit so well with the title that it took me a full couple minutes to realize it was a paid KZbin commercial.

[@tuesdayallweeklong]

Ethan's laugh at 14:25 cured my depression, asthma, *and* ham, all at once.

[@666kittycat666]

God truly throwing his biggest balls to his soldier with the fewest openings 😔😤

[@CountryBwoy]

The way they talk is one of the reasons I started to question and move away from church. It's all an act. They have classes on it! I used to fall for it but when I realized I was being emotionally manipulated it kinda pissed me off! LOL

[@Window4503]

You were sold a false gospel of emotionalism and self help. Churches that are faithful to the Bible don’t try this crap.

[@CreateAmazment]

So, as a kid, I was in a lot of church programs designed to help me become a youth pastor because I had believed god called me to do that. And we were literally taught that it doesn’t matter what you say, it’s how you say it that gets people wooing and reacting. The reason they talk in such a specific way is just emotional manipulation. They talk so dramatically to try and goad a reaction out of you by making you think they have some authority to be speaking. It’s super weird and gross psychology stuff but they just don’t realize it

[@taylorcatalana1783]

The insanely high levels of theater-kid energy just RADIATING off of that pastor when he talks about checking for followers. Also, I know it’s for his slam-dunk follower wordplay, but I’m pretty sure only influencers are driven by follower count? I think the average person on insta is caring more about likes, but hey, what do I know, I’m not waking up and HUMBLING MYSELF instead of YELLING AT GOD THAT I DON’T WANNA PRAY AND YOU CAN’T MAKE ME, YOU’RE NOT EVEN MY REAL DAD.

[@labaker4285]

Idk if these church's are supposed to have a denomination or anything but you mentioned their cadence and with baptist church's there's a history behind that with them purposely using emotions and having revivals to get more members

[@alanacrail3244]

Megachurches are almost always either Baptist or Pentecostal. Even when they're "non-denominational" they're usually either Baptist or Pentecostal in theology.

[@pansexualdickhaver6878]

@@alanacrail3244 as someone who grew up baptist, I totally agree lol

[@pattonaddicted6983]

This type of churches, give me "handmaid's tale's vibes". They are really powerfull, politically speaking, in some countries. I don't know, I guess social media makes it even worst.

[@alexisannoyinggg]

ethan you truly are a maze of a man, this video really proved it

[@X2ThaV8174]

“the word dating is not in the bible.” yeah dawg the bible also doesn’t have “football” in it and yet every pastor i’ve met is obsessed with forcing their team in as the “church’s” team, and dedicating a huge event to the super bowl that’s always more extravagant than the celebration they’d do for their savior literally rising from the dead and saying “what’s good”

[@artespeck8091]

Forever laughing at “What a popper do” 😭😭😭

[@moonstone2029]

The only thing I understood was..."God took away my pancreas so that I'd have a bigger place for him within me..." and to that... no. All I understood was that "God" made me go through unlikable experiences so that I'd love him more but the only thing that did is make me realise I did not believe in him... Anyway, those guys are despicable and Ethan, I very much agree with you.

[@realleon2328]

cant believe that Ethan didn't catch that in the "axe vs wood" analogy he was like "ohhh poor axe getting dull" and not taking the side of the wood.

[@martinsanchez6864]

Wow! God must have something really big planned for me because the enemy has my life beyond fucked up.

[@MarkelleRayneeSheree]

"They are going to Macy's after this" made me laugh way too hard

[@ferd3007]

That kind of "just hold on" compliant mindset and believing I had to "resist the process" kinda mindset kept me in an abusive house until my late 20's, and every time Ive heard "Gods voice" telling me to "stay" (at the expense of my mental health) and later found out "his voice" sounded exactly like trauma bond... Ive lost so many oportunities and I quitted stuff I really loved because I wasnt putting "God first" and they could became "idols in my heart". Im glad i'm finally regainin my freedom back, but sad for all the stuff Ive missed to do in my life.

[@albionmerrick]

I miss being a youth pastor. I got paid to read a book, teach meaningless lessons, and hangout with people a year younger than me. It was great!

[@Blahgirl283]

You got paid? How much? How did they afford that?

[@albionmerrick]

It was a church; they paid me from donations.

[@Petersauntmay]

@@albionmerrick im from a small church and not even the pastor got paid. The donations went straight to bills and community outreach events