One of the biggest problems with religious fundamentalism is that it stigmatizes pleasure, as opposed to advocating for moderating pleasure with healthy boundaries. When you hold people to a standard that is too high for any person to meet, they inevitably fail, resulting in an agonizing sense of false guilt.
@Turidus3 жыл бұрын
Which is the point. Because once you feel guilty, they can sell you absolution. Sometimes literally, other times it is more subtle.
@JPaul-gl6th3 жыл бұрын
Been there, done that bullshit. Years of therapy still have not fixed the harm that fundamentalist moral policing has inflicted on my own self esteem.
@rae63903 жыл бұрын
It's been six years and I still can't get rid of the guilt.
@musiqal3333 жыл бұрын
Religious fundamentalism is true disaster.
@swagmundfreud6663 жыл бұрын
The sense of guilt is important because then they come back to church and get their guilt validated with the whole "jesus is forgiving" deal, driving them deeper into the hole.
@bloodycoffee92933 жыл бұрын
My Grandma was excommunicated and abandoned by her community after divorcing an abusive man who was going to end up killing her eventually. So I find those anti-divorce movies deeply angering.
@baochi4563 жыл бұрын
I hope your grandma is doing fine
@MimikyuCookie3 жыл бұрын
I’m not that religious but bless her.
@diezpiedrasnegras17033 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry to hear that, that is terrible.
@kristypenner27533 жыл бұрын
That's awful. It sounds like various marriages I later heard about that a couple older family friends or relatives endured. People would phone and warn women when their husband was coming home from work drunk and angry. People were happy that an abusive husband died when the woman was still young enough that she could live a happy life without his oppression. In my case the women in this situation were usually Catholic, and of course the era they lived in didn't help, but it's so sad that women are required to stay with these men so they don't risk hell, but rather face brutality and possibly murder. The "loving" community that preaches about Jesus' love and forgiveness won't help women escape these relationships is not loving or forgiving. It's enabling.
@TheSushiandme2 жыл бұрын
I met a retired army man who was a pastor for Camp Lejeune, NC. He invited Marines to his gathering on the weekend and... he is so abusive to his wife... she can only stay in the kitchen and cannot speak until spoken to. I was like... wtf is happening... he yelled at her, "Woman, know your place!!!"
@ChrisEchoesMusic3 жыл бұрын
That whole “never alone with women” thing is just tell me you think like a rapist without telling me you think like a rapist.
@lonewolfgamingplus3793 жыл бұрын
Old-Fashioned is more of a horror movie than a Christian movie.
@doctorwholover10123 жыл бұрын
Yep. “Tell me you think men are incapable of controlling themselves and women should be locked in a tower to protect their virginity WITHOUT telling me you’re a rampant misogynist who grabs at any opportunity to shove responsibility for your actions onto the nearest girl/woman so you don’t have to address the shitty person you actually are”
@SnakeHelah3 жыл бұрын
The most ironic part is that christians and muslims agree on so many fringes, such as this one.
@jamierichardson76833 жыл бұрын
Or tell me you think all women are seductive harlots without......
@pierregibson66993 жыл бұрын
@@SnakeHelah they are literally the Exact same thing
@666kittycat6663 жыл бұрын
It’s so bizarre that most of these movies, even if the main character is the woman, it’s not about her. It’s never about her, always her “love intrest”.
@ashwinp55183 жыл бұрын
These movies come out of a community that complains about modern culture objectifying women while also objectifying women themselves.
@l63183 жыл бұрын
@@ashwinp5518 Well, when your place as a woman in that culture is always belonging to a man, you'll always be a daughter or wife first, and a woman second. If you're lucky, you might get to be a person, but I'm not holding my breath.
@jospinner11833 жыл бұрын
Female love interests in Christian romances tend to fall into one of two categories: 1. The virtuous, perfect Christian lady whose only role is to coax the sinful man into behaving. She is merely a tool for his self-actualization. 2. The independent, non-Christian lady whose only role is to change herself to fit her Christian love-interest's view of the ideal woman. She has no value aside from her conversion. It's pretty upsetting.
@ahimel3 жыл бұрын
@@ashwinp5518 *objectifying
@1MarkKeller3 жыл бұрын
@@ashwinp5518 Ahh, but their pedestals are so White.
@tonyhunt79673 жыл бұрын
The first movie reminded me of an old Onion article that portrayed a Christian couple who decided to be abstinent after marriage to be extra good with God. How prescient.
@yasminefathalah70423 жыл бұрын
I know it sounds silly but it did exist in early Christianity they called it spiritual marriage like the one with Mary and Joseph according to catholic
@jevinday3 жыл бұрын
So romantic
@bulbasaur12323 жыл бұрын
On an episode of Wife Swap (it's on Hulu now) there's this conservative Christian family in which the mom is described as "she thinks children should be seen and not heard, and refuses to share a bed with her husband".... What a catch 😂
@pheonixrises113 жыл бұрын
“abstinent” I bet neither of them liked sex, and then either bragged about it, or they rationalized it so people stopped asking questions about it
@byakuyatogami29053 жыл бұрын
Was that the one where one of them ate a whole raw potato?
@jmap3 жыл бұрын
I always more got the message that Christian men didn’t trust themselves to be alone in a room with a woman without assaulting/harassing her. Probably based on the staggering number of scary admissions I’ve heard from Christians that this is what they’d do if they weren’t guided by the teachings of the bible
@nathanielheilmann73513 жыл бұрын
I've never understood that mindset as well. It's literally saying "I have no self control that nobody can be safe with me outside of the person who is bound to me by legal law." I cannot understand having that amount of little poor self respect for ones self
@doloreslehmann86283 жыл бұрын
@@sidneyadnopoz3427 That's a core problem of their teachings. They claim that everyone, literally EVERY PERSON ON EARTH is so terrible that they rightfully DESERVE being tortured for all eternity. Although, of course, they are saved by Christ. So, they who are "saved", have to believe that without it, they would just be monsters like the rest of humanity. They don't actually open their eyes to see that most people, also non-Christians, aren't monsters at all. That would turn the God they believe in into a liar, it must be true.
@runeanonymous97603 жыл бұрын
@@doloreslehmann8628 I feel like this is also later inventions, but also I have only the lightest understanding of the original stuff, and know fuck all about the gibberish that was added when they became more inclusive, but the original stuff didn’t even call for following the rules if you weren’t a Jew (or on Jewish land), let alone whatever cannibalistic nonsense Christians added
@NewhamMatt3 жыл бұрын
Oh God. As a Christian, nothing makes atheism look so appealing as Pureflix.
@thevinylbird22693 жыл бұрын
That and Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
@derekperkins573 жыл бұрын
They make it so hard sometimes
@MCKretin3 жыл бұрын
At least y'all have Leo Tolstoy and Oscar Romero and Dorothy Day!
@Aloemancer3 жыл бұрын
As a former christian, now atheist, this kind of Christianity played a much larger role in becoming an atheist than any prominent critic of religion did.
@NewhamMatt3 жыл бұрын
@@thevinylbird2269 Ooooooh no. That movie is the worst exercise in Christian revisionism I've ever seen. That and the fact it's an agonisingly badly made movie. THERE'S NO COCOA IN THE MUG KIRK!
@LOLAxXxOZZY3 жыл бұрын
I feel like viewers who haven't seen Fireproof need to know that the questionable browsing history that they show in the movie is him looking at boats. Like, yes there's an implication of what it's actually standing in for, but in the actual text of the film he's hot and bothered hiding boat websites from his wife.
@guyunderwood22973 жыл бұрын
I scared my family laughing out loud at this.
@FiveFoxesInATrenchcoat3 жыл бұрын
Caleb has a boat fetish.
@emmy85263 жыл бұрын
She probably wouldn’t let him buy a boat, that b****. Wives, amirite... 🙄
@kevinfischer48693 жыл бұрын
Lol I thought he was guilty about looking at a questionable ad on a boat website! Like he’s got this website bookmarked so he gets to see the ad!
@Butterflier003 жыл бұрын
that's fucking hilarious....
@mst3khaleesi9433 жыл бұрын
When I was in college I took a course on the Old Testament/Jewish Bible, and my professor (a Lutheran pastor, I think) was adamant about stressing the importance of cultural, historical, and narrative context. My extremely fundamentalist boyfriend at the time was very dismayed that I was "questioning his faith." I've rarely experienced more un-Christ-like treatment than from the hands of his family and their church.
@johnwalker10583 жыл бұрын
(Not all Christians of course), but I've seen some Christians get pretty nasty when their deepest, most core religious beliefs get challenged or are even questioned / doubted with skepticism out loud.
@foxfire11503 жыл бұрын
It isn’t the “Old Testament” or “Jewish Bible.” It is the Torah (5 Books of Moses). Or, perhaps you also studied the Nevi’im (Prophets) and K’tuvim (Writings), in which case you studied the Tanakh (TaNaKH = acronym for Torah, Nevi’im, K’tuvim). Jewish people rarely refer to the Torah/Tanakh as our “Bible.”
@SL-ze6su3 жыл бұрын
His church is probably very sucessful if they brainwash people to this point
@direktive43 жыл бұрын
@@chavaspada much like right wing ideology
@jaejustabouteverything6963 жыл бұрын
Glad he and his family are in the past.
@ashwinp55183 жыл бұрын
The thing about the results not mattering also applies to abortion. Rationally, the best way to low the number of abortions is to lower the number of unplanned pregnancies by improving access to contraception. But the people that see abortion as a sin often also see contraception as a sin so they would rather try to create some fantasy world where people only have procreative sex.
@emmy85263 жыл бұрын
Add to that the idea that wives should be available to their husbands for sex 24/7 regardless of whether they’re interested or not, and basically you’re risking spending your life pregnant (also chafed and violated). I wouldn’t let people who think of women as fleshlights and broodmares or whores set the terms of morality.
@vylbird80143 жыл бұрын
There are a lot of scientifically-unsound claims circulating in pro-life circles against contraception. The usual stuff - dubious stories about hormonal contraception causing cancer, heart-wrenching stories about people who underwent surgical sterilisation and changed their mind, devastated that they will never have the child they could have had. One conspiracy theory saying that condoms don't work, and are secretly promoted by Planned Parenthood as a way to create more unplanned pregnancies they can abort for money.
@maybemablemaples21443 жыл бұрын
@@vylbird8014 oh but if you tell them that women are being forced into being sterilized in prisons it's a blank stare. Like at least be consistent in your beliefs. They don't even want to support welfare which would help people have more kids but you know why 🤡
@carmensavu51223 жыл бұрын
What annoys me is that they think sex for pleasure is debasing us to the status of animals. But most animals only have procreative sex. Sex for pleasure is found in humans and a couple of other species only. If they actually wanted to elevate humans by emphasizing differences between us and animals, they should encourage sex for pleasure. But hey, nobody ever accused religious conservatives of having too much common sense and logic.
@direktive43 жыл бұрын
@Mary Harrison this works as a streamline to military enlistment as well
@katherinepagan48603 жыл бұрын
This made me flashback to my time at an all-girls Catholic high school in religion class. We sat through several Christian romance flicks to teach us about chastity. And then we watched "Taken" to learn about sex trafficking. Good times 🤣
@jospinner11833 жыл бұрын
Why on earth were you learning about chastity and sex trafficking in _religion_ class?! That's wild.
@amberbante86053 жыл бұрын
@Katherine Pagan a friend of mine who had been sex trafficked hates movies like Taken as it's mostly based on urban myths. She told me she never encountered any girls that were abducted into trafficking except for some that had been taken from third world countries. In that case the parents gave them up, thinking they were going to get a job and go to school in the US, but they were "taken" for sex trafficking instead. The majority of trafficked people wound up being coerced into it through someone they know as my friend had been given a "job" at fourteen by a "boyfriend" after she had been kicked out of the house by her drug addicted mom.
@stevepittman37703 жыл бұрын
That must've been quite the whiplash from Christian romance to Taken.
@allnaturalfigjam3103 жыл бұрын
Taken made me so mad (don't actually remember if I saw number 1 or 2) because she essentially gets kidnapped because she was written to be so freaking stupid - like, no twenty-something would ever be as dumb as she was, but the film is like "look at this hot chick, shame they got no brains and now she got kidnapped, what did she expect". I would have actually liked it a lot better if they'd portrayed it more accurately, like a series of misfortunes that all happened so fast that she couldn't get out and just kind of fell into it. But I guess that wouldn't make for a fun action movie.
@breaunnalj28293 жыл бұрын
At least you got to watch some goodish movies?
@johdominic3 жыл бұрын
I love how Old Fashioned is presented as the counterpoint to Fifty Shades not only in its subject matter but also its style, by being aesthetically bland and uninteresting, thus dashing any hopes of “romance” it might’ve sought to inspire
@intheorigin07283 жыл бұрын
Ironically the 50 shades movies are also aesthetically bland and uninteresting, making both media oddly similar despite supposedly being two extremes. (Can’t help but feel that there is a great contemporary art history / cultural anthropology PhD thesis in that tension)
@chriss7803 жыл бұрын
@@intheorigin0728 that soulless corporate attempts to be "transgressive" for profit are equally sterile as religious fundamentalism? that using these behaviors as a marketing demographic stigmatizes them in a other side of the coin way as outright paranoia about it?
@maybemablemaples21443 жыл бұрын
It's almost as though the call is coming not only from inside the house, but both people are fapping to the same sex line.
@pluspens21343 жыл бұрын
@@maybemablemaples2144 what
@Pendrake3 жыл бұрын
It's also a movie about controlling a woman, pureflix is just more self-righteous about it.
@kingfarouk34683 жыл бұрын
To us in the LGBTQ+ community, "antique shop guy" is already coded as might-be-gay, almost to the point of stereotyping, sort of like interior designer guy and hair stylist guy. To a more sophisticated film audience, he would automatically be relegated to the friend zone, to become the "Gay BFF" sidekick and confidant.
@foragegrasspause2gotoloop9613 жыл бұрын
Ugh, while I appreciated the representation, the 2000's had this awful trope where we existed only to help straight people with their relationships; rarely giving us relationships, or when they did, it was just as common to dismiss our own personal lives (in sex and the city, carey's gay friend started to talk about his own relationship, and she just says, "gross").
@l63183 жыл бұрын
@@foragegrasspause2gotoloop961 And when you did get a relationship, it's to the only other gay character on the show (if there even was one) because if two gay people exist on the same city block, OF COURSE they're meant to be! Who cares about interests or personalities or values? They have gay!
@BleedForTheWorld3 жыл бұрын
@@foragegrasspause2gotoloop961 wow. Now THAT is gross.
@kingfarouk34683 жыл бұрын
@@foragegrasspause2gotoloop961 I'm with you. It is deeply insulting.
@jackyzimmerman3 жыл бұрын
@@foragegrasspause2gotoloop961 It’s like that trope about the wise black man who only exists to reassure, counsel and assist the white protagonist. As a gay guy I’ve often been sighed at because I’m not good at dating advice or fashion tips. Films and TV shows have turned us into handbag chihuahuas for privileged people, only humanised by what we can offer our straight peers.
@angelTechnician643 жыл бұрын
I'm only two minutes in and that "family viewing guide" is already a massive red flag, its existence pretty much says "forget the text of this piece, here's the Good And Correct interpretation"
@hewh0wearspants3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, from my experience growing up as an evangelical, those kinds of guides were endemic in Christian media. It likely stems from an audience that expects to be told what they should believe (like, say, every Sunday morning)
@ryospeedwagon14563 жыл бұрын
It's some real 1984 type shit lol
@debgenerate3 жыл бұрын
this is something I’m against in consuming any piece of art. people come from different backgrounds and have many beliefs, and to claim that there is just one right way to interpret a movie, book, etc is blatantly wrong
@NeoInsomniac3 жыл бұрын
The first God's not dead is one of the best unintentional comedies of all time. I watch it every Easter.
@rgs89703 жыл бұрын
Reverend Jude, standing over the man he and Reverend Dave coerced into a deathbed conversion: "What happened here tonight is a cause for celebration!"
@seraphonica3 жыл бұрын
16:55 "These movies are not converting anyone to christianity, they are merely reaffirming socially conservative christianity for socially conservative christians" I would think this would be evident from the fee for access - usually the materials and actions meant to convert people are far more sinister and rather than opting in, one must opt out. I would love to see something focused on mission programs which pretend to be more mundane things without agendas like campus comedy shows, self-help seminars, etc.
@ericnelson91003 жыл бұрын
But what Christian actually subscribes to this? Most Christians I know have children out of wedlock and such.
@morganyoung35573 жыл бұрын
That is exactly my problem with those types of movies, they are not inspiring or have the power to move someone so much that they become a believer, they are merely preaching to the choir. Compare a Pureflix movie to The Prince of Egypt, people can’t stand Pureflix movies and they love The Prince of Egypt, that movie is so good that there are even atheist fans of it just because it is a good movie that just so happens to be a Biblical story.
@rorygal29913 жыл бұрын
@@morganyoung3557 I'm not religious at all, and even I love The Prince of Egypt! Great music, complex characters, a strong moral lesson, and some genuinely powerful imagery make that movie absolutely incredible
@carolinemcgovern4488 Жыл бұрын
@@rorygal2991 The Prince of Egypt slaps.
@CaptainMorganThe3rd3 жыл бұрын
I watched The Last Temptation of Christ the other day and was struck by how, even with its so-called “blasphemy” in daring to depict Jesus as a human who felt human emotions and temptations, it was infinitely more successful in affirming and glorifying Jesus than I’m sure any film on Pureflix is. We need more filmmakers like Scorsese and Malick making films about Christianity tbh
@grumpyunclenick2053 жыл бұрын
Absolutely, another great Scorsese Christian movie is silence… highly recommend if you liked Last Temptation
@elvellarambles91513 жыл бұрын
Gotta second the Silence recommendation -- it's _fanstastic_ as one of Scorcese's more explicit Jesus films, and it has so much to say
@twohooks35333 жыл бұрын
Last Temptation of Christ is such a good movie because as it points out, if Christ had to live as man, he had to go through everything mad did which includes temptation and culminates in one of the worst ways to die at the time.
@rachel_sj3 жыл бұрын
I was raised in a former Fundamentalist environment for a huge chunk of my life and was born two years after Last Temptation. I was told it was a blasphemous movie and I didn’t get to watch it until after college. I loved it, watched it a few times and I still have the Criterion DVD. Dafoe plays a great White Jesus and the film itself was such a great introspection into the humanization of the Man called Christ (the Anointed). I think so many Fundamentalists (I’m sure other Christians too) didn’t catch the (SPOILERS) end Temptation as a mental daydream and they also *really* latch onto the Divinity of Jesus while throwing out the fact that 1) he was a man and 2) most men/women/non-binary people experience temptations.
@l63183 жыл бұрын
I thought it was an expertly pulled off depiction of the "dual nature of Christ." But I grew up in a Catholic household, so I didn't see it until I was an adult...but I sure heard about it beforehand!
@ewhoyer3 жыл бұрын
What kind of business could survive under the main character’s self righteous misinterpretation of the Bible? What if a woman (shudder) actually came into his antique store? Does he have a “no girlz allowed” sign like his workplace is a lil rascals tree house?
@jospinner11833 жыл бұрын
I was wondering that. Does he kick her out if there aren't any other customers in the store to act as a chaperone? That's pretty clear grounds for a discrimination lawsuit.
@cmf3243 жыл бұрын
HOPEFULLY he'd not say anything and stay behind the front desk, but who knows?
@lauraboyd86663 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite small business clothing designers used to work in the film industry designing costumes and worked on a few conservative Christian movies made by a rich businessman. She said management treated workers poorly and severely underpaid, which seems to go against the tenets of Christianity. Moral purity is just for show.
@jospinner11833 жыл бұрын
I've read somewhere that there have been labor lawsuits regarding Christian film productions. I can't find the articles, but they related to the hostile work environment and a variety of other labor violations.
@lauraboyd86663 жыл бұрын
@@jospinner1183 Sounds exactly like what the person was saying. They demanded long hours but refused to pay overtime. The only reason she made enough money is because she had a budget for costume materials and she was able to find old receipts for fabric.
@adams132453 жыл бұрын
Jesus would probably be completely against most of what conservative Christians stand for. He was a poor probably illiterate preacher who sounds pretty socialist or communist, with the talk about not being able to serve money and God. How unlike his warlord dad.
@jenniferp19173 жыл бұрын
How surprising
@Robzooo73 жыл бұрын
Honestly I would love more common Bible quotes used by conservatives and a discussion of the original verses and their meanings
@vassily-labroslabrakos22633 жыл бұрын
Or that their dogmatic adherence(in some denominations) to the King James Bible could/will be considered heresy by orthodox Christians and catholics. I still think blues Brothers is more Christian than the whole of pureflix together
@sleepyhead86813 жыл бұрын
I'd like that as well
@Xondar112233443 жыл бұрын
@@vassily-labroslabrakos2263 To be fair, they were on a mission from God.
@vassily-labroslabrakos22633 жыл бұрын
@@Xondar11223344 it's main character are two crooks who are selflessly trying to do the right thing out of selflessness and altruism.
@maybemablemaples21443 жыл бұрын
@@vassily-labroslabrakos2263 that's Christian af. SMH there's nothing cooler than helping those who need it. 😤
@CSXIV3 жыл бұрын
Was not expecting actual Bible quotes being used to refute evangelicals; I knew that was something that existed, but don't see it used enough. Just goes to show, evangelical Bibles have well-worn covers, and pristine pages.
@swagmundfreud6663 жыл бұрын
Modern Evangelical Christianity, simply put, wouldn't be seen as a form of Christianity by the writers of the Gospels.
@daredaemon88783 жыл бұрын
@@swagmundfreud666 Well no, it would. Even they didn't like to get into fights about the borders of Christianity, but they had a perfectly good word for people whose interpretation of Christianity is this tainted by non-Christian beliefs. Heretic.
@Just-in-Space3 жыл бұрын
As someone who grew up in christian churchdom but is not longer christian it can become really useful to have said “quotes” or understanding of the Bible. It often helps defuse foolish Bible thumper arguments of the Bible’s perfection and only the way of God. If it can be interpreted from an outside perspective 1 million ways then what’s to say that the truth of your church is the only “One Truth”. Though some will pull the even the devil can quote scripture line and immediately you know they are standing proud in the house built on the sand. 👏 👏
@Torus21123 жыл бұрын
Caleb's gonna feel stupid when he finds out all he really had to smash was his router.
@burnerdaughter3 жыл бұрын
I've never seen Old Fashioned-- it looks terrifying--but oh you went easy on Fireproof, man. I love how Caleb conveniently doesn't tell Catherine about the Love Dare till late in the story. It's supposed to seem romantic that he did it without her knowing, but the bare truth is that if he told her early on she would have said "I don't want to be married, stop trying to keep me here, I mean it" and we might actually see how his efforts dismiss her entirely. Because in order to be a truly "biblical husband" he would have had to say, "But God told me to love you, so I'm gonna love you, screw your thoughts and feelings."
@AbhNormal3 жыл бұрын
2:23 This creeps me out so much. This basically implies that Clay shouldn’t be alone with another woman, lest he be “unable to control himself”, which is quite alarming. Spoiler alert: if the only thing stopping you from taking advantage of someone else is the possibility of divine punishment, then you need to seriously evaluate your life choices.
@macrumpton3 жыл бұрын
Apparently even Divine punishment is not enough to contain his raging lusts, he has rely on the social shaming of having his lust seen by others.
@IAmTheAce53 жыл бұрын
"I can't be near a woman that isn't my wife without succumbing to _her_ seduction" translates to _I'm weak and need privileged protection and any woman found near me must be punished!_
@ashwinp55183 жыл бұрын
It comes from the kind of man who talks about protecting women while being the kind of man women need to be protected from.
@jbard98923 жыл бұрын
Is this a Mike Pence bio-pick? I hope they include the scene where he screams out "Mother! Mother! Oh Mother!" on his wedding night.
@Toshimi10433 жыл бұрын
"Any woman found near me must be punished for what *I* might want to do!"
@duketogo13003 жыл бұрын
I can see behavior like this at the workplace swiftly leading to counseling.
@vylbird80143 жыл бұрын
It's just a way to be a sexist while also feeling good about yourself. "You call me a sexist because I refuse to hire any women and won't even engage them in casual conversation? No, it's because I respect woman so much that I don't want them to be employed and won't let my wife ever speak to another man without me."
@tjbarke60863 жыл бұрын
Old Fashioned; the movie that says dating is bad, then advocates for people to date. Because apparently they don't know that dating and hookups are different things, I guess...
@intheorigin07283 жыл бұрын
Ah, but you see, you literally cannot get to know a person better or feel emotionally closer to them through dating. That can only be achieved through spending time with them, laughing with them, talking with them deeply about their goals and expectations in life, maybe getting into some adventures together… it’s kind of a long list of activities for a complex process, we should really come up with a word for it.
@Laurelin703 жыл бұрын
@@intheorigin0728 Well, in a sense I can understand this position, though it may seem very illogical. For me it was the same when I was a young adult, even if I never thought of this b****hit of "not being with someone before marriage". But I never wanted to "date" or "be dated", because for me that implied a very specific goal, to start a sentimental relationship, or even a sexual one. And I didn't want to be viewed JUST as a potential love/sex interest. I wanted to be seen as a PERSON, I wanted to be appreciated for what I was, and not by someone who only wanted to kiss me or end up in my bed. For me, friendship has always been the door to romance, a first inevitable step on the road to a durable relationship. Obviously, I fell for good looking men also, and felt flattered when found attractive by someone, but it always, ALWAYS had to be matched by an equal "asexual" sympathy, I had to find him interesting and a pleasure to be with also WITHOUT any sex or physical attraction being involved.
@annabeinglazy55803 жыл бұрын
@@Laurelin70 that is interesting. my approach is almost the polar opposite. For some reason, and im honestly Not Sure why, i make a very Sharp distinction in my head between friends and people that i date. If you are my friend first, i will probably never be romantically interested. It does work the other way around and i am friends with people i used to Date, but dating someone who is a friend First is foreign to me. Though.... It might be because i dont necessarily believe in the Love of my life. To me, the risk of dating a friend and then hurting them If the relationship doesnt work is too great. I dont want to have the risk of losing a friend if a romantic relationship ends. Losing that relationship is already bad enough. It's interesting because i can totally See the logic in your Point and i do think friendship is an important part of romantic relationships but to me it is sth that develops simultaneously to the romance rather than preceding it, while for you it's a prerequiste that needs to be established first, If i get that right.
@AlphabetSoupABC3 жыл бұрын
@@intheorigin0728 I have an idea, let's call it "courtship!" Definitely 100% not like dating at all
@macrumpton3 жыл бұрын
TBH back in the 70's dating and hooking up were the same at least some of the time.
@nopenop14953 жыл бұрын
This is why I feel social conservatism needs to go the way of old yeller.
@duncanapisdorf3 жыл бұрын
Tell me about the rabbits George.
@emexdizzy3 жыл бұрын
That implies social conservatism is in any way equivalent to a good boy, this is an insult to good boys.
@G0DofRock3 жыл бұрын
They just need to smoke a joint and reflect on how poor they are at making decisions.
@jessicathompson28953 жыл бұрын
Omg I'm from Modesto and had never heard of "The Modesto Manifesto" but now I can't stop laughing my ass off. That's fucking hilarious.
@emmy85263 жыл бұрын
I suspect they just moved to Modesto to write, for the name
@YTDeepshock3 жыл бұрын
Context collapse is ENDEMIC to Christianity, intensified by fundamentalist evangelical doctrine. I'm not sure how much of a problem this is in other religions (I know Islam gets abused a LOT but not sure if it's in this specific way) but it's especially noticeable here.
@ashwinp55183 жыл бұрын
Can't know the context if you don't read the text. Most christians barely read the Bible and only know someone else's interpretation of it.
@Gloomdrake3 жыл бұрын
@@ashwinp5518 people go to church every Sunday to have someone else tell them what it means
@kahlilbt3 жыл бұрын
That's what brought me to atheism. Studied Greek and Hebrew. Studied the history. Read the whole thing. Had to let it go.
@BleedForTheWorld3 жыл бұрын
@@Gloomdrake nailed it. Ironically, and I mean this in the fullest sense of the word, therein begins a toxic parasocial relationship with the dear pastor because he's the leader of the church and congregation. They forget about their own core beliefs in their god because they start to elevate the leader to a level that is toxic.
@charlesmcg3 жыл бұрын
Existing for thousands of years through numerous periods of history and being adopted by a diverse array of different cultures probably hasn't helped.
@duketogo13003 жыл бұрын
I feel fortunate Pureflix was not around between high-school and enlisting. I was in a spiritual place way too close to their worldview at the time, and my stepfather would have absolutely subscribed.
@theconqueringram52953 жыл бұрын
It's interesting. To a socially conservative Christian these romantic movies might be profound, but to most other people these relationships are pretty toxic.
@auroramichael11102 жыл бұрын
As an exvangelical, these movies DID feel profound. A standard I (nor anyone else) could never live up to and if only I could be more devoted. My relationship with Jesus did have a lot in common with my marriage to my emotionally abusive ex.
@byron739 Жыл бұрын
...and boring.
@latentcc94483 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of the time when I regularly watched movies like God's Not Dead, Fireproof, Courageous and October Baby. I think I went to go see Courageous in theaters with friends (also Evangelicals) and we all stood up during the call to action at the end... Ugh I'm cringing so hard right now. Yeah this video is spot on.
@ahimel3 жыл бұрын
maximum cringe
@lonewolfgamingplus3793 жыл бұрын
I remember when I cry during God's Not Dead.. I cringe so much nowadays.
@florenceforbush633 жыл бұрын
This isn’t really like a point but I find it interesting that this IS a rule in Theravada Buddhism for monastics, not to be alone with a man/woman (depending on whether you’re a nun or a monk). It’s specifically so that people don’t question the celibacy of the monastics.
@chaosvii3 жыл бұрын
An anti-gossip provision of sorts.
@meghanjean26243 жыл бұрын
I work at a bookstore and 90% of 'inspirational fiction' is romance. Mostly Amish, with the authors' understanding that no one from the Amish community is gonna get on their case about accuracy.
@Alexis-gx7eu3 жыл бұрын
Complete truth. When I worked at a discount bookstore a full quarter of our mass market paperbacks were evangelical or Amish romances; women would come in and buy 5 or 10 of them at a time.
@vylbird80143 жыл бұрын
Fiction is all about giving people what they want - a compelling fantasy. Some people like a fantasy of fighting against evil, and they read thrillers. Some people want a fantasy about adventure on a grand scale, and read fantasy or science fiction. But a lot of people want a fantasy relationship - a partner who truly loves them, and a promise of a happy-ever-after. For those, there is romance.
@hopefullyhelping66643 жыл бұрын
Allonormativity and Amatonormativity are horrifically prevalent in society, especially in religious culture.
@Emily-ye1rj3 жыл бұрын
@@hopefullyhelping6664 It's so hard to just Exist Without Romance because it's EVERYWHERE and reminding you of this thing you're supposed to feel/do/be but aren't. Ads, stories, movies, freaking billboards 💚🤍🖤🤍💜
@screamoshaymin3 жыл бұрын
(SA warning) Did you find a movie on there called "Loving the Bad Man"? It's about a woman who gets r-ped, and the r-pist goes to prison... before he is forgiven and then killed in prison while the woman has his child. I was forced to watch that as part of my youth group in middle school. it was fucked up and even my christian foster parents were confused as to why we watched it lmao
@mischr133 жыл бұрын
holy shit wtf I hate that "you must forgive everyone, even your r-pist" bs conservative christians love to force of survivors. such a messed up thing to teach young people
@jospinner11833 жыл бұрын
That's horrifying.
@The1Dragonprincess3 жыл бұрын
I am so sorry you had to sit through that!
@Tamales213 жыл бұрын
Why do people focus on spilling the seed on the ground but not the fact that Onan is sleeping with his brother's wife?
@wildcatste3 жыл бұрын
He was sleeping with her to comply with an ancient Hebrew practice- her husband died before they could have children so as the brother he was supposed to give her a child (I know I know- so weird...it was a very different time). But the point still stands is that Onan was not masturbating, he was pulling out, which, interestingly enough is also what conservative Christians call "natural family planning."
@coldfrost33 жыл бұрын
Due to old rules if she didn't have a child she couldn't keep her husband's things and she would basically be homeless with the brother in law owning everything. G asked Onan to get her pregnant since as her husband's brother the child would be from the same bloodline and all her husband's property would be safe. Onan used the opertunity to fuck his brothers widow while basically intending to scam her out of property which is why G is pissed.
@joelover2703 жыл бұрын
"the bible is a series of books and letters of sometimes barely connected topics combined in one tome." so well said and would have saved me so much time and rediscovery if i had it before 18 years of catholic school
@thenorthernbard36882 жыл бұрын
As someone who also went through the gauntlet known as Catholic school I completely get where you’re coming from my dude.
@kseniav5863 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Orthodox Christianity and was very devouted to prayer&reading the Bible and other texts as a kid. However, no Christian education ever gave me as much knowledge on the Bible as atheist youtube. No longer a Christian, I continue my studies because of my interest in European culture&history. So I really enjoy videos like this. Good job!
@stevepittman37703 жыл бұрын
As a self-taught student of comparative theology I have been frankly shocked on numerous occasions at how little American Christians know their own holy book. It's like they don't read it at all, or at least only cherry-pick the bits they want to hurl at others.
@doloreslehmann86283 жыл бұрын
@@stevepittman3770 Yeah, like what Bart Ehrmann always tells about his theology classes. When he asks: "How many of you think the Bible is the infallible word of God?" most hands raise. When he asks: "How many of you have read the Bible cover to cover?" He only sees a single hand here and there. Then he says: "Wow, I don't claim this book is God's word, YOU claim it. I think for someone who believes this, it would be interesting to know what God has to say!"
@direktive43 жыл бұрын
is it just coincidence that the whole book kicks off with man and woman eating from the tree of knowledge being the original sin?
@gwendolynstata37753 жыл бұрын
As an afab person, whenever I hear a guy talk about how he "won't let himself be alone with a woman" all I'm hearing is that he's a rapist
@WallflowerProductions423 жыл бұрын
Thank you for specifying "socially conservative Evangelicals" - as an Episcopalian in an open and affirming church, it gets annoying when people say "Christians do/think this awful thing" when they really mean that Evangelicals have those beliefs.
@katefriend40853 жыл бұрын
Liberal Catholic here, feeling the same thing. Of course, I know there are devout Catholics who have been sucked into the mainstream evangelical machine, but I'm not one of them, verdammt! The conservative evangelical Christian movement is actually a (noisy) numerically minority nation-wide, last I knew. Very noisy.
@tainii-san58793 жыл бұрын
@@katefriend4085 but with the states being a hub for evangelicals , with its cultural influence, the rest of Christendom gets compared to them. Which is infuriating to an extent.
@absolutelyeveryone24253 жыл бұрын
My Christian friend came over last night and wanted to watch a religious movie with me, we wound up watching Tortured for Christ and it wasn’t great but one of the other movies he brought was a pure flix movie and I ALMOST wanted to watch it. Sean Aston was in it. Prolly bad but I love that guy
@NewhamMatt3 жыл бұрын
Do you remember its name?
@POLE76453 жыл бұрын
@@NewhamMatt If Sean Astin is in it, it’s probably Do You Believe.
@MelkorPT3 жыл бұрын
"I can't carry your cross Mr Jesus, *BUT I CAN CARRY YOU!"* *_[rips shirt]_*
@1MarkKeller3 жыл бұрын
@@MelkorPT lol
@Lazurath1013 жыл бұрын
@@MelkorPT XD
@rlsxs4ever3 жыл бұрын
clay acts like a recently-released sex offender who is making a huge effort to avoid being arrested again
@khazermashkes23163 жыл бұрын
Thank you for having full captions! This lets me share your videos with my hard-of-hearing friend!
@TerriMRoberts3 жыл бұрын
Anyone else hear "thou shall not commit adultery" and immediately mentally add "Pulsifer" every time, or is that just me??
@hannahbrennan21313 жыл бұрын
A lady of culture I see
@jospinner11833 жыл бұрын
Same.
@TerriMRoberts3 жыл бұрын
@@hannahbrennan2131 *curtsies*
@TerriMRoberts3 жыл бұрын
@@jospinner1183 I always find good company when I throw that reference out ;)
@jonathanwilliams863 жыл бұрын
I'm not being sarcastic. This puts The Handmaiden's Tale and its critique of our society entirely into perspective for me. There are plenty of adults I know whose beliefs probably don't stray too far from the guy in the movie mentioned. Yikes
@cellonpot3 жыл бұрын
He’s like a vampire, he needs permission to be let in 😂
@MrEndstage3 жыл бұрын
That would have been a hell of a twist if that was the ending.
@rgs89703 жыл бұрын
Exactly! The Bible isn't exactly a book; it's an anthology of works around a specific culture, chosen by committee. (Well, committees, plural. The Catholic Bible has a different canon from the Protestant Bible, and I believe the Orthodox Bible has its own separate (overlapping) canon.) To think of it as unified in support of late-20th-century/early-21st-century yt American evangelical fundamentalism, you have to come at it with your conclusion already intact, ignore or dismiss any dissonance, and, preferably, scapegoat anyone with a different view as "worldly"
@direktive43 жыл бұрын
even within the Protestant camp (Presbyterian for me), I remember there being a King James version, the New International version and just as I was leaving the church a New American Standard Bible was released. Though i'm pretty sure it's the Star Wars Special Editions business model of boosting sales that explains this.
@dominiqueodom30993 жыл бұрын
If a Man can't be in the same room with a Woman without a problem arising,that Dude is A serial Killer.
@styxdragoncharon40033 жыл бұрын
I Once approached a pastor or priest who had been protesting abortion for years outside a park near my home. I pointed out all the passages condoning abortion in the bible (there are a lot of them). I brought my own bible for this purpose and did my best to be respectful and never raise my voice. He accused me of loving murder. Pointing out that his book condoned abortion did not make him quote a passage I had overlooked, possibly one that could be interpreted as stating the opposite. He just Stated That I must love murder and Satan and I would burn in hell. That day made me realize that reasoning with someone who has no ability to, is not worth my time as the task is Sisyphean. I'll leave it to someone who is truly masochistic to argue with the cultists.
@jospinner11833 жыл бұрын
To be fair, the bible is so inconsistent in its messaging that there are passages that could support any position someone was to take. The problem is when people don't bother to try to reconcile contradictory instructions and instead just ignore all the passages that don't support a preexisting position. It's really, really frustrating.
@katefriend40853 жыл бұрын
@@ttthecat I'm a fan of Numbers 5, it's basically a magic spell to make a woman miscarry, though that's somewhat open to interpretation and my Catholic New American translation fudges the text so it doesn't quite say the same thing as my King James or NIV says. Go figure! I don't know of other verses, but I too would like to hear about them. I'm sick of the forced birth movement cornering the market on the bible.
@styxdragoncharon40033 жыл бұрын
@@ttthecat That was not the first time I talked to him. That park was on my walk back from work... my previous conversations with him went better than that last one. @Kate Friend already pointed out Numbers 5 : 11-21 Then there's Hosea 9 : 12-14 and Deuteronomy 28 : 18 (sorry for not using the proper "bible formatting"... If I do YT thinks it's a timestamp). One point about translations (so all bibles not written in a dead language) euphemisms, idioms, metaphors, ect. do not translate well. For instance, a woman's thigh is a euphemism for the womb... just ask a rabbi. In fact, if you have any questions trying to clarify the old testament any practising Jewish person will know better than an evangelical priest... from my experience anyway (it's their books). As a final point: Be careful who you argue with... some religious people are fine and caring people who don't bother anyone... some are cultists who will find any justification to cause you harm for disagreeing with them. Please stay safe. 0:D
@Mr_December3 жыл бұрын
What is a Sisyphean if you don’t mind me asking
@gvasari3 жыл бұрын
@@Mr_December Sisyphean is an adjective related to the ancient Greek myth of Sisyphus, who was cursed by the gods in his afterlife to perpetually roll a boulder up a hill, only to lose control of it near the peak and see it roll all the way down again. So a "Sisyphean" task is one that is burdensome and pointless: you work hard at it and only end up back where you started.
@ramquaaj95973 жыл бұрын
My man over here taking multiple shots for the team. You're doing the Jarls work, sir. I'd embrace you and give you two sidewinder European kisses but I would need us to talk through a screen door for at least 4 or 5 days. Well done.
@jimhaverlock97843 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@immortan-valkyrie903 жыл бұрын
As my college history professor told me: 'Catholics make the best atheists.' This was at a Catholic university lol
@whistlingdust3 жыл бұрын
Well said. It took me a very long time to recover my faith from years of this kind of abuse. If I get into a dispute with a fundamentalist on subjects of purity I like to remind them that God will forgive them for being merciful to themselves and others.
@mikethegrunty59683 жыл бұрын
You know who else thinks a woman is temptation purely by existing? The Taliban.
@mischr133 жыл бұрын
eh, can we not? the GOP is far worse than the Taliban. we shouldn't have to bring up brown people to scare others into realizing American conservatives are bad. I feel this only contributes to the stigma
@otisphilips10113 жыл бұрын
@@mischr13 But he's right though
@mikethegrunty59683 жыл бұрын
@@mischr13 did I say “brown people” or did I say “ the taliban”?
@kepral49123 жыл бұрын
ive heard readings of the 'looking at a woman with lust is adultery' one as a colourful way of saying that disrepecting women and viewing and using them as objects of lust is a sin.
@Turidus3 жыл бұрын
My favorite podcast is "God Awful Movies", a podcast making fun of these kinds of movies in detail, so I heard about most of the movies you talked about. And oh man, Christian Movies (tm) are an endless pit of horribleness.
@lonewolfgamingplus3793 жыл бұрын
I love them, they made me laugh so hard during their War Room episode 🤣
@pvthitch3 жыл бұрын
Their sense of humor is brutal and cruel and so frikkin funny and I love it.
@LilayM3 жыл бұрын
Gosh, I LOVE your deconstruction of christian ideology. Thank you. And yes, as a catholic-raised atheist, I do take waaay too much glee in owning dem christian conservatives XD Thank you for creating the media I can indulge in. It's hella interesting to learn all this stuff. Would love that knowledge to be more mainstream!
@davidgn403 жыл бұрын
I remember having to watch Fireproof in high school. Once you brought it up I was waiting for you to mention him trashing his computer lol.
@katrinabaudelaire3 жыл бұрын
Same here! I watched Maggie Mae Fish's video about it and couldn't believe the messaging we were forced to swallow back then. Ugly stuff.
@tdclemensen3 жыл бұрын
Leon returns to his roots! I always love videos about ridiculous evangelical propaganda
@lizmerrick68833 жыл бұрын
I have to say, the idea of a romance film where one person refuses to be alone in the room with another person (though due to a quirk or misunderstanding rather than religion) would make a really interesting premise.
@SamGBSR3 жыл бұрын
Are you a theologist by trade? I’ve learned a lot about biblical texts and their various translations and contexts from you over the years, and it’s a topic that you are always very well researched on!
@l63183 жыл бұрын
I don't know about Leon, but if you're looking for more biblical stuff from a historical/academic/secular perspective, you might like Religion For Breakfast. Really well researched and some cool archeology!
@sleepyhead86813 жыл бұрын
@@l6318 Religon for Breakfeast is very educational. Awesome channel.
@SamGBSR3 жыл бұрын
@@l6318 will do! I’ve enjoyed trey the explainers deep dives into religious texts in the past so this seems like something I might enjoy. Thanks!
@maryoberschlake19883 жыл бұрын
You might also like “Let’s Talk Religion”
@hc61573 жыл бұрын
“Good luck with that” is the perfect line to end this lol
@Usagi3933 жыл бұрын
I have to say, thank you for putting captions on. Most of the content creators I subscribe to don’t do that on newly released videos
@LJStability3 жыл бұрын
Jesus, Old Fashioned sounds like conversations I had with my conservative Muslim friends who had to be careful with being alone with a woman. Even they thought it was annoyingly extreme.
@TheNotoriousBTG3 жыл бұрын
0:26 I recently watched all the Apocalypse films for a project I finished a few months ago, and for some reason I was so stoked to see that footage of that guy digging up his father's grave. I love the line in the movie that's all, "His grave was empty Helen! It was incredible!" Also, the "A Thief In The Night" series goes places.
@loganmansiongames3 жыл бұрын
Hi Amy BTG!
@discdoggie3 жыл бұрын
mike pence’s favorite movie. i missed the patreon release, too busy at work earning riches for the capitalist owners on a weekend supposedly dedicated to honoring the workers. Im 2/3rds of the way into the weekend, and i do not feel the least bit honored. seeing an upload from renegade cut helps a little though. Actually it helps a lot. Thank you.
@juggaloclownpreacher3 жыл бұрын
So this is Mike Pence the movie.
@b.parker17403 жыл бұрын
Yes...but, unfortunately, this is only a small sampling of the greater nightmare realm of Christian ""cinema"" about "romance" and even "love." Like, so much of it boils down to the segment at the end about never considering divorce (even when the husband is a cheating, abusive, potentially homicidal man-child) (see: War Room), viewing any abusive/toxic relationship as just needing a little more prayer (like how that "I Can Only Imagine" film framed the singer of that song as needing to reconcile with his a-hole dad), or, perhaps the worst of these, trying to frame a victim getting together with their rapist as a good, romantic thing ("Loving The Bad Man"...I shit you not). And then they turn around try to frame Muslim and atheist families as particularly abusive, toxic environments you need to flee from (see: God's Not Dead).
@TheDecatonkeil3 жыл бұрын
When Pureflix enthusiasts talk about shipping characters from a series together, they mean putting two of each kind on a big boat.
@mainstreetsaint363 жыл бұрын
Nothing says 'romance' like two people with the chemistry of two blocks of wood.
@theIconstable3 жыл бұрын
As a person who goes by Clay in his daily life and rarely ever hears it except when people refer to me, this video was jarring. As a Clay watching this video and hearing his name used to refer to the protagonist in some romantic Christian propaganda film, this video was horrifying.
@vfaulkon3 жыл бұрын
I've thankfully never watched Old-Fashioned, but I've watched Cinema Snob's review of it, and the funny thing is that I can see some potential in a character like Clay. However, instead of showing him as deeply flawed and in need of change, the movie frames him as like 99% correct for the entire runtime. So I guess it's a good analogy for conservative Christianity in modern times and how it views itself, in that sense.
@tropezando3 жыл бұрын
This is the first I've heard of the term and origins of the Modesto Manifesto, though I've seen its principles echoed by creeps such as Dennis Prager before. Also, the names Amber and Clay in a movie called OLD Fashioned? As in fossilized tree resin and ancient ceramic pots? Such theme, very metaphor.
@jospinner11833 жыл бұрын
Odds are good they never even considered the double-meaning.
@AllWIllFall2Me3 жыл бұрын
@@jospinner1183 I actually bet they had a different message in mind, OR put a lot of effort into finding the 'right' names, if only because, as noted, this was supposed to be a rebuttal to 50 shades of Grey. Where the leads are Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey. So Christian Grey becomes Clay Walsh, and Anastasia Steele becomes Amber (no last name given).
@nerdoftheatre3 жыл бұрын
Was just looking for something to watch! Really excited to watch this one
@Sammyandbobsdad3 жыл бұрын
I always took the “lust in your heart” verse was meant to say that we all sin all the time so condemning the sin of others is also a sin.
@dissonanceparadiddle3 жыл бұрын
My head Cannon is that old fashioned is the prequel to sleeping with the enemy
@MCKretin3 жыл бұрын
Sometimes i wish evangelicals would just talk to some rabbis about tanakh instead of going off on weird supercessionist interpretations of the """"old testament,"""" but i know how those conversations would go. -_-
@MattEldritchHorror3 жыл бұрын
Have you seen the Maggie Mae Fish video about the movie Fireproof? That was an incredible video, I'd highly recommend it for a more in depth take down of the "Love Dare" philosophy.
@Tsukikorao3 жыл бұрын
Lately every time I see one of your vids I think to myself "This one I just watched was one of his best yet!"
@Vulture22643 жыл бұрын
"Two people dating do not learn about each other." I'm sorry, but isn't that the whole dang purpose of dating someone? I mean i get the fact the man was sheltered his whole life, and mommy most likely raised him to hate all women, but dang man.
@yensid42943 жыл бұрын
Here I was thinking one of the big draws of Protestantism was being able to get divorced. I mean a certain English guy named Henry went to a lot of trouble to be able to do just that.
@dannyayala34623 жыл бұрын
I find it funny that secular sitcoms that we're used to with the characters would make fun of the person who chooses no sex before marriage but then in the end the character explains why he made this decision and ultimately earns respect for that decision why can't Pure Flix do the same thing with their movies
@TheSingingBUn3 жыл бұрын
Now this is not necessarily applicable to all of American Christians, but I find that American (extreme) 'Christian' culture more or less fall from the Puritan virtues. Puritans perceived that dancing is seductive, the projection of 'iconographic' people (aka visual art and dolls) are as similar to some voodoo shenanigans or some sort of séance. These perceptions may have come from a conservative era, but in truth, these ideas came from the extreme misconceptions of what they think what the bible says. Just as there are the Isis, Christian puritans have a knack to be more controlling over their populace; cherry-picking verses that suit their own agenda. As a Christian. nothing is more maddening than people weaponizing the bible into blunger people into submission.
@kevincola31843 жыл бұрын
Considering Puritanism was one the most popular forms of Christianity in early America, this isn't surprising.
@douglas29383 жыл бұрын
7:39 _"...her right as an adult to have consensual relations."_ *-or not.* She doesn't have agency at all if he's the sole arbiter, which makes if even more fucked up.
@witchflowers69423 жыл бұрын
I love the way you discuss religion. It’s always so multifaceted and I genuinely learned so much and gained an interest in real theology thanks to you(and a couple others). I had no idea how wrong most Christians were!
@thesunnysam3 жыл бұрын
i did not know this platform even existed until now and i have a feeling i'll wish i never had
@BuddyL3 жыл бұрын
*DON'T FORGET:* you didn't mention that the vast majority of central characters in these movies are as white🤵🏼♂️ as alabaster in a snowstorm.
@waylander-su7og3 жыл бұрын
Great video. Maggie Mae Fish also did videos covering Fireproof and I'm in Love with a Church Girl. I highly recommend the one for I'm in Love with a Church Girl because it shows that earning a fortune through drug trafficking is ok and the cops will even let you go once you convert to Christianity.
@ryandowney87433 жыл бұрын
I can't think of anything less romantic than the mindset that your actions are constantly watched and judged by an invisible man in the clouds.
@SA-mo3hq3 жыл бұрын
Since when did the contents of a religious text actually inform the behaviour of fundementalists? We all know these texts are to be used as a post-hoc justification for our preconcieved bigotry
@billedwardz3 жыл бұрын
I'm always so blown away by the end of the every video. This quality with this frequency seems unbelievable.
@thelegalsystem3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for subscribing to Pureflix so I dont have to. I had the same idea as you, out of curiosity more than anything, but since you did it, I don't have to give them any money. Thank you for suffering for us.
@porqpine533 жыл бұрын
Man. Love how well cited you are. I keep these saved for discussion with my wildly misguided stepfather
@Peregrine573 жыл бұрын
Man, I can't imagine tolerating a regular ordinary Hollywood romance film, much less a fundamentalist Christian one.
@unchartedterritory30193 жыл бұрын
Thank you for all you do. I thoroughly enjoy your content and appreciate the work it takes to research and engage these topics from a thoughtful and grounded perspective. You're doing good work and it deserves to be recognized. Thank you.
@BoisegangGaming3 жыл бұрын
The dude destroying his computer so he can't watch porn seems like it needs to be a sequel to the .gif from parks and rec where one character throws away a computer. A part of me had to watch again to make sure that he actually destroyed the computer tower (which looks like one of those really old early-2000s dells) instead of the monitor, because so many technological illiterates mistake the monitor for the computer proper, which is hilarious. Also, does the guy not have a smartphone, or a tablet? Might it be important to have a computer or something in this digital age? Conservative fundamentalist techno-primitivism is sort of hilarious in the sheer amount of boomer energy it emits.
@hotfishdev3 жыл бұрын
Growing up, I was encouraged by parents and church to never be alone with a woman if I wasn’t married to her. The problem wasn’t that I’d be tempted by her, however. The reason I was given was that you never want to give the appearance of sin, even if none happened. So, going to a liquor store or bar, staying too late at certain friends’ houses, etc we’re all painted in the same light. I’m still trying to get over this paranoia about how others are judging me.
@listman38653 жыл бұрын
"give the appearance of sin" In other words, not sin, which an all knowing God will understand to not be a sin. Hope things get better for you
@hotfishdev3 жыл бұрын
@@listman3865 The problem is that causing another Christian to doubt is, according to the folks who raised me, itself a mortal sin. As in, if someone sins and I’m the reason that they sinned, I’m an accomplice to their sin and due to my maturity in faith I am more responsible because I should have known better. Or something. It all gets very muddy. Point is that if someone else fucks up, you’re at fault for their failure, and by extension the loss of salvation of whoever that person might have saved. Nowadays, if you rarely leave the house and don’t have many friends then you can’t fuck up someone else’s trip to heaven. So that’s what I do.
@echowerelemming29183 жыл бұрын
"Teeth" would be a palate cleanser for these films
@serotoninandtea3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the captions! I love how clearly you explain your positions, i wish i could get that clarity when I write stuff!
@CapeBarnes3 жыл бұрын
This might have been mentioned already in a comment, but I wanna say that I'm reminded of the following exchange: Marge: "Isn't divorce a sin?" Lovejoy: "Oh Marge, practically everything's a sin..."
@basicsimp87983 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry to hear you subscribed to something like that.... I know you had to in order to do this video but still... You're a true MVP! :3
@JacubanGecko3 жыл бұрын
It's good to see a video about American fundamentalist Christian cinema/culture that is actually aware of the Bible and wider Christianity