REDDIT VS TELEVANGELISTS r/AITA

[@mathieuleader8601]

Televangelists must hate this line in the bible "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God"

[@luvyatubers]

Apparently it does not bother them. Sheeple obviously don't care by keeping them repulsively rich

[@ResidentMilf]

​@@luvyatubersThey think if they're faithful and tithe long enough, God will make them that rich, too.

[@luvyatubers]

@@ResidentMilf you are probably right for some but for some others I think they know they will never be rich. They give to be a member for the feely feels. They may never have shite but they to get be in the same huge room with someone who does. And eat those yummy church pot luck meals

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

Nah, they love it, they use it constantly to get people to give them money. Televangelists are conman who no more believe what they say than any other conman. By their own words, they would all end up in hell for eternity.

[@tjrune3432]

I think some of them have such a persecution complex that they would try to claim the pearly gates were actually false gates. My guess is that they already know they're going down, so they might as well shoot for a high score.

[@thebraindamagedatheist]

Pastor just listing off all the stuff he wants to buy with your money

[@shelbyk7675]

No kidding!!! They're so obvious it's insane

[@andrewcruz3837]

@@shelbyk7675right baby

[@kartikiyer-3335]

5th flat screen TV! Like literally, who here knows anyone with 4 even? I say 4 because I actually know some people who have 3. Downstairs common area, Upstairs common area, Personal bedroom TV. Who ever buys a 4th one, let alone a 5th one on a regular 9-5 salary?

[@MarshallPurcellMarz]

I remember my Nan hiding her money in envelopes to hand into the basket that got passed around at church because she didn't want to be judged for how little money she was able to give to the church she went to. That judgment on every action you take is something I do not miss. I'm glad I got out of there.

[@conorstewart2214]

Maybe you should just use an empty envelope and pad it out with some stones or bits of wood. Maybe even an old newspaper. Make it look like you are giving lots. I can almost guarantee she got judged if she was one of the only ones putting it in an envelope. People would be thinking, “what is she hiding” and likely come to the conclusion that was because she wasn’t giving much and the pastor would know and likely judge her on it too. I find people who go to church are often the most judgmental and always like to gossip (partly because they use it as a status symbol) so anything unusual like that would be instantly picked up on. If most other people used envelopes then that is different. My granddad ran the village shop and the only reason he went to church was for appearances, people wouldn’t have bought from him if he didn’t show himself to be a devoted Christian. It’s all quite amazing how the most religious people tend to be the nastiest and most judgemental and don’t practice what the religion is supposed to be about.

[@MarshallPurcellMarz]

@@conorstewart2214 There we’re a couple people who placed money into envelopes, from child memory, they were all the people my Nan was friends with, and most likely all probably came up with the idea to still contribute, but to not be judged for it. Once I was old enough to fight back, I made it apparent that I was not going to church. I know that probably brought great shame to my Nan for my sudden disappearance, but I was a 13 year old closeted gay kid who was sick of being told they were possessed by demons and needed spiritual healing. F that. I will agree, the most catty, bitchy and judgmental people that I have met are those that go to church, using religion as a shield for their awful personalities. They’re hollow. Watching through the eyes of a child, it was like watching mannequins walk around and pretend they’re human. Even their facial expressions are almost robotic and very uncanny valley. I know not everyone is like that, but those with common sense and empathy tend to not be devout or have that awful sickly sweet smile that looks like a skin-walker trying to smile. Genuine people will have genuine smiles usually.

[@curiositypiqued6573]

​@conorstewart2214 as jaclyn said....they prey on and take advantage of the vulnerable/elderly, etc.....😒🤦‍♂️🤬

[@car3700]

I have a fundie aunt and uncle and they run a church. My mom still gives them money each month even though she doesn't even attend. My aunt and uncle live comfortably. Those donations go straight into thier pockets

[@inegom1735]

When I see these Churches saying jesus needs money.. I immediately think 'what does god need with a starship?'

[@kayseecoward7571]

Praying away mildew?! That’s the silliest thing I’ve ever heard 😂

[@vidowatcher91]

Why? He said it worked

[@alyssadiao]

real 😂

[@shelbyk7675]

Did a double take on that one! 🤣 The devil's mildew 🤣

[@snoox27]

But normal praying is sensible 👌

[@ThisguySL]

Maybe the prayers are so annoying that even fungus wants to pack up and get the hell out. Lol

[@lgparker4263]

I'm so grateful I grew up in the religious circles I did. We go to church still (deconstructing still figuring it all out) but there is never pressure to tithe. The past couple years one of our animals has had a lot of very expensive health issues. I was talking to my mom about how we just can't tithe right now because we are dealing with his medical issues and she just shrugged and said "hey, you're following one of the first commands, take care of the animals and the earth" And that was that. I can only imagine how horrific it would be to feel pressure to tithe or lose your support system and community 💀

[@georgem2334]

Religion was invented when the first con man met the first fool -- Mark Twain

[@Doug50pl]

“Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.” ― Voltaire The problem with attributes on the internet, is you are not certain if they are correct or not. Abraham Lincoln.

[@farizkhan3827]

You reject religion, yet you believe in human rights, you believe in fighting evil and enjoining good. These are made up human constructors or your personal judgement. There is no proof!

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

Nah, it's when smart people realized they could use fear of the unknown to control brutes. Once society had organized the brutes into armies, the con men recycled the idea.

[@rs72098]

Mark Twain, who's real name is Samuel Clemens, gave money to his Christian church. He went back and forth on religion, and you can read all it about on his Wikipedia page.

[@rs72098]

*"The goodness, the justice, and the mercy of God are manifested in His works"*

[@CharlesPayet]

“I’m way more forgiving than the Lord!” Ain’t we all, Jaclyn? 😁

[@JapaneseOAKtree]

My family stopped going to one church when one Sunday, the entire “sermon” was basically a commercial for the church trying to increase tithing and showcasing testimonies of families giving 10%+ of their incomes to the church. I was in MIDDLE SCHOOL and could feel how wrong it was.

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

That's evangelism, and it has as much to do with Christianity as Scientology does with Science.

[@SavvyMuhon]

I used to be in leadership for my church. I had been considering leaving for a while; but when our pastor had a whole sermon on tithing, I was done. I left that night and haven’t looked back.

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

@@SavvyMuhon Good, that's not a church, it's a scam.

[@brooklynnbailey4356]

​@SavvyMuhon My mom pulled us from our main church as a child because at a funeral the preacher OUT LOUD SAID "Well she faced God's will finally for all that drinking and driving..." while her kids were sitting there losing it! Every church we ever went to was similar, preacher on a money hungry power trip so eventually my parents gave up on going to church all together 😂

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

@@brooklynnbailey4356 Conman have no decency.

[@jessicaholscher4097]

21:18 Wait, didn't the Simpsons do an episode where Lisa was doing a mission trip, and then she was about to die and it cut to like PBS telethon and they were like, "if you wanna know what happens, donate money to keep the channel going" as like a joke. This totally reminds me of that, lol.

[@LordSvzklx]

it was Homer, but yes :D

[@JohnDarwin7]

These evangelists are predators and should be locked up.

[@BernicePanders]

It's even better when you're forced to go to Baptist church w/ Gma, as an already adult-looking 13-yr-old, would also be glared-at for 'passing it on'. Especially great that, after my Gma spent 60yrs giving every week to the church, I myself suffered sudden kidney & heart failure at age 27, lost my power & almost got evicted while I was in a medical coma, all because when it really came down to it, not only did my own religious family do anything to stop it, but the church was made aware of it & offered no more than their typically useless "thoughts & prayers" to help. ✋️🙄

[@vidowatcher91]

I used to think Jesus was tithing 90% to me. The church loved that line. I vomit at that thought now

[@greyblade23]

13:52 Under a $1000 miracles happen blanket, of course.

[@DemigodEmery]

My old church used the money to make the inside of the church look good and pay for decorations every time they wanted to put an event rather then fix up the roof or parking lot. Yeah did not give them my money

[@dezchapman953]

I love your videos and glad I found your channel forever ago. As a child I suffered a lot of spiritual/religious abuse from my moms conservative Pentecostal religion being forced on me. Even as a child I always remember thinking “if god was real and he’s this much of an asshole then why would I wanna worship that guy?”

[@luvyatubers]

Miracles happen blanket... Sleep with your church secretary under it

[@dayrbenzie339]

I laugh so hard at this

[@TheNukedNacho]

Miracles happen but what I'm gonna do under that blanket is profoundly unholy

[@CrazyFandoms018]

I’m exChristian, now a neoPagan, netherless, I’m studying at my college to be a future historian which includes religious studies and NONE of the Abrahamic religious books say you tithe, you give what you can, yes, especially more to charity, but not titihing because that’s fucking expansive 😭

[@jillian4068]

This brought back memories of being in a mega church service with a guest speaker (don't remember his name, wasn't any of these guys), where he defended that he HAD to fly in a private jet, because being uncomfortable on a commercial flight had many negative effects, mostly which seriously messed with his "anointing" to speak at an event. (I remember sitting there thinking to myself, NO - you're just an entitled diva preacher). My husband at the time worked as the second hand assistant to the lead pastor. We got to visit the main preacher's family home on occasion. It was a 5,500 SF home in a country club, owned by the church. Him and his wife both drove luxury cars, wore designer clothes. I remember on one occasion visiting, watching our pastor in his backyard talking to some young business man saying "It ain't Beverly Hills, but it ain't bad!", while the two were standing there drinking wine and smoking cigars. I just wondered what the rest of his church members would think if they could see that candid moment I witnessed. (The drinking wine didn't bother me in particular, and he used to say in church "smoking won't send you to hell, it will just make you smell like you vacationed there.") This was a long time ago. I'm no longer religious at all, this type of stuff being one of many factors why.

[@ttthecat]

That's amazing you caught such a candid moment, I am glad you were able to leave such a parasitic relationship- the pastor sucking money and time out of you and your family. But I have to admit the line about smoking is pretty funny😅

[@georgem2334]

God loves you, and he needs your money! -- George Carlin

[@Nika92Richards]

😂

[@Trenchofstolenhearts]

I'm so glad you still make videos about this , I have a good laught at these snippets of stuff 😂 talking to mildew

[@Trenchofstolenhearts]

I swear I'm not religious anymore 😂 my name's just literally church 😂😂

[@Jaclynantes1]

I would get a bunch of those fake 20's the sunday crowd aholes come in with to tip the staff at the closest restaurants to the church and tip off the church every chance i got

[@shelbyk7675]

10% truly is a lot! Especially to those tight on a budget. Hard earned money straight into the pastors pocket!.. I feel deeply for those manipulated by these wolves in sheeps clothing, hiding behind "god"

[@WinterWitch01]

The Mormon church is a multi billion dollar industry. It’s so disgusting people are going without food, housing and healthcare and they’re sitting on billions! Convincing the gullible they can’t get into heaven without being current on their 10%

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

Have you watched Grimm?

[@shelbyk7675]

@@ireallyreallyhategoogle No, I haven't! Is that a show or movie?

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

@@shelbyk7675 It's a show.

[@kissit012]

Not only that, they expect 10% before taxes. They loved to specify that at my old church

[@kristinkemplen2063]

Your hair looks SO pretty! Also, I agreed with your take on all the greedy church people too.

[@bradcarver8127]

Normalize stealing from the collection tray.

[@estherroos4908]

I bet that one guy’s wife just cleaned the mildew lol. Usually how that stuff works

[@LordSvzklx]

"You should give your money to god, not buy jewels or fancy clothes!" says guy who is absolutely keeping that money to spend it on jewels and fancy clothes

[@kellycowley3535]

It would be nice if you could do more AITA related to atheist/religious clashing (I think there are a few stories about religious people trying to force others to go to church, or about people getting weird about non-married couples sleeping together/sharing a room).

[@shawnsimmons1308]

I visited a church several years ago and they would put up a huge list of members names who didn’t tithe on Sunday and they would also have the number of times they didn’t tithe in the past. And at the bottom of the huge poster board there were bold letters that demanded that the congregation must pray that the Lord speak to their hearts and move them to repent for their vanity and selfishness. I had never seen a church publicly shaming their own members. I remember thinking that some of those folks were living on fixed incomes and were barely able to keep themselves afloat. I was blown away by how callus and cruel that was.

[@ycampbell7672]

In Judaism there is a concept similar to tithing but the 10% has to go to charity. Often times people will donate to local Jewish institutions, many of which provide aid to the poor. So although everyone is expected to give 10%, those who are poor ideally get more out of the system than they give. Doesnt always work but that's the idea. Also instead of passing a plate around, there are tzedakah (charity) boxes at pretty much every synagogue which people can put money into whenever they feel like it rather than being pressured at a specific time.

[@Jay-ate-a-bug]

I was not an atheist until I was in my 40s. I did not come from a religious family but there were those Key family members like Grandparents that would pressure us to go to certain Holiday services. Even as an adult I ended up going to these services from family pressure and I never gave a dime to the passed basket. Even some churches that have the Pole Baskets where they literally hover it under your nose. I eventually got over the guilt of not putting money in the baskets by putting garbage in there instead. Gum and candy wrappers, notes reading "None for you!" and pocket lint wee some of my favorite things to add.

[@opalgriffin]

Please do more of these, this was fun :)

[@jojobookish9529]

I'm reminded of a story my mom told me. She grew up in serious rural poverty in the 60s, and one of her formative memories was her mom forcing her to give away her favorite raggedy stuffed toy to the church "for the needy". They WERE the fucking needy. But the threat of social punishment for not being seen giving was so high, my grandma put that first (in her defense, she was in a highly anxious dissociative state for years that expressed as piety).

[@Keiyato]

Tithing was an important part of my family growing up. When i got my first job i was expected to Tithe. Maybe not the full 10% but i was expected to give something. When I told my grandma i don't feel comfortable giving money to the church because I can't control what they do with it (ie who they give it to and how it helps people) she told me it was okay to give that tithe directly to an organization of my choice. Tithing makes me feel good but I would never expect or try to force someone else to do it. Especially when you don't know someones financial situation. Right now i don't have the extra to tithe to an organization so i feed the local strays and have them TNRd and cared for. That's my Tithe and it makes ME feel fulfilled. So i take care of 5 feral cats on top of my 2 indoor cats. Chester, MJ, Billie Jean, Paris, Annie (4 kittens and their dad (neutered now)) and then my two indoor voidlings, Thirteen and Moose. I may have used this as an excuse to talk about my clowder of cats.

[@a.d.r.m.7730]

Any organization, institution, person, or company that guilts you into giving them your money doesn't deserve it.

[@paranoiarpincess]

I'm also an atheist, I'm on the ”Jesus likely didn't even exist” bandwagon and even *I* know he would 100% ride a donkey over a plane. Dood was the most famous for his humility and prized it above all else but kindness. There's absolutely zero chance Jesus would show off with what is likely considered the most expensive non-property related thing you can buy in our world... Maybe an aircraft carrier? A submarine?

[@SavvyMuhon]

There is historical evidence of Jesus’s existence, but him being the son of God is a whole other story

[@SEGASister]

Yeah, if Jesus were alive today and there were no donkeys to ride, he’d hitchhike. He’d carpool. He’d use public transportation. Hell, he’d probably love that van life. Anything other than buy a private jet to travel and spread His gospel.

[@paranoiarpincess]

@@SavvyMuhon I've heard that and I've also heard that there is nothing Historically official that has been scientifically confirmed. This is going back a few years so there could have been evidence since. That said I just said that to make a point as to how little I know about Jesus and even *I* know this much.

[@kelly6504]

"If money is the root to all evil, why do churches beg for it!!?" I bloody love that saying

[@Kno_Buddy]

My aunt was super religious and in the last few years of her life when she was struggling to survive with Alzheimer’s and a severely autistic child dealing with massive medical bills living on social security and her church not only took 10%, but over 30% of her income and if you didn’t give they would publicly chastise and shun you.

[@tinaflowers5331]

There’s no word of God, only words of men pretending to be God. I do believe in God, but I’ve never believed that I have to go to church or any of that. My relationship with God is between me and him and no one else. That’s just how I see it.

[@meadowrae1491]

I'd never heard of the Misery Index, so I took a look into how it is calculated. It only measures unemployment and inflation. It was developed in the 70's, before credit scores even existed. Employment does not equal security anymore, so I would be hesitant to rely on this figure for...literally anything.

[@brie]

i’m a christian who loves your videos fr but i’d never ever give money to these huge televangelist churches… and so many churches abuse the tithes quite unfortunately, using the money for things the members of the church don’t agree with and don’t like. for example, a couple pastors were kicked out of a church some ppl i know go to because they kept wasting all the money on projects that didn’t even last because they were so poorly orchestrated and done so so incorrectly. thousands of their savings from tithes and whatnot wasted on nothing when that money was supposed to be for repairs, their food pantry, etc. they have a good system again now that the old pastors are gone, and not all churches abuse tithes. i fortunately do attend a church that uses the money for the bills, repairs/improvements, etc. things it should ACTUALLY go to. but i’ve heard some nasty nastyyy stories online n stuff of money being abused…

[@karenradach7551]

Tithing is 10% but there isn’t judgment if you don’t or can’t.. if your church judges you like that, you’re going to the wrong church

[@MetalDetective007]

“And if you don’t give me money, you’ll be burning up in Hell” 🔥

[@RandallSimmons-ll3ii]

Sometimes I think about the literal thousands of dollars I "tithed" to churches before I left the faith, and I die a little inside. I'm a saver/investor, so I would probably be $25K closer to retirement by now at an 8% annual return. And that's not even counting the 5 years I wasted, unemployed, in a Christian cult called "Masters Commission" as a younger adult. Probably about $150K in lost income there too.

[@cllpz916]

Jaclyn thank you for giving me yearssss of my life back, I accused my laundry of being a curse and it did disappear and I then found it clean and folded thank you thank you

[@rs72098]

Deflation and unemployment are almost inversely related. If you very low unemployment, that could mean labor shortages. Labor shortages usually lead to inflation. So that misery index is going to have issues measuring things that way.

[@Itsatragedeigh]

My dad was very Christian and was strict about tithing (10% of our household income plus the kids had to give 10% of our allowance - we only got allowance to practice how to tithe and manage our money for god). After he died, my mom got a job at the same church we grew up in as a bookeeper. They called mondays “count the money mondays” to see how much cash they got the day before. My moms an atheist now after seeing how churches really work.

[@honeylis7]

I famously began my deconstruction from Christianity on a mission trip. We went to a Navajo reservation in Arizona (I'm in TN). I was already not really sure I was a Christian, and that trip really did it for me. We did a ton of great physical labor around the reservation, and I thought that was great. I did not understand why we had to proselytize to them as well. Why couldn't we just do work for them because they're human beings who need a door on their home or a well for water? And all the other people I was with were so proud of themselves for telling the Native Americans about Jesus. I just felt disgusting and didn't participate in that part. It felt condescending and racist.

[@kissit012]

As if indigenous people need more Christianity... Glad you got your sense back

[@indigothecat]

That "not talking for months to years then out of the blue asking for money" situation is such a common M.L.M. tactic, they have an industry nick-name. They literally call them "Hey Girl! Messages," or even just sending their daily "Hey-Girls" for short. Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss.

[@blacky_Ninja]

„He gave you that Money, you gotta give some back“ is like the dumbest excuse i‘ve ever heard for tithing. In what other scenario would it be appropriate to gift something you‘ve been gifted back to the person who gifted it to you?? That would be like if your mother gave you a perfume for your birthday and then you filled a smaller bottle with a fraction of it and gave it to her for her birthday. I don‘t think she would be too stoked about that.

[@jinnijenny]

"Don't buy the 1000 dollar TV.... But buy this 1000 dollar cloth that will do absolutely nothing for you!"

[@Atomic_Unicorn13]

I'm a simple person. I see a new Jaclyn video about religious nuttery, I click on it :3 MILDEW-teronomy haha from a fellow maker of puns, well played. 10/10 😂

[@PlazmaKore7019]

Wait...what...the omnipotent deity can't even print money...i mean ...didn't jeeeezus multiply fish in his hayday?? 😂

[@owengreen7711]

I about blew coffee out my nose at the mildeutaromy. You hit me in my weakspot. I love puns.

[@Weavole]

I’m an atheist now but when the small church I was forced to goto closed down, the money that was saved up became more important than the “close Christian community.” My grandfather was the preacher and what was donated was used for the bills. Nothing else. My grandfather didn’t take it and buy a nice car or anything, he worked a factory job til he retired. When the church closed down my grandmother was in the hospital for cancer but no one thought about that. My grandfather just told them to figure out what they wanted to do with the money.

[@randomusername3873]

"God wants you to give away your money, so give them to me. No, I'm not giving away my money, no no"

[@rondotexe]

Thinking about it, tithing is pretty sinister. They pass the thing around so that there's social pressure. This encourages people to give, but it also guilts people into giving. It's so powerful because they take something that could've been private and intentionally make it more public. It's similar to tipping culture, on stereiods. Imagine if the waiter came by and held the tip jar in front of you as you were trying to pay. It's insane.

[@nclmkrr]

I guess I am pretty fortunate to have been born into an atheist family.

[@farisakhtar4824]

You are lucky, I was born into a Muslim family. Fortunately they are quite liberal, but they still expect us to be believers.

[@StenaAbelle]

3:20 sounds like a magic coffee table situation

[@celinelia8127]

Matthew 6:3-4 - "So when you give to the poor, don't let anyone know what you are doing. Your giving should be done in secret. Your Father can see what is done in secret"

[@Robin-uj4bo]

I’ve always wanted to hear your thoughts on the DreamWorks movie The Prince of Egypt.

[@HannahBarker-no2cm]

The pastor I had never lied and said it was for God, he always let us know it was for his church, to pay for his church, his honesty is what made people donate more. It’s a small town so we all knew how much he paid to not only have his home next door but to also pay for bills for the church

[@natalierose4790]

Why do these televangelists sound satirical? lol. Like the heavy southern accent and the joke about remembering a credit card number is giving South Park unreality

[@randomrandom450]

Tbh, when I ended up going to church for social reasons (someone's getting married or something). I'm not disturbing what's happening, but I also do not actively participate. I wont fake to pray, I definitely wont sing and I'm not doing communion. If I would get judged for not giving money, they can go * themselves, it's already an effort enough that I'm there and not making a fuss about it.

[@zachreads]

A video on the movie Soul Surfer would be interesting, it's about a girl who got her arm bitten off by a shark IRL, it's a low-key Christian movie that implies she got her arm bitten off because she was training for a surfing competition instead of going on a mission trip. The Story of O by Pauline Reage would make for an interesting video topic, its a short french bdsm book from 1955 and it is insane.

[@SEGASister]

Bethany Hamilton, right? I… I severely hope that she didn’t ACTUALLY think that her shark bite was due to her not being Christian enough >_

[@kissit012]

​@@SEGASisterI read her book. It's basically compared to Jonah not going to ninevah and getting held captive in the seabeast until he submitted. Her injury was seen as some warning from god and a way for him to use her journey for his "glory" 🤢

[@PurpurLupus]

That "warning may contain sarcasm" is properly the funniest way I have seen anyone get around KZbin misunderstanding a joke as misinformation.

[@roreo1612]

our pastor threw a hissy fit mid sermon about tithing saying : I need to be paid !. multiple times on multiple weeks , mind you he's the only one taking the money while the rest of us are ''volunteers'' unwillingly , to set up , tear down , play instruments, child groups and greeting. lost all respect for him

[@rondotexe]

4:53 had me literally laughing. That is some straight-up con-man behavior. And that these people are running the churches is wild.

[@celinelia8127]

BibIe says you're supposed to donate money IN SECRET, not to show off, but make sure you will get no admiration, no credit, nobody knows you donated

[@MetalDetective007]

YES! Jesus would literally flip those giving baskets over lmao 😂 it’s so rude and so public. 😅 it’s set up that way to make it socially jarring so that more people will give more. I believe you should give according to your heart and wallet NOT what the church expects. God never intended for Church to be a money making business. Church is supposed to be there for people, to help the homeless and less fortunate and unbelievers, NOT take money from people. If they operated the way they ought to, then the world would look different but the churches are so corrupt.

[@ShieldofApollo]

I would love for you to go through R/Traumatize them back because it just amazing. Especially the Unicorn story.

[@spiffy74]

Leviticus 27;30 is the only place I know of that would state anything abt it being "a rule" of sorts to give tithing...but still it doesn't state its a LAW. (GOD my forced bible study from my teen yrs have emerged from the depths of my trauma)

[@rachelstark4556]

I'm laughing so hard because an ad for Hallow: Prayer and Meditation was at the beginning of this.😹

[@TJMalana]

Revisiting your videos after 6 years away from your channel reminds me why I ran away from the religious cult in the first place. I can be religious WITHOUT being in the cult or the church! 😂 Jacky I rediscovered your channel because I’m a fan of your husband’s music and had the privilege of seeing him live in concert twice when he was on tour!! Gosh that man can sing!! He’s got a pair of lungs that will launch earthquakes in the stadium!! 😂😍

[@mathieuleader8601]

I like how your hair matches your room

[@mrcleanisin]

She's back! Just as witty as ever. Thank you for your service to mankind. Just a thought, but wouldn't the US be awesome with Neil Degrasse Tyson as president and JaclynGlenn as vice president.

[@Nika92Richards]

Yes, even as a believer, I give to charities that help children, instead of tithing to a church. Helping your community is loving your neighbour, not paying for a pastor's jet.

[@JoeFpoc]

The world’s most epic and successful scammers.People are so easily mislead and conned its scary. They don’t even try to be passive about it their whole sermon is just them begging for money

[@davidjvanveen]

Loved the video, keep them coming

[@JaclynVlogs]

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[@lapatti]

I'm Italian, I'm atheist now but I was raised Catholic. Nope, nowhere in the book it says to donate a certain percentage of the money you make. When I was little, they would pass a box with a slit on it so no one could see how much you donated, and it was often small change. I've been told that they've stopped asking for donations during the services, but it might be at the priest's discretion

[@venerablevalkyrie2849]

“Thank you thank you thank you for getting that money out of my pocket!”

[@connieblack5094]

Ah, Kenneth Copeland. My mom took care of one of his elderly relatives for a time when I was a niblet. I got to meet the man - first of all, he's incredibly short. I, a then pre-teen, was almost taller than him. Secondly, his eyes and facial expression reminded me of a rattler about to strike a nice juicy mouse. Pre-teen me was unnerved by him to say the least. I was glad I only had to stand there and see him for a short time - Mom packed up and we left about ten minutes later.

[@lisaendress724]

I totally agree with everything you said! I remember when I went to church when my kids were little and not having enough money to live let alone give to the church and thinking things would never get better because we didn't! I grew up in church so that's all I knew at that time! I've been an agnostic for years now and never been more peaceful about that sort of stuff! To me not knowing what comes next after we die is the only truth! And if the Christian god is real I don't want anything to do with a murdering narcissistic ass hole god like that!

[@issecret1]

Girl, the earrings scene is literally Dealdash. I just can't

[@AshleySaville]

As kids, we were given $1 each so we could participate and not get the side eye from the elders.

[@Dreamprism]

Mildeuteronomy. Good one. 😂

[@ronniec427]

The one church I attended would have traveling preacher speakers come essentially to raise money for the church. I remember the one saying, "and thousand is spelt t-h-o-u-s-a-n-d."

[@elizabethdavis8594]

In the Mormon church they believe in tithing each month one tenth. They say it goes for church buildings and books. Yet they have been caught using it for their own personal pleasure like a department store and so forth.

[@animaier]

As a wiccan, these types of Christians scare and disgust me so much, it makes me want to scream and cry, and I'm not even involved with them directly thank the gods.

[@mettle56]

YES..... SHES BACK, I HAD TO KEEP WATCHING her old vids 😍😍😍

[@ChefLethalPlays]

Ok this might be the most 'real' ad read I've seen on youtube

[@rileygeeksout8682]

I went to a church for about 6 months where they wanted you to give everything, even keeping money for essentials like a toothbrush was considered selfish. Tithing was never enough! That was for the Christians who didnt really believe god. The real Christians apparently, gave offerings which could be any amount. And it was considered much more faithful to give from your credit card. 10 years, an epiphany that i was raised in a cult and a bunch of deconstruction later, I'm still paying for those "offerings" from my credit card. Damn is it good to be an atheist and laugh about this now but they really get in your head when you believe this stuff.

[@VulcanLogic]

Yeah the tithe is defined as crops only, not cash money. Abraham did give 10% of the spoils of war to Melchizedek the high priest, but this wasn't a requirement. So I drop off the 6-7 tomatoes from my plants at the local church in a brown paper bag. Tithing complete.

[@corruptedscarecrow1868]

These were really interesting to hear. From what I know this is the reason why I grew up away from the church. I don't know if my grandparents ever believed in god or if my grandpa does now but they were in the church in the village I grew up in. They had my father baptised but years later, from what I've been told, they didn't want to pay that money anymore so they left. I wasn't baptised and I never believed in the christian god but I do wonder if things would have been different if they hadn't left.

[@NonStopParis]

When I go to a Catholic wedding they pass a basket around. I always make sure I give a few cents. Literally. So long as you put some coins in and it makes the noise, who’s to know how much you put in?!

[@huangjun_art]

I've never seen anyone be that honest about their sponsors.

[@betacarotene5980]

Awesome video Jaclyn!

[@ivangelinem.9479]

i’m a pagan now but growing up in the church i did they actually had tithing boxes around the sanctuary so that if you wanted to give you could do so privately however! i also grew up feeling shame every time i went to church because i didn’t have any money to give and was pressured to give things like birthday and christmas money when i could