The Miracles That Always Fail

[@HolyKoolaid]

What are some other things will you see faith healers avoid? Also, if you enjoyed this video, check out my whole series on faith healers: kzbin.info/aero/PLCTNr4WPOQ94M_OCaznZwbYdu3fYtGURq

[@leonieromanes7265]

Taxes 💰

[@latarribell4152]

Public transportation.

[@owengrant9066]

This channel is an echo chamber for progressives.

[@MetallicAAlabamA]

I see dem ol' faith healers avoid reality all the time 🤣. They can't seem to understand thattuh bright white skindded Jesus would be overkill. Can't do all the woodoo voodoo with suchuh bright Jesus. I mean, we luvvire white power Jesus, but sumtime gawd duzzit winnie ontz too lol. Maybe I went way too heavy with my "suthun draw" here with my comment. Guess I was aiming at getting a laugh or two outta good ol 'Kool Aid. If not? Well, I still enjoyed the upload. Though "Woodoo Voodoo" is a label for them Nawlenz Kayginz....Ok I'll stop now lol. 😁

[@cnault3244]

As expected, they can only heal things that cannot be proven to have been healed.

[@mintybadger6905]

When I was a little kid, I fell on glass disfiguring one of my eyes. When I was 13, my heart filled with faith, I stood in line when one of those traveling faith healers visited. I will never forget the look on his face that first split second when he got a look at me: that look said, oh sh*t. I knew in that moment he was a liar and I was a fool for hoping. My eye is still disfigured. It’s nice to know I’m not alone.

[@Remake5182]

Sorry to hear. My parents called an exorcist to cure my epilepsy. Granted, they did not know what epilepsy was.

[@shriggs55]

The pastor I had at one time fancied himself a faith healer-and he showed others how to be such,also.My mother got polio when she was two years old.It made one of her legs almost one inch two short and another one very thin.This pastor had what he called a "leg lengthening" service where people would go to him or one of his helpers and supposedly have there legs "made even." People who had legs that were just barely uneven were "made whole," but my mother's leg didn't move one bit.I learned since then that there was a trick that made the receivers "think" there legs was being evened out(like there wasn't anything wrong with their legs in the first place).Sad to say,I still continued to "believe"for quite a while afterwards in the "healing ministry." Yeah,that's right.I was a fool much longer than I should have been.😞

[@foca7550]

@@Remake5182 I'm so sorry

[@florianopolis6299]

@@shriggs55 you are not a fool. Stop saying that. We are all human. And you are a strong person, especially since you have the courage to talk about your errors! You should be proud that you got out, that's no small feat.

[@holy-nonsence7007]

@@florianopolis6299 Thanks,I appreciate that.There should be no room for self-deprecation in my mind,but it's easy to go there.I'll work on that.

[@ayodejiesan416]

As an African who's agnostic, I'm really glad he's talked about a faith healer from Africa... People are too gullible over here😭

[@Mar-dk3mp]

An African Agnostic? Sorry Western idea fucked you that way....

[@sanguiniusprimaris]

😂😂😂😂😂 I live in Ghana.Its a mental asylum here.

[@tibuigerard1564]

It's a serious scam business over here in Cameroon. The poorest people are the victims

[@AdmiralBison]

I'm starting to think it's not so much gullibility (but a good public and accessible education system can help mitigate a lot of it), but more of desperation. IF there was a strong, accessible and very affordable public Healthcare system, less people would be inclined to go to faith healers, "alternative medicine" (with respect to culture) and would go see doctors/hospitals and actual medical advice first and foremost over these conmen and "woo-woo" sellers.

[@sanguiniusprimaris]

@@AdmiralBison Doubt it brother.These people will die for this crap.I get what you are saying but it's ingrained in them. I think it's a generational thing.Until the parents start to think, this scam will continue.

[@Zaft_K]

My mom died of cancer when I was 17. She received good medical care, but the cancer spread fast. She also had visitors that were "faith healers." One told her that God would heal her, but only if she gave up anything else she loved. By then, she was weak and easily scared. She became terrified that my siblings and I were going to die because God insisted she give us up and love only God. Her final weeks were filled with this terror because of what that horrible person said. I have hated so-called "faith healers" ever since.

[@emmemaile5531]

Your story was very touching. Those people should spend the rest of their lives in prison. Preying on the weak and Ill

[@theeorehekchannel]

Let me explain something to you, just because they said for her to give up anything that she loved you automatically assume he meant her family? Yes i believe they should have have worded it better. They probably meant to say anything you love more than God meaning Money, material items they didn't mean just people you love. That would be the riht way to word it. So alot of these comments are form people who think ALL believers are false but I can tell you first hand that if you can just hate from an experience like that then you will have to stand before God on that one because of the hatred in your heart

[@emmemaile5531]

@@theeorehekchannel Not afraid of your imaginary friend

[@MaleINTP]

@@theeorehekchannel Jesus literally said the same thing... 37 “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it. Matthew 10 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters-yes, even their own life-such a person cannot be my disciple. 27 And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. Luck 14 You're an asshole for responding the way you did to a person in suffering... You and your whole religion are little more than dangerous delusional sociopaths...

[@Glory90p]

Do a police complain. Please dont leave that guy.

[@billiwickey]

My 20 yr old daughter was told by a faith healer in Kentucky that she would be healed of whatever kept bringing her to the free clinic at the revival meeting being held outside of town that weekend. Her boyfriend convinced her to go. It was going to cost $50 at the meeting and 10% of her wages for the next 2 months. She said it was BS and refused to pay but the "healer" said he would heal her to prove that God is all powerful and that would bring her to the "one true God." Her boyfriend decided to go behind her back and give the "healer" the money she was saving for college. A month later, she was back home in Michigan. I took her to the hospital as soon as she landed. She had a rare form of pediatric bone cancer. She called the "healer" and demanded her money back because she had told him she wasn't paying until there was proof of healing. He said it must be a different problem and besides she mocked "God's healing power by not believing so God withheld his almighty powers." My daughter passed on Halloween at 22 years old. More Christians told me that the reason my daughter died was because we "rejected God's healing" when the doctors thought she was in remission because the cancer growth had slowed than offered to help us in any way. One of the local pastors refused to give her a ride home from the park, even though he was going right by our house, because she refused to accept that "without God healing wasn't possible." fortunately the town witch overheard the conversation. The witch pulled my daughter, the 1/2 mile, home in her wagon. I have the witch over for at least monthly and I do what I can to help her. Thanks for exposing these frauds. May the coming year be filled with the love, laughter, and light of family and friends.

[@Remake5182]

How awful. The worst part is the gaslighting, were you and your daughter blamed because you "rejected God's healing" . Sorry about your daughter.

[@anthonymarlowe6986]

No jewish imaginary been never existed and supertious claims that never happened evil genocidal racist maniac from the pagan zionist bible.

[@grilledsleaze]

I am so sorry… the most I can hope for is you find comfort in this community of like minded people reassuring you that you did nothing wrong but instead were wronged by a religious community who claims to love and heal people but do far more damage than good 😒

[@MosDaft]

I'm so sorry that happened to you. I have Multiple Sclerosis, and am Jewish, but was convinced to go by a close friend. Nothing changed. It was a few years ago, so it is actually worse now. When I told my friend, she said that it was because I didn't have enough faith in God. I have faith in science.

[@DiscordedHaru]

I'm so very sorry for your loss.

[@oliviadawn9002]

Me and my sisters have grown up as homeschooled Fundamental Evangelicals, similar to you, Thomas. My sister has had fibromyalgia since she was 9 years old, and has prayed for healing for the past 14 years. Many tears and laying of hands later and she still struggles every day. She is also quite overweight, which adds to her pain and difficulties. She started to believe that God just wasn’t going to heal her. Then, this year she had a “breakthrough” and now believes that she should keep praying for healing, and is hopeful that God is going to heal her soon. She received word from a friend that had a dream in which she (my sis) was healed. It breaks my heart, because I don’t see her healing ever happening, and I hate to see her struggling, frustrated, and disappointed. :((

[@wrathofainz]

And now she's deluded to top it off :/

[@delanaveirs3411]

I take Amitriptyline & had huge decrease in pain on first night I took it. It has changed my life. I hope she seems medical help as well.

[@rubba6818]

You ever consider fundamental (rejection of modernity) evangelical belief as false after all is said and done? I am very sorry for your sister and 14 years is a long time waiting for healing that will never come from magic. Real magic is always fake, and fake magic is real. As your sister keeps suffering you should ask yourself this.

[@oliviadawn9002]

@@delanaveirs3411 She gets massages pretty much weekly, but she need some pain medication too I agree

[@oliviadawn9002]

@@rubba6818 Yes, I’m not a believer anymore. True true

[@fangsandfolklore8795]

It is SO sad and terrible to see these poor people wanting healing but receiving none. Thank you for continuing to expose these evil charlatans.

[@WayneRossi]

When I was a Christian, this was one of the things that bothered me most deeply. It was very clear that, according to the New Testament, faith healing should be able to work. But I had a deep distrust of alleged faith healers and especially for the idea of seeking faith healing over medicine. I suspected that much of it didn’t work - but I couldn’t square that with Christian belief. Since I left, I found that most faith healers definitely know that it doesn’t actually work much of the time. I suspect that most of them are outright frauds, though some could be deep in cognitive dissonance.

[@timdowney6721]

I guarantee you that none of these faith healers who was the victim of critical trauma or illness would ask the ambulance to take them to church instead of the hospital.

[@kellydalstok8900]

The only thing about faith healing that works is the placebo effect. But that won’t work when it’s cancer, an infectious disease, or amputation.

[@Scanner9631]

@@timdowney6721 I guarantee you that none of these faith healers who was the victim of critical trauma or illness would ask the ambulance to take them to church instead of the hospital. Benny Hinn when he thought he was having a heart attack didn't heal himself or call on his faith healing friends. Off to the hospital.

[@Graeme_Lastname]

It's an easy way for scum to make money. Never be confused. 🙂

[@barbieblues7639]

Lol, protestants always think that everything in the Bible somehow directly applies to them, like because it just says something that it must mean it has to directly do with them just because they "believe in jesus"

[@ikenosis8160]

Not as a cute quip, but as a practical means of analysis, I have critically asked for my entire life to the overly faithful, "Do you believe God can heal the sick?" To which they always reply, "of course," and then I ask, "Has God ever healed an amputee? Has a limb ever been grown back?" No one has ever had an answer. Thank you for assessing this idea. The "Miracles" are always in a context outside of objective view. So....

[@Makemearainbow27]

It may not work in the US since everything is recorded and televised. But back in Asia and Africa, we experience many faith healers giving testimony that they had healed amputees, got limbs to grow back, UNIFIED conjoined twins into one person, its fucking bizarre shit. The worse thing is they target poor, marginalized groups such as indigenous people or those of low economic standing. Its really sad to see these people refuse medicine and eventually their loved ones die. I hate these healers so much

[@user-JJJJJJJJJ]

Just to play devil's advocate, pun (??) or whatever slightly intended, couldn't it be proposed, that while an amputee has very very likely never have nor ever will do a lizard's tail type of regeneration restoration of their missing limb, that one could say the real healer God had worked through was not any of these "faith healer" charlatans but was, in fact the folks down at the prosthetics R&D facilities that go on to allow people to walk again or have arms again. Obviously these were not based on faith alone means of healing and hell I'd go as far as to say that God and faith never popped into anyone's head while making these new limbs for patients. However, I feel you'd be disingenuous to automatically chalk that up to not being orchestrated by God in a wizard of Oz man-behind-the-curtain sort of way regardless. Because non-believers and rebellious believers alike are utilized by God all the time to reach His intended outcome. And i know this isn't the way you were wanting God to heal these hypothetical amputees of ours but that seems like the pinnacle of arrogance to expect God to follow your demands and what you are dictating qualifies as an acceptable form of healing by Him. I mean He is God in this little thought experiment and not you, right? Anyway, TLDR: maybe people making prosthetic limbs could in a very roundabout way said to be God's way of "growing" these limbs back and "healing" those afflicted individuals.

[@acemartinez9316]

But having a amputation doesn’t always equate to someone being sick.

[@nathanrota4555]

Sickness to dismembered. Great comparison I guess lol

[@ikenosis8160]

@@nathanrota4555 If we are discussing an infinite God that can and does do anything, why would healing sickness and regeneration be on different levels of ability for God? My point is that no one has ever regrown a severed limb ... Ever.

[@timothymulholland7905]

These people are frauds and should be prosecuted as such. They prey on the most vulnerable.

[@cliftongaither6642]

i agree with you, but if people are going to be dumb enough to not see through these crooks bs, well then, that's their own fault.

[@jameshall1300]

@@cliftongaither6642 normally I would agree with you, but many of the victims of these people aren't even the actual people getting "healed". It's the children that don't get proper medical attention, because the adult that's supposed to care for them believes in these charlatans.

[@Mar-dk3mp]

I am a Christian, and I do not believe in one of those fake self procalimed priests. But western godless and souless idiots believe that is about us... poor them (plus all those videos are made to talk badly about us, hwo ridicilous is that? And why those western godless and osules speople do not actually come and talk with a believer)??? Then why onlyu westerns say such things??? ANyway God is what you do know know. But may God bless you anyway.

[@mehallica666]

@@cliftongaither6642 "A fool and his money are easily parted".

[@cliftongaither6642]

@@mehallica666 Dr. John Bridges' Defence of the Government of the Church of England, 1587 : if they pay a penie or two pence more for the reddineess of them ... let them looke to that, a foole and his money is soon parted. ive heard the quote you wrote before, so i had to get to the bottom of it. i copied it word for word from google. hahaha 😆

[@derreckwalls7508]

Up until I was 8yrs old I went to my dad's "hellfire and damnation" fundamentalist evangelical Independant Baptist church. I didn't know it then, but I have moderate autism. It made me constantly anxious to see and hear all those people dancing and clapping and wailing "hallelujah" all the time. But sometimes at church I would become fascinated by mundane things such as the patterns in the painted cinderblocks of the hallway, and my peculiar affect was to flap my hands and cock my head like a pigion. On several occasions I was taken into a room where the preacher and the most devout believers would practice the laying-on-of-hands while shouting and chanting scripture and making threatening gestures in an attempt to thwart the demon that was trying to possess me. At 8yrs old I was having horrific, screaming nightmares about losing control of my soul. Fortunately when my parents got divorced I started going to my grandmother's Presbyterian church. These were reverent, rational, caring people that my autism could deal with. One member was a doctor, or maybe a mental health worker, and he suggested to my Mom that I get checked out, so I was finally diagnosed. Decades later, even as an atheist, I still sometimes have nightmares about being possed. I used to think there were no words vile or condemning enough to describe these people, but thanks the Hitchens I have overcome my anger and resentment by understanding that religion makes _everyone_ its victim. I'm still appreciative of the Presbyterians, though. They may have been good people, but their insane Calvinist doctrines of Predestination and the Elect were what made me have my first doubts about my beliefs. I guess I have to thank them for that. Everyone have a very 🎆 HAPPY 🎉 NEW 🎈YEAR! ✨

[@chamonix2602]

Happy New Year to you, too!!

[@PresidentDrPeper]

Hope u told ur dad how he fucked u up

[@donnaburden.dip.d.analysis2148]

I'm so sorry you had these dreadful experiences. I'm a qualified dream analyst therapist, what your experiencing regarding these awful nightmares are down to conditioning of the mind from the church from such a young age.Also I wouldn't be surprised if post traumatic stress is at hand. This can cause horrifying nightmares to take place. I'm so sorry you went through this. Big hugs. Xxx

[@derreckwalls7508]

@@donnaburden.dip.d.analysis2148 Thank you so much. But don't worry, I've had some excellent psych counseling, and exchanging stories with other atheists on these channels is therapy as well. Oddly, when I do have one of these nightmare (which is only every year or so) I spend the day feeling super positive. A former therapist said we sometimes relive these experiences even when we have gotten over them because our mind is reminding us of how strong we must have been to overcome them. That's exactly how I experience it now. I meant to end my comment with a tie-in to how much damage these "fake healers" can do, but I guess it goes without saying.

[@donnaburden.dip.d.analysis2148]

@@derreckwalls7508 I'm glad your okay now. Xxx

[@thomasflanagan505]

The Saddest part about all this, as an Ex-Christian who used to believe in it, is the Investigators into this (James Rhandi for example) who went to People's Addresses after being "Healed" and were Dead... So Sad...

[@iamthasecond]

These are what we call false teachers, and the Bible clearly talks about them. But that doesn't make Christianity untrue. Sorry about anyone who told you that this is real Christianity. They lied to you.

[@thomasflanagan505]

@@iamthasecond thank you for your Response Chris, just a quick follow-up, what is true Christianity and how did you determine that you are correct

[@iamthasecond]

@Thomas Flanagan Sure! Let's talk, man! True Christianity is realizing the gravity of who God is and how amazing Jesus's sacrifice was. Once you realize who God is from reading the Bible, and how irrational it is for an all powerful deity to actually want a relationship with us as broken people, and then not only that, but send himself down in human form to be the final sacrifice for our sins, so we can spend eternity in his literal presence, that's the realization of True Christianity, and a desire to do nothing but serve God becomes your primary focus on life. As a lifelong Christian, that literally just hit me for the first time 2 weeks ago... it changed MY life. I kid you not. As to your second question, if I can ask to clarify, what do you mean by right?

[@thomasflanagan505]

@@iamthasecond Thank you for your response, I like your Cander, to reply to your first paragraph, my issue with this, is that anyone can have the Passion you do, for any Following, whether it be Cult Leaders, Religions, Objects, anything... so having Passion unfortunately, in my opinion, isn't a good pathway to what is True (Yes I've read a good portion of the Bible, it seems different people gain different viewpoints on what is written in that Text). This leads me to answering your question, when I say "Right", I mean as close to Reality and Truth as possible; I fully understand that absolute Truth isn't really possible but I'd like to be as close as possible; so my question of "How do you know you're right" is in response to your Claim that these Charlatans are not following the "True Christianity" and I have automatically assumed that that means you think you are??? please correct if I'm wrong and if I assumed correct, what is it that makes you right in saying they are wrong?

[@iamthasecond]

@Thomas Flanagan Ah, perfect. So, I only discussed the spiritual aspect of the Christan Faith in answering your initial question about true christianity. Of course, even Paul, probably the greatest Christian author of all time, said of our faith that if Jesus didn't rise from the dead, our faith is in vain. So Christianity's truth hinges ENTIRELY on Jesus being the literal Son of God, not just in an imaginary spiritual feeling sense. And I'll also add that Jesus can't sinply be this "good teacher" middle ground that most people claim Him to be. We usually don't consider people claiming to be God to be sane people, so Jesus was either an absolute lunatic... or he actually was the Son of God. That said, the practical, historical evidence suggests that Jesus did indeed live a perfect life according to the high standards he taught, predicted his own death and resurrection, was crucified, and then rose from the dead 3 days later. Since that's the case, I believe Jesus is the Son of God, and as such, is worthy of me following and doing everything he said to do to the best of my ability. You have assumed correctly. I and many Christians see these people in this video as absolutely abhorrent to Christianity. In fact, these are the types of people Jesus went after: The Pharisees told people that the only way to be right with God was to follow certain laws, give certain amounts, and pray certain prayers. And Jesus confronted them... A LOT. He even said that in their practices, they themselves will find it hard to avoid being condemned by God. Since Jesus is the Son of God, he condemned this man centered way to salvation, which is why its wrong. We also see in 2 Peter that Peter notes that these types of false teachers will creep into the church and introduce many heresies and exploit the church. As for absolute truth, we can assess certain things to be absolutely true. Science, for instance, at least operational science, observes certain conditions, makes predictions and models, and then develops products that can be repetitively relied on. So there is absolute truth. God is absolutely true, we see that in His creation. And since God is real and true, Jesus is the Son of God, and everything he said to do is worth doing. If he's not the Son of God, we shouldn't even give him a second thought. He'd be an insane person.

[@peterstreet4430]

What I find so tragic is that on the very rare occasions these scumbags are bought to justice the penalties are minor and they are not prevented in any way from continuing to peddle their lies.

[@justawfulgamer7738]

Oh they'll get justice

[@anotherhuman2414]

@@marshallwilliams7468 You don't have to be stupid or a fool to fall for a scam. You just need to be in a state of high emotional vulnerability, which can happen to anyone at anytime, and which makes it hard for you to spot manipulation. Manipulation techniques are far more effective on people than you might realize. It's rather unempathetic to blame the victim for being scammed when the scammer knowingly took advantage of a period of emotional vulnerability to profit off the victim. They didn't pay money to get scammed. They paid money out of desperation, something that is very human to face, and very difficult to handle completely logically.

[@boianko]

@Marshall Williams Well by that logic why have any fraud protection at all? If it's fair game to lie and deceive for money, even if we're talking about the most desperate people, then we might as well be allowing the people who do any form of scam to go Scott free, right?

[@justawfulgamer7738]

@Marshall Williams exactly. It's not the governments job to protect stupid people from themselves

[@boianko]

@Marshall Williams Acting like religion is a choice for these people is a pretty black and white way of looking at things. Especially when children are also being sent there for "healing". Many if not most of them have been brainwashed their entire lives and had critical thinking forcefully removed from their minds. I still see it as predatory and don't really relish in their suffering.

[@northshoregirl8173]

A faith healer would probably say "God gave you a condition that no one could heal because he doesn't want you to heal. He wants to teach you something by taking away your leg."

[@matthewsparks3699]

There is no probably about it!! 😊 I know from first hand experience. This is exactly the excuse they use "God is using your condition to teach us something". Well how about he take away my incurable condition and give it to the person he wants to teach a lesson to then! 🤨

[@northshoregirl8173]

@@matthewsparks3699 yes, sickening!

[@queenbee1588]

@@matthewsparks3699 that's a good one 😂😂😂😂

[@BeastCake1349]

Couldn’t a “god” give a condition to a rapist or murderer to teach them something instead of giving it to innocent children?

[@northshoregirl8173]

@@BeastCake1349 Of course!! That's how we know it's all bullshit.

[@DaveTexas]

I’ve said this before, but I developed Type 1 Diabetes as a child and was taken to faith healers by the pastor of my parents’ church. When I wasn’t healed - because Type 1 Diabetes is very obviously beyond the healing power of an infinitely powerful invisible old fairy man in the sky - the pastor told me that God doesn’t promise to heal you. He only promises to "make you whole," meaning that he gives you the strength to deal with your illness. That was my first real bait-and-switch with religion. First I was told that God can heal anything, then I was told he didn’t always heal people. In many ways, my atheism started right there.

[@JosephKano]

Here in Australia recently in Queensland a fundamentalist cult denied a little girl 8 years old her insulin, as god would heal her... 14 people have been charged with her murder including her parents. Sickening.

[@nobleman9393]

"make you whole," is a Dead Space reference

[@DaveTexas]

@@nobleman9393 sweetie, this happened in the 1970s. Bless your heart for not knowing that people’s have used that idiom for centuries.

[@LadyOfTheEdits]

@@nobleman9393 lol you kidding me right? That sentence has been used way before video games

[@nobleman9393]

@@LadyOfTheEdits Yes I intended this as a joke, Obviously a Priest wouldn't made a Dead Space reference to a Sick child(I hope)

[@jeremyn2626]

You can always tell a video is good when it seems too short. Not every 10 minute video feels like 10 minutes. Some feel like 60 hours while this one felt like 60 seconds. I can't wait for more on this subject, honestly.

[@queenbee1588]

You can say that again 👏💞

[@FakingANerve]

Agreed! Cheers and a happy new year!

[@robaykibz]

totally agreed... felt like less than a minute. had to go to the timeline to just make sure it was near over

[@Annie_Annie__]

I live in the south and I have a friend that’s Deaf. The things she’s gone through just because she had the audacity to use sign language in public or get brightly colored hearing aids so people noticed them. As a child she had a woman come up to her in a grocery store, box her ears, and shout “BE HEALED IN THE NAME OF ALMIGHTY GOD!” (Her mom told her what the lady shouted). When my friend’s mom lost her shit on the woman and called the cops, the woman seemed genuinely confused. She insisted that she was doing them both a favor “by healing the poor child.” Meanwhile my friend was laying on the floor, clutching her ears and sobbing. Or another time when some other Karen came up to them and asked my friend’s mom “so, what’d you do?” After some clarifying questions, they figured out that the Karen was asking what sin friend’s mom committed to make her child Deaf. Because the sins of the parents are always passed down to the child, and if anyone sinned it must’ve been the mother. Countless times, as a child and as an adult, people have just randomly put their hands on her and started praying in an attempt to cure her deafness. No conversation, no asking. Sometimes she doesn’t even see them, they just come up behind her. And when she pulls away and yells at them (because who freaking does that, also how insulting! She _doesn’t want_ her deafness ‘healed’. It’s part of who she is.) they get insulted and act like _she’s_ the jerk. Like she’s somehow oppressing them. It’s mind boggling that people think that by touching someone and saying a prayer you can magically fix a cochlea that’s been damaged all of a person’s life. Much less the person who thought she could assault and traumatize an 8-year-old child and _that_ would suddenly fix that little organ in her inner ear. As if she’s an old tv that just needs a good whack to work right. I just don’t get it.

[@Otherwise88]

Wow its really strange that people just walk up and start touching her. I was raised in faith healing church but I would *always* ask someone if they wanted prayer and also ask if they comfortable with me putting a hand on their shoulder. Its bizarre to just grab a stranger.

[@Mar-dk3mp]

I am a Christian, and I do not believe in one of those fake self procalimed priests. But western godless and souless idiots believe that is about us... poor them (plus all those videos are made to talk badly about us, hwo ridicilous is that? And why those western godless and osules speople do not actually come and talk with a believer)???

[@GoodieWhiteHat]

This is a heartbreaking story. People who care about others developed language and all sorts of tech to help her manage her difficulties in the world whereas that woman couldn’t even tolerate a deaf person in her space.

[@juniorm641]

I had a friend who had a faith healer convince his parents to stop his cancer treatment. He died within months. Monsters.

[@horaciolerda]

¡Gracias!

[@HolyKoolaid]

Thank you so much. Sorry, I don't think I saw this earlier, but I really appreciate it.

[@dweb619]

the Tucker Carlson picture sent me when referring to brain damage 😂😂

[@BeastCake1349]

That had me dying

[@jacklow9611]

I thought it was quite appropriate.

[@DutchJoan]

Thomas, have a Happy New Year 🥳🥂🍾🎇. You've covered the faith healers' list very well. The pattern is more than clear. I've never seen any faith healer tackle severe burns. They can't regrow skin like they can't regrow limbs.

[@steveswangler6373]

my brother had a heart condition that was first discovered in 2017, he had a pacemaker put in, and unfortunately, when the pandemic started, he got covid. with his weakened heart, his body couldn't fight off the virus. he passed in june 2020 at the relatively young age of 60. in april 2021, before i as vaccinated, i got the covid virus and i have never felt so badly in my life. i was literally scared i was going to die, and i had what the doctor told me was a mild case. i was sent home and my wife took wonderful care of me, through a closed bedroom door. there was nothing to be done except to wait it out. fortunately i am in good health and i was able to recover. but to make a long story short, after nearly two weeks i recovered, and after i did, my mom told me "see? prayer works." i love my mom and i didn't want to attack her faith at that moment, i shouldn't say attack. but i bit my tongue but i so badly wanted to say "so my christian brother suffered for a few weeks and we had to watchhim suffer only for him to pass on, but me, being an atheist, i did suffer from the virus, but i was able to do so in the comfort of my own home instead of a hospital bed. prayer and your god saved me who doesn't even believe it exists, but let my brother suffer and die? and that's supposed to make me believe in this being?" not to criticize my brother whom i love dearly, but his years of smoking tobacco and weed weakened his heart and lungs to the point he couldn't fight off the virus. i never smoked tobacco and only occasionally smoke weed, in short, i recovered because i took better care of my body with no help from any imaginary beings

[@brigittea5110]

My brother had a huge tumor at the back of his tongue. All the doctors could promise him , was , that they would not let him suffocate or starve or bleed to death. He had a tracheostoma and a suction machine , a g tube and blood transfusions. The tumor was bleeding a lot and it was so big because he waited so long before going to the hospital . They expected him to die any day. The patient in the room with him was in a similar situation. His family sat around the bed praying constantly. They wanted my brother to join them but with the tracheostoma he could not talk. They brought him written prayers they wanted him to read them while they say the prayers loud. My brother refused. He could write on a pad and told me that they get on his nerves with that " constant mumbling" . A couple days later the guy in the bed next to my brother had died. A couple of weeks later, my brother felt a little better and the bleeding had stopped. He used to ask me every day to look in his mouth and check on the nasty tumor. Strangly, every day it looked smaller and after a few more weeks it had disappeared completely. No treatment, no operation, no chemo was necessary. They did all the tests , no tumor left, no metastases . Doctors called it a medical miracle, a rare spontaneous remission.

[@deesnuts2791]

Like you I grew up christian, but when I had my "Aha" moment I struggled for just over a year over what to believe. When I finally came to my senses and freed my mind from that mental ball and chain of believing in Bullshit, dude, I started to feel what it was really like to be free. I'm sure you remember testimonies given in church of how after that person had accepted christ, the weight they felt lifted from their shoulders, well that is what I felt, but to the tenth power. I love being the guy who will openly call Bullshit on these lying con artists, especially in a room full of christians. I always get that instant death stare from everybody, but they usually let me explain myself, which I bring up cases like you just did (though not as well put as you because a little bit of anger hides behind my words). I don't know if what I say will raise enough doubts to free anyone of their shackles, but I hope it at least weakens a link in the chain.

[@steveswangler6373]

religious people and especially christians here in the US are put on some kind of pedestal by so many, like by saying "oh they go to church" automatically makes them a good person. or wearing a t shirt proclaiming some silly statement. but i never hesitate to call any of them out when they try to talk about blessings or anything of that sort. at work, i asked a co-worker how are you? and he said, with god everyday is great. my response was immediate "not for Job." he didnt say another word.

[@iamthasecond]

Interesting that you think what these faith healers is doing is wrong... if i may ask... what standard are you basing this claim in?

[@dogelife7901]

Freedom from guilt is all you are feeling. But yes hypocrisy has always been around and is disgusting.

[@mehallica666]

@@iamthasecond Dude!!! Are you serious?

[@iamthasecond]

@@mehallica666 Yes and No. I want to know how an Atheist can assess whether something is right or wrong is all. Cause it's impossible 😂

[@faunsolo]

"Or maybe God just loves starfish more than people" is my favourite quote you've ever said.

[@jessegeeward1577]

Awesome work, you are most loving. We thank you for sharing your wisdom and knowledge. FACTS all day. Love and respect

[@DjKjA14]

Thank you for exposing these charlatans And fake healers. Someone needs to do this to open the eyes of blind Christians.

[@amykat75]

I loved the Tucker Carlson shade! 😂

[@NovaLeeNation1687]

My old pastor told me to stop my seizure meds because if I had faith god would heal me…ended up hospitalized with a seizure, have since left them and Christianity in the dust!

[@MisterRorschach90]

Sorry to leave so many comments. Just filled with em today. When I was coming out of Christianity I went to a random youth group meeting at a church that met in a random place inside a strip mall. My friend was grounded for multiple months and one of his punishments was going to church every time he could. So I would go with him and we would get stoned before. They had a guest speaker who was a missionary. He claimed to go to Africa and speak to villagers about Jesus for the first time. A woman confronted him after, her husband had just died and she said she would convert on the spot if he brought him back like Jesus and god both did. He accepted for some reason and followed her to her basement where his remains were being kept for burial. He told her she wasn’t allowed to watch. Lol. He faked a magic prayer and then acted like he was her husband scolding her from pulling him from heaven with Jesus. She wept and converted immediately. Now I’m sure it’s a lie, but that always got me. He was bragging about lying. Lying in Jesus’s name which would be even worse. Everyone believed him but how would the husband know about Jesus when it was the first time they ever heard about it in the village? How could she forget her husbands voice?

[@saturnsynth11]

Growing up, I was constantly told that God wants us to be whole and wants us to be healed. I have pretty bad eye sight since my eyes don't necessarily work together. I'm not crosseyed or anything, but just bad eyesight that can't be corrected by lasik. Anyhow, a "faith healing" pastor visited our church once and gave a call for anyone who wanted to be healed to stand up. So I stood up. He called me up and started praying over me and everyone else started praying for me as well. He asked me what I wanted to be healed of and I told him I want to be able to see better since God wants us to be whole. He looked confused and asked for me to clarify, and I just repeated what I had said. So he begins praying over me again, along with the other people. I started joining them as well, but I wasn't under the influence of music as the music of the church was wretchedly terrible. He placed his hand on my head and kept trying to push me over as he was speaking in tongues and praying for my eyes. I didn't fall for it cause I was kind of skeptical of him at this point. He asked me to take my glasses off. Then he places both hands on my eyes and started praying in tongues again. He says just like when Jesus put the mud on the blind man's eyes so shall yours be healed. And he takes his hands off. He asks how my eyes are. I tell him they seem to have not changed. He did the WHOLE process over again and that's when I was realizing that he was fake. After redoing the whole thing, he again asks me how my eyes are. I tell him I still can't see. He said well you have to believe and receive. I told him I was ready to receive and I believe I receive. He then tells me that it may take a day or two, but to start reciting verses and praying. And then the pastor of the church started to end the service and thanked the man for coming and preaching! Such malarky.

[@WunHungLo99]

Faith is the excuse people give for believing something when they don't have evidence. The words faith and healing should never be used together.

[@TheHomer12333]

Please keep making these. I use these videos a lot for my presentations on faith healing fakery. I hope you appreciate that They've helped so many avoid bankruptcy

[@ericapoe]

I love these video compilations..keep them coming.. Happy New Year🎉

[@Mar-dk3mp]

I am a Christian, and I do not believe in one of those fake self procalimed priests. But western godless and souless idiots believe that is about us... poor them (plus all those videos are made to talk badly about us, hwo ridicilous is that? And why those western godless and osules speople do not actually come and talk with a believer)??? But may God bless you anyway.

[@Godsrocker1970]

I have bi polar spent my early 20s seeking healing. Now in my 50s not only do I still have bi polar, now I have had a headache for five years and chronic pain taking over my body, yet I have a strong Christian faith.

[@bladerunner3314]

I can't remember a time before 2019 I didn't have back pain that often enough kept me in bed. Then a miracle happened. I started to work out and strengthen these muscles and had no back pain for the past 2.5 years

[@My-Say]

I love your videos and intend to begin supporting your channel very soon. You are a king on this topic. I say this proudly.

[@undrwatropium3724]

Glad to see you back Thomas! It's been awhile. Thank you for your help on my deconstruction. Facts matter!.

[@A_Muzik]

Glad to see more content from you

[@NeilCrouse99]

2:31,... When you showed the PERFECT poster-child for the "Brain Damaged" comment, I laughed so hard I spit my coffee through my nose... YOU GOT ME DAMNITT... *: )* 🤘😎🤘

[@NeilCrouse99]

@2cute4U... LOL.. 2funny.. couldn't have said it any better... *: )*

[@RUSH2112RUSH]

I once paid a faith healer over £1,000 when he claimed he could cure me of my gullibility...

[@coltonconner782]

And some weight of your wallet lol

[@guynew-man959]

Breaks my heart. All those people so desperate, and assholes preying on them, giving them nothing but false hope. It's terrible.

[@jonathan_q_arbuckle1976]

A wonderful New Year’s Eve gift, thanks man!

[@Mar-dk3mp]

I am a Christian, and I do not believe in one of those fake self procalimed priests. But western godless and souless idiots believe that is about us... poor them (plus all those videos are made to talk badly about us, hwo ridicilous is that? And why those western godless and osules speople do not actually come and talk with a believer)???

[@kingnothing77685]

Thanks!

[@jwmmitch]

A pastor prayed for my nephew that had a congenital birth defect and said he had the word from God that he had been healed... but then he died a year or so later from "some other complication"... ...so God healed the congenital defect, but didn't actually heal/save a 3 year old...

[@baselinecherokee6047]

That's crazy you're still on here😁 i love your show

[@bf1lv]

The fact that Faith Healers are in churches as opposed to hospitals, tells you everything that you need to know.

[@BeastCake1349]

Yep!

[@michaelcurtis3830]

Your comment proves you have little faith Does mericles happen yes But first deliverence is needed

[@SeekingTruth2023]

I am very grateful for your videos. I very much enjoy your humor on approaching this topic. (I feel sorry for the poor sick people, who are deceived by faith healers. These fraudulent "healers" just play with the sick people's hopes and emotions. How disgusting)

[@BigG344]

As a Catholic, this is so disturbing and despicable to me. Taking advantage of people who are DYING or serious illnesses by scamming them into thinking they are going to miraculously be healed is just about as evil as you can get.

[@thepanda1044]

Christianity has been doing this for 2000 years.

[@ottokern1001]

Danke!

[@HolyKoolaid]

Thank you so much!

[@GMUACW]

Tucker Carlson for "severe brain damage" 🤣🤣

[@qwertydog9795]

I have come across a few FB pages of pastors that have this concerning "I stopped taking my medicine because Jesus" message.

[@dannyspitzer1267]

Good... that will help thin out the herd of stupid people

[@godinman8540]

What's so sad about this is how much hope and confidence people have in faith-healing. Some friends and acquaintances of mine have passed away believing this tripe to the very end. Before I deconverted I swore by it, and would have gladly died on that hill. Looking in from the outside, however, I just can't help wondering how I ever believed any of it in the first place. "Faith-healers" are some of the most wicked human beings around. Downright scum, be they utterly lacking in self-awareness or just skillfully predatory.

[@donnaburden.dip.d.analysis2148]

I'm so sorry for your loss. Sadly there are so many frauds around preying on the vulnerable its disrespectful and down right evil. Big hugs to you. Xxx

[@ivanivonovich9863]

The answer to your question lies in that they have found a way to bilk the gullible and they like the easy cash that they can make (not "earn").

[@jacklow9611]

Most likely the latter.

[@habeshawit2008]

Ugh those faith healers..... I remember last year, one "prophet" told my twin sister "You will become a prophet" but look, she doesn't want to. And she has never become one, thank God.

[@doogandoggin2571]

Grandma had a bible verse to stop bleeding. Usually clotted by the TIME she was done. Thought it was amazing until I learned how clotting worked and what a "bleed time" test(nearly unused now) was

[@georgem2334]

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

[@ninjaked1265]

Except Mark Twain never said that

[@Kometheus]

PLEASE make a video on the new "revival" in Kentucky.

[@foppishdilletaunt9911]

Nothing fails like faith !

[@Mar-dk3mp]

I am a Christian, and I do not believe in one of those fake self procalimed priests. But western godless and souless idiots believe that is about us... poor them (plus all those videos are made to talk badly about us, hwo ridicilous is that? And why those western godless and osules speople do not actually come and talk with a believer)??? But may God bless you anyway.

[@Mar-dk3mp]

Faith is what you do not understand, western godless idiot.

[@foppishdilletaunt9911]

@@Mar-dk3mpMar, my old friend, I see you’re still meandering about these precincts ! How do you know that I am an “western godless idiot ?” I’m sorry that my predilection for using polysyllabic words and my erudition and acumen bother you. I assume that English is not your primary language. If I am incorrect, I apologise, if I am correct in my assumption then I applaud you for your very good use of it and the fact that you speak more than one language. I’m terribly sorry that the unhealthy Western plague of Xianity has infected you. There are many other interesting religions that make the error filled, self-contradictory and primitive Xian Bible look like the simple minded fable that it is. Buddhism (not originally a religion), the enormous library of sacred texts of the Hindu religion with more gods and heroes than anyone could ever need is thousands of years older and deals with time spans that are huge compared to whatever my Middle Eastern ancestors dared to imagine. Have a lovely New Year and i hope that it is an enjoyable, edifying, safe and healthy year for you and those you care about. Kali loves you and I hope She protects and directs you as we move through this flabbergasting Universe.

[@Mar-dk3mp]

@@foppishdilletaunt9911 What about shut up Western godless idiots? And make your own business as you do not have God??? Poor you. But may God bless you anyway. And then why only westerns say such things???

[@artawhirler]

I was once at a faith-healing service where a blind guy expected to be healed. Didn't work.

[@rbilleaud]

Yeats ago I worked with a guy who was a paraplegic from an accidental gunshot. Dude was a HARDCORE Christian, always went to these healing crusades, always gave money. It's been about 30 years now. Guy is still paralyzed.

[@goodfella6675]

3 minutes in, I had to subscribe. Good quality, you obviously put an effort into this and that deserves a subscription. Also the truth. Can’t stand those scammers, preying on gullible and desperate. Should be outlawed. When granny sends her SS check to the likes of Copeland, Dollar, Tilton (yes, he’s still around and scamming. Only on smaller scale). How do we get the gullible & desperate to watch this?

[@lonesomelenny7606]

I watched a 700 club episode and someone claimed that the cavities in their teeth were repaired by Jesus. Damn, I could have saved a trip to the dentist😂

[@queenbee1588]

That's quite hilarious. I'll believe in faith healers once l see a blind person's eyes open.

[@davesteadman1226]

Yeah, I'm wondering why they don't set up their "faith healing" tents in hospital parking lots.

[@joegaribaldi2892]

You’re doing the laaaawds work Thomas. Excellent video!

[@aripinkberry1810]

Total blindness representation! I love it. I’m totally blind. I have retinopathy of prematurity stage five which basically means that my retina‘s are completely detached as you mentioned. There’s no cure for me and I’m OK with that since I have been able to live a normal life without being able to see ever since I was born. My family’s background is Catholic? The thing is most of the people who believe they’re Catholic in my family our cafeteria Catholics. Starting with my grandma who, by the way told me that I just need to be patient and wait when I told her that I probably don’t believe in God, and then I started going off on her about all the things that could’ve been prevented and could’ve been fixed but God didn’t give a shit about and she had nothing to say.

[@isaacgloriosissimus2509]

How did you watch this video if you are blind from birth?

[@aripinkberry1810]

@@isaacgloriosissimus2509 I hope you’re not serious

[@syntheticsolace]

Lmao! I lost it when you flashed tucker carlson when mentioning brain damage!

[@dflo4165]

When I was stationed in San Diego, a friend in the shop hooked up with a cult of “Christians”. He went everywhere whispering “thank you Jesus “ and other prayer like things. He wanted me to go check it out. I was curious about everything at 23. As we drove in a little car, I asked “ so you traded in your beetle?” He said it was now a common car. You just grab a set of keys and go. He also said they all his paychecks go to a common stash, get what you need from the leaders! Ok, so he didn’t own a car, had no money( his uniforms were bad) and they live in a barracks. They drank coffee like kool aid. He used to have perfect teeth and no cavities. Now they were in bad shape falling out, it broke my heart. He had been a good friend and person. When we arrived at the house, the two leaders (married couple) followed me with their eyes. They appeared like stalking demons. The heads were down like animals do following their prey. The coffee tasted really bad and my heart was racing. I now suspect some form of stimulant had been added. The two leaders I will always remember. He tried to introduce me, but they had to go do “something “. The whole place was infected by the JESUS CHRIST teaching there. But it wasn’t real. It was to grift money from the kind and weak minded. They used religion to do their bidding. Their car was an expensive caddy, no sharing that one. They were dressed very nice! I tried hard to get him to see what I did but it did no good. He was discharged some time after and I never saw him again. His name was Tollie Coates, from Baton Rouge La. I still think of him on occasion. That happened back about 1973. Hope things are good for him if he is still alive.

[@madelynHernandez5577]

These were false phrophets

[@ciaran82359]

@@madelynHernandez5577 They are *ALL* false prophets.

[@wqnc]

Fantastic, I've waited for somebody to make a video like this , thank you so much.

[@celticgypsy11]

Brain damage = Tucker Carlson. I couldn't have asked for a better laugh today. Happy New Year and thank you for everything!

[@RubysMagic]

I have ms and Pentecostals have forced prayer on me when I didn’t ask but they claim faith can cure it when there’s no cure

[@NYCHFAN]

So great to see another video! These charlatans should be charged with practicing medicine without a license. Have a wonderful 2023!

[@MBAinternetmktg]

Love our channel! Best wishes to you for 2023!

[@nyralotep]

As has been said before, if it worked why aren't they doing services in hospitals...

[@queenbee1588]

I once asked that question to a diehard believer in faith healing and she replied that even jesus never went to hospitals. I clapped back by telling her yeah it's true he never went to hospitals but he used to walk among people not necessarily waiting for people to be brought to him like the charlatans do

[@Aperson-rs4eh]

people do though

[@queenbee1588]

@@Aperson-rs4eh what do you mean?

[@Aperson-rs4eh]

@@queenbee1588 im saying some Christians actually do pray for others in hospitals, but the OP might have been talking about the scammers mentioned in the video.

[@queenbee1588]

@@Aperson-rs4eh yeah, it's very common even where I come from. What we would like to see is these faith healers going to hospitals where their healing powers are truly needed

[@davidburke52]

Thanks

[@funkrobot9762]

That shot of Tucker Carlson was priceless

[@vistabadboi]

When I see the healer in the halls of the hospital healing people instead of asking for cash or credit card I will believe

[@masterjeep77]

I truly believe in your crusade (pun intended) I think your awesome and you are helping do many such as myself

[@tvman8]

I enjoy these videos. I’m glad you expose these con men.

[@RUSH2112RUSH]

It's bad enough to convince an adult that faith alone can cure an untreatable condition but to do the same to children is abhorrent, faith healers, or at least those who know they are liars, are absolute scum and I hope karma catches up with every single one of them.

[@ArgoDawn]

Happy to see a new video! Keep up the excellent work!

[@Mar-dk3mp]

I am a Christian, and I do not believe in one of those fake self procalimed priests. But western godless and souless idiots believe that is about us... poor them (plus all those videos are made to talk badly about us, hwo ridicilous is that? And why those western godless and osules speople do not actually come and talk with a believer)??? But may God bless you anyway.

[@ivanivonovich9863]

Thank you for the mention of Cranio-synostosis! If it hadn't been for a fantastic Doctor in 1960, I too would have had a very different life. For me, the condition involved all the plates of my skull. Years later a different physician thought all the small "metal" objects in my skull were there from "bb shot" as he called it, thinking that I had been hit by a shotgun blast when I was young and just didn't remember it... Suffice it to say when I heard that excuse, I went to a different Doctor, but not a faith healer...

[@NissaMaezHartman]

I love this series. I get excited whenever you put out a new one!

[@maxmac7845]

Derran Brown did an investigation a few years ago on this subject. It's called "Messiah". Might be worth a watch.

[@arcanearya513]

Ive somehow never come across your videos. I subbed. Thanks

[@atomicphilosophy]

Im not religious anymore but my religious trauma is so strong that whenever a panic attack hits me I beg God to take it away and I ask for forgiveness because I think I'm being punished. I don't know how to break out of this terrible cycle

[@benapeh854]

Seeing a therapist will probably help. I'm also an atheist now but that fear resurfaces from time to time.

[@Earthbound369]

In the meantime, try mindfulness. Get out of the "Me loop". Go outside your mind. Notice your surroundings. Easier said than done. Easier with practice, It helps me when all else fails.

[@nickyaerobones]

The Black Knight vs Hinn's jacket. I've not laughed so much for years !🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@RialVestro]

The less obvious things don't always work either. I have had pain all my life, if you looked at me most people wouldn't even be able to tell there was anything wrong with me. Even as a kid it occurred to me that if faith healing was real then why would anyone ever chose to go to a doctor for painful medical procedures when they could just go to a faith healer instead. The placebo effect is really entirely mental, it only works because you BELIEVE it does. There's also a mental disorder where people can believe they have symptoms they don't really have which I'm blanking on the name of at the moment but it's extremely easy to cure someone of a condition they never really had in the first place and fully convince them that they were cured. Of course faith healers never attempt to cure anything with obvious physical symptoms because then they'd instantly be called out as frauds. But they can also fail to heal with less obvious symptoms when that person is skeptical to begin with and isn't easily fooled by placebos. Real doctors actually use placebos as well, mostly because patients who think they have symptoms they don't actually have would never leave the hospital if they didn't believe they were already prescribed a medication to help. It's much easier to give someone a placebo than to convince them you've run every test possible and couldn't find anything wrong with them. Funny enough I've known people who were even outright told they were given a placebo and had no idea what that actually meant. Even after explaining it to them they still insisted it had to be real medicine or a doctor wouldn't have prescribed it. Nope sorry you're taking a fake medication for an illness you don't actually have, that's literally the only reason you'd be given a placebo. Most people don't know they're on placebos and think they're taking something else entirely but I find a little bit funny when highly religious people are straight up told by the doctor, this is a placebo, and they just don't know what that means. The placebo effect only works when the symptoms were psycho semantic in the first place. Use a fake cure to treat a fake illness. Faith healers go even a step further where they will try to treat real problems they don't believe exist expecting them to just go away for the same reason. And a lot of illnesses will clear up on their own over time because that's what the immune system is for so there's also cases where the person really was sick but the problem just went away on it's own rather than due to anything anyone else did. BTW did you notice that when the one eye'd woman tried to give the faith healer a hug he kept backing away from her with this look of disgust and fear on his face after seeing her uncovered eye socket? Honestly if faith healing was real she would have grown back her missing eye. Speaking of which I have also seen actors dressed up to look disfigured, that's likely the reason they removed her eye patch in the first place because the person doing that probably thought she was an actor and wasn't expecting the woman to actually be disfigured. I seen a faith healer once that had a person in a wheelchair, a person with a neck brace, someone with those dark glasses and a walking stick that blind people use, all of them were "healed" and all of them were actors getting paid to pretend to be healed of things they never actually had. The person in the wheel chair would act as if walking was impossible until the faith healer said "YOU ARE HEALED!" then "miraculously" get up and walk around. The person with the neck brace would talk about being in a car accident and then after being healed he'd take the neck brace off and wiggle his head around a little to show his pain was gone. The blind person, takes off the glasses and suddenly "I CAN SEE!" the use of props to make it more believable is sickening.

[@TEMChilds]

Tell these faith healers to go to St. Judes or another childrens hospitals. These kids are real. God bless you. ❤❤

[@Techrat3D]

I've met a pastor a few weeks ago. What I like about him, is that he respected that I am not of the faith anymore, and he didn't try to force it upon me. He also could take a good joke. When my stepmother mentioned that the greying on her hair forms a halo, which it really does, the pastor stated that is because she is an angel. When I replied that it's a good thing that nobody can see my horns, my stepmom, the pastor and his wife all laughed. These are the ones I can get along with. But "Faith Healers"? They can be happy I don't punch out their lights. Then ask his/her followers why their God did not protect him/her. For those who are now thinking "But Techrat3D. You are not supposed to hit a lady.": 1. I am an equal opportunist. 2. A crook like that is not a "Lady" in my book. 😉

[@Remake5182]

The Pastor dude seems pretty chill

[@Mar-dk3mp]

I am a Christian, and I do not believe in one of those fake self procalimed priests. But western godless and souless idiots believe that is about us... poor them (plus all those videos are made to talk badly about us, hwo ridicilous is that? And why those western godless and osules speople do not actually come and talk with a believer)??? Then why onlyu westerns say such things??? ANyway God is what you do know know. But may God bless you anyway.

[@Techrat3D]

@@Mar-dk3mp Don't know why you are ranting against me (some of which I am still trying to decipher). You didn't seem to have read what I wrote. 🤨 Also. This video is aimed solely against fake healers, who ONLY are out to swindle peoples money, that are pretty much summed up in Matthew 7:15-23 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves." Here it is NOT against saying that ALL Christians are like this. That just came from you, and you alone. Period. And God is something I do know. I grew up with this religion, and then chose to leave it, because I asked questions that were to uncomfortable for my preachers to answer. So I DID talk with believers. Plural. Not just one. So here are my questions to you. Have you ever talked with Atheists, and maybe asked them their viewpoints? Or did you just always accuse them of being "idiots", and avoid any dialogue? But may you do a good deed for a complete stranger.

[@Remake5182]

@@Mar-dk3mp Not all Christians do, I doubt most even follow this kind of Christianity.

[@Lost_idiot223]

I woke up in the middle of the night, had trouble getting back to sleep and this was the first video i found recommend to me and now you got a sub! 👍

[@mikeharrison1868]

I attended a church in NZ. A doctor of oncology was converted. He hadn't "read" the script yet, and casually testified that prayer was emotionally helpful, but he'd never seen anyone miraculously healed from cancer... BTW, the Netflix show Midnight Mass has some interesting things to say about this kind of thing.

[@kayanneyoung9788]

That was a great show, with more than a few profound moments.

[@dogelife7901]

Here's the thing even if someone was miraculously healed mo one would believe it anyway. Midnight mass was a good one, if a bit on the nose..

[@fireincarnation2]

People do recover from cancer, sometimes when the immune system fixes it, sometimes with medical treatment.

[@mikeharrison1868]

@@fireincarnation2 exactly

[@michellel564]

How funny is it that the commercial are ALL about going to church😅 The starfish got me😂

[@BudgetFilmmaking]

I never claimed to be a faith healer, but when I was a Christian, I would lay hands on people and pray for recovery from various conditions. Including terminal illness and vegetative states. I really believed that if I just prayed hard enough, those people would be delivered and their families spared the heart ache. Every time I failed, I blamed myself, as if it was my fault cancer killed this woman. And I got those family's hopes up to be disappointed. Even a comforting lie, can be extraordinarily hurtful, especially when you find out magic can't raise the dead.

[@TheUnknownforu]

This is a very good and is interesting video I am a pastor and I believe in miracles and God does heal people but I do understand your point and I will validate it not that you needed but I will. This is a very profound theme that I can talk about.

[@FaeriePrincex]

I have cleft lip and palate, as well as a degenerative joint condition and chronic migraines, its interesting how they always go for the lesser issues instead of the big ones. Like? Your god can bring people back from the dead, but giving me a uvula and fixing a scar less than an inch long is just so much more difficult for a supposedly all power god

[@cnault3244]

If a religious faith healer that COULD actually heal people did exist, they would do it without wanting any financial compensation. If I could heal people, I would charge the incredibly wealthy ( Bill Gates, Tom Cruise, various professional athletes, etc) a substantial fee. Everyone else their fee would be that after I heal them, at some point in the future when they have a chance to help someone less fortunate than themselves they should help that person.

[@HipnoDark]

Here in Brazil I remember this paper claiming their pastor had died a few times and back to life, had aids and cancer and lost limbs and... (Wait for it...) Reduced to ONE single cell!! And grown back to a regular mtfker. This kind of crap should drive ppl straight to jail.

[@mr-oso-805]

Let me start off by saying I'm an athiest.. I used to suffer from migraines. It was always the same. I get a blind spot for about 45 min. Then when that goes away in about 15 minutes it feels like a brain freeze for about 3 hours. Horribly debilitating. One time during the blind spot, after a bad week, of many migraines. I decided to pray to God and promise to believe in him. If he made it go away..... the blind spot ended. I waited.... and waited. The migraine never hit me. It had never done that previously, or any migraine after that... Obviously I was desperate at the time. And, it didn't actually make me believe... but it made me think for awhile. There's no point to this story. I had just thought it was interesting. And somewhat fit with the video. Lol Keep up the interesting videos. P.s. It was also the only time I ever prayed for that to happen. And, it did... I forgot to mention that part

[@steveswangler6373]

so you're not an atheist. if you were, why would you waste time praying?

[@mr-oso-805]

@@steveswangler6373 like I said... I was desperate. And looking for anything that would take the pain away. Also, at the time. Which was 20 years ago I was still young, and searching for answers.

[@dogelife7901]

Doubt God wanted your deal. I don't think he's a magician for hire but it was nice of him to respond. I guess we we all find out when we die.

[@mr-oso-805]

@@dogelife7901 amen

[@mr-oso-805]

@@dogelife7901 P.S. He actually did at least, try to take my deal. Since that was the only time that I didn't get hit with a migraine... Wouldn't that have been him at least trying to take the deal... Did you actually read my story... Technically, that should've been evidence for God.

[@derekwalker1114]

The problem for faith healers is if they heal u but say keep taking the meds, people might credit their meds for the healing. So they encourage people to stop taking their meds, knowing they can blame the sufferer for lack of faith, when the condition remains, right up to the minute they die of cancer

[@stainedglasswindow3667]

Imagine asking for healing for digestive issues. After the 'healing', the healed person removes their ostomy bag faces the 'faith healer' and sh*t pours out onto the 'faith healer' suit.

[@PresidentDrPeper]

They would say it’s evidence that the demon is leaving the body. Don’t underestimate their mential gymnastics

[@NoMackin]

The Tucker Carlson pic accompanying “Severe brain damage” was hilarious. Well done sir.

[@michaelwillis8966]

Had a lot a twisted life with "faith healers". Hate every one of them with a passion hotter than the cores of the hottest stars. They can all die the deaths of s thousand papercuts, then be dipped in lemon juice, and slow roasted over moderately hot coals. When I was in the Navy, I was crushed between my ship and a repair scaffolding. Had micro-fractures all over my pelvis and right arm, my left leg was out of socket for 6 months, amdy spine was sublexed (all the vertebrae were knocked out of alignment and pinching my spinal column). When I was medically retired after a 2 year battle for even the most rudimentary treatment (this was definitely the era of "change your socks, take a motrin, drink some water and get back to work, you malingering PoS!"), the ONLY thing that kept me going was my Christian faith. My marriage was failing, I was drinking my medicine down, amd I was circling the drain. My wife's family went to a "speaking in tongues, stand up from your wheelchair, where did you put the snakes" kind of charismatic Pentacostal Church. We went as a family because it meant a LOT to my wife's grandfather, a very nice man who just happens to believe a bunch of horrible stuff. He runs Chick Publications, 'nuff said. I was raised Baptist and Evangelical, so the Pentacostal and Charismatic stuff just wasn't my cup of tea, but my wife seemed to enjoy it, so we went there instead of driving the extra hour to my families church. They had a healing service and the pastor walked up to me, and commanded me to stand "in Jesus' name". So I crawled to my feet, leaning on my cane. This was a time I couldn't walk without a cane and was in constant agony, and walking hurt like hell. I had a horrific limp at the time, and my left leg swung out badly due to my injuries. Fortunately, I'm MUCH better now, though I still live in pain. He shouted some nonsense about "in Jesus name, be healed!" and yanked my cane from me. Well, the expected happened because I wasn't a paid employee and actor. I think he actually expected me to play along to convince the rubes the donate money. I collapsed the second he pulled the cane out from my hands, screaming in pain as I collapsed onto my bad leg and hip. My wife snatched my cane from his hands, saying something about "what are you doing, Pastor Art, he's REALLY hurt, don't you understand?" Did the pastor offer to help me up, or apologize? In fact, do you think a single person AT ALL from the congregation came forward to offer me help? Or do you think we became instant outcasts, judged as unworthy and foul by everyone there? If you selected the second option, you win the prize! The Pastor looked down at me, sneering, and turned to the congregation saying "he didn't have enough Faith", and walked away, expanding on how God won't help those who don't have enough faith. I received so many angry, bitter looks of loathing from the ancient Karen's and Chad's that went to that place you would have thought I raped a toddler in front of them. Honestly, knowing how Churches like to cover that stuff up, I think they would have reacted LESS negatively had I been raping kids in their Sunday school class. That event was one of several that began my deep dive into researching Christianity and the Abrahamic Religions that eventually proved them all wrong to me. That and the argument I had with my wife's grandfather amd thus same pastor about 'speaking in tongues' and how the gibberish bullshit they were doing wasn't Biblical in any way, shape or form. I've seen people lose their life savings by sending them to bogus faith healers who promise them they or family will be healed if they just send them so much money. My parents had to take control of my grandmother's funds after my grandfather died to prevent her from sending all her money to televangelists. I've seen elderly people fall for the lies that, of they send them ALL their money, then God will take care of all the rest and return to them what they need to survive, only to end up losing their homes and near starving because they have no money, eating cat food and freezing with no heating because the televangelists "needs the money more". Fuck every televangelist and every faith healer. I hope all of them are raped to death by Rottweilers.

[@queenbee1588]

Ouch!! I can imagine the pain you went through. Luckily your wife was beside you and stopped further harm on you. My sister had a tumor in her abdomen which caused her stomach to swell. A friend took her to some faith healer and her husband accompanied her. When it was her turn to receive "healing" the pastor started punching her tummy and every cry in pain she made was said to be demons coming out. She was wailing and too weak to ask them to stop so her husband had to intervene. He threatened to punch the preacher if he continued with that nonsense. He was told he also has demons

[@michaelwillis8966]

@@queenbee1588 thats their answer for everything. "Demons". I don't have a HUGE problem with negative spiritual entities, but Biblical "demons"? Nope, not real

[@michaelwillis8966]

@@queenbee1588 my heart breaks for your sister. Hope she is doing better!

[@queenbee1588]

@@michaelwillis8966 she finally went to hospital where they removed a 5kg tumor. She is fully recovered.

[@georgebrown8312]

I am glad to hear that your sister has fully recovered from that tumor. As for the so-called faith healers who claim to heal diseases merely by faith, I would say "PHOOEY on them"!