The Scandalous Rise & Fall of Jerry Falwell Jr. | Documentary
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- Jerry Falwell Jr. was born into money and power as the son of TV evangelist and leader of the Moral Majority, Jerry Falwell Sr. Jerry Falwell Jr. preached fundamentalist views as the president of the largest evangelical university in the world, and built a billion-dollar empire. He demanded high standards from his employees and students, while breaking every rule in the book behind the scenes as he and his wife lived a secret double life. This documentary details the rise and fall of one of the most prominent Evangelical leaders in the United States.
VIDEO CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
1:57 The Immoral Majority
11:10 Daddy's Boy
16:23 Scams & Debt
32:08 Sin & Scandal
38:20 Topless
52:08 Conclusion
54:37 Pet Palate Cleanser
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Josie Naikoi (NOT THE GOOD GIRL)
Edited By:
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The most ironic part, for me, and there are many ironies with this situation, is how many on the opposite aisle of Jerry (politically) wouldn’t give a rat’s ass if they were polyamorous. It just stings to know how many people his hateful ideals have hurt, how many had to hide their identity during the formative years of their lives. discouraged from experimenting and having fun. All while their leader got to do all the above. Rules for thee, not for me. The very people Jerry demonizes are the ones that would be accepting to him having an “unconventional” relationship. So sad when people stomp on the very thing they would benefit from opening up to.
Edit: a word
As someone who is polyamorous and grew up in a Christian background you completely nailed it. It isn't the fact that they were/are poly (even if people in the christian faith are against it) it is the hatefulness they spewed while doing that exact same thing. It hurts and it makes people feel unsafe.
Ngl, I always feel kinda good when these stories break since I know how damaging the teaches are/can be.
I was raised Christian (now deconstructing), and the things I disliked about the Falwells and similar personalities was not their relationship or whatever they were doing in their bedroom, it was the blatant hypocrisy and the desire to shove that bigoted viewpoint (that we later learned they weren't even living up to themselves!) onto everyone else, whether they are Christian or not!
...and also how he pressured underpaid employees to sign up students under false pretenses, ommitting rules about relationships and self-expression, etc.
Liberty university? More like Tyranny university
@@friskybiscuit1624 oh for sure! You have every right to feel some vindication. They can’t even follow their own barbaric and unnecessary rules. It would be amusing if it weren’t so damn toxic to the people they’ve led and who looked up to them as morally superior.
I can't believe you're putting out documentaries of such high standard for free. I appreciate you!
We’ll said!! The quality and research level is exceptional. Thank you for doing this🙏🏾.
Yes I agree, I cut my satellite bill in half because there's better content on utube.
He looks way different shaved 0:18
Yep there's no money on CZcams at all. 😂
Facts
I mean I'm gay and an atheist, but I'll just be over here in my happy marriage, not cheating on my spouse, not lying about who I am, not being racist, not trying to steal or scam anyone, but yes please tell us more about your "morality" 😅
PS I just found your channel and I'm really enjoying it! I also love Fundie Fridays and Cruel World Happy Mind and it's interesting seeing how fundamentalism, cults, and mlms and scams all overlap.
Love this!!
EXACTLY !! WELL SAID
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You should also check out iilluminaughtii. They have similar and well researched content.
@@solitaryman7485 I loved that channel as well.
My parents were avid followers of the Falwells. And I grew up in this evangelical fundamentalist cult. As I was told, everything done in the dark will always come out into the light. My Grandparents lost thousands in the PTL scandal. It was so heartbreaking. Thank you for doing this episode.
Shame man, did they manage to recover and move on.
The part where they start singing hymns to silence people in the audience is really gross.
Screw her
@@207sunflower who?
@@ntavares540 That's how most churches behave. They silence disconcert through hymns and prayers.
My mom used to go to church every Sunday throughout my childhood until her death when I was 22. She would work during every service to do the accounting. When I turned 13, she took me out of Sunday school to have me work w/her in the basement to help count money & document everything. My mom loved music & I observed the only breaks she took was when the choir would sing old gospel hymns. I thought it so strange that she didn't participate in the actual service, unless it was someone's confirmation. At home, she made it fairly clear she didn't enjoy listening to sermons. One Sunday morning while counting change, I gathered the courage to confront her odd relationship with church. I asked her 'Why do you go every single Sunday only to be stuck in the basement counting money, balancing the books and only popping up so you can sing How Great Thou Art.' I questioned her sincerity. She answered 'I do this in order to keep them honest.' She educated me on what it was like growing up in the early 40's, poor, in a rural area and when the strange tent revival grifters came to preach. She used to play the piano and was told they'd reimburse her or donate a food basket for the family. Everytime, my mom would play & Everytime she walked home empty handed. She continued to play b/c it was sometimes, the only access she had to a piano & she enjoyed seeing her friends. However, she learned to never trust a minister or pastor who insisted on keeping any money or bookkeeping private and locked away from the congregation's eyes. She didn't mind if people prayed but for her, sincerity within a person's heart and their genuine actions were more valuable than any easily faked words especially when money's involved.
When she passed, unbeknownst to me, my mom had informed the minister of her illness and that she had little time left. We didn't discover these conversations until I received a message from the minister explaining how all service arrangements are taken care of and they donated a burial plot for all her years of faithful service.
Amusingly, after the service, my uncle praised how well done the service was & how the minister really did a great job selling the information I gave him when they eulogized her. It took a few people to help me to convince my mom's older brother of the unique relationship she had with the church. I think it was her last little joke so she can observe all the surprised expressions on the faces who loved her & who thought they knew her the most.
What a wise mama. Thank you for sharing about her. I wish I could have met her.
Thank you for sharing, that's certainly far away from my upbringing.
@Caroline... Thank you for sharing
God bless your mom, sounds like such a lovely person.
If we serve God and not expect a reward from people (coz they always disappoint), He is always faithful to reward us in ways we can't begin to imagine.
Love how your mom took it upon herself to keep them honest about money😊
Such a exemplary service to the community your Mother have done! she understood the importance of her actions! Thank you for sharing 🕊️
Wow that one hits home. My mom did all the bookkeeping for our church growing up, and when we left I couldn’t understand why. I was only 8… but now I see it. The ministry wasn’t living up to its end of the bargain. She’d gone to that church since she was a little girl & it was her refuge from a really difficult home. I know it must’ve broken her heart to leave.
The standing ovation after being told the "ministry" scammed people out of their money was really something. smh 😑😑
there ate tons of idiots out there
Culture like.
Goddamned cult
FOOLS that can't think for themselves.
22:30
I don’t care what consenting adults do privately but the hypocrisy and fraud is enraging. The amount of damage caused by that fucking family is unforgivable.
I agree. I actually partied for three days when Jerry Sr. Died!! Will do the same for trump and Jr. Such horrible people.
@@Fulltimervgal Just let me know where the party is going to be, and I'll be right there with you! 👍
We are the same people in the dark that we are in the light. Can't separate those parts of us. Keep it clean and holy, whether in the dark or light.
@@drsusieg
when Dylan sang:
"you're invisible now,
u got no secrets to conceal..." in Like a Rolling Stone,
he was echoing that part in the bible (paraphrase) where it says that on judgement day (when we die) our darkest secrets will be shouted from the rooftops...
i know people interpret things differently but that's a fairly common theme in many mythologies, the Egyptians have hieroglyphs portraying Isis (?) weighing a dead mans heart on one side of a scale & a feather on the other,
the Hindus have karma
& the Akashic (sp?) records that contain all known knowledge, point im trying to make is that people can scoff all they want but ive been close to death & it's not a joke, i know how i feel about my thoughts, words & deeds & i know the innocence of some truly spiritual people who are in their hearts like children.🙏💜🕯️🌱🐾👣🌿🌎🕊️🔔
@@Fulltimervgal
well, at least with +rumptal, when he had the fake real estate university he only scammed a few million, look at that Falwell university, musta taken hudred millions, all tax free "donations" to set that up & keep it running,
& im sure some of the students went on to do good works but how many just got ripped off for a useless piece of framed paper diploma.
My favorite part of all your videos is when you come to that crucial part and announce, "But, so-and-so's problems had just begun." That's when I burrow down into my down comforter and say out loud, "Oh goodie, here we go!" And, you NEVER disappoint. LOL
Grab a snack! 🍿 lol Thanks for watching.
@@notthegoodgirl Sunflower seeds! Haha!
Funny how Jerry Senior's preferred son wasn't the one who was well-behaved, but the rebellious son who ends up getting into criminal activity. Very telling.
He was a youbmnger version of him
Same with Franklin Graham. He has not changed, he lived, drugs, drink and sex!
Also very telling that his favorite was conventionally attractive while his well behaved son was a red head
“All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.”
-Proverbs 16:2 KJV ✝️
“There is no homophobia at Liberty” same energy as “There is no war in Ba Sing Se”
Even the fact that Jerry and Becky approached the pool boy gives me the same vibe I got when I first heard “the Earth King has invited you to Lake Laogai”. Liberty University sounds like a literal police state!
What the hell is Ba Sing Se?
@@donkeyslayer9879 It's a reference to Avatar: The Last Airbender. I haven't seen it, but to my understanding Ba Sing Se is a major city where there very much *is* war, but people are being required to say there isn't for one reason or another.
@@donkeyslayer9879 You have to watch Avatar, it's a great show. Season one is good not great but seasons two and three are what makes the show so popular.
"The earth King has invited you to Lake Laogai"
Never stop making these docu - exposé’s on these types of scandals! You are such a great narrator (I’m very picky lol), so happy I found your channel. Keep them coming
0:35 - Secret double life. Hypocrisy
11:30 - Fighting for affection
13:20 - The flesh and loopholes
13:30 - Behavior teaching hypocrisy
14:30 - Rules don't work
15:10 - Always wanting to be together
17:20 - Money always at the root
17:40 - Jim Baker scandal
19:30 - So much miss-wiring
22:50 - Conformity
26:20 - Thrown into the limelight
26:30 - Pressure to become who I'm not
27:00 - Proper
28:30 - Deception
29:20 - Astronomical number
32:50 - Wife's attention intoxication
33:25 - Affair with pool boy
35:18 - 💔
36:50 - Another Affair
38:10 - 7 years
38:58 - Cover up and Secrets
39:10 - Sextape
45:10 - Mistakes
46:45 - Revenge
49:10 - Singing Bird
51:00 - Get Jealous
53:30 - The Flesh always catches up
Thx! So thoughtful for info. U missed trump play tho. Guess bc doc didnt go into it. Becky & trump.💜🙏💜
I’d give u a like but u got a perfect “69” likes. Everyone leave it 69!
Now if only somebody shared the name of the song that was used all throughout the video. Maybe everyone already seemed to know it already, except for me. Helpful list nonetheless.
May god bless you brother
Y’all have to read his WHOLE confessional in Vanity Fair. It really is something. He admits it all, says he was never religious but of course, no apology for the lives he ruined with his phony moralizing.
Damn! A genuine deceiver. What a bitter pill to swallow for those who are now questioning their lives.
This is such a clear set up so that he can later say, “ I didn’t believe so that’s why my life went downhill, but now that I am a true believer my life is turning out for the better and I no longer spank it to the pool boy !”
@@andrewgriffin9244 🤭🤭
How can non Christian be in charge of running a Christian university?????? Like putting Satan in charge of the Church service!!!!!!!!
I read this and realized they must have thought this was the first step to rehabilitating their image as decent, forthright people. It had the opposite effect, making you realize how reprehensible these two really are. To me the worst part was using their (now mostly adult) children to pose and portray themselves as a sort of decent, regular wholesome family. I thought that was over the top. Were the kids involved in the scandal? They should have kept the kids out of it, and shows what users these two people are, both for people they don't know and for people they supposedly love. Sickening.
I’m an alumni of Liberty University and still live in Lynchburg, VA, and man…. we’ve disliked and been suspicious of jerry jr. for such a long time, way before any of this came out. So despicable 🤬
@Bailey Allison Dubbbbbs wow! From my research, I'm not surprised many students had reservations about Jerry Sr. and/or Jerry Jr.. I can't imagine what it must've been like being a Liberty student or alumni when this scandal broke. Yikes! lol
Ugh I can’t imagine! Do you mind sharing - how do feel about the university, EDUCATION wise?! I have my kids in a private “Christian” school and academically, the school appears great! (I was a public school kid) and the academics seem great- grades ahead than what the public school provides for the same grade level (in our local area). HOWEVER, I am very well aware that the term “Christian” can be an oxymoron. Alumni I personally know from that school tell me yeah, the academics were GREAT and the networking was awesome BUT....so were the drugs available to the students there. A lot of the high school kids there threw the WILDEST parties. I suspect this may be true of the majority of “Christian” schools so as an alumni at this well known university, what is your opinion as far as the level and quality of education you received??
@@okoala62 I’m glad I went there, I graduated in 2015 and things have changed a lot there since I graduated. I still would recommend it, they are under new leadership which seems to be doing better. It’s definitely much less party school than most colleges, but of course students can still do things against the rules if they really want to. The rules are definitely not as strict as when I attended, and I think there’s a lot more acceptance of people of all backgrounds and lifestyles than when I was there. I do think the education part is very good and there are a lot of degrees to choose from and a lot of networking opportunities. Hope that helps!
@@notthegoodgirl I was an employee there when everything broke and it was definitely a rollercoaster 😂
@@baileydubs Good to read that; thanks for sharing! ☺️
I just want to say, I’m really impressed with everyone commenting, who is acknowledging their journey out of toxic evangelical/culty groups. It takes a lot of courage and personal integrity to own that, IMO. People who overcome such immersive brainwashing and conditioning (which, to a lesser extent, includes everyone who grew up in a patriarchal, profit-driven society, like in the US) are absolute legends IMO bc it is not easy, and requires some pretty deep questioning and reassessments. So, way to be awesome 💜⚡️
Well said. 💛
Interesting comment, and I agree with you - but, the same applies to the brain washing and conditioning at so called Progressive Socialist orientated Colleges and Universities, where the "Religions" of Worship of the Authoritarian Administrative Federal State, and the ideals of that Long Dead European White Man Karl Marx are also melded with "Wokeness", Intolerance of debate or other opinions, Climate Change Fanaticism, and a hate for the Bill of Rights into a series of Cults which are viewed as main stream, but which threaten the end of Jeffersonian Democracy within our Republic. When it all falls, one will see the tragic end result - the end of Individual Freedom and Rights.
@@notthegoodgirlThis kind of activities are going on behind the scenes in most religious organizations no matter who they are. You name it, they are doing it somewhere, i've seen too much of it.
and not just in religious groups. Lets be real, there are shysters and scammers in all religions, ethnicities, groups, countries....all walks of life. If there's a way to take advantage or deceive, someone somewhere will find a way @CarlJohnson-kk4pr
These people have done so much damage to society as a whole. So much hatred and so much distain towards others.
No one would GAF about what they do personally normally. The hypocritical actions is what most probably care about
Jesus said not every one who calls my Name will be in my Kingdom,I will say hypocrite I Don't know you
I’m always caught between “watch now coz this is such an intriguing title” or wait till the kids are in bed then my husband and I can watch the documentary as an “end of the day treat”. Self control for the latter is hard😅Your videos are so well put together, well researched and informative.
Why not watch it twice? 😉I watch once just to listen as soon as it drops, and I’ll actually sit down and watch in full later, the exposition is really that good!
The battle I face daily! Lol. It’s hard for me to wait when it’s about a Falwell.
Watch em twice!!! It’s always fun to drag the hateful elite! Lol
Well you can watch 2
I always listen. By the time I settle down to watch, I fall asleep within a few mins
I love how people gave his father a standing ovation after he told them their money would not buy them a 4 day vacation! These people just buy the whole thing hook, line and sinker. I think they have been raised that way since childhood.
I have seen far worse.
It's like they're desperate to be dumb fools! Astounding!
I think there are two points there.
Some people probably really understand that they had made a donation and that the days at the hotel were not the point of the transaction.
Also, they were in a studio, there are those cues to stand up and clap, they must have been processing the information and just followed the instructions
I wish I got to hear what that lone protester in the crowd was talking about!!
I guess I thought they were agreeing with the protester and whatever he was saying. He sounded pretty angry at having been cheated.
You know, I saw the one on Hulu about this same subject, and gurl.... you did a fantastic job!!! You included so much more than the Hulu documentary -- especially on the Bigot ... I so appreciate your hard work!
God every time Jerry’s pic comes up I shudder.
I love your content. I grew up in a psychologically abusive cult-like Pentecostal church. Your videos remind me I wasn’t crazy.
Well done! These self-righteous, arrogant, deeply evil hypocrites are a scourge on the landscape, they and others like them just sicken me....
Me too. They're despicable
And they don't even have to be affiliated with a religion.
So, basically all Christians?
Liberty University was the biggest waste of my hard earned money. I fought like hell to earn my advanced degree and was totally unaware for years of the Jerry Falwell connectedness because I was an online student. When I found out, it all made sense.
I was constantly deemed as a troublemaker all because I refused to ascribe to their shame-based belief system of "do as we say but not as we do". Every class had to insert their belief system into assignments where it was not even necessary. Yet, they sell student assignments to online paper mills. I know this for a fact because I found my paper on one such site that had turned in for a particular Liberty course.
Imagine taking a math class and having to explain why mathematical concepts tied into a Christian way of life or imagine a professor disagreeing with you over your life experiences as it relates to an assignment. Ridiculous, and I argued this much which is probably the reason they eventually left me alone and let me finish the degree.
I can't understand how it's allowed to exist. The only religious unis we have are ones that teach religious crap and nothing else. They probably do the online thing to reel you in. They (as well as I and you) understand remote learning is necessary for a lot of people. I wish my uni's were more forward in that area (though I'm probably older than you but I went back again post-grad at a time when they SHOULD have had online stuff, another Uni in my state did years before).
@@deejaye2647 Sure, but I was invested financially and chose to stick it out and finish. ✌️
This is the format of Christian universities. I attended one online for ONE semester. I constantly included the governing body’s Code of Ethics in my discussion posts because the scriptural requirement was in violation. When I realized that Christian universities have a greater agenda of programming students…I wrote my final paper on WHY the experience was “healing” my aversion for religious programming….Of course, I utilized refereed, scholarly journals.
@@taranullius9221 whats uni ?
@@andrewgriffin9244 abbreviated word for universities
The quality of your documentaries exceeds by far most of the ones in the mainstream media. Outstanding.
I grew up in Lynchburg, and I can agree that Liberty (and students) was “hostile to LGBT” people in the community too. When I figured out I was gay and confided in someone who outed me at work, I was presented with all kinds of treatment at work, including cards left in my locker offering to “talk” with them about my “choices,” shunned/ignored, told to my face in the workplace I “was going to hell” and other awful things. One day I ended up crying in the bathroom at work, and I said “enough” to myself and I moved a couple of states away. I never looked back. When I would tell people later that I was from Lynchburg, the immediate reaction of was “oh, you escaped.” Yes, yes I did. The hypocrisy of this place which culminated in this scandal made me at least feel vindicated that it was all fake and the piousness that caused so much hurt and heartache to people all was exposed.
That’s one heck of a title, looking forward to this mess
@Tanzie strap in because it's a wild ride, haha.
I am a south African, I have not heard of these people in my life but this documentary is mind capturing
Don't you have more important issues there
@@phatalbert9310. There are more important issues here, yet here you are.
@@phatalbert9310🤡💯🙄
Nope, you guys have far more calculating crime... We have petty opportunistic crime, don't believe everything you here on the news 😂
@@torijones5194😂😂😂😂😂😂
I really enjoy your programs, especially the lack of needless repetition and mindless "experts" that others feature. I've binge-watched 4 of them today, and look forward to watching all the rest.
Great job, Josie! So far I have watched this one and the A. Mack doc. I plan to watch more because these are some of the best free documentaries I have ever seen on CZcams. Very professional and informative. Much appreciated by me and I'm sure you will find much more success in many more rewarding ways than in your former career. Thank you!
I attended Liberty U for one semester and almost immediately recognized that something wasn't right with Becky and Jerry Jr. I would mention it to my parents and close friends but could never say exactly what it was about them that was so unsettling. The biggest thing, I guess, was that Jerry Jr. especially, always seemed so insincere. Not only that, they would have "select" students join them in the press box at home football games. At that time there were around 11,000 students on campus, but the favoritism shown by the Falwells to certain students created a popularity hierarchy within each graduating class similar to what you'd see at a high school (with thousands fewer students).
I was not at all surprised when news broke of all this.
Their parents probably had lots of money, so they targeted those students!
Jerry was on 60 minutes a few months after the school opened. He stated his goal in life: "the Liberty football team beats Notre Dame". I delivered food products on this campus 20 years ago. I was always taken aback that no one, absolutely no one, smiled. Not students, staff, passersby. It seemed, seems, as no one really wanted to be there.
I worked for Sodexo there 3 years and the students and staff for the most part were very friendly.
@yabbadabba1975.... Toxic environment probably
I love that you provide such high quality content and are making strides to bring about awareness of current and past scandals and scammers. Thank you. ❤😊
You’re my fav new CZcamsr. I’ve been binging u for 3 nights now. Love love love these rise and fall vids!
You do such a good job at going in depth into stories that would otherwise be limited to just a few shocking facts. You give such a full picture and it’s so satisfying and captivating!
@nerdisaur thank you, I try! Thanks for watching. 🥰
@@notthegoodgirl give yourself some credit! You absolutely succeed!
She’s amazing right!
Agree, great story telling, glad I found this channel.
Yes, proper high quality content!
The editing of these videos is so professional, like these could be official documentaries. I know how much work it must take to do each one & I just wanted to let you know that your hard work is seen & appreciated 💜
True 💜
So true
And how stupid do you need to be to believe the off the wall bald faced manipulative falsehoods this "documentary" contains?
@@TeeKay88 So false.
Jimmy Bakkers cousin?
Thank you.
My family was and is part of this.
Uncle taught at Liberty.
I was forced to attend BJA.
I long ago realized that almost everyone is either stupid or evil, or both, and the older I get, the more I'm proven right.
Having escaped the fundamentalist evangelical scene years ago, I particularly enjoyed this. The a-hole apple doesn't fall far from the a-hole tree!
Those a-hole trees sure do make a lot of a-hole apples! 😂
@@notthegoodgirl 🤣😂💯
Yes the hypocrisy. I got tired of my mum always making excuses for their immoral behaviour because they're forgiven & the chosen ones to lead the flock. Yet any non Christian was damned to hell for any lapse in judgement. I'm now one of the damned & happy to think for myself
I just love your documentaries. No drama, no repetitive content. Just straight facts and evidence. And the topics you pick are always intriguing. Really appreciate all your hard work, thank you!
Had no idea you were doing these! Thank you for shedding light on the many dark places in this world! Keep it going!
This is a very well-done documentary. Your voice has such a beautiful tone.
My brother went to Liberty and was kicked out for sneaking out after hours. It was a waste of money because his credits didn’t transfer to other schools. They were unreasonably harsh.😖
My friend works HR for a fortune 100 company. Resumes with Liberty University degree go straight in the trash. Most don’t even consider that school to be accredited. The most you can do with that degree is a be a for profit preacher.
Trying to make up for their own demented behavior lol
@@krissyehenderson8041 totally.🤯😣🫣
@@karinaz8756 I believe it. It’s so sad. My mom was super religious and pushed it on him.
She wasn’t paying for school, so I rebelled and went to NIU…and became a stripper to pay for it.🫣🤯
Being too religious does not make the world a better place. It messes people up.
What bothers me is the 770 million they got from the government and the extreme wealth they have. Yet you will see the far right rail against programs that people paid into and depend on. And here they are taking all that money and using it to build their extreme wealth. And then they judge people morally while they do everything they tell people not to do. They are hypocrites and have made their wealth on government money and from people who donated all their money to his father. Sickening people. And they put all that money supporting far right political groups and politicians.
thank you so much for this. I was a rabid evangelical for years and it's really nice to have my misgivings validated through videos like this. I never had good feelings toward the Falwells and LU but all of the leaders were so far up their asses...my sr. pastor sent his kids there and of course it automatically made them much better christians than everyone else. Thank you for your work!
just discovered your channel and have binged so many of your videos already! amazing quality, narration, and media presentation! keep it up 👍🏻
This is possibly the best series of this subject that I have ever seen. Keep up the good work and expose these bastards for what they really are.
I graduated from Liberty University. I even finished a Master's in Theological Studies. After graduating the seminary at Liberty University, I realized that I am an agnostic atheist. Big change in my life.
That was fascinating in a funny/creepy way how Jerry Sr. dealt with the dissenting voices in the audience when he was trying to explain away how they'd been scammed by having the church band/choir strike up a tune to drown it out at the 22:47 mark. Equal parts slick and slimy.
“Killing babies after they were born” what was he talking about, they come out with the most ridiculous lying statements.
Ralph Northam comments, I assume
I know pro-birthers will sometimes cite a horrific case of a psychopathic doctor that was running a horror show of an abortion clinic where he sometimes murdered babies after birth. Does it support their argument of systemic post-birth abortion? No. But they'll sometimes reference this case all the same.
@@JoeNoshow27 yes! thank you for pointing this out. His name was Dr. Kermit Barron Gosnell, and he was a convicted serial killer, and it was actually other healthcare workers who became suspicious of him and helped turn him in. So yes, if a pro-lifer starts talking about a video they saw where a man murdered babies as soon as they were born - they are speaking the truth, the sick f*ck, like many serial killers, did make videos and those videos did leak into circulation - they are not lying - what they saw was real. However, what needs to be explained to them is that that was Dr. Kermit Barron Gosnell, convicted serial killer, and what they watched was his weird snuff films...they did not watch normal medical practice. We are all upset that happened, that's why the man is in jail.
There are indeed US politicians, including state governors, who have advocated for infanticide, and their grisly statements are a matter of public record. Do not be so willfully obtuse as to deny what is documented as factual...
@@ColinWrubleski-eq5sh Can you give us a quote from someone who is allegedly promoting infanticide?
You are so freaking good at these videos! I am a new follower and am absolutely OBSESSED!!!!
This just shows that most of these squeaky clean images a pastor and his wife may portray in public aren't always what they are in private. Good documentary. I'm going to binge on your videos today!!!
@@BreezeeGreenz she was horny and Jerry Jr couldn't deliver.
@@BreezeeGreenz it takes some kind of funding to operate an organization.
@@BreezeeGreenz A physician needs no healing, Jesus explained it some where in that context that a prophet has or gets no honor in his hometown.
@@BreezeeGreenzAn "image" is an illusion.
Those people in the audience look as clueless as I felt when Jerry Sr. was explaining what happened to the money from Christian Disneyland.
Just started watching your content today love it.!! Thank you for doing what your doing
What fantastic documentaries! I thoroughly enjoy ALL your videos!
So grateful for two videos!! I showed my husband your channel and he's been watching with me. We love a good scam 💀
@corrie aaww that's awesome! Thanks for watching. 🥰
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"If you gave Falwell [Sr.] an enema, he could be buried in a matchbox."
--Christopher Hitchens
Thank you for another amazing video! 😍
loll
u couldn't give Falwell Jr.
a enema...cuz that's one the wifeys gig...
One of the best ever
A filthy comment by a perverted mind
It took me a while to get it, but I got it.
Currently binging your videos. Keep up the great work!
This doc is very very good. It reveals a lot of information that many others overlook in a factual and organized matter, and it's carefully done.
I am in awe of the in-depth documentaries you publish. Also, the narrator's voice make it easier to process information as opposed to other documentaries makers who use narrators with voices that prey on the fear factor of viewers. It may sound weird or funny but in my view, I want to process content my way, and the soft, even-tempered tone of voice does just that. As a psychotherapist with keen interest in criminology, it makes your documentaries that more compelling because I am not immediately pointed to bad behaviour of the video's subject matter. Not sure if this make sense to you but I am definitely hooked on your style of documenting subjects. Can't wait for the next one to drop!
There are literally 100's of church scandals for you to report on 🤣 Keep it ip🙌🏽
Your production value is incredible. Keep making!
I just subscribed and so far I love the work you are putting into these documentary.
People like them are the reason the church congregation gets smaller and smaller each year. I grew up going to church and attended several different denominations to see how it works and the different ways people were taught. In my mid 20s I was a Sunday school teacher at my ex husband's family church. It was a nondenominational church that caters toward Native Americans. From time to time we visited other churches,and attended other churches with guest speakers coming in for a different message. I started to notice that no matter what church it was the subject of giving your home church a percentage of your income and donate towards the guest speaker and the host church. Several of them had entire sermons over it and how we were failing the Lord by keeping our money. The last straw for me was at a sister church we all visited one evening literally screamed at everyone because we did not donate to the host church and the speaker to their satisfaction. If we were not going to pay our way then we had no business coming back. We were not welcome any longer. And that's how I denounced organized religion and refuse to enter any church. I take my tides that was going to the church and buy things for the homeless and hungry. Still doing God's work. No man, ever, EVER will get in my face and scream at me while demanding I give them my money.
No man. How about a woman? Would you allow HER to get in your face screaming and demand money?
@@kagnewcobra5228 Nope.
@@kagnewcobra5228 In the teachings I learned that woman are not allowed to be leaders in the church, that's not our place. Never been to a church or service that a woman was. If I had I would say nobody would get in my face.
@@Not_your_mom1986 And now, I know the "rest of the story". Didn't think about that. Thank you and have a great week!
And here in is how the Devil is using the churches to drive people as far away from Almighty God as he can get people to go. He is using these Minion puppets of Satan to accomplish his goal. And instead of folks leaving and going in search of truth...truth written in God’s Written inspired Word, they allowed these children of the Devil, the god and ruler of this world, to influence them to the point they want nothing to do with God or any desire to go find the truth. THE DEVIL ACCOMPLISHED HIS GOAL.
BEST OF WISHES TO YOU ALL. THIS USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN FOLKS DON'T KNOW BIBLE TRUTH, AND LACK WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT THAT COMES FROM GOD’S HOLY SPIRIT TO SEE THE TRICKS OF THE DEVIL AND TO SPOT HIS MINIONS A MILE AWAY. NOW THEYVGOT YOU ALL SO DISCOURAGED AND HENCE YOUR SOULS AND SALVATION IS AT RISK. HOW UNFORTUNATE🤦🏿♀️.
As a black woman and former Liberty University, it kind of sucks to see how everyone would treat you if you didnt try to reach out. I didn't regret it too much while attending there though.
Fascinating. You do excellent work.
You are an amazing documentarian. I am surprised you have not been asked by the “major” streaming networks to participate in their projects. Thank you for your channel. It is always like this with these evangelicals isn’t it? Their morals are horrendous and not because of what they do but how many individuals are hurt by their ridiculous demands when they cannot even do the same. Disgusting!
I can’t believe the mom is from Lynchburg and called someone else “Hicks” 😂 Lynchburg and the surrounding area is about as country as you can get. Before Liberty started taking over in recent years it’s was pretty hick-like.
I couldn't stop laughing when that was stated. Soooo, a good "Christian" woman from Lynchburg, VA thinks the young girl that's dating her son is a hick because she was born & raised in North Carolina...how rich! Can you imagine what a witch of a mother-in-law that woman was when her son married her?! Oh, the irony!
Probably her own insecurity of having raised in the south
Can confirm, lived in Lynchburg for 2 years with my ex!
@@kimmuckenfuss2284 that mother in law would be terrible to deal with & she's a good Christian woman with an attitude like THAT??????
@@judyanne3563 Ain't it the truth. Exactly!
Girl I just found you’re page and it’s amazing. So many scams I never had an idea of, I just subscribed but you definitely need more with the editing and such with your page
I believe Jerry Sr took over The PTL organization and TV show for Jim Baker and wouldn’t give it back when Jim got out of prison. So that tells a lot about him and the whole family!
Watch the movie, " THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE". Jerry Falwell made it sound like he wanted to help him & Tammy by taking over PTL.... He had them make a list of their financial needs & the amount of money they needed, then he got up 8n front of everyone & accused Jim & Tammy of being greedy. What a conniving hypocrite!!!!
Baker is a repulsive toad. Hard to believe some fools actually listen to his online sermons.
But Bakker was a homosexual... 🤣
@@timwarcloud Baker accidentally bumped into a man's dick and it got carried. PTL was a true Christian Disneyland, in it's construction hey day the unemployment rate in that area, Charlotte NC and surrounding area was 4%. It was a boomtown.
I thought the act of adultery eliminated the person from ever preaching further….evidently not!
All those preachers had this smirk on their faces..it doesn't matter which one I saw on tv ..almost like laughing at people inside...and I was a teenager when I watched few of their programs and I thought to myself who pays to watch these clowns.
Sadly, a lot of people follow them blindly. Sometimes I am amazed by how stupid humans can be and how far we have become as a society🤦♀️
They are the world’s greatest PRETENDERS, HYPOCRITES and SCAMMERS.
Religion is a hoax.🙄
You do amazing documentaries.
Great quality documentary. thank yu for this.
When I was 17yrs old I was working for a very zealous devoted man to his religious beliefs,was a pillar of the church and community, a Sunday school teacher, he was constantly trying to get me attend his church, one weekend he went out town, he had me straight up his storage room, as was rearranging his boxes of invoices,stubble upon three boxes of hardcore pornagrafic books and spools of 8mm films, and names of his close church friends as to which one belonged to who.I always wondered why him and his friends would go on three-day church outings out of town and leave their wives at home.
Sounds like a stay at home mom nightmare!
@@nicoleshan6410 Sounds like no one raises their children anymore!
I work at a church as a maintenance guy. Over the years, I've gotten to peek behind the curtain a bit. The stories I could tell. Here's one: On a teen "mission trip" a girl got pregnant. During the bus ride there. They were not able to tell who the father was as she'd had sex with two boys. On the bus. With adult chaperones. I had a psychologist tell me once that you will never be in a room with more sex addicts than the next time you go to church.
😂😅😅😂
Paternity tests
How do you know it happened on the bus ride? I'm just curious
you do excellent work m'lady. really enjoy binging these.
Re watching some of my favorites- your such an incredible reporter!!!! So love the animal pix at the end!!!
Thank you for the support! Happy New Year! ❄️
I grew up about two hours from Lynchburg. I remember going to hospital visits with my Grandma in Lynchburg. You cannot walk anywhere in that town without seeing something that belongs to Liberty. A large chunk of it is owned by the school and it has rooted itself so deeply into the community. A private religious university with clear racism, homophobia, and transphobia having such a deep reach in a town is so deeply scary.
Why is homophobia a d transphobia a bad thing?
The school is a Christian organization. Homosexuality is against Christianity and Judaism.
I don't understand how this is a problem?
You could've just kept the drama about Jerry Jr, but Noooo... We gotta go on and on about gays... Who cares about about people who engage in perverted sex?
The quality of your editing and the depth of your story telling is outstanding. This was an amazing watch, I enjoyed every minute. Can’t wait for the next one. Keep up the great work!
You do such a great job. I just had to subscribe cause you absolutely deserve it. Strong work💓
Jossy, you are the best! Well done.
Do you make these documentaries by yourself??? everything is so well done.... the quality is mindblowing!
@glory s. Thank you so much! Yes I do, and I just taught my husband to edit (he's now my co-editor!), and I just started working with a copywriter who helps with my research and scriptwriting. They're credited at the end of the video. :)
@@notthegoodgirl where did you learn this stuff? The editing etc. You're really good at it. Whats the editing program you use? If been hooked on your content for 2 weeks now
@@disappear_here82 I started learning how to edit in 2014 by watching CZcams tutorials (still do) for iMovie. I switched to Final Cut Pro at the end of 2020 in order to use advanced graphics and plugins. I'm torn on if I should've started with Adobe Premiere, but it's been 8 years now and I'm stuck in my (Final Cut) ways. 😂
Thank you for this video. Very important information was covered. I remembered some stuff from when I was a kid(born in the late 80's) and into my early adulthood, but some of the information I'm just learning about. I can even remember the Liberty recruiters, but had no idea about the working conditions. Everytime a new chapter started in the video I was just like.... Mind blown. Thank you for covering this.
@@notthegoodgirl my views don't always align with this but you saying you are doing something to help with your scriptwriting is nothing short of laughable. There are documentaries on major networks that don't even come close to your skill. The fact you are self taught is amazing and admirable. I hope you are making tons of money off this channel. You certainly deserve it.
I'm in a virtual training right now,& saw this notification that you posted a new video 😭😭😭 you're a life saver, girl ❤️❤️ I was being bored to death 💀
@Paladin Kraus haha I got you!
WOW!! Thanks for sharing 👍 I appreciate you.
I enjoyed this documentary. You did an awesome job.
I was looking for something to watch this video came right on time. Thank you for the hard work you put into your videos. I started watching during the pandemic, your in depth research made me subscribe. The videos are amazing
@Jill thank you so much, appreciate your support! :)
@@notthegoodgirl your one seriously intelligent woman i love your content your one my favorite youtubers thank you for your videos my father use to call my mom a stupid woman which is not true i have lots of favorite charecters in star wars but these charecters are no longer canon but i wish they were canon i currently am reading 3 book series at once one 19 book series and two 9 book series all three of these back to back to back thank you im happy for for you keep up the good work i love your content keep uploading ill keep watching thank you i hope you respond back to me i love your content your amazing keep up the good work
@@thereturnofdarthcaedus in
Another reason more people have completely left the church...as a Christian...who has recently left my church because of shady behavior....it's truly sad
People aren't perfect....no one is...but mess like this is repugnant
It’s such a coincidence, baffling really 🤔, such investment and rapid growth, puzzling, Ya think possibly just maybe someone benefits greatly by this sort of unraveling? the righteous indignation in this video is more than its subject matter if that is possible, and usually videos on this channel are good. Hopefully next will be the expose on degenerate college experience as the norm, how the expectation of degrading behavior is inculcated in men and women at regular colleges (and long before) for quite some time. A better treatment of this college as background is The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University, and for recent events, the podcast series from a couple years ago.
You do quality work. Really enjoying your top-notch videos .😁👍
Im curious how you rolled into making mini documentaries... Its kinda crazy this is for free, so well made!
I just came across your channel and I am amazed by the quality of the videos and the research. I'm not religious at all, I went to catholic school and that's all it took for me to not like religion. But I've always been fascinated by cults, religions and the hypocrisy of the people at the top and this documentary did a great job portarying the corruption of it all and how the sheeps just follow blindly. Keep up the good work. You are doing an amazing job!
I click on your new releases so fast!! Such good quality video essays, one of my favorite channels!! I am so happy you've branched out from mlm related videos and interviews to these documentary type videos, I was never raised religious but I am FASCINATED by this type of content!!
@lifelikelexy thanks so much for watching! I was unfortunately raised in fundamentalism, and it's always bewildered me how people can ignore all the hypocrisy and scandal (lots of cognitive dissonance happening), so it's fun to dissect it in a video like this. ;)
@@notthegoodgirl Absolutely agree with the cognitive dissonance point!! The way you incorporate old video clips (like the one at the 20ish minute mark showing a room full of people who were just told they will see absolutely no return on their investments give a man a standing ovation) really illustrates the cognitive dissonance in a different, impactful way, thanks for the hard work 🤓
@@duckducckk Yep, that standing ovation was weird. Like how? 🤦🏾♀️
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Considering this video is about a recent scandal in the church, are you against the teachings of Jesus in the Bible?
Just discovered you. Love it x. Love ❤️ from Scotland 🏴
Binging your videos (sorry for my grammar.) love them!!
Evangelicals being hypocrites. My shocked face --> 😒 I remember his father referring to the Civil Rights Act as the Civil Wrongs Act. 🤬👊🏾
I had an English prof in 1976, in an Alabama U, who called MLK Martin Lucifer King and read us stuff from the John Birch Society.
Btw I found online a great name for evangelicals....
Talibangelicals.
@@juliecrane9647 good one, they been calling MLK Martin Lucifer Coon. Klux's can be very creative.
These people just keep giving me more and more reasons to continue deconstructing. Thank you, as always, for all the hard work and time you put into your documentaries. It shows in the high quality of your content.
These people just keep giving me more and more reasons to continue deconstructing. Your on the right road.
Deconstructing?
Excellent deep dive, great technical assembly, strong narration, job well done on rather risqué subject matter!
Just a small correction, I believe when you discussed the newspaper that broke the scandal, you were referring to, "Royters" phonetically speaking.
Hard to believe you are managing these videos as a small operation, Kudos to you! 👏
Well researched. Well done.
Well put together documentary. Fact is a lot stranger than fiction.
I can not wait for the day there's a documentary called"The rise & fall of Scientology"!!!!!
By their fruits ye shall know them.
So glad I found this channel, these documentaries are incredibly sharp and concise, keep up the good work!