Ponzi schemes, the one scam that takes more work to pull off than just earning it honestly. I shake my head at this.

Gotta admit, buying an island and starting your own country does sound pretty cool, if I had the money to do it it'd be tempting.

I wonder if there's such a thing as a meal kit that is keto-firnedly and lets you choose your ingredients? Because I have a lot of food sensitivities and I loathe avocados.

I'm fascinated by this theory that flags are magic

How was "I go to a house once a week and pick up money" NOT a red flag???

Old Habits die hard. Such as the Habit of Christians considering jews Lesser people.

using God to make money and putting words in his mouth? yeah im pretty sure that they're using his name in vain-

You do realize the ADL and SPLC are narrative driven organizations pushing their own ideology...

So so many Church fraud s.. Make million s tricking people legally tax free.

Sorry but a church that has 2 VAULTS isn't a church but a supervillain lair. Also angering actually insane people like sovereign citizens and white supremacists doesn't seem like a healthy thing to do

There was a bigger Ponzi scheme growing behind the scene. And the name of the man at the heart of the scheme Bernie Madoff.

Folks who get rich in God's name only make me think of that one bible verse they always ignore: something akin to "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God."

He only had God on his side? Well, see that is why this didn't work out. Now, if he had the power of God and ANIME on his side--this would have been fine. Provided Prom Night isn't involved

Lol not surprising that religion is used as a ponzi scheme since that's literally why people founded it back in the day. If anything churches should be mega taxed so people will finally wake up.

As a Christian, I think the Bible says something about twisting scripture to suit one's needs and desires like this guy and the Ponzi scheme

Tom B Sleep. Well he needs to wake up! I’ll see myself out, but I have no regrets 😅🥲

The star of david in the beginning is not unnoticed and is a nice touch considering the themes and name of the channel (of course i mean this in a respectful way)

i am a jew that believes in the sovgern citizen movement

Big "as a black man" vibes right here.

I've been wary of churches for years on the pure fact that most churches claim the old testament isn't relevant now that Jesus died for our sins, yet still insist on the parish paying 10% of all their income...which is an old testament law. They literally don't follow any old testament laws aside from the 10 commandments....but somehow they forget tithing is an old testament law _> . And with all this money they collect I've never seen a church being active in my neighborhood, so where's the money going?

For a second I thought that this was a video about the sale of indulgences

Can't say I'm upset that some white supremacists lost their life savings. Good riddance!

As a Filipino I feel so offended of them trying to import us as labor workers on their stupid church in the 90's (though I'm glad it never happened). There's a lot of Filipinos back in that time that are blinded with the American dream, so I know if they succeed so I bet a lot of people from here will get trafficked there.

Can you look into SuLife insurance and see if there's something going on pls?

Can’t say I feel bad for anyone here. They were scamming fellow racists. Oh well

Great video but do you mind not using music that makes a sound like a smoke detector or an oven timer every few minutes

Another Joel Osteen ugh!

This whole thing reminded me so much of vague memories I have of being at Camp American in the early 00s...

I don't disagree with you on anything regarding this organization. I cannot call it a church. I also cannot in this case disagree with the Southern Poverty Law Center assessment. That being said the Southern Poverty Law Center should not be considered a valid source and is very worthy of a MLM Monday investigation

Anyone else hear “Church of the Avengers” and instantly think of the next installment in the MCU? No?

You are a great reporter. Very very thorough and interesting. I’m really glad that YouTube exists so people like you can get paid to do what you love and are good at. I hope this pays enough to be your main job!!

Hot tip: If your church has a money counting room, it ain't a real church

Sometimes I listen while I do my cleaning. I zone out occasionally and the freak the heck out when you start talking about a sponsor thinking you’ve moved onto talking about a new scam 😂 I panicked thinking my hello fresh was bad

FYI if a church is saying you will double your money with your "donation" they are doing something wrong. You shouldn't expect money back when you donate, just the expectation of the money going to your cause.

I'm sorry Naughti... at about a minute in you stated that you referenced the Anti Defamation League, the same group of people who determined pepe the frog and the "OK" hand sign to be hate symbols along with milk... actually wow. Check your sources.

Religion: The ORIGINAL CON GAME, and GOD’s GREATEST GRIFT!

As a jew , it's amazing seeing all of BLM , Asian lives matter , ect raising up , It gives every sane person hope for no 2nd holocaust , and then you see this . My grandpa's mother was executed , and everytime I see things like that I get sad . RIP all the people who have been hurt by racism , may all soul be free .

Yeah that’s the thing about most religions (especially this one, yikes): they use God and people’s need for spirituality to line their wallets. Last I checked, didn’t Jesus say of the message he preached along the lines of “you received free, give free?”

I would say that just because some POC have joined various patriot movements that don't necessarily "qualify" as white supremacist, be mindful that historically speaking fascist movements have appealed to leftists by pretending to be sympathetic and diverse before stabbing them in the back. if some poc, or lgbtq people for that matter because that comes up a lot smdh, are cool with fascistic messaging, that doesn't make those groups not white supremacist. anyway great video and fuck the patriot movement.

Why does this sound so sinister? and Also what's a ponzi scheme? educate me Pyramid Mom.

I love how Blair said ironic than explained why they bought an old bank building

racists took other racists money. not shocked, and honestly i don't feel sorry for them. not surprised a church stole from people either. that's kinda what they do.

Sounds qanon-y.

That's the best stance you can take on beastiality, animals can't consent. How about it's wrong because they are animals? I guarantee that there are a lot of sick folks who disagree with the fact that animals are incapable of granting a human permission to basically sexual assault them. I know you meant well but you could do better than that and as disgusting and disturbing as the topic is, it deserves more than animals can't consent, especially when we live in a world where people literally believe, dress and behave as animals.

Ok I am totally wanting to sleep with you..... Your voice at least.... Truth rules!!!!

sooooo.... if they claimed God would pay back their victims, why did no one ask why an all powerful God needed your life savings in order to give you returns? Why didn't God just rain these monies down on Christians?

A square foot of land?! 21:10? WTF they couldn't have splurged and said you're gonna get an acre?

I use to work in law enforcement and nothing makes me more angry than the sovereign citizen movement. People who believe they are sovereign citizens often also believe that illegal immigration should be stopped at all costs. You can't be a sovereign citizen and also dictate who can and cannot enter the country you don't think you are a citizen of...

Well at least their entire religion isn’t a Ponzi scheme cult. Definitely not talking about a religion that starts with Scien and ends with tology.

Its funny because the Bible literally says "it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter heaven". Christians never read their bibles 🤦‍♀️

Also there were a lot of translation mistakes that have been corrected but a lot of christians won't accept them... I don't know why they are so stubborn

I'm no biblical scholar, but I think I've heard this story before.....

Sounds like every other church, to be honest, especially those giant, televangelist, churches, I mean..........basically?

This dude looked at his dog and was like ... GOD FORGIVE ME FOR MY SINS

So what is "the poor at heart", a shitty person?

I have a whole playlist of cookin vids on my channel. Simple, affordable and delicious stuff. I was raised by Gramma's knee in the kitchen, took food all highschool, did co op in a nursing home kitchen under a 5star chef, and dropped out of culinary school due to schizophrenia. I know a few tricks lmao Just in case ya wanna try something not on Hello Fresh's menu or wanna learn some old school country cookin.

Two and a half minutes in and we already have sovereign citizens; this is going to be a wild ride. I don't know if that's within the scope of your channel, but people NEED to know how dangerous that movement is. Edit: seems like it was a major part of this video. Hope to see more though.

Will you cover I.B.L.P/Bill Gothard? Also, thank you for covering this, there is so much prosperity fraud/stupidity in the Christan community, as a Christian, it's hard to watch this stuff happen! 🙄 not to mention all the messed up extremist/anti-semitic crap... And what the 🐶!?! 🤦‍♀️

The calmness with which you discuss this one compared to others is astounding because this is soooo crazy

9:30 Trusting anything that goes out of ADL mouth is a bad idea. As they say, "a broken clock is right twice a day" Just because they are correct about this mlm scam doesn't mean they're good people

Things went wrong the second he was more concerned about money than preaching lol

fucking florida

Wouldn't poor at heart mean you're an awful person or have no loved ones?

when you go so hard on the american protestantism that you reinvent catholic indulgences

"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves." (Matthew 7:15 NRSV)

Came for the debunking, stayed for the floof.

Just a heads up. If you are serious about being taken serious, do not use the splc, as a source. Thank you.

"ADL is about fighting antisemitism". Mabye once. Nowadays they are about partisan political activism against freedom of speech.

We need an infinite number of people so that we can have an endless ponzi scheme that never fails and everyone gets rich.

A church/ponzi scheme/hate group is low key the most American thing ever though😂

Why would a church lie... Erm, People in positions of trust have a much easier capability to abuse such trust. And who doesn't loves a Prosperity Church? Pass the collection plate....

LOOOL.

This all sounds like a bad movie. Which somehow makes it worse.

Y'know, the bible made it a point to bring up multiple times how Jesus literally trashed the temple in Jerusalem because things kinda maybe like this were happening

She went from bestiality to Hello Fresh lol 😂.

Wait... what's a Ponzi Scheme again?

*Charges over bestiality videos* "Now let me tell you about our sponsor..."

Now, I'm a schizophrenic but people falling for "double your money because God." are more delusional than me.

Vaults and a money counting room? Sorry I grew up Mormon so that sounds perfectly normal.

It’s because the news placed agreed with the hate ThAts why they didn’t report it

Why don't you show the nsfw fanart?

It will get monetized ;—;

Anyone remember reckful?

me getting an add about people struggling with downlines before the video: :v

Prosperity gospel on steroids is what that is

could u do LR Health and beauty?

It's sad how the name of religion can be used by some people to take advantage of others. My grandma was one of them; when she was unable to take care of herself and moved in with my aunt, we found out that her local church was getting over $1k a month from her and was trying to get her to give even more - when she couldn't even afford to pay off her credit card bills. When she finally passed away, the pastor from that church refused to give the service and wouldn't talk to us.

why did my brain think “indulgences” on seeing illuminaughtii and churches

3:01 ...but the stuff you didn't read aloud-- OOOOOOF! This guy!

This is the least of all the ridiculous stuff in the video but, "240 countries around the world"?? Really??? Did nobody in that room know that there aren't even that many countries.....

Nah I can’t feel that bad for people who supported somebody aligned with white supremacists :/

Lmaooo wut. Its not outside of the scope of reality I would have guessed. But holy wow. This is absolutely wild.

"Dobuling money" you know something's wrong when those two words are in the same sentence

What happened to casper ?

Giving to the church to help others: 👍 Giving to the church because you think it's a magic trick to make you suddenly rich: 👎

I heard if you tell Christian antisemites that Jesus was Jewish and pretty much every biblical story took place in the Middle East, they’ll implode from their own hatred and stupidity.

OMGMI

I don't feel sorry for them at all. They use the bible to twist words and go against the LGBT community. How is that any different.

Oscar Wilde wrote about a village where everyone lives by taking in everyone else's laundry. Florida lives by everyone stealing everyone else's money.

This is just the orzhov syndicate

I'm impressed by the depth precieved by a one eyed host

This is appalling, but also personally sad: I knew people (in the church I escaped decades ago) who fell for every single scheme offered to them, practically having "sucker" tattooed onto their foreheads.

Any church that says "give money and it will be doubled!" Have never read Romans.