Truly. There are loads of pastors who then run for congress. Nobody bats an eye. Emma was right on the money that an outspoken atheist or Muslim will fall under far more scrutiny on the U.S. Hell, our only Muslim congress members are frequently denounced by far right folks as “non-American”.
conventional wisdom says an atheist wouldn't even be able to be elected in the U.S. (they only make up .2 % of Congress, even though 26% of the American public are "unaffiliated" or even GASP atheist).
Fun fact: When Nietzsche proclaimed “God is dead,” he was not declaring that a literal deity had died, but rather pointing out that the concept of God and absolute moral values that religion, especially Christianity, had upheld for centuries were losing their influence in European society.
also scientific advances deminished the need of a god as explaination even back in Nietzsche's time so i see that "god is dead" as an impulse to shed the supersticious believes of old
@@SolitaryCore-mj2mr Science still can't explain how the universe came into existence though, that's still a mystery.. if there would be some kind of "God" it's beyond our current monkey brains. I'm still open to theories that sound mystical.. Donald Hoffman is a serious educated person who has interesting ideas.
"God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him." It wasn't even necessarily in indictment of religion but underpin the foundation that religion served and was one half of his thesis statement (the other half being a new morality will be needed to replace it. Interestingly, he did not believe *he* would but identified at least the literary Jesus as one who did in his time. Nietzsche was *deep* people.)
As someone from the US currently experiencing a major election cycle, the idea of "The Christian Right" in general gaining any kind of prominance scares the crap out of me even if it's in a film. The fact that it's happening in real life and there are people showing signs of the belief that Church and State shouldn't remain seperated is doubly frightening. I'd go deeper into depth, but the trama is that real for me.
@@ShintogaDeathAngel USA is dominating the world and if the Red Danger has ever been real - it is now and in form of conservatism and not the way it was sold in the propaganda from the 60's and the 70's - now it is a threat to humanism and comes in form of a bloody cult with conspiracy theories and bold lies that anyone that isn't a total braindead should easily recognize as such.
You do realize that politicians only pander to their constituents they don't actual implement their policies. For example, when the Heritage Foundation published the ludicrous Project 2025 EVEN the Trump people said, "Are you f'ing NUTS". Remember, all politicians are actors with scripts full of lies. Their objective is to convince the People the Federal government is need in every part of their life. The truth is they do little more than drag us deeper in debt.
It's actually giving me night terrors. The way I see it, if Trump wins his cult will take it upon themselves to be the morality police and cause violence that way. If Trump looses, his cult will go insane and cause violence. I have already planned my escape. I know it sounds paranoid but the have explicitly stated that there will be bloodshed.
Speaking as someone who lives in a country where the Church and State are only separated on paper (Croatia), I can definetely say that it's very scary to a certain degree. It's like living in the USSR or Yugoslavia except you get persecuted for speaking out against religion, not politics.
You are correct. A political candidate being openly Christian is extremely common in the United States. If anything, being openly an atheist would be more of a scandal than anything.
For many of these people, not believing in God the exact way that they do = fake Christians out to get them. By that measure, they have loads of “enemies” that are persecuting them. It would be fascinating if they weren’t so desperately trying to take over the seats of power and erase anyone that doesn’t live by their rules.
I remember when the first film came out, a youth pastor I knew took his student group to see it in theaters, and at the end of the film it encourages all the people to text “God’s not dead” to all of their contacts. When a few of them did just that, they received several replies telling them to bugger off and the like. Furthering a self-fulfilling prophesy of being oh so persecuted for their faith.
@@Saezimmerman That's exactly what nationalism is. The project is not complete until all the undesirables are expelled or x'ed and the "nation" are all that remain.
As an atheist, i liked the first movie. The main message felt more like sticking up to authoritarians. No teacher has the right to base a grade on your religion. ❤
I love how your accent makes it sound like you're saying "Pasta Dave" every time you say Pastor Dave. I will forever refer to this character as "Pasta Dave."
7:56 Correct, it’s very normal over here for both republicans AND democrats to be openly Christian. The only time people are questioned about their beliefs are when their specific church/denomination is involved with controversy. Like, President Biden is only asked about Catholicism when the Catholic Church does something weird.
Honestly, politicians in the US have to prove that they're *more* Christian than their opponents. Atheism, other faiths, or trashing religion in general is seen as a campaign killer. But leave it to a Christian movie to pretend it's literally reversed.
it's so goofy that they act like this. like they're "persecuted" in America. but then the next breath saying that the country is a Christian nation. which is it?? can't be both
She really does! Unfortunately the song she was singing gave me flashbacks to the times when I was a youth praise band leader and so all of my cringing got in the way of me fully appreciating it 😭😂
@@dalesplitstone6276My 666 conspiracy is based on the fact that the most common place to find the number 666 is in the bible, it just don't look good for christians when you point that out 🤷🙂↔️😌
"God" went merrily along without a hint of democracy for at least 5,700 years, if we're to believe the bible...but now democracy can't survive with "god"? Yeah, just another thing only a christian would believe.
How anyone, believer or otherwise, makes a connection between the biblical god and democracy is beyond me. The whole concept of democracy is explicitly anti-biblical.
Of course, in these films, the words evil and atheist are synonymous. And in this films pastors are much better than lawyers or professors or social workers opposed to Christian overreach.
I came to say this. His character was a lawyer for the ACLU. In general, the position that the ACLU takes on a given issue is a good moral barometer. With few exceptions, the side they take on an issue is the side that history views as morally correct.
Perhaps you did not recognize Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas, as the talk show host. He also denies the concept of separation of church and state and believes that the Constitution is biblically based. His daughter, Sarah, is governor now.
Two women talking about the Christian Nationalist deity would not pass the Bechdel Test. They're very clear that their god is male. God the Father and all that. Also, I bet you won't find two women talking without a man present in any scene in this movie.
Lol yeah even though God wouldn't technically have a gender as God and other deities were generally ethereal beings that had no reproductive organs on their bodies as they would not need to physically reproduce. It's just that the English language has very limited number of pronouns and of course, modern religion still remains largely male-dominated so they opt in with God is male even though again, not how it would work.
I mean the original intent of the Bechdel-Wallace test was to set the minimum bar for there possibly being a lesbian in a movie, before movies were really allowed to openly identify homosexual characters. So with that in mind, two women talking about the Christian Nationalist god would definitely not pass the test, as homosexuality would be a sin to them. EDIT: Assuming they are Christians discussing the deity in positive terms, I guess... If there are two women arguing about the separation of church and state, then it might pass?
I'm technically a Christian and I fuckin Love Ms Emma and her poignant insight and views, absolutely brilliant. If more Christians approached the faith & life in general from the perspective of an atheist, they would then truly see what is more important in the world than looking at it from their moral high ground perspective.
based on a book?!?!?!? I thought they were just working through the list of stories Christians tell online that are 'totally true and not made up' when they claim to be the persecuted group in america. Every God Not's Dead film script starts life as a facebook post by the family relative I'm too polite to block.
@@dresden2049 yeah but I could have sworn the story about the christian standing up to the philosophy lecturer was even older. I remember hearing it before facebook was even a thing. In fact the annoying born again christian who lived 2 doors to me in university told me it as a 'true story' about 6 months into our first year of university. So thats at least 2003. Yeah a quick google shows the 'christian student vs atheist teacher' story is an ancient chain mail story, the actual 'god's not dead' book seems to only share it's name with the original film's plot, or maybe the chain mail was included in the book.
@@connla oh I am sure. That is their comfort blanket story. They tell themselves this story cuz it would never happen like that. I just remember working at target and it was there next to the “the secret” lol
The ironic thing is, there is actual persecution of christians happening in the world...just not in America. And these christians making these films could not care less about it. So they ignore real persecution of real christians, and instead make up stories focused on them feeling sorry for themselves, and how someday they're gonna get even....with loads and loads of American flags, of course.
Friend who works in a bookstore tells of the day when this guy came up to the counter with an armful of Left Behind books pissed that he found them in the fiction section and demanded that they should be put in the history section. She tried to explain to him that the events in the books didn't happen, but he said that that didn't matter they are real stories.
Thanks for showing me this Emma! As an American, I didn't know I was supposed to be hopeless? Here I've been very happy and upbeat. I really need to beat down this happiness I keep having ;-)
Bruce Greenwood played Pike in Star Trek (2009). Ray Wise was in a short film in 2016 where he played Joshua Pike. Not relevant, I know, but Star Trek trivia is often all I have to contribute Edit: Pastor Dave's dye job makes me uncomfortable.
I find it interesting that they specifically have the antagonist talk about _separation of church and state._ They saying the quiet part extremely loudly.
I've seen several vids on God's Not Dead 5 and even now when you said that this was about God's Not Dead 5 I STILL went "wait, there's FIVE of them???"
Ray Wise's character was also in one of the other films where he was a lawyer. He also played the devil in Reaper. I like to imagine that they're actually in the same universe and every time Cane shows up it's just the devil screwing with christians for fun.
I’m always saddened when I try explaining to Trumpers that Biden is a practicing Catholic and Trump not only isn’t Christian but knows little about religion at all. They seem astounded by this because they take it as assumed that politicians should force their religion on others so Biden can’t be a good Catholic since he doesn’t do that. And they completely ignore all evidence that Trump isn’t Christian because they don’t really care, just as long as he forces their religion on everyone else.
05:43 I’ve actually gotten to hangout with Ray Wise and shoot-the-shit up in Snoqualmie (where they filmed Twin Peaks) he’s chill AF. I’d give better than even odds this was just a paycheck. He would likely say something akin to “somebody’s got to pay my mortgage” if asked about this part.
Christianity has been taking a huge hit recently, come to think of it ever since the "Gods not Dead" franchise started. What an interesting coincidence.
Jesus had a deadbeat dad who expected Him to fight his battles for him. he set Him up and left Him to His fate…. if any of Scripture is accurate, He’s trying to ditch those dodgy followers of His. I guess they’d say “all part of the Plan” yadda yadda yadda. if there will ever be a true form of Christianity, it will come after this one falls.
Hmmm...wonder if this franchise is attempting to follow in disney/marvel's footsteps...if so, it's going to continue to drop like ordnance released from a Stuka's attack run...without the cool audio! 😂
@@FrostyButter I think I've heard Hasanabi say those exact words, and yeah... it's unfortunately true. I remember feeling that way back when news about Cheney's new high-tech heart transplant was cheered for in media. The best of healthcare reserved for the worst of people.
@@gooadam "The best of healthcare reserved for the worst of people" sounds entirely too much like the byline from your regional healthcare conglomerate's advertising.
In Canada, left-leaning parties are red and right-leaning are blue as well. It always confuses me that in America, red = right-wing. Especially since it's not really that long ago that the "reds" were the enemy.
My understanding is that originally the Democrats were on the right and the Republicans were on the left, but somewhere in there they swapped over, confusing the rest of the world forever.
I also thought of "Citizen Kane" before Cain and Abel... I guess that proves how secular humanist I am. I probably would have even thought of Michael Caine and "The Caine Mutiny" before Cain and Abel!
I recall seeing Michael Caine on the old Mike Douglas TV talk show here in the US back in the '70s. Mike said something like, '..Michael, you've been in some of the best movies ever, but some of the worst as well. How do you explain that?" Caine replied, 'It's a job. I have a family to feed and bills to pay. If there's a script on my desk, I say yes.' Take the money and run. I can separate the performer from the performance. 😀 Like Emma said, at least he (Ray WIse) plays the good guy in this. And anyone who's ever seen a GnD film knows that the good guys always lose in these stupid things.
@@panamafloyd1469 I don't remember who it was who said it, but one actor apparently said something like, "I look at the movie we made with Jaws 3, and I feel bad. Then I look at the house I bought with my pay from Jaws 3, and I feel better."
@johnmcclure40 I'm pretty sure that was a Michael Cain quote. I think it was the Jaws that was in 3D? Not really sure, but I like that he's upfront about being in an awful movie for the money. 😂
Happy accident or clever casting having Ray Wise play the villain since he played the literal Devil in mid-2000s series Reaper? Either way that's some beautiful symmetry
Some people think god is real, others think Hannibal Lector is real..... funny thing is that the ones that believe in God vote for the one that believes in Hannibal.... making Hannibal greater than God ;-)
Man, it would be fun to see God's Not Dead as a series get reviewed properly by Emma. I'm only more familiar with the first two, but this one seems like it's going to get extra fucky-wucky too.
Per Christianity (I was a devout believer until age 20/now a humanist): Jesus taught followers to not become involved in politics or earthly government. Satan tempted him with rulership over nations and Jesus rejected it. Jesus taught his followers to separate politics from faith ("render unto Caesar" -- pay taxes, etc -- but keep faith in God). Christians are not to seek temporal earthly power, which corrupts, but God's Kingdom, which is eternal. Christians are not to be like progressives (me!) who seek to build human movements/governments to create justice but to wait on Jesus to return and establish the Kingdom of God. You are not to be impatient and "do it yourself" but to wait on the Lord faithfully. "For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" Mark 8:36 I'm astounded how Christians no longer ask themselves: WWJD? Now its Trump/MAGA/power and money.
"I'm not a politician, I'm a priest! Yeah I know it looks the same, but it's different, just trust me. Now where's my campaign mon*cough* I mean tithe?"
I'm a Christian though it's very depressing these days with what the right is doing in His name. Not sure He would have a problem with citizens of a democratic republic exercising their right to vote. Just not to create a new zion or theocratic government. You can't please God by compelling somebody to do / refrain from doing something. Just my $.02
Jesus' second temptation...he turned it down. I don't think there's even one christian in ten thousand - in the U.S. at least - who would do the same. The rest...if he promised them absolute political power, they'd sign the devil's contract eagerly, without a second thought.
The only Christian sect that seems to understand that is Jehowa Witnesses. As much as I disagree with the org I also can't help but respect their fight for religious/political neutrality in the USA. They fought in courts to have the freedom to not participate in daily brainwashing, I mean reciting the pledge of allegiance You can't serve two masters. Too many Christians seem to forget it. They allow earthly politics influence their religion. Nothing about New Testament even suggests that you should be against immigration. The only arguments I hear are secular. And yet religious people delude themselves into beliving it's something God wants
i started watching this early this morning, saw Ray Wise and had the 'im not in the mood to be disappointed by that man right now' and had to return to the video later. Only five minutes in it's good to see my reaction wasn't unique xD
Another week passes, and once again I must persist through the disappointment of not hearing Emma read CS Lewis to filth. I shall endure for another week in this purgatory. (Ps: great vid. Very funny. I do genuinely love everything you make.)
I think the film you remember Regan from is 'Last Ounce of Courage' which also opens up with a Regan Speech. That was the christmas film where an old man throws a temper tantrum, because he can't put christian stuff on public buildings.
@@mikeknowles5848 He was also Laura Palmer's doomed dad Leland Palmer in Twin Peaks. He also had a Great role in a Star Trek Voyager episode as a helpful alien who was actually trying to get the crew assimilated by the Borg in revenge for Janeway and co. inadvertently causing his entire species to be assimilated. Just one minor TV role out of loads of things the prolific character actor has been in, but a memorable one.
@@PeteOtton He was also in Atlas Shrugged 2, so one has to wonder. But he's appeared in so much garbage that he mustn't turn any role he's offered down. It's likely he'll have as many ultimate stinkers as classics.
Not too far off, weather phenomenons are gods specialty after all. Maybe a threat of a new flood brought in by watery snarknados? Because the gays stole the rainbow, the symbol that stands for god not sending another flood. I'd watch it 😂
First they tell me God is dead. Then he's not dead. Then he's dead and trans people killed him. And now he's not dead again? I'm christian myself but goddamn they gotta make their minds up already
Ray Wise - known for such roles as President Michael Dugan in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2; the Secretary of State in X-Men: First Class and Vice President Hal Gardner in 25 - has a face and voice absolutely made for politics, and a salary range made for productions working on a tight budget. (He was also the prosecutor in God's Not Dead 2, playing the same character as he is here.)
for some extra context, on the quote at 8:36 "Gods not the target; the country is. God's just standing in their way," is a reference to something trump says about supposedly standing in the way of democrats trying to "get" his voting base.
@@RichardVanTassel It was interesting to note the constant use of 'They' as an undefined, constant threat in the background. Who are 'They'? It's never explained. But according to the film trailer, They are trying to take away Christian rights, They are trying to shut down churches, They are trying to stop God, etc etc etc. It's tiresome.
Ray Wise is actually really good in a small role in George Clooney's "Goodnight and Good Luck". That film is brilliant and unfortunately kind of forgotten. I'm not sure it's even available on bluray...(?) Watch it if you can. Great David Strathairn performance as Edward R Murrow.
Ngl, I love Ray Wise being in these films (I swear he was in another god's not dead film) as a bad guy, specifically because he plays the devil in Reaper (the TV series)
I'm only a few minutes in, but I'm cracking up at your mention of the song "God's Not Dead, he's surely alive..." because my son & I have joked about that ever since you covered it a long time ago and you called it "an absolute fucking bop!" 😂 And you have a very nice singing voice, btw!
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Alright, old joke time. If the God wasn't dead already, then those movies killed him
Indeed... I broke up with a woman who made me watch the first one! That about killed me... otherwise she was wonderful!
God is dead, stop hitting now..maybe ... it's dead ...
Pretty sure these movies have pushed a lot of people _away_ from God...
This one has Bob Loblaw, tho!
God is a horse; horses exist; therefore, God exists. Damn it all to Hell. They've done it. I'm a theist now.
I love how they think the problem with the federal government is "not enough Christians in Congress". It's literally 90% Christian already
To be fair, they would probably say most of those are "not really" or "the wrong kind of" Christian.
Truly. There are loads of pastors who then run for congress. Nobody bats an eye. Emma was right on the money that an outspoken atheist or Muslim will fall under far more scrutiny on the U.S.
Hell, our only Muslim congress members are frequently denounced by far right folks as “non-American”.
@@jonathanross2304 they can't be honest. That would go against their persecution complex
conventional wisdom says an atheist wouldn't even be able to be elected in the U.S. (they only make up .2 % of Congress, even though 26% of the American public are "unaffiliated" or even GASP atheist).
@@jakobt15
Didn't coin the term but martyrbation 😉
I kept hearing ‘pasta dave’ which is objectively better
"Drink this tomato sauce, for it is my blood"
You're thinking of the Pastafarians, worshippers of the Great Spaghetti Monster.
Not me thinking who is pasta dave😂😂.
He's no chef-magi
That is what she is saying tbf
“Where did we go wrong, God?”
About four movies ago, I’ll wager
The writing room for the first one… lol
Fun fact: When Nietzsche proclaimed “God is dead,” he was not declaring that a literal deity had died, but rather pointing out that the concept of God and absolute moral values that religion, especially Christianity, had upheld for centuries were losing their influence in European society.
Yep, of course he was against religion and saw religious people as sheep, but also thought a serious decline in religion would have bad side-effects.
also scientific advances deminished the need of a god as explaination even back in Nietzsche's time so i see that "god is dead" as an impulse to shed the supersticious believes of old
@@dannyvanhecke Yep I remember my Prof. telling us that Nietzsche's philosophical ideas were a double edged sword.
@@SolitaryCore-mj2mr Science still can't explain how the universe came into existence though, that's still a mystery.. if there would be some kind of "God" it's beyond our current monkey brains. I'm still open to theories that sound mystical.. Donald Hoffman is a serious educated person who has interesting ideas.
"God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him." It wasn't even necessarily in indictment of religion but underpin the foundation that religion served and was one half of his thesis statement (the other half being a new morality will be needed to replace it. Interestingly, he did not believe *he* would but identified at least the literary Jesus as one who did in his time. Nietzsche was *deep* people.)
I'm glad she cut the trailer up and added commentary to ease the pain, can't imagine watching the actual movie.
As someone from the US currently experiencing a major election cycle, the idea of "The Christian Right" in general gaining any kind of prominance scares the crap out of me even if it's in a film. The fact that it's happening in real life and there are people showing signs of the belief that Church and State shouldn't remain seperated is doubly frightening. I'd go deeper into depth, but the trama is that real for me.
I don't even live in the US and I also find that idea deeply unsettling :/
@@ShintogaDeathAngel USA is dominating the world and if the Red Danger has ever been real - it is now and in form of conservatism and not the way it was sold in the propaganda from the 60's and the 70's - now it is a threat to humanism and comes in form of a bloody cult with conspiracy theories and bold lies that anyone that isn't a total braindead should easily recognize as such.
You do realize that politicians only pander to their constituents they don't actual implement their policies. For example, when the Heritage Foundation published the ludicrous Project 2025 EVEN the Trump people said, "Are you f'ing NUTS". Remember, all politicians are actors with scripts full of lies. Their objective is to convince the People the Federal government is need in every part of their life. The truth is they do little more than drag us deeper in debt.
It's actually giving me night terrors. The way I see it, if Trump wins his cult will take it upon themselves to be the morality police and cause violence that way. If Trump looses, his cult will go insane and cause violence. I have already planned my escape. I know it sounds paranoid but the have explicitly stated that there will be bloodshed.
Speaking as someone who lives in a country where the Church and State are only separated on paper (Croatia), I can definetely say that it's very scary to a certain degree. It's like living in the USSR or Yugoslavia except you get persecuted for speaking out against religion, not politics.
You are correct. A political candidate being openly Christian is extremely common in the United States. If anything, being openly an atheist would be more of a scandal than anything.
One nation under god was added during the red scare .-.
"In God We Trust" was also added to paper money in 57 under the same reasoning of... fighting communism.
Idk how it does that... lol.
And justified by claiming that it wasn't about religion, but as a term for emphasis, to try and get around that pesky first amendment.
Because heaven forbid we get notions of distributing wealth downward
My favorite is the persecution complex. Like, not believing in their God somehow=trying to kill their God.
For many of these people, not believing in God the exact way that they do = fake Christians out to get them. By that measure, they have loads of “enemies” that are persecuting them. It would be fascinating if they weren’t so desperately trying to take over the seats of power and erase anyone that doesn’t live by their rules.
I remember when the first film came out, a youth pastor I knew took his student group to see it in theaters, and at the end of the film it encourages all the people to text “God’s not dead” to all of their contacts.
When a few of them did just that, they received several replies telling them to bugger off and the like. Furthering a self-fulfilling prophesy of being oh so persecuted for their faith.
@@Saezimmerman That's exactly what nationalism is. The project is not complete until all the undesirables are expelled or x'ed and the "nation" are all that remain.
Well, the horse they’re beating is certainly dead by now.
They're turning it into a zombie horse... and not the cool kind from a standard horror film.
The horse they're beating died a couple centuries ago, at least.
That horse will rise again on the third day.
As an atheist, i liked the first movie. The main message felt more like sticking up to authoritarians. No teacher has the right to base a grade on your religion. ❤
just like Jesus
I love how your accent makes it sound like you're saying "Pasta Dave" every time you say Pastor Dave. I will forever refer to this character as "Pasta Dave."
7:56 Correct, it’s very normal over here for both republicans AND democrats to be openly Christian. The only time people are questioned about their beliefs are when their specific church/denomination is involved with controversy. Like, President Biden is only asked about Catholicism when the Catholic Church does something weird.
Honestly, politicians in the US have to prove that they're *more* Christian than their opponents. Atheism, other faiths, or trashing religion in general is seen as a campaign killer. But leave it to a Christian movie to pretend it's literally reversed.
Best way to win a election? "Muslim bad, Christian #1!"
Please remember some of the other denomination don't consider Catholics to be Christian. LOL
@@mmoreno7137 oh I definitely remember that, it's very silly lol
it's so goofy that they act like this. like they're "persecuted" in America. but then the next breath saying that the country is a Christian nation. which is it?? can't be both
I can't beleive that these movies actually make into theaters. I thought they all went to the "hallmark channels or "right" to DVD
I’ve heard this is the first one to make it to the cinema.
@@tatrocks100 I'm kind of surprised they are willing to let us the non believers to see their sacred...well what ever wanna call that crap-show
Literally meet someone who left Christianity because of these movies
😂😂
I need more details. What specifically made them leave? The acting?
The first one went on my Mormon "shelf" but didn't break it. 😂
@@PAN-ickmode247 ah, yes, the great irony
If that's the case, then I support more of these filns
The cinematic version of 'Then everybody stood up and started clapping'
Emma has a very nice singing voice.
So true.
right! she gives me major Julie Andrews vibes, we ❤ u Emma!! 😊
She really does! Unfortunately the song she was singing gave me flashbacks to the times when I was a youth praise band leader and so all of my cringing got in the way of me fully appreciating it 😭😂
Making the title of the movie "God's Not Dead: In God We Trust" is like calling a Superman movie "The Adventures of Superman: Superman Returns".
Can't wait until God's Not Dead 15: Bringer of Guns.
Word on the street is the release date is 6/6/66
Jesus has an m16 like in South Park
I want to see "God's Not Dead 69" and later "God's Not Dead 666".
@@dalesplitstone6276My 666 conspiracy is based on the fact that the most common place to find the number 666 is in the bible, it just don't look good for christians when you point that out 🤷🙂↔️😌
Sooner or later, "God's not dead" is dead, because it had a beginning.
This is the Evangelical version of Fast and Furious and it's equally as terrible.
Ray Wise was also Evil ACLU Lawyer in God's Not Dead 2. So he's probably reprising his role here.
And he was not Captain Pike, that was Bruce Greenwood
"Without God (and his dictatorship) democracy will fail."
Yeah ok, that makes sense.
"Elect our Dear Leader to Head of State for Life, so we can preserve Democracy!"
-evangelical Christians who never heard of irony
"God" went merrily along without a hint of democracy for at least 5,700 years, if we're to believe the bible...but now democracy can't survive with "god"? Yeah, just another thing only a christian would believe.
Testify, brother! We need democracy, in order to secure God's kingdom upon the earth. Seems pretty obvious if you don't think about it any further.
Testify, brother! We need democracy, in order to secure God's kingdom upon the earth. Seems pretty obvious if you don't think about it any further.
How anyone, believer or otherwise, makes a connection between the biblical god and democracy is beyond me. The whole concept of democracy is explicitly anti-biblical.
Not All us Americans are fucked up, more of us than you know has got yer back!!! Yer a treasure sweetheart!!!
Pastor Dave looks like a bargain bin Chuck Norris.
When Pastor Dave does press-ups the earth moves .000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 micrometres!
When Pastor Dave gave a horse an uppercut, the horse had a sore lip for a while!
Chuckles played a guy named Kane in An eye for an eye. He was the evil one? I thought it was Christopher Lee.
When Pastor Dave summons the wind, there's a very mild breeze!
Anymore, Chuck Norris is bargain basement CN! He and his son are involved in making these kind of movies.
oh, man, that guy was so good in Twin Peaks, but also in Reaper (he's The Devil). If you don't know "Reaper", look it up. It's great
Yes, Reaper, I wish that show had gone on for a few more seasons. It was fantastic.
We are God's snot. May we all fear the Coming of the Great White Handkerchief!
Bless you
Better that than Vogon Poetry!
Emma could make a commentary on watching paint dry and I would still watch it.
Ray Wise is a returning actor. He was the evil atheist lawyer in the second one.
Of course, in these films, the words evil and atheist are synonymous. And in this films pastors are much better than lawyers or professors or social workers opposed to Christian overreach.
Funnily he also played the devil in a show called Reaper 😂
I came to say this. His character was a lawyer for the ACLU.
In general, the position that the ACLU takes on a given issue is a good moral barometer.
With few exceptions, the side they take on an issue is the side that history views as morally correct.
I love his Skip Reming character that he played in Newsreaders.
You mean Councilor Satan?
Perhaps you did not recognize Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas, as the talk show host. He also denies the concept of separation of church and state and believes that the Constitution is biblically based. His daughter, Sarah, is governor now.
Nepo Fascists
He's the one that looks like Droopy Dog's abusive dad.
and she is more crooked than Louisiana’s governors were since the depression. literal thief.
And she looks just like him
Two women talking about the Christian Nationalist deity would not pass the Bechdel Test. They're very clear that their god is male. God the Father and all that. Also, I bet you won't find two women talking without a man present in any scene in this movie.
I imagine christian movie makers have a lot of difficulty with the Bechdel test.
Two women could talk about makeup to pass the test, it’s not hard, lol.
Lol yeah even though God wouldn't technically have a gender as God and other deities were generally ethereal beings that had no reproductive organs on their bodies as they would not need to physically reproduce. It's just that the English language has very limited number of pronouns and of course, modern religion still remains largely male-dominated so they opt in with God is male even though again, not how it would work.
And that's like the lowest standard in movies
I mean the original intent of the Bechdel-Wallace test was to set the minimum bar for there possibly being a lesbian in a movie, before movies were really allowed to openly identify homosexual characters. So with that in mind, two women talking about the Christian Nationalist god would definitely not pass the test, as homosexuality would be a sin to them. EDIT: Assuming they are Christians discussing the deity in positive terms, I guess... If there are two women arguing about the separation of church and state, then it might pass?
I'm technically a Christian and I fuckin Love Ms Emma and her poignant insight and views, absolutely brilliant. If more Christians approached the faith & life in general from the perspective of an atheist, they would then truly see what is more important in the world than looking at it from their moral high ground perspective.
based on a book?!?!?!? I thought they were just working through the list of stories Christians tell online that are 'totally true and not made up' when they claim to be the persecuted group in america. Every God Not's Dead film script starts life as a facebook post by the family relative I'm too polite to block.
"And then everyone clapped and cried..."
It was a book that was popular around 20+years ago
@@dresden2049 yeah but I could have sworn the story about the christian standing up to the philosophy lecturer was even older. I remember hearing it before facebook was even a thing. In fact the annoying born again christian who lived 2 doors to me in university told me it as a 'true story' about 6 months into our first year of university. So thats at least 2003.
Yeah a quick google shows the 'christian student vs atheist teacher' story is an ancient chain mail story, the actual 'god's not dead' book seems to only share it's name with the original film's plot, or maybe the chain mail was included in the book.
@@connla oh I am sure. That is their comfort blanket story. They tell themselves this story cuz it would never happen like that. I just remember working at target and it was there next to the “the secret” lol
The ironic thing is, there is actual persecution of christians happening in the world...just not in America. And these christians making these films could not care less about it. So they ignore real persecution of real christians, and instead make up stories focused on them feeling sorry for themselves, and how someday they're gonna get even....with loads and loads of American flags, of course.
Ray Wise (Kane) played The Devil in a CW show called Reaper around 2007.
Thank you! I was wracking my brains trying to remember what it was called. He was great as Satan - very 50's era Rat Pack Prince of Darkness.
Hoping for a Left Behind/Gods not dead crossover.
Triple cross over: God's Not Dead/Left Behind/I Am Legend.
Friend who works in a bookstore tells of the day when this guy came up to the counter with an armful of Left Behind books pissed that he found them in the fiction section and demanded that they should be put in the history section.
She tried to explain to him that the events in the books didn't happen, but he said that that didn't matter they are real stories.
Man I wasn't expecting them to make a prequel for the Handmaid's tale.
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I'm still waiting for a film in which Pastor Dave has to fight Nietzsche to finally clarify whether God is dead or not.
Oh, that's gonna be God's Not Dead 10: Eurotrip
Ooh ooh does he wrestle him naked like Jacob and the angel?
@@danakchampion I hope so!
Thanks for showing me this Emma! As an American, I didn't know I was supposed to be hopeless? Here I've been very happy and upbeat. I really need to beat down this happiness I keep having ;-)
God will never die, while he can still get $$$ from the faithful.
All it needs are a few shills to promote and sell the faith. (And clip the ticket 100% on the way thru).
Correction: The concept of God will never die so long as it can be leveraged to gain power. And yeah $$$.
Thank you for reviewing these. Its helped alot with my FIL since he loves them and i like to argue with him about them.
Emma, you and John Oliver keep me sane. We should have kept the best parts of you Brits😅
Instead of that, we became this, haha.
They both should be considered national treasures as far as I'm concerned. 🥰🥰
@@Tman001100seconded
In the immortal words of the tagline for "Scorcher VI: Global Meltdown" ( Starring Tugg Speedman) :
"Here we go again. Again!"
Bruce Greenwood played Pike in Star Trek (2009). Ray Wise was in a short film in 2016 where he played Joshua Pike.
Not relevant, I know, but Star Trek trivia is often all I have to contribute
Edit: Pastor Dave's dye job makes me uncomfortable.
Fake News! Pastor Dave has no need for dye. God is his hair stylist. You should try praying and you too can have holy hair.
Ray Wise also plays a spectacularly creepy unsub in an episode of Criminal Minds!
Thanks for that, I thought I was losing my mind (And at my age it is a viable possibility) but wasn't bothered about it enough to fact check it.
I just always remember Ray Wise as being the President in the C&C Red Alert cinematics.
Wise also shows up as a guest in one episode each of TNG and Voyager, playing different characters
I find it interesting that they specifically have the antagonist talk about _separation of church and state._ They saying the quiet part extremely loudly.
God Snot sounds like a cool band name or character
r/itemshop type beat
It has to be a garage punk group somewhere
It's ok to change the size of that bracelet, i didn't realise i made it that big. I'm happy to see you wear it.
All bracelets/watches etc are giant on me, I have super tiny wrists. So comparatively it feels normal sized to me :D
I've seen several vids on God's Not Dead 5 and even now when you said that this was about God's Not Dead 5 I STILL went "wait, there's FIVE of them???"
The only franchise I can think of that made 5 movies was Ice Age.
@@HungryWarden There's five ICE AGE MOVIES?!
@@lrose5522 Yeah. The fifth one sucks.
@@HungryWarden i didn't even know they made more after 2, apparently we don't get movies to the rock I live under
My son’s service dog is named “Cane,” and the side-eye she gave Emma when she said her name was intense!
God's not dead: this time, it's biblical.
God's Not Dead 6: This time, it's political
god’s not dead 7: THE REVENGE
Remember that the Ronald Reagan that appears in this film raised an atheist son named Ron Jr.
"Raising" is pretty generous.
Ray Wise's character was also in one of the other films where he was a lawyer. He also played the devil in Reaper. I like to imagine that they're actually in the same universe and every time Cane shows up it's just the devil screwing with christians for fun.
8:37 The “God’s just standing in the way” is a direct reference to Trump’s “I’m just standing in the way” quote.
Which is a standard fascist saying.
"We've got to elect the most Christian candidate...." So, anyone but Trump?
On paper, yes. In practice, he has a lot in common with your average Bible thumper.
I’m always saddened when I try explaining to Trumpers that Biden is a practicing Catholic and Trump not only isn’t Christian but knows little about religion at all.
They seem astounded by this because they take it as assumed that politicians should force their religion on others so Biden can’t be a good Catholic since he doesn’t do that. And they completely ignore all evidence that Trump isn’t Christian because they don’t really care, just as long as he forces their religion on everyone else.
@@DoctorBiobrain Well Trump has said "nobody has done more for religion than me". Him saying "I am bigger than Jesus." would have been more modest.
@@ExplodingtonIn practice he only has much in common with the loudmouths who everyone avoids but who actually turn out to vote en masse.
@@joachimschoderYeah, he’s *way* bigger than a 5’1” Jewish carpenter from 2000 years ago
05:43 I’ve actually gotten to hangout with Ray Wise and shoot-the-shit up in Snoqualmie (where they filmed Twin Peaks) he’s chill AF. I’d give better than even odds this was just a paycheck. He would likely say something akin to “somebody’s got to pay my mortgage” if asked about this part.
Christianity has been taking a huge hit recently, come to think of it ever since the "Gods not Dead" franchise started. What an interesting coincidence.
Probably the other way around -- the last spasm of a declining religion.
God's not dead, but at this point, He's awfully embarrassed.
Jesus had a deadbeat dad who expected Him to fight his battles for him. he set Him up and left Him to His fate…. if any of Scripture is accurate, He’s trying to ditch those dodgy followers of His. I guess they’d say “all part of the Plan” yadda yadda yadda. if there will ever be a true form of Christianity, it will come after this one falls.
Hmmm...wonder if this franchise is attempting to follow in disney/marvel's footsteps...if so, it's going to continue to drop like ordnance released from a Stuka's attack run...without the cool audio! 😂
Gods not dead 5: God harder.
Serious Die Hard vibes there. 🤣🤣
Gods not dead 6: Godageddon
God's Not Dead 7; JESUSMANIA!!!
@@Tman001100 it was either that or Godnado
Equal parts insightful and hilarious, brilliant stuff Emma!
Santa God might not be dead, but Henry Kissinger sure is. Praise Jeeves, the almighty butler in the clouds.
No! Hail Santa, and his eight mighty reindeer disciples!!!
@@FrostyButter I think I've heard Hasanabi say those exact words, and yeah... it's unfortunately true. I remember feeling that way back when news about Cheney's new high-tech heart transplant was cheered for in media. The best of healthcare reserved for the worst of people.
I'm only there for the Xmas chocolate
@@gooadam "The best of healthcare reserved for the worst of people" sounds entirely too much like the byline from your regional healthcare conglomerate's advertising.
Emma you have a very lovely singing voice.
Not bad singing there Emma. Would love to hear more. 😁
I really want an Emma Musical Theatre Karaoke video!
On a non "God's Not Dead" tangent, I love your shirt, it's very cool!
In Canada, left-leaning parties are red and right-leaning are blue as well. It always confuses me that in America, red = right-wing. Especially since it's not really that long ago that the "reds" were the enemy.
Yup. That was a definite learning curve for me.
It's due to an arbitrary choice some news channels made when talking about the 2000 election and coloring in maps for display, and it stuck.
I think the red is a better colour choice, as red is often used to mark something evil or dangerous.
My understanding is that originally the Democrats were on the right and the Republicans were on the left, but somewhere in there they swapped over, confusing the rest of the world forever.
@@huttj509It really isn't, they've been around a lot longer than that.
I love that Ray Wise is in all these after literally playing The Devil in Reaper.
Someone says the name Kane, I immediately think of a sled called Rosebud.
I think of... uh... shit. I have no association with the name kane
I also thought of "Citizen Kane" before Cain and Abel... I guess that proves how secular humanist I am. I probably would have even thought of Michael Caine and "The Caine Mutiny" before Cain and Abel!
(Insert mandatory “oh no you spoiled that 80yo movie for me” quip here.)
I thought of a sugar cane for some reason.
Why you whippersnappers! (shakes Kane)
Yeah and you forgot Ray Wise was also in RoboCop 🤖
What I can't fathom is how anyone can believe an all-powerful God could be thwarted by one of the lackeys from _Robocop._
And he was Alec Holland in Swamp Thing and the devil in Reaper.
I guess it's gotten even worse since the iron chariots thing
God takes x4 damage off Cobra Assaul Cannon's elemental attack type.
Twin peaks is filmed in Washington state and I remember the fame Washington state became must visit for twin peak fans to visit.
Got my "Disappointing Celebrity Appearance" square on the God Awful Movies bingo card!
I recall seeing Michael Caine on the old Mike Douglas TV talk show here in the US back in the '70s. Mike said something like, '..Michael, you've been in some of the best movies ever, but some of the worst as well. How do you explain that?"
Caine replied, 'It's a job. I have a family to feed and bills to pay. If there's a script on my desk, I say yes.' Take the money and run. I can separate the performer from the performance. 😀
Like Emma said, at least he (Ray WIse) plays the good guy in this. And anyone who's ever seen a GnD film knows that the good guys always lose in these stupid things.
@@panamafloyd1469 I don't remember who it was who said it, but one actor apparently said something like, "I look at the movie we made with Jaws 3, and I feel bad. Then I look at the house I bought with my pay from Jaws 3, and I feel better."
@johnmcclure40 I'm pretty sure that was a Michael Cain quote. I think it was the Jaws that was in 3D? Not really sure, but I like that he's upfront about being in an awful movie for the money. 😂
Happy accident or clever casting having Ray Wise play the villain since he played the literal Devil in mid-2000s series Reaper? Either way that's some beautiful symmetry
0:28 Oh... Kane and Abel... I was thinking Kane and Lynch XD
Charles Foster Kane
I can't wait for Cinema Snob's review.
Some people think god is real, others think Hannibal Lector is real..... funny thing is that the ones that believe in God vote for the one that believes in Hannibal.... making Hannibal greater than God ;-)
Man, it would be fun to see God's Not Dead as a series get reviewed properly by Emma. I'm only more familiar with the first two, but this one seems like it's going to get extra fucky-wucky too.
Per Christianity (I was a devout believer until age 20/now a humanist): Jesus taught followers to not become involved in politics or earthly government. Satan tempted him with rulership over nations and Jesus rejected it. Jesus taught his followers to separate politics from faith ("render unto Caesar" -- pay taxes, etc -- but keep faith in God). Christians are not to seek temporal earthly power, which corrupts, but God's Kingdom, which is eternal. Christians are not to be like progressives (me!) who seek to build human movements/governments to create justice but to wait on Jesus to return and establish the Kingdom of God. You are not to be impatient and "do it yourself" but to wait on the Lord faithfully.
"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" Mark 8:36 I'm astounded how Christians no longer ask themselves: WWJD? Now its Trump/MAGA/power and money.
"I'm not a politician, I'm a priest! Yeah I know it looks the same, but it's different, just trust me. Now where's my campaign mon*cough* I mean tithe?"
I'm a Christian though it's very depressing these days with what the right is doing in His name. Not sure He would have a problem with citizens of a democratic republic exercising their right to vote. Just not to create a new zion or theocratic government. You can't please God by compelling somebody to do / refrain from doing something. Just my $.02
From memory the Pope retconned that?
Jesus' second temptation...he turned it down. I don't think there's even one christian in ten thousand - in the U.S. at least - who would do the same. The rest...if he promised them absolute political power, they'd sign the devil's contract eagerly, without a second thought.
The only Christian sect that seems to understand that is Jehowa Witnesses. As much as I disagree with the org I also can't help but respect their fight for religious/political neutrality in the USA. They fought in courts to have the freedom to not participate in daily brainwashing, I mean reciting the pledge of allegiance
You can't serve two masters. Too many Christians seem to forget it. They allow earthly politics influence their religion. Nothing about New Testament even suggests that you should be against immigration. The only arguments I hear are secular. And yet religious people delude themselves into beliving it's something God wants
i started watching this early this morning, saw Ray Wise and had the 'im not in the mood to be disappointed by that man right now' and had to return to the video later. Only five minutes in it's good to see my reaction wasn't unique xD
Dammit I am gonna have to wait till dark now, I need to check where i buried God again, this is the 5th time grrrr
😂😂
I just realized your voice is so amazing
Another week passes, and once again I must persist through the disappointment of not hearing Emma read CS Lewis to filth. I shall endure for another week in this purgatory.
(Ps: great vid. Very funny. I do genuinely love everything you make.)
I think the film you remember Regan from is 'Last Ounce of Courage' which also opens up with a Regan Speech.
That was the christmas film where an old man throws a temper tantrum, because he can't put christian stuff on public buildings.
Ray Wise was also a sadistic thug in Robocop, a far more dignified role than here.
Oh yeah! That’s where I know that face from, but I was too lazy to go on IMDB. LoL. Thanks!
@@mikeknowles5848 He was also Laura Palmer's doomed dad Leland Palmer in Twin Peaks.
He also had a Great role in a Star Trek Voyager episode as a helpful alien who was actually trying to get the crew assimilated by the Borg in revenge for Janeway and co. inadvertently causing his entire species to be assimilated.
Just one minor TV role out of loads of things the prolific character actor has been in, but a memorable one.
is he fallen on hard financial times or has he gone full sorbo?
@@PeteOtton He was also in Atlas Shrugged 2, so one has to wonder. But he's appeared in so much garbage that he mustn't turn any role he's offered down. It's likely he'll have as many ultimate stinkers as classics.
This guy puts the "pity me" in "epitome", was all I could thinks about after your response on the 11m mark. lol
I'm still waiting for the god's not dead/sharknado crossover.
Sharknado’s Not Dead?
@@kayleescruggs6888 Sharknado’s Not Dead: Seawater into Wine
"God's not Dead 6: He's not - But you are." Coming to theaters this Christmas.
Not too far off, weather phenomenons are gods specialty after all. Maybe a threat of a new flood brought in by watery snarknados? Because the gays stole the rainbow, the symbol that stands for god not sending another flood. I'd watch it 😂
I never realised what an amazing voice you had till now! 😲
Pastor Dave look like the lead singer from Nickelback.
Now I feel bad for him...
... For the vocalist of Nickelback, that is.
That’s pretty fucked up man…Chad is a Canadian treasure.
I completely agree, I should’ve said he looks like a Christian thrift store version😂
i havent even watched hardly any of the video yet but I have to say that I love your shirt SO MUCH. Oh my god, it's incredible.
Ray Wise was Satan in 2007-2009's TV show Reaper and also apparently in Satan and Jesus Discuss Peyton Manning which I somehow missed.
He also appeared in The chilling adventures of Sabrina, which certainly isn't popular among evangelicals either
That's why he looked familiar. I forgot about 'Reaper'.
Always makes my day when I see you posted another video!!
First they tell me God is dead. Then he's not dead. Then he's dead and trans people killed him. And now he's not dead again? I'm christian myself but goddamn they gotta make their minds up already
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Also he keeps getting kicked out of schools, malls, and other places where people gather despite also being everywhere all the time watching everyone.
Oh my Kenny, they killed God!
God's Not Dead six is probably going to be him running for President.
Ray Wise - known for such roles as President Michael Dugan in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2; the Secretary of State in X-Men: First Class and Vice President Hal Gardner in 25 - has a face and voice absolutely made for politics, and a salary range made for productions working on a tight budget.
(He was also the prosecutor in God's Not Dead 2, playing the same character as he is here.)
Loved him in Reaper. I was very disappointed that was cancelled.
5:35 no, alas, he was also the Evil Atheist Prosecutor in the second God's Not Dead film
Ray Wise also played the Devil in an underrated show called Reaper
Had to help my brother put an alternator on my niece's car and I kept thinking about how I had to get back and watch Emma's new video. 😊
for some extra context, on the quote at 8:36 "Gods not the target; the country is. God's just standing in their way," is a reference to something trump says about supposedly standing in the way of democrats trying to "get" his voting base.
@@RichardVanTassel It was interesting to note the constant use of 'They' as an undefined, constant threat in the background. Who are 'They'? It's never explained. But according to the film trailer, They are trying to take away Christian rights, They are trying to shut down churches, They are trying to stop God, etc etc etc. It's tiresome.
So they're literally equating Trump with God. Yikes
oh my god bless you for making me aware there was a new Wiseau film, that trailer is AMAZING
Ray Wise is actually really good in a small role in George Clooney's "Goodnight and Good Luck".
That film is brilliant and unfortunately kind of forgotten. I'm not sure it's even available on bluray...(?) Watch it if you can. Great David Strathairn performance as Edward R Murrow.
Ngl, I love Ray Wise being in these films (I swear he was in another god's not dead film) as a bad guy, specifically because he plays the devil in Reaper (the TV series)
they played us these films and PragerU in school, and I don't even live in America.
I'm assuming you went to either a religious, charter or private school, because that would not happen in a public or state school in any country.
Which country did that happen in?
@@danielcraft1971 it would totally happen in public school in Denmark
@@danielcraft1971 In ‘any’ country? Sounds like you don’t understand the world outside of yours.
@@Fluoman_ slovakia, I went to a public bilingual school
I'm only a few minutes in, but I'm cracking up at your mention of the song "God's Not Dead, he's surely alive..." because my son & I have joked about that ever since you covered it a long time ago and you called it "an absolute fucking bop!" 😂
And you have a very nice singing voice, btw!
One of my favourite video game characters is called Kainé. I'm not sure it's a bibble reference though.
Now I want a "John Wick" style movie of someone trying to make God dead...