The History Channel Detectives

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  • Опубликовано: 19 дек 2021
  • What REALLY happened when Jesus of Nazareth was born? What's the TRUE story behind all the Christmas myths, legends, and fables?
    The History Channel Detectives are here to figure it out.
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  • @morgant.dulaman8733
    @morgant.dulaman8733 2 года назад +303

    "To be fair, you just described 98% of Lutheran Pastors"
    "Ooh, Touche."
    While I don't always theologically agree with Hans and the others who work on this channel, I can respect satirist who can poke fun at themselves.

    • @jimflys2
      @jimflys2 2 года назад +20

      Well, actually Hans is poking fun at the "Lutheran" pastors out there, who aren't really Lutheran. They are in name only. Matthew represents what actual Lutheran (no air quotes) pastors and laity confess - The truth of the Holy Scriptures, verbal inspiration, inerrant and Holy Spirit given.

    • @ericphillips8268
      @ericphillips8268 2 года назад +12

      @@jimflys2 There's nothing heterodox or sub-Lutheran about being "too pedantic to be an academic, too goofy-looking to be an actor, and too boring to be a politician."

    • @undergroundpublishing
      @undergroundpublishing 2 года назад

      AWWWWW Snap! Just met a Missouri Synod Sunday.
      "We'll, there's many ways to interpret the Bible." when discussing literal hellfire.

    • @stephenstreit1178
      @stephenstreit1178 2 года назад

      100th like on this comment!

    • @MrVara411
      @MrVara411 2 года назад +5

      Pretty sure the comment was directed at the Evangelical arm of Lutherans which is growing like wildfire.

  • @sven179
    @sven179 2 года назад +159

    “Deny the existence of poke dealers and then conclude I am the luckiest guy in the world” 😂😂😂

    • @douglasmcnay644
      @douglasmcnay644 2 года назад +7

      I also lost it when they said this...🤣

  • @zacharyclark5617
    @zacharyclark5617 2 года назад +186

    The History Channel stopped being the History Channel for a long time.

    • @AdirondackRuby
      @AdirondackRuby 2 года назад +14

      The only good thing worth watching there is Forged In Fire.

    • @jimflys2
      @jimflys2 2 года назад +13

      ...stopped being the History Channel long ago in history. :)

    • @samuelmccafferty787
      @samuelmccafferty787 2 года назад +1

      @@AdirondackRuby 100%

    • @lmtrainshorses4650
      @lmtrainshorses4650 2 года назад +1

      It was the WW1 WW2 channel for a while. Then....

    • @OrotheYeesaurus3
      @OrotheYeesaurus3 11 месяцев назад

      I'm not saying it was aliens, but it was aliens

  • @LittleMushroomGuy
    @LittleMushroomGuy 2 года назад +73

    "And yeah the Aliens build the pyramids and hid them in Bosnia, also Hitler has a secret timetravel base hidden on the moon."
    "What do you mean he walked on water?"

  • @daphrose1280
    @daphrose1280 2 года назад +145

    In one of the first lectures of my Historical Theology class at my Christian college, my professor (a brilliant, well-versed scholar in early Church studies) wrote out some names on the board of scholars we should avoid when we were doing research about the early church and its beliefs (Bart Ehrman was among them; I forgot the others). Then she said, "Basically, avoid anyone who has ever been on the History Channel."
    We then had a lengthy discussion about how important it is to stay grounded in Christian community and avoid overwrought, unchecked skepticism. It is sad to see how many people, even former Christians, have chosen to twist the scriptures and early Church history just to get some cash and views. Thankfully, the truth prevails, and the Church marches on against the lies. Thank you for these videos, by the way. They always make me laugh and cause my theologian heart to sing. :)

    • @mikeymcgee1509
      @mikeymcgee1509 2 года назад +4

      The funniest thing about Ehrman is that he makes claims that even atheistic and/or secular scholars would laugh at. That there was an historical man in the first century named Ιησούς (Jesus) whose life and ministry inspired a multiethnic Jewish sect is factually provable. That Ehrman is a Jesus mythicist puts him outside of the scholarly norm (and outside of integrity).

    • @Simul
      @Simul 2 года назад +18

      @@mikeymcgee1509 Ehrman is famously anti-mythicist. Do you have him confused with Richard Carrier?

    • @mikeymcgee1509
      @mikeymcgee1509 2 года назад +5

      @@Simul oops, you're right.

    • @z.a.dewitt8664
      @z.a.dewitt8664 2 года назад +7

      @@mikeymcgee1509 Yeah, Jesus mythicists will often cite Ehrman not realizing he thinks that viewpoint is nuts.

  • @timburleson1078
    @timburleson1078 2 года назад +262

    I'm a Southern Baptist and I love this stuff! I only watch the History Channel for laughs. They should get an Oscar for getting things wrong 99.9% of the time. Especially on Biblical themes.

    • @tintinismybelgian
      @tintinismybelgian 2 года назад +19

      I only watch it for the bladesmithing.

    • @Richardcontramundum
      @Richardcontramundum 2 года назад +8

      wait a minute...are you saying that the History channel is not always historical or factual? Gasp

    • @gch8810
      @gch8810 2 года назад +4

      The History Channel has not had many real historical shows for a while now.

    • @ryansetliff7416
      @ryansetliff7416 2 года назад +1

      At least be an independent Baptist instead of a woke SBC member :P

    • @tintinismybelgian
      @tintinismybelgian 2 года назад

      @@ryansetliff7416 Way to broadbrush an entire group and to pretend as though no independent Baptist churches were woke.

  • @harrisonlauritsen1242
    @harrisonlauritsen1242 2 года назад +117

    You should do one on ancient aliens. I totally lost it when I heard some of their theories, they were so hilariously ridiculous.

    • @m_d1905
      @m_d1905 2 года назад +4

      The entertainment factor was good though.

    • @johnholliday5874
      @johnholliday5874 2 года назад +5

      Well, I mean, the guy with the crazy hair. . . . !

    • @TheJwbooth
      @TheJwbooth 2 года назад +3

      I watch Ancient Aliens "religiously" because I'm a big fan of Ancient Humans. The AA sure are pleased to have the Catholic Church to kick around. They don't have to smear any other religious groups. I have mixed feelings about their exposing the general public to Christian miracles. I think they did 2 shows about Fatima without bringing up the Virgin Mary, the thousands of skeptical witnesses in that field, the villages and cities in Portugal. Eventually they get around to it, but it's sad that their fans get this information wrapped up in their dead fish conspiracy theories

    • @gch8810
      @gch8810 2 года назад +1

      You know the atheists and anti-Christians are desperate when they have to theorize about aliens being the ones who created humans.

    • @sur-real3416
      @sur-real3416 2 года назад +1

      I'm a believer, but also accept the idea of the otherwise unbelievable. Just one example, the Dogon tribe in africa. They have been worshiping the star Sirius B for some 400 years. It was only discovered by modern science in 1970.

  • @williamgammeter5113
    @williamgammeter5113 2 года назад +64

    Love it when you challenge materialists and modernist biases

  • @jimflys2
    @jimflys2 2 года назад +49

    The best day of my life was....well there have been many, but certainly ONE of the top days of my life is when I left and never looked back at those in the Lutheran church who were speaking just like these two interrogators. When I found that I didn't have to be alone in my confession and that there were Lutherans that taught and confessed as Matthew does here, I was at home! It's really great being built up in the faith rather than trying to convert those who are trying to teach you what they ought not. "MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN"

  • @AdirondackRuby
    @AdirondackRuby 2 года назад +126

    "Virgins don't give birth...not even a little bit." LOL! As a virgin, can confirm. I've never even remotely given birth. I've also never been visited by an angel either, so. "...exceedingly rare occurrence followed by..." How boring and sad life must be for people that deny any possibility of miracles.

    • @davidtucker9498
      @davidtucker9498 2 года назад +21

      Well, Mary could have lied, that's the simpler and more likely answer in a vacuum. Jesus' ministry, which included miracles, and his eventual death and resurrection are much, much harder to dismiss, as well as Paul's 180 degree about face later. If we accept those much more surprising and wildly witnessed events, then the virgin birth just isn't that shocking...

    • @ianosgnatiuc
      @ianosgnatiuc 2 года назад

      Every time people were saying "god did it", we found a natural explanation.

    • @evangelicalcatholics
      @evangelicalcatholics 2 года назад +9

      @@ianosgnatiuc Really? Every single time? So there's no unexplained phenomena in this world? Huh...perhaps check your reasoning a bit, because your premise simply isn't true or provable.

    • @ianosgnatiuc
      @ianosgnatiuc 2 года назад

      @@evangelicalcatholics
      Remind me of an explanation which we found to be not natural?

    • @evangelicalcatholics
      @evangelicalcatholics 2 года назад +8

      @@ianosgnatiuc "we" haven't found anything. Further, explanations are only that, explanations based on human observations. Surely you're not suggesting that human observations are the sole dictatorship of objectivity and truth?

  • @Timelord888
    @Timelord888 2 года назад +60

    Somehow these are more believable than the actual ones

    • @CynHicks
      @CynHicks 2 года назад

      I like your PFP. 😉

  • @DrFranklynAnderson
    @DrFranklynAnderson 2 года назад +40

    “The parting of the Red Sea wasn’t a miracle. A volcano exploded on the other side of the Mediterranean, which caused the water to recede before a tidal wave hit land. 🧐”
    “…and this just so happened to be at the exact moment Moses said ‘see the salvation of the Lord’ and stretched out his staff over the water? That timing sounds pretty miraculous to me!”

    • @christiand1337
      @christiand1337 2 года назад +18

      No clearly Moses ripped a sweet Beyblade down the middle of the sea, clearly parting it with the might of rapidly-spinning Chinese produced plastic.
      Note, this is accurate lore to the Beyblade series.

    • @davidstrelec2000
      @davidstrelec2000 Год назад +1

      Most atheists simply deny Moses existed and the exodus occurred. They say its all made up myth

  • @clinthogrefe
    @clinthogrefe 2 года назад +49

    It was all good but I burst out laughing at the last line. Always wait until the very end for the best of Lutheran Satire.

    • @heavnxbound
      @heavnxbound 2 года назад +5

      Yess, the ending of “Donall and Conall meet Richard Dawkins” is especially hilarious.

  • @saintmatthew956
    @saintmatthew956 2 года назад +26

    Thank you for portraying me well in this video. I was a bit husky, but I forgive you.

    • @spyridon7669
      @spyridon7669 2 года назад +6

      That's ok. Hardly anyone even knows about me, much less wants to make a video

    • @isaiahkerstetter3142
      @isaiahkerstetter3142 2 года назад +5

      That's because people found Fr. Spyridon Bailey instead and ran for the hills when he started dropping truth bombs.

  • @louisanelson7948
    @louisanelson7948 2 года назад +19

    I don’t know what I love more, the silly comebacks or the noir vibe.

  • @JoeyBaby47
    @JoeyBaby47 2 года назад +10

    "Aliens."
    Love it. Looking forward to joining Prince of Peace Lutheran on Christmas.

  • @DecKrash
    @DecKrash 2 года назад +11

    That last part about Lutheran pastors had me on the floor!

  • @TickedOffPriest
    @TickedOffPriest 2 года назад +27

    Remember when the History Channel was not antagonizingly Misotheistic?
    Pepperidge Farm remembers.

  • @davidhawley1132
    @davidhawley1132 Год назад +7

    My favourite line of argument: Prophet: here is an event so unlikely that it shows it is an act of God
    Skeptic: Such events don't happen because they would be acts of God who doesn't exist. Therefore that event didn't happen.

  • @saintbrian2852
    @saintbrian2852 2 года назад +15

    "Grandpa Moses"
    I am never going to forget that

  • @todaysmartyrseditor3112
    @todaysmartyrseditor3112 2 года назад +14

    Hope to see the other three Evangelists hauled in for questioning, and the Epistle authors too.

  • @Rorschached
    @Rorschached 2 года назад +33

    Lutheran Satire is the key to dialogue across Christian groups, ha ha! Who doesn’t love his stuff?

  • @ChristianCombatives
    @ChristianCombatives 2 года назад +32

    As a Lutheran pastor... I resemble that remark!

    • @DecKrash
      @DecKrash 2 года назад +1

      I smell butthurt!
      Just messing with ya. Lutheran pastors are some of my favorite people. 😉

    • @ChristianCombatives
      @ChristianCombatives 2 года назад +2

      Heh, we are a weird bunch, especially in flocks... or herds... squads? Murders? I'm not sure what to call a group of Lutheran pastors.

    • @nathanielm9150
      @nathanielm9150 2 года назад +2

      @@ChristianCombatives a kegger?

    • @ChristianCombatives
      @ChristianCombatives 2 года назад +4

      Heh, I wasn't going to say it, but there is a certain Lutheran strategy of lubricating the mental gears before theological conversation.

  • @Don-Scrima
    @Don-Scrima 2 года назад +13

    We definitely want more from the detectives.

  • @johnmcauliffe8824
    @johnmcauliffe8824 2 года назад +11

    I saw one of those history channel bits on the creation of the tower of babel and their attempts to estimate it's size. To do this, they took what was a common brick at the time, entered it vertically into a machine that compressed the brick, and used the applied force necessary to compressed the brick to calculate how much weight the brick could hold and used that to figure out how tall the tower would be before the bottommost bricks broke. There are only 5 major flaws with this method. First they stacked the thing in there vertically, not horizontally as it would have been stacked in the tower, which would have yielded different results as wider things don't buckle as easily as slender things, and they loaded this brick in the most slender way possible. Second, they only tested it once, instead of taking the average of a few trials. Third, they didn't calculate it in terms of pressure but just applied force, which assumes that all of the bricks are the same size as this one. Fourth, their calculations were just... strange. Fifth in their calculations they assume that the bricks would have just been nearly stacked linearly on top of each other, instead of in a manner intended to maximize height with the least amount of material.

  • @JasperSynth
    @JasperSynth 2 года назад +5

    This needs to be a series.

  • @caliomaston42418
    @caliomaston42418 2 года назад +18

    Haha it's always funny how they say .. our ancient ancestors didn't understand basic biology but the same people try to tell us that men can be women and women can be men..

  • @WasLostButNowAmFound
    @WasLostButNowAmFound 2 года назад +12

    That good cop was definitely horus.

  • @BasedZoomer
    @BasedZoomer 2 года назад +4

    I was just waiting the whole time for that "aliens". I started to get a bit disappointed and it dropped right at the end. Perfect! Lol

  • @Bad_Llama
    @Bad_Llama 2 года назад +2

    I always love your videos. And sometimes I learn stuff. Please keep making more. :)

  • @jalarasstudios414
    @jalarasstudios414 Месяц назад

    I have to admit, I was a bit skeptical on this but you got me with:
    "I thought your explanation was gonna be . . . more believable than mine?"
    This skit was a lot funnier than I thought it would be, great job!

  • @gospel2dgeek
    @gospel2dgeek 2 года назад +11

    Aliens. It's always aliens.

  • @Finnished_
    @Finnished_ 2 года назад +4

    Oh how I have missed these 😁 Awesome stuff

  • @faithreturns333
    @faithreturns333 2 года назад +9

    Merry Christmas my clever fellow Christian

  • @rafaelsalazar6791
    @rafaelsalazar6791 2 года назад

    These are really great. Keep' em coming

  • @tropicalstarburst7364
    @tropicalstarburst7364 2 года назад +19

    Them: that's impossible, *or* can't see it so it didn't happen or exists
    Also them: it must be aliens, but I said it louder so therefore I am right

  • @BonaDeum
    @BonaDeum 2 года назад +1

    Great work man! Best christmas present yet!

  • @pogimax
    @pogimax 2 года назад

    You had me at the droning jazz soundtrack. 😂 Love your stuff like always!

  • @leeshwan903
    @leeshwan903 2 года назад

    Thank you for the new content! Sound theology and superb satire, love it!

  • @bsheets5888
    @bsheets5888 2 года назад +4

    Love the vid Hans. Keep it up.

  • @franklinbumgartener1323
    @franklinbumgartener1323 2 года назад +4

    These videos always make me want to become a Lutheran.

  • @lc-mschristian5717
    @lc-mschristian5717 2 года назад

    Always awesome, more please. Thank you.

  • @repentantrevenant4451
    @repentantrevenant4451 2 года назад +8

    Scholars say that Luke and Matthew did not have access to each others' gospels, which would mean that BOTH authors had to have invented the virgin birth independently.

  • @prestonb.f.
    @prestonb.f. 2 года назад +7

    As luck would have it, I was just going through your other videos!

  • @brandon_raby
    @brandon_raby 2 года назад

    Dude I literally went on a rant on Gab and Facebook about this 2 days ago! You rock 😂

  • @person6768
    @person6768 Год назад

    I just found this and I am so happy I found it. 😊thank you for this

  • @stephenstreit1178
    @stephenstreit1178 2 года назад +1

    Ha! 2 years since you've done this type of video and it's still just as good! is this the start of a comeback?

  • @radornkeldam
    @radornkeldam 2 года назад +6

    psychodelic lentils!!!! hahahha

  • @BobTheWulf
    @BobTheWulf 2 года назад +1

    Amazing as always!

  • @floydferguson5366
    @floydferguson5366 2 года назад +1

    Great video!

  • @dawnmichelle4403
    @dawnmichelle4403 2 года назад

    Yay, you're back! 🎉

  • @TeacherOfPhilosophy
    @TeacherOfPhilosophy 2 года назад +1

    Well done. And well reasoned.

  • @wanderingsailor4840
    @wanderingsailor4840 2 года назад +3

    Good stuff sir 😌

  • @UrsahSolar
    @UrsahSolar 2 года назад +4

    Hey! It's been a while!

  • @mkosmala1309
    @mkosmala1309 2 года назад +2

    I enjoy these. I hope they become recurring characters.

  • @meganstahr
    @meganstahr 2 года назад

    beautiful work

  • @calummacritchie7840
    @calummacritchie7840 2 года назад

    That was hilarious.
    Thank you for your humour
    Merry Christmas.
    God be with you.

  • @whattodo23
    @whattodo23 2 года назад

    Great stuff brother.

  • @AQuietVoice2022
    @AQuietVoice2022 2 года назад +3

    Merry Christmas!

  • @m_d1905
    @m_d1905 2 года назад

    A joy as always.

  • @eurekahope5310
    @eurekahope5310 2 года назад +1

    Brilliant! Where are all the views?

  • @NotOfThisWorld567
    @NotOfThisWorld567 2 года назад +16

    This is so wonderful!!! Great to make these History Channel explanations appear as insanely absurd as they are. With all those psychedelics, why don't we hear about any drum circles?

    • @ianosgnatiuc
      @ianosgnatiuc 2 года назад

      Maybe it's because that's not the reasonal explanation at all?

    • @NotOfThisWorld567
      @NotOfThisWorld567 2 года назад +4

      @@ianosgnatiuc I agree. It's not reasonable at all. So why do "reasonable" people keep presenting it and why do "reasonable" people keep drinking that psychedelic Kool aid? It's insanity. Good day.

    • @ianosgnatiuc
      @ianosgnatiuc 2 года назад

      @@NotOfThisWorld567
      Reasonable people don't do that. It's used to strawman them by people like the OP.

    • @NotOfThisWorld567
      @NotOfThisWorld567 2 года назад +1

      @@ianosgnatiuc I COMPLETELY agree, again. People who *see themselves as* reasonable, NOT reasonable people, create these ludicrous explanations because their minds are limited to natural phenomena. No strawman needed.

    • @ianosgnatiuc
      @ianosgnatiuc 2 года назад

      @@NotOfThisWorld567
      That supposes that there are no reasonable natural explanations. There are.

  • @Metal_Auditor
    @Metal_Auditor 2 года назад +5

    3:10 have you seen the show they did over a decade ago called "The Exodus Decoded"? It was... interesting.

  • @MrVara411
    @MrVara411 2 года назад

    This was excellent. You should really take the channel in this direction. Direct - if slightly biting - humor.

  • @dafyddthomas6897
    @dafyddthomas6897 2 года назад

    Merry Christmas Hans

  • @just_joeking__
    @just_joeking__ 2 года назад

    Top notch stuff

  • @rolfyoutube586
    @rolfyoutube586 2 года назад +1

    Actually LOLed!! Kudos, Lutheran Satire!! Kudos!!

  • @scott3017
    @scott3017 2 года назад +4

    As a Lutheran Pastor, I resemble that last remark...

  • @joefrech8862
    @joefrech8862 2 года назад +3

    Gangster discovery channel theologians… this is awesome!

    • @tintinismybelgian
      @tintinismybelgian 2 года назад

      I thought that they were impersonating corrupt law enforcement, not outright outlaws.

  • @Polynuttery
    @Polynuttery 2 года назад

    Nice !

  • @jeffwhite5229
    @jeffwhite5229 2 года назад +1

    Thank You, Patrick!

  • @christophersnedeker2065
    @christophersnedeker2065 2 года назад +1

    Could you do a Connal and Donnal meet Nieztche?

  • @davidlronald
    @davidlronald 2 года назад +2

    "Illiterate publican" got me good.

  • @richardandsamual8015
    @richardandsamual8015 Год назад

    Brilliant!!!!!!!!

  • @clispyleaf
    @clispyleaf 2 года назад

    I was waiting for the ALIENS to drop 😂 this was great

  • @jesusisGod1434
    @jesusisGod1434 2 года назад +1

    I have never watched one of those fantasy shows on the “History” channel but apparently they are hilarious! 🤣

  • @mavrickglo
    @mavrickglo 2 года назад +1

    What no Horus? Really though love your work.

  • @dickorange3404
    @dickorange3404 Год назад +2

    This art to be a series.

  • @Biblino
    @Biblino 2 года назад +3

    This is hilarious. Satire at its best!

  • @amkaen
    @amkaen 2 года назад +2

    So Matthew had a crew cut. Did not see that coming.

  • @abbyraudales
    @abbyraudales 2 года назад

    Awesome

  • @787Earl
    @787Earl 2 года назад

    Thank you

  • @mrupholsteryman
    @mrupholsteryman 2 года назад +1

    Jesus DID say His Kingdom was not of this world... haha! Love the humor as well!

  • @pavelthefabulous5675
    @pavelthefabulous5675 2 года назад +4

    I think History Channel is basically Gnostic televangelism sometimes.

  • @gregwiens9146
    @gregwiens9146 2 года назад +3

    That was hilarious! Merry Christmas from a Mennonite Pastor.

  • @Rood67
    @Rood67 2 года назад +2

    Lutheran Satire, better than any modern commentary.

  • @JohanOliveire
    @JohanOliveire Год назад +1

    4:19 Two new jobs I qualify for? What an exceedingly rare natural occurrence!

  • @santtilagmailcom
    @santtilagmailcom 2 года назад +2

    Great stuff 😂

  • @mattmueller604
    @mattmueller604 2 года назад +1

    "Aliens"
    "Ok, I walked right into that one"

  • @TestifyApologetics
    @TestifyApologetics 2 года назад +4

    Instant classic

  • @GypsyInTheHood
    @GypsyInTheHood 2 года назад

    This is hella funnny

  • @jameswright4420
    @jameswright4420 2 года назад +2

    My wife asks why I watch secular tv shows about the Bible when all I do is yell at the tv. It’s ridiculous how they always bring on skeptics and infidels to mock the story but never believing scholars who could rebut every one of their lies.

  • @ZealotFeathers
    @ZealotFeathers 2 года назад +1

    "So what do you think happened?"
    "ALIENS"
    IM DEAD LOL

  • @baobui3002
    @baobui3002 Год назад +1

    Psychedelic lentils. Pure gold!

  • @wayneyadams
    @wayneyadams 2 года назад +3

    It's pretty bad when even the Lutherans start using the politically correct term BCE instead of the centuries old BC.

  • @zerubbablestranger6970
    @zerubbablestranger6970 2 года назад

    😂😂😂
    Keep it up Hans!

  • @elizabethmurphy3931
    @elizabethmurphy3931 2 года назад

    Superior!

  • @darkblade4340
    @darkblade4340 Год назад +1

    0:23 The History Channel became the Mafia Channel

  • @isaiahkerstetter3142
    @isaiahkerstetter3142 2 года назад

    An early Christmas present!

  • @samuelwoolwineiv7886
    @samuelwoolwineiv7886 2 года назад

    LS hasn’t been this active in years