The Disciples: 6. Miracle machine
World of Secrets
BBC
4.7 • 765 Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Healer or fraud? The truth about TB Joshua, whose miracles made him rich and famous. Videos show doctors testifying to his unexplainable ability to cure the sick. From restoring sight and the ability to walk, nothing seemed beyond the prophet’s power. But behind the miracles is a secret machine run by TB Joshua’s most trusted disciples. And some of them are turning whistleblowers. What was the human cost of these so-called miracles?
Hosts Charlie Northcott and Yemisi Adegoke unravel a story of miracles, faith and manipulation, carried out by one of the most powerful religious figures of the century. Please note, some episodes in this season of World of Secrets contain graphic descriptions of sexual and physical violence, including sexual assault, rape and the language associated with it. This episode also includes very strong language.
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Archive: The Synagogue Church of All Nations, Emmanuel TV, JesusSetsFree, mightymiracles, Sky News
Presenters: Charlie Northcott and Yemisi Adegoke Series Producer: Rob Byrne Series Editor: Philip Sellars Executive Producer: Georgia Catt Commissioning Editor: Jon Manel
This podcast is made in collaboration with BBC Eye Investigations, with original investigation by Charlie Northcott and Helen Spooner.
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| 0:30.1 | Before we start, some episodes in this series of World of Secrets contain graphic |
| 0:35.0 | descriptions of sexual and physical violence including sexual assault, |
| 0:39.3 | rape and the language associated with it. This episode also includes very strong language. |
| 0:47.0 | When I came here I had been suffering from asthma. |
| 0:52.0 | We've watched hours of TB Joshua's miracle videos. I felt my |
| 0:58.3 | breathing come totally clear. God had healed me. These are often very graphic accounts of miraculous healings. Not only asthma, but diabetes and cancer, including the exploding testicles you heard in the first episode. |
| 1:12.8 | Oh God, I want to be sick. |
| 1:15.6 | In some videos, medical doctors claim these miracles happen to them. |
| 1:19.6 | The Prophet Joshua, put these hands on my ears and he prayed for me. |
| 1:25.0 | The next minute, my hearing came back. |
| 1:28.0 | Even Ray, who spent 12 years as a disciple, doesn't fully understand how T.B. Joshua was able to perform these healing miracles. |
| 1:40.0 | It was really hard to explain, how did that happen happen how did they get that on camera people who'd got breath cysts |
| 1:47.4 | Suddenly bursting for the camera and stuff that was happening pretty much on command in terms of someone stretching their hand out. |
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