The Faith Healers

TheThinkingAtheist

The Thinking Atheist

Education, Society & Culture, Science

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2019

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

They're the self-proclaimed agents of God's supernatural power. And...they want your money! Join Seth Andrews for a romp through the wild, weird, and often damaging world of evangelical faith healers, and learn some of the tricks they use to con the vulnerable, the hurting, and the desperate.

Bob Larson exorcism: https://youtu.be/UJ_moqoE3OM (Video REMOVED by Bob Larson)
John & Ryan commentary on the exorcism: https://youtu.be/bVHD9eHckeU
John & Ryan commentary on Peter Popoff: https://youtu.be/LWxjwLwT-PE

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0:00.0	The search is heating up for the people who make football better. People like Sally Butler.
0:05.0	It's really us about putting mums on the pitch where they belong.
0:09.0	Jimmy the Moa.
0:10.0	It might only be a council feel next to the tip, but around here if it's Wembley.
0:14.0	Rachel O'Sullivan and Sophie Downing.
0:16.0	Bringing women's football to a wider audience.
0:19.0	Entries are rolling in. Who's your real football number one?
0:22.0	Nominate them today and they could win a money car buy experience with Skybett Prize drop.
0:27.0	Skybett, the UK's number one betting up.
0:30.0	Okay, here we go. The step by three, two, one.
0:34.0	The thinking atheist. It's not a person.
0:38.0	It's a symbol. An idea.
0:40.0	The population of atheists in this country is going through the roof.
0:44.0	Rejecting faith.
0:45.0	Percealing knowledge.
0:47.0	Challenging the sacred.
0:48.0	If I tell the truth, it's because I tell the truth.
0:52.0	Not because I put my hand on a book and made a wish.
0:55.0	And working together for a more rational world.
0:59.0	Take the risk of thinking feel so much more happiness.
1:02.0	Truth be with you and wisdom will come to you that way.
1:05.0	Assume nothing.
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