The Sounds of Fundamentalism is a series that I would like readers to help me with. If you know of a video clip that shows the crazy, cantankerous, or contradictory side of Evangelical Christianity, please send me an email with the name or link to the video. Please do not leave suggestions in the comment section. Let’s have some fun!
Today’s Sound of Fundamentalism is a compilation of video clips from various Independent Fundamentalist Baptist (IFB) preachers. This video is a twenty-four minute infomercial for why IFB beliefs and practices can and do cause psychological problems, for both preachers and congregants. Keep in mind that many of the stories you will hear are lies — just good preaching, AMEN!
Bruce Gerencser, 67, lives in rural Northwest Ohio with his wife of 46 years. He and his wife have six grown children and sixteen grandchildren. Bruce pastored Evangelical churches for twenty-five years in Ohio, Texas, and Michigan. Bruce left the ministry in 2005, and in 2008 he left Christianity. Bruce is now a humanist and an atheist.
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I’m fairly certain that these guys are the reason the term, ‘SHIT SHOW’ was invented!
That big guy could have had a career in stand-up comedy if he hadn’t drunk the Jesus juice and become a xenophobic, misogynistic fundamentalist Christian preacher!
wow! Pentecostal preachers could be just as and even more nutty. they were competing for attention most of the time. I could not watch all of this because I found myself feeling too sad over the life that was wasted listening to these bozos. my parents listened to these idiots and ruined their own lives and seriously affected their kids lives. I am thankful for people I met along the way who helped me see that none of this is normal or desirable. when will we all wake up?
Who are the men in suits that sit behind the paster/pulpit?
You will have to be more specific. What is the time stamp for the segment you have in mind?
2:37 6:37 10:00 one guy at 13:47 16:47 18:19 19:05 And the empty chairs they tend to sit in at 19:30
Following up on what those chairs/people in them are.
I don’t know who any of them are. Sorry.
I mean their role/ who the chairs are supposed to be for. Why are they there?
Typically the chairs are reserved for staff and visiting preachers.