Marjoe (1972) Fantastic documentary on fake evangelism

[jmbar2]

I saw this many years ago, but wanted to see it again after seeing some clips of Michael Flynn at the revival tours.

He blows the scam wide open. He's amazing.

https://tubitv.com/movies/312543/marjoe

[Lettuce Be]

1. That looks fantastic! Thanks so much

[ms liberty]

2. I remember seeing this at the movies with my sister and some friends

I was 12/13 years old. I'm southern. It was eye opening. Great movie.

[jmbar2]

3. These are the people who want to install a theocracy

We need some modern evangelicals to break out like this and expose the scam.

[QED]

4. I also saw this years ago

and it was an eye opener. The friend I saw it with and I had a running "gag" whenever something good happened like a good grade on a test, etc. We were in high school.

We just sang "The Lord's been good to me tonight."

[jmbar2]

5. Reminds me of Ricky Bobby thanking baby cheezus

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Marjoe's mother held his head under a running faucet until he memorized his "sermons".

Child abuse and exploitation.

And the rubes ate it up.

[jmbar2]

7. Aside from the religion scam

he seems to have come out of it with a lot of insight and a conscience. I'm really glad he did this doc -- it was a good way for his to sever his reliance on the scam, and to redeem himself a bit for having been a part of it.