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GodTube.com - a collection of oddities.

I know plenty of sane and reasonable Christians. Heck, I'd like to hope that the majority of them are. But GodTube.com shows a more tarnished picture: created just last year, as a rival to YouTube, to anyone with half an ounce of common sense it's clear that most of its occupants are trying to make themself look … stupid, to put it plainly. There isn't any other reasonable explanation.

I hate to pick on such an easy target, but here are some of the things you're likely to see on GodTube.

Little girl recites Bible verses

At the time of writing, there are no less than three similarly named videos on the front page of the site: all depict girls under the age of ten showing their devotion to Christianity. Innocent enough, maybe, but why is this such a popular choice of video? I can only conjecture:

• Children are easy targets; if you can't convert someone your own age, convert someone that doesn't know much better. Then post it on the internet, as if it were an achievement.
• 'Cute'. If your definition of the word is to see suggestable individuals being robbed of a chance to make their own decision.
• A subtle message that people of faith, like children, are too naïve to know better?

Christian/Christ-follower

This one is apparently a parody of the Mac vs. PC adverts - and while I'll spare mentioning that it's been done, it seems to miss the entire premise of the idea. They both spout some pseudo-techy junk, the first guy dominating the conversation, the second guy bizarrely agreeeing with everything he has to say, pretty much. They seem to have missed the fact that the second guy is supposed to be ridiculed, unless I'm missing something.

They make one joke. "I'm sorry, I don't speak christianese". Slow clap.

Aside from not really understanding the original advert, why exactly do they make any distinction between a Christian and a Christ Follower? Hell, what is this video even about?

A letter from Hell

This one is actually quite disturbing. I don't mean the fact that I'm going to hell. Or the unexplained method Josh used to get his letter smuggled from the underworld. It's a scary thought that children are going to be shown that video, and actually be taken in by it; the scare tactics they use are, to be frank, disgusting. One commenter describes showing the video to his 13, 9 and 4 year old children. That's not just a warning message - that's child abuse.

Comments

No wonder Jesus wants us to be like little children…they have such a sincere and innocent faith. What a blessing to know that no matter what, she belongs to Jesus. Could a parent ask for anything more?

Sincere? Children believe what they are told to believe, it's arguably a necessary stage in life, but it's not one we should strive for after a very young age. I hope my children question everything I tell them- I couldn't hope for any more than that.

People say that God is a forgiving God, Yes He is but He is also a consuming fire. People need to be scared, they need Jesus.

Need to be scared? Come again?

yo, wat is wrong with you man. hell is the worst place in the universe! God is the infinite superior being over us. wat we know heaven to be is going to be great in God's eyes which means it will be even greater than we can imagine in our eyes.

Ah heck, I'm convinced.

Who Ya Worshippin'?

I'm sorry to lower the tone. But god damn, hah hah. That made me laugh. Religious nuts.

Any more weirdness and wonder from GodTube? Post it in the comments.

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