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Mega church or mega cringe or mega
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time? Growing up, my family always went
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to church. We went to tiny Baptist
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churches that had more workers candies
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than people. Sometimes we went to bigger
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churches that had Starbucks in the
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lobby. And one time, we even went to a
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church that was inside an old subway
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building. I don't know how the subway
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went out of business. All you need to
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feed thousands of people is like two
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fish and five loaves of bread. All that
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to say, I'm pretty familiar with the
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many, many, many, many, many, many,
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many, many variations of churches. But
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the one kind I haven't been to is a mega
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church. But Chad, what is a mega church?
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You know what a mega church is already?
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I know, but tell us anyway. A church
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qualifies as a mega church if it brings
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in a congregation of 2,000 people or
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more every week, which might not sound
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like a lot because we're so used to
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seeing huge numbers on the internet,
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like how Mr. Beast has 400 million
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subscribers. But thanks to this Mr.
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Beast video, we know that a congregation
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of 2,000 people would look like this.
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2,000 contestants. And thanks to this
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Mr. Beast video, we know that an
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11-year-old girl crying and pleading for
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her place in a competition to win a
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quarter of a million dollars would look
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like this. You are a crying. Your time
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here is over. I'm so I kind of developed
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a curiosity for mega churches about a
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year ago when I found this clip. Sky is
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cracked and Jesus Christ comes again and
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every hour. This pastor was apparently
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trying to drive home the point that
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Jesus will be coming again. Lucky.
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Lucky guy.
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Man, I wish that was me. Which makes me
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wonder how many times he tried to tell
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this to the congregation before he
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resorted to this. He will return and it
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will be when you least expect it. Yeah,
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whatever it No, you don't get it. If you
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don't listen to me, I'm going to turn
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pink. Don't you mean red? Like with
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anger? No, I mean I'm going to turn into
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famed singer songwriter pink.
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But I started seeing a lot of videos
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similar to this one from an account
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called Pastors with Props that post some
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of the craziest over-the-top sermons
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that you ever did see.
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You might be thinking, why would you
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possibly need three expensive ass cars
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on stage in order to intro your sermon?
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And there's a very simple answer for
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that. You don't. You don't have to do
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that. It's fine if you don't do that.
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Actually, there was a pretty good reason
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for this. He wanted to be Marty McFly,
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guys. He has to go back in time and stop
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the crucifixion so he doesn't have to
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come in to work anymore. A lot of these
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sermons feel like they were created for
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reasons other than spreading the gospel.
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Some of these pastors seem to have
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realized that they can have whatever
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they want on stage as long as they find
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some kind of way to relate it to their
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sermon. God, I thought Hold on. God, I
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thought you was doing something. How do
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I get out of
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I'm your anchor. Oh, brother. Did you
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really need to spend probably tens of
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thousands of dollars on an ocean set
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with rain machines and an entire real
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boat just to say that God is your
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anchor? That's one of the least
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groundbreaking messages in the gospel or
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water breaking cuz the anchor goes
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through. I don't know if they get to
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personally keep the items they use on
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stage and if this is some kind of way to
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get things they already wanted while
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getting to write it off as a church
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expense, but it's kind of really hard to
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think it's not. We're all going on a
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journey walking through life when it
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comes to who Jesus is. What direction
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are you headed? I don't know, but I know
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what direction you're heading.
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None. You're not going anywhere. There
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is no way allegedly that he didn't just
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see the Tik Tok trend of people buying
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these under desk treadmills and wanted
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one for himself and then used this
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sermon as an excuse to buy it for the
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church. He's literally standing on a
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massive stage by himself. He could have
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just done this.
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You know, sometimes it feels like we're
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just walking through life and then other
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times we're not getting enough steps in.
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So, we need a compact treadmill for our
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home office. He literally walks to the
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treadmill to demonstrate walking. And
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you know what? He didn't even need to do
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that. We know what walking looks like.
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It's not like we were struggling to
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picture what he was talking about. You
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know, the other day I was thinking while
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I was on the toilet,
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this is what that looks like, by the
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way.
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Holy.
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to the video. For some reason, vehicles
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seem to be the most common things for
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these pastors to incorporate. I don't
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know why. It couldn't be because those
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are some of the most expensive things
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you could incorporate into a sermon. It
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couldn't be that. It couldn't be that
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reason. Obviously, we have Marty McFly.
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We have the boat. But we also have a
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full stage of motorcycles,
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[Music]
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which might seem like a flashy,
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pointless expense, but they're actually
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part of the choir. You should hear them
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sing. They've got crazy pipes. And then
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we have this. Man, that was amazing. Was
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that I did double loops. I did not
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expect a double loop. I mean, I guess
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this is fine as long as he's got some
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kind of way to tie it back into the
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message and it's not something obvious
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and dumb like life is full of ups and
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downs. What? Life is full of ups and
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down. Never mind. When I was going
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through these videos, this roller
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coaster just kept showing up.
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[Music]
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You know, I broke my foot yesterday. Oh
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my god, bro. He went around twice. Why
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does he need to go around twice? It's so
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awkward. This was longer than actual
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roller coaster rides. That went on for
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so long that by the time he got off, his
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name was Ed Old. I do like the theme
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song for this event just being people
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singing the word of the thing on stage.
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[Music]
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Here's the roller coaster again at a
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different church.
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Except this time they have a curtain of
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sparks. Jesus loves a curtain of sparks.
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And here it is again at a different
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church. Come on, somebody make some
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noise. Come on, everybody give it up for
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Jesus today. This prop is even crazier
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to me because there's barely an attempt
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to hide the fact that this has nothing
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to do with preaching. This is just a way
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for them to make a grand entrance like
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they're headliners at a concert. He does
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give this line to try and tie it back in
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though. It's amazing to have a creative
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God who has creative stuff going on and
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when the world is in chaos and they're
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all flipping upside down, we're just
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having a good time. Thank you. Thank you
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guys. Please be seated. You know, it's
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great to have a creative God who makes
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creative things like roller coasters.
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And next week, he's going to create me a
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porch. My favorite part, though, is when
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the crowd doesn't cheer enough for their
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extravagant entrance, and he calls them
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out for it. What? Come on, you can do
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better than that. We know that a lot of
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you in the crowd today can't afford to
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take your families to Disney World. So,
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we decided to spend thousands of dollars
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recreating one on stage to write in
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front of your impoverished faces. Now,
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clap, clap louder.
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I tried to look into the church that had
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this roller coaster, but it turns out
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this is one big church group
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conglomerate with a bunch of locations
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in three different states. So, I assume
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they're shipping this one roller coaster
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around, which I'm sure is easy to do
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since it's so tiny and small and skinny
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and light. I also tried to find out how
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much it would cost to make this thing
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and found this ride manufacturing
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company saying that a small roller
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coaster can cost up to $50,000.
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What the [ __ ] do you mean? I don't
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really care if it got more than one use
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by being shipped to their other
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churches. There was no need for it to
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exist in the first place. $50,000 could
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have helped everyone in your
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congregation that couldn't afford rent
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that month. Or a car. You could have
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bought a whole car for a family in your
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community that needed one. I don't care
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if you get more than one use out of
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something that's useless. Hey man, when
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you're done with a giant, broken, and
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also empty gumball machine, can I borrow
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it? Ah, man. I would, but I actually
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loaned it to Paul. What? I'm sorry. Why?
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Yeah, and I'm not going to be done with
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it for a while. But Paul, I need it to
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Well, too bad because I'm using it for
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[ __ ] All right, that's it. Oh, yeah.
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What are you going to do? Come on. Come
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on, guys. Please don't run. Bring it.
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Oh, I catch you. Don't run in face at
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each other. Guys, I wish I could say we
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were done talking about megaurches
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bringing vehicles on stage, but we're
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not even close to that. I haven't even
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talked about this yet.
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And what is this? Is this some kind of
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monster truck thing assembly? No, this
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is a men's church event. Church. This is
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church. This is the annual Stronger
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Men's Conference hosted by James River
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Church, which has 16,000 regular
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attendees. This is the craziest thing
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I've seen in my life. Why are there
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trucks? Why is there so much fire? Why
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are there flames?
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Was that Master Chief? Is that [ __ ]
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Master Chief? The conference has a
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fantastic lineup of world-class speakers
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and a stronger warrior competition,
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which as far as I can tell is similar to
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like American Ninja Warrior because
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you're not a good Christian unless you
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can scale up a fiberglass wall with your
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bare hands. Jesus said so. According to
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their website, their worldclass speakers
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include superstar athletes like Harrison
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Butler. You know that guy who spoke at a
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college and told the women graduating
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that day that they should probably just
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have babies instead. You know the guy
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who definitely shouldn't speak in front
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of thousands of people. He probably
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shouldn't speak at all ever. Also,
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according to their website, if you just
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scroll down here, you can actually
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register today. Register today. I mean,
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register today. Register today. Register
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today. Register today. Register today.
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Register today. Register today. They
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have monster truck rallies, MMA
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fighting, Master Chief. I still don't
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know what that's doing here, but I'm
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sure it this alone was thousands of
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dollars. They've got bull riding. And
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finally, they've got throwing football
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on stage. This conference is like what
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you would get if you handed millions of
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dollars to a bunch of 12year-old.
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Essentially, they have two days of
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grossly exorbitant entertainment, throw
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a couple sermons in there somewhere,
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charge people $200 a pop, and then
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abracadabra, you've made $2 million of
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tax-free money, allegedly. But maybe I'm
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being a little unfair. I mean, the whole
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point of this is to become better
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fathers, sons, friends, and husbands.
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And you can't put a price on that, babe.
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I know you want me to be a better
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husband by like taking out the trash
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sometimes or maybe talking to our kids,
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but the only way for me to do that is to
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go to church and become a better man by
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watching a monster truck crush other
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smaller trucks. I saw this comment on
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the tank clip and it says, "What if I
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told you thousands of salvations come
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from these conferences? It's great
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people share these clips, but what about
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the clips of all the men worshiping God
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together? Strange that you never see the
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best part shared. instead out of context
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snippets cut down to support a childish
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claim. And I think that's funny because
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the account that posted this clip didn't
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have a caption. There was no claim. It
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was just a clip of the conference. Hey,
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you can't show this clip of me picking a
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wedgie out of my ass in Walmart. This
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implies that I would pick a wedgie out
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of my ass in Walmart. I'm sure there is
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some amount of worship happening at
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these conferences. I would hope so since
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that's supposed to be its entire point.
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But I think if it took being lured in by
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monster trucks and fire and sparks and
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MMA fighting and motocross competitions
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and tanks for you to find God, then you
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probably didn't want to find him that
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bad. Dear God,
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please
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I can't focus. I need some white noise.
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Dear God, please help me find peace. I
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know all of this might seem like an
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excuse for guys to get out of the house
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for a weekend and watch sports, but the
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church does also have one for women,
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except this one is boring. It looks like
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all they have is singing and speaking,
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and they're even holding Bibles here.
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That's weird. What's that about? I was
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going to ask why the ladies don't need
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all that extra entertainment to find
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God, too. But then I remembered how hard
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it is for husbands to find anything. And
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God's probably harder to find than a
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bottle of mustard behind the orange
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juice. So, I've got to cut them some
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slack. Oh, also the women's conference
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is $230 per person instead of the $200
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they charge per person at the Stronger
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Men's Conference, which I think is good
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actually because at least some taxes are
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being paid here, even if it's just the
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pink tax. Pastor of this church has also
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used his sermons to try and get people
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to vote against laws he doesn't like.
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And if you live in the city of
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Springfield, we're asking you on April
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7th to vote yes to the repeal of the
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sexual orientation and gender identity
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bill. And his reasoning for this was
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homosexuality is a sin according to the
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Bible and Christians should vote for
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repeal. But that's not what he was
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saying when his church hired a male
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stripper to perform at the Stronger
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Men's Conference.
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[Music]
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I don't really see how male pole dancing
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will strengthen these husbands and
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fathers. I think the only strengthening
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happening here is probably in the
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pastor's hands. Anyway, moving on to a
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different mega church.
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[Applause]
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Just kidding. It's a Justin Timberlake
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concert. Gotcha, [ __ ] Sorry, you're
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not a [ __ ] Just kidding. Yes, you are.
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But the fact that you almost can't tell
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a difference between a church service
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and a famous celebrities concert, I
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think, is a very bad sign. I feel like
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this is all in an attempt to get more
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people to come into church. I'm sure
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there's a lot less people physically
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going into church every Sunday nowadays
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and this is how some of them are trying
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to adapt. They think they need to make
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things louder and flashier. They think
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they need to have Master Chief. I still
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don't know why that was there. But to me
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personally, this has very much the
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opposite effect. This doesn't do
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anything except boast how much wealth
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some of these churches have to the point
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that they're able to toss it into these
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pointless theatrics instead of actually
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helping people the way their religion
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teaches they should. And I don't know
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exactly what Jesus would do, but I'm
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pretty sure it wouldn't be this.
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Hello,
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it's me,
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the Lord. And I want you to follow me. I
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am Halo reaching for you so that I can
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give you my love. Yes, sir. Which is
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Halo infinite. All I want is to be
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there, Halo, for you. And you never have
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to be afraid because I will fight your
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Halo Wars. Together, we will be
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unstoppable because I am the Master
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Chief
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of the Universe.
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[Music]
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This is my second video in a row that
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ends with the Halo theme song. I'm going
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to call it there, guys. Thank you for
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subscribing. And if you are still here,
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thank you so much for watching. I
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appreciate you clicking on my video out
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of all the videos that are on here. And
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I'll see you next time. Okay, bye.
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