- As someone who accepts the
Christian streaming platform, Pure Flix as their
personal Lord and Savior, it was my divine honor to watch the film that teaches us "God's Not Dead". Although I got to tell you
that was news to the IRS. So you better watch your
ass, oh, heavenly Father, because they're coming for
those back tax payments. You really thought you
could just go off the grid and use that collection basket to maintain your icy white hair extensions, and not give Uncle Sam
a taste, you canceled. I'm talking about God
right now, so, whoops. In this 2014 film that put
Christian Netflix on the map with their heavy handed brand of paid evangelical entertainment, a young child of God
has their faith tested by an atheistic professor
played by Kevin Sorbo. Both of whom recite so many
out of context Wikipedia quotes to support the existence of God that watching this movie actually counts as an intro to theology credit at most Christian universities. Today this film gets graded
on a pass/fail basis. As we analyze its careless misogyny, shocking use of racial stereotypes, and dialogue that feels copy and pasted straight from those Jesus pamphlets that people hand out to
you at the train station. If that piece of paper
doesn't have a QR code on it for a free Krispy Kreme donut, then get it the (beep) out
of my airspace kind stranger. Today, it's gonna be a long road to heaven in another Pure Flix installment
of clip breakdown, mwha! ♪ Oh, no ♪ (upbeat electronic music) ♪ No-Hoo-Hoo ♪ - Hello, television viewers. My name is Nick. Thank you so much for joining
me once again on my channel for another Pure Flix
installment of Clip Breakdown. This is the playlist where we
dive into our favorite movies, TV, movies, and other content on the web. And we break it apart like the 12 apostles on a roller coaster. So we can look at each
individual clip and say, "Uh-huh," or "Uh-uh." Upside-down cross or right-side up crop. And mama, you know that I
love to get the absolute most out of my $8 a month
Pure Flix subscription. Although, surprisingly,
this movie "God's Not Dead" is not actually on Pure Flix. Although all of its three
or four sequels are. So it seems like someone
other than Pure Flix actually owns the original
"God's Not Dead" property. I can't wait to see who
copyright strikes me. Knock on wood, Kevin
Sorbo, please prevent it. Anyway, there's really
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watch parties every month. The movie begins with what
every Christian audience member wants to see soft rock guitar music and a heteronormative cis white couple hanging out on the grass. Let's get into it. (upbeat instrumental music) When I generalize straight
people as boring and tasteless, this is exactly the mental
image that I conjure. She's like we have a little deal. I get to playfully push him
when he says something naughty, and he gets to punch a hole in the drywall when his sports team misses a point. But it is also sort of an ensemble piece. So this whole beginning where
like meeting every character, who's about to be in the thing, including this poor woman who
got to make her screen debut with dark under eye circles, from the overhead fluorescent
light of a grocery store. (upbeat instrumental music) ♪ Look the angels they brought you ♪ - She's like, hmm, did the websites say it was all of oil or coconut oil that's allowed up my (beep). Well, thanks to the
Stop & Shop Rewards app and you can get both and earn cash back. I've never seen such a happy shopper. Is she trying to get discovered for a Whole Foods commercial? That's over acting. Like the director says like, "All right, we're just trying to establish "that you're shopping right now." And she's like, "Okay, got it." (upbeat instrumental music) (Nick chuckles) (Nick laughs) Extra Virgin olive oil. (upbeat instrumental music) (lips smacking) Like that's too much. I'm just gonna say, grab
it off the shelf and go. (Nick chuckles) Anyway, we
also see some other people like an Asian student driving a bike, a Muslim family driving a car. Those are basically the only
attributes that this movie bothers to give many characters. It never doesn't feel stereotypical. Like the Muslim father
is bothering the daughter about keeping her face covered. And oh, and it also shows
us a woman named Amy waking up late for her alarm. Lateness, oh my God. So much with people
going to start their day. Like I don't need a full
song to show me the credits and introduce that everyone is
gonna show up at the location where the first scene is. (hands clapping) Just
open with the first scene. Oh my God. (upbeat instrumental music) ♪ From the demon to hold ♪ - Come on, come on, come on. ♪ I'll hold you up ♪
(microwave oven door popping) (microwave oven door thudding)
(upbeat instrumental music) - Amy, we already told
you that microwaving your urine samples, won't somehow result in a clean drug test. You're just scorching
the lab assistants hands. That cup looks emptier than
the Vatican on Halloween. I think all the Popes go
clubbing that night, right? As soon as Aisha, the
woman with the headscarf, steps out of the car
and her dad drives away, she pulls off the headscarf. So that's something we've seen
in literally 9,000 movies. I think right now it's like,
oh my strict father left. Let me put on my real clothes. Anyway, everyone that we
just met via their bike rides and car transit, like finally converge. It's the first day of
school, including Josh, who's registering for his classes. - Philosophy, 150, Radison, 11. - Uh, (chuckles) you
might wanna think about a different instructor. Last drop date is the 22nd. You might wanna keep that in mind. - (Nick chuckles) Yeah, totally. So anyway, what dorm are you in? I get that this upper classmen
is trying to warn Josh about his professor, but I would be like, I'm sorry, the only syllabus
I need to read right now is the one that tells me how gay you are. Did you have any new experiences
on your semester abroad Mr. Senior Year, mm? I'm sorry, they should have
given the lead role to this guy. 'Cause I would watch two hours
of him and his little shirt. I just love it, okay,
anyway, we also get Martin, the bike-riding student checking in. His nationality seemed to
be a source of confusion for nearly the whole world of this movie. - What does PRC stand for? - People's Republic of China.
- Seriously? - Oh yes, always serious. - Now why does she say
seriously like she's never heard of people living in China before? She said "People's Republic of China, "Is that like United Colors of Benetton?" I don't know what is up
with the reporter, Amy. Her luck is terrible. Like she goes out and
her GPS has been smashed and stolen out of her car. It's like, gosh, not a safe neighborhood. I remember I got my GPS unit stolen in like the early 2010s. And I was like, dammit why do
people steal these, they suck. Also she calls her boyfriend,
played by Dean Kane, but we can tell off the bat is selfish. But find out what her
job is, she's a blogger. - Well, I'm on my way
to an ambush interview of Duck Commander, Willie Robertson. Yesterday discreet web
hits were over 32,000, which means I am on pace for over a million views this month. - Not if God has anything to do with it, you liberal commie. And boy, do they really
make an example out of her? They said it was either a
quick dunk into a kitty pool, full of holy water or an
eternal dunk into a frozen lake of hell-fire, and you made
your choice, my child. Also, she mentions that
she's on her way to interview Duck Commander, Willie Robertson. For those who'd aren't catching
that that's Willie Robertson from the show Duck Dynasty,
who are famously Christian. Duck Commander is actually the name of his duck call business. Whah-whah-type of duck calls,
which I guess is successful. And people use them to hunt. Finally, we go over to, what
is this poor woman's name? ( Nick chuckles) I think it's Mina, yeah. Mina is visiting her mother. - I think you're gonna like it. (uplifting instrumental music)
(woman gasps) - My, chicken. I don't know when was the
last time I had chicken. Me opening the fridge to leftover
KFC because I forgot about ordering it on Postmates the night before. They use this chicken thing to
reveal memory health issues. (Nick chuckles)
- That would be yesterday for lunch and dinner. - Are you serious? I don't think she should
have the same thing every... - You think of anything else
gonna make her that happy? - I think she might enjoy
not dying in a hospital of heart disease, but that
visiting nurses like listen, eating lots of fried food
is good for the elderly because it nourishes their
soul while also calcifying it in place. Since I kind of always
picture the soul being in like the heart chest area. Anyway, you can't tell
me what to feed your mom. I'm obsessed with this mother though. Chicken, I can't remember the
last time I've had chicken. Not trying to make fun of
Alzheimer's or dementia, that's obviously a very tragic illness. But funny in this movie. - You're new here, aren't you? - It's me, Mom, Mina, your daughter. - I, I don't, I I don't, I don't.
- It's okay. It's okay. (woman chuckles) - And don't worry, Mom, we're gonna find out
which one of these nurses is applying luminous liquid
foundation to your face while you sleep. These are the parts they
never warn you about when caring for a loved one. By the way, even though
they made this nurse look kind of like an idiot, shout out to all real nurses
in the world, hardest working, most underpaid, mistreated
people on Earth. You need to pay nurses better. Okay, but finally, Josh
goes to his lecture for philosophy 101, which I hope you love
this awful lecture room because we're living there
for pretty much the remainder of the movie, ugh. I think lecture scenes are terrible. There's like, they're
so easy to just like use for exposition, and all
sorts of, it's awful, and it's awful here too, let's watch. - Mr.? - G-Dog Gerard Trigger. (students laughing) - Mr. G-Dog. (Nick chuckles) Things
only black character. You can be quiet until the last scene now. Is it tokenism if you introduce one of the only black
characters to have them say something urban, and then include a built-in laugh trap? (thudding)
(people laughing) Well, I guess that
depends on whether or not you know what tokenism is. Anyway, the professor, as I said, played by Kevin Sorbo is
introduced in the scene as sort of a hard ass. A lot of the stuff that
goes on in this classroom doesn't make sense for real college. But one thing I feel their
casting of all of these extras does accurately represent is
like how our educational system is fundamentally unequal. Student debt is a racial
and gender-based issue. And I don't know if a lot
of people realize that. Black college graduates carry more debt, are more likely to face
financial crisises after college. And then they earn less and
have higher unemployment rates than other college graduated white people. You know, student debt affects everybody with 44 million people, roughly, being weighed
down by student debt. But the majority of that
belongs to people of color, young adults, and women. Together, those groups
of people have a debt of 1.67 trillion. There's actually a lot we could be doing to our educational system
to improve the equity. We need universal pre-K
because new mothers have to enter the workforce much earlier than they did in the past. To free community college, since college degrees are
becoming more and more compulsory for even entry-level jobs. These are all things that will
cost the government money, but it's a down payment on
the education of our country that's gonna pay off way more. Not having those things makes it so that only the most privileged people can get higher education or degrees, which is not what we need. So these steps will help tackle
a longstanding inadequacies in our education. And it makes more people field workers, which is gonna make the whole country more economically competitive. But anyway, yeah, there's
like one black person in this movie. So that's all on I'm gonna play on that. They talk so much, they
quote so many books that I'm like, I don't like books anymore. Kevin Sorbo's professor character, whose name is Professor Radison. He explains that atheists
don't believe in God, but agnostic people doubt God, but they don't disbelieve in God. And then there's of course Christians who believe in a Christian God. So that's pretty much
the three perspectives we're even possibly
looking at in this movie. If there's any other
sort of deity out there we don't know about it as far
as God is Dead is concerned. Now get ready to meet a
couple of new characters. One of whom is no
stranger to this channel. (traffic humming) - Hey!
- How was your flight? (upbeat instrumental music)
- Wonderful. - [Man] Wonderful? It's
like a 30-hour flight. - Oh, I guess we're switching
to a handheld camera here so that our star, David A. R. White can feel like he's a Jason
Borne born movie for a second. This is the person who would
go on to found Pure Flix, or co-founded, and make himself the star of several of its shows. In order to show you that
he's a cool, young pastor, he always has his hair look
like he just came from surfing. Tubular Center Park,
(waves crashing) Reverend Dave.
(wave crashing) So as we just saw, Reverend Dave is picking up his friend/missionary from Uganda. That's Reverend Jude. He's visiting America for the first time. And they're gonna have a great trip. Meanwhile, back in class, the philosophy teacher is
very subtle about his belief. - There is no God. Fill on
the papers I've just given you with three little words, God is dead along with your signature. Then you will bypass the
section of the course in which students have
traditionally received their lowest grades of the semester. - Sir, do you want to
(beep) the thesaurus? Why does this man talk
like he's trying to reach the minimum word count on an essay? That confusing sentence was supposed to be setting up the stakes for
the rest of the class. Basically saying, sign this piece of paper saying God is dead and you
don't have to do the hardest, most easy-to-fail assignment
in my whole class. Like, I don't know why he had to say it in so many different words, but obviously most students
are like, oh, okay, perfect. (beep) That guy, God. (somber instrumental music)
(pens scribbling) Oh, does anyone have an
extra sheet of paper? I wrote (beep) so fat because I thought we were doing like one fact about ourselves. I'm still signing this though, in case they try to come from me in court. Of course our faithful Christ believer. Josh, is not just ready
to sign that sheet. - Lowercase G, maybe this one
ought to get extra credit. (students chuckling) - This guy is the Jafar from
Aladdin of philosophy teachers. Also just because your entire
class signed an agreement to be on one side of this debate, won't your intro to philosophy
class still have to cover philosophers who did
believe in a divine creator. Like why is this contract even necessary? You're about to spend the
entire semester teaching them what you believe. Anyway, moment of truth for Josh. - I can't do what you
want, I'm a Christian. - I don't worry, you can
still go to your dorm room and sink to your knees
and pray at your bedside, if you'd like. - Did our new professor
just tell the class twink to get on his knees? In my other classes
they're just telling us what books to get. Basically, since Josh
doesn't wanna sign the sheet, he'll have to do some extra work. - You will get three sessions, the last 20 minutes of each
of the next three classes to make your case. - Okay, I'm starting to feel
like this guy just didn't write a lesson plan in time for the first day and need someone to put in the
hot seat for a few lectures. He's like, oh, and next
week I need you all to sign a contract saying abortion is fun. Unless there are any
disagreement presentations anyone wants to make. Like, or you could just
teach us philosophy. What the (beep)? I have trouble with this
movie from the very beginning, because the very like
motive that this guy has for having a whole classroom
of kids sign something saying God's dead is so
that we can skip over the dusty hours of arguments
over whether or not God exists and just get into the subject matter of philosophy. And I'm like, there's
not like some random, like argument of does God exist that you have to choose
one way or the other before you can read
about Descartes, right? Some philosophers believed in God, some didn't, that's philosophy. (Nick chuckles) Already the logic is feeling really like a false dilemma, which is the issue that
this movie has throughout, as it tries to get me to get
my first communion again. Well, I'm not doing carbs
this week, unless their pizza. - Pick whatever questions
you'd like from the class, but it will not increase
you a lot of time. Of course you'll be responsible for all the other class assignments. - Ooh, those sound like
two potential roadblocks that would be cool to see
expanded upon in the story. Oh, well, we'll just
have people say about it. There's a lot of the
movie telling us stuff and not showing it in this. And it seems like a lot of
times it has to do with like the locations they have available to them. But it makes me feel like
this movie itself is a sequel, like I'm not privy to a lot of backstory. For example, next Josh is talking to his girlfriend, Kara, Kara? She is not liking what she's
hearing about this dilemma with the professor. - Hello, Earth to Josh. Why am I salutatorian
of our graduating class here at my third choice school? Sorry for having the next 50
years of our life planned out. That's just who I am. - Wait, what have you been talking about? Is it Josh's fault that
you went to a state school? He wasn't even in the car with
you when you got that DUI. You'll notice Mina, no, Aisha. You'll notice that Aisha
is in the back there. She's working as the tray
pusher of the cafeteria. As a reminder, she's the one
who took off the headscarf when she got out of her father's car. Next, we jumped over to Amy, the blogger. She's about to ambush interview
Willie from Duck Dynasty. This is his cameo and wife's
cameo, she's gorgeous. - Amy Ryan, I blog the New Left. Can I ask you a few questions? - Yeah, sure, fire away. This is my wife, Corey.
- Corey. - Hi.
- I know. I thought you'd be home
barefoot and pregnant. (Willie chuckles) - I'm so confused, why
is that left-wing blogger holding her iPhone like a gun? And why aren't the people from
Duck Dynasty afraid of her? I would be like, all right,
are you recording me, or literally about to
shove that down my throat? As you heard, Amy blogs for the New Left. So they really want her to
seem like the lib character of this movie. And I was trying to figure out
why she was like being like "barefoot and pregnant" to this woman. I couldn't tell what
that was referring to, but then I realized they
want this liberal character to seem like she's judgmental
of conservative women who decide to stay home and
have babies, or raise families. But as a childless liberal myself, I don't care if you
have one million babies, all connected on a single umbilical cord, like Christmas lights, why? Because it's a fun visual. So have the baby. I don't care. The issue for me is when
someone's personal beliefs and desires to have a baby somehow become a reason for voting against the rights of other women to choose what to do with their bodies. This is the conservative
argument that I always hate. They're like, uh, you who just hate them, and staying home and having families. No, I hate that you're not letting women choose to have abortions, if they want to. It actually has nothing to do with you and your goddamn ugly ass house. That mega church that you're
both about to go in there and fill with your duck
meat farts is supposed to be separate from the state government. So I don't want you to
make it something it's not by implying all of this stuff. This movie, the more I've watched it, the more I hated it. (Nick chuckles) - I haven't been barefoot and pregnant in a really long time. I do they kinda miss those days. Huh?
- Yeah. Do you wanna start again, we can try. - (Corey chuckles) No. - Amy's article is gonna be
like Willie then suggested to his wife that they
start having condomless sex once again, she declined. Why does straight people think it's okay to start talking about how your
husband comes inside of you when you're trying to get pregnant. Like thinking of these
two people having sex is like watching a toad fight a stick bug, only on "Animal Planet" in
night vision from the safety of my own couch. Not mental visuals, okay? It seems like Amy is just mad
about the duck hunting thing, for the most part. - Y'all had made a
fortune, isn't that right? - We've done all right. We can certainly buy a
bigger tires on our trucks and four wheelers to
get out in the mud with, so life is good. - Right, but after you spend
money on tires, dirt bikes, and I'm guessing a bunch of fancy stuff, you also forgot to mention, all the rest goes towards supporting Donald Trump's campaign, isn't that right? After Trump won the 2016 election Willie here went on TV and said, "Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. "There's no crying in politics. "The protests aren't
gonna change anything. "You got four years," yelling
at like anti-Trump protestors. So then explain why a bunch
of people with Trump flags that look a lot like you tried to tear apart
the Senate desk by desk after your side loss. It's just so weird to me, is he top. I don't know why they
give these two people so much dialogue. I'm like, I don't care about Duck Dynasty. Is this the Arnold Schwarzenegger
of Christianity, Jesus. - Let's just get one thing straight. I ain't maiming nothing. Whatever I see and I aim at, I shoot. And when I shoot it, I
kill it, and then I eat it. - So you do kill those ducks? - Okay, so I don't think
the angle of your article should be that the duck hunter
admitted to killing ducks. Like there's no story there. Also, am I supposed to
believe that Willie Robertson eats every single duck he kills? That would be like several
ducks a week, right? How many of her husband's dead ducks does Corey eat every day? Is it like, they all have to help out? Stop shooting the ducks. No one wants the like, uh. I guess they need the ducks
for like selling for like food. Like they sell duck to duck companies. Like, 'cause sometimes
people eat duck livers, but why are you shooting wild ducks? Surely we could do it like a farm-raised, or a lab-grown duck meat. What if I liked eating
ugly bearded hillbillies, then I can what, start eating his flanks? 'Cause I will, I'm gonna come over there and eat your ass, Willy. You heard me, just kidding. Anyway, Willie's basically
like if people don't like that we pray on the TV show. They don't have to watch it. As for the duck hunting,
we still do it, bye-bye, They invite her into the
church and she's like, "No, thanks, I don't need God. "I have a blog, which is like the same." Anyway, at the end of the school day, Aisha is putting on her face scarf. Don't know who this person
is that talks to her though. (uplifting instrumental music) - You're beautiful.
(uplifting instrumental music) I wish you didn't have to do that. - It's for my father. He's very traditional. - I'm pretty traditional too. In that I mind my own (beep) business about what people put on their heads. Why does the little miss
Patty Mayonnaise over here think it's her place
to spout off an opinion about someone else's
clearly religious garb. You're beautiful, I wish
you didn't have to do that. I never said I wasn't beautiful. This might have nothing to do with that. Maybe I just got a chemical peel. It's also, I think not
cool for a Christian movie to imply that religions
that have face coverings are inherently misogynistic. Like some women practicing those religion could very well be choosing
to wear the facial coverings or more head coverings
because of their beliefs, of cause what they want to do. So this movie doesn't
really portray that at all. Aisha runs back to her dad's
car and her dad is like, he's very into his religion, which I assume is Islam. - All those people, there
is no one who worships God, not the way he deserves and
demands to be worshiped. - Wait, is God a dominant
top in certain religions? Because that's a book of allegories I wouldn't mind taking literally, oh! That was my Samantha Jones. I should be playing her in
that awful looking reboot, Oh, having sex with God
or Jesus? Why choose, oh! Oh no, (Nick chuckles) I took it too far. Anyway, the dad pulls away
from this handicap spot he was blocking. And then Josh is at the church trying to think about his issue. Does he wanna go up against
Professor Robert Radison? (somber instrumental music) - Can I help you? - That depends, are you
God or his Son, Jesus? Because that's obviously who I'm trying to talk to right now. This is the house of God, not the House of Blues, New Orleans, which it looks like you currently manage. Amy is working on her blog
post and she ignores a call from her doctor, while David A.R. White, his favorite thing to do in
any TV show is counsel people. He's always like, all right. And then for the whole
first, middle, and last part of the movie, it's just
gonna be me sitting down with someone at a diner and saying, "You know, Jesus's
apostle David once said, 'You tie your right shoe first, 'your left shoe is always there waiting.'" Like, okay, I kind of
have an STD, but whatever. - How many of them do you
think would ever step foot in here or any other
church for that matter? - None, probably. - So your acceptance of this challenge, maybe the only meaningful
exposure to God and Jesus they'll ever have. - That's not true, 'cause
pretty much everybody has seen Lady Gaga's
music video for "Judas". And there was like tons
of Christiness in there. But regardless, this is
a strong enough point that Reverend Dave made that, you know, he can teach his class about Jesus, it's like a great opportunity. So he started doing research on the fight against proving that God's not dead, and this is another area that confuses me. The class has to vote at the end, whether they think God is
dead or God's not dead. And it's confusing,
sometimes they're like, so you have to prove to
the class that God exists. And he's like, yeah, but
then other times he's like, no one can prove God exists. I'm just proving the
possibility that he exists. And it's like, we already
know that it's possible. You can't, no one can
prove definitively one way or the other what you're saying, so this is all just a waste of time. But anyway, Amy is at the doctor finally. - As I was saying.
(cell phone ringing) - I'm so sorry I have
got to take this call. (cellphone ringing)
- Amy. Your results came back positive. - Doctor Stateman, please.
- You have cancer. - I'm telling you my
ass fell off of my body when he said that. I was fully expecting her to be pregnant. But God said, "Uh-uh, it's even worse than
that, mama, cancer cell." Her and her liberal mind
just can't possibly believe that that could be true. I'm not making fun of her
reaction to this diagnosis. I am making fun of the doctor
for saying it the way he does. - I don't have time for cancer. (somber ambient music) I'm too busy. - Well, tumors are usually just sort of conveniently growing in the background. So it actually doesn't matter
that you have a small blog. Also, why does a regular doctor have an eyesight chart
(fist blow thudding) in his office? My eyes are down here, doctor,
where the breast cancer is. The doctor wants her to get out
of this denial stage so fast that I think he breaks
her arm. (Nick chuckles) - [Doctor] I know you're very important, and the world can't get along without you. But it's my job to let you know that it may be preparing
to do exactly that, and it certainly will. - Wait, is that the way
you're telling me I'm dying? Why did he say it in the form of a sonnet? She said, "Give it to me straight doc." And he said,
(somber music) "Well, while the earth
does continue to spin, "it is my duty to inform you,
it does so with the impunity, "but for your activity on
the surface of its face." Like, are you in the middle of reading "Infinite Jest", or something? Just tell her she's got two weeks to live. Why does every male
character in this movie talk like a 22 year old who just wrote their first screenplay? Like I don't care if you've
seen "Boondock Saints" a million times. I need you to have the same
commitment and enthusiasm for making sure you're (beep)
is clean before you leave the house every day. Meanwhile, back at the park, oh my God, Josh's girlfriend continues
to be the biggest wet blanket. She's like, wait, wait, wait. You're trying to prove that you love God. What about me? - You need to prioritize and decide who's the most
important person in your life, me or Professor Radison? - What if it's God. - Professor Radison, God, whatever. Neither of them have been
saving their precious flower for you to mutilate and destroy
on our wedding night, I am. I don't know why Josh
is so low in the frame for his closeup. The girlfriend's acting is always so flat. I almost don't even understand
most of the conversations. - The decisions you make now gonna have real consequences. (somber instrumental music)
Josh. - No.
- (scoffs) You don't. - Wait, but God's sure he
doesn't wanna give this girl a little bit of cancer too. She's been selfish and unlikable since the first time she came on screen with her suspiciously curled
hair, and I've had enough. I've had enough of it, Kara. All right, so next we go
back to David A.R. White, and, you know, the two reverends. By the way, this was shot
in Louisiana and Michigan. It seems like Reverend
Jude is excited to go to a Disney Land like theme park. That's like what he's been dreaming about since he was a little kid, I guess. - And then we'll ride the
world's biggest rollercoaster. - 16th biggest. - In my mind when I'm
screaming as we descend, it will be the world's biggest, and I'll be glad that it's
not taller than it is. - What the (beep) are you talking about? I get that these are people
who tell sermons for a living, but why did he just say he
wanted to ride a rollercoaster, like he was casting a spell on "Charmed". - Here are these words, hear the rhyme. - We send to you this burning sun. - Whether you're into angels or witches, it seems like every type
of organized belief system comes with a whole bunch
of extra words and lectures that I just don't have the patience for. Is there any religion that
lets me do all of the talking? Ooh. and ideally there's like
an unsupervised steam room. This movie is basically
two hours long, by the way, which you know, I love,
I love long movies. The reverends can't go because
their car doesn't start and the rental car won't
be there till that night. And Reverend Jude is like, "Oh, well, we'll have
fun sitting here anyway. "I'm still in America." He's like perpetually good natured. He didn't hate the 36-hour flight. Now it's time for Josh to
give his first lecture. And it kind of starts with
like the Big Bang Theory, and how Genesis describes
something similar. - [Josh] In the beginning
there was an explosion and in three minutes, 98% of the matter of there is
or ever will be was produced. We had a universe. - Damn, Josh learned how
to make a CGI solar system just to prove that God exists. That must've been one
seriously confusing crush he had on the handsome guy who
led his youth mission group, or maybe he just ripped
those visuals off YouTube. since they're for the purpose
of commentary criticism or education it's covered by fair use. So as far as I'm concerned, if any film distribution company out there copyright blocks this video, you just broke the law and
sucked the devil's (beep) for all I care. - The origin of the
universe unfolded exactly how one would expect
after reading Genesis. And for 2,500 years, the Bible had it, right
and science had it wrong. - Wait, so just cause the Bible was right about a flash of light, I'm supposed to also
believe the following story about the magical fruit, Islam and Hinduism both also
have religious interpretations of the Big Bang Theory. So by this logic, couldn't
either of those two religions also be correct about their God. Like neither of those
believe Christ is God's Son. Oh my God, listen to me
being a college professor, but I'm a cool one who invites the class to have dinner at his house. But then it turns out to be a
twisted game of life or death because I'm a deranged serial killer. That's just hypothetical. The two reverends are having
a philosophical conversation of their own because they
can't go to the thing. So they're gonna be like
helping the Ladies Club and doing nice things. Like, oh, since we couldn't
go to the Disney World, our purpose is to help others, okay? More of Josh. - But in his book, "The God
Delusion", Richard Dawkins says, "That if you tell me, 'God
created the universe,' "then I have the right to
ask you, 'Who created God?'" - Okay, damn, someone finished the whole summer reading list. I would be like, oh really, Lisa? Well, as Mother Goose wrote about the old woman who lives in the shoe, you smell like feet and you
can save all of that info for your Goodreads profile. This is trying to like bring in that thing where Radison was like, "You can take questions from the class," but I thought it would be like more like, "Well, in my religion they say this, "how do you explain that?" "My religion has multiple gods. "How do you explain that," you know? But that's the only time it
comes up is with glasses-glam Then Professor Radison comes up with like a Stephen Hawking's quote that basically it says, "Oh, everything can't come from nothing." The professor is like, "So you don't know that
the greatest astrophysicist "in the world said that
God can't be real." And so Josh is left kind of embarrassed. And then he leaves the
class in this happen. (suspenseful instrumental music) Look out book of Mormon
is about to get shanked! Oh no, this is just a cartoonishly
aggressive confrontation that would get most
college professors fired. He's like, "I'm literally
going to find out "where your grandmother sleeps
at night and stop her heart." And Josh is like, "Well,
Jesus will protect me." Okay, but maybe also reach
out to an admin as well. - I will make it my
personal mission to destroy any hope of a law degree in your future. - Okay, perfect, because I
think the most you can do is fail me at intro to philosophy, and I can retake that
online over the summer. Again, this is supposed to be setting up the stakes where it's now he's, it's either he chooses
God or his whole career. Even though to me, I'm like, first of all, this is highly unusual behavior for some sort of professor to be doing. I think anyone could get, you know, out of this situation or
transfer to a new class. Also the guy at the beginning said, you have the 22nd as your drop date, but that never becomes a conflict. Like I wish there was a day
where it's like midnight of the 22nd, and it's like his last chance to drop the class and he's about to, but then something happens
that where he's like, that's a sign from God. But no, that was just a detailed ignored. Now we go back to Kara. I got strep throat while
watching this video, which happens sometimes 'cause
I get strep throat a lot, and it always makes me feel
like the movie made me sick. So I feel like this movie
gave me strep throat. - I'm sorry, Josh, but
it's over between us. My mother was so right about you. I just wish I'd had the sense to listen. - Her mom was like, "Kara scrawny guys always
have the biggest (beep). Seriously what did her mom say that she was so right about it. That was never a scene in this movie, which is super annoying. It's just like, oh,
have the non-believing, unloyal girlfriend character
say something cliche. Perfect, that's all the
character development she get, and that's a wrap on Kara, everybody. (Nick applauds) We can cool
off those curling irons. Now Aleaha gets home and
starts listening to the Bible on her iPod, which is a risky move because she lives in a
non-Christian household. - [Man On iPod] That he was buried, that he was raised on the third day, according to the scriptures. If you believe this in your heart, if you accept this by faith. - Oh-oh, did this girl just join the heaven's gate call to... Phew, she's just abandoning
her faith for Jesus, which is exposed when this
little brother character just decides to attack his
sleeping sister randomly in this suspenseful
horror movie like sequence that doesn't really fit in. (intense instrumental music) (door rattling)
(intense instrumental music) (material ripping)
- Give me that. Swear to me you will never say anything. Swear it! - Well handled Aisha. I would have like lied and said it was for school or something, but I like how you decided to
scream in his face instead. What was the little boy's motivation for snatching that iPod? Like couldn't she have
said something to him when she came in the door and he's like, "I wanna play games on the iPod." Then he has a reason to
go in there and take it. But whatever, whatever, what do I know? I'm just some idiot who
decided to watch this. Amy sits down to dinner with
Dean Cain, her boyfriend, to give the unfortunate news
about her terminal illness. - I think I have cancer.
(jazzy instrumental music) - She's being modest,
she knows she has cancer. Once more with confidence Amy. - I have cancer. - This couldn't wait until tomorrow.
- What? - He said he's busy, Cancerina, God. He just wanted to sit
down to a nice dinner and a warm skillet cookie. But now you're coming in
and being such a cancer. And I'm talking about
the astrological sign, not the horrifying disease
that's killing you. The way they hammer home
that Dean Cain is a bad guy is so over the top. I was like, this feels
like a Dharmam video. (somber instrumental music)
- How did I not see this in you? You understand that I might die. (somber instrumental music) - I'm sorry about that. - And that's why I'm
leaving you this coupon for free movie ticket at any AMC theater. It expires really soon, but that's kind of perfect for you anyway. Clearly Josh's bravery about
standing up to the professor is having an effect on his classmates. - Hey, you're in my philosophy class. Martin, right? - Correct, and you Mr. Josh?
- Yeah. Yeah, that's me Mr. Josh. - Or just Josh, what the
(beep) is this racist (beep). I don't even know where to begin with the amount of Asian
stereotypes that they cram into Martin's character, but just know that it ends with him turning to the bright light
of our Lord, Jesus Christ. It's almost like an SNL sketch. How cartoonishly amoral they make all agnostic and atheistic people team. It as though the existence
of God is the only thing that keeps humanity from
being (beep) to each other. Okay, that night Reverend and Reverend get their new replacement car, which is delivered by Tommy Blaze, who we've seen in a couple other things (Nick chuckles) across
the Pure Flix-averse, the Pureverse, it's probably
that, (Nick chuckles) the Pure Flix heavenly universe. But then this car doesn't start again, so they're like, oh my God,
we have to wait another night. And at this point it's like, or just don't go, find
something else to do. But it's here right at the halfway mark that this movie kind of does that crazy stupid love thing where halfway through
you realize, oh my gosh, all of these characters
are way more interconnected than we realized, and it's
revealed with this phone call. - Yeah, I'm with Mark.
(woman chuckles) - It's me dork, your sister. You really should go see mom. She's not doing well. - You go and you asked her
what three plus three equals. If she gives you the
right answer, I'll visit. - That's not fair. - It's also (beep) horrible to say. Like her brother's acting
like a literal monster, and she's like, "You doofus, ah." No, ma'am, he's toxic. Don't worry about him. He doesn't care if your mom died. Josh is still checking
out books at the library. And this girl is like implying like you're crazy for doing this. And it's, I guess this is supposed to be the supporting info we need to
realize that Josh is devoting a disproportionate amount
of his academic time to this one, like extra
credit assignment basically. I would like a more
substantial way of seeing that Josh's other classes are suffering in the name of the Lord. 'Cause that was set up to be a conflict and it never comes to fruition. - Hey, honey.
- Oh. (Mina chuckles) - Oh. (Robert chuckles)
(lips smacking) Mm, oh, hey, did you pick up
the bottle of wine I wanted? - I did, I left it in the car. - It's in the car. You know, don't worry about it. - Why are they both acting
like the car's parked on the moon, someone go get it. - The first time I walked
into your classroom, - Mm-hmm.
- you were all blood and thunder. - That was a performance,
staged largely for your benefit. - I've never heard people talk like this outside of an 18th century play. Blood and thunder? Why are you talking the
way Louisa May Alcott would describe having hemorrhoids? Anyway, so as we see the
professor and Mina here, they met when Mina was a student. And the professor is an atheist obviously, but she is Christian, and he knew that. - There's only room in
this relationship for two, which means I don't get a
mistress and you don't get to drag a 2000-year-old dead carpenter turned itinerant rabbi into our lives. - If he's just a
2000-year-old dead carpenter then why are you so afraid of your girlfriend sleeping with him? This guy is very confident
with his insecurities. To me, it's apparent
from this one interaction that Professor Radison is
very abusive to his partner. But that night at the professor's dinner, he's even more dismissive
of his wife's life. - But I actually believe in God. - Darling. I think it's best
we just changed the subject. - But I'm just saying that- - Mina, I, I, I've asked politely. - The way that I would be
seasoning his chicken cutlet with my own piss, oh. He makes me mad. I'll be like, I'm gonna spit
not only in your food tonight, but every food you ever
eat, mama, it's water work. So Martin calls his dad back in China, and we had got another skeptic. (man over phone speaking
in foreign language) (Martin speaking in foreign language) (man speaking in foreign language) (man over phone speaking
in foreign language) (Martin speaking in foreign language) - I mean, that's not even
really what the class is about. Remember this is from the
professor who didn't want to talk about God in his classroom. Now it's pretty much all they
discussed for three lectures, sort of a had the
opposite effect, I think. - Mina, this wine is awful. - I bought it before I went
shopping the other day. (intense instrumental music) I locked it in the trunk. And when I got home, I forgot about it. - Me taking care of a baby. Why are they both still acting
so mystified by the wine? We already remembered
this a few scenes ago. Like (hands clapping) what? Something here needs to be cut. Oh my God, but the professor
is verbally abusive. - The Socrates put it over 2000 years ago, (Robert speaking in foreign language). (Robert chuckles) - Looks like it's Greek to her. (dinner guests chuckling) - So do you all bully each other spouses when they invite you over for dinner, or is that guy just acting stuck up because she served a no-bake
cheesecake for dessert? It tasted fine! Mina cries and runs out of the room. And I would cry and
run out of the country. I would be like, "You can make
your own chicken, you dick." Now it's time for Amy to suffer cancer because she doesn't believe
in God. (Nick chuckles) - No pacemaker, no other piercings, right? - No.
- I know it sounds crazy but I have to ask. If there's any ferrous metal
anywhere inside your body, the magnetic field will pull
it out of you, forcibly. - Are they fighting her
cancer with Magneto? Also what is it with this random judgment about body piercings? Did the Bible also say that
good girls only get simple studs in their ears? Because that sounds like something, somebody creepy Southern father would say to a closeted lesbian child. "Well guess what, Pa, I'm
getting my tongue pierced "and I'm using it for cunilingus. "And you can't stop me
'cause I'm going to college." That's the American dream. I'm sad for Amy, she's dying of cancer. Now it's time for Josh
to come back and refute the professor's previous statement that he kind of brought
up with Stephen Hawkin. - But, but if you can't bear to disagree with Hawking's thinking, then I suggest that you turn
to page five of his book where he insists "Philosophy is dead." Then, well, there's really
no need for this class. (students laughing) - (Nick chuckles) What happened? Did the Jesus kid and
the professor kiss yet? Reverend Dave is counseling with Mina which I think, again, is
an opportunity that arises because he's not on vacation
with this Reverend Jude. But I think they needed
to make that more explicit that these are things that are happening because of happy accidents. - Psychologists call it
the Cinderella complex. (uplifting instrumental music)
It's not my name for it, so don't get upset with me. Guys are capable of the same thing. It's just, they don't have a name for it. - You could still call it the
Cinderella complex for men. It doesn't mean they have
to put on a powder blue gown and glass slippers. He's like it's called
dumb (beep) syndrome, except for when a man does it, then we just accept it
as normal human behavior. So don't get mad at me, it's psychology. This is real live footage
of a reverend counseling this woman out of an abusive relationship. It's not forceful enough. I'd be like, "Leave this guy. "Girl, cut off his (beep). - Do you believe God's
capable of error, bias, or bad judgment? - No.
- And it follows that He cares about you, right, to the point where God's only Son would willingly be crucified
again for you, just you, if that's what was necessary. - What kind of die-hard-esque
Bible situation are you conjuring up here, Reverend? He's making it sound like the
devil is a GI Joe villain, who's gonna be like, "The
choice is yours, Jesus Christ. "Either you get nailed to a wooden cross, "or the girl." I'm just saying so far
in this conversation, Jesus's love feels highly hypothetical. Oh my God, finally more lecture. We love getting lectured when
we're not in school, right? So let's give a whole
movie of school lecture. - [Josh] If you can picture
the entire 3.8 billion years that scientists have
say life has been around is one 24-hours day. - Wow, this kid should switch his major to PowerPoint graphics. How is he accomplishing these visuals? - Most major animal groups suddenly appear in the forms of which they currently hold. Not slowly and steadily,
as Darwin predicted, but in evolutionary
terms almost instantly. - Okay, but doesn't
that argument only work, if the Bible is wrong about the
Earth being 6,000 years old? Who is in charge of deciding
which part of the Bible we should completely ignore or
accept as a cute little story that symbolizes something
based in scientific fact? And at what part in all of
this does the flower girl come down the aisle? Is that the same thing? Basically, he's saying like, creationism is a big flash
of letting there be life, if you look at it in the grand scheme of how long the Earth has existed. It was just like, boom, there's light. And I'm like, yes, but
if you thinking about it from the perspective of a human life, it was over the course of
many generations of animals for your procreating. So we agree on that. It sounds like, but
that doesn't prove God, it really doesn't, I'm sorry. Amy's whole life is cancer. (somber instrumental music)
- Isn't there anyone you would like to have
here with you for this? (somber instrumental music) - No.
(somber instrumental music) - So did that Duck Dynasty
guy put a curse on this lady? Also, leave the door open doctor. I'd like to read that children's
poster on Louisiana crop. I can handle it, blah, blah, blah. Amy's dying all alone
because she's a liberal, and there's this confrontation
between Dorbo and Dorbo. - What else does Job tell us? "For man it was born of woman, "is few of days, "and does not rise to till
the heavens are no more." At least he got that part right. - It seems like this guy is just mad because somebody gave him a Bible quote of the day desk calendar at some Christmas party, or something. He's very good at memorizing
the things that he's read, but for some reason, it all
sounds Shakespearian to me. I just cannot understand unless it's 10 things I hate about you. - What happened to you?
(somber instrumental music) - When a 12-year-old watches his mother dying of cancer, it's only natural to beg God for her life. - Is he describing that first scene in "Guardians of the Galaxy". - She died believing that
someone out there loved her, even while he was strangling her to death. The most committed atheists
were once Christians, but we took the blinders off. - The director was like, "Did you guys see "those hand gestures? "We could win an Oscar for this. "Or like, what's the
Christian version of an Oscar? "There's nothing as good as that, okay." - You see Shakespeare had it right. Life is really a tale told by an idiot. All of sound, and fury,
and signifying, nothing. - That was also the character description that Kevin Sorbo got before
auditioning for this role. He's like sound and fury
meaning nothing, got it. Do you know what the crickets chirp sound is like under the moon,
it's turned to dust. Like baby, okay. Tell me what books to read. This scene is very disturbing. I've cut out all the
parts where Aisha's dad brutally hits her, but
the brother exposes her for no reason. I wish we could have
gotten some motivation, or scene, or understanding
of why that happened, but it feels like the
filmmakers were very careful about not trying to portray any characters who lived a life outside of Christianity with too much detail. They were like, "We don't actually know "what that looks like, these
people could be swinging "from vines in their living
room, for all we know." Like it's awful. - No, Momma, Jesus is my Lord and Savior, And He's testing me from my sin. Momma!
♪ Gloria ♪ - The grandparents are like, "So we're probably gonna watch
the new 'Game of Thrones' "at our house tonight." Don't worry, Nina, Pappa, we're just making a movie, she's fine. I did feel sad when Aisha
gets cast out of her home because she's pounding on
the door, like let me in. And the dad's crying, like, "I don't know why I'm doing this." It's awful to think of how
many people were disowned from their families or otherwise harmed in the name of religion. Something that is just conceptual. Meanwhile, Martin's whole
life consists of phone calls with his dad. (Martin speaking in foreign language) (man speaking in foreign language) Okay, no one said you had to tell your dad about everything that
happens in that class. He seems like he's really
busy with the world, the longest a daytime car ride. They never show that dad
not in rush hour traffic. They said, "China, you're in a car baby." The Asian stereotypes are
so deep and insidious. It's like the super serious Asian student with the parent who is going to, you know, yell at him for everything. Like, oh my God. Not even trying to make these
characters fully develop. Amy has accepted her fate, however. (Amy grunts)
(somber instrumental music) - New post. Amy,
(somber instrumental music) is going to
(somber instrumental music) die.
(somber instrumental music) - Someone instantly comments first. Also how sure are you
that you're going to die? Set up a go-fund me, mama, and get yourself to a
non-Christian hospital because that doctor seems
to kind of hate you. I think he can sense that
you had a NuvaRing put in. He's like you deserve the grave. Alrighty, so Amy is very
upset with God, or whoever, because she's dying. The professor, mm. So Mina goes into school and
she's like, "I'm leaving you." And she walks away from
the abusive boyfriend once and for all. And he's like, "I forbid it." And it's like, "You really
don't get it, do you?" Reverend Dave is counseling
Aisha who I think they needed to differentiate a
little bit more from Mina because they could easily be
confused as the same people. But anyway, Reverend Dave
begins to counsel her on her, you know, being abandoned. - You've displayed an
amazing amount of courage by standing up for your faith. God knows the risks you've
taken and He will honor that. - In the meantime, here's
a list of youth shelters that we printed off for you. Some of them even have like
one or two stars on Yelp. There's a lot of hope in this
movie about being rewarded for your good deeds after you die. And I'm like, I'm sorry. That's not soon enough, I
plan to live 1000 years. I need all of my rewards
in cash and prizes to come like within one
to two weeks usually, depending on what kind of shipping I can afford to pay for it. But I guess whatever. - I don't think I could do this. - We're here for you Aisha. - Look, I've even brought
you this comically small box of tissues to try and make you laugh. I know that that's like
a travel pack of tissues. But when I saw her set that down, I laughed for 45 seconds uncontrollably. It looks like a regular Kleenex box that got honey, I shrunk the kids. Honey, I shrunk the kids that did, it got shrunk by the kids, honey. The professor is about to
basically, he like warns Josh. He's like, I'm about to hand you your ass, 'cause this has been a big mistake. But in this final
lecture, it's Josh's turn to talk about evil. If there is a God, why does
he allow evil to exist? And the professor's response
to this is sort of like what I just said. - Well, how convenient. One day I will get rid of
all the evil in the world. But until then you just have
to deal with all the wars, and Holocaust, tsunamis,
poverty, starvation, and AIDS. - Wow, okay, not sure why
AIDS was the only illness you thought to mention, but
I'm going to ignore it for now. Only until I decide whether
it was racist or homophobic, either way, it feels like both. Josh is basically like, if
I copied off a term paper, we know that that's wrong, right? How do we know it's wrong? Well, because the Bible
says stealing is wrong. So he's like, if like God doesn't exist, there would be no right and wrong. - If God does not exist then
everything is permissible. Professor Radison is right then
all of this is meaningless. I mean our lives, and
ultimately our deaths have no more consequences
than that of a goldfish. - Now the young whipper
snapper is getting it. I don't understand how the
existence of a social contract somehow proves that there's an afterlife, but what was the part
about it being permissible for me to marry a goldfish. That part I do like. This doesn't make sense to me. He's like, "There's no
such thing as a God, "we can all just do whatever we want. "We can live freely, we can..." Yes, exactly, exactly that. You're exactly right. He's like, "Well if there's no God "then people could just
marry others of the same sex, "they could just choose what
to do during their pregnancy. "It would be chaos." I'm pretty sure it wouldn't, only to you. A lot of people are good
people without any religion, just because they know
what's right or wrong. They know like morality
doesn't exist just because a moral God exists. (hands clapping) Morality exists because we as humans know, what's conducive to other humans living happily and comfortably. And we try our best to
provide that for one another when we can out in the world, because that's what we expect done for us. I could walk through Kmart with a machete and hack at people. It wouldn't get too far. And it's also, I don't wanna do that
to people, that's awful. I don't think God had to tell me that. - 'Cause religion is like
a, it's like a mind virus that parents have passed
on down to the children, and Christianity is
the worst virus of all. It slowly creeps into our lives when we're weak, or sick, or- - Or when lawmakers are
choosing the human rights of American citizens. See this guy is definitely
making the most sense out of all of the characters, even though he's always straight
up stepdad yelling at me. This is where Josh really cracks it. He's like, "You don't not believe in God. "You hate God 'cause your mom died, "like a withered old prune, "and you had to watch
it you little (beep). - You have no idea how much
I'm gonna enjoy failing you. - Yeah, but who you really
looking to fail, Professor? Me?
(intense instrumental music) - Or God?
- Ooh, things are getting heated. I bet the other students are like, "Hey, we should place bets on which one of these two radical whites brings a gun to the next class. - You've seen the science
and the arguments. Science supports His existence. You know the truth! - Wait, now science supports His existence because of the cartoon
clock you showed us. I think the very best, we've drilled home the fact that the existence
of a Christian God can be neither proven nor disproven, but only because heavenly magic
is still really hard to see under a microscope. The professor's getting heated. Maybe some people think they're atheists when really they hate God. But I think if you know,
you don't believe in a God, you don't also secretly hate
a God for killing your mom. You would have just stopped believing that He had anything to do
with it, what do I know? This is not made from the
perspective of a real human who is accepting all sides of an argument. - Yes, I hate God. All I have for Him is hate. - How can you hate someone if they don't exist? - Easy, for example,
I hate Buzz Lightyear. And he's an animated toy,
which is why it hurts so much when he broke my heart. That was the nail in the coffin. God himself could have shown
up and taken a selfie with us. And it still wouldn't have
been as concrete proof as what Josh just served up on
a golden gilded platter. - You've proven nothing.
- Maybe not. - And also, definitely not. In fact, one of the first things Josh said in all of this is like, "I may never be able to
prove that I'm right, "but I can prove that I'm not wrong." And it's like, well, I
think your goal was to prove that you were right. So you did fail in the way that you said, but it's up to the class to vote on whether God is dead or not. And I would be like, so confused here. It'd be like, am I voting
that God's not dead? Meaning like there isn't
a chance that God exists, or do I stay seated if I still
don't believe God exists? Like hard to vote.
(uplifting instrumental music) - God is not dead.
(uplifting instrumental music) God's not dead. God's not dead. - Okay, fine, but now
it's my turn to prove that God is a woman. ♪ You believe that God us a woman ♪ Excuse me, professor, you said there would be
limited interruptions, so, L. (uplifting instrumental music)
- God's not dead. - God's not dead. - God's not dead. - God's not dead. - [Students] God's not dead. - [Students] God's not dead. - [Students] God's not dead. - God's not dead.
(uplifting instrumental music) - And I'm going full-time pescatarian. What, I've been letting other people have the spotlight all semester. After class, Josh catches up with Martin, who's like, "I've decided
to turn my life into Jesus. "I'm following Jesus now." So we definitely get the sense that Josh is fulfilling his white male duties of converting non-white people
to his monotheistic religion. It's really touching, so
sweet and so touching, but we're not nearly done yet
because it's the final night for Jude and Dave go to
Disney or fake Disney, and the car breaks down again. So, oh no, it works, it works this time. 'Cause he had enough faith for it to work. And he's like, "Because you believed "in the car starting, it did." And I'm like, okay, so now
God does magic with cars. I don't know, Schrodinger's Box. If I believe the car wouldn't
turn on and it didn't, then you're right, but
also we'll never know. Anyway, Dean Cain is talking to his mother who has memory health issues. - You have dementia. My life is perfect, explain that to me. - Sometimes the devil
allows people to live a life free of trouble. - Oh, what in the conjuring universe did she just say? It's creepy when she starts
mumbling about the devil in the dark like this. Can we get mom another plate of chicken, so she stops being such a downer. Also maybe a lamp would be
nice for this poor old woman who is sitting in a dark room. But the mom seems to
be a conduit of Jesus, and tells Dean he needs
to start acting right, or the devil is gonna send him
straight to the pits of hell. - One day, the cell door will slam shut, and suddenly it's too late. Uh.
(clock ticking) Who did you say were? - I'm the devil, Muriel, and I'm here to take your soul. (Nick chuckles) Just kidding, Mom. I love being goofy with you. Oh no, she of a heart attack. Alrighty, so throughout
the movie, I can't believe, I forgot to mention
Newsboys is a special guest in this whole movie. We've heard their songs throughout. They're a Christian band. And at one point Josh got Newsboys tickets for his then girlfriend, Kara, because that's how they met somehow, like listening to a song. But obviously the whole
world is there now. The whole world is showing
up to Hasting Center, which is a poorly Photoshop
version of Staple Center. Amy decides to confront
the members of a Newsboy. And she's like, "How can
you say God is real?" And I was like, what made you even think to attack this band
before they go on stage, like of all the religious figures? ♪ Tell them ♪
- I'm dying. ♪ The Lord, and the fight is ♪ - See guys, this is why
we got to stop doing meet and greets before the show. Lady, we got to go out there and perform. You just sucked all of the
energy out of the room. But no, the band is actually
very helpful to her. - I think your here kind of wandering, kind of hoping that
this stuff is for real. - How do you know that? - Wow ,I just felt that
that's what God was saying. And He just wanted you to know. - Okay, the Australian one can (beep) me, but I don't want him passing
on any messages from God while it's happening. We will take requests from
the live chat, but I mean. All right, so now all of God's children are converging at the
concert for Newsboys, including Martin and Josh. Kevin Sorbo's character
is really despondent. He's actually reading a note
from his mother that's like, just because I'm dying doesn't
mean you should hate God. And it's like, did he
not read that earlier? It seems like that could
have also had an impact on his upbringing, but okay. The band has to get on stage. So they finished praying for sweet Amy. - Amen.
(uplifting instrumental music) - Amen.
- Hey guys, we got to roll. - Cool.
- You'll be okay, Amy? - All good.
(uplifting instrumental music) - Bye, Amy, hope you don't die. Rod, can we get a T-shirt and
one of those light-up hats for this cancer girl? The rock band starts
and everybody jumping. LED light, music with guitar and drum. Everyone's like, yeah,
I love when people pray and listen to music, they're like. ♪ Mm, rock music ♪ I never know what to do with my hands when I'm listening to music. So I just go, (fingers snapping). Dr. Professor Radison is
off trying to find Mina to have her take him back,
but (scoffs) not how it goes. (suspenseful instrumental music) (body thudding) (intense instrumental music) (car break squealing)
(body thudding) (car tires squealing) Jesus Christ himself just
looked into the rear-view mirror of that car and said, "Now,
who doesn't exist, my child?" Also, I like how the movie
thought they would throw in some free advertising for Coca Cola during this emotional hit
and run scene of the movie. Coca-Cola was like, we would sue you, but we actually didn't really know about this movie until now,
and it feels kind of late. The reverends run over to our
newly injured car hit guy. By the way, it was at
this point that I lost it. I was like, oh, hitting with the car now. - Come on.
- His ribs are crushed. (Robert screams)
His lungs are filling with blood.
(rain pattering) (Robert coughs)
He doesn't have long. - Wait, did they teach you
lung and rib assessment while you were a missionary in Uganda? Or does God grant you X-ray vision after you save your 100th soul and become a Christian gold member. So now it's reverend's duty. This part makes me so uncomfortable. He's trying to save the
soul of this dying man, by making him accept
Christ into his heart. - Do you know Jesus? - I believe, yes. - I believe it's God's mercy
that brought me here right now. Because that car could
have killed you instantly. And I'm sure right now you
probably wish that it did, but I'm here to tell you that it's a gift. - No, what else would make a nice gift? A tourniquet of some sort. I would be like, sir, my life
is flashing before my eyes and you're kind of ruining it because I can see water
draining out of your nostrils and dripping into my mouth. Can someone here just
smother me with a pillow? Who goes up to somebody, is like, "That car could have instantly killed you, "and I bet you wish it did." Like yeah, 'cause you won't
get (beep) your drippy face out of me. - Stay with me, stay with me.
(somber instrumental music) (Robert coughs)
Are you willing to put your faith in Jesus Christ? God is willing to
forgive you of your sins. - Okay, well right now my
biggest sin is having lungs that are water balloons full
of blood, at this point. Can you maybe go offer
this gift of forgiveness to whoever hit me with their sedan, and make some room for the paramedics to come help, thanks, Reverend. But no, he accepts the Christ. (somber instrumental music)
- Yes, I, I accept. (Robert coughs)
- It's all right. (Robert shivering)
in a few minutes you're gonna know more
about God than I do, (Robert whimpers)
or anybody else here does. - Well, that's not fair. He's gonna have such an
advantage when it comes time to buy God the perfect Christmas gift. Last year, like 20 of
us all got him copies of the same "Bruce Almighty"
DVD, it was so embarrassing. Then our friend dies,
Professor Radison dies. So that's what happen if you don't believe in God
long enough, you'll die, but then you'll believe
in Him right at the end. So like why waste time, just convert now. Meanwhile (beep) Willie Robertson
comes back on the screen at the Newsboys concert. I'm like do all Christian people have terrible celebrities, yes! - We've heard in the news
that there's been a bit of a squabble down there on campus. And while this next song is playing, I want everyone to go to their contacts and click on everybody,
you know, and text them, God's not dead. - Okay, and then who should I
invoice for any text messaging or data rates that apply? Do I address that to Duck Dynasty Dan, or Peter, Paul, and Mary
at the Pearly Gates? All right, so it turns out I
have unlimited text messaging and data, but I'm still not doing this. How many people do you
think sent the police to do a welfare check on their weird aunt who just randomly sent
a cryptic text saying, God's not dead. I'd be like, so she just recently started watching Pure Flix, and a lot of those
shows tell people to die in the name of Jesus. So can you just go over
there and switch it to TV Guide Network or something? Everyone in the audience
is texting God's not dead to all of their friends and family. Everyone is thanking Josh for
showing them Christianity, and being brave enough to defend Christ. (Nick grunts) I hate it so much. The uptight dad gets the
God's not dead message. Oh, and then the dead guy too. (upbeat instrumental music)
♪ Roaring like a lion ♪ ♪ Shake the ground ♪ ♪ With the sound. ♪ - He's like, God's not dad? Oh, sorry, there was a
little bit of brain matter on the screen. I don't know if we're fully appreciating that a man just died, and there were dozens of witnesses. - What happened here tonight
is a cause for celebration. Pain, yes, for just a few moments. But now think about the joy in heaven. - So true, there's really so
much more to be happy about right now, as we stand over this dead body Professor Radison's loved
ones will be devastated, yes. But just for the rest of their lives. Think about all of the finger foods there will be at the
post funeral reception. That's not good enough. And that's just how the movie
likes it, not good enough. And they end with one
final call to action. (upbeat instrumental music)
♪ He's roaring ♪ (upbeat instrumental music) - I'm Josh.
(crowd screaming) - Ooh, this is so embarrassing. I sent all of the messages, but just realized it auto
corrected to (beep) me, daddy, and now my phone is blowing up. It's gonna be a busy weekend. Darryl, can you bring me my day planner? And that's all she wrote
for "God's Not Dead". And I'm like at this point
He probably wishes He was. 'Cause that was the worst thing I've seen in such a long time, basically implying that
all nonbelievers are (beep) or dying. So let me know if you think
I should cover anything else in this type of faith-based space.
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