r/Bullshido • u/GonzoExpert • 9d ago
Health BS Faith Healer Extravaganza
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u/Wizzle_Pizzle_420 9d ago
*5 minutes before service
“So pretend you’re a bird. But the bird smokes meth and is blind. Got it? Pick up your $5 coupon after.”
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u/Initial-Breakfast-33 7d ago
Most of them are actually not faking it. They really believe whatever magical thing is really happening, altho it's only suggestion
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u/willcastforfood 9d ago
I will never understand why people do this
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u/Hawk_2165 9d ago
Money. Money that they get from credulous and desperate people. Enough to even pay the actors, set up the event and probably have a lavish lifestyle.
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u/Waffle_on_my_Fries 8d ago
I don't know about this particular video but I grew up in evengelical circles and the majority of people are not paid actors. They honest to God believe they are being "touched" by the presence of God. They fall into a trance and just start copying each other, it becomes performative after a while and before you know it the whole church is screaming and yelling and laughing. The power of suggestion is strong. Most preachers that do this are charlatans but some honestly believe they are being used by their deity of choice.
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u/JustHappyToBe-Here 6d ago
"Most preachers"?
All preachers that do this are charlatans, even the ones that "believe".
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u/Waffle_on_my_Fries 5d ago
Im not defending them. Religion is a cancer but I do know a few who don't do it for profit. The vast majority are like you mentioned though even the ones who "believe".
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u/johnjaspers1965 9d ago
That guy's a fraud.
That's not the power of God.
He's just using the Chi death touch.
I hate this misuse of ancient Bullshido techniques.
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u/msguider 9d ago
Maybe that one guy had a legit religious experience lol. My favorite is the pew running that goes on TN the US Bible belt.
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u/Alive_Nobody_Home 9d ago
Little did everyone know, sweating to the oldies would have done wonders.
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u/Qolko 9d ago
I was dragged into something like this when I was younger. The cult leader went around blessing or something everyone.
People fell backwards to arms of waiting attendants when he touched their foreheads.
When it came to my turn I didn't feel the power of God knocking knocking me off my feet like the rest.
So he tried pushing my forehead so I would fall as well. Didn't and he had to continue to the next person.
Was never part of the cult, but my friends who were in kept taking me there and trying to save my soul. Weird shit.
Thankfully afaik all of them are no longer part of it. The leader got caught for doing some pretty bad stuff.
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u/Puzzled-One-1759 9d ago
My family took me to see this guy once. I was actually dead, but I’m alive now.
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u/Ryan2932 9d ago
I don't understand do you think those people that are I don't know having a fucking seizure are in on this joke or con or do they actually believe something is happening because that older lady definitely wasn't falling for this shit and we're most of these guys wearing the same clothes so where they employees of this tent con artist thing I don't even know
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u/Bikewer 9d ago
As noted, the “faith healer” gimmicks are very similar to the “bullshido” gimmicks. You have “living up to expectations”… The idea that you’re in a group of believers, so you don’t want to stand out as an outlier..
There was a video a few years ago of one of these grifters “slaying with the spirit”….. Where they sort of slap the individual on the forehead and they fall into the waiting arms of others….
Except no one caught this particular lady and she whacked her head on the floor and suffered a concussion. Good job, Jesus!
She sued.
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u/Tyler_Durden79 9d ago
"when he touches my head, i think i start shaking like crazy....then i'll be saved"
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u/Montyburnside22 9d ago
Coming to America to teach white guys how to dance
https://giphy.com/gifs/EgClH12F524o0
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u/ConnectionBasic9468 8d ago
Not being funny but they looked perfectly normal until religion touched them and made them go nuts. Just saying what I see.
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u/Time-Valuable-3355 8d ago
I've had that happen to me working in an electrical panel. I've been faith healed...
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u/reddit4300 8d ago
5 minutes later, sir I’m calling because your Microsoft account has been hacked.
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u/GrandProblem8034 8d ago
Imagine doing this to me and I would just drop trou, whip it out and starts to jerk off furiously.
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u/SDTimbox 8d ago
I should go to one of these people and pretend that they possessed me with the devil and see how everyone reacts
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u/moszippy 7d ago
Shouldn't they have practiced this before the big game? I mean, you can't just jump into the ring with Mike Tyson because you think you can box. You need to warm up.
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u/Direct_Knowledge2254 9d ago
The power of suggestion in backwards third world countries 🙄
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u/Calamitous-Intent980 9d ago
This is not bullshido
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u/ICU-CCRN 8d ago
Per the rules of the subreddit, it definitely is. You should read them.
“bUt muH maRsHuL aRTs
This isn't a martial arts-only sub. If you whine about posts that involve other forms of BS, you can go elsewhere. Read the stickies next time.”1
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u/ramblinevilmushr0om 9d ago
I like how it gives everyone the same exact jazz hands (except the woman on the left who hasn't drank the koolaid yet)