223 - A Thief In The Night II: The Me2al Age: 2 A 2 Distant 2 Thunder

Thief In The Night 4: Thief Night Knight 3: Thief Outcast 2: In The Night Academy

I genuinely thought I was getting the Thief 2 episode and I am simultaneously enraged AND pleased to be wrong, let's GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I know it's not the point of the Editor Brian sidebar but, as someone who was not raised Christian, still isn't Christian, and has no theological education, hearing "John of Patmos" fuckin activated me. A.J. you genius Additionally, as a British (sorry) Monty Python enjoyer, I can confirm we do love that shit, and I did immediately recognise that song from Holy Grail

Bryan doing theology is kind of hot. I'm straight. Or I thought I was.

About the mixer that turns the bowl - Could be a "Spiral mixer". There's a high end brand called Ankarsrum that makes one these days. And some copycats out there.

That moment of someone changing their beliefs and worldview as everything got more extreme and fascistic didn't happen as much as it should have, but it did happen. At least to me. I still consider myself a "conservative" but I really appreciate the perspective you all share on this podcast helping me broaden my views and try to avoid echo chambers. Thanks for everything you do.

Fun Fact: this film was named A Thief in the Night 2 Shattered Skies in Japan and North America

I've been laughing at this episode too much. My coworkers are starting to ask questions I cannot answer.

While not quite Slasher Jesus, there is Zombiechrist, a comedy/horror/bizarro film by indie filmmaker and noted schlockdealer Bill Zebub. It's a movie about Jesus (played by a halloween decoration) coming back as a zombie and murdering people while trying to find a woman to make the antichrist with. It's one of those movies that, if you show it to other people, makes them concerned that you might need to be committed, so naturally it's best watched with friends and enough alcohol to kill a hog.

The part where she says she was left behind and the title music starts up feels like I'm about to hear sondheim number describing the world immediately after everyone is raptured

Not even 4 minutes in and you’re making an Agent 47 joke just like you did 5 years ago for part one 🙏 we’re so back Edit: I also appreciate the “*if* you purchase things at hobby lobby” because everyone knows they honor they five-finger discount (legally this is a joke) Anyway I’ll actually listen to the episode now

What you guys said about this stuff being so anxiety-brain feels so real to me as an outsider. Not to brag or anything but I *have* an anxiety disorder and that whole thought process of, "The world is bad and evil and is getting worse every day and I constantly have to be prepared so it doesn't take me by surprise," is something I have to fight against in my own brain every day in order to actually live a life and improve the world in the small ways I can. I can only speak from my personal experience, but my particular anxiety in the past few years has been laser focused on, "I have to be prepared to die and/or create the circumstances of my own death," and this is what a lot of soothsaying about the rapture sounds like to me especially in the context of these Thief in the Night movies. You have to be prepared either to be raptured or be killed on Earth. It feels like you can't win, and it's so self-defeating. Like you said, the goal is not to *improve* the world but to *leave* it. I somehow escaped being raised Evangelical despite living literally twenty minutes from Liberty University my entire youth, but I have quite a few friends who were. Grew up with Adventures in Odyssey, believing in the rapture, all that. They'd be the first to admit it fucked them up, this kind of anxious, doom-focused thinking.

strong opening lmaooooo

Apostles cannot fast travel when overencumbered.

A wild cut to Warren Miller. Did not expect that to show up in this

I need a supercut of all the AJ's Horse Corners 😂

This episode is a fucking banger, start to finish.

I'm obsessed with the Jesus slasher in Des Moines. John Carpenter wishes he had that kind of juice.

I lost it laughing hard at Agent 47 buying model trains in Hobby Lobby.

The theory that 666 is code for Nero is extremely convoluted and nowadays largely discredited, especially since there's a much simpler explanation. Like a lot of arcane symbolism in the Book of Revelation, it seems to just be a reference to the Old Testament. In both Kings and Chronicles, "666 talents of gold" is stated to have been the yearly income of King Solomon. You know, the king whose incredible wealth caused him to turn away from God. Because you're not supposed to let desire for wealth lead your thoughts (head) or actions (right hand). Consult the Letter of James chapter 5, verses 1-6 for details (or the Magnificat, or the Traders in the Temple episode of the Gospels, or like 500 other bits in the Bible that tell you you shouldn't be rich or try to be rich).

As an Iowan I will have you know that the largest annual bike tour in the world (RAGBRAI) was started in the 70a by a pair of Des Moines Register reporters.

In Minnesota feeling my community go into action, and be separated or bereaved by the state. It's terrifying and I've never seen the community mutual aid networks be stronger. We're trying to replace that fear with preparation. Idk. Thank you for acknowledging our neighbors' bravery. Never felt more proud to be a MN punk and more ashamed to be an American

I didn't know Superstar Billy Graham was invited to the White House and I wish he wasn't such a piece of shit in these conversations.

Warren Miller movies mentioned!!!!

I can't see a thing, this podcast is too dark

The thing that gets me about this is just like, the specific way they distinguish the like, satanic world order from mundane tyrannies is the *sadism* which like

AJ is so right at the end about Christianity being designed as a philosophy for premodern peasants. You might even say... it's the opiate of the masses 😎😎😎 (*guitar riff*)

These voice clips sound like a 90s FMV game

I also watched Road Construction Ahead (and recently found it again on YouTube). I am also not diagnosed.

Everyone who said, "Holy Grail?" raise their hand. {raises hand}

Incredible. Speaking of how the podcast has grown am I the only subscriber or even listener in the Republic of Malta?

Honestly, I found Thief in the Night II was much more bareable after I cranked the gamma all the way up.

Can’t wait for the epic mickey ep

It’s not strictly rapture but Estus pirkle’s If Footmen Tire You What Will Horses Do is a fascinating piece of evangelical apocalyptism