Christian YouTube Is the Fastest-Growing Site on the 'Net
It seems like every day brings the launch of a new YouTube knockoff that offers fancy integrated video players and the ability to upload user-created content. Few of these upstarts seem to have a chance compared to Google's juggernaut ... except for the porn-focused ones, of course, which seem to be doing quite well. Conversely, a Christian-focused alternative is also finding quite a bit of success by letting believers strut their faith for all the Web to see.
GodTube was launched last January by Chris Wyatt, a former producer for CBS. It mostly offers user-generated Christian programming, like a number of parodies of popular songs re-written to include Christian overtones, (some funny, some not) and, of course, plenty of preaching. Much of the site's content is a little more controversial, however, including a number of videos attacking Mormonism and one in which an atheist holds a Christian at gunpoint and asks him to die for his faith.
So, perhaps not everyone can appreciate the content, but surely everyone can appreciate the traffic. In August GodTube was the fastest growing Web site on the 'Net according to comScore, an Internet marketing company. GodTube tauts 1.6 million unique visitors a month, an impressive figure for an upstart, but not quite a threat to YouTube's stats yet, estimated to be somewhere around 50 million per month.
From USA Today
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Subscribe to commentsTylerDec 6th 2007 6:20PM
Wow! You can't be serious. I actually feel embarrassed and its not even me acting like a crazed retard. You religious nuts never cease to amaze me.
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason" Benjamin Franklin
The Thane of TowsonDec 6th 2007 6:49PM
Use another genre other than rap. Rappers only rap a little playful misogyny, contempt for cops, recreational use of some of the weeds of the earth, big guns and big booty. Rap is really brought low to push the so-called Holy Bible. A book seasoned with murder, incest, obsessive-compulsive fetishes, genocide, unnatural acts, sado-masochistic tortures, intolerance, ethnocentricism, infanticide, slavery, mass executions, serious misogyny, all under the rule of a adolescent god who has nothing better to do that spy on and torment lesser beings. The bible thumpers should stick to their psychopathic hymns.
The Thane of Towson
monty hallDec 6th 2007 7:01PM
May the ejaculant of Satan, smeared across your well scrubbed faces, bring you enlightenment and a disturbing sense of peace.
ssDec 6th 2007 6:57PM
You guys are sounding like a cult from teh 80s
funguyintpaDec 6th 2007 7:23PM
Honestly, that video, Jesus Christ himself should come back and slap that fool rapper upside the head. That may pass for entertainment out in Two Mules, Kansas, but for the East Coasters, that is just retarded and low class.
AnelliDec 6th 2007 7:27PM
A religious site? Hum...
I would like to see a site where every religious belief system is honored and respected. I would love to see a site where respect for others- regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc- is paramount and based on an individual's character. I'd love to see a site that is all-inclusive. Hey, I can dream....LOL
giab3llaApr 17th 2008 4:58PM
If there was a place where each religion agreed that the other may be right, then there would be no religion. ya know... it will never happen
Harold RDec 6th 2007 7:29PM
I have to agree with the Christians on here the video at the TOP is very FUNNY and the VIDEO that Mark posted is a true inspiration here is the video in case some did not see:
http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=8cc592421572080b5e8d
SccottDec 6th 2007 8:14PM
There is no God, Damn when are you people going to learn? For example if there was a God Hitler would have never killed millions of jews! Kids would not die horrible cancer deaths,What kind of Person much less a god would let that happen,Well Hitler did and the Christians Killed him also. I am part of no group, or any kind of anything that promotes anything at all. I do beleive in living a good life and helping others and maybe Karma even but I am sick and tired of these church people cramming Jesus down my throat and yes you all do it! I have had the Jesus lecture more than once, now if I go around telling people there is no God well, I'll let ya know about the comments I am going to get over this, Signed
Disbelief In Internet Land
DevlynDec 7th 2007 4:34AM
what is this christian porno ??? a big bible is it meant to be a phalic symbol or is he useing it in reference to big breast ,he wants to pray to the break of day ,ya right . he may want to be on his knees but it wont be praying . then the violence towards the kids shoveing them up into a wall and last but not least the very end him cracking a invisable whip so he is into bdsm too ????
whats next "who res" for jesus or get this a priest and young boy holding hands walking into the sunset
you are all mentally unbalanced if you think nameing it godtube is going to make what your doing right and holy bunch of dam hypocrites
your unrightous view of the world and other religions even other christian religions is hatefull and this is what you teach and preach about next there will be gangs running around convert or we will torture and kill you ... oh wait that was done already , a couple of times !
gee what was I thinking
klaudiaDec 6th 2007 8:56PM
how is enjoying a videa praising God a cult? that doesnt even make any sense...and, what is wrong with having beliefs and morals? in addition, using the word "retarded" in those ways is immature. what is also immature is the lack of tolerance.
klaudiaDec 6th 2007 9:02PM
all the disasters that happen to us are our fault (including WWII). it was the germans who caused it, nevertheless, they were ALSO people. people doing harm to other people. not God. these problems are ours, as we caused them, not God. therefore, people are the ones who should be fixing them (and are). blaming others for our mistakes is idiotic and again, imature.
ConnieDec 6th 2007 9:14PM
I loved this version of the original song!! It's great and gives a fun, true message. Very contemporary!!
lighthousecogDec 7th 2007 10:12AM
Hey Gil,
Why do you think we WANT you in the ranks? The church's job is to share the good news - not beg people to please do God a favor and accept eternal life. That's the problem with too much of Western culture; they think they're helping God out by foolowing Jesus, when at the start it salvation was supposed to be seen as an unearned gift. Maybe it's time the church did a better job sharing that truth.
jack manningDec 10th 2007 6:57PM
COMMON SENSE TELLS YOU THAT GOD HAS ONLY ONE MANUSCRIPT,RE: THE ORIGINAL ONE, OF WHICH WAS WRITTEN IN THE ANCIENT GREEK, ARAMIC AND HEBREW AND SAID MANUSCRIPT WAS MEAN'T TO BE THE SAME FOR EVERYONE WHETHER YOU ARE FROM THE BLACK RACE, YELLOW RACE, WHITE RACE OR RED RACE, AND THAT BEING THE CASE,
WHERE IN THE WORLD DID WE GET 147 DIFFERENT RELIGIONS OUT OF ONE MANUSCRIPT.
THE ANSWER OF COURSE IS MAN AND MAN'S WORD VOIDS OUT GOD'S WORD. RELIGION WAS CREATED BY MAN, NOT GOD AND HAS BECOME THE WEALTHIEST BUSINESS IN THE WORLD WITH CRIME BEING #2. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THE 3 WORLD AGES, YOU DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT GODS WORD.
TLMay 28th 2009 3:40AM
Scott......
I won't dispute God's word....... If you've read the Bible completely then you wouldn't need to be telling people that there is no God...... While you're telling people that God doesn't save people from being sick, being murdered & etc, He performs miracles, so, if God lets people die then why are you still alive????...... It's not God who makes these people sick or get murdered & etc, that's Satan's work, he's the one who causes havoc in this world...... God has a plan & a purpose for each & everyone of us. If you want something good to come out of your life then turn to God, He's the answer & He's the only one who can save you from Satan's wrath...... What you're doing right now is part of Satan's work, this is what he wants you to do, play his evil dirty games to hurt people...... So all these people who are preaching God's word is doing what God calls them to do, they are doing the right thing & it's because they love you. I don't know you, but, you are my brother in Christ & we are to love our bothers & sisters in Christ whether we know them or not...... I'll be praying for you.....
TLMay 28th 2009 3:42AM
Scott......
I need to make a correction about the way I worded the statement "you are our brother in Christ", what I meant to say was "we are to love you as we would our brothers & sisters in Christ as Christ loves us". Since you are not 'in the Word' you're not in the family of Christ, when you turn your life over to God then you become our 'brother in Christ'. No matter what we are to still love you as Christ loves us....... Praying for you......
jmpraulJan 7th 2008 10:34AM
This video is full of creativity and promotes Christ in a viewer-friendly way. I applaud the young man who made this video and wish him much success with his work. All the people who are trashing it and making stupid remarks about it being 'retarded' are showing their contempt and ignorance of the Bible and the Lord. I hope and pray they realize thier negativity is not helping them or anyone else. At least the guy in the video is trying to do something positive. what are you doing with your life and talents?
GregJan 7th 2008 12:26PM
this is horrible... people need to stop prostelytizing and pushing their religious beliefs on everyone else. GOD DID NOT CREATE THE WORLD IN 7 DAYS. Our current 'day' didn't even exist when the Earth was formed!
And, I'm really sorry to break this to you all, but evolution and global warming are NOT Democrat-sponsored conspiracies. I'm sorry that science is proving your dogma's wrong. Religion was created in the absence of science, because thousands of years ago, we humans simply weren't able to understand the physical world in which we live. Religion gave people answers when they couldn't get answers. And now, we have those answers.
also... it would do well for all of you to research near-death-experiences. This is where a lot of the heaven/hell stuff comes from. There is a chemical produced in the brain called DMT (di-methyl tryptamine). DMT is also one of the most potent psychedelic compounds known to humanity, if not the most (i can't remember at the time).
Anyway, this chemical is secreted when we sleep; dreaming is essentially tripping, only made exclusively of closed-eye visuals. Now, heres where morality and the conscience come in. Why do people have bad dreams? Its because they have knowingly done something wrong, and their conscience is informing the dream-trip.
Now this is where things get really cool: this is why people have visions of heaven or hell when they die on the operating table or in an automobile accident only to be revived. DMT is flooded into the bloodstream when we die or almost die. Scientists don't know why, but they know it happens.
This is where near-death-experiences come from. Since its being secreted into the body, it's making us trip. When you trip, your conscience informs your trip. If you're a bad person, when you trip you're going to have a bad trip because your mind is going to punish you for knowingly doing something wrong. Likewise, if you're a good person and have nothing to be guilty about, then you will have a good trip, provided nothing happens during the trip to put you in a bad mood.
SO, if you're a bad person and have knowingly wronged many people and have done bad or harmful things, then you're conscience is going to make itself known during the NDE. This is why people think they have gone to hell, because they are having a bad trip as they die. Conversely, good citizens who haven't done anything wrong or bad come back talking about going to heaven. This is because they had a good trip, essentially. There was nothing negative to affect their final trip.
now, you may all think i'm crazy. sorry, but go do your research. Go pick up a copy of "DMT: The Spirit Molecule: A Doctor's Revolutionary Research Into The Biology of Near-Death and Mystical Experiences" by Dr. Rick Strassman, MD. This book has been lauded by numerous doctors and other Ph.D's.
Sorry to burst all of your bubbles, but you need to know a little thing called THE TRUTH.
bradJan 9th 2008 11:03AM
To: thane, gil, tyler, ss.......
WHO ARE YOU TO SAY THERE IS NO GOD?
You wouldn't have been on this site if you weren't curious about some part of your spirituality. Blaspheming Christ won't change Him, or us. Just remember one simple thing; Christ, who Himself was without sin, took ALL of your sin on himself and went to hell for you. It was the power of the love of God who placed Him back where He belongs. At the right hand of God in Heaven, preparing a place in eternity for you.
We pray that you will open your hearts. "Darkness cannot extinguish the light, but light can illuminate the darkness"