YouTuber Smash JT continued his ongoing war on Christians, but this time he barked up the wrong tree and was utterly rebuked.This Substack is reader-supported.
Let JDA know that I enjoyed his livestream last night. It was very informative on several things especially the Smash JT situation. I knew he was a prn addict and at first I fell for his accusation that JDA was an anti-semite. I'm more firm in Christ than I was before and I want to continue to grow as a Christian.
I unsubscribed from Endymion and I hope you guys continue to hold fast to Christ and what he desires as you guys fight for God and Christians everywhere.
Thank you for your support. I also ask that keep us in your prayers as well as help to keep us honest. The temptations in this sphere are quite strong.
Absolutely! I grew up Reformed so I have some theological differences from you and JDA. However, I'm a Christian regardless of what denomination I come from. We need more real Christians in the nerd space.
Also, let JDA know he was kind of right about Echoes of Wisdom. While the game doesn't make Zelda a girlboss but instead places limitations on her and her playstyle is that of a mage, Nintendo of America did do something with Zelda's companion Tri. In the pause/inventory menu in Echoes of Wisdom if you hover over Tri in the main item slot, Tri has the pronoun "they" in it's description. It could be specifically Nintendo of America's doing. I personally own Echoes of Wisdom and played the entire story through. I didn't see any side quests though in regards to any LGBTQ agenda or anything like that though.
I should be a little more specific. I knew Smash JT was a prn addict, but still somewhat listened to him anyway and fell for his accusation that JDA was an anti-semite. I'm all good now and God has made me a better Christian than I was before. I still have things I need to work on, but that's okay because God is with me and through Him, I can overcome.
Smash exposed himself long ago. He demonstrated his "weathervane" and tried to position himself like some gatekeeper on his own terms representing "the majority."
Some ego to believe he is the majority.
Unfortunately, sticking your finger in the wind has never worked: one just builds a reputation of flipping sides on a whim.
I only got into the Gamergate culture war last year. I never knew people like Smash JT existed until YouTube started recommending me the Gamergate YouTube channels after I had watched Matt Walsh's video on Sweet Baby Inc and rhe woke infiltration of gaming.
Proliferation and promotion of pornography has been a progressive and "left-wing" agenda. I don't really believe in left or right, I believe in team humanity. Communists and tyrants figured out pornography directly weakens the family. It corrupts the father and daughters who see their fathers succumb to such temptations lose respect for them. This is more than a moral issue, it's a national security issue.
It reminds me of North Korean soldiers first getting regular Internet access and then literally becoming combat ineffective due to excessive self-abuse. There are more examples documented in this book.
I only know JT from that one time he was on FandomPulse livestream and he struck me as incredibly slimy and evasive. His position is not much a surprise.
I saw him even using the bible's text in vain for his own purposes in the comment section on your video. He is a pathological liar, and he knows what he's doing.
What's with his obsession with supporting everything perverted?
"The lady doth protest too much." Smash JT is projecting that his critics are like himself when many of us are nothing like him whatsoever. He cannot theorize minds different from his own.
Smash is a selfish idiot but banning porn is NOT the smart or right move.
Christ was never about forcing anyone or anything but allowing for choice., What good is salvation if its not optional? What good is charity is its forced? Is porn harmful? Yes it is but the same came be said about banning it for once you make that step you are opening a door you may later on come to despise. You would be setting a precedent that later on might be used against you.
At the founding of our nation most states had some type of requirement that 9ne be a Christina in order to be a citizen of said state. Most are shocked by this revelation b/c this is something not taught in schools in a very long time. If all the states had this level of commitment to Christianity why is it that our Constitution is far less soo? It's not b/c the Constitution is not founded on Christian principles (it is) but because of the risks and dangers that come with a government backed religion, a religion of the state. The founders weren't trying to create a less Christian nation but a nation where faith wasn't managed at the government level.
Forcing any Christian beliefs on anyone is bad; our own rights guarantee that of freedom of religion, of any religion. If we legally ban porn we will be setting the precedent for a later administration that is more anti-Christian then anti-porn to use that same logic to ban something Christians do want.
Porn isn't the problem, it's how easy it is to access that is and so the solution is in the restriction of access to it and not banning it entirely.
Are you really trying to compare porn to murder john? if you are goin to make that leap then you are equating lying with murder as being the same. Are both since? Yes. Does that mean both cause the same real world harm? Absolutely not.
When porn requires murder then we can debate that. I expected better from you.
Yes, you need to compare porn to murder if you are going to make the broad claim that "forcing any Christian beliefs on anyone is bad" because then you have to say murder should not be illegal, which you clearly don't believe.
No I don't. We will simply have to agree to disagree on that.
So why do you believe it is OK to force Christian beliefs on others? I can only assume you do since you attacked me for saying that forcing these beliefs was bad. I swear I thought the big thing about Christianity was that it was freedom of choice and not being forced or coerced!
Lastly, you do a huge dishonor to victims or murder when you try and claim that their murder is on par with someone making porn.
Nowhere did I attack you. I called into question the claim that you made. I disputed your argument. That is not an attack on you.
Furthermore, the question was and still is pertinent because it is an attempt to get you to question why we have laws in the first place, and think about where they come from, and what their purpose is.
Anyways, to address your second point, God gave us free will, we can choose to follow his will and do what is right and just or we can do the opposite.
But that does not mean everything is a free for all (hence attempting to prompt you to think about this by applying your argument to murder). He gave us commandments to follow and in the Christian tradition those commandments with the help of the Holy Spirit have been fleshed out by great thinkers such as St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Robert Bellarmine, and others.
Our laws come from the divine law, the natural law. They come from God. This is shown in Scripture:
"Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also for the sake of conscience." - Romans 13:1-5
However, that does not mean that in the fallen state of the world that there won't be unjust laws. We also see this in Scripture:
"Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep writing oppression, to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!" - Isaiah 10:1-2
Thus, the Church teaches that nations should enact laws that align with the divine law and natural law.
This is also shown in Scripture:
"But Peter and the apostles said in reply, 'We must obey God rather than men.' - Acts 5: 29
And as noted by the Catechism, pornography is a grave offense against God and his divine law on numerous levels:
Pornography consists in removing real or simulated sexual acts from the intimacy of the partners, in order to display them deliberately to third parties. It offends against chastity because it perverts the conjugal act, the intimate giving of spouses to each other. It does grave injury to the dignity of its participants (actors, vendors, the public), since each one becomes an object of base pleasure and illicit profit for others. It immerses all who are involved in the illusion of a fantasy world. It is a grave offense. Civil authorities should prevent the production and distribution of pornographic materials.
I understand that you need some membership only pieces to help justify the cost of a membership but I don't believe the piece you guys just dropped about That Park Place folding into Geeks & Gamers is the right candidate for membership restriction. The items that should be membership locked should be ones that offer additional info on something already discussed and that is not so mission critical. I find it very frustrating when subsatck authors will put out something critical to what the stand for and or are trying to combat only to lock it behind a paywall. Representative Thomas Massie who is a Christian pro-Constitutionalist is REALLY bad about this locking just about ever single piece he posts He is deliberately limiting his exposure which means deliberately limiting his reach. Paywall the stuff that isn't really all that important but is just something neat to know, a more expansive or in depth look at something.
That piece about TPP folding into Geeks & Gamers that has a lot of background info is the kind of piece that all should be able to access and comment on. I for one had no idea all of that had transpired and I bet I'm not the only one who comes to Fandom Pulse like that.
Let JDA know that I enjoyed his livestream last night. It was very informative on several things especially the Smash JT situation. I knew he was a prn addict and at first I fell for his accusation that JDA was an anti-semite. I'm more firm in Christ than I was before and I want to continue to grow as a Christian.
I unsubscribed from Endymion and I hope you guys continue to hold fast to Christ and what he desires as you guys fight for God and Christians everywhere.
Thank you for your support. I also ask that keep us in your prayers as well as help to keep us honest. The temptations in this sphere are quite strong.
Absolutely! I grew up Reformed so I have some theological differences from you and JDA. However, I'm a Christian regardless of what denomination I come from. We need more real Christians in the nerd space.
Also, let JDA know he was kind of right about Echoes of Wisdom. While the game doesn't make Zelda a girlboss but instead places limitations on her and her playstyle is that of a mage, Nintendo of America did do something with Zelda's companion Tri. In the pause/inventory menu in Echoes of Wisdom if you hover over Tri in the main item slot, Tri has the pronoun "they" in it's description. It could be specifically Nintendo of America's doing. I personally own Echoes of Wisdom and played the entire story through. I didn't see any side quests though in regards to any LGBTQ agenda or anything like that though.
But that detail with Tri is the one thing that I observed while playing Echoes of Wisdom.
Can you send me a screenshot? thejohntrentreport@gmail.com
Just emailed you the photos. The email is different than my Substack name. The subject is Fandom Pulse Echoes of Wisdom.
Thanks. I'll look into this on Monday!
I should be a little more specific. I knew Smash JT was a prn addict, but still somewhat listened to him anyway and fell for his accusation that JDA was an anti-semite. I'm all good now and God has made me a better Christian than I was before. I still have things I need to work on, but that's okay because God is with me and through Him, I can overcome.
Smash exposed himself long ago. He demonstrated his "weathervane" and tried to position himself like some gatekeeper on his own terms representing "the majority."
Some ego to believe he is the majority.
Unfortunately, sticking your finger in the wind has never worked: one just builds a reputation of flipping sides on a whim.
I only got into the Gamergate culture war last year. I never knew people like Smash JT existed until YouTube started recommending me the Gamergate YouTube channels after I had watched Matt Walsh's video on Sweet Baby Inc and rhe woke infiltration of gaming.
Same.
I didn't stick with him, though. He used "Jesus" as an expletive in a Live stream and I instantly unsubbed. Then blocked channel recommendation.
Hearing that makes me sad and I don't watch YT videos to make myself sad.
Proliferation and promotion of pornography has been a progressive and "left-wing" agenda. I don't really believe in left or right, I believe in team humanity. Communists and tyrants figured out pornography directly weakens the family. It corrupts the father and daughters who see their fathers succumb to such temptations lose respect for them. This is more than a moral issue, it's a national security issue.
It reminds me of North Korean soldiers first getting regular Internet access and then literally becoming combat ineffective due to excessive self-abuse. There are more examples documented in this book.
https://www.fidelitypress.org/libido-dominandi
This is so fucking cringe. Plenty of people who want to ban porn aren’t even religious.
I respect JT for his gaming coverage, but just stick to your lane man.
Imagine choosing “I just wanna goon!” As the hill to die on lol!
I only know JT from that one time he was on FandomPulse livestream and he struck me as incredibly slimy and evasive. His position is not much a surprise.
Not a good look on Smash JT’s part.
I saw him even using the bible's text in vain for his own purposes in the comment section on your video. He is a pathological liar, and he knows what he's doing.
What's with his obsession with supporting everything perverted?
Glad you ain't falling for his grift.
Does the JT stand for Jism Taster?
"The lady doth protest too much." Smash JT is projecting that his critics are like himself when many of us are nothing like him whatsoever. He cannot theorize minds different from his own.
Smash is a selfish idiot but banning porn is NOT the smart or right move.
Christ was never about forcing anyone or anything but allowing for choice., What good is salvation if its not optional? What good is charity is its forced? Is porn harmful? Yes it is but the same came be said about banning it for once you make that step you are opening a door you may later on come to despise. You would be setting a precedent that later on might be used against you.
At the founding of our nation most states had some type of requirement that 9ne be a Christina in order to be a citizen of said state. Most are shocked by this revelation b/c this is something not taught in schools in a very long time. If all the states had this level of commitment to Christianity why is it that our Constitution is far less soo? It's not b/c the Constitution is not founded on Christian principles (it is) but because of the risks and dangers that come with a government backed religion, a religion of the state. The founders weren't trying to create a less Christian nation but a nation where faith wasn't managed at the government level.
Forcing any Christian beliefs on anyone is bad; our own rights guarantee that of freedom of religion, of any religion. If we legally ban porn we will be setting the precedent for a later administration that is more anti-Christian then anti-porn to use that same logic to ban something Christians do want.
Porn isn't the problem, it's how easy it is to access that is and so the solution is in the restriction of access to it and not banning it entirely.
Replace porn with murder and make the same argument.
Are you really trying to compare porn to murder john? if you are goin to make that leap then you are equating lying with murder as being the same. Are both since? Yes. Does that mean both cause the same real world harm? Absolutely not.
When porn requires murder then we can debate that. I expected better from you.
Yes, you need to compare porn to murder if you are going to make the broad claim that "forcing any Christian beliefs on anyone is bad" because then you have to say murder should not be illegal, which you clearly don't believe.
So your argument is faulty.
No I don't. We will simply have to agree to disagree on that.
So why do you believe it is OK to force Christian beliefs on others? I can only assume you do since you attacked me for saying that forcing these beliefs was bad. I swear I thought the big thing about Christianity was that it was freedom of choice and not being forced or coerced!
Lastly, you do a huge dishonor to victims or murder when you try and claim that their murder is on par with someone making porn.
Nowhere did I attack you. I called into question the claim that you made. I disputed your argument. That is not an attack on you.
Furthermore, the question was and still is pertinent because it is an attempt to get you to question why we have laws in the first place, and think about where they come from, and what their purpose is.
Anyways, to address your second point, God gave us free will, we can choose to follow his will and do what is right and just or we can do the opposite.
But that does not mean everything is a free for all (hence attempting to prompt you to think about this by applying your argument to murder). He gave us commandments to follow and in the Christian tradition those commandments with the help of the Holy Spirit have been fleshed out by great thinkers such as St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Robert Bellarmine, and others.
Our laws come from the divine law, the natural law. They come from God. This is shown in Scripture:
"Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also for the sake of conscience." - Romans 13:1-5
However, that does not mean that in the fallen state of the world that there won't be unjust laws. We also see this in Scripture:
"Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep writing oppression, to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!" - Isaiah 10:1-2
Thus, the Church teaches that nations should enact laws that align with the divine law and natural law.
This is also shown in Scripture:
"But Peter and the apostles said in reply, 'We must obey God rather than men.' - Acts 5: 29
And as noted by the Catechism, pornography is a grave offense against God and his divine law on numerous levels:
Pornography consists in removing real or simulated sexual acts from the intimacy of the partners, in order to display them deliberately to third parties. It offends against chastity because it perverts the conjugal act, the intimate giving of spouses to each other. It does grave injury to the dignity of its participants (actors, vendors, the public), since each one becomes an object of base pleasure and illicit profit for others. It immerses all who are involved in the illusion of a fantasy world. It is a grave offense. Civil authorities should prevent the production and distribution of pornographic materials.
John - OFF TOPIC
I understand that you need some membership only pieces to help justify the cost of a membership but I don't believe the piece you guys just dropped about That Park Place folding into Geeks & Gamers is the right candidate for membership restriction. The items that should be membership locked should be ones that offer additional info on something already discussed and that is not so mission critical. I find it very frustrating when subsatck authors will put out something critical to what the stand for and or are trying to combat only to lock it behind a paywall. Representative Thomas Massie who is a Christian pro-Constitutionalist is REALLY bad about this locking just about ever single piece he posts He is deliberately limiting his exposure which means deliberately limiting his reach. Paywall the stuff that isn't really all that important but is just something neat to know, a more expansive or in depth look at something.
That piece about TPP folding into Geeks & Gamers that has a lot of background info is the kind of piece that all should be able to access and comment on. I for one had no idea all of that had transpired and I bet I'm not the only one who comes to Fandom Pulse like that.