There are more self-entitled rants on YouTube than there are stars in the sky, but something about Brother Nathanael’s recent video is twinkling a little brighter than the rest today.
We’ve got to admit, he’s got a pretty good look going on. And the background he chose — a forested snowy mountainside — is nothing if not intriguing paired with his Orthodox attire.
But the real crazy train starts when he opens his mouth, spewing out a hateful blend of homophobic, antisemitic conspiracy theorist mush. Some of his other videos have fun titles like “Secrets Of Jewish Money Control,” “The Ebola Dictatorship,” and “Messiah Came To Conquer Death.”
And yet he’s so bouncy about it all, like he’s in on a big secret and giddy to have the chance to share it with us.
How about we take this to the next level?
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Well the jokes on you, Brother Nathanael — you’re a few bricks shy of a load.
Still, we feel sorry for whoever has to sit across a Thanksgiving table with him this week.
Watch here:
Stache99
Love how he’s combined his bigotry to kill two birds with one stone. Such honesty from a religious figure is refreshing though.
StephK
My gut tells me that this guy is actually Jewish himself..a self-hating one…and that he is actually affiliated with no church nor religious order other than the one in his twisted mind. Anyone can put together the costume of a cleric and no bishop, nor religious order would permit any of their members to publicly spout such stuff, especially on camera. As for the evangelicals,well that might be a different story.This whole this has been contrived, and shouldn’t be seen as nothing but a bad joke produced by a marquee missing at least one bulb.
StephK
oops.. error… This whole thing has been contrived…
Trippy
In this case, I think it’s safe to judge the book by its cover.
Jody
@StephK: Yes, he’s a self-hating.
“…Kapner was apparently born to two “accepting” Jewish parents in Pittsburgh, PA, but eventually cycled through various Christian groups, including Jews for Jesus, before failing at his job as a salesman to become a monk with the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR). He then joined the Holy Transfiguration Monastery in Brookline, MA (affiliated with the Holy Orthodox Church of North America), and then the Dormiton Skete monastic community in Buena Vista, CO. (It has been affiliated with several denominations but was founded by the ROCOR.) However, he was eventually kicked out of the monastery, supposedly for suggesting to the bishop that they protest Wal-Mart’s new policy of greeting customers with “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas.” [7]”
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Nathanael_Kapner
Ogre Magi
He looks like Gandalf’s insane ne’er–do–well brother.
Chris
@Ogre Magi: LOL 🙂
Ruhlmann
That beard looks like a real ball tickler.
Virge
Shhhhhh! Let him and all the others like him talk! All these religious flakes on the far end of the fringe are chasing more and more christians into moving away from fundamentalism. How would you like to belong to a club that would let a guy like this be a member?
rand503
I take none of those freak denominations have dental insurance. He has really bad teeth.
sangsue
*whispers* The Jews don’t want to turn America gay. We just want to laugh at your tiny, tiny penis.
Saint Law
He looks like somebody glued pubic hair to a charred chicken drum stick.
NoCagada
Ironic coming from a “man” who looks like he’s drag-dressed for the funeral scene from PRISCILLA, QUUEN OF THE DESERT
Kangol
He’s on the crazy train that has run faaaaaaaaaar off the rails!
AzLights
Mental cases like this make me ashamed that I was ever Eastern Orthodox Christian. Good for his monastery for throwing him out. I can tell you that the Brookline group and its affiliated monasteries are virulently homohating as is Orhtodoxy in general but generally, they try to appear sane.
I'm Black, and HIV-Positive.
(1.) Maybe Brother Nathanael, but I’m actually Gay & Christian. We do exist ya’ know?
(2.) So can I have a Jew now, or what? Are we all gonna get Jews when the “Jewish plan” is complete, or something ACTUALLY SINISTER going on here?
That’s the real question.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Interesting, this smcubag knows about more Gay shows and movies than most Gays I know……….
Countdown until his “luggage handler” or “wide stance” scandal erupts. 10,9,8,7,6,5………..
Love his “force fed” comment on the SCOTUS case. Pretty darn sure no one has to “force feed” anything down his vile abhorrent throat……….
I'm Black, and HIV-Positive.
@Virge: I don’t know Virge. Word on the street is that the Ku Klux Klan let blacks in sooner than the gay community.
jwtraveler
Is this for real? This guy sounds more like a parody of homophobic priests than an actual one. The dramatic tone seems to be mocking people who believe what he’s saying. Maybe I just can’t believe that anyone can be this nuts. And I don’t think Sonia Sotomayor is Jewish.
jwtraveler
Several years, the leaders of Orthodox Judaism, Islam, Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy in Jerusalem came together in an inspiring and rare demonstration of interfaith conciliation to express their mutual condemnation of homosexuality. It was truly heart-warming to see these mortal enemies put aside their differences in the spirit of their shared hatred of gays. If anyone has any doubt, this meeting of hearts and minds sends one powerful message: “Religion IS the enemy.” Make no mistake about it.
Tereasa
This man is out of his mind. If he even has one. Does not understand the meaning of Christianity.
Randallism
Everyone is entitled to their opinion and beliefs. There is nothing wrong with wanting homosexuality to be erradicated or to live seperatly like the native Americans on a reservation. Homosexuality is the worst thing to pollut our world. If they don’t like it, eat queer shit stupid heads! lol