The Megachurch Scam & Nonprofit Loophole: How Celebrity Pastors Exploit the Bible to Get Filthy Rich
6/19/20261 hr 18 min
Turns out the Israeli government is targeting American churches to indoctrinate unsuspecting Christians. Nathan Apffel, director of “The Religion Business” explains.
Nathan Apffel is an investigative documentary filmmaker best known for creating the docuseries The Religion Business, which examines financial fraud and abuse within American religious institutions while calling for the institutions to realign with the ethos of Christ. Now available to stream on https://tuckercarlson.com.
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First 90 secondsTucker Carlson· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Thanks for coming back.
Nathan Apffel· Guest0:05
Yeah, thanks for having me.
Tucker Carlson· Host0:06
Maybe you can help solve a mystery. So I've always known that different people have different views on Israel. I've never been upset about it. Post Gaza, I'm rethinking about if all those views are legitimate, but I know that decent people have different views on Israel. Totally fine, and that includes Christians. And but in the past year, it does seem that for some Christian leaders, I don't wanna call anyone out by name, but Israel's the only thing that matters. So they'll approach fellow Christians with one question in mind, where does this person stand on the government of Israel?
Nathan Apffel· Guest0:38
Mm-hmm.
Tucker Carlson· Host0:39
And so it occupies a much greater percentage of mental disk space than I ever imagined. Certainly than it does for me. So, uh, what is that?
Nathan Apffel· Guest0:48
Well, it's the old covenant, you know? It... [sighs] I was raised just non-denominational Christian in large scale churches, and we were pro-Israel.
Tucker Carlson· Host0:58
Yeah, yeah.
Nathan Apffel· Guest0:58
It's, it's just a consistent deal when you look at- Got it ... I'm always gonna go back to scripture, so I'm always gonna use the Bible to reference my perspective and what I, what I think is going on.
Tucker Carlson· Host1:08
Yes.
Nathan Apffel· Guest1:08
The nation state of Israel has just become an idol to the church- Yes ... in regards to how they perce- and not all of them, but how they, some of them perceive it, and you have to ask why. And so we've done a little digging in regards to some FARA filings and, and others, and, and when you look at the old covenant in the Bible, it's one of those