The YouTube Prophet

I have mentioned the Current TV network on several different occasions before, but the focus of those posts have always revolved around clips from their show SuperNews. However, they have plenty of great specials and serious documentaries that premiere each week, and I caught one last night titled “YouTube Prophet”.  Instead of trying to explain this bizarre video, which follows a religious group that calls themselves the “Sons of Thunder”, the video description on their site provides all the background you need:

John Crowder claims he met Jesus while on an acid trip (who hasn’t?) and now travels the world getting people quite literally high on God. He and his disciples ‘drink’, ‘inject’ and ‘smoke’ Jesus and spend much of their time seemingly wasted and posting bizarre sermon videos on YouTube. This half hour documentary follows John and fellow preacher Ben Dunn as they come to the UK to hold a massive rave for the UK members of the ‘Christian Mystic’ movement. Attending the gathering are some self-proclaimed atheist party animals who want to see whether they can get high on Jesus, and two curious theology students…