The important question is, does someone know if this is supposed to be satire?
Iâm going to go with a very big âYesâ to that question: http://www.mankabros.com/music/faith/
(But that I couldnât immediately tell just by watching their video, and that it took their second song, âDonât Cha Wish Your Savior Was Right Like Mine?â and the website to tip me off says something.)
They had me fooled. That video is right in line with a lot of completely earnest performances Iâve seen in person.
Seems to be quite obviously satire to me. âYou donât need evolutionâ is a line I simply canât see an âanti-evolutionistâ using.
âYouâre not making Christianity better, youâre just making rock and roll worse.â Hank Hill
The choice of song to use as a melody threw me off a bit - I couldnât recollect what it was, but it seemed to me that it was a bit more raunchy than the songs usually repurposed for religious remakes. Otherwise, it is, indeed, completely dead-on in every respect. Which I suppose makes it a bit superfluous, really.
Do a search for âYou donât need evolutionâ and youâll turn up a bunch of creationist websites & arguments.
What about that site makes you think that its satire? I donât see an obvious tip off.
http://mankabros.com/blogs/god/2013/12/12/the-color-of-jesus/
For example.
If you also look at the non-religious content, theyâve built a whole fake media empire (going back almost 100 years) of (non-existent) parodies of various genres of films (e.g. Manka Bros. Presents Tennessee Williamsâ Haunted Alligators), television shows, stage plays, cartoons, etc. Itâs a remarkable and inexplicable website.
Edit: Or not so inexplicable; thereâs this about it: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/23/manka-bros-take-media-by-storm-online-that-is/?page=all
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