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Senate Probe Shines Light On Televangelists' Message That God Will Shower The Faithful In Riches

[johnshaft4]

YOU can''t take it with you. But, if you give it to ME, I''ll have it waiting for you when you get there!
Praise Jeezus!

[myidoncbs]

"I suppose next you''ll try to say we should get rid of all of these charitable organizations as well right?" - the gin man

Yup! Look at them closely, and you''ll find that they exist solely to create more converts, people who will end up giving money they can''t afford, for the rest of their lives. Look at all the money amassed by the Catholic Church. They specialize in sucking the dinero out of poor latin-american countries!

If you can''t understand what a scam organized religion is, watch the award-winning documentary, "Marjoe", in which evangelist Marjoe Gortner revealed how he and his family deceived the faithful out of millions of dollars and got nothing but praise in return.

[neoconrcrazy]

False prophets, false christians -

how many self-professed "christians" are calling for more war and agression these days ?

Calling for more death in palestine urging the zionists to steal, plunder and destroy ?

These are not people of the "book", but uneducated rabble, led by phony made-for-TV second rate failed actors looking to relieve them of their sweaty dollar bills.

Send them back to school, or to borneo.

[myidoncbs]

Those W-A-C-K-Y Christians are at it again!

Will they ever learn?

gkc99: I liked the phrase, "hoover out your bank account." It really makes the point!

[gkc99]

"God doesn''''t want you to follow "religion", He wants you to follow Him (Jesus Christ)."

So you say. I think not. The man we call Jesus (whose name was actually Joshua) was one of the world''s great teachers--but he died and is gone, except in memory. His words were generally good, but those who use his name (church-masters) for power are corrupt exploiters.

"Also, tithing is necessary in order to keep a church functioning. A church could not function without giving."

No need at all for there to be a funtioning church. They exist only for money and power. Give your charity directly to the poor, as Jesus, Buddha, and even Mohammed taught.

No need for organized religion at all.

[gkc99]

"God could produce the money from thin air. Yet He allows us to be a part of His plan - it''''s a privilege! "--Posted by MityWhity


God creates useful idiots for the church-masters to exploit, it''s part of the plan for some unfathomable reason.

To paraphrase Mark Twain "for practice, God created fools. Then he created" televangelist believers.

[honestabe8]

there is nothing wrong with this picture. these people are entertainers, and anyone who sends money is a bit delusional. not that delusion is unknown among people of faith. in fact, isn''t faith in and of itself a delusion? that being said, i hope hinn, dollar, meyers, et al are caught by angry mobs.

[mitywhity]

BTW - God doesn''t need or want my money. My giving is not for paying light bills and salaries. Giving is for keeping me "others-focused" instead of self-focused. Yes, the money pays the bills and enables the Gospel to be carried around the world, but God could produce the money from thin air. Yet He allows us to be a part of His plan - it''s a privilege!

[mitywhity]

I can understand your condemnation of these people. However no TRUE Christian gives these people even a shred of respect. They are like Simon the sorcerer in the book of The Acts of the Apostles who wanted godliness to go with his chicanery to make money for himself. These televangelists get the same contempt from true born-again Christians as Simon received from the Apostles. Don''t lump us all in one basket please. Their end and judgement will come to them as it will to you and I. Just make sure that you are ready and let these charlatans have no sway on you and what you believe.

[oleander8]

Organized religion - BAH! HUMBUG!

[hereticzero-2009]

As long as people buy into the Christinazi church there will always be victims.The best religion is NO religion. Invest in yourself and your family. Say ''NO!'' to religious do-gooders.

[gkc99]

Same way it always is with the snake oil salesmen. They''re in it for ol'' number UNO!

Whether it''s Benny Hinn, or tithing by the Catholic or Mormon or Baptist churches, the glib spouters of "Divine Wisdom" exist to hoover out your bank account.

Nobody needs to belong to an organized religion to have a perfectly good relationship with God. That''s a lie promoted by religious authorities who want influence and wealth, and political masters who find organized religion useful for keeping the peasants in line.

"Slaves, obey your masters"--"Saint" Paul. Why do you think so many cathedrals are named after the guy?

[omega39-2009]

Maybe someone should start an investigation on how "Doom-sayers" prey on fear. That will shine the lights smack-dab on the Democrats.
Posted by DemWatcher

Hey DemWatcher, speaking of praying on fear, whatever happened to that color coded terror alert that Tom Ridge admitted was being manipulated for political reasons?

[mcvet]

"Oh my goodness, if we do not pass emission standards, what will happen to the CHILDREN?"

"Global Warming will DESTROY the planet in TEN years!"

"DO IT FOR THE CHILDREN!"

". . . THE CHILDREN!"

". . . OR WE ALL ARE GONNA DIE!"

Same old crapola with every issue from Democrats.


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Posted by DemWatcher at 07:07 AM : Dec 28, 2007
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Sparky YOU have been sucking on that Swastika WAY to long. It''s causing what little there is of your brain to turn to Mush! Global Warming WAS NOT created by the "Dem''s", it''s a WORLD WIDE ISSUE and is backed by the VAST MAJORITY of SCIENTIST... you do know what a SCIENTIST is don''t you? Anyway it''s a PROBLEM we can and MUST deal with... it''s something that effects EVERY family on earth. What is it with you Toe Tappers? I mean it''s one thing to Sell your Vote to some Snake Oil Salesman but when you ACTUALLY find out what they are doing to you, MOST intelligent things LEARN. But then who ever said someone in the Religious Reich was Intelligent? Sieg Heil and Amen.

[b-easy63]

Benny Hinn is an Indian. He would do better to go to Orissa state in eastern India where Christians in mud huts are being persecuted. There he should console the persecuted and confront the persecutors. That''''s what Jesus did. That''''s what Ghandi did. Hinn is failing as a Christian and as an Indian.

Posted by runningralph at 06:56 AM : Dec 28, 2007

Have you ever read the biography of Hinn? He claims greek heritage and was Greek orthodox not Hindu. Don''t let the ethnic features make you pigeon hole the man.

[b-easy63]

Most of those so-called preachers are cast-iron Democrats.

Why are any of you surprised that they want to take money from the poor (a-la taxes for politicians) to make themselves richer?

Posted by TheGateway1 at 06:34 AM : Dec 28, 2007


actually, most are not. Of the mega million dollar churches, including the black dominated ones, the preachers are mostly Republican and try to ''persuade their congregation to vote that way. The religious right has at its base, mostly the members of mega million dollar Southern Baptists as well as other denominations. They are pro GOP due to the abortion and homosexual issue and the supposed GOP stance. They are money focused because they are false prophets and because...well..because they are Republicans as well as con artists. Con artists put the Con in conservative. LOL

[b-easy63]

Degraded,

The church more than likely broke a law, when they didn''''t help your family.

Posted by george2221 at 04:32 AM : Dec 28, 2007


Unfortunately, they did not. There is no law that can dictate how a church spends its donations, except any amounts paid to individuals as compensation for church work must be reported as income. As for who they help or do not help--it is no different than who the Red Cross helps or not or in how much they give. Totally at the discretion of the org. And yes, the Red Cross can take in thousands from a donor, yet limit that same donor to a one time 200.00 helping voucher if they so choose. They are not required to help anyone or everyone that enters their doors unless that is in their charter. They can pick and choose--they will only get in trouble if they put the money in their own pockets and do not report it correctly, or if they help no one*

* they can always claim they have a triage program and helped someone more needy.

[demwatcher]

Maybe someone should start an investigation on how "Doom-sayers" prey on fear. That will shine the lights smack-dab on the Democrats.

"Oh my goodness, if we do not pass emission standards, what will happen to the CHILDREN?"

"Global Warming will DESTROY the planet in TEN years!"

"DO IT FOR THE CHILDREN!"

". . . THE CHILDREN!"

". . . OR WE ALL ARE GONNA DIE!"

Same old crapola with every issue from Democrats.

[b-easy63]

it is never good to pimp God or the Gospel. The bible says : "choose you this day whom you shall serve, for a man cannot have 2 masters--you cannot serve both God and Mammon"

Mammon means riches. So for all the fake Christians who are going to church to get wealthy here on earth and the pimps who put God out there as encouraging this kind of outlook--can explain that scripture and this one: It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

The reason is--riches means one is caught up in the flesh or material world and that is where a person''s heart would be--the truly spiritual transcend their flesh or worldly concerns and focus on spiritual growth not "stuff" and money to make their temporary stay on earth pleasant.

[runningralph]

Benny Hinn is an Indian. He would do better to go to Orissa state in eastern India where Christians in mud huts are being persecuted. There he should console the persecuted and confront the persecutors. That''s what Jesus did. That''s what Ghandi did. Hinn is failing as a Christian and as an Indian.