Well...you did answer my post so you must have assumed it needed a response of some type.
I thought it was just heart wrenching what they did to so many young people & women, and I hold TLC with at least some responsibility for giving these monsters a tidied up platform to present this shit. I find it hard to believe that the producers and crew didn't see red flags.
And this crazy touch is blowing them all away with a net worth of $300 million. Years ago I was flipping through the channels one night and came upon some dude who looked like he used a cement trowel to style his hair. I thought it was a skit from SNL or SCTV, but it was some preacher (first name Rod, maybe) and he was sitting at his desk with a tabletop calculator and said that he and God had been crunching the numbers and they needed $XXX from everybody if he was going to be able to keep praying for people, and that people had to start digging deeper into their pockets. But, yeah, we can't tax the churches...Christian media mogul Pat Robertson had an impressive net worth in his lifetime. He had an estimated net worth of $100 million at the time of his death.
Matthew 19:24
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
Yeah, sadly these charlatans are out there. They are a vast minority. Most churches deserve their charity status.And this crazy touch is blowing them all away with a net worth of $300 million. Years ago I was flipping through the channels one night and came upon some dude who looked like he used a cement trowel to style his hair. I thought it was a skit from SNL or SCTV, but it was some preacher (first name Rod, maybe) and he was sitting at his desk with a tabletop calculator and said that he and God had been crunching the numbers and they needed $XXX from everybody if he was going to be able to keep praying for people, and that people had to start digging deeper into their pockets. But, yeah, we can't tax the churches...
No, most are valid charities. It is too easy for the government to pressure religions if they are allowed to tax them. Religious freedom, whether you agree with the religion or not, is a cornerstone of our constitutional rights.
And this crazy touch is blowing them all away with a net worth of $300 million. Years ago I was flipping through the channels one night and came upon some dude who looked like he used a cement trowel to style his hair. I thought it was a skit from SNL or SCTV, but it was some preacher (first name Rod, maybe) and he was sitting at his desk with a tabletop calculator and said that he and God had been crunching the numbers and they needed $XXX from everybody if he was going to be able to keep praying for people, and that people had to start digging deeper into their pockets. But, yeah, we can't tax the churches...
Taxing a church doesn't impede on religious freedom.
I disagree....Obviously there are a great many swindlers out in the open-Copeland, Robertson. Bakker, the Falwells, Graham, Locke, Olsteen, etc. It goes much much deeper than that, however. When so called "Christians" begin to operate "in the name of God" they begin to justify any behavior as "God's will". or "Jesus" laid this on my heart." Since the whole concept of Religion is based on unseen magic, they can't be proven wrong.
It certainly can but ill stick with not taxing them.p
I am an evangelical Christian and I've never heard of a church doing any such thing. Man does many things "in the name of God" that certainly didn't come from God. Always has, always will. Its understandable why you look at the overall group with suspicion.
“Only 7% of people do not believe in God.” I took that from the same article.
I'll take Bible verses for $600...
Reminder to all that unproven statements are nothing more than individual opinions.
Thinning the herd. The saddest thing about this video is the mental and physical condition of these people. How many of them will live past 50?
Indoctrinating their offspring is unfortunate, as well.
Yeah, that's by far the saddest part. These kids don't have a choice and have a hard road to overcome the bullshit that their parents will put them through in order to have a shot at a decent life.
Christians are too ignorant to figure out the bible is full of immoralities, and is a poor recommendation as a guideline for living life. In addition the bible is not proof of a God.
Sounds like a good portion of this board and the internet in general, ie people who want us to think they have the answers but allow themselves to believe anything even if it's AI-generated or a random meme that was probably created by a bored kid.
Someone is having a meltdown today.
Non-believers like me aren't interested in what your book of fables says.
