Comments on: Hmm?

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:01:14 +0000

always.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:59:26 +0000

There’s always a “reason” that it is not their fault, isn’t there.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:26:40 +0000

it's not my comfort that i'm running the a/c for. i'm not the one who's refusing to part with the heavy fur coat in the summertime.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:27:14 +0000

Actually, they have been getting a good return on their political work when you look at the cash being shoveled out of the Treasury for “faith-based initiatives.” They obviously should have paid more attention to Senator Grassley. I suspect he is reacting to complaints from his constituents who feel abused by one or more of these preachers.

My maternal grandmother was a supporter of one of these charlatans until the entire family convinced her she should spend her money on a local church that could actually do something for her.

I’ve watched too many scandals involving one or another of these cretins to ever trust any of them.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:15:22 +0000

Hey, watch it! The best small-animals veterinarian in Houston is named Taffi! 🙂 Based on her fees, I suspect that she, too, is wealthy. But what she sells is worth a great deal more than what any preacher sells.

The thing that burns me is that at the same time these (expletive)s allegedly commit fraud against their TV audiences, they simultaneously engage in politics without a whole lot of consideration for whether the money with which they do so was tax-exempt income. Their lavish lifestyles bother me a good deal less than their telling their congregations just who God wants them to vote for.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:11:34 +0000

A quick check around the ‘Net indicates that there is some debates on both those points, and a wife and co-preacher named Taffi doesn’t help.

There also seem to be rumors that he has moved a considerable amount of US dollars to Canadian “loonies” to cover current exchange rate problems, but hard facts don’t seem to exist when you look at these people, just rumors from his supporters and detractors.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:51:24 +0000

Many of the “heresies” that rocked the Russian Orthodox Church throughout history, and certainly part of the Reformation were caused by the wealth of the Church.

You do wonder about the admonition that involved “the eye of a needle” when you look at the way these people live.

I have no objection to people donating to support these life styles, so long as they “tithe” the taxman like the rest of us. There is double tax avoidance involved, as those who give get a tax deduction and those who receive pay no taxes.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:21:20 +0000

Some of those televangelists may actually like being probed…

(Creflo Dollar? Did his parents inflict that name on him at birth, or did the Lord come to him in a dream?)

By: Lab Kat

Lab Kat — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:29:34 +0000

‘Cause we all know Jesus would WANT them to have those jets. Plllluueeeeeze.

By: Fallenmonk

Fallenmonk — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:00:38 +0000

Creflo Dollar and Eddie Long are local Atlanta guys and they definitely live high on the hog. Big cars, lots of jewelry and big houses. Part of their spiel is to tell their sheep that God will make them rich if they give the church enough money. Carnival hucksters of the worst type.