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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEvangelical Prayer-Coin Grift Is What the Age of Trump Is All About.
For just $45, you can pray for the president with this coin that's sold by a guy who says God told him you need the coin.?crop=0.844xw:1.00xh;0.0850xw,0&resize=980
That's right: this man says The Lordthe Almighty God who created the Universe, and who exists in the realm beyond space and timetold him this coin is the "point of contact" between people praying for President Trump's success. And it's only $45! And, as luck would have it, the same guy who spoke to God Himself about this coin is also selling the coin, right now!
"Every day, when you see it, remember: God put something in your hand that you have a role in," says Doctor Lance. If you'd like it in your hand, God accepts major credit cards. The chyron very charitably calls this a "donation."
"That's why we've got to pray," Doctor Lance continued, attempting to establish an in-group mentality where The American Way of Life is under siege, and the only way to save it is to pray while holding this 45-dollar coin.
"Every day, when you see it, remember: God put something in your hand that you have a role in," says Doctor Lance. If you'd like it in your hand, God accepts major credit cards. The chyron very charitably calls this a "donation."
"That's why we've got to pray," Doctor Lance continued, attempting to establish an in-group mentality where The American Way of Life is under siege, and the only way to save it is to pray while holding this 45-dollar coin.
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a27478606/jim-bakker-pray-coin-president-donald-trump-45/?utm_medium=social-media&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=socialflowFBESQ&fbclid=IwAR2cGBPi6MegGkZfFQSQcN7ePCfo04TE7RUb-3YYEF2dZ4cVCc4jj_Lr9zw
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Evangelical Prayer-Coin Grift Is What the Age of Trump Is All About. (Original Post)
Cattledog
May 2019
OP
Whoever said "there's a sucker born every minute" obviously has never met Trump fans.
Initech
May 2019
#7
LOL - my husband and I were just talking about how easy it would be to grift the Fundies.
Vinca
May 2019
#9
Believers are all carnies. Either on the take, getting taken or both. They love it.
lindysalsagal
May 2019
#12
MineralMan
(146,331 posts)1. It is a donation, because that gold-plated, pot-metal, Chinese-made coin
is only worth about $1. It's going to go up to $1.25, though, due to Trump's tariff increases.
NBachers
(17,136 posts)2. Doctor . . . Lance????
keithbvadu2
(36,906 posts)3. Buy two - one for each hand. God will be impressed.
Blue Owl
(50,498 posts)4. Twitcoin is the new Bitcoin
n/t
DBoon
(22,397 posts)5. Selling of indulgences?
Martin Luther is rolling in his grave over modern "protestants"
NoPasaran
(17,291 posts)6. I prefer the Trumpy Bear
Initech
(100,102 posts)7. Whoever said "there's a sucker born every minute" obviously has never met Trump fans.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)8. Like this
Jaybus pimpin' in da house!
Vinca
(50,303 posts)9. LOL - my husband and I were just talking about how easy it would be to grift the Fundies.
My suggestion was more modest: a buck a prayer (please click on PayPal link). As a fallback we have the "Loaves and Fishes Can Opener" in the shape of a fish. It can be yours for $19.99 (S & H extra). You could get rich off these idiots if you didn't have a conscience.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)10. If you are wondering who Dr. Lance Wallnau. is...
I grabbed a flashlight and explored the dark corners of the internet to find out.
He's written 2 books, both are of the "prosperity religion" type.
His Amazon author page describes him as a
Transformational teacher and thought leader
Both books are under 151 pages, and not moving very well.
.On a more serious note, critical thinkers describe him as..
A key player in the New Apostolic Reformation, he is a driving force behind the Seven Mountain Mandate that seeks to take dominion over seven designated areas of culture including, religion, family, education, government, media, arts & entertainment, and business. Wallnau is a member of the right-wing New Apostolic political activist group, The Oak Initiative, to which his bio states,
https://pulpitandpen.org/2017/05/02/false-teacher-of-the-day-4-lance-wallnau/
meow2u3
(24,773 posts)11. You mean convicted felon Jim Bakker?
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/bill-berkowitz/83449/jim-bakker-convicted-felon-trump-supporting-huckster-back-hawking-apocalypse-survival-kits
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/living/religion/article200297074.html
Is there a televangelist who isn't a con artist?
In the trailer to the recent two-hour episode about Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker on ABCs 20/20 titled Unfaithfully Yours, Ted Koppel, host of ABC's late-night news broadcast "Nightline" from 1980 to 2005 says: "Sex, religion, money: Were suckers for that kind of stuff. We always have been, we always will be. The Bakkers fall from grace, and Jim Bakkers imprisonment, was one of the most sensational religion-based stories involving televangelists in the late-1980s. Imagine if there had been social media! Now, Bakker is back, broadcasting from Blue Eye, Missouri -- nestled in the Ozarks -- where hes hustling real estate and End Times Survival Kits.
James Orsen Bakker is a televangelist, huckster, con man, grifter, convicted felon, Trump supporter, and the man who tried to cover-up the hush money paid to his former New York church secretary, Jessica Hahn, for alleged rape. Bakker, who along with his late wife, Tammy Faye Bakker who divorced Bakker while he was in prison, and died in 2007 -- ran the financially lucrative The PTL Club, and Heritage USA, a North Carolina-based Christian theme park. In 1989, Bakker was convicted in federal court of 24 counts of fraud and conspiracy. Some of those convictions were overturned and he served only five years of the original 45-year sentence.
Bakker personifies the immortal words of the late-great Dan Hicks: How can I miss you when you won't go away?
James Orsen Bakker is a televangelist, huckster, con man, grifter, convicted felon, Trump supporter, and the man who tried to cover-up the hush money paid to his former New York church secretary, Jessica Hahn, for alleged rape. Bakker, who along with his late wife, Tammy Faye Bakker who divorced Bakker while he was in prison, and died in 2007 -- ran the financially lucrative The PTL Club, and Heritage USA, a North Carolina-based Christian theme park. In 1989, Bakker was convicted in federal court of 24 counts of fraud and conspiracy. Some of those convictions were overturned and he served only five years of the original 45-year sentence.
Bakker personifies the immortal words of the late-great Dan Hicks: How can I miss you when you won't go away?
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/living/religion/article200297074.html
Three decades after his PTL empire near Charlotte crumbled amid financial and sex scandals, Jim Bakker is back on TV with a different, darker message:
The Apocalypse is coming and you better get ready.
Ready to be judged by God, sure. But the main mission of The Jim Bakker Show broadcast from a Christian compound deep in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri appears to be to sell you fuel-less generators, doomsday guidebooks and freeze-dried food with a shelf-life of up to 30 years.
Bakker, whose co-host is second wife Lori, says stocking up on such survivalist merchandise could keep you alive amid the catastrophes earthquakes, hurricanes, war, famine that some Christians believe are signs that End Times are near.
Stayin alive, stayin alive, ah, ah, ah, ah, Bakkers daughter, Tammy Sue, now 47, sang on one show as her dad promoted buckets of long-lasting emergency food. That days Staying Alive special: Ten buckets, with 2,410 servings, for a $600 donation plus shipping.
The Apocalypse is coming and you better get ready.
Ready to be judged by God, sure. But the main mission of The Jim Bakker Show broadcast from a Christian compound deep in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri appears to be to sell you fuel-less generators, doomsday guidebooks and freeze-dried food with a shelf-life of up to 30 years.
Bakker, whose co-host is second wife Lori, says stocking up on such survivalist merchandise could keep you alive amid the catastrophes earthquakes, hurricanes, war, famine that some Christians believe are signs that End Times are near.
Stayin alive, stayin alive, ah, ah, ah, ah, Bakkers daughter, Tammy Sue, now 47, sang on one show as her dad promoted buckets of long-lasting emergency food. That days Staying Alive special: Ten buckets, with 2,410 servings, for a $600 donation plus shipping.
Is there a televangelist who isn't a con artist?
lindysalsagal
(20,730 posts)12. Believers are all carnies. Either on the take, getting taken or both. They love it.
Keeps them distracted from their real problems.