But this is just wrong.

must not be doing all they can for the poor amongst them.

In other news, holy freaking crap that he takes in that much in just ONE WEEKEND.

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This is why we need to tax the churches as there is no way that church funnels $30M into charity work.

It is such horseshit.

I remember reading in James Randi's, "The Faithhealers," how Peter Popoff and some of his inner circle perpetuated a "break-in" to their printing facility - broke a window to show how "satanists" got in (broke it from the inside out looking at the video tape), turned a hose on some Christian pamphlets printed in Russian, damaged a van, etc. and then after rubbing an onion on his cheeks, Peter tearfully stood in front of a video camera and filmed all the damage done to show his flock, asking for more money from them and explaining how Satan was trying to stop them from getting Bibles (the pamphlets) to the then communist Soviet Union.

There have been other evangelists who committed arson after taking out huge insurance claims on their property, etc. So when something like this happens, I wait for the other shoe to fall, and chances are, they'll beg their parishioners to donate more generously in the near future.

TlalocW

For some, it's like a game - even though they're not hurting for wealth, they like to see how much they can bilk out of their flock.

TlalocW

they have card readers on the collection plates now? how the fuck is a "church" pulling this kind of money every week?!!

of contributing via automatic withdrawal.

My trust in Joel Osteen approaches zero. Fully insured? Really?

Who would have guessed.