Billionaire Pastor Unveils $300 Million Temple of Solomon Church Replica in Brazil

Christian Post ^ | 08/08/2014 | Jessica Martinez

[Gamecock]

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[Alex Murphy]

A Brazilian billionaire preacher inaugurated a massive church building in Sao Paulo, Brazil last week, designed to be a $300 million replica of the original Temple of Solomon, as noted in the Bible's Old Testament. The temple, which takes over an entire city block, is an 11-story building twice the size of the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue overlooking Rio de Janeiro, and is complete with stone from Israel and a helipad for its founder's, Edir Macedo, convenience....Macedo, who is also the founder and leader of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, a Pentecostal denomination specializing in prosperity theology, initiated the idea to build the 10,000-seat church by sparing no expense. Although it does not include every detail that the original Temple of Solomon had, its blueprint is similar but decked with modern luxuries.

I would imagine, among other things, that it's missing the Ark of the Covenant.

FR keyword: arkofthecovenant

[Gamecock]

I reckon the poor will always be with us. Or so I hear.

[cloudmountain]

Macedo’s sect is one of the main destinations for fallen away Catholics in Brazil. His mixture of Pentecostalism, prosperity gospel and outright hucksterism is apparently considered to be an improvement over Catholicism in some quarters, if Freeper delight over Catholicism’s current decline in Central and South America is any indication.

Service attendees to hear Macedo also get a special treat at the end of his Massservice money raisers missions. And when the BASKET comes around and you left your wallet home, RIP OFF those rings, bracelets, necklaces, earrings and other gold baubles and GIVE'EM up.

They can check the bottom of their seat. If there is a

STAR under their seat they win $5.00;

PICKLE under their seat they win a hamburger, with fries, and can put the pickle in their burger;

PHOTO of Raquel Welch under their seat they win a butt-lift;

PHOTO of Daniel Craig under their seat they win a .007 license to kill;

CRACKER under their seat they win a trip to KAINTUCKY;

POTATO under their seat they win a masher;

DIME under their seat they realize that they have a hole in their pocket;

MARKING PEN under their seat they win the right to scrawl PIG on the nearest police station outside wall, without getting into TOO much trouble;

PAN under their seat they win a pot;

TORTILLA under their seat they win a trip to Mexico;

SHOE under their seat they are allowed to sing: shooo fly, don't bother me ♪♫♪♫♪♫

PILLOW under their seat, they realize that they were sitting under the seat...and it's TIME TO GO HOME.

[cloudmountain]

I reckon the poor will always be with us. Or so I hear.

Mathew 26:11; Mark 14:7

[PeteePie]

I don’t see evidence of A/C, I wouldn’t go near the place. /s

[dsc]

“I reckon the poor will always be with us. Or so I hear.”

Yes, but that doesn’t mean you let them starve.

[GeronL]

“Billionaire Pastor”

How many red flags does that send up without even the rest of the headline?

[metmom]

You want to criticize services of random non-Catholic churches?

Want to start pointing fingers?

How ‘bout we start evaluating clown masses?

[Gamecock]

I didn’t see anyone advocating that.

[Old Yeller]

Billionaire pastor? Who does he think he is? The pope?

[af_vet_1981]

How many hungry mouths can be fed with 300 million? And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head. And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her. And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me. For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

It depends.
1. Mouths cannot eat money.
2. People were employed and paid for the work allowing them to feed their families.
3. The opportunity for good works by feeding the poor always remains with us. I'm reluctant to judge how someone chooses to redistribute the money for which they are responsible unless it involves immorality.

[Gamecock]

Who needs a clown when the mass is a circus!

Like the smiley face mass:

Or the traffic cone mass:

Or the ever so adorable teddy bear mass:

FR Source for the above

Sometimes they drag out the big balls:

And what is the priest doing there in the background? Turning wine and bread into Jesus?

Look! Human candles!

FR source for the last three

[SeekAndFind]

[AppyPappy]

“How many hungry mouths can be fed with 300 million?”

Forget that. How many bureaucrats pretending to feed children can you pay with that money?

[metmom]

At least the post-it note under the chair is more tasteful.

And nobody is pretending it’s part of worship.

[cloudmountain]

Sick.

[cloudmountain]

Sick. Just plain sick.

[dsc]

“I didn’t see anyone advocating that.”

No, no one did, directly. I was indulging in hyperbole.

On the one hand we have people calling for giving away the seed corn, and on the other...no, there really isn’t anyone demanding that society let the poor starve. However, people of my faith are often criticized because the Church husbands the assets it needs to really help the poor in a big way—building hospitals, etc.

Some people talk as though we don’t want to help the poor, and it was that to which I was reacting, rather than to what you said.

Sorry for the confusion.

[dsc]

“How many red flags does that send up without even the rest of the headline?”

I just thought it would be charitable to give him the benefit of the doubt until I get my two questions answered.