Posted on 08/31/2015 12:17:54 PM PDT by Kaslin
SCOTUS yanked tax-exempt status of Bob Jones University in 1973 over “intangible religious beliefs” .... ie ... Opposition to intwr racial marriage ... Uncle Sam OWNS tax exempt churches ... Period .... That’s precisely why pastors are such pathetic gutless cowards .....
Actually it's not considering without donations there are no investments, no investment advisors, no accountants, no attorneys, no PR firms, no..........Wait a minute, these aren't churches, they're highly organized companies.
Well we certainly don’t want to egg on more.
Personal earthly wealth should be a secondary thing, always viewed as a tool and not as a cushion of fundamental comfort. Amassing gold Mercedeses and the like as a demonstration of “look what God can do” is a spiritually risky thing. (Though God has done things like that before. Check out Solomon’s reign in the Old Testament.) Absolutely verboten, no. And the Good Book says that the rich should be generous. Hand-up programs are better in that regard than hand-out programs.
that’s alot of opinions there. No scriptures to back it up.
Nothing in the Bible says Christians shouldn’t have good things it does talk about making those things ones idol being bad. Having money doesnt mean one loves money but if you love money so much it becomes ones God that is the sin.
I’ve asked this before and I’ll ask it again, how do you know these preachers don’t engage in charity to the poor?
Actually it’s not considering without donations there are no investments, no investment advisors, no accountants, no attorneys, no PR firms, no..........Wait a minute, these aren’t churches, they’re highly organized companies.
and why is that bad?
God, Ltd., huh.
The way to fight this stuff, I believe, is a positive strategy of people living out the example of, say, Paul.
In a way, kind of like what Linux hoped to do with Microsoft. Free is better.
Cleflo Dollar, multimillionaire TV Evangelist.
Are you saying none of this is supported by the bible?
You are being either picky or ignorant if you are.
Actually I do know a Hindu who is horrified by some of this stuff going on at his local temple.
Even Jim Bakker is back. Saw him on late-night, covering his bald head with a baseball cap that had a cross on the front. Hawking home generators and MRE’s for the end times.
My first thought was “who in the flippin’ hell would ever sell him air time?”
And you're trying to JUSTIFY their wealth and opulent lifestyles to what you believe they have contributed to helping the poor.
Like I said above, unless they're housing the homeless in their mansions and using their Cadillacs as meals on wheels...........then they're nothing but frauds.
Mother Theresa never owned a car, let alone a mansion and a host of cadillacs.........
There was a televangelist who never asked for donations, gave away books and magazine subscriptions for free and peaked at over $200 million per year at the time of his death.
He flew around the world in a church owned Gulfstream III to meet folks like the King of Jordan, the Japanese Diet, and too many others to mention.
His magazine had a larger circulation than Time and Newsweek combined in the 1980’s. One of the three the Colleges he founded sent money and students to Jerusalem for an archaeologist (Mazaier I hope I spelled it right).
Buck... In defense of Pat Robertson, I suggest you go to Charity Navigator and check out their rating on the 700 club (CBN). Also check the IRS form 990. You’d be shocked at Pat’s compensation from the ministry. He’s sold quite a few books for his wealth plus good investments.
CBN also has Operation Blessing which provides disaster relief all around the world.
and why is that bad?
Who are you serving and funding, God's will or the Company?
Look, I'm gonna cut to the chase here RginTN, there's not a damn thing you can say in support of these multi-millionaire charlatans who make their fortunes from the average working guy and with every sermon they keep asking for more......It's fools like you, not me, who elevate them to "Christian" status while they sit on their golden thrones in their opulent mansions.
Sorry bro, but these frauds won't get my "love offerings" no matter how many prayer towels they promise to send............
That explains a lot about the media whores and what the will do for a dollar.
In what I can find out, Pat is a big reason that American Jews hate republicans. Just saying...
Who was that?
Herbert W. Armstrong. This half hour video is where I got the stuff I posted.
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