Posted on 10/16/2018 2:12:16 PM PDT by Simon Green
Televangelist Kenneth Copeland is quite a guy. He preaches a message of prosperity and abundance, and boasts about being a billionaire.
Earlier this year his ministry took possession of a debt-free Gulfstream V.
Worry not — “The Holy Spirit confirmed to Brother Copeland that the Gulfstream V was the plane the Lord had set aside for [him].” Furthermore, all the people who donated towards the ministry acquiring the plane are going to “new places in the Kingdom” for their generosity.
But getting the Gulfstream V wasn’t enough, they also wanted a further $17 million to upgrade the avionics, interior, runway, and to build a new hangar.
This was hardly the beginning of his history with private air travel. In the past he enlightened us as to why preachers actually need private jets. Specifically, there are demons on commercial aircraft, and the devil is just trying to mislead people into thinking that they’re being excessive by flying on private jets. Here’s that video:
(At link)
Now one of his sermons from a couple of months ago is going viral, via Newsweek. The message from the sermon is that “faith from healing comes from hearing.” And you guessed it, this involves airplanes as well.
In this sermon, Brother Copeland shares a story from several years back about when the ministry only had a turboprop.
Here’s the sermon, if you want to watch it (the relevant part starts 11min18sec in):
(At link)
So, what did he do? Apparently their turboprop had some corrosion, and when Brother Copeland laid hands on it, it disappeared:
“We went through that thing from…nose to tail and they did X-rays of the fuselage and everything looking for corrosion. And there was some—wasn’t all that bad—but the X-rays showed that there was some spots of corrosion. And so I was, I was praying over it. And just as plain, the Lord said to me, ‘Lay hands on it. I’ll heal it.’
“What?! And I’d heard it plain. ‘Well,’ he said, ‘Kenneth.’ He said, ‘Corrosion comes from the curse.’ He said, ‘I provided that airplane for you, didn’t I?’ I said, ‘Yes, sir.’ He said, ‘Lay hands on it.’ Okay. And I started praying in the spirit. And the more I prayed in the spirit, the happier I got.
“So I just went up—oh man, you talk about laying hands on that thing. I laid hands on it all over. And it’s a big old airplane. It took a while to do it, you know. Laid hands on that thing. Just laid hands on it all over it, and praised God and laid hands on that, and commanded that corrosion to leave in Jesus’ name.
“They did more X-rays and came back, and there was just one little old spot there. I said, ‘Lord, what –’ ‘No,’ He said, ‘I’m going to remind you.’ I said, ‘Uh, what are you reminding me of?’ He said, “They could have said, ‘Maybe the — maybe the X-rays were wrong.’
“Are you listening? So we laid hands on it again, and it was gone.”
Let’s hope it only planes he lays hands on.
““Are you listening? So we laid hands on it again, and it was gone.”
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“Specifically, there are demons on commercial aircraft...”
Hmmm, OK, I think he’s likely right on that point - but the rest is hogwash of the purest kind.
He that believeth his own BS is covered with poop. Amen!
This is why I can’t take some religious talk seriously.
About a week ago I was sitting with an elderly friend and we were watching one of her religious shows when the guy said this...
The woman had no eyeballs but when I put my hands over the holes I could feel her eyeballs growing.
It was all I could do to not burst out laughing.
hell in the CG we relied on Ty-Wraps and Duct Tape back in the day, where was this guy then?
"...lay hands upon the airplane..."
MATTHEW 7:23
That scam artist is still around?
I think Copeland’s wife even thinks he’s a bit odd.
This is what Christianity has come to.
He did an anointing with WD-40.
Is he a licensed A&P mechanic?
Wow, most people have to hire A&Ps. Did he write up an entry in the Aircraft Maintenance log and sign off on it? The moron.
2 Timothy4:3 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions
Can he lay hands and make jet fuel? Asking for Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Not all Christianity. This is pretty much fringe stuff. When you push Islam to its extremes you get murder and mayhem. When you push Christianity to its extremes you get televangelists and snake handlers.
The reverend David Copperfield.
No doubt using the same techniques.
It has always amazed me that the most amazing magical tricks are so darn simple when you know how they are done.
There are a bunch of YT videos exposing a whole slew of magicians and their tricks, foremost Doug Henning and Chriss Angel. The stunts work because we WANT to believe.
My favorite was the guy that TOTALLY exposed Uri Gellar on the Johnny Carson Show by setting up the environment in advance without Gellar knowing what the controls were.
I wish I could remember the guy’s name — he was a FAMOUS skeptic who blew away virtually every “mentalist” in sight.
The Amazing Randi.
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