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Dan, you said something long ago that still resonates. You said that if you spoke to the congregation, and if some spikey-haired lesbian came up to you and told you how much she liked your sermon, you would have to re-consider what you had just said.

missyme, I would ask you to take the opposite tack. You have had a wide range of Freepers, from many different denominations and faiths, call into doubt what Benny Hinn is doing with his ministry. I know that if I had taken a certain position on an issue, and had freepers from so many diffrent walks of life say I was on the wrong path - well, I would seriously examine that path or position.

You are defending something you believe in strongly, and we all have done that - but I would hope you would look at what some of your fellow freepers are saying about Benny Hinn, and take a minute and consider what they are saying. They are worth such consideration, even if you end up disregarding what they are saying. Dan and I are very far apart on matters of Christian faith - but if he told me I was off base on something, I would give sober consideration to his counsel, because he has proven over the years that he offers a sound, different point of view that can give a different perspective than what I alone might consider. That is one of the key powers of this website, and I would hope you would avail yourself of it in this discussion.

Good post. Benny Hinn and the rest of the TBN crew is really good at what they do so its easy to see how the could fool someone. At first blush, guys like Kenneth Copeland seem like really good guys - very polished and very strong in the spirit. After all, they are on a religous channel and all

Then, if a person actually listens to what they are saying, it becomes obvious that they may read from the bible every once in a while, but they are not preaching the word of God.

It really bothers me because a lot of people become "innoculated" from the gospel because of these guys. They buy into their ministries and then after they realize the TBN guys are a fraud they will never even listen to anyone legitimate. They really will have a special place in hell.

It also bothers me that my pastor, Charles Stanley, appears on TBN. Only his taped sermons appear on the network and he never visits the TBN set and appears with the Crouches, Kenneth Hagin, Joyce Meyer, Hinn or Morris Cerullo, but I still think it damages his ministry.