This is the same AP who provides us hourly doses of anti-American, anti-Christian, anti-Bush, anti-Conservative, anti-Republican, anti-capitalist, anti-EVERYTHING-WE-STAND FOR garbage...by the truckload! They are the #1 mouthpice for the enemy and we would, and should, dismiss virtually all of their crap out of hand before it hits the light of day.
This story contained, at best, sketchy 'witness' testimony that barely painted a picture of the horrible deed that many of you have morphed this into.
Regarding Joel Osteen, I personally don't follow him or his teaching, but certainly he does not portray himself as a man without sin, only as a man who follows his Lord and Saviour who was the only one who walked the earth without sin. If he can bring one person to Christ that would not have otherwise, then his life shall be a success.
Indeed, shame on us all! Let me be the first to apologize. You are absolutely correct, it's all a lie: it never happened, there is no Continental Airlines, the preacher and his loving spouse were in Monte Carlo at the time, there is no snow in Aspen this time of year! How absurd! The lies those Communists invent! Lord Have Mercy (and please send a generous donation!)
Thank you for putting this into perspective. I too am disgusted at how quick freepers are to condemn the preacher and his wife, swallowing the AP "news" hook line and sinker. Who more than AP would rather bring a preacher down, especially a successful one who reaches millions of people.
Several years ago, a gay flight attendant sued that old preacher who has the Crystal Cathedral in SoCal...Robert Schuler--for putting the make on him. What Schuler had done was to leave his seat, go to the stew's station and ask for a glass of water, putting his arm around the shoulder of the steward as he did so. Schuler puts his arm around everyone. But the bitchy gay steward used this non-incident to drag the ROTTEN #@$)%(&#@ CHRISTIAN through the mud. Gay agenda stuff, which this Olsteen case may be too.
AP just made it all up? Sure they did. Go on with that.
Oh, I like you!!!
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