[cripplecreek]

Colonics for Christ was a real money maker I’m sure.

[ikka]

I was in Manila at the most expensive hotel in the country, the Shagri-La Hotel in Makati ... when his advance team came in... they were getting ready for him to stay there a few days later.

NO-ONE needs to stay at such a fancy place, $250 a night for the smallest room, in a third world country where there are plenty of other places just as safe.

[SkyDancer]

"One Time I Had It All"

[yongin]

During the late 90s, Benny Hinn touted Y2K as the end of the world. I can’t believe people still watch him.

[Brilliant]

Charleton but I think its pathetic that the same folks who complain about our visa policies won’t let the charleton into their country yet have no problem allowing terrorists in.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Say what you want, but the guy’s combover rivals Donald Trump.

[Alex Murphy]

[keithtoo]

As a Christian: I vote CHARLATAN!!!

[BibChr]

Waste of time.

Anyone who knew — and believed — his Bible would have this guy pegged within a few sentences.

[longhorn too]

I don’t know what is in Benny Hinn’s heart, only God knows that, but he and several others who teach material blessing if you will only follow his lead are suspect at best.

[Laissez-faire capitalist]

Benny Hinn is not a true Pentecostal. There are certain beliefs that pentecostals share and Benny Hinn’s beliefs do not fall within the realm of true pentecostalism.

Benny Hinn is a Charismatic (there is a difference), and a Word of Faith (WOF) Charismatic at that.

[Laissez-faire capitalist]

There are distinct differences between Pentecostals and Charismatics. Hinn is not a Pentecostal. He is a Charismatic, and a Word of Faith Charismatic at that.

[snarks_when_bored]

Pastor Benny Hinn: Charlatan or Man of God?

I prefer the headline: Pastor Benny Hinn: Charlatan or Mountebank?

[swmobuffalo]

my vote-Charlatan.

[gunsofaugust]

Benny Hinn makes made me ill just by watching him for a very few minutes. His circus act one of the worst I have ever seen; far worse than a exceptionally poorly done B movie.

[aruanan]

Pastor Benny Hinn: Charlatan or Man of God? [$100M/Year Charlatan!]

His hair screams charlatan.

[aruanan]

IT HAPPENED AT THE AGE OF 11, WHEN Jesus first appeared to either him or his mother while he was living in Jaffa, Israel. Or maybe it happened at 18, when he had a conversion experience at a high school in Toronto. That's when Benny Hinn says he was "anointed." Or maybe it was shortly after that, when he took a bus trip to Pittsburgh to see the faith healer Kathryn Kuhlman. It's difficult to say exactly when it happened, or what form it took, because Hinn parcels out little bits and pieces of his background as it suits him, then embellishes the stories so that isolating any one event in his life is like puzzling through a 30-year-old KGB file.

[aruanan]

From the same article I quoted above:

But there's an even darker side to Hinn and his organization. In 1998, two members of his inner circle died of heroin overdoses. In 1999, after one of his many vows of reform, he fired several board members and hired an ex-cop named Mario C. Licciardello to do an internal investigation of his ministry. Licciardello was the brother of Carman, who is sort of the Engelbert Humperdinck of Christian singers, so many think Hinn considered him "safe." But Licciardello did such a good job—taking hundreds of depositions and getting to the bottom of the heroin use—that Hinn then sued him. While Licciardello was still his head of security, the ministry filed a lawsuit demanding that all his files be turned over and sealed, because their public release could result in the end of the ministry. Licciardello was a police investigator with 25 years of experience, and he felt like his whole career was being smeared, so he fought back with his own lawyers. His counsel continually tried to take Hinn's deposition, but Hinn fought him at every step. The judge, however, ruled against him and said that, if Hinn intended to enjoin Licciardello, he would have to make himself available for questioning.

On the very day that Hinn was supposed to give his deposition in the case, Licciardello had a heart attack and died. The Hinn organization made an out-of-court settlement with Licciardello's widow, which included sealing the court papers.