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To: aruanan; boatbum

To respond a little more seriously this time, i think people like Hinn have done more to harm Christianity (and religion in general) than many a militant atheist. Or at least have given the militant atheists plenty of ammunition, allowing them to point to the follows of Hinn as typical of religious types, people who will believe anything that some charismatic person tells them.

Also it is interesting to learn Hinn is originally from Israel. It reminded me of someone else but i couldn’t think who until just now: Uri Geller, the charlatan who claimed to be able to bend spoons through psychic power but was exposed as a fraud on the Tonight Show (back in the Johnny Carson days). He also was from Israel and i wonder if Hinn was inspired by him. Their recipes seem somewhat similar. Throw in a large dose of showmanship together with some new-age/space-age babble in order to add an extra layer of mystique to the mix and then act like you really really believe in what you’re doing so the folks in the audience will want to believe right along with you....and won’t look at what you’re doing with too critical an eye.


37 posted on 10/11/2009 9:39:41 AM PDT by Humbug (hmm mmm mmmm)
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To: Humbug

Yes, I remember the hubbub that was Uri Geller. Poor boob. I loved the way James Randi deboned him. Even though James Randi and his bunch believe they’re being successful in attacking Christianity by unmasking frauds, I think they’re really performing a public service.


39 posted on 10/11/2009 7:06:24 PM PDT by aruanan
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