I'll be willing to bet they think Benny Hinn (who probably has his own special corner in Hell reserved) actually heals people too.
This is Benny Hinn and he needs to be stopped. As a jewish believer in the messiah I find this man to be a repugnant, thieving pagan. He constantly whores christianity for his own finacial profit but,
...more so, he preaches lies such as the claim that Adam could fly and that the trinity concept as explained in the Bible isn't quite right and that there are actually nine parts to the godhead. He once had the gall to claim that on one particular night Yeshua, Jesus the Christ himself would personally join him on stage.
Talk about your barf alerts.
Guaranteed. On BOTH scores.
Some seem to think that Marx's "useful idiots" and Barnum's "suckers" only get conned by politicians and carnival barkers.
As Marx and Barnum and the "religion industry" know, it is IMPOSSIBLE to save some people from themselves. No amount of "reason" will change their "emotion-driven" minds.
They are the object of this truism: "A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still".
One cannot reason someone _out of_ what he didn't first reason himself _into_.
Religious KOOKS permeate TBN ... and there is a BIG market for them. They laugh all the way to the bank.
Don't get me wrong: I believe in miracles and healing, through God. I don't believe Reverend Hinn has any "powers," other than as a charlatan and snake oil seller. BTW, an evangelical minister who appeared in the documentary echoed your comments about Hinn, who enjoys a rather lavish lifestyle himself.
I'm a religious right Freeper, born again Christian. (I don't speak in tongues, never have and never want to, so I guess I'm really conservative.) I don't believe God calls all Christians to live in poverty or that none can be wealthy and live comfortably (we are each supposed to be good stewards, no matter our economic means). But I believe what the Crouch's are doing is morally and ethically wrong. That they have the means to purchase a $5 million home--well, it's beyond living comfortably. Jesus had no home of his own, Paul worked for his food building tents. So did the other disciples. It's kind of hard to be a role model to any Christian when you're so out of the realm of what the average person has: a modest income with average comfort. That's my $.02.