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Post by safeharbor37 on Mar 29, 2011 19:06:15 GMT -5
Frederick K.C. Price: Ever Increasing Faith Ministries, seems to be on the up and up. Generally gives sound advice to his largely black congregation at Crenshaw Christian Center in Los Angeles. He too has not been immune to controversy. mycolumbusjoy.com/town/godsgirldawn106/dr-frederick-k-c-price-wins-major-victory-in-defamation-lawsuit-against-abc-news/One must be careful in choosing a televangelist as in anything else. There have been some real frauds who have been able to pry money from the poor by selling such as a piece of a handkerchief allegedly cried on by the televangelist, and more. That's not to say that there aren't legitimate televangelists, just that one must be careful ~ and I'd suggest you'd be better off consulting your local pastor.
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Post by safeharbor37 on Mar 29, 2011 23:06:00 GMT -5
Original Topic/Post: I don't understand the attraction to Hagee for politicians. Why do they cozy up to him looking for endorsement?
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Mar 30, 2011 0:33:02 GMT -5
That cracked me up! I don't know why, it just hit me funny, and I almost woke everyone up over hear laughing at it.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Mar 30, 2011 0:37:44 GMT -5
Prosperity ministries do a lot of good in encouraging those who are having a hard time. A lot of people laugh at the "tithe" suggested [or demanded] by some ministries, but, in general, those who tithe do better than those who don't. Part of that [imho] is that it's the first step in learning to budget, but who knows. However, the idea that "God doesn't want you to suffer." is so contradictory to experience and to scripture that it's borderline heresy. The sad part of discussing religion on this board, in addition to the fact that it's off subject, is that hardly anyone is interested in finding the truth and so it usually boils down to mud slinging. God has a plan for you, but it's not necessarily that you get [or stay] rich. The rule is that you only need to know two things about God: 1] There is one. 2] You aren't him. It's just that simple, but unfortunately beyond the grasp of most, even those who'd like to understand. So, God does want us to suffer? To me, THAT is heresy. What I find in Scripture is that there WILL BE suffering, but not to sweat it because we win in the end. What I find appalling are those polar opposites of the prosperity gospel who go out of their way to find trouble. I think we ignore, at our peril, the fact that the righteous are blessed, and prosperous while much suffering is brought on by our own foolishness, and then there's the fact that we live in a fallen world. No matter how far we advance, no one gets out of here alive. This world is not our home.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Mar 30, 2011 0:38:18 GMT -5
Original Topic/Post: I don't understand the attraction to Hagee for politicians. Why do they cozy up to him looking for endorsement? Money and votes.
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Post by hello fromWarsaw on Mar 30, 2011 2:10:20 GMT -5
The NAACP is a racist org.?
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Mar 30, 2011 8:23:53 GMT -5
The NAACP is a racist org.? This is only news to broke ass liberal dupes.
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Post by floridayankee on Mar 30, 2011 8:34:54 GMT -5
liberal dupes. OT Paul....let's leave the silly shit to the 6 year olds and trolls, shall we? It really does nothing for your argument.
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Post by ed1066 on Mar 30, 2011 11:06:57 GMT -5
The NAACP is a racist org.? Yes, intensely.
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Post by privateinvestor on Mar 30, 2011 11:07:28 GMT -5
I don't give a dam about the Rev Hagee...but attractions to religious zealots has been around forever..and many of these religious are millionaires because of these jaded attractions
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Post by safeharbor37 on Mar 30, 2011 11:19:22 GMT -5
Pretty much. Politicians are politicians and ministers are ministers whether they be Rev. Hagee or Rev. Wright. It seems pretty obvious so I'm not sure why anyone wouldn't understand, but I think that maybe the original question was why politicians sought Rev. Hagee's support specifically. I suspect that the above answer [Money and votes] covers it, but will it garner more money and votes than it loses by offending those who are anti-Hagee or whatever? What say you?
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Mar 30, 2011 15:29:04 GMT -5
liberal dupes. OT Paul....let's leave the silly shit to the 6 year olds and trolls, shall we? It really does nothing for your argument. I'm just screwing around with a certain Kool-Aid drinking liberal dupe sheeple people that posts here.
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Post by ugonow on Mar 30, 2011 15:45:52 GMT -5
Yes... my thinking was it surprises me politicians still seek him out considering his comments on needing a war with the mideast in order to bring about Armegeddon and the rapture, his comments about Katrina, Catholics,Hitler,etc..... You don't see too many of them climbing in bed with Ted Haggard anymore.....just a figure of speech mind you....
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Post by Angel! on Mar 30, 2011 16:19:18 GMT -5
liberal dupes. OT Paul....let's leave the silly shit to the 6 year olds and trolls, shall we? It really does nothing for your argument. He is trying Hello from Warsaw's style of posting - pretty much no content, just a string of lame insults. I guess that is what you do when you have nothing worthwhile to actually contribute to the conversation.
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