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Post by Artemis Windsong on May 16, 2019 15:10:47 GMT -5
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on May 16, 2019 15:17:28 GMT -5
I can't imagine He is going to have good things to say when he picks up the phone.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on May 16, 2019 15:30:41 GMT -5
My BIL bought a Trump mug somewhere that turned out to be just a scam. I have never laughed so hard in my life. (I don't have details because he posted on Facebook with pretty much just those details and I didn't care enough to ask.)
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Post by NoNamePerson on May 16, 2019 15:37:38 GMT -5
I'm surprised he hasn't offered up Tammy Faye's eyelashes for sale as way to heaven/God
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on May 16, 2019 15:41:38 GMT -5
I feel like I could start drawing some mark of the beast/anti-Christ connections here. How does this televangelist know he's speaking to the guy UPstairs?
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Post by Tennesseer on May 16, 2019 15:49:35 GMT -5
Sign me up because I have a few things to say to Him/Her/It/Other.
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Post by weltschmerz on May 16, 2019 15:56:34 GMT -5
I saw that! It's hysterically funny! Get closer to god with gold.
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Post by dannylion on May 16, 2019 16:18:10 GMT -5
Forty-five dollars is an odd price. They probably have a marketing department that comes up with this stuff and figures out how much to charge (that loon Bakker also sells End-of-the-World supplies among other useless crap, so they have plenty to keep a marketing department busy). Did they have a focus group? How would they recruit for something like that? And why $45? Have they determined that that is the magic price point at which the gullible will line up to hand over their money? One suspects that they have learned from experience hat if they charge $50 for something useless, people actually demand their money back when it doesn't do what it claims.
ETA: Nevermind. It has been pointed out to me that 45 is merely the number of the beast, not the carefully determined price point of a professional marketing department.
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Post by saveinla on May 16, 2019 16:24:26 GMT -5
Forty-five dollars is an odd price. They probably have a marketing department that comes up with this stuff and figures out how much to charge (that loon Bakker also sells End-of-the-World supplies among other useless crap, so they have plenty to keep a marketing department busy). Did they have a focus group? How would they recruit for something like that? And why $45? Have they determined that that is the magic price point at which the gullible will line up to hand over their money? One suspects that they have learned from experience hat if they charge $50 for something useless, people actually demand their money back when it doesn't do what it claims. I dont believe they put too much thought into it - just that he is number 45 and his face is on the coin.
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Post by dannylion on May 16, 2019 16:29:39 GMT -5
Forty-five dollars is an odd price. They probably have a marketing department that comes up with this stuff and figures out how much to charge (that loon Bakker also sells End-of-the-World supplies among other useless crap, so they have plenty to keep a marketing department busy). Did they have a focus group? How would they recruit for something like that? And why $45? Have they determined that that is the magic price point at which the gullible will line up to hand over their money? One suspects that they have learned from experience hat if they charge $50 for something useless, people actually demand their money back when it doesn't do what it claims. I dont believe they put too much thought into it - just that he is number 45 and his face is on the coin. Whoa. Excellent point. I had not made that connection. And I used to be an intelligence analyst. I am clearly losing my edge in my old age. I am sure you are right.
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Post by NastyWoman on May 16, 2019 17:41:23 GMT -5
Forty-five dollars is an odd price. They probably have a marketing department that comes up with this stuff and figures out how much to charge (that loon Bakker also sells End-of-the-World supplies among other useless crap, so they have plenty to keep a marketing department busy). Did they have a focus group? How would they recruit for something like that? And why $45? Have they determined that that is the magic price point at which the gullible will line up to hand over their money? One suspects that they have learned from experience hat if they charge $50 for something useless, people actually demand their money back when it doesn't do what it claims. ETA: Nevermind. It has been pointed out to me that 45 is merely the number of the beast, not the carefully determined price point of a professional marketing department. I know that you pointed out that Bakker is a loon, but why would anyone buy End-of-the-World supplies? And for whom? End-of-the-World supplies means game over → no supplies needed no?
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Post by Tennesseer on May 16, 2019 17:47:01 GMT -5
Forty-five dollars is an odd price. They probably have a marketing department that comes up with this stuff and figures out how much to charge (that loon Bakker also sells End-of-the-World supplies among other useless crap, so they have plenty to keep a marketing department busy). Did they have a focus group? How would they recruit for something like that? And why $45? Have they determined that that is the magic price point at which the gullible will line up to hand over their money? One suspects that they have learned from experience hat if they charge $50 for something useless, people actually demand their money back when it doesn't do what it claims. ETA: Nevermind. It has been pointed out to me that 45 is merely the number of the beast, not the carefully determined price point of a professional marketing department. I know that you pointed out that Bakker is a loon, but why would anyone buy End-of-the-World supplies? And for whom? End-of-the-World supplies means game over → no supplies needed no? Maybe those buying the end-of-the-world supplies will somehow survive the end of the world, at least as we know it. They will need to be healthy enough to fly up into the sky during the Rapture? ( )
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dannylion
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Post by dannylion on May 16, 2019 17:55:49 GMT -5
Forty-five dollars is an odd price. They probably have a marketing department that comes up with this stuff and figures out how much to charge (that loon Bakker also sells End-of-the-World supplies among other useless crap, so they have plenty to keep a marketing department busy). Did they have a focus group? How would they recruit for something like that? And why $45? Have they determined that that is the magic price point at which the gullible will line up to hand over their money? One suspects that they have learned from experience hat if they charge $50 for something useless, people actually demand their money back when it doesn't do what it claims. ETA: Nevermind. It has been pointed out to me that 45 is merely the number of the beast, not the carefully determined price point of a professional marketing department. I know that you pointed out that Bakker is a loon, but why would anyone buy End-of-the-World supplies? And for whom? End-of-the-World supplies means game over → no supplies needed no? You would have to ask him for the reasoning he offers his followers. It is possible that the real answer is simply that he is a con man who has been able to dupe a certain number of delusional, anxiety-ridden people into doing what he tells them to do. It's probably not the biblical end of the world so much as "them" taking over and all the "persecuted" Christians (the white ones, at least) having to flee to the woods and survive on twigs and dirt unless they buy his crap. Who knows. He's a despicable creature out for his own enrichment. He'd say anything.
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Post by NastyWoman on May 16, 2019 18:08:35 GMT -5
dannylion , I know why HE does it → he just wants to grab as much money as he can. I don't understand why anyone would buy any supplies for themselves for a time when everything is gone. Or maybe they think G*d won't feed us in the hereafter and we need to bring an eternal lasting picnic lunch?
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Post by dannylion on May 16, 2019 18:20:24 GMT -5
dannylion , I know why HE does it → he just wants to grab as much money as he can. I don't understand why anyone would buy any supplies for themselves for a time when everything is gone. Or maybe they think G*d won't feed us in the hereafter and we need to bring an eternal lasting picnic lunch? I think the only explanation is a form of mental illness. No amount of rational thought is going to explain it.
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Post by weltschmerz on May 16, 2019 18:25:13 GMT -5
dannylion , I know why HE does it → he just wants to grab as much money as he can. I don't understand why anyone would buy any supplies for themselves for a time when everything is gone. Or maybe they think G*d won't feed us in the hereafter and we need to bring an eternal lasting picnic lunch? I'll being French cheese, baguettes and French wine.
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Post by weltschmerz on May 16, 2019 18:26:43 GMT -5
Hey, can we make Buffalo Wings from angels?
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Post by dannylion on May 16, 2019 20:04:45 GMT -5
Hey, can we make Buffalo Wings from angels? I would be wiping tea off my monitor had I not put it down before reading this.
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Post by Works4me on May 17, 2019 8:27:43 GMT -5
I don't remember who did it but my all-time favorite is the "Personally Autographed Picture of Jesus Christ. "
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Post by swamp on May 17, 2019 8:53:33 GMT -5
Hey, can we make Buffalo Wings from angels? I'm sure they would be very light and crunchy.
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Post by Tennesseer on May 17, 2019 10:33:20 GMT -5
From The Onion: Rare Autographed Portrait Of Jesus Purchased At Estate Sale11/18/10 9:00am STROUDSBURG, PA—An oil portrait of Jesus Christ bearing what turned out to be a rare autograph of the Son of God was purchased for $65 at an estate sale last weekend, religious relic experts said Tuesday. "Careful examination of the signature's authentic Aramaic cursive loop on the 'J' and 'C,' plus the distinctive early-A.D. touch of underlining the name and adding a couple of jaunty diagonal dashes, confirms that it is indeed genuine," collectibles appraiser Mike Shankman told reporters, describing the signed message that reads "Gary, best of luck!" "These are actually a lot rarer than you'd think. What a great find." As of press time, one Greek Orthodox antiquarian had offered a conflicting appraisal, saying that while the signature was definitely that of Christ, the Savior may have been amusing Himself by autographing a painting of singer/ actor Kris Kristofferson. link
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2019 18:08:06 GMT -5
dannylion , I know why HE does it → he just wants to grab as much money as he can. I don't understand why anyone would buy any supplies for themselves for a time when everything is gone. Or maybe they think G*d won't feed us in the hereafter and we need to bring an eternal lasting picnic lunch? I think the only explanation is a form of mental illness. No amount of rational thought is going to explain it. Sort of like Loony's posts
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on May 17, 2019 20:42:07 GMT -5
I don't remember who did it but my all-time favorite is the "Personally Autographed Picture of Jesus Christ. " I keep waiting for some old testament beat downs to happen to these people and they never do. What happened to the no false idols thing?
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Post by Ava on May 19, 2019 12:09:17 GMT -5
The country where I was born has some interesting history regarding the Spanish Catholic church. They came over and imposed their belief system to the indigenous people, resorting to torture if necessary. After all, these people were inferior and didn't really have a right to anything including life, but I digress.
Anyway, one of the things they did in the 1800s was to sell certificates of acceptance to heaven. If you had enough money to afford this, the Catholic church will guarantee admittance to heaven no matter what you did in this earth. I kid you not.
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Post by weltschmerz on May 19, 2019 12:56:34 GMT -5
The country where I was born has some interesting history regarding the Spanish Catholic church. They came over and imposed their belief system to the indigenous people, resorting to torture if necessary. After all, these people were inferior and didn't really have a right to anything including life, but I digress. Anyway, one of the things they did in the 1800s was to sell certificates of acceptance to heaven. If you had enough money to afford this, the Catholic church will guarantee admittance to heaven no matter what you did in this earth. I kid you not.Ah yes, indulgences. Buy your way into heaven!
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Post by swamp on May 20, 2019 10:02:45 GMT -5
The country where I was born has some interesting history regarding the Spanish Catholic church. They came over and imposed their belief system to the indigenous people, resorting to torture if necessary. After all, these people were inferior and didn't really have a right to anything including life, but I digress. Anyway, one of the things they did in the 1800s was to sell certificates of acceptance to heaven. If you had enough money to afford this, the Catholic church will guarantee admittance to heaven no matter what you did in this earth. I kid you not. Sort of like how you qualify for an annulment? You give a big enough donation, and your marriage was always a sham, never mind that it lasted 20 years, you had several kids, and you taught Pre Cana classes?
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Post by bean29 on May 20, 2019 10:24:22 GMT -5
The country where I was born has some interesting history regarding the Spanish Catholic church. They came over and imposed their belief system to the indigenous people, resorting to torture if necessary. After all, these people were inferior and didn't really have a right to anything including life, but I digress. Anyway, one of the things they did in the 1800s was to sell certificates of acceptance to heaven. If you had enough money to afford this, the Catholic church will guarantee admittance to heaven no matter what you did in this earth. I kid you not. Sort of like how you qualify for an annulment? You give a big enough donation, and your marriage was always a sham, never mind that it lasted 20 years, you had several kids, and you taught Pre Cana classes? There is a Deacon at my Mom's church that had a 6-8 kids, taught Pre Cana classes, performed marriages, and got divorced after all his kids were grown. Imho, he is no less entitled to a divorce than I was. If it is not working out, you should be miserable to your dying day? I told my Mom that I did not know what his marriage was like, and I was in no place to judge, but I thought his wife was a f'ing B.
Look at it this way, if he is entitled to move on, then so are the rest of us.
I do agree about the annulment though. The church has a liturgical explanation that sounds entirely valid, but I worked through the annulment process largely b/c I knew it was important to my Mother and my Grandmothers. I found it amazing that as soon as I made the last payment on the annulment, my documents appeared in the mail within a week or two.
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