Ravi
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The only smug hypocrite I see here is you...oh, and Pastor Eddie.Why would I demonstrate something that is a. common knowledge and b. easily found out for yourself.
Nice to know you need to be spoon fed.
You are getting spanked, IMO, not because you did not state the obvious in your Op but because you began a thread that is causing some folks that nasty uncomfy feeling...and because you hold the apparently unpopular view that some christians have been a bit cavialier about the pastors they employ.
I doubt anyone reading up about this guys seriously thinks he can beat these charges.
Cavalier? I wasn't aware that churches were only supposed to employ perfect people as pastors. Gonna be a lot of empty pulpits under THAT rule.
The real problem with Ravi's thread, and why she's getting her ass kicked, is because she started it in order to have a forum for a nasty rush to judgement, and a lot of other smug, superior hypocrites like her ran over to join in. Being a rotten person is never a good basis for winning an argument.
Questions Have Long Surrounded Accused Minister : NPRLong's church and his personal life are manifestations of the "prosperity Gospel" he preaches. Also called "name it and claim it," this style of preaching states that God does not want you to be poor indeed, Long preaches that Jesus was not poor and that riches are a sign of God's blessing.
Long himself drives a $350,000 Bentley, bought a $1.1 million home in 2005 and favors gold necklaces and Rolex watches. When the Atlanta Journal-Constitution asked him about the $3 million he received from the church and its charities between 1997 and 2000, Long was defiant.
"We're not just a church; we're an international corporation," he said. "We're not just a bumbling bunch of preachers who can't talk and all we're doing is baptizing babies. I deal with the White House. I deal with Tony Blair. I deal with presidents around the world. I pastor a multimillion-dollar congregation."