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TIL popular US Televangelists own private jets (files.catbox.moe)

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[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 75 points 1 year ago (4 children)

No shit. It's solely about the money.

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[–] lordnikon@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Only a business puts they take 10% of your income in their on boarding contract. That alone tells you most organized religions are a scam. Denominations are just franchises at this point just like McDonald's.

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[+] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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[–] breakingcups@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Tax-free, too!

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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Even for the gullible people giving money to these parasites it’s also solely about money. The only reason they give is because they believe in the prosperity gospel. Which is a belief that if a person is charitable that God will reward them with financial success.

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[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago

100% this. I had a neighbor who was caring for their elderly, bed-ridden mother. She was almost entirely blind, diabetes took her foot, and had the TV on the televangelist 24/7 channel. Yet she would sneak and get the phone and send televangelists all her money. They tried to hide the phone, she would manage to mail them checks. She set up recurring debits from her bank. Crackheads are less determined. They were in such a bad place their gas got shut off because all her money was going to these people. Family was crazy about it, and had no way to stop it with the bank.

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