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[raskolnikov]

Today in "why I hate the God I desperately don't want to be real".

In today's church pew sheet "Why we should hate on gays and other minority groups who don't fit our worldview".

 

[Evolved1]

Trump ‘spiritual adviser’ tells followers to skip paying electric bills so they can send her church more cash

Paula White, a prosperity gospel minister who serves as President Donald Trump’s “spiritual adviser,” apparently believes her followers should live in the dark to help keep the lights on at her church.

A lengthy report on White by Mother Jones reveals that the Trump-loving preacher recently told followers at her Supernatural Ministry School in Miami that they could secure God’s favor by sending her church as much money as possible — even if that meant skipping their monthly electric bills.

Trump 'spiritual adviser' tells followers to skip paying electric bills so they can send her church more cash

Paula White, a prosperity gospel minister who serves as President Donald Trump's "spiritual adviser," apparently believes her followers should live in the dark to help keep the lights on at her church.A lengthy report on White by Mother Jones reveals that the Trump-loving preacher recently told...

www.rawstory.com

She also sells resurrection seeds for around $1000 US. Eternal life is pretty cheap these days.

 

[Evolved1]

In today's church pew sheet "Why we should hate on gays and other minority groups who don't fit our worldview".

Hating people and loving money...these fundie Christians are so much like Jesus.

 

[The Speaker]

In today's church pew sheet "Why we should hate on gays and other minority groups who don't fit our worldview".

Huh, I don't recall seeing that this morning - could you show how I and so many other Christians could possibly have missed that one?

 

[raskolnikov]

 

[The Speaker]

Excuse me while I go roll my eyes.

 

[western royboy]

 

[Baltimore Jack]

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Better get in early, you wouldn't want to get an ugly one

 

[western royboy]

Better get in early, you wouldn't want to get an ugly one

well If I was able to vote - it would certhinly sway my vote

 

[Chief]

Jesus stops you at the gates - "Papers please!"

Pastor Resigns After Incorrectly Performing Thousands of Baptisms​

The pastor of a Catholic church in Phoenix changed one word in administering the sacrament, rendering baptisms performed there invalid, the church said.

Pastor Resigns After Incorrectly Performing Thousands of Baptisms (Published 2022)

The pastor of a Catholic church in Phoenix changed one word in administering the sacrament, rendering baptisms performed there invalid, the church said.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Pie eyed]

Jesus stops you at the gates - "Papers please!"

Pastor Resigns After Incorrectly Performing Thousands of Baptisms​

The pastor of a Catholic church in Phoenix changed one word in administering the sacrament, rendering baptisms performed there invalid, the church said.

Pastor Resigns After Incorrectly Performing Thousands of Baptisms (Published 2022)

The pastor of a Catholic church in Phoenix changed one word in administering the sacrament, rendering baptisms performed there invalid, the church said.

www.nytimes.com

If there was a God do you reckon he would care?
Only a corporation would worry about such bullshit.
Half the priest I have met in the last 10 years in Australia can barely speak English.

I reckon a good percentage of baptisms and marriages are null and void if the above is correct.

 

[ElectricG]

Religion bad, me smart. Also it’s 2009 and this is reddit.

 

[Chief]

If there was a God do you reckon he would care?

Not at all. When I was a kid I was told there is a form of baptism that is purely a deep and honest desire to be baptised.

Note that if he had raped kids he wouldn't have even been made to resign.

 

[Gough]

Oh dear.

Whistleblower lawsuit alleges 'cowboy culture' and financial misconduct inside Hillsong Church

A whistleblower suing Hillsong in the Federal Court alleges the megachurch moved millions of dollars in payments through overseas entities to avoid scrutiny by the Australian charities regulator.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Evolved1]

Oh dear.

Whistleblower lawsuit alleges 'cowboy culture' and financial misconduct inside Hillsong Church

A whistleblower suing Hillsong in the Federal Court alleges the megachurch moved millions of dollars in payments through overseas entities to avoid scrutiny by the Australian charities regulator.

www.abc.net.au

Is anyone surprised?

 

[Donakebab]

Oh dear.

Whistleblower lawsuit alleges 'cowboy culture' and financial misconduct inside Hillsong Church

A whistleblower suing Hillsong in the Federal Court alleges the megachurch moved millions of dollars in payments through overseas entities to avoid scrutiny by the Australian charities regulator.

www.abc.net.au

Paedophilia and corruption.

Despite their relatively short existence, Hillsong have this whole religion thing down pat.

 

[western royboy]

Paedophilia and corruption.

Despite their relatively short existence, Hillsong have this whole religion thing down pat.

Naturally they’ll employ a high powered legal firm to handle things for them…

 

[Gough]

Naturally they’ll employ a high powered legal firm to handle things for them…

Not having a protection racket for them run out of the PMO might make life a bit more difficult for them though.

 

[western royboy]

Not having a protection racket for them run out of the PMO might make life a bit more difficult for them though.

Money talks - they always seem to be able to afford the best defences

 

[Cooldude]

Oh dear.

Whistleblower lawsuit alleges 'cowboy culture' and financial misconduct inside Hillsong Church

A whistleblower suing Hillsong in the Federal Court alleges the megachurch moved millions of dollars in payments through overseas entities to avoid scrutiny by the Australian charities regulator.

www.abc.net.au

If we investigate every megachurch thoroughly, the results would be similar

Tax them, close the loopholes on religious charities

 

[Lethality]

To reference the title of the Islam thread, it looks like it's raining again.

Author Salman Rushdie on a ventilator, likely to lose an eye after being attacked on stage in New York

A man attacks the acclaimed author who wrote The Satanic Verses, apparently stabbing him in the neck, as he was about to give a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Not Important]

yes, yes a thousand times yes.