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1337Delta764 wrote:The church was in fact flooded on Sunday, and there were photos to prove it. Once the flood waters cleared someone posted photos of clear roads to attack and defame him. That person who posted the photos after the flood waters cleared should be thrown in jail. Hopefully Osteen has the guts to file a lawsuit.
1337Delta764 wrote:The church was in fact flooded on Sunday, and there were photos to prove it. Once the flood waters cleared someone posted photos of clear roads to attack and defame him. That person who posted the photos after the flood waters cleared should be thrown in jail. Hopefully Osteen has the guts to file a lawsuit.
coolian2 wrote:Nah, guy is still an asshole.
1337Delta764 wrote:The church was in fact flooded on Sunday, and there were photos to prove it.
einsteinboricua wrote:1337Delta764 wrote:The church was in fact flooded on Sunday, and there were photos to prove it.
Looks like you also fell for the pictures of sharks swimming in flooded streets. His church was never flooded and, in fact, people staffed it soon after to begin distributing items. If the church was flooded, where are the pictures of the inside?
Surprise: there aren't any.
Tugger wrote:coolian2 wrote:Nah, guy is still an asshole.
We pretty much are all assholes then.
I don't like it when people work to find a reason to dislike and even attack someone. I don't think he is any great shakes but I also don't think he is bad per se. He is just earning a living in his own way and millions of people have enabled that. He is really not much different than a actor, he presents himself in front of people and they reward him.
I don't need to like or approve of what he does.
As you say, he is an asshole, but everyone has got one.... so...
Tugg
Aesma wrote:Tugger wrote:coolian2 wrote:Nah, guy is still an asshole.
We pretty much are all assholes then.
I don't like it when people work to find a reason to dislike and even attack someone. I don't think he is any great shakes but I also don't think he is bad per se. He is just earning a living in his own way and millions of people have enabled that. He is really not much different than a actor, he presents himself in front of people and they reward him.
I don't need to like or approve of what he does.
As you say, he is an asshole, but everyone has got one.... so...
Tugg
Actors don't prey on feeble minds by selling them eternal life and other such nonsense. Actors don't ask for donations, and don't ask you to come back every week and donate again.
Aesma wrote:Actors don't prey on feeble minds by selling them eternal life and other such nonsense. Actors don't ask for donations, and don't ask you to come back every week and donate again.
Tugger wrote:And Houston has more megachurches than any other area in the country, other similar churches did not open immediately either and people are not attacking them (New Light Church did not open four Houston-area locations till Wednesday, because of flooded roadways, their pastor was not able to drive around and check one out until then). Are all the churches and their leaders bad and bad people if they didn't immediately open their doors?
Tugger wrote:Aesma wrote:Actors don't prey on feeble minds by selling them eternal life and other such nonsense. Actors don't ask for donations, and don't ask you to come back every week and donate again.
In some ways they do, how many awful actors are out there that are hugely successful? And basically all ministers are doing exactly what you note, living off the continuous donations of others. That does not make them bad people.
1337Delta764 wrote:The church was in fact flooded on Sunday, and there were photos to prove it.
Joel Osteen has confirmed that his church in Houston was not flooded, despite various photos that have been floating around the internet this week. There seemed to be a lot of confusion about why Osteen’s Lakewood Church didn’t open its doors to the people of Houston straight away.
1337Delta764 wrote:The church was in fact flooded on Sunday, and there were photos to prove it.
Joel Osteen has confirmed that his church in Houston was not flooded, despite various photos that have been floating around the internet this week. There seemed to be a lot of confusion about why Osteen’s Lakewood Church didn’t open its doors to the people of Houston straight away.
910A wrote:1337Delta764 wrote:The church was in fact flooded on Sunday, and there were photos to prove it.
And you were there?Joel Osteen has confirmed that his church in Houston was not flooded, despite various photos that have been floating around the internet this week. There seemed to be a lot of confusion about why Osteen’s Lakewood Church didn’t open its doors to the people of Houston straight away.
http://heavy.com/news/2017/08/joel-oste ... ake-truth/
LittleFokker wrote:actually qualifies for a 501(c3) tax exemption.
1337Delta764 wrote:The church was in fact flooded on Sunday, and there were photos to prove it. Once the flood waters cleared someone posted photos of clear roads to attack and defame him. That person who posted the photos after the flood waters cleared should be thrown in jail. Hopefully Osteen has the guts to file a lawsuit.
910A wrote:1337Delta764 wrote:The church was in fact flooded on Sunday, and there were photos to prove it.
And you were there?Joel Osteen has confirmed that his church in Houston was not flooded, despite various photos that have been floating around the internet this week. There seemed to be a lot of confusion about why Osteen’s Lakewood Church didn’t open its doors to the people of Houston straight away.
http://heavy.com/news/2017/08/joel-oste ... ake-truth/
MaverickM11 wrote:This is American christianity 2017: screw refugees, poor people, and hurricane victims, and just lie about it and pray you don't get caught....and try to make a ton of money off of it. And the same weekend a bunch of other neanderthal christians were busy in Nashville reaffirming LGBT people don't deserve to be treated as human beings. Trump never had to convince anyone he was christian...American christians have been Trumpian for decades.
MaverickM11 wrote:1337Delta764 wrote:The church was in fact flooded on Sunday, and there were photos to prove it. Once the flood waters cleared someone posted photos of clear roads to attack and defame him. That person who posted the photos after the flood waters cleared should be thrown in jail. Hopefully Osteen has the guts to file a lawsuit.
False.910A wrote:1337Delta764 wrote:The church was in fact flooded on Sunday, and there were photos to prove it.
And you were there?Joel Osteen has confirmed that his church in Houston was not flooded, despite various photos that have been floating around the internet this week. There seemed to be a lot of confusion about why Osteen’s Lakewood Church didn’t open its doors to the people of Houston straight away.
http://heavy.com/news/2017/08/joel-oste ... ake-truth/
This is American christianity 2017: screw refugees, poor people, and hurricane victims, and just lie about it and pray you don't get caught....and try to make a ton of money off of it. And the same weekend a bunch of other neanderthal christians were busy in Nashville reaffirming LGBT people don't deserve to be treated as human beings. Trump never had to convince anyone he was christian...American christians have been Trumpian for decades.
jetero wrote:They know Donald J. Trump is not worthy of the grace of God, because neither were they — which, to them, is the mystery and beauty of this undeserved gift. (Yet, again, they are perfectly happy transferring their superstitious manias on others. By the grace of God we go!)
MaverickM11 wrote:Gallery Furniture
Dano1977 wrote:Yet the main funding from the church came from it's parishioners via the collection plate.
1337Delta764 wrote:The church was in fact flooded on Sunday, and there were photos to prove it. Once the flood waters cleared someone posted photos of clear roads to attack and defame him. That person who posted the photos after the flood waters cleared should be thrown in jail. Hopefully Osteen has the guts to file a lawsuit.
afcjets wrote:So you are comparing a $7 million home to a $10.5 million home, except for the fact that one of these guys purchased 4 neighboring homes for $30 million he intended to demolish for privacy.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/ ... te-n580216
http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuc ... use-2011-5
jetero wrote:afcjets wrote:So you are comparing a $7 million home to a $10.5 million home, except for the fact that one of these guys purchased 4 neighboring homes for $30 million he intended to demolish for privacy.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/ ... te-n580216
http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuc ... use-2011-5
Yeah, I'm sure that was the heart and substance of the comparison.
afcjets wrote:Joel's salary was $200,000 per year until 2005, when he quit taking one. He is not taking people's donations to enrich himself, he doesn't have to. He has earned $55 million outside the church and his net worth is only $40 million. Also, have you ever watched one of his services on TV? He never asks for a donation to his church, I am not sure how many televangelists can say that.
http://www.newsmax.com/FastFeatures/joe ... id/643575/
1337Delta764 wrote:The church was in fact flooded on Sunday, and there were photos to prove it. Once the flood waters cleared someone posted photos of clear roads to attack and defame him. That person who posted the photos after the flood waters cleared should be thrown in jail. Hopefully Osteen has the guts to file a lawsuit.
“God won’t allow it unless he has a purpose for it,” he said. “We may not see it at the time, but that’s what faith is all about.”
jetero wrote:Aesma wrote:Tugger wrote:We pretty much are all assholes then.
I don't like it when people work to find a reason to dislike and even attack someone. I don't think he is any great shakes but I also don't think he is bad per se. He is just earning a living in his own way and millions of people have enabled that. He is really not much different than a actor, he presents himself in front of people and they reward him.
I don't need to like or approve of what he does.
As you say, he is an asshole, but everyone has got one.... so...
Tugg
Actors don't prey on feeble minds by selling them eternal life and other such nonsense. Actors don't ask for donations, and don't ask you to come back every week and donate again.
To use for yachts and private jets because your wife got banned from Continental for harassing the "help."
Truly #Blessed
readytotaxi wrote:jetero wrote:Aesma wrote:
Actors don't prey on feeble minds by selling them eternal life and other such nonsense. Actors don't ask for donations, and don't ask you to come back every week and donate again.
To use for yachts and private jets because your wife got banned from Continental for harassing the "help."
Truly #Blessed
Interesting, is there a link to the banning, when did it happen?
readytotaxi wrote:Thank you.
readytotaxi wrote:Thank you.
tommy1808 wrote:I absolutely love how he supports ISIS....“God won’t allow it unless he has a purpose for it,” he said. “We may not see it at the time, but that’s what faith is all about.”
So, if you get killed by terrorists, don't complain, that is God's will after all. NK's nuked must be fine too then.
Best regards
Thomad
readytotaxi wrote:jetero wrote:Aesma wrote:
Actors don't prey on feeble minds by selling them eternal life and other such nonsense. Actors don't ask for donations, and don't ask you to come back every week and donate again.
To use for yachts and private jets because your wife got banned from Continental for harassing the "help."
Truly #Blessed
Interesting, is there a link to the banning, when did it happen?
afcjets wrote:readytotaxi wrote:jetero wrote:
To use for yachts and private jets because your wife got banned from Continental for harassing the "help."
Truly #Blessed
Interesting, is there a link to the banning, when did it happen?
She wasn't banned from Continental Airlines, she was kicked off the flight in 2005 and fined $3000 for interferring with a flight crew, she paid the fine without admitting wrongdoing. She won the civil suit brough against her though and the jury did not believe she assaulted the FA. The FA also claimed she was racist as she went past two black ones and straight to the white one when tings got heated. Another CO FA backed her up but then changed her story in court but three FC passenger and a pilot said they neer saw her assualt her. Another CO FA claimed in a deposition the same FA falsely accusesd her of assault 10 years earlier. Here is a link, I read a few articles about it so not all the details are in this one...
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/26181548/ns/u ... attendant/