[Daffynition]

Edited title: **Private jets, 13 mansions and a $100,000 mobile home just for the dogs: Televangelists 'defrauded tens of million of dollars from Christian network'**

[rednek]

I saw that picture and thought it was the second coming of Tammy Fae Baker........uuugh...red

[submarinerswife]

Yikes! Didn’t their followers notice the Tammy Faye Baker type creepiness of the Mrs.?

[lurk]

Taking advantage of the sheep.

Hope they enjoy their comforts here and now, because there’s no comfort where they’re going.

[GiovannaNicoletta]

This is good news. These people are false teachers who manipulate vulnerable people to get rich and they need to be investigated.

[GeronL]

TBN could have been so much better if it hadn’t become a fiefdom of prosperity gospel greed.

[444Flyer]

Cleanup on isle 22...

Matthew 21:12-17

King James Version (KJV)

“And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,

And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.”

[ReneeLynn]

Their granddaughter brought it to light. Good for her. God has His own way of cleaning house.

[al baby]

Good for them and tough crap to all those suckers out there

[Eva]

I cannot believe that this couple is still on tv.

I had a patient who worked for them at Trinity broadcasting in So. Cal. She said at that time that they were the real thing, that they really believed everything that they were saying and lived quite modestly. Not any more, I guess.

She also said that those numerous breaks for fund raising and things that they had on the show, were really breaks to take the cameras off of them because they were always speaking in tongues and the producers wouldn’t allow it to be shown on the air. She said that you could always spot it because when they came back after a break, the woman’s eye make up would be running and she would be dabbing her eyes with a Kleenex or hankie.

[Linda Frances]

Were they name it and claim it preachers?

[nuconvert]

ever trust a woman with pink hair...errr... wigs.

[Nifster]

You would have thought they would have learned something from the Bakkers...guess not. Stupid runs deep

[faucetman]

Romans 12:19

New International Version (NIV)

19 Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”[a] says the Lord.

[marron]

The Crouches founded TBN in 1973 and grew it into an international Christian empire that beams... to every continent but Antarctica 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It has 78 satellites and more than 18,000 television and cable affiliates and owns seven other networks...

Wow.

[tflabo]

Give your donations to a ‘REAL Christian couple” and the sacrificial work they do in Haiti. They don’t live in mansions either but among the poor they serve. True heroes...

http://www.loveachild.com/

[buck61]

I bet hardly any-one (church goers) reading this knows of a church in their area who needs money. Why do stupid people give their hard earned income to these low life? I have Dish Net-work, as many others. There must be twelve religious stations to view, and I have only seen one I would give to, Catholic, and I’m not even close to being Catholic.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

disgusting.

[JaguarXKE]

This thread reminded me of something. This:

F Preacher 1

F Preacher 2

(Note: Please put down your coffee - I shall not be responsible for any damaged keyboards! )

[Daniel II]

... they are conceited and understand nothing. They have an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions and constant friction between people of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

I Timothy 6:4-6

[Secret Agent Man]

Basically it is safer to donate to Christian groups and charities that do not continually beg and weep to you for money. Or promise miracles if you give.

The better rule of thumb is to give to those groups you watch or get info from that either a) don’t ever ask, b) that ask very infrequently but for specific projects and show budget numbers for their plans, and/or c) those you trust that provide you good, sound info or are doing good works/ministering but infrequently ask for money.

I will provide a few examples (certainly not all of them) of both charlatans and frauds never to give to, and safe, honest and trustworthy groups. After all we are told in Scripture to be careful who we support.

Frauds and Charlatans never to give to:

Joyce Meyers
Paul/Jan Crouch
Rick Warren
Bennie Hinn
TD Jakes
Ken and Gloria Copeland
Creflo Dollar
Mike Murdoch
Joel Osteen
Peter Popoff
Paula White

Safe Real Christian groups that will not waste/steal/take your donation for themselves personally:

Liberty Counsel
Alliance Defense Fund
Missionaries to the PreBorn
Noah’s Wish
The Gideons
One of your good, biblically sound local church
One or more good sound local christian charity groups serving one or more different groups of people needing help