Posted on 12/20/2005 4:08:06 PM PST by truthandlife
A dispute that involved the wife of Houston's most famous pastor, Joel Osteen, and a Continental Airlines flight attendant ended up delaying a flight for hours Monday. And now, Victoria Osteen's actions on that flight are in the spotlight. Also on ABC13.com: Send us a news tip | RSS feeds | ABC13 E-lert | Info mentioned on air Statements from Lakewood and Continental Following the incident on Continental flight 1602 Monday, both Lakewood Church and Continental Airlines released these statements. The Osteens run the largest church in the nation, so passengers on a Continental flight were shocked Monday when Mrs. Osteen was removed from that flight after a disturbance.
Taking time off from the high profile hustle and bustle of running a mega-church, Lakewood Church Pastor Joel Osteen and his family boarded Continental flight 1602 Monday morning at Houston's big airport. They were bound for the slopes in Colorado.
Their trip was delayed and so was the entire flight by almost two hours. Fellow passengers blame the popular Osteens, specifically Joel's wife, Victoria.
According to passenger accounts, the Osteens were sitting in first class. Soon after the plane's door was closed, the FBI says Victoria Osteen was removed following what Continental would call only a disturbance. The Osteens' spokesman confirms it involved a flight attendant, but that's all. However, one passenger tells Eyewitness News she was alerted to the front of the plane when she heard a commotion.
"She violently ran towards the cockpit, scaring everyone around her," said passenger Knicky Van Slyke. "Everyone was terrified about what was going on. And a bunch of flight attendants ran up and had to restrain her. She was banging on the door."
"Of the cockpit?" we asked.
"Yes."
Passengers say Victoria was removed first. Joel and the children followed. Meantime, everyone waited.
"They unloaded all the luggage to get their luggage and deplaned her, Joel, and the kids," said passenger Dawn Dixon.
Passenger Chad Clay said, "They kept telling us they were waiting on some passengers to find their luggage underneath in the plane, and it was going to be delayed for looking for that luggage."
According to the Transportation Security Administration, federal air marshals were never involved. Local authorities also know nothing of this event. Continental would not discuss details.
The Osteens' spokesman denies a physical altercation, denies Victoria ever banged on the cockpit door, and says she left on her own.
"The account of the event which has come to our attention is inaccurate and overblown. The misunderstanding was minor and was resolved when Victoria voluntarily removed herself from the situation," read the statement.
The FBI says it was not voluntary. Though agents are not investigating, they will review the incident as the Osteens enjoy their Colorado vacation.
The Osteens' spokesman says they took another flight to Colorado Monday.
Nobody has been charged. As for the FBI's involvement, we're told it's standard procedure for them to review all passenger removal incidents. According to Continental, this one is a closed case.
Pastor Joel Osteen preaches to an average of 40,000 people a week at Lakewood Church services. Lakewood opened in the former home of the Rockets, Compaq Center, back in July. It took $90 million and a year and a half of renovations. Osteen's ministry is taped and aired around the world.
Bingo.
No matter what you think of Osteen, it doesn't matter. The issues at hand here are;
1) The overall credibility we should assign to AP. The answer is ZERO.
2) The support we should give to any news they report. The answer, again, is ZERO.
AP must be ignored until they change or go away. FReepers or conservatives who propogate anything reported by AP are also propogating their agenda...as you said, hook, line, and sinker!
Maybe you should read a few basic books on the topic first, review some websites like Accuracy In Media, then come back and tell me about the AP.
And as far as media biases against Christians, please read the direct quotes above from this Holy Man and a brief post #30 on this thread.
What is more 'main'...the liberal media attacks against Conservatives and Christians, or if some pastor's wife thru a hissy fit?
You just go ahead and keep relying on the AP for your news...and be one of those "Pick and Choose" conservatives who relies on the AP or Hollywood or Katie Couric whenever they say something you like.
Maybe instead of reading books on media bias, you should read "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" and learn about how we can lose faith in someone after so many lies...even when they DO tell the truth!
Now here's where it's sketchy. I don't use cellphones, but , if I recall, correctly, don't they ask passengers not to use them until they're giving the ok by the crew?
If that is the case, I wonder if this was a case of cellphone "rage"? That is, someone who thinks that they are "important" is told to get off of the phone.
Pure speculation on my part.
Some are trolls.
how do they do that?
He was not poor. Rich or poor is not what He was about. Do poor people say, "Jesus was poor so He understands what it is like". Incredible. They missed the whole point. "May you prosper as your soul prospers".
isn't robison the one who sells vitamin b-12 on the air with his wife? i hate these televangelists who use their position of trust to sell something; schuller, jr. tried it for awhile behind sunglasses on a yacht;
Actually she was black.
Belated reply - I've never seen Robison sell vitamins on-air, but I don't watch him that often, either. Usually I see him asking for money for some African relief projects he's established. One of the projects is to build wells to provide clean water in villages.
I always joke about the big hair I see on the Gaither Homecooming videos and then I end with, and those are just the men!
Why is it when Christians prosper and go to places like Aspen to ski, the are condemned? Don't they have a right to a good life? Christians don't HAVE to be poor. God gives the wealth and He doesn't mind our having good clean fun as long as we tithe and give to others as well. We don't need to be extravagent but there's nothing wrong with living well.
I enjoy listening to him. We need a positive message because Christians have often been pounded into the ground by people who judge and condemn and expect them to act a certain way. We've often been expected to be worms and not worthy (and this is from other Christians!). It can get to you sometimes.
My son LOVES Mark Lowry.
Has all his CD's and cassettes which have been replaced by CD's.
So did Britney really get tired of Federline mooching off of her or is that more media Lies? /sarcasm
HOW did he prosper?
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