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Joel Osteen Sails Luxury Yacht Through Flooded Houston To Pass Out Copies Of ‘Your Best Life Now’
The Babylon Bee ^ | 8/29/17 | Staff

Posted on 08/29/2017 9:37:20 AM PDT by fungoking

Edited on 08/29/2017 10:22:52 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

HOUSTON, TX—Although Joel Osteen took flak over the weekend for closing up his church to flood victims and all but disappearing during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, the megachurch pastor reportedly returned to the city on his luxury yacht “S.S. Blessed” to make amends Tuesday by tossing copies of Your Best Life Now to stranded flood survivors.

Osteen had his on-call yacht captain steer the large vessel through the flooded streets of the city, pulling up to survivors stranded on their roofs and on the roof of their cars as the prosperity gospel preacher smiled, waved, and threw out signed editions of the bestselling positive thinking book.

“Believe and declare you are coming into a shift!” Osteen yelled through a bullhorn, according to reports. “God wants His best for you! Enlarge your vision, develop a healthy self image, and choose to be happy!”

“When you think positive, excellent thoughts, you will be propelled toward greatness!” he called out to one family floating on a raft on a freeway-turned-river, whose earthly possessions had been entirely destroyed the previous day.

Osteen also paused for brief photo ops with several families, the smiling pastor briefly allowing them to board his yacht as his professional photography team got shots of the pastor together with the sobbing, distraught flood victims, though the pastor was careful to not stand too close to the mud-caked refugees.

Sources confirmed that the pastor then had his assistants help the families back into their makeshift lifeboats or tree logs on which they were floating through the city.

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TOPICS: Humor; Religion
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To: fungoking

Whew! It IS satire.
I had visions of people neck deep in filthy water throwing those freshly printed books right back to the author.
Those books would have been flying like birds!


21 posted on 08/29/2017 9:49:52 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: fungoking

This should not even be posted——it’s not satire,it’s a lie——just read the last sentence.

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22 posted on 08/29/2017 9:50:23 AM PDT by Mears
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To: fungoking

Have him lead a night flotilla, his teeth do double duty as a powerful spotlight.

23 posted on 08/29/2017 9:51:18 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: fungoking

LOL the site is hilarious. I love Duffle Blog too.


24 posted on 08/29/2017 9:52:26 AM PDT by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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To: Magnum44

Most of it is envy. It’s what successful people experience all the time and God-blessed Christians and Christian ministers especially mostly from the modern-day Pharisees. Same as it ever was.


25 posted on 08/29/2017 9:52:57 AM PDT by Jim W N
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To: Magnum44

He’s a creepy televangelist.


26 posted on 08/29/2017 9:53:28 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: Mears
How did that go?

Oh, yes:

"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour."

The "satirist's" only possible defense is that nobody will believe him. That defense falls apart on perusal of this thread ...

Pillory.

Rocks.

Garbage.

27 posted on 08/29/2017 9:53:54 AM PDT by NorthMountain (The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
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To: fungoking

This is funny but a while back I worked for a company owned by scientologists and one recounted going down to Haiti with their seaorg boat and handing out copies of dianetics. They probably burned the books for heat.


28 posted on 08/29/2017 9:55:06 AM PDT by steel_resolve (And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm)
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To: miss marmelstein
He’s a creepy televangelist.

I agree. That doesn't excuse lying about him.

29 posted on 08/29/2017 9:55:08 AM PDT by NorthMountain (The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
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To: Jim 0216
Most of it is envy. It’s what successful people experience all the time and God-blessed Christians and Christian ministers especially mostly from the modern-day Pharisees. Same as it ever was.

It's absolutely pure jealousy that people have a problem with a pastor who owns a $10.5 million mansion in the most exclusive area of Houston and a private jet that he takes to resorts you could only dream of.

Keep blowing kisses at the bhagwan's Rolls Royces...I mean pastors...

30 posted on 08/29/2017 9:57:02 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: steel_resolve

After the Haiti earthquake


31 posted on 08/29/2017 9:57:08 AM PDT by steel_resolve (And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm)
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To: fungoking
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32 posted on 08/29/2017 10:08:56 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: NorthMountain
Thou shalt blow kisses at his most blessed and holy Gulfstream jet, but don't touch or face the wrath of Vickie's rolled up Wall Street Journal


33 posted on 08/29/2017 10:09:43 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: fungoking

Like the rule for any MoDo article MUST contain at least one picture of CZJ, I guess we need a new rule cautioning certain FReepers that certain posts are an attempt at comedy or parody. Either that or a rule that says “Thou shalt not make fun of snake-oil salesmen” or you run the risk of insulting snakes or speaking ill of oil.


34 posted on 08/29/2017 10:10:34 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: Magnum44

> In general I find most humor pointed at Christian religion and churches to be in the same taste as leftist “humor” pointed at conservatives/Trump <

That’s a fair comment. I guess it all depends on how you answer this question: Is it ethical for a pastor to amass a huge fortune?

And no, that’s not a loaded question. Good people can answer “yes” to that question. And good people can answer “no” to that question. I’m on the “no” side, and so think that millionaire pastors should be open to some teasing.

Others might disagree. And I respect that.


35 posted on 08/29/2017 10:10:35 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: NorthMountain

I thought it was a satire piece.


36 posted on 08/29/2017 10:12:17 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: Magnum44

It’s satire by Christians (I presume), aimed at other Christians. Fair game, if you ask me.


37 posted on 08/29/2017 10:14:35 AM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity (If we're going to look at nature to justify our actions, then I say let's start flinging poop around)
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To: GraceG

Not a fan of Joel or BB, but this is actually pretty funny.


38 posted on 08/29/2017 10:14:41 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Snickering Hound
Yup.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might be rich. 2 Cor 8:9.

39 posted on 08/29/2017 10:14:54 AM PDT by Jim W N
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To: Snickering Hound
Thou shalt blow kisses

Not likely. Dude's a creepy douchenozzle. Can you show me, in Scripture, the "creepy douchenozzle" exception to Exodus 20:16?

Didn't think so.

40 posted on 08/29/2017 10:15:02 AM PDT by NorthMountain (The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
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