Jim Bakker says it's the fault of "witches" that he ended up in jail...

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Jim Bakker Blames Witches For Televangelists' Scandals

Submitted by Isabel Carter-Kahn on Monday, 11/30/2015 3:37 pm

This week on “The Jim Bakker Show,” Jim Bakker recounted a story that “a very well-known man of God” told him after he was released from prison about the threats facing televangelists. According to Bakker, this man sat next to a self-proclaimed witch on an airplane who told him that her coven was going to “take down” Jim Bakker. “She said, ‘Right now, all the witches ... They’re all agreeing they’re going to destroy the television ministries and we’re starting with Jim Bakker. And we are all praying, praying to destroy him,’” Bakker said. Bakker’s guest, End Times radio host Rick Wiles, chimed in to mention a former Satanist named John Ramirez, who he says “targeted the pastors and the ministers that were really preaching the word of God.” Bakker added that these practices are why you see pastors “going through troubles,” because “all the demons in hell brought whatever, whether it be sex, drugs, or women” with them to attack godly preachers.

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[tanyev]

1. So, why isn't the omnipotent God they worship protecting them from those awful witches?

Guess he doesn't want to think about that.

[Vinca]

2. Somebody's off their medication.

[physioex]

4. Actually it's much simpler.....

The ACTUAL reason, penis and testosterone.....

[FrodosPet]

36. What should be done about people with penises and testosterone?

There oughta be a law against having them.

[hifiguy]

3. And "people" like this are allowed to run loose

unsupervised and unmedicated. No way to describe this kind of absolute, irreducible idiocy.

[spanone]

5. ahhh, there will be special 'hot seats' in hell for the televangelists and radio wingnuts

[Hepburn]

6. I'm a witch...

...and I had nothing to do with this! And I would not have had anything to do with this -- The Rule of Three. Not all witches practice black majick.

[randys1]

7. Tammy Faye was wonderful. I thought for a while she would rub off on this asshole

she died too soon

[Hepburn]

9. Yeah, she was a fine lady.

Too bad Jim does not appear to have learned anything from being with her.

[randys1]

11. I have to cop to finding their show entertaining. In a stupid way, but a part of

me wanted what they were selling all those years ago, having grown up in catholic school and disbelieving in it all.

I knew then it was bullshit, but I did get a kick out of her when she broke free of the asshole.

[Coventina]

8. Wow. The ignorance is strong in this one.

That isn't how witchcraft works at all.

Hilarious that he apparently has little faith in his god to protect him, though.

I don't know whether this is laughable, frustrating, or sad.

[Hepburn]

10. Yep...

...we get the coven together and we turn people into frogs. Have two of these frog projects brewing on my stove top right now!

[Coventina]

14. But if you turn Bakker into a frog, will anyone notice the difference?

[spinbaby]

15. Jim Bakker would look good as a frog

[3catwoman3]

32. Can you please do something about the...

...Republicans running for their party's nomination?

[LongTomH]

33. Now there's a thought.......the next debate opens and....

our participants; where are our participants?????

Ribbet. ribbet, ribbet.

[FrodosPet]

37. What about newts?

Or are the effects too temporary?

[pinboy3niner]

12. He has more faith in the airplane guy who didn't even give him a heads-up 'til AFTER jail, lol

[Coventina]

16. I know, right?

If I were Jesus, I'd be pretty insulted!!

[struggle4progress]

13. Adultery, jail, divorce, remarriage ...

Now he's reduced to whining thirty years ago some unnamed person sat next to another unnamed person who said witches planned to take down Jim Bakker -- with supporting testimony from unhinged guest Rick Wiles, famous for such brilliant analyses as "future historians will record that Barack Obama was the Adolf Hitler of the Third World War — a dangerous, mentally unstable madman who set the world on fire"

Jim went around the bend long ago

[uppityperson]

17. Anyone else hearing the Month Python theme?

[louis-t]

18. Actually "Favorite Things" is on the radio now.

Sung By Barbra Streisand, I think.

[maxsolomon]

19. So, his theory is that Satanism actually works?

That a diety named Satan actually answers the prayers of his worshippers?

Is he a monotheist or not?

On edit: oh, right, Satan is a fallen Angel - a sub-diety (kind of like Vishnu and his sub-dieties?). Still, not giving an Omnipotent, Omnipresent, Omniscient Yahweh/God/Allah very much credit, is he?

[Generic Brad]

30. This Satan guy sounds more powerful than his God guy

Because if his God was stronger and answered his prayers, wouldn't a smart preacher pray and ask the Big Guy to protect him from Satan?

[RKP5637]

31. God is getting tired of listening to them, they're just all too F'ed up for his time. n/t

[jmowreader]

20. Witches? Oh come now, Jim: Jessica Hahn is a perfectly nice young lady

[Zorra]

21. Any born witch knows better than to concern herself with foolish, insignificant

religious charlatans.

Nothing could ever harm them more than they harm themselves by what they do to naive, gullible people.

[Initech]

22. Sooner or later all of these televangelists crooks will get caught.

[Marrah_G]

23. I admit it...it was me!

[hobbit709]

24. So his omnipotent sky wizard couldn't save him from witches?

Doesn't sound too omnipotent to me.

[saltpoint]

25. If so, carry on witches. eom

[JI7]

26. i thought he was dead

[w0nderer]

27. thank you wiccans and witches

please keep on going

blessed be this house, may curses follow him
follow the 4 winds

[smirkymonkey]

28. Why can't these people EVER take responsibility for their behavior?

They are all such whiny little children. The immaturity is staggering.

[Mariana]

40. It's not immaturity.

He knows such a statement will work on his marks. Now, a bunch of gullible people will believe him, feel sorry for him, think of him as a righteous victim of the forces of evil, and (this the the important part) they'll give him money.

[thelordofhell]

29. WILD THING!!!........YOU MAKE MY HEART SCREAM!!!

YOU TOOK EVERYTHING!!!......OOOOOOHHHHHH!!!!!........WILD THING!!!!

Suck it, you stupid ass evangelical fraud!! Not enough room in Hell for you, Jimmy!!

[beam me up scottie]

34. She's a witch!

[dembotoz]

35. seems he forgot witch was his wife

[zappaman]

38. All them witches

[yuiyoshida]

39. Now you done it...You pissed off Samanta ...