Televangelist Peter Popoff Investigation

[Quixote1818]

I never knew Johnny Carson was so instrumental in exposing this kind of crap! Good for Johnny!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

1. "I just look back on it and think I was a pretty stupid person"...

No shit? Really?

Was it the suit? You know Jesus was all about wearing a business suit.

[L0oniX]

11. Nothing like having that sociopath corporate CEO appearance.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

13. What gets me is that corporations pick a non-businesslike persona to the public...

But then have to have that "serious" look for for the investor class.

[ErikJ]

2. Basically this is how ALL preachers brainwash their congregation with RW nonsense

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like singling out pro-life as such an important issue they must vote Republican and then they can make them start to believe almost anything and reject rationality--like science.

[AsahinaKimi]

3. So a Scam artist can get away with this...

if he claims he's a religious leader? Anyone else doing this would be serving prison time. Our laws are sure strange in this country.

[sweetloukillbot]

5. I thought he did do time... back in the day n/t

[AsahinaKimi]

6. If so..

He learned nothing, as he is doing it again.

[Gabby Hayes]

4. Wonder why Popoff is wearing dentures?

He needs to see Dr. Willard Fuller, the dental faith healer.

www.willardfuller.com/

And ask God to forgive me.

[Mopar151]

7. Sadly, this is old news.

Popoff is back on TV, and there are about 40 channels of JeebusTV on satellite.

[Plucketeer]

8. "Looking back, I feel I was brainwashed."

I don't KNOW about that. You'd first have to HAVE a brain before it could be washed!

[SemperEadem]

9. so basically...

the woman with the disabled husband lied to her relatives in order to get the money she sent to a preacher who didn't need it. That sounds like really weak faith. Typical.

[TreasonousBastard]

10. Remember how Carson exposed Yuri Gellar? Carson was a...

talented amateur magician and knew all of Gellar's tricks, one of which was to have someone hide something in a can and he'd "psychically" find the can.

Well, Carson knew the trick was to bump the table and see which can didn't move, so he had all of them glued to the table. Gellar was stumped and Carson outed him as a sham.

[jb5150]

12. Carson was a talented amature magician

but the person who told him how to trip up Geller's "so-called" physic demonstrations was James Randi.

[TreasonousBastard]

14. Randi gets around a lot, and I remember...

him as a regular on Long John Nebel's radio show years ago.

Nebel was the skeptic's skeptic, but he started out as a street hustler and still loved having conmen and whackos on his show, with Randi and a few others explaining reality and how the Venusian dog or the Heironymous machine couldn't exist.

But, he mentioned in his book that one time he saw Randi on stage and he slowly disappeared while his voice was still heard. Then he slowly came back. Everyone assumed it was a good trick, but Nebel asked him how he did it and Randi answered... "Did what?"

Nebel, while still the eternal skeptic, was left wondering...

[fasttense]

15. These fools want to believe in magic so much that they

will take money from their relatives and throw away their last cent in the hopes of a little magical riches coming from the sky.

Really, is your God nothing more than a genie that will bestow riches on you if you just say the right words, pay the right people, or sprinkle the right potion?