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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-25-08 10:30 PM
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Damn, there is a sucker born every minute....
http://rockwealth.org/

The newest in a line of shyster preachers telling people to send him money, he will pray, and god will multiply the bounty tenfold...

Or some other such nonsense...

Now why is this protected under the freedom of religion...

All you have to do is talk with a hokey southern accent, wear a good looking suit, sprinkle a little Jeeezussss in your spiel and the rubes will send you money...

Or else you can wear a ten thousand dollar suit, go on CNBC and tell everyone to purchase your stock and viola....

Another mark is made in dumb fuck America...

I ask you this, why does anyone even bother to play it on the up and up...

Oh yea, that's right...

That whole eternal damnation thing...

Jesus, they got ya comin' and a goin'....
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-25-08 10:34 PM
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1. It isn't as simple as you make it sound
You can't just have a hokey southern accent, wear a good looking suit, sprinkle a little Jeeezussss in your spiel and the rubes will send you money...

You also have to have a big ass pompadour hair cut.

:evilgrin:
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-25-08 10:35 PM
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3. Shiny too...
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knight_of_the_star Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-25-08 10:36 PM
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5. Or at least a local news anchor hairdo


I wonder if those guys all go to the same stylist.
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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-25-08 10:37 PM
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6. Excellent!! nm
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-25-08 10:39 PM
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8. And a penis.
We women preachers just don't have the "magic touch."
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quadriga Donating Member (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-25-08 10:50 PM
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9. Joyce Meyer
Edited on Tue Mar-25-08 10:59 PM by quadriga
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TreasonousBastard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-25-08 10:59 PM
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10. Aimee Semple McPherson would disagree....
(but she's dead).



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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 12:52 AM
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14. I betcha you do, Rev....
:evilgrin:
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pepperbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-25-08 11:34 PM
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11. they call that "evangelical hair." it's all the rage in the flyover states. n/t
Edited on Tue Mar-25-08 11:35 PM by pepperbear
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-25-08 11:41 PM
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12. It can be a fake pompadour
I was a nurse for 25 years. I know these things.

I had to follow one bastard down to the OR and retrieve the rat off the top of his head AFTER he was put under.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-25-08 10:35 PM
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2. There is a rumor about the sucker...
PT Barnum, I do believe, said it a long time ago...

And if you scare folks enough with the eternal damnation bit...

Well, then...

You really do have them coming and going...

It's a scary old world we live in...

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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-25-08 10:36 PM
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4. Yep...
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McCamy Taylor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-25-08 10:38 PM
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7. Catholic Church sold pardons and indulgences a 1000 years ago. Lighten up.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 12:54 AM
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15. Just introducing the newest in a long line of get rich schemes
based on the fear of eternal damnation...

I wish my old church was just into separating the faithful from their money...

that is so much more "pure" then separating young parishioners from their innocence...
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-25-08 11:45 PM
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13. Man, if I had no morals whatsover I'd be totally rich by now...
and bad taste in clothing and hairstyles.
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datopbanana Donating Member (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 01:12 AM
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16. blah blah
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 01:21 AM
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17. why do you hate jeeeziss so much my son?
do you not fear the eternal hellfire of damnation?
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