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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 11:07 AM Original message |
Joel Osteen "God Wants Me to Be Rich" |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. Wut? |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I only read through it once quickly |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. That part of the Bible shouldn't be taken literally.... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
22. yes, it IS meant to be taken literally- |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's generally referred to as "prosperity theology" |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 01:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Kind of ironic, really. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. Osteen isn't LDS |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. No, he's not. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 07:14 AM Response to Reply #30 |
40. I was confused |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. "JOEL OSTEEN BLESSES THE MORMON CHURCH" |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 03:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
15. I heard it called "Prosperity Gospel". |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Reminds me of the joke... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. ... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
4. Calvinist determinism has always served the wealthy well. |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 01:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Well said. nt |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
5. Welcome to "Word Faith" |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
6. he's proof how gullible the 20% bushie crowd is |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
8. God wants me to be rich, too |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
9. Where In The "Literal Word Of God" Does It Say That? |
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norepubsin08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
10. This guy is nothing but a |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
12. I've heard Rod Parsley preach the same thing. |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 03:33 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Mormons are worried about going to heaven. |
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exothermic (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. Robert Tilton (the farting preacher) was one of the first to use this schtick |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Pastor Gas? |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
32. But I'll bet he still took collections from his "believers" n/t |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
35. Hagee preaches that Jesus was a rich man |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 05:47 AM Response to Original message |
16. Joel Osteen shows an inordinate lack of understanding |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
17. So ask *God* to send you money, and not old people on Social Security. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 05:58 AM Response to Original message |
18. I didn't expect something like that from Osteen |
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SalmonChantedEvening (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 05:59 AM Response to Original message |
19. And once you learn how to milk saps like... |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Sap like me, naw...your thinking of the Bush/Cheney '04 crowd |
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SalmonChantedEvening (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. My Dear Sir My Apologies |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
21. Why? You can't it with you into the afterlife.... |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
23. Matthew 6:19-21 |
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UNCLE_Rico (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
24. I'm gonna buck the trend here a little bit... |
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exothermic (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Convincing is what separates the rich hucksters from the wannabes! |
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JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
34. You can justify anything with religion |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
36. Joel Osteen shows the potential danger of non-denominational churches |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
38. He got an email from God/ess? |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
39. Osteen dropped out of Oral Roberts University. |
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