Funny how god never tells them to do something they don't actually want to do in the first place or that doesn't benefit them, innit?
this post was submitted on 25 Jan 2024
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Like funny how?
Rita Rudner funny.
And that is pretty much how everything goes in the church. Everything you do is because The Lord told you to. So glad I freed myself from that circus.
If you're doing business with a religious son of a bitch, get ... it ... in ... writing. His word isn't worth shit, not with The Good Lord telling him how to fuck you on the deal.
-William S. Burroughs, Advice for Young People
It’s not wrong. I used to freelance full time. I quickly learned to never trust any company that claimed to be religious. Most companies I worked with were fine. But if I saw a jesus fish on the owner’s car, or a cross on their business card, I knew they were going to try to fleece me. Everything from exceeding contract scope, to just outright refusing to pay after services have been rendered. If you have convinced yourself that God is on your side no matter what, it becomes very easy to justify your shitty actions to yourself.
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Out of the $1.3 [million], half a million dollars went to the IRS [Internal Revenue Services],
Yeah, so like, don't be so upset because it wasn't really 1.3 million I stole. The g o v e r n m e n t stole a half million of your hard earned money you invested.
Holy men (and women) should stick to the tried-and-true grift of their profession.
Even better:
The pastor and his wife marketed their “practically worthless” cryptocurrency, INDXcoin, to Christian communities in Denver, telling them that “God told him people would become wealthy” if they invested, the Colorado Division of Securities said.
Don't tease us, did the pastor become wealthy or not?
Most of these people I think somehow manage to fail some mental check on internal dialog. Of course our internal dialogs are like "do iiiit!", but most of us recognize that as wrong and ignore it. I think these guys just go "Oh, lord I've been waiting to hear from you again! Oh, I should just do anything I want!? COOL!"
Or they are psychopathic liars taking their congregation for a ride.
I think there are some genuine delusionals in the mix for sure. But yeah, I'd guess that it's mostly psychopathic liars.
The rubes are delusional, the leaders know exactly what they are doing.
I don't know. Becoming the Mask is a real thing people do to cope with the grift.
They all chose "The Dark Urge" playthrough and are failing miserably.
When you go to reload your quicksave, and realize with horror that you haven’t saved in like three hours.
Lets be honest, is his story any less believable than the contents of the Bible?
He failed the Lord's test miserably
"Get yourself something nice. "
- The big man upstairs
treat yo self!
*Jesus
The lord tells me he should be penniless rotting in prison.
So does that mean he's an atheist now?
Christ called that Lord Mammon, you heathen.. you're gonna burn in Hell for lying with his name in your mouth..
The lord does indeed move in mysterious ways.
Lord bling bling
You cant prove he didn’t and we don’t doubt the word of God in our new christofacist wonderland.
Given what I know about Republican God and Supply Side Jesus, I'd say that he's just doing his lord's work as intended.
Agreed. How what he did is illegal, but the prosperity gospel megachurch pastors, flying around in private jets and living in McEstates the size of castles; is perfectly fine and dandy. Is beyond me.
Apparently it is easier getting in the heavenly kingdom on a private jet than on a camel's back.