And, chat, this is why blind faith in anything is a bad thing.
Houston Pastor convicted in $3.6M fraud case returns to Church after prison release. "It's such a blessing to have our visionary pastor back at church. We are so excited."
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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SoupBrick@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
There’s only so much time in a day and so much “Do Your Own Research” anyone is going to have the background or the social connections to interrogate.
If anything, the folks who tell themselves “I would never fall for this” are the most popular targets for affinity scams.
SoupBrick@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Court documents alleged Caldwell, using his position at Houston’s Windsor Village Church, and a financial advisor sold $3.5 million in worthless pre-revolutionary Chinese bonds to the elderly and other vulnerable investors.
This is why I put “blind” in bold. He was literally caught red handed defrauding the elderly. That is where the blindness of the congregation comes in. They choose to ignore the glaring breach of trust and allow him to retain his position of influence.
some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
We should be treating religion like a mind virus that needs wiping out.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
BuT rElIgIoN iS GoOd
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
These stupid motherfuckers give truckloads of money to bible thumping parasites instead of their own families and communities, then turn around and blame all their woes on immigrants, LGBTQ+, the left, the right, and even some made up shit like satan.
PS: Also, can anyone explain to me why Satan if the bad guy in that fairytale? He stands up for equal rights for his brethren by starting some angel union or some shit and he a all his homies get eternal punishment for it. Then, instead of rebelling further, he spends all his time revealing and punishing the wicked. That sounds like a stand up guy to me.
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Yeah, translations are rough. More importantly, every story has to have a bad guy and the people who put together the Bible were not very creative. Other texts are way more fun with quality and variety of lore (good and bad).
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The bible should have had Space Marines in it.
lostoncalantha@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m in the wrong field. Should have been a pastor.
2fm@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Want to make a ton of money fast? Start a religion.
TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Stop giving out my secrets, L. Ron.
DarkFuture@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Lol. These people would draw and quarter Jesus if he came back to life and continued preaching his own teachings.
ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Pharisees, pharisees everywhere
Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Once a sucker always a sucker.
DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Before leaving to prison, the pastor gathered all members of his church, whipped out his Neuralyzer and flashed the fuckers. He came back from a “vacation”. That’s it. No one knows.
reddig33@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If only. Instead, people really are this stupid and gullible.
fubarx@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Wait till the good pastor discovers crypto.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I had a friend my first year in college who was black, gay, Republican and a fundamentalist christian. He gave most of what little money he had to the televangelists Jim and Tammy Fay Baker - and this was after the sex and financial shenanigans that brought down their empire were exposed. And it’s not like he didn’t believe the truth of the scandals. He did believe it and was still that fucking eager to give them his money anyway. I just can’t understand the people that support these frauds.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Oof. Also Tammy Faye wound up awesome after she left Jim. She became a voice of progressive Christianity (most famously hugging a gay man with AIDS on TV in the height of the fear) and stopped her embezzlement.
Jim on the other hand sells drums of survivalist food through his preaching to this day
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 weeks ago
For many people, in-group is the only thing that matters.
sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 3 weeks ago
And this is at reason we have pedophiles in charge
The normies deserve the rulers they get clearly
st3ph3n@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Those dumb mother fuckers.
PotatoLibre@feddit.it 3 weeks ago
Religion is important, some people really need it they said.