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 2 days ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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SoupBrick@pawb.social 1 day ago
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 day 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 1 day 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 2 days ago
We should be treating religion like a mind virus that needs wiping out.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 day ago
BuT rElIgIoN iS GoOd
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 1 day 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 1 day 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 1 day ago
The bible should have had Space Marines in it.
DarkFuture@lemmy.world 1 day 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 1 day ago
Pharisees, pharisees everywhere
lostoncalantha@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m in the wrong field. Should have been a pastor.
2fm@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Want to make a ton of money fast? Start a religion.
TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Stop giving out my secrets, L. Ron.
Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Once a sucker always a sucker.
DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 1 day 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 1 day ago
If only. Instead, people really are this stupid and gullible.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 day 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 1 day 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
fubarx@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Wait till the good pastor discovers crypto.
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 day ago
For many people, in-group is the only thing that matters.
sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 day ago
And this is at reason we have pedophiles in charge
The normies deserve the rulers they get clearly
st3ph3n@midwest.social 1 day ago
Those dumb mother fuckers.
PotatoLibre@feddit.it 1 day ago
Religion is important, some people really need it they said.