According to an article on Pimppreacher.com, there’s big money in selling Jesus! The article says that scalpers are offering tickets for Joel Osteen’s upcoming event at a whopping $850!
Joel Osteen is the Senior Pastor of the Lakewood Church in Houston, TX. America’s largest church, it boasts over 50,000 members.
WHAT? You’ve got a huge muthafuckin’ church with more members than some small towns in this country and you have to go on the road to get MORE money?
Yikes: I’m in the wrong line of work here!
Snake oil salesmen: that’s what I call these high-priced preachers. Sorry folks, NOBODY is THAT good to be able to get those prices. Salvation-starved Christians, like rock and roll groupies, obviously will pay those prices to get near to the pulpit’s newest star!
Religion always has been good business. After all, a church IS a business. (One that is tax exempt, I might add.)
So where does all of this money go? Obviously good old Joel makes a handsome salary selling salvation. Then there are probably the overseas ministries. OK — feeding the hungry is a noble thing.
Let’s not forget conversion of all those heathens in far-flung parts of the globe, either. We need everybody to hear the word of God, even if it’s been rewritten, mangled and mistranslated. Yep – even if it tears apart traditions of cultures far older than the white man’s Christianity.
It’s like nails on a blackboard to me. This stick-with-us-and-be-saved routine makes me ill. I know, I know – it’s been like this for thousands of years. Jesus has been a good cash cow for over 2,000 years now.
I don’t get the come to Jesus thing: accept HIM as your personal savior balderdash. I suppose a good Christian like Joel Osteen (for a price) could explain to me why I have to believe in one person – Jesus – to get to God. Supposedly if I accept Jesus into my heart, and my wallet, I’ll get to this mythical place called heaven.
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