He has refused to open his 17,000 seat megachurch to hurricane victims. I don't like these preachers who seem more interested in money and empire building
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/joel-osteen-slammed-closing-megachurch-harvey-crisis-article-1.3450244
Hey now, he didn't get rich and successful by giving away freebies! Safety and security has a price! This is America, where Christianity and Capitalism are spelled the same way!!!
sharesadly you maybe right - I gave up on organized religion a long time ago
shareSame here, especially these " prosperity preachers, " who all seem to come out of the same mold.
shareremember that guy Schuller from LA
I really didn't have a problem with him. For me, it started with the fictional character of Elmer Gantry ( Burt Lancaster). Then, decades later, it was real-life Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart, actually not a prosperity preacher but falls under the umbrella of televangelist.
Also, somewhat locally, there was the infamous story of a minister who murdered both his wife then the husband of his mistress. That story eventually became a made-for-tv movie.
Osteen says hurricane is God's way of saying 'You can handle it'
What an idiot
https://www.mediaite.com/online/joel-osteen-says-hurricanes-are-gods-way-of-showing-you-can-handle-it-take-it-as-a-compliment/
Interesting and somewhat ironic. When I turned on my tv this morning with my first cup of coffee, whose image should greet me but Osteen in all his Sunday morning glory, doing his thing. I sardonically thought , " Hmmmm; the man of the hour. "
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