RE: Televangelists
December 7, 2017 at 12:29 pm
(This post was last modified: December 7, 2017 at 12:30 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Now we're straight to blaming The Nefarious Other™..are we? His own church correctly realized that booting him quietly would be better for their brand - so they did.
What on earth is the problem here? You can't accept the reality of this man...but if there were some other non-scammy televangelist (and cmon..there has to be, right?) you could just say "Yeah, nvm, fuck that guy" and flit off to friendlier climes.
Instead, you're defending this asshole as a palpable extension of yourself, and of your god. All that does is reinforce the notion that the whole thing..not just the guy in question, is a giant con. You're doing exactly what the victim of a con does..and what cons rely on to evade consequences. The people running the show now are no less grifty, mind you..but at least they honor decorum.
What on earth is the problem here? You can't accept the reality of this man...but if there were some other non-scammy televangelist (and cmon..there has to be, right?) you could just say "Yeah, nvm, fuck that guy" and flit off to friendlier climes.
Instead, you're defending this asshole as a palpable extension of yourself, and of your god. All that does is reinforce the notion that the whole thing..not just the guy in question, is a giant con. You're doing exactly what the victim of a con does..and what cons rely on to evade consequences. The people running the show now are no less grifty, mind you..but at least they honor decorum.
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