BBC documentary about prosperity gospel pastors, like Pastor Tobi Adegboyega, in the UK who convinced their sheep to give the church £1000 every month. The church also takes loans in the name of churchgoers without their knowledge. When they confront pastors about money scams, they get replies like "How dare you not trust the man of God."
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
