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trev

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10. Back in the 1980s

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Jun 2, 2019, 11:42 AM

Jun 2019

I used to listen to Gene Scott, a local California radio Fundamentalist preacher. I did this because Fundamentalism was growing at the time and I had a vested interest in knowing what was happening. His donation "drives" consisted of him angrily and degradingly accusing his listeners of being "cheap" and threatening to close down his ministry if they didn't cough up the big bucks. As far as I know, he never missed a funding goal.

People seem to love being fleeced and abused.

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The preachers getting rich from poor Americans [View all] brooklynite Jun 2019 OP

Pat Robertson and his ilk are CBR - Cash Based Religion. keithbvadu2 Jun 2019 #1

i dont view most televangilsts as men of god but crooks . AllaN01Bear Jun 2019 #2

I'll bet most "seeds" rotted in he ground. There's a sucker born every minute. blueinredohio Jun 2019 #3

So-called religious and definitely conmen PREYING on the poor, misguided and uninformed. democratisphere Jun 2019 #4

"PREYING on the poor, misguided and uninformed" sounds a lot like the GOP the past 40 years. KPN Jun 2019 #7

Exactly why the GOP cozies up to religious fanatics. democratisphere Jun 2019 #8

I did a book report on Elmer Gantry way back in the early 60s comradebillyboy Jun 2019 #5

They need to be thrown out of the temple. Sneederbunk Jun 2019 #6

They are business men responding to a market. LastDemocratInSC Jun 2019 #9

Back in the 1980s trev Jun 2019 #10

Grifters gonna grift Major Nikon Jun 2019 #11

One of the worse things one can do is literally steal from the poor (I may be wrong in my ... SWBTATTReg Jun 2019 #12

suckers who need "saviors" will fall for anything nt msongs Jun 2019 #13

I'm familiar with how this works The Genealogist Jun 2019 #14