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ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
Wed Sep 6, 2017, 10:13 AM Sep 2017

A student of The Osteen Method of No-Cost Direct Product Marketing demonstrates his case study.

Jim Bakker: Hurricane Is God’s ‘Judgment’ So Hurry Up and Buy My Doomsday Food

Disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker claims Hurricane Harvey was God’s “judgment” on the city of Houston, where the storm killed at least 60 and left thousands homeless.

And naturally, he used his gloom-and-doom scenario as part of a sales pitch to sell his buckets of instant apocalypse food.

“I have felt ― and I was afraid to share it with anybody ― that this flood is from God,” he said on Monday in a clip posted online by Right Wing Watch. “It’s a judgment on America somehow.”

His guest, “prophet” Rick Joyner, agreed.

“We have to stand up against the perversion of our times and call it what it is,” Joyner said.

At various points in the segment, as they spoke of Houston and God’s wrath, Bakker brought out buckets of food on sale for $175.

“Just remember, God gets the last word,” Bakker warned. “God gets the last word. Be not deceived, God is not mocked.”






http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jim-bakker-hurricane-doomsday-food_us_59af847be4b0354e440d93dd
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A student of The Osteen Method of No-Cost Direct Product Marketing demonstrates his case study. (Original Post) ehrnst Sep 2017 OP
Manna from heaven, on sale now. procon Sep 2017 #1
... Dave Starsky Sep 2017 #2

procon

(15,805 posts)
1. Manna from heaven, on sale now.
Wed Sep 6, 2017, 10:34 AM
Sep 2017

Because 'religion' is involved no one will ever accuse them of doing anything illegal. Grifter, crooks and conmen could not stay in business without an able assist from their gullible, ignorant, fearful followers. Like any other cult, these hucksters prey upon people's weaknesses and reinforce their control with doomsday messages to scam them out of their money so they can live like kings.


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