Relatives of televangelist (Kenneth Copeland) prosper

[Newsjock]

Source: Associated Press

Here in the gentle hills of north Texas, televangelist Kenneth Copeland has built a religious empire teaching that God wants his followers to prosper.

Over the years, a circle of Copeland's relatives and friends have done just that, The Associated Press has found. They include the brother-in-law with a lucrative deal to broker Copeland's television time, the son who acquired church-owned land for his ranching business and saw it more than quadruple in value, and board members who together have been paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for speaking at church events.

... While Copeland insists that his ministry complies with the law, independent tax experts who reviewed information obtained by the AP through interviews, church documents and public records have their doubts. The web of companies and non-profits tied to the televangelist calls the ministry's integrity into question, they say.

... In the 1980s, Copeland's church purchased land on the shores of Eagle Mountain Lake from the estate of a Texas oilman. Afterward, it discovered added value underground: an oil and gas field. ... Reserves from gas wells in the church's name were valued at $23 million last year, county records show.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2008/07/ap_impact_relatives_of_televan.php

[Journeyman]

1. "Pray (prey?) TV looks like pay TV to me, it's just a curse on the human race."

~ Pete Townshend

[fascisthunter]

2. "God Wants you to Make Me Very Rich, ah-yes-sahh...!"

[Joe Bacon]

8. If that is so, then God really loves Bill Gates!

But I doubt it...

[Maestro]

3. This prick and his minions piss me off.

He preys on gullible people for whom I have little respect either. I can one be so gullible? Anyhow, their extravagant lifestyles goes pretty much against everything Jesus taught if you are into that sort of thing. I am not too sure his followers have actually studied the Bible.

[ooglymoogly]

4. No doubt about it...there is beg money in fanning the flames of hate

in the dumbest amongst us.

[yorkiemommie1]

5. my brother belongs to one of these 'churches'

and apparently the prosperity gospel worked well for him!

He and his wife managed to swindle me and our other siblings of our inheritance!

:sarcasm:

[pattmarty]

6. ALL these "evangelists" are human pieces of shit.

[AlbertCat]

7. Camel?.. Eye of a needle?...Comments?... Anyone?

On edit.... (because it takes me a while to remember all that Bible learnin' I never fell for even at age 6)

There is a single instance in the Gospels where Jesus gets angry...mad.....even sorta violent. Remember what that is? Something about money lenders....and where were they?