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Discussion in 'Free-For-All Archives' started by rsr, Jul 31, 2002.

  1. rsr

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    For something a bit different, I wanted to pass on the comments of the Rev. John Cherry of Tulsa, whom I saw on TV briefly last weekend. Mr. Cherry said he didn't attend preachers' meetings because he was tired of the materialism displayed and hearing the pastors talk about how many cars "they" had and what kind of planes "they" had.

    He said he'd been criticized for his views.

    "You ought to not be talking about my pastor like that," he said one woman had told him.

    "I haven't called your pastor's name ... yet," he replied.

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  2. Bob Farnaby

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    Sydney, NSW, Australia. Couple of years ago.

    Yes, when I was a bit younger than now and a whole lot sillier.

    Many accounts of same heretical show in different parts of planet on web.

    Pete
    </font>[/QUOTE]Let me get this straight,
    YOu went to a Rodney Howard-Browne Meeting in Sidney Australia!
    Did you actually see or hear a person barking like a dog at that meeting first hand?
    </font>[/QUOTE]Also happened at the Melbourne meetings of RHB. Wasn't there myself but a lady we know was ecstatic as she told us, in personal conversation in our home, how she was so filled with the spirit she ran around on all fours and howled like a dog .... so sad :(

    Regards
    Bob
     
  3. atestring

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    I am glad to see people like you that will refrain from posting links when they do not know about their accuracy.
    Lots of hearsay evidence going around these days.
    Your comments show some class!!!
     
  4. rsr

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    Well, I thought TBN was bad, but Mike Murdock on Inspiration appears to outdo even them.

    Letter after letter from viewers who "sowed" $1,000 and recieved raises, commissions, legal settlements, etc.

    Post Hoc Ergo Prompter Hoc, anyone?

    If you sow, "God has just been repositioned." So much for sovereignty, eh?

    He's looking for 300 people who will "sow" $1,000 each; I'm sure he'll return the money from No. 301, etc.

    Touches of WoF: Somebody watching me is involved in a lawsuit (duh, given the litigiousness of modern society) and giving the "seed" can "reverse it in your favor."

    BTW: He's offering his special commentary for contributors, a volume that's "not available in stores." Because no one would actually spend money on it unless it was accompanied by a promise of a 100-fold return, maybe?
     
  5. blackbird

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    rsr,
    I was watching TBN while in the hotel room over in Jacksonville--there was this young guy--forgive me, I didn't get his name--some church over near Houston, TX--anyway, he's preachin' on the mind and mind messages "You become what you think!" blah, blah, blah--anyway--he told the illustration of this man working over in a railroad yard who gets locked inside a refrigarated boxcar--get the picture now--the car is locked on the outside, noone knows he's there, and it starts gettin' chilly--he realizes he's locked inside this car and he starts thinkin' "I'm gonna freeze in here! Dear Lord, I'm gonna freeze to death before they find me!" over and over he tells himself he's gonna freeze to death--"I'm gonna freeze to death! I'm gonna freeze to death!" His mind it sending a signal to his body--"I'm freezin'!"

    Well, sure enough he freezes--hard as an icecube--his buddies unlatch the door and find him there the next morning--froze harder than a Siberian lake--they look over on the railcar's refrigerator's thermostate and it reads "Sixty One degrees!"

    Get it? His mind told his body he was freezin'--and he froze like he was in winter wonderland there in Siberia!! But the theromstat reads 61 degrees--you become what you think!!

    I believe TBN ought to be filtered!! So I went to the Pastor's Conference--heard some real preachin'--

    Your Southern Baptist preachin' buddy,
    Blackbird
     
  6. atestring

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    Last time I looked at the globe this was America.
    We have this thing called freedom of speech!

    From a Religious view of your statement, do you think that Paul Crouch should be burned at the stake? Should he be put in front of a firing squad?
    What do you mean by "
    filtered."
    Who would you suggest to be the person to filter TBN?
    If you don't like TBN why were you watching the channel. Do Jacksonville Florida motels not have remote controls?
     
  7. blackbird

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    atestring--I didn't say anything about Crouch, did I? I do find some of the things preachers say utterly ridiculus--how in the world do you freeze in a boxcar with a climate control devise registering sixty one degrees---??? I would be peeling my sweater off at that temp--and beside the fact--there are things one can do to keep oneself warm---start off with jumpin' jacks and move on from there--

    And I didn't KEEP watchin'--

    Your friend,
    Blackbird
     
  8. atestring

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    I thought Paul Crouch may have been the person that you would suggest as a person to filter TBN since he is president.
    Who would you suggest as the person to Filter TBN?
     
  9. blackbird

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    I don't know, astring--I don't know!

    The only filter I have is the word of God--what I call "Plumb Bob Jesus"--I hold what the TBN'ers say up next to scripture--if it don't square up--its rejected--that's the filter I would use! After a while--when things don't square up with scripture--lets go fish in another lake--in other words--flip the channel--

    Your buddy,
    Blackbird
     
  10. atestring

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    Blackvird,
    I use the Bible as my filter.
     
  11. blackbird

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    Me, too! AteString--Me, too!!

    Blackbird
     
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    Don't know where everyone is on this thread, but wanted to put my 2 cents worth in.

    A friend of mine who is of the Brethren in the United Pentecostal Church in Indiana wrote me to tell me a very sad story.

    She told me that a few weeks earlier her SISTER had taken their little boy to see Benny Hinn and see if he could heal him.

    He had a very rare case of leukemia and was told that he could survive if he was treated with a very rigorous schedule of treatments and possible bone marrow transplantation.

    When they went to Benny Hinn he told them that their son IS healed and not to take him to the doctor anymore. He said that he did not need cancer treatments anymore because he IS healed.

    3 weeks later my friends nephew died.

    The parents went back to see Benny Hinn and told him of their son's tragic death.

    His response sickens me.

    He said "Your son died because of your lack of faith"

    Benny Hinn IS NOT an instrument of God. He is a demonic controlled, money grubbing, evil, false, perverse man, that has misled and used probably millions of people.

    He is a virus.

    God Bless
     
  13. atestring

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    You have made some very serious accusations.

    Can you prove this story?
     
  14. Mike McK

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    3Angels,

    There are several documented cases of people dying after being "healed" at a Benny Hinn show.

    I really wish somebody would sue this guy and shut him down so that this doesn't happen again.

    It's one thing to debate his false doctrine but he's playing with people's lives and they're dying, all for the sake of show business.

    Mike
     
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    Free speech is one thing but fraud is another.

    I don't think God considers false doctrine and false prophecies to be covered by the First Amendment.

    No, but I do think Christians ought to take a stand against the garbage he pushes and quit watching him.

    No, but a jury would be nice.
     
  16. atestring

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    Free speech is one thing but fraud is another.

    I don't think God considers false doctrine and false prophecies to be covered by the First Amendment.

    No, but I do think Christians ought to take a stand against the garbage he pushes and quit watching him.

    No, but a jury would be nice.
    </font>[/QUOTE]Why would you like a jury?
    What could he be charged with?
     
  17. rsr

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    Never mind.

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  18. rsr

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    Well, its pledge time on TBN, so it's time to resurrect the thread.

    There was a touching video of Paul Crouch establishing new TV stations, meeting with heads of state, all to the music of Classical Gas.

    I will make no further comment on that.

    But I have been reassured by a preacher who dedicated to giving to TBN. Guess what? His pension is fully paid for, as is his house. I am preparing to write my check right now ... but I'm also watching the Inspiration Network to see if they'll give me a better deal ...
     
  19. Pete

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    rsr, I thought all the time was pledge time for the TBN crowd? :rolleyes:

    Marilyn Hickey was the undisputed master at hocking off trinkets, thankfully though her show is off the air here now.

    We still have the other 3 rings of the circus on TV Hinn/Copeland/Meyer, thankfully they are on very early in the morning so hopefully not too many are on the receiving end of their garbage.

    Classical Gas...Excuse me while I go off and write "I will not use that joke" 100 times [​IMG]

    rsr, put away that cheque-book. While you could "sow financially into their ministry, become a partner with them, and reap the benefits thereof"...It is really a lot quicker to follow their other teachings and just name it, claim it, and frame it ;) :D

    Pete
     
  20. rsr

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    No, Pete, pledge time is when they pour on the high-octane stuff. That's when you can pop in and find the most egregious examples.

    Frame it, huh? Are you starting your own TV ministry?
     
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