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It really is something else, isn't it? I guess that's why there will always be con men among us...they'll never run out of gullible people to target.Oh man! I was really about to laugh my socks off when the two ladies were pulling out $10 to buy this fake book that they were hawking as the Trump bible.
There's a sucker born every minute for sure.
God bless,
Ted
Here is a solid response to what you talk about in your OP:It really is something else, isn't it? I guess that's why there will always be con men among us...they'll never run out of gullible people to target.
Can you summarize? I'm not interested in watching a 4 hour video.Here is a solid response to what you talk about in your OP:
You should; I watched it over several days. Basically, Benny Hinn is a grifter, a false teacher, and a false prophet who preys on the poor, the sick, and the desperate. He makes a good point that it isn't the rich who are desparate and giving Hinn their money; it is the poor, hoping either to get rich or at least enough "blessing" back to pay bills. Mike Winger also believes that Hinn should be in prison for assault for how he pushes people down, people who are in pain. The only people Hinn allows on stage to talk about and "show" their healing are those who claim to be healed already, although some of the audio and video clearly shows they are not. But, because of his control over people, people will still believe they are healed right up until they die from whatever it was in the first place (such as cancer), and still send him their last cent because he says they will be blessed with much more money given back.Can you summarize? I'm not interested in watching a 4 hour video.
Thanks for taking the time to explain. I've never really looked into Hinn, but I always found his performances to be rather bizarre. That he's also a con man comes as no surprise.You should; I watched it over several days. Basically, Benny Hinn is a grifter, a false teacher, and a false prophet who preys on the poor, the sick, and the desperate. He makes a good point that it isn't the rich who are desparate and giving Hinn their money; it is the poor, hoping either to get rich or at least enough "blessing" back to pay bills. Mike Winger also believes that Hinn should be in prison for assault for how he pushes people down, people who are in pain. The only people Hinn allows on stage to talk about and "show" their healing are those who claim to be healed already, although some of the audio and video clearly shows they are not. But, because of his control over people, people will still believe they are healed right up until they die from whatever it was in the first place (such as cancer), and still send him their last cent because he says they will be blessed with much more money given back.
The point is, just like Kunneman, these types of people exist in Christian circles (mainly, if not exclusively, in the Word of Faith and more charasmatic type denominations), although it does not at all mean they are Christians. They are just con artists who say what people want to hear and keep them in the dark about what the Bible actually says. This enables them to appeal to the materialism and greed in others so that they themselves can get rich. So, on the one hand, their supporters are in part responsible for being guillable and not properly studing the Bible. On the other hand, these men are master manipulators who know how to prey on the most desparate. It is utterly despicable.
This is what Peter states about such people:
2Pe 2:14 They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!
2Pe 2:15 Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved gain from wrongdoing,
2Pe 2:16 but was rebuked for his own transgression; a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet's madness.
2Pe 2:17 These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved.
2Pe 2:18 For, speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error.
2Pe 2:19 They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved. (ESV)