There are many possible points of disagreement within Christianity because, like it or not, the Bible is unclear and even contradicts itself on many subjects (and this is a Christian saying this). But prosperity theology is so clearly the opposite of everything in the Bible that any self-respecting evangelical should ostracize it. That they don't is the proof that the gospel is not what many evangelicals are interested in.
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What she cites the bible for
Though she clarified that donations wouldn’t actually go to help those infected, White used medical imagery to add urgency to her fundraising plea during a pandemic. “Every single day we are a hospital to the sick, not necessarily the physically sick,” she said. “But we are a hospital for those who are soul sick, those who are spiritually sick.” White went on to suggest that contributors offer a $91 donation, citing Psalm 91, or “maybe $9 or whatever God tells you to do.”
What I cite the bible for
Matthew 21:12-13 Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’
I'm a Satanist, but I fuck with based Jesus.
You might enjoy reading some of the works of Bart Ehrman. I'm an atheist who has been reading a lot about Jesus and the early church (first three centuries). I would recommend, How Jesus Became God.
Anyway, good for you for recognizing prosperity bs for what it is.
She sounds overqualified for the position.
I remember watching a skit where someone time travels like 50-100 years into the future to see if all the problems get solved, war, climate change, etc. the guy assures everything fine and reveals the solution. The rapture came and took all of the religious people away. Everyone left was easily able to work together to solve all the issues.
What? I searched for it and it's not a joke? There's an actual Faith office in the USA? That's something you would expect in Iran, not the USA
We talking Iran, the secular democracy prior to 1953? Or Iran, the US backed military dictatorship that lasted until 1979? Or Iran, the Revolutionary Socialist Government that imploded in the run up to the US instigated Iran-Iraq War?
Oh oh oh. I gotcha. We're talking about the modern theocratically controlled ~~Kingdom of Saud~~ uh... ~~Hinduvista Federal government of India~~ um... ~~Revanchist Anti-Communist Christian Cult of the Park/Yoon government~~ er... ~~Apartheid State of Israel~~ oh, here it is, Ayatollah's Iran.
Damn, can't believe America would end up like Evil Foreign Country, instead of a model liberal secular government we traditionally support.
I follow a guy (Matt Taylor) who studies a branch of Christianity called the New Apostolic Reformation, a branch that's like if Evangelical theology, prosperity gospel, and morals merged with traditional charismatics. Lots of prophecies. These are also the Seven Mountains Mandate people--the people who believe they should be in charge of the 7 pillars of culture, like media and education. He posted a a zoomed out version of the above picture, labeling everyone he recognizes from NAR. The NAR has been courting Trump since his first term. Trump is delivering for them.
Has there always been a White House faith office?
No, totally unconstitutional.
Does anyone know the correct procedure to challenge it? It's only illegal if the laws are enforced.
What's laws, precious?
And Trump says it is to protect Christians because they're being heavily persecuted. Those poor poor Christians.
I've never met a more prosecuted majority in my life. 😔
Is that prosecuted or persecuted? Hmmm, actually both fit perfectly in your sentence
Oh, right, I forgot English makes that distinction. Thanks for reminding me!
God forbid women have hobbies 🙄
How deep in denial of being trailer trash do you have to be to wear gold pearls?
100s of 1000s of $$
This is cursed and looks like "hundreds or thousands of dollars" at a glance. Just say "100,000s of dollars" or "$200,000+".
I think "100,000s of dollars" is cursed too. If you want to use that phrasing, just spell out "hundreds of thousands".
She is, not ironically, perfect for the job.
The religion they are alluding to is not Christianity .... it's the holy all powerful and all consuming religion of MONEY
This ladies name is Paula White since it doesn’t say anywhere in the post.
married a member of the rock band Journey
Is that why she didn't stop believing? (I'm guessing she never started, but...)
Who is she?
Edit: never mind: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_White
Edit 2: she is a prosperity theologian? Tbf, I am no christian, but i really doubt this is what Jesus wanted.
Religion is a scam. The biggest religion is the biggest scam. Don't believe in this nonsense.
The Founding Fathers were VERY CLEAR when it came to Protecting Mass Child Murderers but VERY MURKY when it came to Separation of Church and State!
Grifters gotta grift.
It's cause you gotta take it on faith that she's qualified to be within 1000 feet of the Whitehouse.
Fucking prosperity gospel is evil
What is a Faith Officer?
Something, something, separation of church and state, would be my guess.
At this point Americas are nothing but a Ponzi scheme coated in red white and blue, with a penchant for insider trading and conflicts of interest for oligarchs that can legally steal anything they want with no legal repercussions.
Hopefully rapture comes and removes her from this planet for being Anti-Christ.
Rapture already happened as predicted. The problem is, literally no one except like, one dude named Rick in Michigan and the Yang family in a small fishing village in China.
Everyone else got left behind in a spiraling purgatory chaos world.