Food request for Rev. Schuller's wife sparks outrage

[Zorro]

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An email sent out to members of the Crystal Cathedral congregation requesting meals for founder Robert H. Schuller's wife Arvella, who is ill with pneumonia, is creating mixed feelings of sadness and outrage among members.

According to longtime member Jim McDonald, an email was sent out by administrators to Bible study groups as well as church elders, asking that meals for the reverend's wife be dropped off at the cathedral's Tower of Hope where the Schullers' limo drivers will be waiting to pick them up at the designated time.

Member Bob Canfield says he was outraged when he got the message.

"These are millionaires who have limos and chauffeurs," he said. "Why in God's name would they want the congregants to deliver meals? It's ludicrous."

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More at: http://www.ocregister.com/news/schullers-325273-meals-church.html

[MADem]

1. What a load of horse shit. Her LIMO driver will pick them up?

Sell the fucking limo and have the driver ride a bike to the grocery store.

They might not like the ingredients of some of those meals. What a stupid request.

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. He bankrupted his church and yet still has limos and drivers??????

[Volaris]

17. That's as far as I got too, before I said "Fuck this guy."

I can see maybe its an ok request if he is the local pastor of his own little prayer-group type church in the middle of Nowhere, USA and has a "congregation" of like, 5 little old ladies who actually would take the time to make extra green-bean casserole for the local pneumonia sufferer, but as soon as I got to the part with the Limo, I was done. What an ABSOLUTE piece of shit this guy is.

[fishwax]

2. Wow. Chutzpa.

:puke:

[Tikki]

3. Ding, ding, ding....

Big religion can be SUPER predatory and that schuller guy appears to be lethargic
from want of an important life.



Tikki

[SomethingFishy]

4. Ever seen their church?

It's this god-awful monstrosity called the Crystal Cathedral, must have costs millions. I watched a broadcast from there once, the preacher was telling senior citizens to send in their social security checks and not to worry about how to pay for food because "jesus would provide". It was sickening.

[ellisonz]

5. How bout that Hour of Power...

:rofl:

[frylock]

6. it is easier for a limo to go through the eye of a needle...

[fishwax]

13. hehe

:thumbsup:

[femrap]

7. Oh....

this is music to my ears. Seems to be Trouble at the Tower.

[saras]

8. Lutefisk and haggis. Grubs and eels.

[sandyj999]

9. Disgusting! nt

[rurallib]

10. wow - the 1% asks for the 99% for handouts to be schlepped by their

chauffer.
Odd that the limo driver couldn't just dive in a dumpster for them.

[Taverner]

11. Is another dictator going down? In this case the Schullers?

And yes, I am being serious

[dixiegrrrrl]

15. DID go down. Filed for bankruptcy 2010.

On October 18, 2010, the board of the Crystal Cathedral filed for bankruptcy in Santa Ana, California.<3><4> The church has received offers for the building from a real estate investment group<5> and from Chapman University,<6> both with the provision of being leased back to the church.

On July 3, 2011, local newspapers and other outlets reported that Robert H. Schuller had been voted off the church's board of trustees by the other board members.<7><8>

On July 7, 2011, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange announced that it was "potentially interested in buying" the building "to meet the needs of the 1.2 million Catholics in Orange County".<9>Two weeks later, the diocese followed up with a cash offer of $53.6 million which included a lease-back provision at below market rates for a period of time.<10>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Cathedral

[roguevalley]

18. I remember either he or his wife getting into a fight with a stewardess

and I think it was his wife hit the stewardess. Could have been him. That is what they are. I would give her a caserole with HUGE laxatives in it.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

19. That was Victoria Osteen, Joel Osteen's wife, that had the fight with a flight attendant.

[roguevalley]

20. schuller had one too. it happened about the same time. I will

try and google it. :)

[Obamanaut]

12. Additional responses at these earlier threads ->

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=2243363&mesg_id=2243363

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=439&topic_id=2240540

[Volaris]

16. self delete...