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Demo_Chris

(6,234 posts)
25. Hey now! I positively LOVE Benny Hinn...
Fri Oct 25, 2013, 10:29 AM
Oct 2013

Seriously, I love that guy. He is an absolutely amazing performer. The best of the best.

Sure, he's a liar and con man, but so is every person who has ever donned the mantle of the holy man.

Being a shaman is the oldest con in history. hobbit709 Oct 2013 #1
Yep, same old game over and over again, and the suckers and faithful line up RKP5637 Oct 2013 #2
Accurate, to some extent. nightscanner59 Oct 2013 #4
Agreed. Good points. n/t Silver Gaia Oct 2013 #6
+ 1 toby jo Oct 2013 #7
Yep, you said it! mountain grammy Oct 2013 #16
Ted Cruz is a product of Houston's Second Baptist Church in Katy. Zen Democrat Oct 2013 #3
In general, the whole "end time" thing I think is the most dangerous aspect. LisaLynne Oct 2013 #5
Rafael Cruz, Pastor of a Purifying Fire Religion Franchise in Carrollton Texas malaise Oct 2013 #11
Ed Young gives Oxymorons a bad name. dchill Oct 2013 #12
Well actually the main church is in Houston on Woodway. That's where Cruz efhmc Oct 2013 #20
Hinn rmac709 Oct 2013 #8
welcome to DU gopiscrap Oct 2013 #24
Dateline exposure of Benny Hinn malaise Oct 2013 #9
I can't get over Suzanne Hinn and the Holy Ghost Enema. Rozlee Oct 2013 #27
I've never been able to respect much of "christianity". nightscanner59 Oct 2013 #10
Sadly, your grandma's council holds true for too many of the Powers that Be FailureToCommunicate Oct 2013 #14
Funny you mention that. I'm on sabbatical working on my autobiographical novel. nightscanner59 Oct 2013 #15
Cool. FailureToCommunicate Oct 2013 #18
LOL, who knows? I'm working on it from bits and pieces, and a few hundred pages of narrative. nightscanner59 Oct 2013 #21
i would like to read when it is published noiretextatique Oct 2013 #31
Every one of these "non denominational" Christian churches is headed up bullwinkle428 Oct 2013 #13
Today's prophets for profit and power, remind me of Tenskwatawa the Shawnee Prophet Hubert Flottz Oct 2013 #17
I used to watch Benny Hinn on TV but didn't really think he was all that funny. BlueJazz Oct 2013 #19
Ralph Reed is one of the smarmiest of all... SMC22307 Oct 2013 #22
How easily we overlook those who bear some responsibility for this: Moderate Christians. cleanhippie Oct 2013 #23
Hey now! I positively LOVE Benny Hinn... Demo_Chris Oct 2013 #25
Ewwww: The Evil Spawn of Bennie & Suzzy "FastBuck" Hinn (R) Berlum Oct 2013 #26
It's a type of group hysteria and mob mentality. Rozlee Oct 2013 #28
Religion is Pathological Stainless Oct 2013 #29
This is a must read. jsr Oct 2013 #30
It's a sloppy analysis. What happened is that the GOP became more and more reliant struggle4progress Oct 2013 #32
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