Reply #15: He's of the...

[Sapphocrat]

...Benny Hinn school of evangelists who have SEEN (I mean, SEEN) God, and can describe Him physically... and, let's see, what else? Oh, yes, he and Hinn and their ilk ascribe to the idea that they are "little Gods." Not in the way, say, a Brahman (Hindi) would recognize him/herself as part of the collective "God," but really, as GOD.

I think his exact words were, "You don't have a god IN you -- you ARE one." And then there was something about how, when he reads the part of the Bible where Jesus says "I AM," Copeland just smiles and says "I AM, too." Talk about a messiah complex.

What should really drive Christians insane is when he says stuff like "Jesus is no longer the only begotten son of God" and that Adam was equal (or at least not subordinate) to God. Oh, and that God doesn't have any "legal right" to the earth -- He's not allowed here, unless, of course, we invite Him in. (Kinda reminds me of Lost Boys, and how you can keep vampires at bay just by not inviting them into your home.) Gee, and I thought God was supposed to be everywhere.

Oh, Copeland also said, after September 11th, that "one billion Muslims will be 'saved'" within the next few months. (I guess those are the ones we don't kill, huh? Convert 'em or kill 'em, just like Annthrax Annie says.)

You think you know about creationism? Not 'til you've heard Copeland, who says faith is not intangible, but the actual, physical, raw material that created the universe... and nothing that exists (like, a chair, a rock, your cat) could exist without faith. (Sounds more like solipsism to me!)

Yeah, he's a Reconstructionist -- he'll be swept up into heaven (which, incidentally, is a carbon copy of "Mother Planet Earth") while all the unconverted Jews die in horrible ways, and the rest of us beg God for forgiveness... but God will ignore us, and leave us here for 1,000 years to be governed by Satan. (I'm not sure what happens after that -- we probably go to hell.)

That's just off the top of my head. He's sure entertaining, that guy -- but honestly, not half as offensive as Benny Hinn.