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Silent3

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2. I have a hard time feeling sorry for someone bilked by "Jesus Christ, Money Master"

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Tue Nov 2, 2021, 02:22 PM

Nov 2021

The bilker, of course, is scum, and I can feel sorry for some people he bilked who were sliding into senility, but I also imagine there were a few marks who were practically begging to be fleeced.

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Christian radio host sentenced to three life sentences for Ponzi scheme bilking millions from elderl [View all] Jilly_in_VA Nov 2021 OP

Just ONE of them? DFW Nov 2021 #1

"Christian radio host" is practically a synonym for con artist Silent3 Nov 2021 #3

Voila CurtEastPoint Nov 2021 #8

I have a hard time feeling sorry for someone bilked by "Jesus Christ, Money Master" Silent3 Nov 2021 #2

JC did teach those moneychangers at the temple a lesson or two. n/t PoliticAverse Nov 2021 #14

The power of Christ compels you.....to write me a big check. ZonkerHarris Nov 2021 #4

That's illegal now? lagomorph777 Nov 2021 #5

And if we insisted on public inspection of church financial books, we'd be able to catch this stuff lindysalsagal Nov 2021 #6

The church secretary Jilly_in_VA Nov 2021 #9

It's too bad the sentences aren't consecutive, rsdsharp Nov 2021 #7

Greed may be the second most fundamentally flawed aspect of post-enlightenment humans. Torchlight Nov 2021 #10

I think of the Enlightenment as the time when people began to drift away from worshipping spirits. lagomorph777 Nov 2021 #11

I think of it as a time when humans began to separate ideas into schools of thought. Torchlight Nov 2021 #12

I think the original Ponzi only got six months. Tomconroy Nov 2021 #13