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Jilly_in_VA

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9. The church secretary

Reply to lindysalsagal (Reply #6)

Tue Nov 2, 2021, 03:30 PM

Nov 2021

at the biggest Baptist church where I used to live (the one we called "Fort God" at my church) was caught and arrested after she embezzled one million dollars from her church. She supposedly did it because her son, who was a drug addict, pushed her into it. She got off with a basic hand slap because she cried in court and because she apologized and because "she was such a good Christian". Yeah right.

And aside from the fact that it took until someone noticed $!M was missing, any church that has that much money has too damn much money.

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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