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Hekate

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25. There's a great read at the link. The author, Mark Wingfield, really has her number...
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 05:00 AM
Mar 27

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“But wait! There’s more! (for $1,000)” he says.

I don’t know what Baptist News Global is in the great scheme of things, but Mr. Wingfield really sees her for the con and grift she's selling ( “seven supernatural blessings” — for $1,000) and doesn’t spare the actual quotes from the actual Bible.

She bases her promise of seven blessings (for the gift of $1,000) on Exodus 23, which ironically begins with these words: “You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with the wicked to act as a malicious witness. You shall not follow a majority in wrongdoing; when you bear witness in a lawsuit, you shall not side with the majority so as to pervert justice.”
And then states this in verse 9: “You shall not oppress a resident alien; you know the heart of an alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.”
White and her team of spiritual advisers have endorsed and blessed Trump as he lies and seeks to have judges impeached if they cross him, and as he rounds up legal immigrants for deportation and imprisonment.
(Snip)
Meanwhile, the Trump administration is seeking to cut benefits for the poorest Americans…


I think this is my favorite part:

But wait, there’s more!
With your gift of $1,000 or more, White will send you a 10-inch-high Waterford cross, plus some devotionals and an “olive wood communion set from the Holy Land.”
That special set “contains unleavened bread and grape juice from the Holy Land, two beautiful olive wood communion cups” and a booklet, her advertisement says. With these items in hand, “you can join Paula in taking communion…”


Waterford crystal cross, olive-wood cups, and Holy Land Passover Matzoh. And grape juice. What —Paula couldn’t even spring for some Manischevitz wine?

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A thousand-dollar sacrilege. calimary Mar 27 #1
Does she take Bitcoin? dchill Mar 27 #2
Does she take monopoly money? pfitz59 Mar 27 #10
Frauds and Grifters. sheshe2 Mar 27 #3
it's such a betrayal of jesus proud patriot Mar 27 #4
And the last laugh will be HIS! eom AKwannabe Mar 27 #7
PT Barnum was right, there's a sucker born every minute.nt Phoenix61 Mar 27 #5
Literally ₿ money changers ₿ usonian Mar 27 #6
Sounds like the Catholic Church to me FirstLight Mar 27 #8
They don't have a Red Letter Bible. They don't multigraincracker Mar 27 #17
I'll sell that consumer base some blessings for $995. A bargain! AmericaUnderSiege Mar 27 #9
What a bargain! Satan can go jump in a lake! Blue Owl Mar 27 #11
Everything is for sale now COL Mustard Mar 27 #12
Not quite billboards but close: LoisB Mar 27 #14
Hydroxychloroquine For The Soul!!!! Halleluiah!!!!!!! BurnDoubt Mar 27 #15
Does it come with a free Trump bible? RazorbackExpat Mar 27 #13
Extra. Think. Again. Mar 27 #22
For another Grand you can "Mentor" an Altar Boy. BurnDoubt Mar 27 #16
I had the same thought about that guardrail thing too. EarnestPutz Mar 27 #32
And it's all tax free for them. multigraincracker Mar 27 #18
⬆⬆⬆THIS⬆⬆⬆ Think. Again. Mar 27 #23
This Is Christ the King, whom shepherds guard... GreenWave Mar 27 #30
YES! BaronChocula Mar 27 #19
Fortunately you can still see Heavy Metal Paula White for free Seinan Sensei Mar 27 #20
The kid does look like Jesus, doesn't he? Cool. EarnestPutz Mar 27 #33
The perverse parts are not that this is allowed DFW Mar 27 #21
She is just like the cons on the 4 and 5 am commercials/informercials for miracle spring water etc. Meowmee Mar 27 #24
There's a great read at the link. The author, Mark Wingfield, really has her number... Hekate Mar 27 #25
Hold it. The grape juice from the Holy Land but not the olive wood cups? underpants Mar 27 #27
Baptist News Global is an online independent news journal focused on news mostly related to Baptists especially those lees1975 Mar 27 #44
Thanks for the info. I instantly thought of Jimmy Carter. Glad to hear about Al Gore... Hekate Mar 27 #45
Christ on a cracker. amerikat Mar 27 #26
This woman should be... Mike Nelson Mar 27 #28
If they donate $1000 to a food bank, do they get the same 7 blessings? Bernardo de La Paz Mar 27 #29
More like "a thousandfold" I'd guess EarnestPutz Mar 27 #34
As prophesied in Genesis GreenWave Mar 27 #31
What a great video, from the Golden Age of MTV and teevee evangelists EarnestPutz Mar 27 #35
"As soon as the money in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory springs" -- Johann Tetzel, indulgence seller. /nt artemisia1 Mar 27 #36
Dear Paula, A message to you from a well known commentator on the Bible.... no charge. Ping Tung Mar 27 #37
It's sad to think that Twain's views on this were considered.... EarnestPutz Mar 27 #38
Back in the day, it was called "Simony" in Christian Religions. haele Mar 27 #39
isn't this the whacked-out preacher who's married to Jonathan Cain... keep_left Mar 27 #40
I would imagine BeneteauBum Mar 27 #41
Believe in stone-age magical stories and you're obligated to crap like this lindysalsagal Mar 27 #42
'Selling miracles on the side': Rachel Maddow calls out WH official's 'YouTube evangelism' LetMyPeopleVote Mar 27 #43
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