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‘It’s the gospel of Ayn Rand’: Son of evangelist eviscerates Joel Osteen’s ‘prosperity gospel’ greed
Tom Boggioni 03 SEP 2017 AT 14:03 ET

The son of a famous theologian and evangelist ripped into “prosperity gospel” pastor Joel Osteen, saying his disastrous decision to deny help to the flood-ravaged citizens of Houston exposed him as a follower of Ayn Rand’s philosophy of selfishness instead of the Jesus he praises every Sunday in his megachurch.

“Joel Osteen lives in a 10 to $15 million house,” Schaeffer explained. “He is one of these con artists, like so many in the evangelical world, who are all about ‘send me money, God will bless you.’ When they talk about themselves, it’s ‘look God had blessed me.'”

“Osteen and these people, in terms of the old time evangelical gospel, are heretics,” he emphasized. “They preach of a Jesus that hasn’t come to minister to the poor, did not say blessed are the poor and the meek. Osteen and Trump come from the capitalist American idea of success. Their gospel is the gospel of Ayn Rand: ‘Blessed are those who triumph over others and get rich.'”



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