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marylandblue

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16. Prosperity Gospel works best

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 02:37 PM

Sep 2018

Invest in a nice suit and rent some space in a nice hall. Take out ads saying that the reknowned Honorable Right Reverend Dr. Hotdogs, PhD will be preaching The Word on Sunday. In your sermon, tell people God will bless you if you contribute to the church. Hand out a collection plate.

Use the money you collect to buy an even nicer suit. Wear the suit at the next Sunday service and explain that God has blessed you just in the past week. Tell them a story about Mrs. Smith who was feeling sick last week, but now feels better. And Mr. Jones who found Jesus, stopped gambling and won $1000 in the lottery to pay off his gambling debt. Hand out the collection plate.

Repeat ad libitum.

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Langston on the Validity of Christian Conversions from Atheism [View all] EddieA Sep 2018 OP

From the article: "Most were not atheists in an intellectual sense, they were merely hedonists." Girard442 Sep 2018 #1

Practice makes perfect. EddieA Sep 2018 #2

hedonism is a good thing?? Duppers Sep 2018 #14

I'm definitely a hedonist... brooklynite Sep 2018 #12

In my lifetime, I've known quite a few atheists. None of them were MineralMan Sep 2018 #15

TL;DR version: A handful of people made a mistake, and some of them may even be honest. Pope George Ringo II Sep 2018 #3

Few opinions are worthwhile when the effort to read has been abandoned. EddieA Sep 2018 #4

Always underfoot, aren't you? Pope George Ringo II Sep 2018 #5

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They're your claims of converted atheists. That means it's your burden to prove the numbers Pope George Ringo II Sep 2018 #25

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I wish rug (if he *is* still here somewhere) knew how to quit us Rob H. Sep 2018 #34

Actually, he is still here. He just blocked me from the MineralMan Sep 2018 #37

That *is* interesting Rob H. Sep 2018 #38

That's actually not weird at all. MineralMan Sep 2018 #39

Good to know that he's no longer a host Rob H. Sep 2018 #45

I really like this quote Rob H. Sep 2018 #35

A favorite as well. Pope George Ringo II Sep 2018 #36

I have no doubt that there are people who have said they were atheists, MineralMan Sep 2018 #6

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I'm retired and looking for extra income. How much $$$$$$$ can i make if i become a Christian? 3Hotdogs Sep 2018 #7

Well, if you become a Christian, I'd suggest one of the fundamentalist MineralMan Sep 2018 #8

The catholics do a more efficient job of conning people, though. Pope George Ringo II Sep 2018 #9

Still, becoming a Catholic Priest requires long training. MineralMan Sep 2018 #10

You might be right. Pope George Ringo II Sep 2018 #11

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Ask Martin Luther. The scams are neither new, nor secret. Pope George Ringo II Sep 2018 #24

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It helps if you make yourself out to have been Mariana Sep 2018 #13

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... Mariana Sep 2018 #27

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LOL! MineralMan Sep 2018 #40

He's gone already? Oh well. Mariana Sep 2018 #41

Gone in that incarnation, anyhow. MineralMan Sep 2018 #42

It's more like ex-seminarians boasting of their pedophilia marylandblue Sep 2018 #29

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He's already in jail marylandblue Sep 2018 #31

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Prosperity Gospel works best marylandblue Sep 2018 #16

Excellent advice. If you keep doing this, your congregation MineralMan Sep 2018 #17

What are your thoughts on this article? Lordquinton Sep 2018 #18

I'm afraid the poster will be unable to answer. MineralMan Sep 2018 #43

Like most religious mysteries Lordquinton Sep 2018 #44

LOL! MineralMan Sep 2018 #46