@wafflehead - I do not often post in this sub-forum, but have made a friend who is a true believer. Of course, it is his own, very personalised truth and I cannot reveal his particular 'true' church - but today, with a heavy heart, I checked a post - on here as well, which listed 84 preaching videos by different pastors, lay preachers etc. and then began checking how much these people were worth in personal wealth.
I managed to retrieve the first one, won't mention him by name, but he is an evangelist, lives in Los Angeles and is worth 14 million - not a bad sum, but in a lifetime of scrimping and saving an ordinary person, living a good and pious life could never achieve such wealth. He has certainly won the lottery and there will be more to come as he gets older.
For the second one, it was impossible to find a Wikipedia entry for him - very shy and guarded about his personal wealth he is, but he is a prolific producer of books and videos, all sold for money, all sold all over the world, by a church which does a lot of good, too. I then gave up and just generally checked 'pastors wealth' - there is a link at the end of this. For example Billy Graham, is/was worth $25 million - not bad either
It isn't a bad living and it should be a warning , an alarm bell ringing out to all and sundry: that these people are often well-motivated but they will eventually share the fate told in the bible story (New Testament) of a rich man never reaching the kingdom of heaven. Jesus was asked that question and he answered: “Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God? It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
Why would you believe anything these people preach as the 'sole truth', often pitching one variety of Christianity against another?
