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Re: The recession could be, possibly, partially the fault of the Prosperity Gospel |
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Posted by italianstallion on Wed Nov 18 15:40:12 2009, in response to The recession is all Jesus's fault, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed Nov 18 14:46:24 2009. Guess you didn't read the article. Gotta get beyond those headlines! Jesus has nothing to do with "the prosperity gospel."From the article: THEOLOGICALLY, THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL has always infuriated many mainstream evangelical pastors. Rick Warren, whose book The Purpose Driven Life outsold Osteen’s, told Time, “This idea that God wants everybody to be wealthy? There is a word for that: baloney. It’s creating a false idol. You don’t measure your self-worth by your net worth. I can show you millions of faithful followers of Christ who live in poverty. Why isn’t everyone in the church a millionaire?” In 2005, a group of African American pastors met to denounce prosperity megapreachers for promoting a Jesus who is more like a “cosmic bellhop,” as one pastor put it, than the engaged Jesus of the civil-rights era who looked after the poor. |
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