Televangelist Wants Congregation To Pay For $54 Million Private Jet. His 4th Plane.

[Initech]

If Jesus were to descend from heaven and physically set foot on 21st-century Earth, prosperity gospel televangelist Jesse Duplantis told his followers, the Redeemer would probably take a pass on riding on the back of a donkey: “He’d be on an airplane preaching the gospel all over the world.”

And Duplantis thinks the Light of the World wouldn’t exactly settle for 30 inches of legroom or getting patted down by TSA.

Why would He choose anything less than the Falcon 7X, a private jet that nears the sound barrier but also has noise-limiting acoustic technology, a Bluetooth-enabled entertainment center and an optional in-flight shower?

Duplantis, saying he needs about $54 million to help him efficiently spread the gospel to as many people as possible, has asked the Lord — and hundreds of thousands of hopefully deep-pocketed followers across the world — for just such a plane.

He is the latest aircraft-seeking preacher to draw raised eyebrows and outright condemnation from critics who say asking for a multimillion-dollar luxury jet is not exactly what Jesus meant when he said “store up for yourself treasures in heaven.”

But this is not the first time Duplantis has been enmeshed in the preacher private plane debate. The Falcon 7X would be his ministry’s fourth jet — all paid for with cash drummed up from followers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/05/29/a-televangelist-wants-his-followers-to-pay-for-a-54-million-private-jet-its-his-fourth-plane/?utm_term=.c1382b6feec3

Um... fuck you!

[Achilleaze]

1. republican 'christians' are a scurvy lot

freaking republican greedheads are a sad case

[Initech]

2. The prosperity gospel is a pyramid scheme.

Only difference between Bernie Madoff and Jesse Duplantis is that Duplantis hasn't been caught. Yet.

[malaise]

4. +1,000

The sheeple are oh so foolish

[SWBTATTReg]

6. Kick! Hasn't been caught in tax fraud...nt

[Mariana]

7. What make you think anyone's going to "catch" Duplantis?

He isn't breaking any law, as far as I can tell. He's convincing religious people that God wants them to give him money. That's how pretty much all churches operate, and I don't think it has has ever been illegal in the US.

[Initech]

8. Yes he probably won't get caught.

But what I was saying is that the gospel that Duplantis preaches about is akin to a pyramid scheme. He's bilking his congregation for everything they've got and they're getting nothing in return but false hopes.

[EffieBlack]

3. I want to go to heaven! Where do I send my check?

[Anon-C]

5. Sick. Can't he just borrow Creflo Dollar's Gulfstream?

Hypocrites.