Televangelist says God told him he needs 4th private plane

[Judi Lynn]

Source: USA Today

William Cummings, USA TODAY
Published 6:30 p.m. ET May 29, 2018 | Updated 8:02 p.m. ET May 29, 2018



Jesse Duplantis, a televangelist with viewers across the globe, says God told him he needs a new jet.

Specifically, God told Duplantis he needs a Dassault Falcon 7X, a three-engine private jet capable of carrying 12 to 16 passengers at speeds up to 700 miles per hour. The Falcon 7X, which would be the fourth plane owned by Jesse Duplantis Ministries, has a range of almost 6,000 miles and costs about $54 million new, according to SherpaReport (although used ones are listed online for as little as $20 million).

"Now, some people believe that preachers shouldn't have jets," Duplantis said in a video posted last week. "I really believe that preachers ought to ... have every available outlet to get this Gospel preached to the world."

In fact, Duplantis said that "if Jesus was physically on the Earth today, he wouldn't be riding a donkey."

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/05/29/televangelist-wants-new-jet/653202002/

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God also told Duplantis he should buy himself a fringed jacket.

[saidsimplesimon]

1. It's a great day in the neighborhood.

All I want is a flight instructor, a Cessna with a hanger and maintenance, gas, and airport fees. I come cheap.

[Plucketeer]

10. Yeah but...

just how far can you spread the gospel with a rinky-dink arrangement like that?

[AdamGG]

2. So, is this guy on the short list to replace Scott Pruitt?

[sandensea]

7. He'd replace Pence if Cheeto had his way.

And probably just as well.

[Moostache]

3. God told ME something too...

He said I should make sure that cocksniff pilots his own plane and crashes into a large stationary object like a mountain ASAP to "prove" how blessed that man is...really, I'm serious...it was 'god'....I wouldn't make that up out of whole cloth to disguise my real feelings or intent...no way!

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

4. So out of touch

thats all.

[lagomorph777]

50. Jesus might not be riding a donkey, but this clown would be out on his ass.

[Civic Justice]

5. Absurd... a true abuser of Religion and Peoples Faith !!!!

Such is the manner and nature of those whom the Bibles words long ago warned of such "false prophets". Today... we can call them self consumed prosperity ministers who worship the material things and their own vanity. Haughtiness, and Fools Pride are hallmarks of "Glutton's whom are "Slothful".

[Horizens]

6. Everybody!

Oh Lord won't you buy a Falcon 7X.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

19. Only when a Mercedes-Benz won't do...

.....

[GeoWilliam750]

38. My friends all fly leer jets, I must make amends

[cp]

8. Get a job - God

Dear Grifter,
You need NOT to be tax-exempt and sponging off the American taxpayer.
God

[USALiberal]

9. Religion is a scam. nt

[Plucketeer]

13. Maybe the second oldest profession?

With the first one, you actually get something for your currency. With pastor Scam-O, you might get to spot his jet's contrails as he cruises at 35K feet overhead!

[lindysalsagal]

32. Greatest human con of all time. People lap up this crap.

[Midnight Writer]

11. My Daddy said anyone who tells you he knows God's will is either crazy or a crook.

[flibbitygiblets]

12. I can't believe rubes fall for this. Wouldn't a real "God" tell him to help the ffing poor???

Oh right, that's not a thing.

[sakabatou]

14. I hate the guys who peddle the prosperity gospel

getting every cent from their flock.

[slumcamper]

15. I think I kinda get something now...

HOW on earth could evangelicals and others such professors of faith line up en masse, vote for, and continue to support a CON MAN like DJT?

These picture--especially the middle one--reveal a truth: in short, they are enraptured by dramatization, sensationalization, and hyperbolization. These types are "wired" to cognitively shut down, melt like snowflakes, and FOLLOW uncritically whoever or whatever enraptures them with bullshit, so long as it is dramatized.

[marylandblue]

16. Funny, God told me the exact same thing

please send your money to:

Hon. Rt. Rev. Dr. Maryland Blue
100 Grifter Way
Paradise City, MD

Your reward will be waiting for you in heaven.

[Journeyman]

17. "Prey TV looks like pay TV to me, it's just a curse on the human race." Pete Townshend . . .

[angrychair]

18. Not to mention his house

A 35,000 sq ft monster with 7 bathrooms and is worth over $40 million dollars.

Tax-free greed is good.

[keithbvadu2]

20. Judas was an early modern day conservative disciple. Judas got 30 pieces of silver, but just once,

Judas was an early modern day conservative disciple.

Judas got 30 pieces of silver, but just once, for selling Christ.

Pat Robertson, Jim Bakker and their ilk get millions of dollars repeatedly for selling Christ.

Judas was a fool for doing a one-time sale.

[IronLionZion]

21. God told me most televangelists are shameless grifters

who never share their enormous wealth with their people.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

22. Scum of the earth...

Apologies to the good scum....

All the old-time humble preachers of my youth are doing flips in their graves. They made do with salaries so low the churches had to hold occasional "poundings", or gifts of food from congregations just to get by....that and good old country cooking dinners most Sundays!

........

[tclambert]

23. If the God you pray to gives you private planes, you should check to see if He is hiding horns and

a pointy tail. Seems like the Devil might be trying to trick you. How embarrassed would you feel if you found out the Devil faked you out with the temptation of wealth and you fell for it and started praying to him?

But to give the Devil his due, hey, good gag, Satan.

[dflprincess]

24. "if Jesus was physically on the Earth today, he wouldn't be riding a donkey."

Well, that's probably true. Maybe he'd be driving a Prius, but a used one. And for overseas trips, maybe flying coach on a cheap commercial airline. (And if you were flying Allegiant and saw Jesus in the waiting area, you could probably assume that the flight would make it.)

[trixie2]

36. Which way to go? Conspiracy theory or

I thought Jesus walked on water? If Moses can split the Red Sea why can't he?

Conspiracy theories: Moses went to get the 10 commandments and came back with white hair - radiation poisoning from space craft. If true then I am sure Jesus could definitely thumb a ride from space crafts........................

No disrespect to believers I am just a huge conspiracy theory follower.

[packman]

25. Posted earlier - but, here's a video addressing their "need"

?t=106

[Sneederbunk]

26. And we wonder why Trump was elected.

[HopeAgain]

27. These guys make me hope they are correct and there is a hell...

[dentair152]

28. Last Photo

Seems there's some Midnight Cowboy action going on here.

[Judi Lynn]

29. Rev. Jesse's Falcon 7X.

See photo at:

https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/29/jesse-duplantis-louisiana-evangelist-wants-private/

[Sam McGee]

30. I talked with God this morning . . .

. . . She told me Jesse Duplantis is full of shit.

[yonder]

31. Maybe he really belieeeeeves his BS.

He needs to take a look at his lifestyle, open that book he likes to thump, shake all those greenbacks out of it, then toss them aside. From my point of view, he's looking at the gates of Hell as it is, not another airplane. All the wealth he could ever need is in that book, countless others and the secular world of man and nature around him. The only one more blind than himself are the poor souls he continues to fleece.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

40. A pilot friend once flew a charter for a televangelist.

He said that on the trip home the minister and his minions packed the airplane with boxes full of money.

God is good.

[Ahpook]

33. What a joke

[Warren_Pointe]

34. Because, you know, all other evils have been extinguished.

Thanks god!

[SCantiGOP]

35. I just asked God

and he said I wasn’t getting a jet.
Please send me all your prayers; I’d really like a jet.

[keithbvadu2]

48. Thoughts and prayers are on the way.

[Flaleftist]

37. He wouldn't be riding a donkey, huh?

He wouldn't need a plane either. With the power of God he could just teleport himself. God could just teleport preacher Dup is he cared that much.

[nwduke]

39. And his stupid trump voters

will still give him money!

[MarcA]

41. Isn't this the same guy who claimed he went to heaven 2 or 3 times? n/t

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

42. "But, but, but, ...

God told me to get closer to him.”

[Uncle Joe]

43. Well if you can't walk on water you might as fly over it

Thanks for the thread Judi Lynn

[ProfessorGAC]

44. Excuse Me! What Does God Need With A Starship?

I'm merely asking a question.

[Mc Mike]

45. God said to Noah there's gonna be a floody floody...

[kimbutgar]

46. Only fools would send this false prophet money for a private jet

This request from him alone should open peoples eyes he is a grifter.

[FiveGoodMen]

49. Oral Roberts once claimed that god was holding him for $8 million ransom

And he got the money.

People are astoundingly stupid.

[Oneironaut]

47. Let us prey... on guillible fools

[HopeAgain]

51. They do a lot of preying.

[SummerSnow]

52. Then his congregation needs to pray that he gets some wings

[truthisfreedom]

53. Bad parenting led to this abomination.