6 Outrageously Wealthy Preachers Under Federal Investigation

[onager]

NakedLaw article from 2010. But I'm sure not much has changed, except for these weasels getting even richer.

http://nakedlaw.avvo.com/money/6-outrageously-wealthy-preachers-under-federal-investigation.html

[theHandpuppet]

1. What a crew that is (barf alert!)

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I swear, every time I see Joyce Meyer my gaydar goes off as if there's a tornado bearing down on my house.

As for Copeland, he and some of his equally slimy pals were trading high-fives with old Francis at the Vatican:
http://christiannews.net/2014/07/03/tv-preachers-glowingly-describe-meeting-with-pope-to-tear-down-walls-of-division/

“God knows where the money is, and he knows how to get the money to you.” -- Joyce Copeland

[onager]

9. Joyce Meyer's killer security chief...

In 2009, Meyer's head of security was a preacher's son, Chris Coleman. He really enjoyed traveling all the world as Meyer's advance man, checking into luxury hotels to make sure nobody threatened Meyer etc.

He was the perfect Gawd-fearing, Bible-thumping Xian family man, with a wife and 2 boys aged 9 and 11.

Until his wife asked him to try and convert an old high-school friend. The friend lived in Florida, where Meyer was doing one of her dog-and-pony shows.

Before long, Coleman received a message from Gawd that he should start a new life with...his wife's friend! Since he now had a surplus wife and 2 children, he killed all three of them.

Coleman planned everything well in advance, sending threatening e-mails to himself etc. Unfortunately they all came from his own IP address, so that didn't take long to figure out.

The whole horrible story here:

http://www.crimelibrary.com/blog/article/the-chris-coleman-family-massacre/index.html

[theHandpuppet]

11. I remember that case

Ms Joyce, his boss, didn't approve of divorce so the guy decided to murder his family in order to keep his mistress and his job.

[amuse bouche]

2. Religion is a scam. Of course it attracts scammers

[theHandpuppet]

3. You really have to wonder...

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Just what does it take to cross that threshold where you can claim that you're a "non-profit" religious organization? There doesn't appear to be one! And folks have the nerve to call atheists "untrustworthy". Yeah, by gum.

[theHandpuppet]

8. Even more scamfests

I mean, the government makes it so damn easy, what scam artist wouldn't give it a go?

Can A Television Network Be A Church? The IRS Says Yes
by John Burnett
April 01, 2014
http://www.npr.org/2014/04/01/282496855/can-a-television-network-be-a-church-the-irs-says-yes

[AtheistCrusader]

4. #NotAllReligions

*snort*

[Curmudgeoness]

5. An article from 2010, and they were under federal investigation.

So by now, there should have been some results from that investigation....so what has come of it?

Don't bother asking me why I hate religion. These are the slime who would be smitten by a god if one existed. Instead, they prosper. How can anyone fall for this shit?

[theHandpuppet]

6. From what I gather, nothing came of it

Some of these assholes even thumbed their noses at Congress when asked to provide financial information.

http://www.christianpost.com/news/grassley-concludes-senate-probe-of-prosperity-televangelists-48383/

[theHandpuppet]

7. Another article

https://www.au.org/church-state/february-2011-church-state/featured/grassley-withers-under-religious-right-heat

[Curmudgeoness]

10. I think my teeth are now in a permanent clinch.

I don't even know what to say about this.....except it was better before I knew this.

I already had a loathing for the tax-exempt status of churches, and all that goes with a "church".

[JNelson6563]

12. My thoughts exactly.

Well said.

Julie