Greed is Good. Send us $9.99 and we’ll tell you how to get yours (screw everyone else).
You may have heard of a strain of evangelical Christianity called Prosperity Gospel, the delusional notion that being successful and filthy rich is evidence that God really, really loves you. Some of the evangelists who espouse Prosperity Gospel include Kenneth Copeland, Benny Hinn, Pat Robertson, Paul Crouch, and Joel Osteen. Prosperity Gospel sometimes is called Seed Faith, Word Faith, Positive Confession, Giving & Receiving, Health & Wealth, Name it & Claim it and –at least by detractors–Blab it & Grab it.
Of course this flies in the face of everything Jesus said about giving away your worldly goods and living in poverty, helping the poor and so on. But since when have RRRW Christians ever cared about what Jesus had to say?
So that’s where this bizarre video comes in . It’s comprised of clips of Prosperity Gospel sermons. But wait–there’s more! For just $9.99 you can get an amazing DVD that will tell you how you too can become filthy rich, God’s way.
Now when televangelists bilk destitute people out of their money by claiming God is going to take them to hell otherwise I feel bad for the fools who send in the money. In this case I have nothing but disgust for both the buyer and the seller. Both are acting out of greed. The fact that they’re using religion to justify it only makes it sicker.
Tags: Prosperity Gospel
