Izad Chavoshan of Huntington Beach, California was apparently disgruntled at the Orange County Church of Christ and allegedly set several of its trashcans on fire. He was arrested at the scene of the crime, trashcans ablaze and all. The mysterious fires began in October of 2009.
Chavoshan faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
According to Father Gabriel Funes, the current director of the Vatican Observatory, belief in extraterrestrial life does not go against God since God has the ability to create a vast array of beings. Father Funes also thinks that some aliens may be "free from original sin' - a surprisingly nonsensical statement coming from a professional astronomer.
Great news! Remember your beloved cat Jonesy and your dear aunt Edna? Well Pastor Randy Demain from the Kingdom Revelation Ministries can defy the laws of nature and raise them from the dead no matter how stiff they are. He did it in Africa eventhough the lady he raised robbed his ass and jumped out the window. Video opens in another window
First, the St. Petersburg Times did an unflattering 3 part report on the Church of Scientology featuring interviews with high ranking ex-members of the church. Then, prominent director Paul Haggis (Million Dollar Baby, Crash) decided to leave the church but not before sending a scathing open letter to church leader David Miscavige. Now, Tommy Davis, the church's most notable representative, made news when he stormed out of an interview with Martin Bashir:
A play called 'Jesus, Queen of Heaven' is causing quite a stir in Scotland and around the world. Protesters have already showed up with blah signs and are calling the play a blasphemy that is not protected under freedom of speech:
The play is part of the Glasgay! Arts Festival, a festival that celebrates Glasgow's bi-sexual and transsexual culture.
Analogies are great but attempting to knit 10 different concepts together can get a little tricky sometimes.
Here Paula White compares bible quotes to pregnant women to shape shifters to dwindling numbers of employees to life changes to parasitic babies to god's plan to the devil's lying ways to having hope for the future to bethlehem with boas? to new beginnings to righteousness and beyond.......
Remeber the Y2K panic? When everyone secretly wondered if the world would collapse at midnight on December 31, 1999? Some people scoffed, some prepared for the impending doom by filling buckets and bathtubs with water and by hoarding twinkies, and televangelists went crazy selling end of times prophecy videos.
Jack Van Impe, A.K.A The Walking Bible, and his wife Rexella were two such televangelists. They strongly believed (or said they believed) that the world as we knew it would end on January 1, 2000 and they scurried to sell their "emergency" end of times video called '2000 Time Bomb' for $24.95.I don't know how a crummy video was supposed to save people but here's a clip of the Van Impes in action:
The Van Impes currently sell a video about the world ending in 2012 but this time they have phrased their paranoia in the form of a question, 'December 21st 2012-History's final day?' Better safe than sorry...
Last week Benny Hinn got into his private jet and flew to a miracle conference in London. Unfortunately (or fortunately) he was denied entry. Diss!
Then, like a mold spore, Hinn flew to Paris to enter London from there but was also denied. Zing!
Thousands of believers who had made the journey from all around Europe were left disappointed and confused, and to add insult to injury, some other chumpy pastor took Hinn's place at the event.
It turns out there was a change in British immigration policy and Hinn was missing some paperwork so they couldn't let him in. This change in policy is evidently aimed at preventing religious extremists from entering Britain.
I'm always on the lookout for Jan Crouch videos, so I was beyond elated to find a relatively recent one.
Here's a video of TBN's Jan Crouch crying for cash:
So what's going on with TBN? Are they broke? Have they fallen victim to the recession like the rest of us? Is Brenda even a real person? I doubt it.
According to Ministrywatch.com, a church and ministry watchdog, TBN closed 2006 with a total revenue of $200,658,000 and $838,983,000 in assets. Since TBN has been blatantly shady with Ministry Watch from the beginning (their transparency grade is F) and they haven't provided their 2007, 2008, and 2009 numbers yet, there's no way to tell if they really are in the poor house, but since televangelists are immune to strife and recessions, I highly doubt that TBN is in financial ruin.
Therefore I wonder why old Janny is crying for cash on the tube......
In 2007, church trustees and members of the St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church in St. Paul, Minnesota became fed up with what they believed was a crummy church administrator that was dipping into church funds. The pastor/church administrator in question was Reverend Hubert Armstrong, a surprisingly violent man who denied any wrongdoing.
The rising tension came to a head when the church trustees changed the church locks while the reverend was away at a church conference. Shortly thereafter reverend Armstrong's reaction was caught on tape:
She was investigated in 2004 but denied practicing alternative medicine or selling an alternative cancer cure. It is believed that Daniel has made millions of dollars with her C-Extract cancer treatment. She faces up to 80 years in prison if convicted.
Well, not really. It was yesterday (September 30, 2009)
Anyway, I'm still tickled pink that an organization called 'Center for Inquiry' has founded an official Blasphemy Day complete with a Blasphemy contest and a Free Expression essay contest.
From the site:
To encourage free expression and to celebrate Blasphemy Day 2009 (September 30), CFI and its sister organization, the Council for Secular Humanism, are sponsoring a Blasphemy Contest.
Blasphemy: n. the act of denying or scoffing at God or God's alleged attributes.
To enter, all you have to do is create a phrase, poem, or statement that would be or would have been considered blasphemous. Entries may take any form (haiku anyone?), but must be 20 words or less. The top 5 winners will receive CFI t-shirts with their submission printed on the shirt. In addition to the shirt, the first place winner will also receive a mug imprinted with the winning phrase, recognition in Free Inquiry magazine, general publicity, and, naturally, eternal damnation. Entries must be received by midnight, October 1, 2009
Here's a video about it:
P.S: the Freedom of Expression essay contest runs until January 5, 2010
In June 2009, T.D Jakes' sunroom burst into flames.
The explosion was ruled an accident and investigators thought it might have been caused by a gas pool heater or a big ass gas grill (you know T.D Jakes is grillin' up a storm) that was kept in the sunroom.
According to Christiantoday.com , Pastor Jakes was thankful to God that he wasn't in the room when the explosion happened. Interestingly, he wasn't severely pissed that God allowed the sunroom to explode in the first place.
The important thing is that he has enough money to build a bigger and better sunroom. Touché.
Jesus Christs has signed up for a Youtube account and has even posted a few videos. Sadly, he moderates all comments and is not open to discussion at all. Who knew Jesus' ego was so fragile?
Anyway, Jesus III, as he calls himself, also runs a creepy website where in a monotone voice he talks about the end of the world and charges $10 plus shipping and handling for forgiveness and wisdom CDs. According to his website, he'll soon be accepting Paypal and checks; after all, Jesus needs the money to play the slots in heaven...
Did you have a reaction? You may be one of the 144000.....or you may be asleep...
Jesus on why he waited so damn long to come forward:
No, these aren't stills from Ice Cube's "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It," these are stills from a Christian Broadcasting Network program entitled "Martin Briseno: A Bank Robber Forgiven."
This five minute mini-scarface episode tells the story of Martin Briseno, a self admitted crackhead "who owed a lot of people money." Briseno was desperate for cash so he dashed into his local bank one day and robbed it. According to Briseno, the teller he was pointing his gun at kept uttering the words, "Oh my god, jesus christ" and he found that to be very unusual behavior for a bank teller who had a gun pointed at his face.
Anyway, he managed to get away but didn't realize that some busybody had seen him get into his car and had called the fuzz. The police had his house surrounded by the time he got home, so he decided to run. Well no, he decided to buy a little crack for the road and went to his drug dealer first. The dealer promptly whacked him over the head and stole the money he had just robbed from the bank. At that point Briseno felt "insignificant and like a total failure." He ran away and assumed a new identity.
Then, according to Briseno (or CBN writers) one day his brother walked into the very bank he had robbed and met the teller that Briseno had held up. The teller had a message for Briseno: I forgive you. Bleh! Total Corn...and that's when Briseno found jesus.
Baptist pastor Steven Anderson recently posted a drab video on his youtube channel that caused quite a stir. In the video, Anderson bashed gay people, blamed Obama for suggestive billboards and sexy TV shows, and basically wished death and eternal damnation on Obama.
When asked about his controversial video, Anderson said he would continue to pray for Obama to die from brain cancer like Ted Kennedy did and then went on to whine about how his family is receiving death threats....
Click Here to listen to an excerpt from Pastor Anderson's controversial youtube "gospel" video.
The beautiful flower that is Jan Crouch has traveled to South Africa with her Smile of a Child organization to distribute toys among the poor children of South Africa. Her hair looks spectacular and the shoulder pads in her black lace dress are very elegant:
The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, also known within the Latino community as 'La Iglesia Universal del Reino de Dios' is facing all kinds of verbal and written attacks by newspapers, bloggers, youtubers, and more, because according to them, it has become blatantly apparent that this church is full of crap....
Emotional blackmail:
With temples in 46 countries around the world, the Universal Church is famous for its late night televangelist programs on Latino TV channels, in which they repeatedly shriek the words, "Pare de Sufrir" (stop your suffering) in a sexy half Spanish, half Portuguese accent. The programs depict all kinds of misery, humiliation, and disease, and often feature the pastors themselves offering creepy gifts, such as lamb's blood and treasure chests.
Pain & suffering:
Recent hidden camera investigations across South America, show how the pastors of the church reportedly fleece their flock in crazy, obvious ways. They make them buy books that tell them how much money to donate to the church, they set donation minimums, and they tell their flock not to bring guests on big donation days because they might disagree with donating cash to the church. One investigation even showed a pastor stepping out to a corner store and purchasing "holy oil" (vegetable oil) that was to be distributed in tiny vials as a sacred healing oil. Filming within any of their temples is prohibited, the pastors never grant any interviews, and the whole thing is one big shady mess....
For an interesting Mexican undercover investigation about the Universal Church, click here (please note: this video is in Spanish)
According to a few disenchanted followers, the Dr. (not really a doctor) grossly overcharged their credit cards when they paid for services and then filed lawsuits against them and their families when they disputed the charges. He also allegedly dispensed medical advice and attempted to heal them through rituals. Fortunately for him and all other "religious healers" in Georgia, state law regarding practicing medicine without a license does not apply to faith healers (wth?). All charges against Selvam, whose real name is Annamalai Annamalai, were eventually dropped due to insufficient evidence.
Selvam thinks people are just jealous because "[He's] so rich, famous, and happy,” and he is confident that his congregation of 5000 will continue to go strong. He has no plans to relocate his temple because he feels that he has done nothing wrong and that god is supporting him.
One reason for the temple's ongoing success may be the doctor's ability to do everything, yes everything! Below are screenshots of websites owned and operated by the doctor that range from black magic solutions to nutrition plans:
A 7 year old boy in Utah led police on a crazy car chase after someone reported "a child driving recklessly."
After several minutes of 45 mile per hour driving and stop sign running, the tiny driver pulled into a driveway, ran into the house, and was glad to have escaped the soul crushing torture chamber known as church. No citations were issued because the reckless driver is basically a 50 pound fetus.
Erica Conner from Wichita Falls, Texas believes Jesus is living in her kitchen cabinet door. After sitting through an inspirational presentation related to the book "90 Minutes in Heaven," Conner came home and immediately noticed Jesus in her cabinet door. Things took a dramatic turn later on that day when she noticed that cabinet Jesus was shedding a tear. "It makes sense that he's crying. We live in a broken world," said Conner.Read More
This is not the first time Jesus has appeared on a cabinet door. In August 2007, a Connecticut couple noticed a foggy image of christ (or chewbacca) on one of their kitchen cabinets:
and in July 2008, a woman in Tennessee snapped a photo in her kitchen after her brother's funeral and was shocked to see Jesus himself (or a creepy blob) in her kitchen cabinet:
He is also accused of murdering his wife and two children in their Columbia, Illinois home in May2009. Sheri Coleman, 31, and her children Gavin, 9, and Garett, 11, were strangled to death in their beds and allegedly found by Chris Coleman when he returned from the gym on the morning of May 5, 2009.
A large scale investigation has been open since May and the evidence uncovered so far points to Coleman as the killer.
The family of Coleman's slain wife Sheri have even filed a wrongful death lawsuitagainst him and have vowed to prevent Coleman from profiting in any way.
Joyce Meyer Ministries has been sympathetic to Coleman throughout this ordeal, releasing a heart felt statement regarding the triple homicide. Read the statement here. The ministry has also been fighting hard not to release 400 pages of records they have on Coleman as a former employee, but they were recently ordered to release the documents for the pending wrongful death suit against Coleman. These documents will reveal employee interviews, travel itineraries, complaints and disciplinary action, possible life insurance policies, and more.
The case has been brought back into the spotlight with the allegation that Coleman texted his mistress during his murdered family's funeral. Coleman allegedly shared a secret cell phone account and credit card with his mistress Tara Lintz and intended to marry her in 2010.Oy ve, we'll have to see what other seedy details emerge during the wrongful death suit and pending murder trial.
P' Rob is at it again with his crazy ideas! In this video, televangelist Pat Robertson expresses his concerns that a recently passed hate crime bill will protect duck fondlers and pedophiles. What a perverse thought! a thought that can only originate from a televangelist...
Please note: the "newscast" in the video is a CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network) broadcast and presents a biased view of the bill in question.
On a sexy night in January 2009, Pastor T.D Jakes' 29 year old stepson Jermaine Jakes, was arrested for exposing himself to 2 undercover officers in a Dallas, TX Park.
The officers alleged that they saw Jermaine Jakes walk into a wooded area with a posse of gay men and upon following him they discovered the man fondling himself....According to the detectives, Mr. Jakes walked up to them and continued yanking his doodle as he looked them in the eye...
The Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas is a group of people who believe god hates everyone. They have gained notoriety in recent years by saying ridiculous things and regularly protesting large scale events and the funerals of U.S soldiers, hate crime victims, and AIDS victims.
Make a long story short, they're bat-shit crazy!
But they love attention and they really love talkin' trash and holding up hate signs...........(video is NSFW)
Click here for a detailed profile of the Westboro Baptist Church by the Anti-Defamation League.
Below is a video clip from Michael Moore's 'The Awful Truth' show that ran in 2000. NSFW
First, it was Tom Cruise acting all intense and nutty in those creepy Scientology videos:
Then came the BBC documentary exposing Scientology:
and now, the St. Petersburg Times has done a 3 part in-depth report/unvelingof the Church of Scientology complete with testimony from disenchanted and very perturbed ex-members. The report is rife with scandalous allegations of bizarre rituals and behaviors carried out by the church's leader, David Miscavige. Read the full report here (opens in a new window)
The Dollars allegedly struck the deal with a man named Devone Lawson, who claims the Dollars stole the idea of having people subscribe to (and pay for) daily inspirational texts. Mr. Lawson believes the Dollars have made millions off of the idea and is severely pissed that they haven't shared any of the profits....more on this story
Pastor Melissa Scott, widow of televangelist mogul Gene Scott, is a pastor at the University Cathedral in Downtown Los Angeles.
She is also an alleged ex-porn star that went by the name of 'Barbie Bridges' and starred in several porn movies for her ex-husband Paul Pastore's adult entertainment company, Barbie Bridges Enterprises.
Of course, Pastor Scott has denied all porn related allegations and in an interview with Marie Claire magazine, she maintained her position. Others in the adult industry however, couldn't seem to keep their mouths shut. Playboy Playmate Elke Jeinsen said "Melissa was there, always dancing for Doc [gene scott] topless, showing her tits right away."
This whole mess began when Pastor Melissa Scott's husband Gene died from complications of prostate cancer and she took over the pulpit at University Cathedral. According to the Marie Claire article, shortly after the pastor's first sermon, an anonymous person sent X-Rated Easter cards to the congregation that showed a nude woman who looked a lot like Pastor Scott. "One image showed the woman with her legs spread wide, Virgin Mary and baby Jesus postage stamps covering her privates. Another featured a "See you Sunday!" banner plastered across her bare chest; underneath, it read: "The Church Where You Can Do Anything ... Anything." read the complete article.
It was enough to ignite an online storm of speculation so bad that numerous attack sites sprouted up and the pastor's Wikipedia page had to be removed due to constant vandalism.
Despite everything, there is currently very little online information about Barbie Bridges or the supposed 'Miss Nude CanAm Exotic' pageant she allegedly won, and the accusation that Pastor Melissa Scott is Barbie Bridges is unsupported and probably untrue. It still makes for a juicy story though.....
For more information about this scandal, click here (opens in a new window)
Residents, employees, and disenchanted donation givers are baffled and annoyed over Televangelist David Cerullo's plans to build an opulent $4 million mansion in South Carolina.
The religious programming mogul has allegedly cut jobs, frozen employee wages, and even lowered the thermostat in his buildings last winter to save money! All the penny pinching has finally paid off it seems...more on this story
David Cerullo is the CEO of Inspiration Networks, a religious cable channel launched in 1990.
Back in 2007, a greasy man claiming to be the incarnation of Jesus Christ made his public debut.
Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda received media attention from around the world and even CNN stopped to interview him, finding out that modern day Jesus was an ex-heroin addict, a professional thief, and a proud wearer of a 666 tattoo. In fact, many of his followers were running to the nearest tattoo parlor to get the 666 symbol tattooed on their bodies to show their dedication to Puerto Rican Jesus...
PR Jesus was against the church and regularly protested and interrupted church services by smashing religious idols with his smile...He also had a thing for Rolex watches, Lexus cars, and hot women....He planned to rule the world....
Fast forward to 2009--we have a new president, a crappy economy, and PR Jesus has just lost a heated divorce settlement case against his second wife, who he calls a “gold-digging lesbian.” The case was riddled with tension and incoherent ramblings about 'uncircumsicion'... For more about the divorce settlement case, click here (opens in new window)
Televangelist Thomas Manton the fourth, was arrested by Kenyan Police last month for allegedly "trafficking pornographic material and being in Kenya illegally."more on this story
The good rev claims to have predicted 911 in 1997 and his online bio states: "In his revivals and conferences, multitudes have witnessed the Holy Spirit making the blind see, the lame walk, the deaf hear, the dumb speak - and healing incurable diseases and performing many other creative miracles."
Most baffling is why he felt the need to traffic porn across the world.. maybe his internet connection is clogged by God...
Below is a clip of the good rev prophetically shrieking out the phrase "what do you want to be known for...when it's ALL ovah?!!"
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