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
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