By Kirby Robinson
I'm not sure which story is more wacky or sad--we'll
leave it up to you to decide.
Jimmy Swaggart Makes $1,000,000 a Day. Son Donnie is So
Bored he Goes Home Early
Televangelists rank way down on my list almost even with
psychics--which are very low. The reasons for it were on display during
yesterday's Biblethon, an event hosted every month on the Swaggarts' Sonlight Network.
The viewer is given several choices of buying the Swaggarts' bibles ranging
from the Expositor's Study Bible to a large print bible, to the Crossfire [youth]
and Ladies' Edition. They also have bibles in the Portuguese and Russian
languages. Non-sale prices range from $40 to $230. They also have a Bible Outreach
Program where they send bibles to various countries.
Now every Christian should have at least one bible and
maybe more. But what most don't take the time to realize is that they're helping
make Jimmy and his family even richer. Anyone can get a copyright on a bible,
all you do is produce one that is 25% different than a standard King James Version
[KJV], and you can publish it and watch the money roll in.
Jimmy learned this during the dark years in the 1980s
after his fall from grace. He had a publishing company so he would keep every
dime on every sale.
He brags that his version of the bible has sold over
1.5 million copies to date. The average price of a bible is $50 and by doing
simple math, you'll see that this number is $75,000,000. All of that goes right
into the Swaggarts' family bank account/s.
According to my source inside of the ministry, on
yesterday's Biblethon they sold 17,500 bibles plus $125,000 in donations. That
totals $1,000,000—money that flows right into the Swaggarts' coffers.
Not one bible meant for the Outreach Program will be
sent until the money comes in from the pledges, despite what Swaggart claims. The
family knows that just like the pledges from the telethon, people may be caught
up in the moment. Those 20 cases of bibles at $360 a case may never materialize.
It seems that the money was flowing in so easily that
Donnie "Napoleon" Swaggart [heir to the throne when his dad dies, and
he lets everybody know it], decided during a break that he was tired and was
going home. He left the hosting job to a pair of associate pastors.
New Agers Tell Hindus, Jains & Buddhists How Reincarnation Works!
The following comment came in on my blog debunking the
fake reality show Ghost Inside My Child.
It's the last comment on it or you can read it below.
Because you latched on to "new age" 30 years ago you
think you have all the facts of what reincarnation should be? This is not a
debunk, this is a cynical opinion using antiquated and cynical ideas. You would
have some credibility if you were actually a family member of the people
represented to be incarnated. Looking for a debunk and this rant certainly
doesn't come close. I'll continue on.
Sadly, this misinformed person doesn't realize that I
long ago left the new age. There were too many false teachings on subjects like
reincarnation, an issue that the new age did not give birth. You won't find an
expert on the subject due to the fact that they stole and misinterpreted the
teachings experts like the Hindus, Jains, and Buddhists.
The new age bastardized the teachings to make them
more applicable to Westerners. They eliminated the lower realms: animal realms,
hungry ghost realms and numerous hell realms. Many Westerners can't accept the
fact that they may return as an elephant or a hungry ghost. They also believe
that Catholics have a monopoly on hell realms when in fact, they don't.
According to Buddhists, those who go to hell in won't linger there for
eternity, they will eventually be reborn into higher realms.
Personally, while I understand the basics of reincarnation,
I'm not a fan of the concept. This is because each rebirth would put Christ
back on the cross. That in itself is a false teaching as we have one life and we
are done with it when we die. Sorry to folks like Theresa Caputo—that's the way
it is for Catholics and Christians.
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