Did anyone catch the Fifth Estate's documentary on TV Evangelist last night? Pretty interesting stuff. I can't believe how many people actually believe in Benny Hinn. They have given him millions and millions of dollars, enabling him to live the good life. What's worst about it is that he is preying on people's hope and dreams with no regrets.
Watch the documentary below.
Here's a low-down on what he spent: [UL] [LI]A hotel bill for room service and chauffeur services at the Lanesborough Hotel in London (see [A href="vny!://www.cbc.ca/fifth/hotelbill.pdf"]bill[/A] .pdf) [LI]Tips given to staff at Lanesborough Hotel in London after a one day stay (see [A href="vny!://www.cbc.ca/fifth/londontips.pdf"][SPAN]chit[/SPAN][/A] .pdf) [LI]Tips given to the staff at the Savoia Hotel in Milan, Italy (see [A href="vny!://www.cbc.ca/fifth/italytips.pdf"][SPAN]chit[/SPAN][/A] .pdf) [LI]$5000US dollars cash given to Pastor Benny Hinn (PBH), no details for the reason (see [A href="vny!://www.cbc.ca/fifth/bennmoney.pdf"][SPAN]chit[/SPAN][/A] .pdf) [LI]A gift from Benny Hinn to a 'homeless woman with a baby' of $20US (see [A href="vny!://www.cbc.ca/fifth/Chit_homeless.pdf"]chit[/A] .pdf)
[/LI][/UL] Read more: [A href="vny!://www.cbc.ca/fifth/main_miracles.html"]vny!://www.cbc.ca/fifth/main_miracles.html[/A]
[SPAN class=xldarkbluebold][FONT color=#3f6e9d size=4]DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?
[/FONT][/SPAN]Watch the [A href="jvascript:popVideo('miracles');"]entire documentary[/A] online [A href="jvascript:popVideo('miracles');"][img height=10 src="vny!://www.cbc.ca/fifth/images/icon_video.gif" width=14 border=0][/A] (runs appox 41:30)
WooHoooo 20 bucks to the homeless woman with a baby. How benevolent of him. What a guy !
yeah this guy is a joke like the rest of them. The best scammer is this guy from Akron who touches people on the face and says "OUT" and immediately the person is healed. Its hysterical.
WHA? You're telling me those stuff are fake? A mere scam? :P
yup its more comedy hour then truth.
What about those people who claim to hear the dead or see the dead around you? Or, what about those who claim to see your guardian angels? Are they phonies too?
Please tell me that it isn't so! IAMSHOCKED!
yup. Its all fake. Only thing that isn't fake is those "who's the daddy" segements on Maury.
Is Santa fake?
Please don't say it is so!
I believe so.
Don't tell the children though. Then they wouldn't like Christmas anymore and then stores would lose money because nobody would shop for anyone.
He is not SD.
Now you've just gone too far !!! (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/5.gif)
santa claus is not real.
There isn't a giant easter bunny the size of an adult.
You are poo.
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i didn't say to stop giving out gifts. Just that the guy on the coke can has been dead for quite awhile now. lol
The dude from Turkey.
The toothfairy and Santa are real. I've heard that they are together. Yes, in that way!
I didn't know Claus was into fairies. Mrs. Clause must not know.
Who said anything about Mr Claus into fairies? It was Mrs. Claus's idea! :O
Don't make me come over there SD. [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="vny!://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/frech/n080.gif" border=0]
woah Mrs. Claus is into ménage à trois.
Aaargh... not the Claus family! Say it isn't so.
What I don't get is people who follow Benny Hinn. It so apparent that he's taking the money and using it for his own pleasure. Yet people would do anything for him. The sad part is knowing that he's doing it all in the name of God.
Sorry for hijacking Lise. I knew nothing about Benny Hinn. Is he real?
oh no Lise the people that follow him know this. When the Olsteens and a couple other fakes have bentley's and a private jet. Its bought by the church people in approval. They'll say 'we bought it so he can spread the word about God'.
yeah right.
Oldest trick in the book. Use God to separate the elderly and the infirm from their money.
As far as I know, it doesn't cost anything to pray to whatever God you choose. If a 'holy man' tries to tell anyone different.....he's nothing more than a scam artist.
Sorry for hijacking Lise. I knew nothing about Benny Hinn. Is he real?
Making comparisons of Benny Hinn and Santa Clause isn't really hijacking.....it's a reasonable comparison....(except that Santa is more charitable) (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif) [/DIV]
True. Very true, PC.
purelife, Benny Hinn is very real and a con-artist. I still can't believe he's getting away with it all though.
the human race can easily be decieved.
People have made a career out of it.
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I don't get it either Lise. It's like they discredit their beliefs by glorifying this type of person.
People like this go after the weak. This guy goes after the week and vulnerable. He's no different then a bully or a scam artist who preys on innocent victims tricking them because the victim doesn't know any better.
I guess that's what bothers me about the whole thing. It's disturbing to me the amount of 'weak' there are....I mean when you think about it, that takes in a pretty hefty percentage of the population.
we all have that weakness, all it takes is for somebody to exploit it and find it.
I suppose....in one for or another.
I was delicately tip-toeing around making implications of religion being a crutch for many....those are the weak I was referring to.
well that's the ultimate truth of religion. Even if you are religious or not. Its a safety net. Your suppose to rest your fears into religion: Everything is going to turn out okay. Basically its a form of a loving mother, an ally who's always in your corner. That's what these guys are doing. That's the basic premise of a religion without getting into dogma.
Too bad we can't throw Benny Hinn and so many others of the Halleluljah Brigade to those lions in the Roman Colosseum. I mean, can you imagine how enraged the ASPCA would be about alleged abuse of those poor creatures?
Vivek Golikeri wrote:
[div style="font-style: italic;"]Too bad we can't throw Benny Hinn and so many others of the Halleluljah Brigade to those lions in the Roman Colosseum. I mean, can you imagine how enraged the ASPCA would be about alleged abuse of those poor creatures? [/div]
But Vivek! Is that what God would've wanted?