Tim Tebow Faces Backlash Over Ties To Christian Organization Leaving People In Debt

By Larry Leo•Sep 24, 20261:56 pm•Discuss the story25
Tim Tebow is facing some heavy criticism after a new bombshell report claims he raked in millions from a wealth seminar aimed at Christians that left several attendees burdened with heavy debt after getting a hard sell...C
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hristian wealth-building company Life Surge -- which reportedly pays Tebow $2 to $4 million to speak at their events -- is being accused of pressuring its attendees to splurge on investment programs that cost up to $50,000 ... according to Mother Jones.

While tickets cost $20 to $97 ... attendees are encouraged to take part in the pricey "SurgeU" programs ... where they are pitched on shelling out big bucks to learn how to build wealth through investments and real estate.

The attendees -- many of whom reportedly come from limited means -- are then urged to pay for the courses by opening interest-free credit cards, taking out home equity loans, or even cashing in their 401Ks ... this according to Mother Jones.
(TMZ Sports)
Originally published on SECRant.com
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Rantrambler•4 days
Take out debt, its for our greatest ally. And oh BTW if youre in debt, come fight for the US/Israeli integrated MIC, we can help your financial troubles!
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jmarto1•4 days
His family has been known grifters for years. Church people are easy to swindle and having their son's name out there helps
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SOL2•4 days
That doesn't sound like the Timmy we know. Something not right here.
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Stinger_1066•4 days
Megachurches are target-rich environments for multi-level marketing schemes.
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DrSteveBrule•4 days
None of this means that Tebow was complicit in this scheme, although if he's clearing millions of dollars per event he should be smart enough to put 2+2 together that something is up with this organization, because that's way more than he normally gets to speak at an event.

That's like when a streamer gets a couple grand to advertise a video game on stream compared to multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars to do a couple hours of gambling on stream.
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wareaglepete•4 days
Remains to be seen how true this is, but it did say that Tebow not only was speaking but also putting pressure on people there to invest in the schemes. So that goes beyond, oh I just spoke there for an appearance fee and didn't know anything. If true, he was complicit in all this and can go to hell, if it is true.
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6R12•4 days
That ain't Timmy's fault.
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weremoose•5 days
If Mother Jones broke the story and no actual news organizations were involved in the investigation, then this is probably bs. Mother Jones is a propaganda rag
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ForeverGator•5 days
Tail as old as time of people taking advantage of people in the name of "god." These are criminals. Stop using religion to get people to dish out their hard earned money and make them feel bad if they don't. Tebow needs to be held accountable if he's part of this.
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lsusteve1•4 days
“Tail as old as time” - lol
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KCT•4 days
Is he talking about Eve?
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roguetiger15•5 days
Why’s it tebows fault for someone being a dumbass with their money?
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CigarDawg•5 days
The same way it's your dad's fault you mother gave birth to and raised a dipshit like you: he contributed his "essence" then walked away from the logical conclusion.

It's his fault for taking money to speak on the organization's behalf without completely understanding what they were doing to people. If he knew then he is a bugger turd than I have always though he was.
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AUbagman•5 days
Because taking advantage of vulnerable people is wrong. If you don’t think so, something is wrong with you.
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cajunmud•4 days
Like a told a friend of mine when I was going thru a bad stretch: You can't negotiate with a man who has nothing.
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Albino Potato•5 days
If true, I hope Tebow comes out and is honest about his role and what he knew of it. The only defense I can think for Tebow and maybe hope happened with Tebow. And really a lot of these people, Is that he didn’t know the details of what they were doing causing people to be stretched beyond their means. I’m hoping that Tebow just thought, right or wrong, that this is a Christian organization that he knows some people in it and they asked him to speak. And they wanted his message to be on faithful giving. We see big time cooperations do this all the time, they get someone famous to be the “mascot” and that poor mascot has no idea of the shadiness. It’s like seeing Shaq do an ad for The General and then they get busted for scamming people, not having the rates they promised, etc. Shaq might know some people for them but he can’t know all the ins and outs. Ok maybe not the best example but you get what I mean…

The tricky spot is that it is biblical to give. I personally have done it and seen returns come back in crazy ways. It’s in fact the only time in the bible that God says to test Him. BUT, it’s not for man to profit off of! it’s supposed to be for the Kingdom of God and rest assured He will deal with this. Another unfortunate truth is this is gonna just reinforce anyone’s opinion on the matter. If you were skeptical of the church before, you say see that’s why I don’t trust churches or Christians. The bible talks plenty about using discernment when someone claims to preach. It’s never gonna stop scammers and drifters from perverting the message. Christian’s need to call it out like we were encouraged to do. Don’t let these unfortunate and sad stories hurt your faith, this has nothing to do with your faith if you are a Christian, we always will have wolves disguised in sheep’s clothing. We will continue to call out drifters. Go read Paul’s letters again, he was calling out several churches for their failures to preach the word accurately. Remember not everyone who claims to be from Christ is, we judge them by their fruit.
Matthew 7:15-20 NLT

15 “Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves. 16 You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. 18 A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit. 19 So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire. 20 Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by their actions.
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Albino Potato•5 days
Sorry for the wall of text, it was spaced out better and not that bad on my screen lol
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Bigbens42•5 days
It’s always affinity fraud.
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TooFyeToFly•5 days
Tebow is clearly a closeted homosexual living a fake life.
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I remember when it came to BR, alot of people i know went to it and they were quick to call it out as shady.
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jrobic4•5 days
I'm a financial advisor. I've seen schemes of every shape in size. Some of the worst are always the megachurch, mega-mega wealth prosperity gospel kind.

That said, there's probably more to the story then what we're reading
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HarryHoudini•4 days
Yeah im a need to hear this from other news source to believe it. Pablo Torre is a huge POS with an agenda.
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Uga Alum•5 days
Damn. That’s messed up.
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randybobandy•5 days
If these retards didn't go to "church" in a strip mall, they might not fall for BS investing from a Ted talk by fake Christians.
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weremoose•5 days
Clearly it's the venue that's the problem. Nothing says squeaky clean reputation like the Catholic church.
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