re: Jesse Duplantis, Destrehan Televangelist, seeking 54 million for his own jet

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sell all that you have, and distribute to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

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THAT is the Jesus I know.

54 million dollar jets and ostentatious mansions attained by preaching a prosperity gospel to people who often struggle to rub 2 pennies together is appalling and if I’m sickened by it, I can just imagine how God feels about it and the message it sends to people.

There’s no two ways about it. It’s revolting, and I really don’t know of any scripture that can justify it either.

This is what turns people off to much of organized religion in the first place, preaching a gospel they don’t even resemble with their enormous wealth and gaudy lifestyles, be they Protestant prosperity preachers, lavishly adorned mega churches, or the Catholic Church itself. You can’t escape the ridiculous wealth and treasure they’ve stored up for themselves, and all while people still go hungry and are in need in this world. It’s sick.