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morebacon
· 8 years ago
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He said in an interview he donates all of his salary to charity and the house is built with money from the sales of his books.
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nerdygirlforev
· 8 years ago
Sorry for my asking, but who is this? I think I have a faint idea, but I'd like to know for sure
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morebacon
· 8 years ago
Joel Olsteen
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guest
· 8 years ago
Not a real Pastor in the real honest sense of the word.. Hes more of a life motivator
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morebacon
· 8 years ago
True, I prefer Joseph Prince or Joyce Meyer.
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deleted
· 8 years ago
Joel Osteen is a false pastor. He preaches "the prosperity gospel."
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guest
· 8 years ago
Joseph prince is a false pastor, he preaches from outside (and conflicting with) the bible. And prosperity is actually found in the bible, nothing false about his gospel (from a christian belief perspective).
deleted
· 8 years ago
Can you verify how the prosperity gospel is Biblical?
the_gayming_singer
· 8 years ago
Oh shit let the shitstorm commence
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guest
· 8 years ago
Not every church is a megachurch. Many barely keep themselves in the black, and most pastors live very modest lives. If you tax those churches, they will go under.
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guest
· 8 years ago
I'm Roman Catholic, and just about every church in my area is scrambling for money, and half of them have closed since I was a kid
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needmorec4
· 8 years ago
Yup. Our local church is desperate for money as well but they still do shit tons of charity work and stuff. And all the priests live in the same modest house across the street. They'd be fucked if they had to deal with taxes. Some of the huge excessively fancy churches are ridiculous though and at a certain point I think kindve go against what the Bible teaches
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kurukuruguy
· 8 years ago
Not to mention the shit the televangelists manage to pull off.
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morganwinchester
· 8 years ago
I've been to several huge churches and most of them actually do really good work in the world.
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guest
· 8 years ago
just a friendly reminder that not every priest and/or church is like that. Stereotyping is ugly.
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guest
· 8 years ago
As if churches are not under attack enough these days.
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thetrashman147
· 8 years ago
agreed
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yerrawizard
· 8 years ago
It would be more productive to force companies like Starbucks Google and Amazon to pair their taxes
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stille20
· 8 years ago
I agree, not that I like the idea of mega churches, but there are far to many corporations that are getting away with not paying taxes.
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jmvail
· 8 years ago
The reason churches don't pay taxes is because they are legally non profit orgabizations because they don't charge for their services. This particular pastor Joel Osteen donated most of his church's money to charity but his personal account is made off the books he writes
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