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Old 09-20-2018, 03:24 PM   #21
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Why do a lot of these US pastors get all crazy like they have rabies?
Maybe rabies?

They do seem to get bitten by animals at an alarmingly high rate.
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Why do a lot of these US pastors get all crazy like they have rabies?
It's always struck me as a kind of "oneupmanship" thing that they are involved in.
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Old 09-20-2018, 04:26 PM   #23
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^ Beleive's in God, but not enough to play with deadly snakes. Ok bud. That's what is referred to as Christian In Name Only (XINO)
Seriously? You think someone isn’t a true believer if he doesn’t want to play with snakes? LOL.
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Old 09-20-2018, 04:33 PM   #24
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i mean, at what point do you realize that the bible verse is perhaps flawed??
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I'm pretty sure that if God showed up and some paster was standing in front of him playing with a snake (Wait a minute).


That god would probably laugh at him and tell him to pull his finger.


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Old 09-20-2018, 04:47 PM   #26
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Adam was ahead of his time. Nice grooming.
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Adam was ahead of his time. Nice grooming.
But is he circ'd?
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Interesting story from reddit

I Have a Depressing Story About a Faith Healer...


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I went to see Benny Hinn with a coworker in Denver a few years back. Benny Hinn is a self-proclaimed faith healer who puts on a huge spectacle. I was reluctant to go, but I went anyway. I was told, "You don't have to believe anything to enjoy the gospel choir- it's pretty impressive." This was true.

So many people were packed into the Pepsi Center (a 20,000+ venue) that there was standing room only.

We sat next to a latino family who, by the looks of their clothes, did not have a pot to piss in. Upon the first offertory (and there were 4 offertories that evening), the family father cut a check for $3500 and slipped it into the lock box carried by one of the three dozen visibly armed ushers. Each lock box had a sign on the front reading, Suggested Donation: $1000.00. The family gave additional money each time the lock box went by, but I am not sure how much. My coworker slipped a check in the box as well.
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And that still wasn't the worst of it...

Next in line was a kid in a wheelchair, probably 9 or 10 years old, with malformed legs. SOMEHOW, this child was going to walk on them. First of all, the kid was shivering with fear, and did not want to participate. A man in blue stood him up, and the kid fell back in his chair. And the kid was embarrassed.

"C'mon honey, don't you wanna walk?" asked his mom.

"This is why we came here! You've got to tryyy," said his dad.

My coworker and I were overlooking the railing from about twenty feet up- at least, at this point, my coworker couldn't stomach it anymore. "I'm sorry I dragged you here."

The man in blue grabbed another man in blue, and they suggested to form a prayer circle around the boy to channel God. The prayer circle was getting louder and louder, and more and more men in blue came to pray- yet this kid still managed to cry over them all.

A man in blue got on his knees and, nodding his head, says to the kid, "Do you believe in God? Do you believe he'll make you walk? Just believe. Just pray." The kid is too frightened to respond.

The kids dad is in the prayer circle with his eyes clamped tightly shut, praying through clenched teeth. His mom is hysterical, crying and sweating, digging her fingernails into the kids forearm, "Baby, you gotta get out of your seat! Stand up, baby, just stand up!"

They get this kid to start screaming at the top of his lungs, "I WANNA WALK! I WANNA WALK!" as they all chant a call-and-response prayer led by a man in blue. Mom and Dad pick this kid up from under his armpits out of his chair, with his twisted legs dangling lifelessly, his shoes brushing the floor. Mom, Dad, and Son were all beet-red, screaming and crying. Mom was especially overwrought with desperation.

The prayer leader stopped. He looked at the kids parents and said, "This isn't gonna work. Sorry. He's [motioning to their son] just not ready for this."
Ugghh... my insides sank.

The kids Mom collapsed to her knees and smothered her anguished shrieks ("Nooo, baby, nooo!") with her face buried in her son's lap. And the look on the kid's face revealed that he truly believed it was all his fault.

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My coworker couldn't take it and wanted a smoke, so we went outside. We were in disbelief. I expected a silly, unconvincing show. I didn't anticipate witnessing gut-wrenching evil. My coworker's eyes watered up; he looked at me and said, "I gave them a thousand dollars."

We went back in, and missed a large portion of the finale. Of the 200 people that went to healer tryouts, less than ten made the cut.
https://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/com..._faith_healer/
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I mean, at what point do you realize that the bible verse is perhaps flawed??
When it stops making them money. It is that simple. As long as they can sell magic, they will. I wonder when we might see religion being really regulated in the US or Canada? I'm going to say at least 50 years. Right now a person wouldn't even get elected if they said they didn't believe in God.
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When it stops making them money. It is that simple. As long as they can sell magic, they will. I wonder when we might see religion being really regulated in the US or Canada? I'm going to say at least 50 years. Right now a person wouldn't even get elected if they said they didn't believe in God.
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Reminds me of that X-Files episode with the crazy preacher who murdered people with the deadly snakes that he used in his sermons.


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^ What the #### did I just watch?
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^ What the #### did I just watch?
My childhood. Ever so fun.
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I think people that do that should be charged with cruelty to animals.

If there is a god, it would be he/she was on the side of the snake there. The snake showed a lot of restraint actually. I read that producing venom takes a lot of resources and energy, therefore they tend to save it for hunting and only self-defense when really needed.
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Old 09-20-2018, 11:20 PM   #38
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^ What the #### did I just watch?
The comments section points out how you can tell that it's a scam.

NSFW!
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There's some great staged acting that clip. I can't believe people would fall for crap like that.
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Seriously how is this still a thing.
I love how you can tell he is really enjoying just pushing these people and slapping them around. The woman at 1:30...he is loving it.
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