Sunday, March 15, 2015

Wanted: $65 Million Jet To Keep Up With The Dollars




News Item: "Prosperity Gospel" huckster televangelist Creflo "Give Me Your Last" Dollar (yes) is asking his sheeple flock for a "love gift" (no, not that kind).  It seems the pastor of the World Changers (Moneychangers? The Dollar Store?) Church in Georgia is in need of a jet that will set his 200,000 followers back $65 million.  Here's the appeal:
"We believe it is time to replace this aircraft so that our Pastors and staff can continue to safely and swiftly share the Good News of the Gospel worldwide," the copy read. 
"... Therefore, we are asking members, partners, and supporters of this ministry to assist us in acquiring a Gulfstream G650 airplane so that Pastors Creflo and Taffi and World Changers Church International can continue to blanket the globe with the Gospel of grace." [snip]
And while the video asks specifically for $300 from 200,000 donors, the written appeal noted: "Your love gift of any amount will be greatly appreciated." 
Dollar, by the way, is also remembered for his ostentatious appeals to parishoners to support and pray for then-President George "Dumbya" Bush ("a man of wisdom" who is "strengthened and guided by the Holy Spirit") =cough= Republican =cough=.  He's also had a run-in with the law in a family violence case ("spare the rod...!"). So, nice!

So as not to be shamed by coming up short in the jet purchase/ prosperity stakes by  Pastor "Give Me Your Last" Dollar, we at the Hackwhackers Church of the Fleeced Flock humbly ask that you give whatever you can so we can jet around the country following the Pastor in order to swiftly share the Good News that a person would be better off burying his/ her "love gift" in a can in his/ her backyard than giving it unto this pharisee.  Can we get an "amen"?