Today, on the Atheist Experience, I’ll be talking about the Prosperity Gospel. I thought I’d post a couple of interesting links about it, in case people want to explore on their own:
- The WikiPedia article on Prosperity Theology
- The Time article, “Does God Want You to be Rich?“
- Atlantic Monthly: “Did Christianity Cause the Crash?” (A better title would be “The Prosperity Gospel Contributed to the Crash–Should you Pick Up the Pieces?”
- Finally, Senator Grassley has done some investigation into these ministers, but it’s not clear what will come of it.
Feel free to comment on the show on this thread.
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FSM_Ed
April 11, 2010 at 12:50 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
I'm looking forward to listening to it. I wondered what ever became of Grassley's investigation, if anything. I suspected all along it was just posturing.
KKbundy
April 11, 2010 at 4:45 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
The prosperity gospel is the most obvious way for Christians to totally abandon any sympathy for the poor or oppressed. This is the religion of Republican capitalism. The poor deserve to be poor. The rich deserve to be rich. The rich are more righteous than anyone else. It's all part of God's plan. Any philosophy that is as self serving as this one sickens me, and this is one of the worst.Blessed Atheist Bible Study @ http://blessedatheist.com/
Ing
April 12, 2010 at 1:42 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
The prosperity Gospel is one of the biggest bullshit ever. There is maybe one freaking thing clear from the Jesus character's opinions and it's that he didn't like rich people.
George From NY
April 12, 2010 at 4:30 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
I took a walk after listening to your show… and found a $50 bill on the sidewalk! Thanks, TAE!
Ing
April 12, 2010 at 8:56 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
I took a walk after listening to your show… and found a $50 bill on the sidewalk! Thanks, TAE!"PRAISE SATAN!
raymond
April 14, 2010 at 1:50 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
The whole concept is fraught with comedy ape floundering. I thought yall stepped up to the plate rather well.;After all, your jobs are to point and laugh with surgical blood necessity.
The Annotated Rehearsal
April 17, 2010 at 6:31 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Hi, I enjoyed the show, and would like to recommend Barbara Ehrenreich's latest book, Bright Sided, to anyone interested in this. It's subtitles "How the Relentless Promotion of PositiveThinking Has Undermined America" and looks at the positive thinking movement in cancer care, positive psychology, and the prosperity gospel. It's a very readable, well-reasoned, and skepticism-heavy look at the cult of positivity.