I used to be on the mailing list of Peter Popoff, the faith-healing con man exposed by James Randi in the mid-80s. One of his gimmicks, which he still uses, is to send you a vial of holy water, allegedly from the Jordan river. Here’s a very similar scam — blood of Jesus oil.
This little fraud is brought to you by Woody Martin, pastor of Victory Temple Church in Lenoir City, Tennessee. And here’s the fine print:
This is regular olive oil which represents the Holy Spirit and a special coloring to make it look red thus we call it “The Blood of Jesus Anointing Oil.” There is no virtue or healing in this oil, it is a point-of-contact and an act-of-faith.
Hell, then you could just use some cherry coke to do the same thing, right? Or nothing at all. You don’t need to pour a liquid on yourself to have faith, right? Or you could just stop peddling bullshit to your ignorant followers.
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anandine
August 19, 2012 at 11:09 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
you could just stop peddling bullshit to your ignorant followers.
But then who would buy it?
Doug Little
August 19, 2012 at 12:26 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Yes just keep fleecing the poor and deluded, it’s what Jesus would have wanted.
Pierce R. Butler
August 19, 2012 at 12:56 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
… Woody Martin, pastor of Victory Temple Church
Who will clearly inform you that he is not the illegitimate love child of two famous and multi-talented comedians, not matter what they say on the Internets.
This is regular olive oil …
The least he could have done was buy Extra Virgin!
billydee
August 19, 2012 at 3:10 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
A friend of mine gave me a bottle of water he bought on a trip to Israel. It’s supposed to be from the Jordan. It’s supposed to bring me happiness and improve my life. Didn’t work. I haven’t been fucked once since I got it.
llewelly
August 19, 2012 at 3:16 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
“. It’s supposed to bring me happiness and improve my life. Didn’t work. I haven’t been fucked once since I got it.”
Oh, but it has kept you pure and free of sin!
anatman
August 19, 2012 at 6:28 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
i worked long ago with a fellow who doubled as a preacher. we were changing the oil in our ambulance and he got out a little bottle and filled it with some of the dirty crankcase oil. i asked him why, and he told me “this is holy oil from the river jordan. i’m going to sell it tonight for five dollars a drop.” incidentally, that was about two hours worth of my pay at the time.
cag
August 19, 2012 at 8:37 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
billydee #4, the only one who got screwed was your friend when she/he paid good money for tap water.
Mr Ed
August 20, 2012 at 9:55 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
billydee #4,
I recommend voting Republican across the board this fall, you’ll get screwed in more ways than you can imagine.
billydee
August 20, 2012 at 1:31 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
#5: “Oh, but it has kept you pure and free of sin!”
But where’s the fun in that?
cag: He’s rich and stupid.
Mr Ed: But I want to be screwed the good way, not the Republican way.