Archive for the 'Religious Frauds'

Following in the esteemed footsteps of disgraced Christian frauds like Oral Roberts, Jim Bakker and Robert Tilton, Benny Hinn says God wants you to send him money to help him retire $5 million worth of debt. And he has one rich sucker on the line to match the first $2.5 million. Read more

I’m thinking about pitching a reality TV show to the Trinity Broadcasting Network: America’s Next Great Religious Con Artist. It would have four judges — Benny Hinn, Pat Robertson, Rod Parsley and Peter Popoff — and they would choose the next great faith healer or televangelist fraud. Read more

Pat Robertson was asked by a viewer why miracles happen so often in Africa (they do?) but they don’t seem to happen in America. His answer: Americans go to college and believe in evolution, but people overseas are “simple” which is “what God’s looking for” and “that’s why they have miracles.” Read more

I wrote last week about Pat Robertson’s perfect prayer scam, where he makes scattershot claims that God is going to do X or Y and when one of the millions of evangelicals have X or Y happen, it proves that the prayer was answered. He recently said that God was going to give a million dollars to someone and — voila! — someone got a million dollars: Read more

I grew up watching the 700 Club. It was on in our house every day because my stepmother loved the show. And one of the regular features is Pat Robertson praying and telling unnamed people that God is answering their prayers. It’s done in the form of “there’s someone out there right now with lumbago; God is healing you right now.” On a recent show, he said God was going to give someone a million dollars: Read more