God Shall Add wrote:Guitaranatomy,
In today's society, frauds are easily spotted. If you've ever watched one of Benny Hinn's shows, at the very end of it is an accountability statement that his ministry is subjected to scrutinizing audits by a very large CPA firm. Now is this firm were to be caught in fraudulent practices, they would lose their licensing and someone would also go to prison.
Plus, Benny Hinn films all of his gatherings and then shows them for the world to see. I would imagine that you are basing your opinion on something you've either heard or seen on TV. But of course, the "TV" is so full of TRUTH these days, right? I would like to know on what you base your assessment of Benny Hinn. I don't know him personally, but I have been a Christian for about 12 years and have studied his teachings, and I personally cannot see what you base your assumptions on.
Let me ask you a few questions: If you had a major label band that had the privilege of flying all over the world to do its shows and you had the budget to be able to purchase a personal jet, would you say to yourself, "Gosh, that wouldn't look right in the eyes of my fans, so I will just fly commercial and go through all of the hassle of waiting in line with my band, roadies, techs, engineers, lighting crew, etc and going through security with everyone else and not try to save money by buying a personal jet where in the long run the band will save a huge amount of money and time."
The only difference between your band and Benny Hinn's ministry is that Benny Hinn's ministry depends on the gracious giving of tens of thousands of people that just want to throw their money away to a man bent on fooling everyone. And since a great portion of that money comes from Christian business men and women who give tens of thousands of dollars every year, don't you think that those business men and women would be a little duped if they found out that Benny Hinn was a big fraud.
Do you catch my drift on this? Maybe you should base your assessments of people actual fact and not what you've heard or seen on TV or what you feel.
Until otherwise proven, Benny Hinn is responsible for the evangelizing of millions of people all over the world. If it weren't for him, many people in many different countries would have never heard the Gospel of Jesus and many people would not have been healed from sickness. To me, that would be a terrible thing considering the climate in the world today. Turn the news on and see the suffering that is going on in many places of the world.
I want you to just remember something: one day and I don't know when, but one day when millions of people in the world just all of a sudden come up missing with no explanation, remember our blogging here and remember that I told you about Christ and remember I told you that he is coming for His Church and then great and horrible tribulation will begin. A so-called world leader will step on to the scene and some how barter a peace between Israel and the Arab nations. When you see these things, know that there will be incredibly perilous times ahead.
Or you could just get down on your knees and just ask Jesus to reveal himself in a very real way. I'm not trying to sell you on some religious junk where you go and sit in a pew every Sunday, sing a few hymns or songs, listen to some pastor preach a sermon and then you go back to your same ol' life.
Jesus is very real. The only reason you don't believe is because you have been sold a bad bill of goods by God only knows who. I was once like you. Nobody convinced me by proselytizing me. I saw a very real miracle happen that changed me forever. My nephew is living proof that God heals the sick and dying. I saw it with my own two eyes.
I swore I would never be one of those weak, whacked out Christians. But that time in my life was a paradigm shift where my whole life now depends on the Grace and Mercy of God. I didn't just zap and change overnight. I came to Him just as I was and let him change me. I've been drug free for almost 8 years. I was broke and living at my parent's house in my thirties. He restored me.
I now live in a $250,000 house with a recording studio in it. I have a wonderful and beautiful wife that adores me, and I have two beautiful children that I adore with all of my heart. I have two bandmates that I am best friends with. I am on my way to having the music career that I have always dreamed of but could never obtain. It is all because He answered my prayers.
Why don't you just brand a cross to my head? Lmao. You know what, no disrespect meant, man, but you are frustrating me now. First off, I know right now you are thinking that I am a lost soul. I have found my God, he just is not yours. I am not of your faith and it is annoying me now that you keep fostering your religion upon me.
I understand the Christian religion almost as thoroughly as you. My reason for knocking Benny Hinn has nothing to do with what I have heard, I was knocking him before any investigations took place. Not because of his message of God, but because of the fact he wears suits worth more than a car.
First off, you are right that bands can do what they want and not be afraid because no one is going to criticize them. On the contrary though, let us remember, the man is a religious icon and he is flourishing in wealth. Hmm... If I remember correctly that is referred to as... Oh I got it.... "Greed." He is a greedy son of a bitch who steals money from poor families and gives them false hope with his touching of peoples heads and making them drop. He is a demigod, he acts like a person with powers, he is nothing more than just a man.
I think it is nice that he has united the "Christians" all over the world, that's nice, but he is a lying peace of crap and a major hypocrite. He even looks evil damnit. Did Gandhi (Who makes Benny Hinn look like a turd on the street) profit from his preachments? No. He was a great man and he refused to live above his means, he even made his own clothes. He starved himself so his people would stop warring, he sacrificed himself for the betterment of man, I do not see that asshole, Benny Hinn, doing that. He just takes and takes and takes.
Now, onto the next part, this Armageddon stuff you keep throwing at me. I have heard it all before. I believe there is something to it, just not like you. Christians are not going to just disappear like a magic trick, you are all stuck here with us when the world freaking burns. That part of that religion is narcissistic, get over yourselves, you are no better than I just because you pray to Jesus. I am sorry, a man who kills people and prays to Jesus should not get a free pass to Heaven, that is just B.S. in my mind.
I do not like when Christians tell me that a good person is going to Hell because he did not pray to their Lord, but their people who sin all of the time may enter Heaven because they prayed to that Lord.
You can keep telling me to open my eyes, well listen buddy, my eyes are opened. You just do not like how they have opened because I do not believe like you do, you are out of your mind and an extremist. This is how wars are started, people who wear their religion like a metal of honor and march into battle, this is not the Crusades, stop the crap.
At any rate, peace, GuitarAnatomy.