Well, I mean, it's just repurposed prosperity gospel. Sure. It's the same, it's the same exact thing, you know, like you're the people who sew, so the money should be coming to you, blah, You know, it's the exact same thing, repurposed politically.
Well, I mean, it's just repurposed prosperity gospel. Sure. It's the same, it's the same exact thing, you know, like you're the people who sew, so the money should be coming to you, blah, You know, it's the exact same thing, repurposed politically.
And part of what they preach is, very explicitly, something called the prosperity gospel, which I know you know, is this idea that what God really wants is for health and wealth, for you to be rich. And the way for that to happen is to you kick up.
She advocated the principle of first fruits, where you need to send her all the money that you make in January to make sure that you make even more money the rest of the year, which is cool.
But in reality, the way Paula preaches it, the first fruits thing is a threat. She said, quote, when you honor this principle, it provides the foundation and structure for God's blessings and promises in your life. It unlocks deep dimensions of spiritual truths that literally transform your life. When you apply this, everything comes in divine alignment for his plan and promises for you. When you don't honor it, whether through ignorance or direct disobedience, there are consequences. Yeah. There are consequences.
See, I prefer him to Jim Baker or Paula White Cain in this regard. Oh, I disagree. In terms of offense towards religion. Because he's transparently full of shit that is nowhere near the Bible. His esotericism is ridiculous on its face, and he doesn't really use that kind of ridiculous bullshit to sell. You know, he's not, hey, buy the eight-pack and also make sure to take the Eucharist because otherwise you'll wind up drinking blood again. But that's implied. That is a little implied. But with Paula White Cain and Jim Baker and those guys, they're just close enough to take something that is meant to be, I mean, I suppose, helpful, and turn it into something that destroys far more people's lives.
We have people that are trying to say it. Above all, God wants you to be rich. Yeah, I know I bore you with that thought, but it's not rich. It is not in the Bible. It is not in the Bible. Above all, God does not want you to be rich.
Well, that's part and parcel of the prosperity gospel and stuff like that. Because the idea is you give this seed of money and then it grows into more money coming back for you. And there's a built-in trapdoor to explain why that doesn't work, and that is you didn't want it hard enough. Or you didn't give enough. You didn't give enough. You didn't actually, somewhere deep inside your heart, you weren't doing the right things. You didn't love God enough. You didn't follow. You didn't obey enough. That sort of thing. And so any preacher can just, any preacher like these people can just slip around that sort of thing. It's like, yeah, there's a built-in excuse to blame the person who's the victim of the con.
The prosperity gospel is the biggest and best con in the history of the world.