At the time, she and I ended up in a big fight, and it was awful, but we later patched things up. Honestly, someties it’s better not to fight, you know?

Usually, they throw smokebombs on the ground and escape like ninjas.

Let’s see now...

I also get what you;re goingfor, but let me explain it this way: I spend a lot of time around Calvinists, and a surprising time around Prosperity people. 100% of the Prosperity Gospel adherents I have known aren’t just Arminianesque, they react violently at the mere suggestion of any sort of predestination or anything…

This isn’t a vlue judgment, or a “Why can’t I tell rape jokes?”, or anything like that, just kid of reminiscing. The only times in my personal life when something resembling a rape joke was funny happened twice, and they weren’t really about rape, per se:

1. Back in college, a bunch of us were playing Unreal…

Well yes, lots of people figure it out and stay away (though poor Swindoll isn’t part of this movement, he’s more traditional). But folks like Creflo Dollar or Fred Price prettymuch bank on discerning people staying away - and thus staying out of their hair. This leaves them with just the suckers to isolate and rob.

You need to widen your definition of “scam.” If they return or complain about the meal at all, beatings will commence. if they don’t like it, then they can politely ask to take it home, and discreetly throw it away.

Yes, terrible muggers. That’s not how you choose targets, either. The best mugging targets are families rich-looking couples with children are usually the best. You want to corner them on the way home from the theater or the opera, because they’ll be distracted and dressed up. You definitely want to take any jewelry…

Yes, they probably do. For a time, my sister earnestly believed that the moment any food reached room temperature, it “turned to poison!” She threw out all the meals we had prepared forGrandma (which were in the freezer) because “Food goes bad in only a few days, even if you freeze it!”, and then accused my dad of…

Who names their kid Creflo?

Well, the razy thing is, guys like this are listed tons of times in both testaments - usually called a variety of derogatory names, with warnings attached.

They’re not Calvinists. Ever. They’re usually violently opposed to anythign remotely Calvinistic, because the way they trumpet free will leads to, “Well, if you have ENOUGH FAITH, God will reward you with money!”

Since everyone is asking:

1. Yes, this is real, and yes, they rob MILLIONS of people with their, “God wants you rich, so give me money!” message.
2. Yes, this is the kind of thing Jesus kicked over tables about.
3. Yes, there is massive opposition to Prosperity teaching. They have a lot of followers, but they are under…

Oh, it’s a thing. They built the TrinityBroadcasting Corporation, and bilk millions of people. There’s a healthy amoutn of opposition to them, at least.

The funniest thing is, there’s a lot in the Bible about wolves, snakes, and false prophets who show up like that. ...yeeeah.

This is not a joke. This is how Creflo Dollar got rich.
That said, there’s a massive backlash against prosperity preachers. It’s just that the smart Christians don’t have the money to purchase a network like TBN or anything (example: the “Strange Fire” conference from few years ago was all about condemning this sort of…

And the mashed potatoes still wouldn’t be hot enough.

“The mashed potatoes still aren’t hot enough!”

Ah, the Prosperity Gospel...

You can find a sizable audience who will claim that every Star Wars movie sucks, and a sizable audience hwo likes all of them. Usually, the former are more pseudo-intellectual and proud of their “discerning” cynicism, while the latter actually enjoy life.