Pat Robertson and his ilk are CBR - Cash Based Religion.

Judas was an early modern day conservative disciple.

Judas got 30 pieces of silver, but just once, for selling Christ.

Pat Robertson, Jim Bakker and their ilk get millions of dollars repeatedly for selling Christ.

Judas was a fool for doing a one-time sale.

Total frauds hanging together.

My teacher was shocked. These religious grifters have been successfully grifting since the first religion was invented.

There are used car dealers and used house dealers. Preachers are used myth dealers. All three are the same in my experience.

I used to listen to Gene Scott, a local California radio Fundamentalist preacher. I did this because Fundamentalism was growing at the time and I had a vested interest in knowing what was happening. His donation "drives" consisted of him angrily and degradingly accusing his listeners of being "cheap" and threatening to close down his ministry if they didn't cough up the big bucks. As far as I know, he never missed a funding goal.

People seem to love being fleeced and abused.

Sheeps need shearing.

assuming that most listeners are poor, needful, and financially unstable), but this ranks as one of the worse crimes in my opinion, preying on those least able to afford it. Thanks for posting brooklynite.

A lot of people are raised to have unwavering deference to religious authorities. Many elderly people will take money from their small food or medication budgets to send these people their "love offerings" or "seed" or whatever. Then, these people will fly around in private jets and otherwise live in luxury while donors will go hungry.

I imagine the mindset that these preachers prey on is similar to the one found in parents who punish their children for reporting that a priest has sexually assaulted them. Blind deference to religious authorities can have serious consequences.