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Who can be surprised by this? Crackpot churches are forever shooting themselves in their theological feet.
Consider the scandals and weird beliefs of the following 'pastors': Earl Paulk, Paul Crouch, Jim Bakker, Jimmy Swaggart, Benny Hinn, Richard Roberts, Oral Roberts, Peter Popoff, Billy James Hargis, Tony Leyva, Warren Jeffs, Max Lucado, Robert Tilton, Pat Robertson, Kenneth Copeland, Creflo Dollar, John Hagee, Coy Privatte, Lonnie Latham, Roy Long, Jeff Hannah, Mark Mangrum, Steven Haney, Howard Blattel, Gary Aldridge, Leonard Frazier, Joe Baron -- and, of course, the special friend of male prostitutes, 'Rev' Ted Haggard.
How difficult is it to see a pattern here?
These religious lunatics give Elmer Gantry a bad name. Eventually, but never soon enough, their avarice, greed and absurdity bring them down. New Life Church is just one more disaster zone. Another is waiting in the wings, attending on the next Great Leader. Ludicrous.
