THE wife of televangelist Benny (“The Hair”) Hinn has filed for divorce from the parasitic pastor, whose reputation as an advocate of “prosperity” gospel has attracted millions of followers and criticism from lawmakers and watchdog groups over his lavish lifestyle. Suzanne Hinn filed the papers in Orange County Superior Court, citing irreconcilable differences, after more [...]
WHILE aid agencies struggle to bring relief to Haitians in the wake of the recent devastating earthquake, a war of words has broken out between two US evangelists over money raised by one of them to deal with disasters of this sort. According to the Rev Rich Vermilion, Kenneth Copeland, of the infamous Kenneth Copeland [...]
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BILLIONAIRE televangelist Oral Roberts this week fell off the perch aged 91 – but his passing has generated a great deal more derision than sadness. The life of the preposterous old fraud was, to my mind, best summed on Gawker.com: Oral Roberts has finally been killed by God for not raising enough money. Oral Roberts [...]
THE Australian comedy duo, The Chasers, cast an irreverent light on late-night Christian broadcasting. Just how stupid (or insomniac) must you be to watch the crap that these two so effectively expose?
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EVERY now and again a statistic leaps from a page or the computer screen that makes one rub one’s eyes in sheer disbelief. This morning’s “WTF!? moment” comes via the Kenneth Copeland Ministries – (official motto: “Jesus is Lord”; unofficial motto: “Send more cash, suckers!”) . We receive 6,000-7,000 letters per day, many of which [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
