Last night I "vegged" out in front of the TV for a bit. Before I turned on "Spaceballs", I was flipping through the channels. I'm getting where I spend a few minutes flipping through the religion channels. I can't help it, it's like trying not to look when you drive by a car accident.
Anyway, the one I stopped on for a minute was the guy trying to get you to sow your "seed of faith" by sending him ...wait for it... 1000 dollars. What really cracked me up was when he said, "there's something that happens at the $1000 level that doesn't happen at any other level." Which probably means his trip to Maui is what happens at that level.
Now to my Jerry Springer final thought: If you were a person with no religious background, how would TV religion color your ideas about faith? TV may not be a temple, but there is no doubt that the money changers have taken up their usual places.
Salient point, RabidFrog. I think I tend to kid myself that most people (believers & non-believers alike) recognize TV scam artists, but that's a mistake. People are vulnerale. People are searching.
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