Comments on: Lies, Damn Lies, and Lunatics: part 2

By: Beaker

Beaker — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:29:56 +0000

I spent the summer working with the guy who taught evangelism during the Lakeland revival. One of the things he “taught” us was to tell stories of healings that either we’d seen or participated in or that we knew about to “get the faith level in the room higher”. The idea being that if the crowd hears stories of backs being healed, and they have a back ache, the stories would give them more faith to believe for their healing.

All that being said, it was the most futile four months of my life. I was already having problems with believing any of it, but my experience in Florida was sort of the straw that broke the camel’s back. Now I’m deconverting and trying to figure out how to be freaking normal. These guys are effin delusional. I watched the guy tell people to take off their glasses and believe their eyes were healed, all the while he had his contacts in. It’s all a load of bullshit man. All of it.

By: Veritas

Veritas — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:04:23 +0000

There are a lot of professional wrestlers who take faith very seriously who would not be very pleased by this guy. Of course, it makes a certain sense – injury = adrenaline rush which can, of course, mimic the effects of sudden faith healing…

But wow. What a sadist.

By: @overflowinglove

@overflowinglove — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:56:51 +0000

As a christian, I have struggled a long time with my faith and trying to sort out God from the bullshit that gets taught alongside God as religion, I have come to really know who God is in that I cannot deny God. However, I learned to recognize God's voice, and this man reeks of so many things that are half truth taught as full. It makes me heartsick, I'm so sorry that this is what is know of those who follow Christ. I really am.

By: Pony

Pony — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:25:27 +0000

That… that was fucked up. Wow.

By: godlessgirl

godlessgirl — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:20:11 +0000

It's a religious sideshow, like those people who held poisonous snakes in church. It's entertainment for people who watch professional wrestling and Left Behind movies :/

By: Veritas

Veritas — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:04:33 +0000

Wait…he beats up people for Jesus? And people buy this horsecrap? Here I was, thinking we were advancing…I don't know who's worse, Todd Benthole or Peter Popass.